MS-603: Rabb Marc H. Tanenbaum Collecton, 1945-1992. Seres C: lnterrelgous Actvtes. 1952-1992 Box 24, Folder 11, nternatonal Councl of Chrstans & Jews, 1981. 3101 Clfton Ave, Cncnnat, Oho 45220 (513) 221-1875 phone, (513) 221-7812 fax amercanjewsharchves.org
The ~mercan @GJewsh cotndttee.. European Offce 4, rue de la BenfalSance, 75008 Pars Tel. 522-9243 and 387-3839 June.. 11, 1981 Marc Tanenbaum The AJCommttee 165 E 56 Street New York, N.Y. 10022 "., ( Dea:r; Marc, After our conversaton ths mornng :: have contacted Dr. Schonenveld's.offce and arranged that two. rooms be reserved for you and mys.elf for June.22. We shall l;:>e notfed a:qout t ether through me or drecty. ;. was pleased to dscuss wth you varous matters of. mportance and am loo.kng forward to our dsc ussons n London and Heppenhem.. Meanwhle, ~h0uld lke you to nform me the exact ppellng of tjle, name mentonned n yo~r cable to me. s t. "Alschurer" or "Altschuret"? As you must have realzed from our conversaton there are many mportant thngs to consder at the present stage of developements wthn the AJC for whch W.. should fnd tme to. deal wth n a mo.~ e fundamental way durng our c~nversatons. r Wth.warmest wshes, Sncerely yours. A~ z~c~rah Shus~er.. )./ -/! /,,. ', MAYNARD 1. WSHNER, Presdent BERlRAM H. GOLD, Executve Vce-Presdent HOWARD. FREDMAN, Cbalnnan, Boanl at GoV9mors THEODORE EllENOFF, Charman, Natlanal Executve Councl GERARD WENS(OCK, Charman, Board ol Trustees ROBERT l. PElZ, Treasurer. MERVN H. RlSEMAN, Secretary. ElANE. PETSCHEK, Assocate. Treasurer Honorary Presdents: MORRS B. ABRAM, ARTHUR J. GOLDBERG, PHLP E. HOFFMAN, RCHAl\O MAASS, El.MER l. WNTER. Honorary Vlce P1esldents: NATHAN APPt,.EMAN, RUTH R. GOODARD, ANDREW GOODMAN, JAMES MARSHALL, Wtll.AM ROSENW"1.0.MAX M. FSHER, Honorary Charman, Natonal Executve Councl MAURCE GllNERT. Honorary Treasurer JOHN SlAWSON, Executve Vce-Presdent Emertus Vlce Presldents: STANFORD M. ADELSTEN, Rapd Cty, S.D.; MORTON K. BlAUSTEN, Baltmore; ROBERT D. GRES. Cleveland; DAVD HRSCHHORN. Baltmore; MLES JAFFE, Detrot; HARRS l. KEMPNER, JR.., Galveston; HAMllTON M. LOEB, JR., Chcago; JOHN H. STENHART, San Francsco; _EMLY W. SUNSTEN, Pllltadelphla; GEORGE M. SZABAD. Westchester; EllSE D. WATERMAN, New York.
