THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Fond Tribute to Bishop Sheen By MARC TANENBAUM (A Seven Arts Feature) Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who died Dec. 9 at the age of 84, was a warm, personal friend over the past two decades, and I will miss him sorely. The emotion expressed by a rabbi will probably strike some Christians and many Jews as unexpected, if not altogether strange. Was not Archbishop Sheen the "super-evangelist" and do not the Jewish people re- gard Christian evangelism as a threat to the survival of Judaism and the Jews? That was the first image that I carried around in my head about Archbishop Sheen. He was, after all, the director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and through him several prominent Jews be- came converts to Catholi- cism. evening in which to have a - ' the, promise of future blessings still endured." program of this kind be- That covenant continues, cause Rabbi Tanenbaum is he added, "with the people leaving immediately after- that are involved in a wards for Rome. I tell you at synagogue like this." the very beginning so that Referring to the covenant you will know that what I between the Jewish people have to say has nothing to and the land of Israel, Ar- do with his decision to go to chbishop Fulton Sheen then Rome." declared: "I propose to try to edu- "God then made a cove- cate our own people to a de- nant with Moses. God said eper understanding of the he would be their God, they mystery of our faith and will be My people. My how much we owe to the people ... God had prom- Jewish-people," Archbishop ised him a land, to turn Sheen said. "Our debt has to again to a land from which do with God's covenant with they had come, into which Israel which marks the his- Abraham had led them. tory of the Jews from all And He also promised that other peoples of the world .. Even when one side of they would be a blessing to all peoples." the covenant was not kept, Then, on Feb. 22, 1967, I had an experience with Archbishop Sheen that caused me to change rad- ically my attitudes and feelings about him. When Archbishop Sheen served as bishop of Roches- ter in 1967, I had the privilege of speaking with him at an all-day conference on Catholic-Jewish rela- tions at Temple Brith Kodesh in that city. It was one of the first major Catholic-Jewish meetings to be held since the close of Vatican Council II and the adoption of the Vatican Dec- laration on Non-Christian Religions (Oct. 28, 1965) which condemned anti- Semitism and called for mutual respect and frater- nal dialogue between Catholics and Jews. In his characteristic, magnetic speaking style that had made him one of the most popular national television personalities, Ar- chbishop Sheen delivered a 20-minute address on his respect for Judaism as a liv- ing religion and his love for the Jewish people. He began his historic talk with a sparkling joke that seemed to take into account the suspicions of many Jews about his evangelical inten- tions. Referring to the fact that I was scheduled to leave that night for a meet- ing in Rome with the Vati- can Secretariat on Catholic-Jewish relations, Archbishop Sheen stated: "This is a very fitting MR. IRVING LAKER General Chairman Irving Laker, chairman of the upcoming Herschel Bernardi Concert for Chabad-Lubavitch, has an- nounced the selection of seven Chabad Honorees: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Be- znos, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin I. Cohn, Dr. and Mrs. George Dean, Mr. and Mrs. David Hermelin, Mrs. Emma Lazaroff- Schaver, Mrs. Pearl Ruch, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shenkman. 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Marilynn Klein, Chairman of the Concert Journal Book, is offering advertising space in the Journal for companies and individuals. For Informa- tion about the Detroit Con- cert call 548-2666 or write Herschel Bernardi Concert Headquarters, 14000 W. 9 Mile Road, Oak Park, Michigan 48237. For infor- mation regarding the Grand Rapids performance call 616-458-6575 or write Chabad House, 1910 Michi- gan Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506. " Proceeds of the concert will go towards support of the following Chabad- Lubavitch activities, which are under the general direc- torship of Rabbi Berel Shemtov: MR. & MRS. DAVID RERMEUN communally-representative Concert Committee was in the process of