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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Friday, October 13, 1918
Small Sects Have Holy Sites
Right In Your
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The Druze religion was
founded in 11th Century CE
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proclaimed himself an in-
carnation of God, estab-
lished a reign of terror and
mysteriously disappeared
in 1021 CE.
Some 38,000 Druze live in
18 villages in Galilee and on
Mt. Carmel near Haifa.
The Druze are consid-
ered heretics by Islam, as
they consider Moham-
med a teacher of false
doctrine. They have their
own scriptures com-
posed of 111 pastoral let-
ters by Druze leaders —
the Discourses on Wis-
dom.
A relatively unknown
sect who make pilgrimages
to Israel are the Baha'i.
This faith was founded by
Mirza Husayn Ali (known
as Bahaullah) in Persia in
the mid-19th Century.
The Baha'i believe in the
unity of God; the spiritual
unity of the prophets; the
progressive character of re-
velation; the unity of man-
kind and the immortality of
the soul.
Bahaullah, known to
history as The Bab, for-
mulated the faith's prin-
ciples in 1844. Leaders of
Islam had him publicly
executed at Tabriz in
1850.
He is interred in the
magnificent gold-domed
Baha'i Temple on Haifa's
Mount Carmel, and mem-
bers of the sect make pil-
grimages from all over the
world to visit his tomb.
In the spiritual realm, Is-
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spiritual enrichment leaves
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JERUSALEM, the "City
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ancient and most fought
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David conquered it and
called it "City of David."
Solomon built here the
Temple and made it the
spiritual center of the Jews.
In turn it was conquered,
destroyed, rebuilt and
beautified by the Babylo-
nians and the Greeks, the
Romans, the • Saracens, the
Crusaders and again by the
Saracens, the Turks and the
British.
But again and again the
Jews resettled and restored
it. So they did under
Nehemiah, the Hasmo-
neans and in our time.
In 1948 it became divided
into Arab Eastern and
Jewish Western Jerusalem,
and united again under a
Jewish administration after
the Six-Day War in June
1967.
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Black Newspaper Seeks Coalition
With. Jews, Response Affirmative
NEW YORK — The New
York Amsterdam News, one
of the nation's leading black
weeklies, has called on the
black and Jewish com-
munities to get together,
work out their differences
and concentrate on areas of
common concern.
In a recent editorial, the
newspaper said:
"Perhaps it is time for
black and Jewish business
leaders to sit down together
at a high level in our city to
begin discussions about
coalition-formation.
"Perhaps it is time for our
religious leaders — the
moral and ethical centers of
our communities — to begin
discussions to relieve the
tensions.
"Perhaps our politi-
cians — those responsi-
ble for finding ways to
conciliate and com-
promise in tough, in-
tractable issues — ought
to begin high-level dis-
cussions about the tender
relationships between
our communities.
"Perhaps some cross-
section summit meeting of
religious, business and
political leaders — and
others — ought to be called
"Our similar histories
indicate that we have much
more in common with each
other than at odds.
"Let us begin with the
common ground, create
specific programs and
policies to deal with those
aspects of city life where we
agree — then ultimately go
on to address those areas
where we are in conflict.
"Perhaps in those
areas we will at least be
able to agree to disagree
— minus the hostility.
"The door is open. The
hand of conciliation is put
forth. We await a reply."
One of the first to respond
was Howard M. Squadron,
president of the American
Jewish Congress. In a tele-
gram to Amsterdam News
publisher John L. Procope,
Squadron said:
"Let me be among the
first to respond to your
eloquent and timely edito-
rial on the necessity of re-
building the coalition be-
tween blacks and Jews.
"Your are right. There
is much common ground
on which to forge to-
gether a great movement
of cooperation on issues
of common concern be-
tween our two com-
munities.
"You may recall that
when the Supreme Court
handed down its decision in
the Bakke case I urged
black and Jewish groups to
join together in devising ef-
fective affirmative action
programs in keeping with
the court's decision. This is
just one of many areas we
can work on. Housing,
schools, jobs, the troubles
that plague our urban poor
— all these and more re-
quire our mutual commit-
ment and mutural efforts to
achieve the goal of racial
justice, social equality and
economic opportunity.
