▪ Conversionist Programs Rejected by Dr. Eckardt A work of great signifi- live responsibly whe,n we en: cance in the library of Chris- sure that the door remains tian approaches to fullest open. A Christian missionary cooperation with the Jewish program for the Jewish peo- community is "Elder and ple could be granted unex- Younger Brothers — The En- ceptional support only if the counter of Jews and Chris- original Covenant with Is- tians" by Prof. A. Roy rael were contradicted or an- Eckardt of Lehigh Univer- nulled by the open Covenant sity, reissued as a paperback with the church, But the very opposite is the case. The by Schocken. Concerning himself with church is God's instrument the theological problems that for the universalization of the affected Christian-Jewish re- single Covenant. And origi. lations, Dr. Eckardt, one of nal Israel, insofar as it i5 the most noted philo-Semites granted God's grace, is al- of this generation, draws ready with God. upon the Old and New Testa- "The conversionist pro- ments, upon the writings of gram must finally be opposed the most gifted scholars and not prudentially but in prin- upon historical experiences to ciple, that is to say, through emphasize a call for apprecia- the very nature of Christian tion of the heritage from faith itself. Conversionism as Judaism and the urgency of a policy is a theological im- establishing the best rela- possibility. It is forbidden to tions between the two faiths. us to engage in any such pro- There is the declaration: gram — not for those prag- "A Christian theology of the matic and latitudinarian rea- Jewish-Christian relationship sons so dear to my country- is called to proclaim from the men's hearts, not for reasons Christian side what Franz of expediency, induced per- Rosenzweig h a s expressed haps by the Holocaust or from the Jewish side: Juda- some other historical evil, ism is the 'star of redemp- and certainly not in order to tion,' Christianity the rays of make happy, or to establish that star. The church is 'suc- a pleasant relationship with cessor' of Israel in only one any parties, secular or reli- respect and no other: by vir- gious. who stand beyond the tue of the Christian gospel, Christian community of faith. the dividing wall between In contrast to all such pres- Jew and gentile is destroyed sures, the impossibility of the once and for all. The abiding conversionist program is Covenant with Israel is deci- grounded in a strictly Chris- sively and definitely opened tian confessional - theological to the world in a way that affirmation. For if the Jew- Jewish faith does not pro- ish people are not already members of the family of vide." God, we who are gentiles re- * Prof. Eckardt of Pennsyl- main lost and without hope. vania argues strongly against The Covenant into which conversions. He declares (ital- Jesus the Jew ostensibly leads us would be revealed ics his): "How could we ever con- as a delusion. This is way it tend that the continuing ex- must be said, with many istance of original Israel is heartaches and in all charity a matter of the faithfulness toward the "missionaries to of God if at the same time the Jews," that in principle we advocate a policy that had the conversionist program is as its ultimate consequence another veiled, although the historical dissolution of (hopefully) unknowing, at- original Israel? To keep the tack upon the essence of door of the church open is Christian faith itself." He supplements this Chris- thus revealed as an entirely opposite position from any tological view based on the program to seek out Jews for Franz Rosenzweig philosophy purposes of conversion. No by stating: "Yet the church practical distinction is more must, in freedom embody crucial than this one within within itself as well the our entire subject. The closed stumbling block that is door means anti-Semitism. Israel; otherwise, it has not But the missionary visitation truly joined the covenant- SPRINKLER SYSTEMS • Installation Free Estimates • Service ALLIANCE SPRINKLER 559-5595 Lou Gordon and Rabbi Fram to Tackle Key 73er Saturday Lou Gordon and Rabbi Leon Fram will tackle a chief promotor of proselyti- zation and the Key 73 pro- gram, on the Lou Gordon program, Channel 50, 10 p.m. Saturday. They will confront Moshe Rosen, a convert to Christian- ity, who has been a leading figure in promoting proselyti- zation among Jews. The Key 73 campaign has been a concern of leading Jewish groups, by the Ameri- can Jewish Committee and American Jewish Congress. Many liberal Christians have repudiated the Key 73 pro- gram. But Moshe Rosen has been Arab Visitors Year-Round TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Israeli Cabinet decided un- animously Sunday to place the summer visitors scheme for Arabs from neighboring countries on a year-round basis. The proposal was made by Defense Minister Moshe Day- an and Interior Minister Yosef Burg. Cabinet Secretary Michael Arnon said the same regula- tions that prevail for Arabs visiting relatives in the ad- ministered areas during the summer would be applied to those visiting at other times. , LOU GORDON FRAM German Stamp Honors Kolbe BONN JTA) — The Fed- witz" seemingly handstamp- eral Republic of Germany ed on the victim's face. will issue a stamp commem- orating Maximillian Kolbe, CARS TO BE DRIVEN who went to his death taking To any ,state. Also drivers furnish- the place of a young father ed to -drive your car anywhere. of a family at Auschwitz in Legally insured and I.C.C. licensed 1941. The stamp has a por- DRIVEAWAY SERVICE trait with the word "Ausch- adamant, he has claimed to be a rabbi and has pursued conversional methods. 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