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Evenings Use your Shaman's Chorge/Most major credit cards honored From Purely Commentary Column ; a Catholic Rebukes an Anti-Israeli (Continued from Page 2) feel some obligation, in fair- ness to Father Flannery and in fairness to the cause, to set the record straight re- garding the relationship be- tween Rome and the Bishops' Committee on Catholic-Jew- ish Relations. The fact is that Father Flannery, in his capa- city as executive secretary of the Bishops' Committee, is in frequent and regular con- tact with the Vatican's Cath- olic-Jewish Secretariat and enjoys an excellent working relationship with its director. Father Cornelius Rijk. Fath- er Flannery's position on the subject of Catholic-Jewish relations is, in every major respect, identical with that of Rijk. His office is working in complete harmony with the Vatican Secretariat and not, as Father Ryan has irrespon- sibly charged, in opposition to Rome. On the other hand, to my Personal knowledge, Father Ryan and his supporters in this country have had little or no contact with Father Rijk's office and, in fact, seem to go out of their way— quite consciously and deli)). erately—to avoid meeting the staff of the Secretariat in Rome. The reason for this, I think, is very simple: They know perfectly well that the Secretariat doesn't agree with their position on Cath- olic-Jewish relations. It's strictly their own business, of course if they want to avoid the Roman Secretariat, but find it rather contemptible that they should then turn around and try to drive a wedge between Father Flan- nery and Rome when In fact Father Flannery, as indicat- ed above, just happens to be not only a close personal friend of Father Rijk but his most intimate collaborator in the United States. Secondly, I find it almost impossible to understand what Father Ryan was driv- ing at when he said, in the course of his recent speech in Washington, that "while Rome has active and sensi- tive dealings with many groups, American Catholics have—with few exceptions— dealings only or mainly with American Jews." This is a faulty and very misleading comparison. The Vatican, as an international center, is obviously expected to deal with all sorts of international groups. On the other hand, the Church in the United States is expected to deal only with those groups in this country which want ecumenical rela- tions. The Church in the Un- ited States—operating through the NCCB Office for Ecumen- ical and Interreligious Af- fairs—deals not only with Jews, but with Protestants, Orthodox , non-believers, and has plans to dialogue with Moslems and with the vari- ous Eastern religions. To say that the Church in this country doesn't deal with Arabs for fear of offending American Jews is to falsify the record. The Office for Ecumenical and Interreli- gious Affairs, as indicated above, would welcome a con- tinuing dialogue with Arab Moslems. The fact Is, how- ever, that while there are several million Jews in the United States, there are rela- tively few Arab Moslems. Moreover there is no indica- tion, as of this writing, that Moslems and Catholics in the United States are as yet com- pletely prepared to enter into an ongoing dialogue. Father Ryan also stated in his Washington lecture that "if American Catholics think of Jerusalem primarily in Christian-pilgrim and Jewish Heavy Fines May Be in Store for Israel's Illegal Labor Brokers JERUSALEM ( J T A) — Illegal labor brokers are in for stiffer penalties under a proposed bill initiated last week by the labor ministry to curb the flow of unregis- tered workers from the 'ad- - ministered territories into Israel. Under a proposed amend- ment to the Employment Services Law—soon to be in- troduced in the Knesset — persons engaged In supplying unregistered workers from the areas of Israeli employ- ers would be subject to heavy fines—five times those now prescribed by law. Beyond this, the employ- ers would be fined IL 100 ($25) a day for each worker who is kept on the job. Any- one operating a vehicle car- rying unregistered workers to an employer can be con- sidered ■ as violating the law unless he can prove his pas- sengers have been referred by an official labor exchange. Meanwhile, Aharon Sasson, secretary of the Jerusalem Construction Workers Union, charged that Arab subcon- tractors from the West Bank are competing unfairly for building Sobs IN the capital. lie said that more than 70 of these contractors are making 1,500 unregistered workers available to Jerusa- lem builders. Because they don't enjoy the social bene- fits and protection afforded by law, they work for less money and thereby harm the organized workers, Sasson said. According to Moshe She- leff, director of the Jerusa- lem Labor Exchange, there are 9,000 Arab workers from the West Bank and the Cara Strip working in Jerusalem. terms, Rome nationalist thinks of it in Catholic-Mos- lem-Jewish Palestinian-Jew- ish terms." Again. I find it — difficult to understand what he was driving at in this con- text. The "Palestinian-Jew- ish" dichotomy is political, not religious. There can be and hopefully there will he dialogue between Roman Catholics and Arab Moslems, but there can be no ecumen- ical (as opposed to political) dialogue between "Palestin- ians" and Roman Catholics. Father Ryan is billed on the lecture circuit as an ex- pert in the field of Arab cul- ture. So be it If that's his last, I think he ought to stick to it and stop meddling in the field of Catholic-Jewish rela- tions in this country. his knowledge of the latter sub- ject is extremely limited (af- ter all, he lives in Lebanon, not in the United States) and his point of view is notorious- ly one-sided—so much so in fact that, to my certain know- ledge, he has lost all credi- bility with the Jewish com- munity in the United States. This being the case, the less he says about Catholic- Jewish relations in the Amer- icas context, the better it will be for all concerned. (Copyright 1972 NC Features) ISRAEL ALIYAH CENTER, INC. 17520 W. 12 Mile Suit. Hi Southfield, Mich. 48076 (313) 559-6755 Are You Aware That: There are many job openings for professionals and technicians in the State of Israel and many tax and other benefits available to Olim. We will gladly assist you if you're interested. Coll for onterview (313) 550-6755 NEW CADILLAC? 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