"We are prepared to co-
sponsor or participate in
any way in the new coali-
tion of ideas and action
which you have proposed."
Another positive re-
sponse came from the
Jewish Press, a weekly
serving the New York
Jewish community. In an
editorial, the Press de-
clared:
"The Amsterdam News
must be complimented
for taking a giant step
toward the development
of sincere communal re-
lationships.
"Throughout our history,
all the Jews have ever asked
was to live in harmony with
our neighbors. And for the
most part, harmony be-
tween the Jewish and black
communities has existed.
"In days not too long past,
the first pne to hire black
youth was the local Jewish
storekeeper. It was the local
Jewish merchant who ex-
tended credit to his commu-
nity, blacl and white to-
gether.
"It is indeed true, as the
Amsterdam News editorial
comments, that 'our similar
histories indicate that we
have much more in common
with each other than at
odds.'
"We are ready, willing
and able to sit down with
a cross section of the
black community. We are
ready, willing and able to
sit down with black
businessmen, religious
leaders and even politi-
cians, with all of those
who make up the cross
sections of our times, to
discuss our mutual prob-
lems.
"We are ready, willing
and able to have the black
community join our reli-
gious leaders, business
leaders and educators for a
sincere dialogue that could
have the basis for cement-
ing a relationship that
never should have soured.
"We shake the hand of the
New York Amsterdam
News and as our New Year
approaches pray that the
door that has been opened
will bring in the fresh air of
understanding and reason."
Parley Held on Holiday
Gets. AJCongress Blast
NEW YORK — The
American Jewish Congress
has described as "unsatis-
factory" and "unpersua-
sive' a letter from the Na-
tional Institutes of Health
(NIH) explaining why NIH
and the Department of
Health, Education and Wel-
fare (HEW) had scheduled a
National Conference on
Medical Research Princi-
ples for the second day of
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish
New Year.
Howard M. Squadron,
president of the AJCon-
gress, voiced "disappoint-
ment at the failure of the
two government agencies to
respond to our protest by
moving the conference one
day forward, thus making
possible the full participa-
tion of American Jews."
Squadron had written to
NIH Director Donald S.
Fredrickson and HEW Sec-
retary Joseph Califano
charging "callous indif-
ference to the religious sen-
sibilities of the American
Jewish community" in
scheduling the conference
on the second day of Rosh
Hashana, one of the holiest
days on the Jewish calen-
dar.
In a reply dated Sept.
12, Dr. Fredrickson wrote
that the conference had
originally been set for
Oct. 2 and 3 — the two
days of Rosh Hashana.
When it was noted that
the original date was in di-
rect conflict with the Jewish
New Year, Dr. Fredrickson
wrote, "agency representa-
tives were again polled —
with negative results — to
determine whether the con-
ference might be re-
scheduled for late October.
Accordingly, I approved the
scheduling of the conference
on Oct. 3 and 4, with pro-
visions to assure that any
who might not be able to
attend the first day could
nevertheless effectively
participate in the confer-
ence."
In reply, Squadron said in
a letter to the NIH:
"It will not be possible for
anyone to effectively par-
ticipate in the conference
who is not actually present.
"The fact remains that
Jewish persons will not
be able to attend this im-
portant conference with-
out violating their reli-
gious consciences.
"We fail to understand
why the only choice offered
to HEW officials was 'late
October' and why the con-
ference could not simply
have been moved forward
by one more day, thus avoid-
ing the necessity of Jewish
participants to choose be-
tween their religious con-
victions and their profes-
sional responsibilities.
"We repeat our request to
Dr. Fredrickson and HEW
Secretary Califano to re-
schedule the conference to
avoid offending the reli-
gious sensibilities of Ameri-
can Jews.
"And we repeat our
view that it is inconceiv-
able that HEW and NIH
would convene a confer-
ence on Christmas or
Easter."
Squadron said the ar-
rangements made for par-
ticipants who could not
attend on Rosh Hashana
were "an unsatisfactory
substitute for the opportu-
nity to take part personally
and directly in the confer-
ence."