16—Friday, Sept. 28, 1973
Rome Suffered When Jews Taxed Harshly
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
between Jews and the Roman the document put into effect. the Italian Temple in Jerusa-
(Continued from Page 10)
Jewish leaders want the lem.
Jews from Spain and southern Catholic Church have be-
Rome still has the largest
Vatican to abolish the cult
come
somewhat
easier.
Italy.
Jewish community in Italy,
of
veneration
surrounding
In
1965,
the
Vatican
Ecu-
Half a century later, this
followed by Milan with 9,500
population was consigned to menical Council decreed that "Lorenzino of Marostisca," a members, Turin with 1,600,
murdered boy who still is ac-
the
death
of
Jesus
"cannot
the walled ghetto after hav-
cepted by some Catholics as Florence with 1,400 and Tri-
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ing lived freely in the city be blamed upon the Jews
then living, without distinc- the victim of a Jewish ritual este with 1,290. There also
SECRETARIAL, GENERAL AND LEGAL
•
for centuries.
are small groups in Genoa,
tion, nor upon the Jews of to- murder.
The Je wish community
Venice,
Naples,
Padua,
Mo-
But Vatican officials said
day .. . the Jews should not
HOURS: 9 to 5 MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
was taxed a lump sum, which
be presented as repudiated the responsibility for abolish- dena, Bologna, Leghorn and
reduced the ghetto to chronic
ing the cult rests with the Ancona.
1740 W. BIG BEAVER, TROY, MICH. 48084
or cursed by God . . . "
indebtedness. But the Popes
The German author Ferdi-
local bishop, 8-year-old
But
a
Vatican
document
also found that when the
Msgr. Carlo Zinato of Vicen- nand Gregorovius, who stud-
ghetto was too severely intended to put the Council za, and that they can do ied the Rome Jews in the
taxed, the finances of the city recommendations into prac- nothing.
19th Century, described their
as a whole began to suffer tical effect has been shelved,
Italian Jewish communi- community as "the most re-
according
to
Roman
Catholic
since all money-lending op-
ties suffered a cruel blow markable of all the Jewish
erations were confided to Church sources. They said during World War II when communities of Europe." In
Iry and Sol
Jews as a result of the the Vatican does not want to about 8,000 of their members, many ways, his words hold
•
Cohen
and the
do
anything
that
might
be
in-
Church's ban of usury.
good today.
terpreted as a gesture toward including 2,091 from Rome,
Gang
at
Princeton
"Other Jewries," he wrote,
Richer ghetto Jews did suc- Israel when this jeopardizes were killed or deported to
wish all their
ceed in amassing fortunes the 2,800,000 Catholics living Nazi concentration camps. Of "Especially those of Spain
friends, relatives
and Portugal in. the Middle
in spite of all the disadvan-
the
Romans,
only
71
depor-
hi Arab countries.
Ages and of the synagogues
tages, with the result that
and customers
After Israel Premier Golda tees survived.
of Amsterdam which derives
the Church introduced anti-
A Happy, Healthy
But
many
Jews
eluded
cap-
Meir met Pope Paul VI ear-
ostentation laws to stop them lier this year, the Vatican ture thanks to the help and from them, are more notable
and Prosperous
for their scholarly and theo-
parading in finery.
took the highly unusual step shelter given by their neigh-
New Year
logical
attainments,
but
none
IRV
Poorer Jews were tied to of issuing an icy statement bors—resulting, incidentally,
ramshackle dwellings by the pointing out its difficulties in an upsurge of mixed mar- is of such antiquity and of
such altogether historical im-
Jus Gazzaga—a word corn- with Israel and reaffirming riages after the war,
ing from talmudic Hebrew its friendship with Arab coun-
Since the war, Israeli em- mediacy as the Jews of
0Id Orchard Shopping Plaza
and meaning perpetual lease- tries.
Maple at Orchard Lake Rds.
bassy officials say, about 5,- Rome."
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hold — which a papal order
With such a situation, the 000 Italian Jews have emi-
Mon , Thurs., Fri 9 9
Originality
introduced to prevent prof- Vatican's document is un- grated.
Tues , Wed , Sot til 6
iteering by Christian land- likely to see the light of day.
What a good thing Adam
As a result, nine syna-
ForYoung
lords who owned ghetto dwell- The man principally respon- gogues and 29 Arks of the had—when he said a good
Mon Eight
ings. The rent freeze meant, sible for its preparation, the Covenant have been disman- thing, he knew nobody had
to Eighty
7 Mile and Evergreen
in effect, that landlords made Rev. Cornelius Rijk, report- tled and sent to Israel be- said it before.Mark Twain.
KE 3-4310 — Detroit
MASTER
CHARGE
no attempt to repair decrepit edly quit his job as head of cause they were no longer in
Thurs.. Fri til 9
BANK AMERICARD
houses, while Jews were an- the Vatican office for Catho- use here. The former syna-
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Saturday til 7 310
PRINCETON CHARGE
chored to their decaying med- lic-Jewish relations because gogue at Coniglio Veneto near must then return the same
ieval homes even for many of his frustrations in getting Venice, for example, is now distance.—Kohelet Rabba.
years after the ghetto was
abolished. Some of the build-
ings in the ghetto area still
today lack proper sanitation,
heating or running water.
Despite the harsh Church
measures, the Jews of Rome
always were considered an
integral part of the city and
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were spared exile and the ex-
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Today, the Jews of Rome
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However, a degree of anti
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th recovery of the Italian ex-
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treme right in recent years.
Only recently, Jews in Milan
issued leaflets protesting
what they said have been a
spate of desecrations of Jew-
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ish community buildings, syn-
WINTER
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agogues and cemeteries in
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(singles & doubles)
northern Italy.
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Community representatives
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said individual Jews have
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been receiving telephoned or
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written threats and Jewish
children have been attacked
in schools.
Prof. Augusto Segre, who
belongs to a Jewish commu-
ity committee to combat an-
ti-Semitism, said the prob-
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s
lem is "a 1 armin g" even
VeetC9
though probabr confined to
a tiny minority of neo-Fas-
cists and neo-Nazis.
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Anti-Semitism also gets a
boost from anti-Israeli pub-
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lications of the extreme Left,
ALL
which, Jewish community
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leaders believe, are financed
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by the information depart-
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ments of Arab embassies.
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The I t a l i n a Communist
Party declares itself to be
firmly opposed to any form
50%
of anti-Semitism, but even it
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has purged Jews from posi-
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tions of responsibility since
the 1967 war.
Over the past 14 years,
"°w Sat e price
since Pope John XXIII or-
dered the words "perfidious
Jews" ommitted from Good
Friday prayers, the relations
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