ISOPf4 OMIPRF4 Protestant Anti-Israelism Exposed by Dr. Fishr in WSU Press Book; Role of Christian Zionists Noted ism, Lessing Rosenwald, and the concept 'Israel,' though it trum. An example is John Protestant leaders are in- anti-Zionist image. He shows may prove painful, may Nicholls Booth, a Unitarian- their associates, and: dieted for animosities to- how pro-Arab interests in the change it long-standing nega- Universalist pastor. I refer to "One of the council's prin- wards Zionism and Israel Protestant ranks "became in- cipal officers, Rabbi Morris tive attitudes towards Jewish his article, 'American Free- that have caused serious creasingly vocal on the Pal- S. Lazaron, was so obsessed nationalism and a Jewish dom Versus Zionist Power' damage in Christian-Jewish estine question as World War by his anti-Zionist attitudes state. It is doubtful, however, in the February, 1972 number relations. A thorough study II neared its end and the that he became a vice chair- whether major progress can of The Cross and the Flag, of the Protestant church and pressures for a pro-Zionist man, and the only Jewish be expected until peace pre- official organ of Gerald L. K. lay leaders vis-a-vis the Jew- solution were stepped up." member, of the pro-Arab vails between Israel and her Smith's Christian Nationalist ish national 'movement is in- He proves how some among Crusade. Booth finds in Zion- Committee for Justice and Arab neighbors." 'eluded in a revealing book these antagonists "who were Dr. Fishman's expose is ism a terrible crime and con- Peace in the Holy Land. published by Wayne State interested in Jewish converts (Rabbi Lazaron at one time valuable for a major current spiracy against humanity. University Press. to Christianity (along with traveled for the Zionist reason: because Protestants Zionism is the enemy of hu- In "American Protestant- Moslem converts), were more Organization of America, and still are among active leaders man dignity, the suppressor ism and a Jewish State," Dr. ambivalent on the subject." he delivered one of his then in functioning anti-Israel re- of human freedom. Hertzel Fishman shows how An official spokesman for impassioned pro-Zionist ad- ligious bodies. The facts "One widespread strata- Protestant leaders and their the anti-Zionists at the 1946 should be known to be able to gem among contemporary dresses in Detroit). publications, and especially hearings of the Anglo-Ameri- How does Protestantism counteract their venomous anti-Semites — represen‘ Christian Century and Chris- can Committee of Inquiry in react now that Israel is a programs. for example, in and by kianity and Crisis, have not Washington was the Rev. * • reality? Dr. Fishman points Soviet Union—is carefully to o n1 y endorsed anti-Zionist Leland S. Albright of Canada, to some of the antagonistic Eckardt Exposed avoid the word `Jew' and to efforts but have been leaders and Rabbi Fishman exposes movements that are active Ex-Detroiter's substitute the word 'Zionist' in creating hatreds towards his nefarious role. Rabbi DR. CARL H. VOSS against Israel — Arnerican Anti-Israelism and sometimes the words Israel and the pro-Israel ele- Fishman further points out: Friends of the Middle East Among the Protestants who `Israel' and 'Israeli.' At times ments. In the process, it is "In the United States, the the aid of the anti-Semitic safe to say that some of these secretary emeritus of the In- elements in Protestantism,— among them. He points to as recent as early this year Booth adheres to this prac- cam- tice, as when he writes that enemies of the movement for ternational Missionary Coun- the pressures for the inter- conducted an anti-Israel cam- o preached against nationalization of Jerusalem paign was the Unitarian Rev. Zionists have been able to Jewish national rebirth and cil, the Rev. A. L. Wairnhuis, those who aa d o p t e d th ane Utilization of the John Nicholls Booth. His establish a climate of decep- the reborn state of Israel utilized the pages of the anti-Semites but have emerged as antagonists Christian Century to rebuke their line of thou,ht and ac- refugee problem for attacks were the articles that were tive impressions, internation- tion in opposing the pro- on Israel. the basis for the anti-Semitic al tensions and domestic poli- of the entire Jewish people. those American Protestants Israel and pro -Zionist ideo - Not in the course of de- stand of South End on the tical decisions that under- Dr. Fishman, who was who supported the Zionist velopments there were others Wayne S t a t e University mine the foundation principles ordained at the Jewish Theo- cause. He labeled their con- logies. This is where Dr. Voss and besides Voss and Chworosky campus. of our republic,' and when he logical Seminary and who cern 'hypocrisy' because they who rejected and resented the In an article in Midstream, states that the 'corrupting in- holds n. PhD from New were not fighting for Jewish the ACPC came in to over- anti-Zionism of Coffin and October 1972, Prof. A. Roy fluence of gutter Zionism on York University, is presently immigration to the United come the d a m a g e from others. Edgar Ansel Mowrer Eckardt of Lehigh University, American life is only begin- an advisor to the Israel min- States. He raised the specter Protestant enmities. While the American Chris- was among them. Dr. A. Roy writing on the subject "Chris- ning to surface.' However, istry of education. He