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Congressional Record—Senate S8416 S8416 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð SENATE July 16, 1998 Each summer, Newport, Rhode Island congregation Beth Chaverim in Vir- related concern of the Vatican's alleged in- and Shimoda, her sister city, hold ginia Beach, VA, has recently pub- volvement in aiding the escape of Nazis at Black Ships Festivals to celebrate the lished some thoughts arising from the the war's end to South America and else- friendship which began in 1854. Since release of a Vatican document. I would where, deserves an honest investigation and disclosure. Only when past ghosts are finally its inception 15 years ago, the Black like to bring them to the attention of laid to rest, can memory be cleansed to serve Ships Festival of Rhode Island has my colleagues, and ask that they ap- the future. grown bigger and better every year, be- pear in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD at I trust that the contested official state- coming a fixture on Newport's summer the appropriate juncture. ment is not in its final form, for history and schedule and an event that the entire The article follows: our common God expect more from us and state eagerly awaits. [From the Southern Virginia Jewish News, we can deliver in this generation of The Festival truly is one of Rhode Is- May 22, 1998] unfathomable lows but also dazzling heights, land's treasures. It provides residents SAVING MEMORY: A RABBI'S: RESPONSE TO THE a gift of healing hope for those to follow. I and visitors to the Ocean State a VATICAN ought to know for during 1985 to 1995 my con- unique and inexpensive opportunity to (By Rabbi Israel Zoberman) gregation benefitted from generosity of the most gracious Church of Ascension in Vir- The recent release of the long awaited Vat- learn about and celebrate Japan's tra- ginia Beach, where we found a loving home ican document on the connection between ditions and culture. As a result, I can in the only such Catholic-Jewish sharing the Holocaust and the Catholic Church al- honestly say that our state has gained bond in the world, a direct outcome of a radi- most coincides with the annual observance a better awareness than most of Japa- cally changed climate. this season of the Shoah's tragedy, the enor- nese culture. The Polish Pope, John Paul II, with his mity of which has turned it into the most de- The success of the Black Ships Fes- unique personality and past, did more than fining event of the soon concluding 20th cen- all other pontiffs combined to bring the two tival of Rhode Island is now recognized tury, the bloodiest of all times. faith groups closer to one another, coming as far beyond the borders of the Ocean Whie the document acknowledges a meas- he does from the vineyard turned graveyard State. On July 1, the Japan-America ure of Christian culpability for Jewish suf- of European Jewry, experiencing and resist- Society of Rhode Island was selected to fering, it falls short of a full apology, for the ing the German occupation, and being par- over-a-decade study of the trying theme is receive the prestigious Japanese ``Min- ticularly close to a surviving Jewish child- fraught with painful and embarrassing con- ister of Foreign Affairs' Citation'', hood friend. His heartfelt embrace of the frontations for the church, touching upon which recognizes individuals and orga- Jews, beginning in an historic first visit by the historical rejectionist attitude by Chris- nizations that have contributed to a Pope to a synagogue, in 1986 in Rome, ad- tianity of Judaism and the Jewish people. No dressing them as ``our dearly beloved broth- friendship and understanding between wonder that there were high expectations ers'' and ``our elder brothers,'' culminated in Japan and other countries. Of the 9 or- that the reached conclusions would fully re- establishing diplomatic relations with the ganizations receiving this award in flect and respect the record of a troubling State of Israel in 1994. Before his extraor- 1998, the Japan-America Society is the past reality in light of the subject's mag- dinary papacy comes to an end, he may yet nitude, as well as the breakthrough concilia- only one that is not Japanese. surprise us with further bold steps to reas- tory accomplishments of the Second Vatican Mr. President, as the Co-Chair of this sure us all that there is no retreat from the Council in the 60s and the unparalleled con- year's Black Ships Festival of Rhode visionary path he so compassionately tribution of Pope John II, building upon the Island, I ask my colleagues to join me bequested to a suffering and expectant hu- foundation laid by his great predecessor in recognizing the Japan America Soci- manity. Pope John XXIII in dismissing Jewish re- · ety of Rhode Island for its tremendous sponsibility for Jesus' execution and honor- f efforts in organizing the Festival and ing Abraham's descendants. At stake was strengthening the bond friendship be- also the church's own need to come to grips BICENTENNIAL OF THE PUBLIC tween the United States and Japan.