M3rch 3 1981.. ~~J4- The GA.rnercan Gjewsh Cotnnttee nsttute of Human Relatons. 165 ~ast 56 Street, New Yorl<, N.Y. 10022 2121751-4000 Cable Wshcoj ~ Y:. ~ /l' /\ ) - f "1 ~ lt:t '\.J./ v (.,,".,. t l..j Or. J. Schoneveld General Secretary nternatonal Councl of Chrstans an1 Jews.Martn-Buber-Haus verlestrasse 2. ~"'!...~. ~..,,,. D-6148 He;:penhem.' r.t "/ My dear O::x:>s, Thank you very nuch for yoor wru:m and thoughtful letter of February 18th. <Mng to a rather heavy lecture an ccnference schedule s has not been possble far me to respond before ths and a:ologze for tj:le delay. et ne repsood seratum to the several t.ens that yoj rase n your helpful. letter: 1) have arran::jed for a check to be made out n the adut:. of $2,000 Wrch consttutes the payment of oor nanbershp fee :n the cr.j. t wll take a lttle trr.e for t to clear through our Accountng Offce procedures rut you wll receve t shortly. 2) <Mmg to the en:mnous fnancal danands that are made alnost w;ekly on the AJC for support of sgnfcant projects, could not n conscence reccrarrerrl that we dvert funds fran these serous efforts to support the travel expenses of the several people you refer to n your letter. regret that n the face of.the tghtened econany we s.nq;>ly do not have the luxury of spendng funds tfut n m:n-e affluent tmes mght concevably have been possble. n fact, we have a rgorous procedure of evaluatng program prortes whch requres that our fl.ms be spent. for concrete programs, prqjects, publcatons that justfy fnancal support. 3) wsh to rra.ke a serous request that you nvte cne of my assocates. Ms. Judth Her~f Bank, to make a presentaton at the COlloguum regardng "The mage of Clrrstans arx Chrstanty n Jewsh Text.rooks and Teachng Materals n the Unted states. " Ms. BanJd s a recognzed authorty n the relgoos text:bcok feld and has been poneerng n ths area wth Catholc, Protestant, and Jewsh textmok wrters, edtors, an:l pre- parers of related teachng materals. enclose har vtae ~ch wll gve you a concrete de of the depth an1 e>ctent of her knowlege n ths feld. MAYNARD. WSHNEA. Presdent BERTRAM H. GOlD. E ecutve /ce-presder.! HOWARD 1. FREDMAN. Charman, Board ol <lovenors THEODORE EllENOFF. Charman. Natonal E"cutlvt Cour.cl GERARD WENSTOCK, Charman. Boatd of Trustees ROSEllT ~- PELZ, Treasurer MERVN. RSEMAN, Secretary HANE PETSCHEK. AssocJte TtcJsurer Honorary Presdents: MORRS 8. ABRAM. ARTHUR J. GOLOSERG. PHLP E. HOFFMAN. RCHARD MAASS. HME;t ~- WNTER Honorary Vct Presdtnts: NATHAN APPLEMAN. RUTH R. GOODARD. ANDREW SOOOMAN. JAMES MARSHALL. WLllAM ROSENWALD MAX M. FSHER. Honorary Charman. N~!onal Executve Counctl MAURCE GLNERT. Honorary T1usurcr JOHN SLAWSON. Executve Vce-P1~s1de nt e.~ertus Vlce-Prasdents: STA.NFOP.O M. ADELSTEN,!;opd Cty, S.D.: MORTO: K. BLAUSTEN, 8altmoe; ROBERT 0. GRES. ClevelanO: DAVD HRSCHHORN. Baltmore: MLES JAFFE. Detrot: HARRS ~. KEMPNER, JR. Galvnton; HAMLTON M. LOEB. JR. Chcago; JOHN H. STENlART, San Fr,ncsco; EMLY W. SUNSTEN. Phladelpha: GEORGE M. SZABAO. Westchester: ELSE. D. WATERMAN, New York
1. Dr. J. Schaneve.ld Page T\..o Not only has she worke: n the area of examnng Jewsh teachng materals rut s a recognzed expert. n her collal:oraton wth catholc anj. Protestant :extlx::ok wrters and played a central role n cooperatng wth the major catholc arrl Protestant publshng houses n the revson of textl:x:x:>ks and teachng materals nsofar as the mage of Jew$ and Judasm have been concerned.. Anothe:-, reason for urgng that }''OU gve serous consderaton to ncludng her n the prcgrarn s that observe that ycnthave nvted catholc and. Protestant frends to speak about the teachng process n the Chrstan ca.1- munty n the Unted states. You. do not have anyone fran the Unted States speakng about the Jewsh teachl:11g process. have the greatest regard for Dr. Davcl Hartman and kh0w that he wll.make an rnpartallt contrbuton regardng the Jesh teachng system n S]'.'