6 Friday, July 9, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Catholic Calls For Dialogue Between Christians and Jews LOUISVILLE (JTA) — A Jews into supporting Catho- prominent Catholic prelate lic positions on . such contro- last Tuesday urged an as- versial issues as parochiaid sembly of Jewish commu- or abortion. nity relations leaders to en- At a later session, a policy courage gre-dter Catholic- statement adopted by the Jewish dialogue that 350 delegates, representing "openly and frankly" probes nine national Jewish organi- theological questions and zations and 100 community "any and all public policy is- relations councils, reaf- sues" on which the two firmed the long-standing groups may be divided. opposition of the NJCRAC The Rev. Msgr. George G. agencies to prayer and other Higgins of the U.S. Catholic religious observances in Conference, speaking on re- public schools, and to the ligious pluralism at the an- use of tax funds for paro- nual plenary of the National chial schools. Orthodox Ju- Jewish Community Rela- daism, represented here by tions Advisory Cduncil, said .the Union of Orthodox Jew- that "difficulties and frus- ish Congreations of Amer- trations" can be expected in ica, again, as in past years, such exchanges, but Catho- dissented on the parochiaid lics promoting dialogue issue. would "reject and repu- Another section of the diate" any efforts by fellow policy declaration, sub- Christians to "misuse it" as mitted in draft by a means of pressuring the NJCRAC's 'commission on >O< In his appeal for interreli- clothing. X gious exchange, Higgins Open.9-6 daily ''>< said that American Chris- (to 5.30 Sat.) 9-9 Inurs 3 Fri. " N. _ tians "must be prepared" to Ample parking urge a U.S. walk-out at the Credit Lards accepted UN General Assembly if the X „ 31455 SOUTHFIELD ROAD / 645-5560 )< Arab-Third World bloc persists with efforts to ex- 2 )00(>< sX 3( < 5&X)( , pel Israel. FOUND IN x DETROIT ) •,( , CUSTOM DRAPES TUTONE LEVELOR BLINDS VERTICALS LAMINATED SHADES WOVEN WOODS SAVE UP TO 30% HURTIG WINDOW INTERIORS 559-8209 Free Estimates 559-8209 ..gfith Arti #9aSeW0P Sit down — have a cup of coffee and .. . "Call-A-Maid" 557-2008 . . . and let someone else do the work Transportation Included — • Trained • Bonded • Insured y The "silence" of the Chris- tian clergy during the Six- Day War, which led man:‘ disillusioned Jewish groups to discontinue interreligious discussions, was "an argu- ment for rather than against dialogue," Higgins declared. Christians, then and now, "do not fully un- derstand what Israel means to the Jews in theological terms. Jews themselves are the only ones who can help us to overcome this gap," he said. Noting that past dia- logues had generally been initiated by JewS, Higgins, who is consultant to the Bishops Committee on Catholic-Jewish Relations, said that Catholics now need to reverse the process "in a Spirit of deep repent- ance for past offenses and crimes committed by Chris- tians against Jews."' The 350 delegates ap- pioved unanimously a statement denouncing Gen. George S. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for state- ments he made before the Senate Armed Forces Committee. The statement declared that Brown "reflected again his marked insensitivity to a basic aspect of the Ameri- can system." In another speech, the executive head of the NJCRAC said efforts to "democratize" the American Jewish community by res- tructuring it on a "kind of one-man, one-vote princi- ple" could have the opposite .Jewish Documents Given to Queen PHILADELPHIA-- Jer- ome J. Shestack, honorary president of the Jewish Pub- lication Society of America, recently presented a_facsim- ile copy of the first Jewish -sermon published in the new world to Queen Sophia of Spain. The presentation took place in Washington, D.C. in the course of a meet- ing between King Carlos and Queen Sophia and a .de- legation of 11 prominent Jewish leaders. The sermon forms part of Beginnings: Early Ameri- can Judaica, a collection of 10 facsimile publications il- lustrative of the religious, cultural and political life of American Jewry, 1761-1845, issued by the Jewish Publi- cation Society on the occa- sion of the bicentennial cele- bration. effect of atomizing it and chairman, succeeding Lewis Mrs. Yost served as a re- source speaker for a Soviet "make the individual Jew D. Cole of Louisville. He had feel even more powerless, is- been a NJCRAC vice-chair- Jewry workshop concerned man and head of its Israel' with organizing special in- olated and alienated." Albert D. Chernin dis- Task Force, and chairman terest groups to take active puted "the criticism being of the American 'Jewish roles on behalf of Soviet heard from many directions Congress Commission on Jews. — from Breira on the one Law and Social Action. This year's plenary hand to the Jewish Defense League on the other, from marked the retirement of segments of the rabbinate Arnold Aronson, NJCRAC's and even from within the director of program plan- Jewish establishment" that ning for the past 31 years present institutional struc- and recognized as one of the tures are not responsive to nation's leading authorities the needs and will of Ameri- on civil liberties and civil rights issues. He has been can Jews. Chernin spoke at a ses- secretary of Leadership sion at which Theodore R. Conference on 'Civil Rights Mann, a past president of since its founding. the Jewish Community Re- Detroit representatives lations Council of Greater at the meeting included Philadelphia, was, installed Jewish Community Coun- They come to your home or office with as the new NJCRAC chair- cil president John H. their -garage-on- man. Shepherd and Mrs. Shep- ' wheels." Valet The ,,critics, Chernin herd, former Council pres- service that doesn't maintained, ignore the vol- ident Hubert J. Sidlow cost one penny extra! untary character of the and Mrs. Sidlow, execu- I Expert diagnostic tune-up community when their pro- tive director Alvin L. ■ Electronic analyzer — all posals emphasize a-need for Kushner and his wife, and engine systems a single, central Jewish community affairs asso- III Professionally trained mechanics body. "This would dissipate, ciates Fred Frank and I. Perfect results assured rather than strengthen, the Beverly Yost. - Call Sanford Rosenberg cohesiveness and sense of Kushner presented a 398-3605 purpose of the American paper detailing local Jewish 6-cyl. cars $31.50 includes Jewish community," he efforts to implement peace- EVERYTHING: Labor AND Parts. said. 4 and 8 cyl. comparatively iow. fully Detroit's court-ordered Mastercharge and BankAmer:card Betty Friedan, founder school desegregation plan. of -the feminist movement, urged that passage of the equal rights amendment become a priority concern for the organized Jewish community. The struggle for women's equality was rooted in the Jewish tradi- tion of opposing injustice, 15 Years Experience she told the 350 delegates. Defining the women's • • Repairs • Service movement as a "two-sex • Installation • Design movement, or it is nothing," Friedan said that its effort • All work guaranteed to "liberate and attain full equality for women would have a positive effect on strengthening Jewish fam- ily_ life in contemporary so- ciety." Mann, a 48-year-old attor- ney, was elected to a one- year term as JNCRAC Right In Your Own Driveway! TUNE -UP MAN - GREAT LAKES LAWN SPRINKLER CO. Call Ale 356-7%3 ORDERS NOW Being Accepted FOR 1977 OLDSMOBILES STILL AVAILABLE GOOD SELECTION OF '76 OLDS r 1 I ORDER YOUR I I 1 1977 LEASE CAR NOW 1 `CALL GEORGE GLASSMAN I • COMPLETE SERVICE I • BUMPING and PAINTING Religious Dialogue JERUSALEM (JTA) — Christians and Israelis will cement their common reli- gious heritage and explore new avenues of communica- tion at a conference here over the Thanksgiving holi- day. 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