has of the Jews becoming a tian Palestine Committee of Eckardt, a former student of tian Perspectives on Israel," Booth also utilizes 'a now- gone thoroughly into a survey nation, with a geographic which Dr. Voss was the quid- Coffin, repudiated him. But stated: familiar device among anti- of Protestant opinions and state of their own, warning ing light has not functioned Lazaron, Harold Fey, editor "In a penetrating analysis Semites, namely, the accusa- public expressions and his that they 'must either choose for some years, the attacks of Christian Century, and in the Journay of Ecumenical tion that a major weapon in volume is filled with detailed to be resident aliens or fore- upon it by Protestant ene- their ilk continued their nega- Studies, Edward H. Flannery, the Jewish world conspiracy data, with 60 pages of anno- swear their Jewish national- mies of the Jewish cause tive roles impugning Israel. while not equating Christian is the blackmail charge of tations to the text of 182 ism and become citizens in have left their marks through There is a long list of Israel's anti-Zionism or anti-Israelism anti-Semitism and, indeed, pages, with quotations from the lands where they live.' At the pro-Arab and anti-Israel enemies in the evaluative with Christian anti-Semitism, the Jewish fabrication of anti- the same he reiterated time, editorials that support his nevertheless shows the mark- Semitism where it is, in fact, the argument that the Zion- forces they have created. Dr. study by Dr. Fishman. charges. There is, however, happier ed affinity among these phe- absent. Furthermore, in While Protestants have con- ists were having a difficult Fishman exposes one such note in Dr. Fishman's con- nomena, especially at uncon- places Booth does not even sistently protested against time 'find(ing) enough Jews enemy in the person of the Rev. L. Humphrey Walz who elusions. He points to a par- scious levels. A ready illus- bother with the semantic trick anti-Semites and have con- in Europe who are willing to tial reversal in attitude in tration is today's Christianity I have mentioned. Thus, Zion- demned anti-Semitism as "a go' to Palestine, and there- first fought the ACPC and Christian Century when it and Crisis, which, as we are ism is a 'coordination of Jew- theological sin," Protestant- fore were appealing for Jew- then became the head of dealt with Jewish peoplehood reminded in another source, ish skills, loyalties and Americans for Middle East ism "has remained blind to ish emigration from the o n e y '; American Jews, Understanding who conducted in 1967. He states: is 'except for occasional the sharp contrast which United States." "The activities of the World showpieces' now consistently rather than Israel. are the the vile campaign against Another prominent Protes- exists between its theoretical Council of Churches Interna- hostile to the redemption of real directors of 'the global objections to anti-Semitism tant is exposed by Dr. Fish- Zionist tasks. Walz's attacks on Voss and tional C o m m i t t e e on the the Jewish people in Israel.' aims of Zionism'; and "the and the practical injurious man as follows: the ACPSC, the pamphlets he Church and the Jewish Peo- An all-too-familiar weapon Jewish establishment" is effects of its own subtle anti- "Dr. Henry Sloan Coffin, Published, the letters he ple, organized in 1961, are is utilized by this journal: the spending millions `to spread Semitism on the destiny of former president of the Union wrote against the movement bound to influence future double standard. Contribu- suspicion and hate, as well as the Jewish people as a collec- Theological Seminary, also Protestant thought about the bons sympathetic to Israe shut down those who would tive body," Rabbi Fishman protested that American p oll. to end Jewish homelessness. state of Israel. Originally are invariably answered by educate the public in what is Dr. Voss came forth with re- asserts. ticians jeopardized the peace formed to help coordinate direct attack; articles sym- occurring.' In these ways Dr. Fishman analyzes the of the world and the good plies that demolished the Protestant missionary activ- pathetic to the other side are Booth's approach reflects a Walz stand. He had the ac- name of the United States Protestant role by stating: tive assistance of the Rev. ities in relation to Jews, the handled quite differently. It return to a more traditional "Denying the existence of with three hundred million Chworosky of the Brooklyn committee has moved away was inevitable that owing to practice in Christendom: the a viable Jewish people, lib- Moslems, 'in order to fish for Universalist Church, and both from its missionary purposes, the journal's antagonism to explicit identification of the eral Protestantism has per- votes.' As a Protestant theo- receive due recognition for and has played an increas- Israel, Mrs. Reinhold Niebuhr enemy of humankind as the sistently upheld the Christian logian, he denied that the ingly active role in world should have recently demand- Jew. The Jews are tribalists courageous acts. theological doctrine of the Bible promised Palestine to their Protestantism on behalf of ed that her late husband's who oppose 'universal, hu- Incensed at Waltz's attacks, disappearance of the 'old the Jews, insisting that such Voss and Chworosky pro- Israel's national interests. name as founding editor be manitarian man.' Here Booth