.ael. But. there have bee.'1 so many develcpnents n ths country that t s essental for any balanced vew to provde an opparbmty for sane systmeatc reportng fran the frst-rate authorty n ths feld fran.the U.S. We OOU.ld of course cover the travel expases of Ms. Bank snce we feel that she ~d rnake ~a v ta! substantve contrbuton to your prcgram. We have had contact wth Dr. Davd Hyatt ancl he enthllsastcally supports ths dea of nvtng Judy Bank to the ColloquUm. 4) Regardng the.provson.of ddactcal. ~terals on Judasm and the Jewsh people n Your E?Yhlbts:: we are lookng nto tl"l.s actvely now am. hope to be able to make sane proposal to you alx>ut creatve works that are avalable to us. f they neet wth your approval we wl, cover the cost bf serrlng than to you for dsplay p.rrposes. - - 5) Regardng further collaboraton, Zach Shuster and other colleagues here wll have to exanne that further. AS ndcated,. the queston of b.dget an: avalable funds s an extrercely serous one for us.n.the pero:l of econ: anc recesson n Amerca but we wll gve th~ :most serous and constructve attenton to ths concern; As for my am part.c:paµan n the Colloqu\lm, t appears that wll have a conflct grc:m1--rg out of our meetng wth the WCC n wndon whch takes place. al:out that tne. There are stll sane natters -of schedule that nea to be ex.am.ned. and f there s srne opp:>rtunty for canng n f even.for a bref tme would certanly try. But as of the m:ment t s a large queston:-. mark. n any case wll let you knew as soon as ths mat~ beccm=s clearer. '.Wth waranst personal gocrl wshes, am, Cordally yoors,... ' MH'l':RPR.L.... Rabb Mar.c H. Tanenbaum Natonal Drector ~terrelgous Affars_... ;. ~ oc: nr. oavd Hyatt, Mr. zaeharah. Shllster, ; ~;.. ' Judth H. Bank '
CCJ Postfach 305 D-6148 Heppenhem Rabb Marc Tanenbaum Amercan Jewsh Commttee 165 East 56 Street New York N.Y. 10022 U.S.A. Martn-Buber-Haus WerlestraDe 2 D-6148 Heppenhem Telephone (06252) 5041 Dresdner Bank, Heppenhem 0223277700 (BLZ 50880050) Credtanstalt - Bankveren Venna 66-01306 Heppenhem, 18 February 1981 Dear Rabb Tanenbaum, Herewth am sendng you a copy of the programme of the CCJ nternatonal Colloquum whch wll be held n Heppenhem from 28 to 30 June 1981 to be followed by the General Annual Meetng (1-3 July 1981). f you would be able to attend the colloquum that would be excellent, and very much apprecated. by all of us. have been n touch wth Prof. Paul van Buren, whom have n-: vted to moderate the Round Table on Tuesday 30 June and to gve a summaton of the colloquum. From Prof. GLlnter Bemer n Freburg who s one of the resource persons n the colloquum had heard of Ms. Ellen Charry and Ms. Nancy Fuchs-Kremer, who had made a very good mpresson on hm When they were wth the group of doctoral students of Temple Unversty last year. n my correspondence wth Prof. van Buren mentoned these names and asked f there was a possblty for them to attend the colloquum. He repled that they would love to come but cannot afford the costs and tbet( there partcpaton would depend on payment for ther round-trp transportaton from Phladelpha to Heppenhem. He further mentoned that both persons are known to you and suggested that wrte to you f the Amercan Jewsh Commttee could gve a scholarshp to them to attend the colloquum. May take the lberty of as~ng you ths? From Mr. Shuster 1 understood that my proposal for a jont research project of the CCJ and the AJC s stll beng consdered. should be grateful to you f you could let me know what decsons have been made n ths regard. There s stll another pont concernng the colloquum n whch would lke to ask fo~. your assstance. n the framework of the colloquum an exhb to;: s Qlanned on ddact.cal mater.a.j.. _o.n Judasm aradtfe Jewsh J~e.o.Rl&., arng other thngs audovsual...,..