THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
24 Friday, October 14, 1977
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Religious Understanding Among Israelis
JERUSALEM—"It's little
known that the Norwegian
Church's foothold in the
Holy Land has a centuries-
old precedent: our medieval
King Sigurd Jorsalfar made
the voyage here as a Crusa-
der. Not that I have,
sympathy for the sa-
ru
ders. ' adds Per Faye Han-
sen with a smile. "His visit,
though, did anticipate
today's spiritual and mari-
time links between the two
countries. You can see his
name, which means 'Sigurd
who went to Jerusalem.' as
a street sign in Acre, near
the harbor, and one of the
pillars in the Church of the
Nativity at Bethlehem bears
the inscription `Olavus rex
norvegiae'."
According to Christian
News from Israel. Reverend
Faye-Hansen has devoted
the past 30 years to a cm-
sading enterprise wholly dif-
ferent from that of his
ancient monarch.
Indefatigable as a pastor,
excursion guide, lecturer
and editor at the Scandina-
vian Seamen's Church in
Israel, he is also one of its
principal founders. The
church is based in Haifa at
the . Carmel Institute, and
has centers at Ashdod and
Jerusalem. It is now
approaching the end of its
third decade.
Reverend Faye-Hansen
evoked the beginnings, 10
years before the emergence
of the state of Israel. "It
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REV. PER FAYE-HANSEN
was as a student at the The-
ological Faculty in Oslo in
the mid-'30s — a time of
Zionist activism and heigh-
tened political awareness in
general — that I first came
in contact with other Nor-
wegian Protestants in whom
biblical studies had shaped
a conviction that great prov-
idential events -were matur-
ing in this part of the world.
"For here, the struggles
of a small community, if
successful, would give the
lie to the widely-accepted
"curse" on the "Old Israel"
that contradicted the other,
positive biblical prophecies
of prosperity and fulfill-
ment, such as we find in
Ezekiel 11:17 —`Thus saith
the Lord God; I will even
gather you from the people,
and assemble you out of the
Countries where ye have
been scattered, and I will
give you the land of
Israel.' "
"In 1938. when the idea
was initially broached to
Christian institutions and
sailors' organizations in
Norway • and Sweden, the
response was indifferent:
there seemed to be little
point in establishing a Scan-
dinavian Seamen's Church
in Haifa—a small Mediter-
ranean port where, anyway.
only few Scandinavian ships
would call. But those who
read their Bible with care
saw the future of Haifa with
the view of Dr. Herzl: as a
modem city where, in an
atmosphere of forbearance
and broad humanity, the
West would meet the East,
and Scandinavia would
again come in touch with
the-Holy Land."
"The same year saw my
first pilgrimage here: even
then, I recall, the Haifa
docks, with their mixed
Arab and Jewish steve-
dores, were busy with citrus
exports, to England,
mainly, but also to Scandi-
navia — and in either case,
in Norwegian vessels ! Until
the construction of Ashdod
port in 1965, the sea outlet
for the southern hinterland
was- Tel Aviv-Ja4, whose
shallow waters were navi-
gable only by lighters that
plied between the quays and
the ships moored offshore."
"That first visit
impressed upon me how
negative was the picture of
the Jewish community
given there to the seamen.
whose contact with the local
people was limited to cafe-
table discussions with Arabs
and British. It was to com-
bat such prejudicial
influence and offer Scandi-
navian seamen a redisco-
very of their biblical kinship
with Jewry that the Carmel
Institute was founded in
Norway in 1945.
"Our purpose was to cre-
ate, through intensive study
of the Bible and biblical
archaeology. a spiritual
bond between the peoples of
Scandinavia and the Jews in
Palestine, who were at the
time struggling to bring in
the survivors of Hitler's
camps."
"But this was not enough.
We in the 'Cannel' move-
ment felt that a Scandina-
vian bridge-head was
needed in Palestine: a cen-
ter where Scandinavians
could get in touch directly
with Israel and the Bible."
