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Reform Rabbi A Los Angeles-- The head (if !'<• form Judaism's commission on intcrfaith activities accused lire organized Christian establishincut with failure to back Israel's position in a time of hostilities and crisis. Rabbi Bailout- Brickner, New York City, director of the commission, told 50(1 He-form rabbis ill tho Tilth animal meeting'of the CCAR at the Hotel Ambassador that "the official spokesmen of American Chri.sliandoiu were not only silent in support for the integrity of the .state of Israel, but by their silence or their prayerful calls for peace which urged that the •question be placed in a paralyzed United N a t i o n s , these leaders also failed the cause of world peace." A number of rabbit were ;!is appointed'at this lack of understanding on the part of the Christian hierarchy since they felt that the Jewish passion for survival, especially after the dreaded holocaust has been fully comprehended by these groups. Other rabbis responded that in t h e i r own communities
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l.nj;e numbers of Christian layini-ii ami clergymen c;unc forth with linaucutl and oilier aids (» (heir Jewish colleagues and friends on behalf ol Israel, 'Miry pointed nut that lite Christian laymen were not iiethiK muter (he theological ductrliies and directives of t h e i r faith, hut rather as Americans who have warmly received the pioneering and democratic spirit of Israel. Itabbi Joshua O, Ilabennan, Trenton. N. J., found Christian lay people far ahead of their clergy in coming to the support and expressing sympathy for Israel. In his sermon before the CCAR group, Itabbi IJrickuer said, ''Christianity was faced with an acid test' of American inter-relij;ious relations and' by and large Christians were silent and in some instances their support was for the wrong reasons -••• a n t i • Communism — red baiting." He s h a r p l y criticized the American Jewish Committee, who said in a report that there
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Tel Aviv OTA)—An Egyptian attack across the Suez Canal in company strength followed by two mortar barrages from the west bank of the canaling, were regarded here as having more political and propaganda motives than military. About noon on Saturday, July 1, local time, an Egyptian force Ol rtuCLii li.') iTiCfi Vr'aS iGUriu tO
have crossed the canal near Ras el Eish, about 10 miles south of Port Said, the Mediterranean entrance to the canal. Tho force attempted to establish a bridgehead behind the Israel ceasefire line in the Sinai Desert, on the east bank of the canal. A sharp clash ensued when the Egyptians ujniiied mortar fire on Israeli positions and the Egyptians were driven back across the cannl. They left a quantity of mortars, recoilless guns and radio transmitter equipment. Five Israelis were wounded. Again, on Sunday morning, Egyptian positions on the west bank opened fire on the Israelis. Their guns were quickly silenced by tho Israeli artillery! •'
existed "widespread Christ'"' support for Israel's [""' a .reflection of the. __ , 0£ Jcv/ish Chrislian urid'v that has developed tl. tcr-faith dialogues." t.f l Exceptions rt3\ °^ Some individuals W!K# * ,.Kt statements were Richard Cardinal Cushiug, Boston; Lawrence Cardinal Hhelian, Flail i in o re; Archbishop Ilallian, Atlanta; Dr. Franklin Litell; and Dr. John Bennett, president, Union Theological .Seminary. Although welcoming this support, Rabbi Brickner .stated that these indiivduals were the "exception rather than the rule." Sever/it rabbis at tho CCAR meeting supported this statement. One said that Cardinal
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Israelis speculated that the Egyptians had created the incident to prove to the United Nations General Assembly on the eve of the vote on measures to deal with the Middle East situation, that the borders were not quiet as Israel claimed, and that it was therefore necessary to have the Israeli forces pulled back to prevent further incidents. The Egyptians were also expected to use the incident to bolster their argument that the old 1956 border was the "natural" demarcation line. The chief purposes of the incident, however, it was believed here, -were'domestic. President Nasser was said to be trying to prove to the Egyptian people that his regime, winch is coming under mounting criticism at home, is doing its utmost to "liberate" the territories occupied by the Israelis. The incident Was also designed to show, as "Revolution Day" nears, that the Egyptian Army, was not destroyed but continues as a fighting force.
Washington (JTA)—The Johnson Administration twice last week warned Israel against annexation.of Old Jerusalem without full consultation with Christian and Moslem religious leaders and others. In a special statement, Issued shortly before King Hussein of Jordan was Welcomed to the White House, President Johnson urged such consultation because of Jerusalem's special religious significance to Christians and Moslems and Jews. The timing of the statement was believed aimed at reassuring King Hussein that the United States did not accept full Israeli sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem and its environs held by Jordan b e f o r e it was knocked out of the third Arab-Israel war on June 6, While the King and the President were meeting, State Department press spokesman Robert McCloskey called the Israeli ''annexation" of Old Jerusalem unacceptable and criticized "hasty administrative action" by Israel. Later the State Department disclosed that Israel had been informed directly about United States opposition.
