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ngress: Israel Strives For Peace;
inning Cooperation
"WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Ford and Israeli
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) begin their talks
in the White House after a welcoming ceremony in
which Mr. Ford reaffirmed "America's commitment
to Israel's survival." The two leaders wound up their
talks with the reported understanding that the U.S. -
would try to see if the Geneva conference on the Middle
EJast could be reconvened without the direct participa¬
tion of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- '       RELIGIOUS NEWSSERVICE PHOTO
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
A pledge of continuing
cooperation and friendship
between the United States,,
and Israel in the effort to
reach a durable .and just"
peace in the Middle East,was
the theme of Premier
Yitzhak Rabin's second
official visit to Washington.
But President Ford stressed
the need for movement in the
Mideast diplomatic process
while Rabin was reportedly
concerned with American
financial support for Israel.'
These two items were
reportedly the center of
discussion between Ford and
Rabin at three White House
meetings, the last one
unscheduled. After the first
80-minute meeting, White
House Press Secretary Ron
Nessen reported that Ford
"reaffirmed long-standing
American support for the
security of Israel" and
stressed "the need now is for
all sides to search for ways
of continuing the process of
mutual compromise and
comprehension' in order to
achieve a just and durable
peace." Nessen also said
that "The President stressed
the importance for these
talk's for developing ideas on
how next'to move as part of
our overall consultations-
with the parties involved."
.He      ' repeated his
determination to avoid "a
hiatus in negotiations."
The theme was also
apparent when ~ Ford
welcomed Rabin in a 27-
minute ceremony on the
White House lawn in driving
rain as 2368 specially-invited
guests, standing under
umbrellas, watched the two
bare-headed leaders
exchange, greetings. Rabin,
making his third visit to the
U.S. since becoming
Premier, arrived .from
Philadelphia \vhere he
participated        in       ra
President's Conference Calls For
Normalized Relations With Mexico
Flannery: Major Improvement Seen In
Relations Between Jews I Catholics
By Bob Tenenbaum -
Chronicle Special Reporter
The past year has seen
major improvement in
relations between Jews and
Catholics, according to the
director of a Catholic Church
office - - dedicated' to
improving .those relations.
Father Edward Flannery,
executive secretary of the
Office of Catholic-Jewish
Relations, part of' the
Bishops' Committee for
Inter-religious and
Ecumenical Affairs of the- dialogues
National, Conference of people; to
Bishops, told the Chronicle
las't year's improvement
ended a slowdown in=the
progress of relatiohships
that began atihe time of-the
1967 Arab-Israeli War.
" "Over the past 10 years,
the progress has been
uneven," Fr. Flannery said:
"There was a . disap¬
pointment on the. part
of the Jewish community
that the Catholic Church did
not respond to the Israeli
cause during the- six-day
war." -
"But  in, the past  year,    _
there has been an upturn on"  bishops -' are
the Catholic side," he said,    extensive,"' he
Fr. Flannery's office was
established in 1965" as a
direct result of the statement
on anti-Semitism'issued-by
the Vatican Council. That
statement condemned anti-
Semitism and officially
renounced the doctrine that
the- Jews were responsible
. for the death of Jesus Christ,
In 1967, American bishops
issued a set of guidelines and "Part of the.slereotype of
suggestions on anti-Semitism is the belief
implementing the 1965_, among non-Jews that all
document^and last year; to   Jews are anti-Christian," he
mark the 10th anniversary of
the Vatican resolution, the
bishops issued another
document affirming their
desire to improve relations
between Catholics and Jews.
, Fr. Flannery's office,
which he has headed since
its inception, has a two-fold
mission. It works with local
Diocesan officials "to
motivate them to promote
with' Jewish
institute study
programs, ~ to solve •
problems, to promote
Jewish-Christian relations,"
tie said.
" "Our second mission is to
meet7 with members of the"
Jewish community on the
national,'and local level,
including such groups as the
Anti-Defamation .League of-,
B'nai B'rith, the American
Jewish Congress and the
rabbinate," Fr, Flannery
said..
"Our" charter is ,the
yatican^statement, but-the
guidelines-of'the American
far more
said. "The
November,, 1975 statement
by the bishops was'the fruit
of the fact that., in the last
yeaf relationships have been
improving 5- forging
forward."  '
Fr. Flannery believes the
basic problem in Christian-
Jewish relations is a lack of
understanding of feelings on
both sides. -       .   ,
said. "Too many .Christians
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NEW YORK (WNS) -
Calling Mexico a friend of
the Jewish people, a special
committee of the Conference
of Presidents of Major
American Jewish
Organizations said that
relations with that country
should- be fully normalized..
