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Jewish Leaders Join
Religious Parliament
Chicago (JTA) — Jewish re-
ligious leaders were among
the 125 groups who turned
out for the historic eight-day
Parliament of the World's
Religions that began here
last weekend.
Hailed as the greatest
gathering of religious and
spiritual leaders in history
by its organizers, the
parliament — the first of its
kind since 1893 — was
meant to be a celebration of
respect for religious differ-
ences and a hopeful step
toward understanding and
cooperation.
According to Rabbi A.
James Rudin, a participant,
the parliament was "signifi-
cant for Jews because
Judaism is one of the world's
great religions, and it is not
just Christian-Jewish rela-
tions we've got to be con-
cerned about."
The Jewish presence here
"is confirmation that we are
a world religion and had best
begin to think in those
terms," said Rabbi Rudin,
director of interreligious af-
fairs for the American Jew-
ish Committee.
"The Jewish community
helps itself by participating
because permanent coali-
tions are being formed.
These are alliances that
Jews have to part of," he
added.
"We are now rubbing
elbows with people whom we
have never before been in
the same room with, much
less spoken with," said
Rabbi Herman Schaalman, a
Chicago rabbi and one of 24
international presidents of
the parliament.
"As we meet these people,
we have certain things that
we hope to accomplish," he
said.
"Basically, we are trying
to see how religious leaders
and religious systems can
address the critical issues of
our day, such as violence,
poverty, homelessness, etc.
We hope to become friendly
and talk with one another,
and that in doing so we
might be able to alleviate
some of the conflict in the
world."
With this goal in mind, the
religious leaders have come
to Chicago from places such
as Sri Lanka and Cambodia,
India and Africa, the South
Side of Chicago and
America's Southwest.
The Palmer House Hilton,
where the event took place,
James Rudin:
`A significant step.'
was packed with a colorful
assortment of robes, tur-
bans, yarmulkes, scarves,
beards, shaved heads and
saffron robes.
"Being here is a visual
lesson," said Rabbi Rudin.
"If you ever really wanted to
see religious pluralism in
the flesh, this is the place."
According to Gene Ander-
son, director of the hotel's
food and beverage operation,
"the biggest challenge is to
meet the dietary concerns of
all these different religions
simultaneously."
In total, approximately
6,000 people registered for
the event, almost twice the
number expected.
There was no figure
available for the number of
Jews at the conference, but
there were about 25 Jewish
panelists and speakers.
These included Emil
Fackenheim, a leading
Israeli theologian; Rabbi Ir-
ving Greenberg, president of
CLAL — the National Jew-
ish Center for Learning and
Leadership; Heru-y Siegman,
executive director of the
American Jewish Congress
and Susannah Heschel, pro-
fessor of Jewish studies at
Case Western Reserve in
Cleveland.
The only objectionable
issue faced by the Jewish
contingent was the schedul-
ed appearance of Nation of
Islam leader Louis Far-
rakhan. He was expected to
give a major presentation
titled "Faith: The African
American Family."
Speakers at such sessions
are selected by the various
host committees, and organ-