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Angeles, "put a lid on his boys not to get involved, although at the press level there were a few who were contacted and did express extreme sympathy right away." Rabbi Ernst M. Lorge, Temple Beth Israel, Chicago, asserted that in his cilv John P. Cardinal
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A 90% Pay Cut •IUDITH FIEOEIMAH didn't" forfet her prized memonlas when she packed for a change ol Jobs last week. The attractive 25-year-old miss from Ariingtca, Va., whs earned a Phi Beta Kappa key at Wisconsin and a Master's i i g m at Harvard, traded her J9,200a-yesr Government post to earn 51,200 teaching English in an Israeli hl£h school. Miss FiedelBian Is thi second applicant accepted for tlia B'lial B'rlth Israel Technical Corps which recruits skilled workers for employment of three years or longer to offset Israel's technician sherbet.
it speak uj) ofiicialHe continued, ''We have inish he was asked to keuly thought that American ! ficial statement. pluralism made Jewish ethnicity ..tuly the Catholic self evident and that we could, .^pressed his sympathy go on with our Christian colleagues to discuss less basic and ^ iiie state of Israel." Rabbi I.,orf,e explained the •more subtle notion of Judaism— reasoning behind .some oi the ol faith." Chrislian hesitancy: "There are R a b b i Brickner fell "Undergroups (if Ara'n Catholics whom standing the very existence of the church docs not wish to an- the Jew precedes any interfaitli tagonize, and both Protestant conversations .we might wish to and Catholic groups conduct have about the Jewish underwidespread missionary activi- standing of conscience, morality ties iu Ibat part of the world." or worship. If we arc to talk Kahlii Kricliiu-r tnhl his coltheology, let us first talk about leagues that "IVe'liuvo mistakthe theology of Israel and its enly assumed th;it Jews and role in the life of the Jew." Christians understood the basHe stressed that "Despite my ic differences Unit distinguish disappointment with the initial us from one another. We have reaction of organized American assumed Ilial Christians were Christendom, I do not believe (•n;;iii/ant of the mystique of that the Amreican Jew can surJewish peoplchood, which unvive or should seek to survive derlines all Jewish being ;ind in this radically new society of which rises involuntarily, inours by. remaining aloof from stinctively in (In- breast of or hostile toward the larger practically every Jew when community of which they are a (he core of his existence as part, a large part of which i3 Jews are threatened, t h i s organized, at least nominally on springs forth Instinctively." Christian terms."
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Jerusalem (JTA)—Thousands of Jews poured into Old Jerusalem this week for the first time in 19 years while an equal number of Old City Arab residents crossed into the new city for the first time after Israeli workmen completed the task of eliminating most physical barriers between the two sections. Under Government edict, all parts of the reunited city were made accessible to all residents, At the same time, the Israeli army relinquished control of the Old City section to civilian police as Israel's laws and ordinances in the new city were widened to cover the entire municipal .territory. Interior Minister Moshe Shapiro transmitted to Mayor Theodore Kollek a new Government order, based on the law approved by Parliament, which formally established the reunited Jerusalem. He also transmitted to the Mayor the new law providing protection for the holy sites, stressing their importance for all three major religions.
Arabs Surprised The New City was clearly a surprise to the Arabs visiting from the old s e c t i o n . Often dressed in traditional Arab garb and followed by veiled women, t h e y window shopped and The American Zionist Youth roamed around l i k e tourists, Foundation has announced the Some of them installed portable and began selling oriencreation of a "Volunteers for Is- tables tal food delicacies and other rael Program" which will en- products. In the old section, able young men and women thousands of Jews walked ages 10 to 30 to serve wherever around, many looking for homes they are needed in the rebuild- they once lived in, m a n y of had disappeared during ing of damaged facilities and es- which the 19 years of Jordanian contablishing new settlements in trol. Israel. A new Jerusalem municipal The work project covers a pe- council, on which Old City inriod of six months beginning im- habitants will be represented, is mediately, with groups leaving expected to be functioning withfor Israel on July 16, August 1 in a few days and it was also and September 1. indicated that the Old City area Further information about the will soon be linked to the naprogram is available in Omaha tional telephone exchange as from Mrs. J. H. Kulakofsky or part of the New City. The Postoffice also is opening a number Rabbi Isaac Nadoff.
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of brances in the Old City section. Old City residents were invited to change their Jordanian currency for Israeli pounds, which will bo the only legal tender, at a rate of 7.5 Israeli pounds for one Jordanian dinar. The "basic law" on protection of the holy sites covers shrines sacred to Christianity, Judaism and Islam and would imposa prison terms of up to seven years for desecration of the sites or for preventing worshipers from attending services at the sites.
Omaha Jewry Responding to Phone-a-Thon Mrs. Morris C. Fellman, chairman of the Women's Division of the Israel Emergeny Fund Campaign, reports that the response to the Phone-a-Thon staged last week by volunteers in the Women's Division has been "most encouraging." "Some 70 women were mobilized to reach every Omaha Jewish family by telephone and encourage their support of the Israel Emergency campaign," said Mrs. Fellman. "At this point there is no tabulation of the dollar results of the phone calls, however, many who were called indicated their intentions of sending in their contributions within the next week." Mrs. Fellman urged all women working on the Phone-a-T'lion to complete their calls as quickly as possible and to return their cards to the Jewish Community Center, "I am sure that when the final figures are in the Phone-aThon will prove to have been a successful campaign aid," said Mrs. Fellman. "I am most grateful to the women of the community for their tremendous contribution in vol unt.ee ring their time and efforts in behalf of tlie emergency drive."