24 Friday, October 6, 1918 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS IBM Pope John Paul's Tie to Jews Traced to His Mother I.._ Typewriters SeleCtriC, etc. By RABBI MARC H TANENBAUM (Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.) household of a Jewish fam- ily. - Add 'n Type In March 1977, at a meet- Religion is more caught ing of the joint Vatican- 342-7800 862-1300 than taught, the Anglican International Jewish divine Dean Inge once Committee concerned with wrote. If there is truth to Catholic-Jewish relations, that maxim — as I believe Cardinal Luciani saw fit to there is — Pope John Paul I recall his mother's experi- seems to have "caught" ences as deeply formative of PODIATRIST, FOOT SURGEON favorable attitudes toward his own personal attitudes the Jewish people and toward Jews. Takes Pleasure In Announcing That The affable cardinal Judaism from his mother, and that may prove to be warmly recalled that the DR. LEONARD H. GOLDSMITH more promising for the fu- Jewish family was very PODIATRIST, FOOT SURGEON ture of Catholic-Jewish re- kind to Mrs. Luciani and lations under his papacy their faith in Judaism than anything that he greatly impressed her. Will Hereafter Be Associated Wtih Him The cardinal said that his might have been taught. Albino Luciano's mother mother passed her re- In The Practice Of Podiatry worked as a maid in the spect for that Jewish family and their religion 32905 WEST 12 MILE on to him, and he added, ARRY FREEDMAN he traces his warm feel- FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN ings toward Judaism to chestra and Entertainment that childhood experi- TELEPHONE OFFICE HOURS ence. 553-8553 BY APPOINTMENT During World War II, Don Albino Luciani, then a young seminarian and teacher in Belluno, visited prisoners in Nazi jails and was "an indefatigable pas- tor" morally supporting You are cordially invited to attend partisans in the anti-Nazi a Public Assembly on the Theme of Repentance resistance. 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In an interview that he gave to Maariv Dec. 8, 1972, he declared: "I certainly view favorably the return of the Jews to Palestine, and believe that, after being dispersed for all these yars, they are at least entitled to a state of their own." While noting that there were those in the Catholic Church who believed that the modern-day Jewish state contradicted one of Christianity's historic dog- mas which viewed the wretched state of the Jews among nations as a punishment for not accept- ing Jesus as Messiah, the cardinal told Maariv: "I, however, do not view the return of the Jewish people to its land as a con- tradiction of any religious - principle of Christianity. It does, perhaps contradict . . . traditional beliefs preva- Conviction Upheld WASHINGTON (JTA)- — The conviction of Dr. William R. Perl, the founder of the Jewish Defense League branch in the Wash- ington area, for illegal re- ceipt of a rifle and attempt to damage property used by two Soviet officials was up- held last week by the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. But the court ordered a new trial on his conviction for conspiracy. All the charges against the 72- year-old retired psychology professor stemmed from a plot May 23, 1976 to shoot out the apartment windows of two Soviet officials living in Prince George's County, Md., a suburb of Washing- ton. - The shots were never fired because Reuven Lev- Tov, a foimer chauffeur for the Israeli Embassy who is now a U.S. citizen, used blank cartridges supplied by the FBI. The Appeals Court re- jected Perl's claim that he and been entrapped into committing the crime by Lev-Tov and the FBI. But it overturned the conspi- racy charge because U.S. District Court Judge Edward S. Northrop of Baltimore failed to fully correct an erroneous in- struction telling the jury it could consider Perl's dealings with Lev-Tov as well as with other un- identified persons. Perl, a Holocaust sur- vivor, was involved in the incident as a protest to Soviet treatment of Jews who want to emigrate to Is- rael. lent in the Christian world over the centuries, but that can be overcome." And, as if for emphasis, he added, "For my part, I have no doubt that-there is a link between the Jews and Palestine." Turning to the issue of Jerusalem, Cardinal Lu- ciani stated that (Christian) "pilgrims returning from Jerusalem said the _ y were very satisfied . . . The church does not wish to con- trol Jerusalem, only to wor- ship in the holy places." The practical implica- tions of Pope John Paul's direct and open feelings toward Jews and Israel were perhaps most clearly reflected at his first weekly general audience on Sept. 6, 1978, when the Pontiff asked the cheering crowd of some 10,000 to pray for "a special intention very close to my heart" — that "a just and complete peace" may emerge from the Camp David summit talks. Such a "just solu- tion" could come about, the Pope said, only if the problems of "the Palesti- nians, the security of Is- rael, and the holy city of Jerusalem" were solved. This conflict, he added, "which has been fought for more than 30 -years in the land of Jesus has al- ready caused so many victims and so much suf- fering, both among Arabs and Israelis." This is the first time that any Pope has spoken in such balanced terms about Arabs and Israelis, and it is cer- tainly the first clear and unambiguous recognition by any recent Pope of the needs of "the security of Is- rael." Jews Express Condolences on Pope's Death NEW YORK (JTA) — American Jewish organiza- tions have expressed shock and sadness over the death of Pope John Paul I who died last week of a heart attack after serving only 34 days.- They sent messages of con- dolence to the Vatican and to American Catholic organizations and leaders. The Jewish groups pointed out that the world had lost a great spiritual leader and noted his sen- sitivity and understanding' of the suffering and hopes of the Jewish people. They also said he understood the meaning of Israel and Jerusalem for the Jewish people. Among those sending condolences were the American Jewish Commit- tee, the Conference of Presidents of Major. Ameri- can Jewish Organizations, the American Jewish Con- gress, the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith, the National Jewish Commu- nity Relations Advisory Council, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Chicago Board of Rabbis. Y i 4 4 i 1`;