Israel,' the Jewish people, promises appealed only to "Increasing, though slow, removed from the masthead is completely at one with duced lists of Christian spon- when 'new Israel,' the Chris- biblical literalists, 'and to Gerald L. K. Smith's intro- Catholic adjustment to the of Christianity and Crisis. of their movement. tian church, came into being. ignorant ones at that,' f or sors concept of Israel will also "Writing in general terms, ductory commendation of him Countering Walz's argu- The name 'Israel' continues such promises were condi- ments. Chworosky, according have a bearing on Protestant Alice L. Eckardt says: 'Israel for revealing 'the stubborn to be understood by Chris- tioned on obedience to divine to Fishman, "asked Walz to thought. In a report to the as a nation is treated much dogmatic tyrannical world- tendom not as an ethnic- law, and 'Israel notoriously explain 'the sudden senti- National Conference of Catho- the same as the Jewish people wide institution known as religious term describing a failed to fulfill the condition.' lic Bishops in Washington, in have been treated throughout Jew-Zionism.' corporate national body of Said Coffin: 'The plea for the mental interest' of Christians November 1970, the Rev. Ed- history.' This reminds us that in the cause of the Arabs. "Almost identical ,senti- Jews, but as a spiritual con- necessity of a Jewish national ward H. Flannery, executive contemporary Christian atti- ments are offered by Booth 'Can it be that they hope cept denoting the religious state is no more cogent than secretary of the American tudes to Israel, many of brotherhood of all Christian would be a similar plea for thereby to win more Arabs Bishops Conference for Catho- which are hostile, must be in a piece called "How Zion- . for Christ"?' he asked. He Your i Ne Y believers, Jewry continues to an Armenian national state.'" lie-Jewish Relations, explain- understood in continuity with ists Manipulate remain an object of contempt The m a n n.e r in which reminded Walz of the lebt. ed the rationale for the the long tradition of Christen- Protestant anti-Zionists con- Christians owed to Judaism identification of the vast ma- dom's antipathy towards Jews the United Church of Cana for Christian society." It s h o u 1 d be noted that ducted their devilish work and suggested that Zionism jority of American Jews with and persecution of Jews. On da's Observer, which is edited an opportunity tot he to ious ' most by there are exceptions to the against the American Chris- offered Christian world `to make a the state of Israel, and ad- the other hand, we must not rule, and men like Dr. Carl tian Palestine Committee is small down payment on this mitted that dialogues with i g n o r e Father Flannery's and denominationally protect- Hermann Voss, the Rev. Karl related in the Fishman ex- age-old debt.' " Jewish spokesmen t a u g h t point that many views of ed Christian anti-Semite, the and a few pose, and it is here that the M. The shameful role of Jew- Christian participants about Israel can hardly be con- Rev. A. C. Forrest. In the others have spoken and writ- role Carl Hermann Voss and ish participants in the anti- the intense bond which united sidered Christian, even if latter article Booth asserts that the Zionists have "crush- ten in protest against Prot- his associates, especially the they come from Christians, Zionist ranks is given due Jews with Israel." innumerable estant animosities. These ex- Rev. Karl M. Chworosky, ed into silence" Israeli nue Then Dr. Fishman declares and some of them are pasi- attention by Dr. Fishman. conscience. voices of emerges in the glory of a ceptional men receive due account is given of the that "A in e r i c a n liberal tively un-Christian. An credit in Dr. Fishman's re- minority of Christian clergy- activities of Miss Virginia Protestantism's recent accept- "In certain cases anti-Zion- intelligence, through Bnai searched work as well as in men who refused to be jock- Gildersleeve, dean of Barnard ance of pluralistic cultural ism and anti-Israelism among Brith's (Anti - Defamation similar studies that have eyed into the fraudulence of College; of Dr. Harry Emer- patterns in the United States Christians are overt, con- League), Zionist organiza- been published about the sanctimonious anti-Semitism. son Fosdick, B a y a r d S. is bound to lead it to develop scious embodiments of out- lions, temples and rabbis, But on this score, it should Christian role in deference to and-out anti-Semitism, and, in penetrates every part of our be noted that the Jewish anti- Dodge, president of American a more sympathetic attitude truth, reveal themselves as nation. . . .' Booth's efforts in Zionism and Israel. University in Beirut, and toward Jewish ethnicity." He Dr. Fishman's charges in- Zionists, the destructive synonymous with anti-Semit- these publications, in the elude proof that missionaries forces that stemmed from the other Christian enemies of concludes: "A thorough prolonged re- ism. Here is our first major American Mercury, and in Zionism. have projected the Protestant Council for Judaism, came to There is the story of the evaluation of American Prot- position, located far to the public addresses carry for- (Continued on Page 8) THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS head of the Council for Juda- estantism's understanding of rejective end of the spec- 56 Friday, June 8, 1973 —