The- Presidents Conference
named the committee to
"reassess? its policy toward
Mexico. Following Mexico's
vote for the resolution
equating Zionism with
.racism in the United Nations
General Assembly, Jewish
organizations that operate
tours - cancelled .  their
Levine Appointed Chairman
Of Advance Gifts Dinner
George Levine has been
appointed chairman of the
Advance Gifts Dinner, it was
-announced today by General
Campaign Chairman, Myer,
Mellman. The dinner,
scheduled for Tuesday
evening, Feb. 1,0 at Winding
Hollow Country Club, will
feature an address by
Joseph Almogi, chairman of
the - World _ Zionist
Organization.   '
Myer Mellman
feature, in addition to Mr.
Almogi's presentation;' an-
audio-visual presentation on
the local needs of the
campaign, presented by the
Women's Division. Mr.
Levine will preside and brief
remarks will be made by
Sidney I. Blatt, President of
the Columbus Jewish
Federation, and Myer
Mellman, General
Campaign Chairman. Rabbi
Samuel W. Rubenstein,
President of the Cojumbus
Board of Rabbis^.willdeliver
the invocation.
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programs to Mexico.^ The
special committee said that
after reviewing Mexico's
subsequent actions "We are
satisfied that a decided
reversal of Mexico's attitude
toward Zionism, Israel and
the Jewish people have in
fact taken"place. We are no
longer confronting an
adversary but haveTegaihed
a friend. It is our
recommendation that our
relations be fully
normalized." Rabbi
Alexander Schfndler,
chairman of the Presidents
Conference, said the vote,
was unanimous. All of the
organizations that have~
tourism programs were
represented on the
committee. The committee's
recommendation has been
forwarded to the 32
organizations in the
Presidents Conference and it
is anticipated that tours to
Mexico may be reintroduced
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 7)
Bicentennial ceremony cit
the Liberty Bell. Ford,"
greeting Rabin with
"shalom," said that "your
visit' 'gives 'me the '
opportunity to reaffirm on
behalf-of the American
people the enduring
friendship of<^our two
- countries, the traditional.
commitment of the United
.States to. Israel's security
and survival .and the
dedication of the United
States'to seek with Israel's
.coo pe ration 'a -
comprehensive and just
solution for the conflict in the
Middle East." The President
stressed that the 'task of -
Israel, its "Arab neighbors
and the U.S. is "to seize this
historic opportunity to
translate this hope into
reality."
In his reply, Rabin noted
that in Jewish tradition rain
means blessings. He pointed
out that he was the first head
of a foreign" government to
visit the U.S. during the
Bicentennial and wished
"shalom" . to "all
. communities across your
great country, including the
Jewish community with
whom we have- a profound,
historic spiritual . tie."
Noting that America's
. Bicentennial was being
observed in Israel, Rabin
said, "We do so because of
the debt that Israel and the
whole free world owed to this
great country." Rabin,
pledged' hte government's
efforts to bring peace
-between Israel and- the
Arabs. Later at a'White
House black-tie dinner at
which   Mrs.   Betty   Ford
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Center Board Stresses Need
For Additional Facilities
Joseph Almog
The kosher dinner will be
the formal opening-of the
Advance, Gifts Division of-
the   United   Jewish   Fund
Campaign. The program will-
At its recent board
meeting, over 150 board and
committee members of the
Jewish Center registered
enthusiastic support for the
total Center program and
that . the Center should
proceed immediately, in
concert with the Jewish
Federation, to implement
the reepmmendations for
new facilities.
A program evaluation,
known as the Rotman
Report,' sponsored" by the
Federatiomwas reviewed by
the Center'. Board,
Presentations of program
committee reactions to the
evaluation were offered by
Ina Lowy, Early Childhood
Services; Irene Daroe,
Youth Services; Howard
Byer, Adult Services; Fred
Luper, Cultural Arts; Dr. Af"
Tyroler, Bowling; Howard
Banchefsky, Day Camp; and
Mike Talis, Health and,,
Physical Education. Dr.
James Tennenbaum, Center
Program Vice President,
moderated the meeting.
Additional reports related
-to public relations and
membership and the
Building Committee were
given by Judy Tenenbaum
and Mayer Rosenfeld,
respectively. Each program
department was evaluated
in terms of goals and
objectives, staff, budget,
space allotted, participation,
condition of facilities. Arthur
Rotman, the Jewish.
Federation consultant,
recorded that the Pre¬
school, camp, and teen
programs were outstanding
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