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32 Page! 8 Thursday, December 27, 1984 Tevet 3, J5745 Second Class Mail Registration Nunnber 1683 - Postage Paid at Toronto 25^
ISRAEU WOMEN PROTEST
Nineteen women dressed in prison garb and chairiefl together marched recently on Human Rights Day in Tel Aviv to protest Soviet violations of the human rights section of the Helsinki Agreement. The march began at the Finnish embassy and ended at the U.S. embassy. The sign being carried has a picture ofa Soviet Jew, Alexander Yakir, the text reads: "On trial in the Soviet Union." [IPPA photo]
Jews have ^^absolute privilege
ROME (JTA) -
An ' 'absolutely privileged" position must be given the Jewish community and tradition in interreligious dialogue, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini of Milan told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here last week. He also spoke of how interpretations of biblical text injurious to Jews can be removed from Christian teaching. '
Cardinal Martini was interviewed after releasing to the press a hew papal dialogue, a "post-synodal apostolic exhortation on reconciliation and penance" which examines conflict in human society on all levels.
He iixplained to the JTA that three of the four biblical passages claimed as basic source material for the papal document — , Genesis 3, Genesis 11 and Psalm 50 — are passages from the Jewish scriptures — clear evidence, he said, of Christianity's Jewish heritage.
The cardinal recalled the statement he made last July at a meeting of the International Conference of Christians and Jews at Vallombrosa, on the necessity 'Ho remove tendentious or injurious interpretations of biblical texts from Christian teaching." Asked how, in
light of the nevy papal document's stated aim of ' 'promoting sincere ecumenical dialogue" this could be implemented, Martini said he believed it must be done on twb levels.
One yvas "the idea of dialogue... the capacity to understand the other's values and point of view. And this is true — a fortiori — in a sense of absolute privilege for the Jewish community and for the Jewish roots of Christian history.''
He pointed out that ■'passages of the Old Testament aire at the basis of this vision of man."
The second level, according to Martini, is centred around the catechism,
''It is within catechi.stical. (teaching) that we must work at the enlightenment . . . Catechisrfrmust be presented with care, with attention, with precision, bound to the word of God. As guidelines we already have, for example, the norms laid down by thie Secretariat for Christian Unity which are an invitation to this type of catechism, and which can be applied thfough the indications in this document of apostolic exhortation," the cardinal said.
"It seems to me," he added, "that these are the
two lines we must emphasize in our progress toward knowledge, throwing light on ambiguities — if only in terminology — and then in giving fiill value to the Jewish heritage, to Jewish culture, to Jewish compassion and piety."
The papaj document ex-.amines conflicts between peoples, betNveen religions and social classes.. It emphasizes individual responsibility as opposed to the passive acceptance of evils by shifting the blame on abstractions such , ^s "society" or"class."
[Compiled from JTA and UPI dispatches]
A crisis which threatened to shatter the fragile national unity government was resolved as The Canadian Jewish News went to press Dec.
The dispute, which had been simmering since Prirne Minister Shimon Peres assumed office last September, was defused when ah 1 ith hour agreement wa«5 reached oh the allocation of cabinet seats.
According to the agreement, Shas leader Rabbi Yitzhak Peretz will be minister of interior, while Yosef Burg, the head of the National Religious Party, will be minister of religious affairs.
The key to the pact is
how funds from the ministry of religion will be distributed.• Forty percent of the budget for regional religious communities will be controlled by Burg, and the rest by Peretz.
The dramatic turnaround culminated a day of feverish political activity and came only hours before Likud cabinet ministers were to meet to decide whether to pull out.of the' coalition in support of Shas, a Sephardic religious party.
The Likud leader. Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, said in a national television interview it was up to Labor to solve the crisis and save the unity government from collapse.
Shamir accused Peres of worsening the crisis by not
moving swiftly enough to resolve it.
He said some Labor leaders, whom he did not identify, apparently sought to kill the unity government because it stood in the way of their dovish politics.
"The Prime Minister said he is in favor of a national unity government, biit talking is not enough and an effort must be made to resolve the crisis that makes it impossible for us to go on,'' Shamir said before the compromise was reached.
If Likud had voted to quit the 9-party coalition out of loyalty to Shas, the 98-day government would have collapsed and new elections would have had to be called.
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DAVID FRIEDMAN
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Dam indicated last week that Israel will not get all of the increased aid it is asking for
This issue of The CJN, dated Dec. 27, was printed Dec. 20 so as to get into the mail before the Christmas-Boxing Day postal holidays. Normally, the paper is printed on Mondays and in the mail on Tuesdays.