- -" -~ - c::a:, =,..--r..;.w_l:::x:a=~ 'C ' -- ~..._..~ ~ ad.. ;'> u t~j; ~r;:>_. _g_t b. r J.._,t e,,m ~..! ~!...~-9.j. o us 9.9,.j e ct s,j:_g_q.t_p o o ls...t me.t _hodcal a.ds, games etc. \Jo~l ~. yo.y_ l;l.~. ~b_~.,j.9-~~g \!... J~.. d.v..s.e~~o.r: th s or. urng~ n'to~"t~jfu c n wttn so~o Q~..,...4..JL~t h EL.8.[TJ~... ~!.!tn Jewsh tomm ttee _who coufd_.gyve"'a-sslsu-nce? t should be an ntnernatonal exhbton showng materaf"s~romal"any parts ofvthe world. As the tme s gettng short~ should be grateful f materals whch are consdered worth whle could be sent to the Martn Buber House, ether on a complmentary bass, or asanst payment. OFFCERS Presdent: Dr. Davd Hyatt (USA) Treasurer: Kurt Pordes (Austra) General Secretary: Dr. J. (Coos) Schoneveld (Holland) Hon. Charman: Wllam W. Smpson (U.K.) ' Vce-Presdent: Jean-Paul Davd (France) Development Offcer: Prof. Hermann Ebelng (Germany) Afflated Member Organsatons: please, turn over
# - 2 - Hopng for a close cooperaton between the nternatonal Councl of Chrstans and Jews and the Amercan Jewsh Commttee, wth warm regards, Yo~G Dr.'l'/!- Schone veld General Secretary cc. Dr. Davd Hyatt Dr. Bernard Resnkoff Mr. Zacharah Shuster Prof. Paul van Buren
~TE~NAtONA~ COUNCL or CHRSTANS ANO JEWS nternatonal Colloguum on: ~. ~. ~AGES OF THE Ol~ER Presentng Judasm n Chtstan Educaton, and Chrstanty n Jewsh Educaton, n the Lght of Contemporary Jewsh-Chrstan Relatons Heppenhem, Federal Repu~lc of Germany~ 28-30 June 1981 "/ORKSHOPS A.NO STUDY GROUPS :ach study group wll be served by a moderator and a resource.3rson, of whom one wll be Jewsh (J) and the other Chrstan (C.:): ' ' 1 Workshop on JeW)sh Law, wth two study groups: A. A new Chrstan understandng of the meanng of Jewsh Law ard ts mplcatons tor educaton: Moderator: (to te ann:)unced). Resource,person: Prof. Gont~r Bemer (C), Paedagogccatechetc Semnar; Al~rt Ludwgs Unversty, Fre burg, West-Germany..... ~-...... ' '.... -."....... B. Je)Nsh solaton th~9µghout hstory as a result of fath ~: ftlness to the Law, and ts presentaton. n educaton. Moderator: Prof. Luc Dequeker (C), Department of Ju dac Studes, Unversty of. Louvan, Belgum.... '. '... Resource person: Prof. zeev W. Falk (J),.Faculty of..aw, ~he Hebrew Unversty of Jeru~lem, srael. lf W~shop on 01d and' ~ew,- ~ealng wth Chrstan... 1" dstnctons between Old and Ne:w Testament, Old and ' New srael, Old ~nt New Covenant;. etc., and the Church's clam of behg the!ulflmenr of Judasm. Two study groups: A. Recent Exegetcal a11d Theologcal ln~ghts and ther _:meanng for educaton.. ' Moderator: (to be announced)... Resource person: Prof. John J. ~&wlkowsk (C), Catholc Theologcal Unon, hcago, U. s~~ A.. B. 59Co-poltcal expressons of Chrstan fulflment ' clams n hstory and ther presentaton n educaton... "Moderator: Dr. Rudolf Boon (C), Pastor and Hsr6ran, Landsmeer, Netherlands. ~ Resource person: Prof. Maranne AWerbuch (J), Department of Judac ~tude~. F.ree Unversty of West-Berln, Moderato r of th~:-: study. grrup A _s :.. " ll. Workshop on the Holocaust and the State of lsra~ Two study groups dealng wth the presentaton of these crucal modern events n educaton: A. On the Holocaust MOderator. (to be announced)" Resource person: Dr. Pesach Schndler'(J), Drector, Un te'd Synagogue of Amerca, Jerusalem, 1srael B. bn the Stale of srael Moderator: (to be announced) Resource person: Fr. Dr. Bernard Dupuy (C), Secretary, French Epscopal Commttee for the Relatons wth Judasm; Drector, lstna Study