· with a burden weighing upon its conscience HEALTH SERVICE f in a way demanding absolution from sins of · Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I rise to both commission and omission, allowing for commemorate the bicentennial of the DETROIT LADY ROAD RUNNERS a renewed sense of integrity and reconcili- BASKETBALL TEAM ation in an era of an unprecedented ecumeni- Public Health Service. On July 16, 1798, the Fifth Congress passed, and Presi- Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise cal spirit, where no longer can any faith · dent John Adams signed, an Act which today to congratulate a very special claim an imperialistic role. It seems that the controversial document established the Public Health Service. group of girls in the metro Detroit could not escape internal political pressure The Public Health Service was origi- area. The Detroit Lady Road Runners and compromise along with vestiges of pre- nally established to provide medical basketball team came in second place Second Vatican thinking. Perhaps some of us care to sick and disabled seamen. in the girls 12 and under division of the within both the Jewish and Christian com- Today the scope of their service in- Police Athletic League. The girls are munities got a bit carried away in believing cludes educational activities, the pro- the only basketball team in the city that the significant victories of the past sev- vision of medical care, and activities that won second place in the state of eral decades were free from roadblocks and Michigan in the girls 10 and under unforeseen detours. How else explain the on the forefront of biomedical re- Amateur Athletic Union. They are now skirting of two central issues that the au- search. I commend the members of the thors were surely aware of their persistent on their way to competing in the 1998 Public Health Service not only for presence, that now more than ever will beg their commitment to public health, but AAU National Championship in Or- an unequivocal response. The fact that tradi- lando, Florida July 31±August 8th. also their willingness to serve, and to tional anti-Semitism has its origins in two contribute to the prevention and eradi- The Lady Road Runners, led by millennia of the church's anti-Jewish teach- Coach Jeffery Cruse, have not only put ings, demonstrates contempt in word and cation of diseases. forth a great effort toward sharpening deed for both the spiritual heritage from Before being elected to the Senate in their basketball skills, practicing four which ironically Christianity emerged, and 1994, I was a heart and lung transplant days a week, but also in raising funds the people who bore witness to the covenant surgeon for many years. The question by washing cars, selling hot dogs and they refused to abandon when threatened I'm most often asked is, ``Why would with expulsion, forced conversion and death you leave medicine for politics?'' My holding raffles and walk-a-thons. These itself. Is there any doubt that the Holocaust girls also work very hard in school and simple answer is: I didn't ``leave.'' I'm and anti-Semitism are intimately inter- away only for awhile. The deeper an- for their churches. woven? I want to wish this team the best of The second bone of contention is the role swer is that whileÐon the surfaceÐpol- success in their effort to win a Na- of Pope Pius XII whose silence during the itics seems so different from medicine, tional Championship. I am confident Nazi slaughter was far louder than his inter- the underlying motivation is exactly that they will do an excellent job rep- vention in saving individual lives. While the same. Medicine exists to improve resenting Detroit and the great State there is no surprise that the church would the life of another human being. The want to defend her ``infallible' 'leaders, it is of Michigan.· primacy of the patient is the central the failure to exercise the vast moral author- focus of all that physicians do. The f ity invested in the Pope's high office which same can be said of public service and SAVING MEMORY should serve as a cardinal yardstick in evalu- ating the legacy of any Holy Father, particu- public policy. They exist to serve the · Mr. ROBB. Mr. President, one of my larly under critical circumstances testing best interest of the citizenry. As a phy- constituents, Rabbi Israel Zoberman of and mantle of true spiritual greatness. The sician, I had the opportunity to help July 16, 1998 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð SENATE S8417 one person at a time.
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