March 20, 1964

r. 1. JE';, 1::1 i: I :;TO '.UC,\L ;..ssoc. 11 209 A:lG£ LL ST · PRO V. 6, R • I • Rabbis Nissim, Unterman NamedToCh~fRabb~a~ THE ONLY ANGLO-JEWISH WEEKLY IN R. I. AND SOUTHEAST MASS. VOL. XLVIII, NO. 3 PRD:>AY, MARCH 20, 1964 15~ PER COPY 16 PAGES Council Secretariat Revises Schema To · Ease Catholic-Jewish Relations ROME - The Ecumenical that went before the COIDlctl' s Several United States mem Co1mcil will vote on a "bold" second plenary session last bers of the Secretariat Includ new proposal on Interfaith rela aununn. "The new dralt is strong ing Archbishop Lawrence Joseph tions early In Its third plenary er," the expert said. Shehan of Baltimore and Blshep session this autumn, a qualifted About 2,000 amendments pro Ernest J. Primeau of Manchester, churchman said last week. posed in writing by the coun N, H.,partlclpated In the gathering. cil fathers-Bishops and other The Secn,tariat Is headed by The draft, or Cotmcll schema, Rabbi ltzhal< Nissim Rabbi Iser J. Unterman pn,lates - in many countries Augustin Cardinal Bea, the 82- Includes chapters on the atti were considered in revising tht: year-old German Jesuit who Is JERUSALEM, (Israeli Sector) Jewis h state. tude of Roman Catholics toward original text, which was known the Roman Catholic Church's Old-guard ecclesiastics retained He has opposed deviations Jews and on religi ous freedom. as the schema on ecwnen1sm . The foremost ecwnenJ.st. He is assis The chapter on Jews would con control of the Chief Rabbinate of from Bi blical or Talmudic law, ecumenical movement seeks ted by an ,international comm! s demn anti-Semitism on reli Israel this week. but has said there must have Chris tian unity and ls &! so In slon of Bishops and other eccles gious gro1mds and the chapter Rabbi ltzhak Nlsslm, SM years been laws that permitted the terested in relatiens with non iastics and a small permanent old, was re-elected Sephardi Jewish government in ancient on religious fn,edom would up staff. hold every person's right to Chris tian faiths. (Oriental) Chief Rabbi. Rabbi Iser times ro render public services Secretariat Reworks Schema A Secretariat source termed J. Unterman, who will be 78 In on the Sabbath. worship according to hi s con the redrafted schema on ecumen science. l1Je ecumen!cal schema was May, was chosen to fill the Ash He has said those laws must n,-elaborated in a workJng ses ism mon, forceful than the orig kenazi (Occidental) post that has have been forgotten during The churchman, who has slen that the Ecumenical Co1m inal one because most of the been vacant since the death of 2,000 years of dispersion and been collaborating In drafting the cU's Secretariat for Premetlng amendments reflected a "deep Chief Rabbi ltzhak H. Herzog In that they should be sought out. text In the last few weeks, des Chrisdan Unity held In Ariccia, convictlen" of their proponents 1959. There has been recurrent cribed It as a distinct improve a hill town southeast of Rome, from that the Council must cendemn A slate approved by the two friction between the Govern ment on the lnterfal th schema Feb. 24 to March 7. anti-Semitism and proclaim free new chief rabbis and sponsored ment and the Rabbinate, Recent dom of censcience. by the National Religious party examples Included Rabbi Un Delay Seen As Beneficial won nine of the 10 seats on terman's refusal to re•;ogntze a It now ~ars," the source the Supreme Rabbinical Coun divorce granted by a Conserv Israeli Diplomats Accused observed, • that It was very wise cil. That body was also chosen ative rabbi In Boston. ·n,e Israeli not te rush the schema at the end on a basis of parity between Rabbinate has exci'Jslve juris ti the Ca1D1cil • s second plenary the Ashkenazl and Sephardi diction over Israeli Jews In sesslen. Public n,actlon te it communities. matters of marriage and di Of Literature Distribution caused Bishops everywhere to vorce. Accordingly the divorcee think thoroughly about the Issues Mapa! Backed Opposition MOSCOW - Israeli diplomats suggest that a calendar to be from Boston was prevented from Involved, and the n,sult «s ~ But the surprl se of the day were accused last week of using used by citizens of the country remarrying here. That pro~ stronger, net a weaker or a cmn was the close race fought by a Moscow synagogue to distribute of the Great October Revolution fI lem was raised In the Cabinet by 0 the senior chaplain of the Is Zionist literature. would include Information oa promlse text. raeli defense forces, Brig. Gen. Foreign Minister Golda Meir The source was alluding to and is still 1D1der n,vlew. 1be trade-union newspaper such slgnlflcant dates as the Shlomo Goren, who campaigned Trud said these activities In anniversary of the revoludon, criticism of the schema on ecu Another Instance of friction menism by conservatives at the for the election of younger men creased recently despite two the May Day holiday ot the has been Rabbi Nisslm's threat ceuncil. They wen, known to be i for the Institution. He was de protests by the synagogue lead workers of the world, etc. But to wt thdraw rabbinical super feated by Rabbi Unterman by ers to the Chief Rablltnate In concerned even mon, about the visors from Kosher kitchens no, I did not find even a men a vote of 60 to 5 7. Rabbi Nisslm Janel. 