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VOL. LXXVII, No. 5
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April 4, 1980
Zgypt Pairliament Pressures
Israelis On 'Arab' Jerusalem
Minnesota Clergyman Hit
for 3 Anti-Semitic Sermons
MINNEAPOLIS (JTA) — A local preacher who delivered a series of what
is regarded as blatantly anti-Semitic sermons three months ago, claiming
that the Holocaust was God's punishment of the Jews for their rejection of
Jesus, drew expressions of shock and anger from Christian and Jewish
groups that have not abated despite a recent disclaimer and charges of a
"witch hunt" by the evangelist.
Rev. Ernest O'Neill, an Irish-born former Methodist minister who heads
the non-denominational Campus Church here and a number of affiliated
business enterprises, drew a sharp rebuke from the Council of Religious
Advisers (CRA) of the University of Minnesota and a somewhat equivocal
protest by the Minnesota Council of Churches which upheld his right to
express his views although it disagreed with them.
The CRA is a group of 14 clergymen and church workers who
serve the student body at the university. The Campus Church is in no
way associated with that institution but many students attend its
services.
Morton Ryweck, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations
Council of Minneapolis and of the Anti-Defamation League of Minnesota and
the Dakotas, saw O'Neill's sermons as a reminder "that theologically-based
Christian anti-Semitism is still with us, notwithstanding the progress that
has been made in recent decades in reforming church teaching and certain
liturgical references about the Jews and Judaism."
O'Neill initially defended his references to Jews on grounds that he was
merely quoting biblical verses about Jews to provide examples relevant to
Christian living. Later he disavowed some of his more scurrilous remarks,
claiming they were taken out of context and distorted by his critics.
In a Jan. 27 sermon, he called the Jews a "reprobate" people who had
spurned God's will and said that "the nation of Israel faces more contempt
and more suspicion than any other nation."
According to the transcript of that sermon, O'Neill thanked the
"Lord" for "the clear lesson from Israel, that if we go for our own
material and financial prosperity, according to our own plans, we will
never have enough money." With respect to the Holocaust, he said:
"I do believe that many of us are weak in our interpretation of why things
like the Holocaust happen, and I do think that at times it's certainly good to
blame the secondary causes. It is certainly good to blame the Germans or
blame ourselves, but it is important to see what God's explanation is and it's
Ezekiel 39 and verse 23: 'And the nations shall know that the house of Israel
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Senior political sources in Jerusalem have described Tues-
day's Egyptian Parliament resolution on Jerusalem as "very serious."
The resolution, which was passed unanimously by the People's Council in Cairo,
declared that East Jerusalem was an integral part of the West Bank and stated that all
measures which had been taken by Israel which changed the demographic structure of the
city were "null and void."
The Jerusalem sources said the resolution did not contribute to the peace process and
could, in effect, jeopardize the autonomy talks.
Premier Menahem Begin consulted with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir on an
appropriate reaction to the Egyptian resolution. One of the propos-als considered was a
Knesset declaration re-affirming Israel's determination not to allow the redivision of the
capital.
Labor Party leader Shimon Peres said the Egyptian resolution was contradic-
tory to the Camp David accords and did not contribute to the peace process.
Furthermore, he said, he did not understand why the Egyptians initiated such a
resolution on the eve of the Washington summits.
The Egyptian resolution was regarded in Israel as an attempt to bring the subject of
the future of Jerusalem into the autonomy talks through the back door, although Israel
had made it quite clear she did not
intend to discuss this issue at all.
Sources in Jerusalem explained
that the resolution was probably in-
itiated for two reasons: to counter
LONDON — Actors' Equity in Britain barely de-
growing opposition in Egypt to the
feated a motion on Monday proposed by actress Van-
normalization process with Israel
essa Redgrave that would have prohibited the sale of
and to create an escalation in the re-
films and television programs to Israel.
Miss Redgrave's motion also recommended that
lations between the two countries be-
actors not work in Israel. The motion was defeated
fore the Washington summits.
90-86 after half the audience walked out in protest.
The Egyptian resolution also
Miss Redgrave described Israel as a racist
called for allowing Arab residents of
state and told the actors' union that there would
Jerusalem to participate in the elec-
be no peace in the Middle East until "the Pales-
tion and the establishment of the
tinians were given back their homeland."
self-governing authority, which
Margaret Redgrave, no relation to Vanessa,
should be located in East Jerusalem.
argued against the motion on behalf of the actors'
Egyptian President Anwar
council. She said that the Jewish people had helped to
Sadat will arrive in Washington
build British entertainment standards. -
on Monday for three days, riding
Vanessa Redgrave has been the center of a con-
troversy in the U.S., with Jewish groups protesting
his already well-established high
her casting by CBS-TV to play the role of Auschwitz
plateau of popularity with
survivor Fania Fenelon in the TV film, "Playing for
Americans as the new giant of
Actors Block Redgrave
Motion Against Israel
Time." The film is scheduled to be broadcast in May.
Counter-Olympics in '36 Was First
Casualty of the Spanish Civil War
By JAMES M. MARKHAM
Copyright 1980 by the New York Times Co. Reprinted by permission.
BARCELONA, Spain — If some type of counter-Olympics is organized because of the United
tes boycott of this summer's Moscow Games, it will not be the first time such a thing has
wfrpened.
In July 1936 a Popular Olympiad was to be held here as an anti-Fascist counterpoint to Hitler's
Berlin Olympics, and one of its behind-the-scenes organizers was the Moscow-run Comintern.
- The Barcelona games, which attracted 5,000 athletes from 16 nations, were to open on July 19 in
big stadium at Montjuich with a speech by Luis Companys, the president of the Generalitat, the
gional government of sell-governing Catalonia. But early that Sunday a military rebellion in-
spired by Francisco Francp erupted in the streets of Barcelona.
It was the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, and the end of the Popular Olympiad.
"They would have been good games," mused Antonia Agullo, a 77-year-old survivor of a
Nazi concentration camp who helped organize the track meets in 1936. "There was more
sports than politics, but the idea started from small sports clubs in the barrios in the city,
and the Communists were able to infiltrate them. It was the Communist International, the
Comintern, that organized this."
Esteban Moreno, a 75-year-old Barcelona printer who helped prepare the field events,
confirmed the Comintern's preponderant role. "People say sports should not be political, but the
Popular Olympiad was very political. I understand what Carter and the United States are doing
today, and I not only understand it, I support it. Athletes should be ashamed to go to Moscow today,
just as they should have been ashamed to go to Berlin in 1936."
The little-known story of the Popular Olympiad of Barcelona is a fascinating footnote to the history
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Peace-Signing Celebration
Will Hear WSU's President
The Jewish National Fund Council of Metropolitan Detroit will host a
communal celebration of the first anniversary of the signing of the Israeli-
Egyptian peace treaty on April 14. The"meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at
the Zionist Cultural Center.
Dr. Thomas N.,Bonner, president of Wayne State University who is an
author and historian, was invited by President Jimmy Carter to witness the
signing of the treaty in Washington last year.
Dr. Bonner will be principal speaker at the
celebration. Carmi M. Slomovitz, president of
the JNF Council, will preside. There is no
charge.
Since Dr. Bonner's appointment to the
leadership of WSU, in August 1978, the uni-
versity has established exchange agree-
ments with Israel's Hebrew University and
Egypt's American University, among
others.
The Detroit event coincides with the U.S.
visits of Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and
Israel's Prime Minister Menahem Begin, who
will meet with President Carter to review pro-
gress on the talks of autonomy for the West
Bank and Gaza.
DR. THOMAS BONNER