Because we had to print ahead of time, we are only able to bring you the news that happened up to and including Dec. 20.
So in case we're a little behind on some of the news this week, you will understand why it happened.
Hopefully, we'll be back to some degree of normalcy with the Jan. 3 edition.
. because, if its economic austerity program works, Israel will not need it and because of the difficulty in increasing foreign aid in a time of cutbacks in U.S. domestic programs. •
His remarks, at a briefing for foreign reporters came as two teams of Israeli officials began talks with state department officials reportedly aimed at seeking $4.1 billion in economic and military aid for Israel in the 1986 fiscal year, as compared to $2.6 billion in the current 1985 fiscal year. Israel is also askirig for an additional $800 million in emergency economic aid for 1985. (See also Wolf Blitzer on page 2.)
"With regard to the economic assistance, we arc prepared to be of assistance provided there is a serious and credible economic program announced and implemented by Israel." Dam said when asked about the Israeli re-que.st in his year-end briefing at the Foreign Press Centre here.
But he stressed that the economic program is one of which Israel will have to decide for itself.
although the U.S. wUI feel free to comment on it.
He said while it was "premature" to discuss the "numbers," the Hgure may not be as high as reported if the Israel austerity program is Credible. If it is not credible then Israel's problems will not only be economic, he added.
While stressing that he was speaking generally about foreign aid, and not specifically about Israel, Dam said the United states will be operating under an "extremely difficult budget environment". in which domestic programs are being cut and so it will "not be easy" to increase foreign aid to any country.
Israel is reportedly asking for an^dditional $800 million to the $1.2 billion it is receiving in the current year in economic aid. Israel is also asking that economic aid be increased to $1.9 billion in the 1986 fiscal year. In military aid Israel is receiving $1.4 billion which it would like Increased by $700 million to total $2.1 billion in the 1986 fiscal year.
National program for
By
JANICE ARNOLD
MONTREAL -
A non-profit matchmaking program for Jewish singles has been set up by Canaidian Jewish Congress to fill what is sieen as a long-felt need in the community. The Jewish Introduction Service is open to all ages, but is targeting the 20-to-40 years age group. v_
Such a service has been under, discussion since 1975, and has been developed largely through the efforts of Rabbi Wilfred SHuchat, spiritual leader of Congregation Shaar Hash-omayim and chairman of the CJC Commission on Marriage and the Family, and his sister Rita Finestone, who for nine
years ran a private dating club for young Jewish people.
In addition-to CJC, the sponsors are the Board of Jewish Ministers of Greater Montreal and Synagogue Council of Greater Montreal and funding has also been provided by the Jewish Community Foundation.
Here is how JIS will work: /
Leaflets containing information on JIS are now being distributed at ,com-munity institutions. An advertising campaign is also being launched. A reply card in the leaflets and ads may be mailed in with a non-refundable registration fee of $10..
From there the applicant will enter into a series of correspondence in which
he or she will be sent first an enrolment form asking basic information about the applicant; then a more in-depth biographical and at-titudinal questionnaire on subject related to values and interests in life; and, finally, another questionnaire which is designed" to analyze the psychological makeup of the person.
The total cost to enroll is $300 (which may be adjusted according to income) , paid at a rate of $100 for each test completed. The person's name will remain in JIS's files for two years, or until a satisfactory match is made.
There is no limit to the number of introductions that may be made in that period.
No firm policy has been
adopted at this stage about refunds in the event that no matches can be made. Early applicants are warned to be patient; JIS will have to build up its files — perhaps to 300 — before it will start making matches.
A selection committee', composed of at least three persons in such professions as psychology, social work, sociology, medicine, law, education and theology, who remain anonymous, will make the matches by, going through the file of applicarits. When two compatible people are found, their names and phone numbers will besient to each other by JIS.
It's up to the two people then to make the first move. They will each also be asked to let JIS know
whether or not they are satisfied with their match (and, of course, if they got married.) Their names will be taken out of the file until word is heard from them. -
JIS is a natmnal program; applicants are welcome from across Canada, and the service will also be advertised in the United States. One of the basic questions asked of applicants is what distance he or she is willing to travel to meet someone.
Finestone stressed the confidentiality,of the service. Applicants do not have to have a personal interview, although they may if they so wish. JIS has a part-time coordinator, Ter-
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