formation and would shortly be an- nounced. Committee mem- bers will be promoting the February 10th "Hassidic Happening Concert" at Ford Auditorium. The Con- cert's lead attraction is Herschel Bernardi, star of screen, Television and Stage. Mr. Bernardi, who is currently on a nationwide tour on behalf of Chabad, will perform excerpts from - "Fiddler On The Roof," "Man of La Mancha" and other hit shows in dazzling mixture of song, dance, full-costume acting, Jewish humor, story-telling and Yiddish comedy. (At his first appearance of the series last week in Min- neapolis, a sold-out house at the city's prestigious Or- chestra Hall gave Mr. Ber- nardi a standing ovation). The full concert will be pre- sented in Grand Rapids on the following night, Mon- day February 11. Tickets for the concert are available in the Front Or- chestra section for tax- deductible contributions of $250 (Sponsors), $100 (Patrons) and $50 (Suppor- ters). General Admission seats are available for con- tributions of $25, $10 or $8 (Balcony). An elegant Con- Friday, December 28, 1919 19 gan Chabad. Rabbi Betzalel Gottlieb 548-2666. Chabad House of Royal Oak-Troy; Hebrew School, Adult Education, Hospital visitation etc. Rabbi Yosef Keselman, 280-1939. Chabad House of Upper Southfield, serving the apartment complexes in the 12 Mile - Telegraph - North- western area, Rabbi Nachman Simon, 398-2953. Chabad House of West Bloomfield. Regular synagogue services every Saturday and Holidays at Ealy School (Maple between Middlebelt and Orchard Lake). Network of Adult Education classes for indi- viduals and groups. Afternoon-school at Lubavitch Education Cen- ter in Farmington. Director: Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg 626-8210. Lubavitch Center, Far- mington, 28555 Middlebelt Road, just north of 12 Mile Road (The former Labor Zionist Building) houses the DR. & MRS. GEORGE DEAN The Lazaroff-Schaver Student Center, Univers- tity of Michigan Chabad House in Ann Arbor headed by Rabbis Aron and Levy Goldstein. Chabad House provides a full range of serv- ices and facilities for Jewish students on campus. Phone: "99-learn." Chabad House Center of Farmington Hills, Kinder- garten, nursery, counseling services, high-school, col- lege and adult education by Rabbi Chayim Moshe Bergstein, phone 626-3194. Chabad House of Western Michigan in Grand Rapids, serving the Jewish Com- munities of Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Kalamazoo and students at Grand Val- ley State, Ferris State, Western Michigan Univer- sity and Kalamazoo Col- lege. Director: Rabbi Yosef Weingarten, 616-458-6575. Lubavitch Center, Oak Park, the central synagogue and office cluster of Michi- ; MR. & MRS. HAROLD BEDIOS Lubavitch Cheder, a unique elementary school institu- tion under Rabbi Yitschak Wolf. of House Chabad Windsor, Ontario (519) 258-1225. Director: Rabbi Yosef Hecht. Day-Camp, story-hour groups for Kin- dergarten age children, adult education, University of Windsor student services and special events, hospital visitations etc. Other Chabad activities include 1) The Publications Department under Rabbi Yitschak M. Kagan pub- lishing the "Thought For The Week" books and periodicals, which have been translated into many languages. Rabbi Kagan also moderates weekly radio programs on WNIC, WWKR, WSHJ and WMJC. 2) Camp Gan Israel, on 660 acres of magnificent recrea- tion lakes and forests, with modern comfortable facilities, near Kalkaska, under Rabbi Sholom Ber Stock. 3) Nusach H'Ari Cemetery, Mishkan Israel Cemetery and Lubavitch Shiva-&-Condolence Serv- ice, headed by Rabbi Moshe Zaklikofsky. 4) Family Service and Pushkah di- vision under Rabbis Yitschak Mann and Yisrael Ehrlich. 5) Chaplaincy and visitation services by Rabbi Moshe Polter to area hospi- tals and prisons, including Harper, Grace, Providence, MRS. EMMA LAZAROFF- SCRAVER Hutzel and Mt. Carmel hos- pitals, and Oakland County Jail. 6) Chabad House On Wheels. The renowned mobile center brings educa- tional services to com- munities throughout the state, including the Upper Peninsula. Director: Rabbi Yitschak M. Lipszyc. 7) T.O.A.S.T. "Time Out And Study Torah": A daily Torah-Lesson by Phone 548-7240. 8) Lubavitch Women's Organization; 1979/80 Presidents: Rachel MR. & MRS. JACK SHENKMAN Wineberg and Clara Simon. All Chabad Activities this year are in honor of the 30th Anniversary of world Jewish Leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.