Centre, Pars, France. V. Wokshop on Chrstanty and Jewsh Educaton One stµdy group dealng wth: Jesus, Paul.an<; Chrstanty n Jew.sh Thought Today: a challenge for Jewsh (and also Ch, stanj Educaton. MOcerator:' Ulrch Trnks (C), Drector, Evangelcal Acade.my; A.lbert Schwetzer.House, Venna, Austra (nvted) Resource person:' or, Pnna Nave Lev!lson {J), Departmen~ of Aelgo.n of Hed~berg Unversty ~nd Teachers College. of Hede_berg. The resource petson. wll provde posto_n papers on ther ~ubjects and gve an ntroducton at the study groups sessons. Specal attent'on.,.;ll. be 'pad n the study gr(;>ups.t~ the var> ous documents of churches and ecumencal bodes ssued snce. the SecOnd Vatcan Councl (1965) on the reatonshlp be'tween \he Church and the Jewsh People. Ther mplcatons a~ 'well as her value for educatqn w' l)e consdered n the study groups..., ~ ~ ; _.... ~.?.a.bb Dr. 1 Al"len Podet. (J), State Unversty College at Buffalo~ Ne w Yor<::,'. U.S.A., Modera tdr af the stud~ group A s: Rabb 1 Zv Marx~JShalom Hartman nst"tute, Jerusalem, srael Moderator of the study ~roup A ~: Dr. E.r.ch Geldbach, C~onf~ssonskundlches The study group 8 wll be conducted n German... ~... nsttut, Benshem, W.-German1 Moderator of the study group 8 s:. ' ( J).. Dr. Vctor C. Goldbloom, ~resdent, Canadan Councl ~f Chrstans and Jews, Toronto, Canada. The study group lll B wll be c~nducted ~ French The other study ~r6ups wll. predornnantl be conducted n Englsh
NTERNATONAL COUNCL OF CHRSTANS AND JEWS AM TE NTERNATONALE JUDEO-C~RETENNE lnte~natonaler RAT DER CHRSTEN.'UND o!uden e. V. WerMstraBe 2, 6148 Heppenhem. P. 0. Box 305 Telefon 06252 15041 Federal R~pu!Jl~ of Germany MARTN BUBER HOUSE General Secretary: Rev. Dr. J. Schoneveld Martn Buber House, Werlstr&ae 2. 0-6148 Heppenhem To the Partcpants n the meetng on Wednesday 1 July 1981 n the Martn Buber House on the Role of the CCJ n the nternatonal Net~ork of Jewsh-Chrstan Relatons Heppenhem, 16 June 19S~.. '. EXECUTVE COMM1TEE: Dear frends, Presdent: Dr. Davd Hyatt (USA) Thank you very much for your readness to partcpate... n. the meetng n the Martn Buber. House n Heppen- Joseph Vu:e-Prestdent: Emanuel he m on Wed n e s day 1 Ju 1 y 1 9 81. at q 2,; 3 0., n w h ch we. c1srel> wll tjscus the role.whch. the tcj sh6uld and could. ' E. l th d l t' k. f J ' h Ch. t. -Charman, xec. p ay n e eve op;a.ng Commttee: ~e 1.1or o ews - rs an SrSgmundStemheg. J.P. relatons or the nt!3rnat~ona~ level. ~England ).. Dr. Gerha~t R~egner has: very kndly- prepared a lucd memorandum on ths_ queston whch wll be wthout ~oubt " a great help to us to come to some ~oncrete Treasurer: Leonard C. Goss (England) conclusons. We wl start wth havng ll!lnch together :~b~rs : D k anp contnue our dscussons untl 7 - p.~. f we need ~~u~ eque er more tme, there may be a possblty durng the. Dr.yctorC. Goldbloom e v en n g. to go on w th Q u r de 1 be r a t on s c<;:anada) Mrs. Colette Kessler Ths meetng. concdes wth the. annual genet-al. meetn~rance> of the CCJ. n 'the evenng.there s. a_ lght_ program. ~~~~~Lems on.jewsh fol:klore - p~esented by the snger Oany Bober_... -. 0 f or th e n h a b _ t t f H h d th t.. t nabb1 r. N. Peter LevUlSon l an 51 o eppen em an e par l.cl.pan ~ed. RepublkofGennany) n the CCJ gen~ral.meetng. ~f nepessery, _we could. rnr.kurtporc:!es c_ontn~e o_ur dscussons afte-r._hav.ng attended a part <Aust~a>.. of the program. Fr. Vcente Serrano <Spam) D r~ Regner's memorandum s enclosed. ~opng Yo"fk for a frutful meetng, Dr. J. Schoneveld General Secretary Rev. Wllem Zudema (Netherlands) HONORARY CHARMAN: Rev. Wllam W. Smpson (England) FNANCAL ADVSER: Antoon Ruygers (Belgum) BANKERS: Dresdner Bank, Heppenhem (BLZ 50880050) Ae<:o1mt Nr: 0223277 700 