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Father Davis loses me completely when he speaks of Spanish-Jewish "coexistence." I would like some clarification on this point. Does he mean that the Spaniards of Torquemada's time agreed to let the Jew coexist with them as long as he became a Catholic? To a Humanist like myself, the sugar-coating of history is the greatest of all "sins...
Rights & Duties. Ben-Gurion did not see it so. "There can be no rights without duties," he told the 1951 Zionist Congress. "What is a Zionist and what is simply a Jew wishing to assist the state? A Zionist must come to Israel himself as an immigrant. Today's Zionists have not met their test...
...Jerusalem meeting convened to discuss the ideology of Zionism. Some 70 writers and thinkers from all over the world gasped audibly when Ben-Gurion announced: "The difference between Goldmann and me is that he is a Zionist and I am not. There seems to be general agreement that a Jew can live in America, speak and read English and bring up his children in American culture and still call himself a Zionist. If that is Zionism, I want no part...
Should a house of prayer be designed by a man who prays? Not necessarily, says Architect Heinz Rau, a German Jew raised in an orthodox family, and now (at 61) an outspoken atheist. Says he: "What is needed in a house of prayer is harmonious proportion and serene atmosphere. Whether an architect succeeds in creating these is a measure of the architect's professional capabilities, and not of his religious beliefs. After all, there isn't much difference in atmosphere between St. Mark's in Venice and a synagogue...
Though such incidents "puzzle and at times provoke Catholics," Father Davis says, "we shall continue to look with understanding and even fondness at our historic brother, the Jew." And Catholics would do well to imitate more closely the Jews' "burning thirst for justice." He quotes Jewish Writer Israel Zangwill: "Take from me the hope that I can change the future, and you will send me mad." Catholics view the future from a different perspective, writes Davis, "but it would be well if we could view it as intensely and hopefully...