In April 1949, plans for a
Seamen's Church in Haifa
materialized when a former
German and Scottish place
of worship was made avail-
able by the Israel Custodian
of Gerinan Property; in
1968, the church moved into
its present spacious prem-
ises on Carmel's slopes.
The expansion of Ashdod
and the rise in the daily
number of ships docking
there made it the site for a
second Seamen's Home
which opened in 1969. A
third. in _Jerusalem, opened -
its doors to maritime vis-
itors in September: "Beit
Norwegia," in the old and
leafy calm of the "German
Colony," is an impressive
three-story building of
rose-colored Jerusalem
stone.
"A pied-a-terre in the
Holy City is really essential.
Here, our visiting groups
will enjoy such facilities as
a library, lecture hall. din-
ing-room and study bed-
rooms, and from here they
will have the opportunity to
visit Jewish homes and
synagogues, as well as the
holy places and major
institutions of the , capital,"
Rev. Faye-Hansen said.
The four flags—of Nor-
way, Denmark, Sweden and
Finland—that bedeck the
centers' exteriors leave no
doubt as to the Scandina-
vian atmosphere that pre-
vails within.
"We receive between
three and six thousand
seamen each year; at the
peak of the citrus season,
there have been a dozen
Scandinavian ships and half
as many West German
ships putting into the ports
in a single day. I and my
assistants go aboard each
one to .meet the 'crew and
invite them to the homes,
where they have reading-
rooms with Scandinavian
and German newspapers,
quiet corners where they
can write letters, a library
and games. They can attend
lectures and films about
Israel, and football matches
are arranged with local
teams.
"I take evening church
services at Ashdod on Satur-
day and at Haifa on Sunday.
On Friday nights we light
Sabbath candles, and I
accompany groups to Sab-
bath eve services at Seph-
ardi and Ashkenazi
synagogues."
The request to extend our
facilities to West German
seamen came from the
Israeli authorities. At first,
it proved rather a problem-
atic arrangement—from the
experience of World War H
there lingered a mutual hos-
tility between German and
Norwegian crewmen. But
attitudes changed and
today, I am happy to say,
relations are excellent."
The itinerary arranged by
the church spans the length _
and breadth of the land, and
over the years, more than
70,000 seamen have followed
its routes. Ashdod is the
starting-point for Jerusa-
lem, to which there are
often up to 20 trips in the
space of a month. and tours
of Galilee begin in Haifa.
"With our little fleet of
eight-seater mini-buses--far
preferable to the standard
coaches—and qualified
Scandinavian guides, we try
to bring our visitors into
close contact with the land
and its people, in towns, vil-
lages, kibutzim and syna-
gogues. They hear an expla-
nation of the historical sites
and the rebuilding of Israel
in the light of biblical his-
tory and prophecy.
Young theologians from
Scandinavia frequently
serve in the church. From
here, they take back their
experiences and impres-
sions to their communities
and theological institutions.
"By this means," explains
their pastor, "the institute
is able to exert an influence
in European countries on
human and theological atti-
tudes towards development
in Israel."
His work takes the pastor
beyond the confines of
Israel. Each year he makes
several lecture-tours
through Scandinavia, Swit-
zerland and West Germany.
In addition to such themes
as "Modem Israel in the
Light of Biblical Prophecy"
and "Why I Am a Christian
. Zionist," he talks on the
ideas of the institute.
The pastor's married
daughter, Gro Faye-Hansen
Wenske, who lives in
is also a theologian; she is
information secretary for
Carmel.
Per Faye-Hansen's credo,
source of a remarkably
enterprising and single-
minded zeal, is straight-
forViard enough: "To me it
is clear that Zionism today
is a challenge from the one
true God to rectify and
guide the course of theology
-and the politics that relate
to it."
His convictions take him
on a tack that often runs
parallel to Jewish Zionism,
and moves in a direction
opposite to that of the Chris-
tian missionary. His labors,
through the Scandinavian
Seamen's Church and the
Carmel Institute. have
undoubtedly played a key
role in introducing to mari-
time and other visitors from
the north the living reality
of Israel and its people: lat-
est among his achievements
is S' film on Israel with his
own coreirn entary.
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