AUDTORS: Prce Waterhouse '. MEMBER ORGANSA1JONS: Austra: Aktlon gegen der Ants_emtsmus Belgtum: nsttutwn Judacum Brull: Conselho de Fraterndade C~tlo-Judaca Ca.aada: Canadan CoU.11cll of Chrstans and Jews France: Amt~ Jud~hr6tenne de France Germa.my: Deutscher Koordnerungsrat dergesellschalten frehfstlch.jdsdle Zusammenarbet srael: srael nterfath Commttee taly: Amcza Ebraco-Crjstana d Frenze - Luembow-r: Comtk nterconlesslonel Luxembourgeos Netherlands: Het Leerhus Span: Centro de Estudos Judeo-Crstanos Swedeo: Samarbetsr&det fclr Judar och Krstna.s wltzerwd: Chrstlch.Jdlsche Arbetsgemenscha1t n der Schwez 'Unted Kadom: The _,. Councl of Chrstans and Jews Uatal States ol Amerca: Natonal Conference of Chrstans and Jews Vaezueb: Comt~ de Relaclones entre '. glesas y Snagogas esta~lecda5 en V~uela
MEMORANDUM 1) The nternaton~l Councl of ~hrst ~s and Jews anq. the Chrstan- Jevsh fre~dshp League~ afflat~.d 'Wth. t,he Councl ha.:v~ over the yea,rs done a trtly poneerng. job n mprovng Chr~tan-Jewsh relatons. Tqe actvtes undertaken by some c;f the frendshp le.agues on the nadona.l level durng. the years be.t]ll'een the Fr_st and ~he Second Wqrld War, ncl_u-: dng some hghly mpo.rtant publ,catons. contrbuted m,,mensely to ch:rfyng some of the basc problems affectng the rdatons bet"ween the t\olo communtes, and t can ~e stated tha~ the nternatonal conferences hel4 n Oxford n 1946 and n Seelsberg n 1947 h~d a decsve nfluence on later d~velopments! 2) A ne'w relatoj:shp bel!ween the. Chrstan and Jevsh cqmmur. tes thus :?lowf.y ~egan to emerge. ~he ~ffcal prpn?uncements ~y ~h.e Thrd Assembly of the ~orld Councl of Churches n N~Y Delh n Novem~~r 9ql and of th~ Gatholc. Church on the pc~ason of Va~ca.n Councl ~ 1965 wer!'! the most.. mpo;rtant. expressons of a: nev. attt~de of the C~r.sta,n Churches toward t~e J~wsl~ c:ommun 'l;y. 'fhes~.declaratons have been followed by a s er.es of mpc:>rta.nt st11tements ssued by church bodes on the natonal level. 1. ' 3) Jn the w,ake of these developmen~s, ~ netw:ork of" offcal relatods has been created between the world ~ewsh communty and the offcal.organs of the Cprstan Churches, both on. th~ nternatona+ an~ nat~qnal ' le~els. The offcal Church bodes have e$.~ablshed nternatonally, but often also. on the natonal ~d sometmes on th~ regonal revel, nstt1.j.tons (secretarats, commssons, commttees) vho~e task t s to man~an relatons vth the Jevsh.com.munty, ~th a yew of mplemen~ng the offcal church prpnouncem~nts and or ~evel~p ng and mpr~v~g the ~utual relatonshp. _For the frst t~e, t he world_ <!~vsp communty meets regularly, on an.nsttutonalzed. bas.s, wth representatves of the Vatcan, and of the Wo~ld Councl of Churches, as well as w~th repre~entatves of varous Ch:rstl.an cqnf~ssonal bc;4es. At the same :tm_e, on the natona.j. level, ongong rel_atons have been establshed between many represent at he Ghurch, bodes; both Cat.holc and Protest~t, and th~ J e'wsh c;:ommuntes. ------
; '/... y k 4) Ths netvor~ of new.drect rel~~onshp~ that has emerged ~ tqe last 10 or 15 years,.consttutes an mportant d~velopment, Whle :,n th~ pas~ the Cbrst4lJl-Jewsh frendsh~:p leagues and the nternatonal Ccuncl were n fact ~.be only ns~r1,~11u:~nts through h~h the offcal Chµrch bodes vere approached n these matters, now the Jewsh ~ommuntes speak drectly to the offcal Chur~h bod~es. t follovs th~t the nte~atonal Co~cl and ts natonal branches wll n the future.have.to play a dfferent role from the ope t.hey have pla._yed f! the p~st; tt}e ne11. stuaton pas es th~ queston qf the partcu1ar rol~ and functon t hey are called upon to, fll ' und~~. th~.~~"" g_aa~~~a~~~~~~.