1be paper said the diplo these the chapter en n,ligious liberty aboard all Israeli ships if tion of dates In cal defeated his opponent, Rabbi one mats wen, enlisting their wives than abeut the one on relatlens passenger liner offered trav endar." Ovadiah Hadays, 86 to 33. and children as well u "men between Catholics and Jews, fear elers the alternative of non Leader Quoted Both opposition candidates tally defective" Soviet citizens Ing that Council prono1mcement Kosher food. Also, the Trud writer con had been encouraged by Mapa!, u helpers. tinued, the calendar-almanac on freedom· of conscience might Premier Levi Eshkol's Socialist An Israeli spokesman called does not tell about what he encourage agnosticism, atheism party that controls the coalition HOUSING DISCRIMJNATION the accusations "completely un called the "world' a first decree and Communism. Government. The Government Cenaervatlve oppesltlon was a PHILADELPHIA - Sixteen fOUDded'' but decUned further aimed at eradicating and-Sem leaders had hoped to replace suburban communities near this reaHII for the failure of the comment. ltlsm," signed by Lenin In July, the old leadership with rabbis city were. found practicing some Ceuncil's second plenary meeting 1be publication of the article 1918, or about the Red Army' a who might be what they called degree of discrimination again.st te take test votes on the drafts Jews In renting and housing, it about two weeks befon, Pass saving "hundreds of thousand& ot more flexible and realistic. over was Interpreted here u ti chapters concerning Cathelic was disclosed here lut week by Jews In Poland, Rumanla and Rabbi Goren has favored a an effort to discourage Jews Jewlsb relations and en n,ligious the Jewish Community Relatloas Hungary from extermtnatloa more liberal Interpretation of from contact with the Israeli liberty ·befere it adjourned In Co1mcil of Greater Philadelphia In by the Nazis In World War 11. Talmudic and Biblical law to Embassy. Last year, the em December. a report which said that four real He said that the book con meet the changed conditions bassy's Seder feut, on the first 1be Ceuncll bad concluded Its estate agents violated the law · tained a "vut amo1mt of ln arising from the revival of the evening of Passover, was at general debate on the centrover fonnatloa" about West Germany sial schema's firstthree chapters, tended by the synagogue leaders. and its ties- with Israel, with h WU announced today that which deal with n,iatlons between out a word about the fate ot Rem• Cathellcs and ether Chris Jewish Youth Killed In Knife Attack the Jewish congregation had be (Continued on Page 1 8) gun to bake matzob In the home tians. of a member and would produce As New Wave Of Panic Erupts In Syria 13,000 po1mds of the unleavened bread. Matzob, eaten during Pu► Pope Hopes For Continued PARIS-A new wave of panic school. The Moslem rushed at J~ over, bas not been available In was touched off in Syria among seph and stabbed him in the heart, state-owned bakeries since 1962. Jews then, by an attack against When the 19-year-old ltzhak tried 1be Trud article, signed by "Constructive Cooperation" two Jewish youths In which one to come to his brother's defense, N. Erlikb, a specialist on rela ROME-Pope Paul VI told three dent and Saul E. Joftes of Palls was ldlled . and other seriously he was stabbed three times. As the tions between the Israeli Em United States Jewish leaders Mon Church, Va •• secn,rary -al. wo1mded, It was reported hen, assailant was dragged from the bassy and ·the synagogue, said day that he had deep respect for Pope's Warmth Noted last week by travelers n,turning scene by passersby, be sbou ted Abraham Agmon. the embassy Judaism "as the fo1mdatlon of all 1be three said that the pon from Damascus. to the crowd: "Aren't you happy COIDlselor, was a purveyor ot n,Ugions." tiff had displayed great warmth. 1be f1meral of the victim, that I killed a Jewish dog?" Then, "nationalist literature that Is a The Pontiff discussed inter They recalled that Pope Paul vig Joseph Chasbanl, 17, brought one was no Information on whether he lien to the minds and hearts of faith n,iatlons with his visitors orously nodded when Mr.

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