p - r THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 22 Friday, February 2, 1919 The Vatican Disavows Capucci's Trip to Syria for PLO Meeting ROME (JTA) — The ap- pearance of Msgr. Hilarion Capucci, the former Greek Melchite Catholic Ar- chbishop of Jerusalem, at the Palestine National Council conference in Damascus last week, where he espoused the cause of the Palestine Liberation Or- ganization caused acute embarrassment to the Vati-_ can. The Holy See issued a special statement saying that Capucci, who had been assigned to pastoral duties in Latin America, "made the trip to Damascus on his own- initiative, without the authorization of the Holy See and without having previously informed the Holy See." It was learned that this official disavowal by the Vatican of Capucci's actions followed on the heels of a high-level meeting between the Israel Embassy here and a top Vatican spokes- man. Israel released COLLECTIONS!!! Past Due Accounts USE AN ATTORNEY TO COLLECT JOHN D. 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The Soviet Union had given assurances that all Asian group states, including Is- rael, would be allowed to participate, a federation spokesman said. - Earlier, the federation placed a four-month-ban on international competitions in 21 countries who took part in the Asian Games in Bangkok in December, from which Israel had been excluded. It also banned their athletes from par- ticipating in other interna- tional competitions until April 14. NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION "DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT MAKE A PERSONAL VISIT TO OUR STORE WHERE YOU WILL FIND MANY, MANY "DIFFERENT" ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM. WE ARE WELL STOCKED WITH OFFICE SUPPLIES, FURNITURE FOR OFFICE, HOME OR ANYWHERE. GIFT ITEMS AND IDEAS ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT OUR TWO BEAUTIFUL SHOWROOMS, AND OF COURSE THERE'S AL I WAYS OUR SALE TABLES FOR EXTRA SAVINGS. RESOLVE TO COME IN 14 MILE SOON. WE'D LIKE TO SEE a YOU AND DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR YOUR FREE I- GIFT! D cf) Modern Office Inc tk your Office , Bo" 13 MILE 31535 Southfield Rd. Birmingham (Beverly Hills), MI 48009 Telephone: 642-5600 MSGR. CAPUCCI Rome sanitorium, Capucci was then transferred to Buenos Aires. In a related development, sed satisfaction over the "Hebrew-Christian dialogues." a letter from the Vatican Secretariat of State to Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum, na- tional interreligious affairs director of the Atherican Jewish Committee, expres- sed satisfaction about "the growing relation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Jewish religion, in the wake of the Second Vat- ican Council and its Decla- ration Nostra Aetate on the relation of the church with non-Christian religions." In Mexico City, a delega- tion of Mexican-Jewish leaders was received by Pope John Paul II at an ecumenical reception dur- ing the Latin American Bishop's Conference in Puebla. The Pontiff expres- t1)..79ter Office Gir l', The countries who had taken- part in the Bangkok Games had -committed a "deliberate breach" of the rules of the federation which had refused to au- thorize the games because of the ban on Israel. Earlier reports had stated that the sports federation rules required the par- ticipating athletes be ban- JDC Funds TAU Social Work Unit TEL AVIV — The Joint Distribution Committee has established a new graduate program at the Tel Aviv University of Social Work to raise the standards of professionals serving in supervisory positions. The program, which of- fers a master's degree in social work, includes such specializations as working ot old age, youth, in the I elations, mental fami. health, and community or- ganization, emphasizing skills in supervision, ad- ministration, and , profes- sional evaluation and re- search. Participants in the new program, all of whom have had several years of experi- ence, come from a variety of Israel social services: kibutz social services, army men- tal health services, welfare offices, marriage counsel- ing, medical centers, re- ' habilitation services, , and child and school counseling. Cardozo Has First Graduate NEW YORK — Barbara Berwitz of Jamaica, Queens, the only member of her class to complete her studies in January, is the first graduate of Yeshiva University's. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, chartered in 1974 and opened in 1976. Last summer, Ms. Ber- witz studied comparative law at Hebrew University Law School in Israel in a program sponsored by Tem- ple University. Her addi- tional studies enabled her to graduate early. ned from Olympic competi- tion. The Jewish delegation, which was one of a number of non-Catholic denominations to visit the Pope, presented him with a silver gift in- scribed with the Hebrew date, Tevet 29, 5739. 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