~~~nc~~-~ ~~c!... oj>.th~ pro~~e~ n the work t.o vhch the;y.are d~c~ ted, 5) The ntatve to d~scus~ thes~ questons at a ~p~cal ~eetng n whch per~o~altes n charge of Chrstan-J~~sh relato~s n varous offcal Church bodes wll par~~cpate, welcomed. s therefor~ to be greatly t s hoped ~~t thrqugh a frank ~n~ open exchange. of v~ S among all concerned a new mpetus ~an be.gven to our work, d~plcatons ayoded n the future and a more effcent dvson Of wo!k eqvz.aged. ' The.tentatve deas that follow are meant only to serve ~s bass for!lscusson. t s not _my ntenton? and t wquld b.e presumpto~ on m~ part, to ma~e d~fnte rec.omm_endatons vth<?ut hav.ng heard the ponts of vew of all co~cerned. a 6) t seems ~o me that the ~dng prncple for a d~v~on of work shoul,d be that eyery group actve.n ~hs feld dedcate tself to those tasks wh~h t can best fulfll v.thout duplc.atng or ~m tat.ng what others c an do better..! 7) Applyng ths prncple. t se.ems to me that the nt.~rna.tonal Councl of Chrst'ans and Jevs and ts natonal branches should concentrate n the fu~ure On two major ~SUe$: ( 1 ) to underta~e '. tasks whch. the off cal qalo~e betwe.en representatves of the Jewsh communtes and of the hurch bod~s s unab~e. to meet a;nd (2) to undertake specfc t~sks rn areas n whch the offcaj_ Chrst~p Jew~s~ ~aogue s una~le to m~~e.progress.
'/<;.,.!/../ A-.-,,. - ' 8) The offcal Chrstan-Jewsh consulta:tons between r epre:>ente.tves of the Jewsh communtes and_ r.epre~~nta~ves provde for regular ex~~ange s of the o,ffcal Church bodes of.rew between senor- offcals of t.he t vo communt es -n whch the posto.ns of the two communtes on basc problems affectng both groups are pre~ented, the. r.espe~~ve ponts of v e~ expressed and clarfed and attempts made to under~re conver~enc es and mprov.e further the relatons~p, between the two fath coll!l)lµntes. furthered mutual up4ers~andng _and have _oft~.n whle fully respectng the dfferences t hat. exst These exchanges have n rnl.ny v~ys led t;.o new:.n t.at. ves, ta!-: en eth~f ~~~~~~:!:f.. ~,r. _ jo~t,;l~. n mport.ant nst.ances,.' these encounters ".... : ~;;~.;.~~Yf!. ~:~,,.r,.:.;1.~. ~~ f:,: ~ : -~.!-.,..;..... have en~led consultaton wth the repre;>en~!ltv:~s of the Jewsh c6mmunty. before <!ecsons ~ffectµg t az:e taken~ The encou.'1t.ers have aj.so from tme to tme 9rought out clear_ly a,nd sharply the dfferences vhch exst. n certan areas. 9) However, t~e off!~a.l e~co~ters a.re _ re.~~rcted to u very l:n t ed nwnber of top offcals of the _tvp comrnuz: tes. And whle ~1~port.~t pronoucemeots are m~qe frqm tme to tme e.t these gatherngs ~nd -! e~dt the publc through ther publ~.cadon - _~ th'e pres.s these encounle!"s a.re bascally desgned to nf9fl_ll and nfluence the le?dershp of the two fat.h commun~tes~ -3-1 ; 10 )' The~e enco~tep ~r~ b~ ther nature unabl~ to reach a. vder publc and partcularl! tpe gr.ass roots ~f the tv9 cqmmunt es. T~ s s one of ~he pa.sc tasks whch the offcal encounters cannot perforn and.j ' -,. whc;:h nobody attends to t.oday: t}?.e dssemnat.on e.nd P.9Pul e.r dffuson D.."1d nterpretato~ of the ne~ con.~~pts that. ha_ve arsen from the offcal relat.ons betvee~ th~ tvq 9olll!)lun }~s and '\~l.9:t have fqu~d expre~son ln the :;>'t-a.tements or offcal Ghurch bodes. rhs s e~ms t o me on~ of the tasks to vhch the nterna:t onal Councl ~d ts natonal brar ~ hes n the :future. should. 4edcate themselves 11) - -The task here s tvofold : a) to nform t~e broatj.er publc Of1 the.se new concepts and 1:.her conseq~enc.es ~nd ~o create -stru.')'lents of nformatqn tha.t are easly accessble 'and whose lnngunge can easly be unde,rs'tood by n large:-- publc.. :
' '..:.4_ {~ dst1'gus~ed from p~blcatons destned for lmted groups of sp9~a.lsts). sbe~ts, What s needed are popular publcatons and.nformaton vtb a wde crc'1l.aton among the wder publc and.systematc dstrbut9n amongst var~us sec.tors ' Of the p~pulat'an;.,...... b) to creste educatonal facltes for the dssemnaton of these new.. concepts and ther consequences, partcularly through the nsttuton of 1 courses. colloqua. semnars for educators, teachers. relgous personn~l. leaders Of trade-unons. Of women s organzatons, of youth movements and other multplers of publc opnon. What s contemplated here s not the ~~ta):!lj.~hme~t. 1 <?~\.. an occasonal,semnar. organzed nternatonally or natod&lly by ~ne of the natonal branches, but a sy~tematc effort to hold smultaneously. n the varous countres and n varous parts of the co~tres, ~ ~eres of educatonal.actvtes whch voul,d spread the nev concepts to a ~arger p~blc and affect thousands of people every year. These educatonal actvtes should lead at the same tme to t~e ntaton and elaboraton of gudelnes for educaton on Chr~~ta.n-Jewsb ssues for varo~ regons. and th~r dss~,,naton to the approprate bodes. n suggestng these actvtes;ve are vell avare that some of the natonal organ~atons have undertaken smlar projects n.the pas~. What s envsaged here. s to make th~se actvtes one of the " cent~al ponts of the progral'.d of acton s ~multaneously n a great nunber of countres and to ' concentrate.t.he efforts on these tasks over a perod of several years.. 1 12) Another area that deserves specal attenton n ths r~spect, t seems to me, s.the revson of textbooks for prmary and secondary schools, teachers' semnares and unverstes. Textbooks ror relgous nstructon and teachng materal on hstory, lterature, and arts and languages deserve partcular examna.ton. Whle the offcal encounters between.representatves of the.jewsh communty and of the Church bodes have dscussed and can contnue to dscuss. the mportance of ths work for mprov~ t~e Cb~stan-~ewsh rela~ons~p and ~ envsage gudelnes along vbcb the~e ac~vtes should proceed. the offcal Chrstan-Jewsh consul.tat ons. cannot.themselves. organze the mplenentaton of these deas on the natonal level, as they do not possess the necessary organs to do ~o.
4-5- t seems to me tb&t_ ths. t~k whch vas : consdered of the hghest ljlportance n. tpe. 1mmedate.postvar pe~od, ~x~ept,, D o~e or two countres. ~d no ~ystematc ha5 been neglected subsequently, ef fort has been made duf,ng the last decade, as far as klov, t.o mprove the. textbooks n use n varous countres and publshed o dfferent languages. He~e agan s an area n vh~h the nternatonal Councl of Chrstans and Jews and ts natona1 branches can play an enormous role, f they undertook a systematc''effort to have these textbooks examned n varous countres wth a vew to makng recommendatons to those responsble to.t :t)fer 'putleatlor. :Ths 'task, whch consd~r one of the most mportant for the f'utur~ of Cl}_rstan-Jevsh ~elatons, has to be carred out n the context of general efforts for textbook revson undertaken by educatonal.nsttutons n general. l.. j! 13) Another mportant feld of actvtes that see for the nternatonal Councl 'apd ts natonal branches ~ ~dertakng. specfc tasks n area.s where the offc8.j. Chrstan-Jewsh dal.~gue s unable to make progress. 4 n such a.reas, al unoffcal body lke the nternatonal CoWlcl or one of ts natonal branches can be much more flexble than the offcal bodes and can take ntatves vh.ch the ~ffcal b~es, cannot. n bref, they. are able 'to expetment n such areas and establsh ~offcal..,. -. groups of e±perts. speakng only on ther own behalf. n order to examne some ot the dffcu.lt problems n the relatonshp and fnd ve.ys and meaps ~o overccme the dffcultes. There vll probably be no mmedate agreement as to the. areas to whch ths should apply. But t seems to me that the problem of msson and wtness.for nsta.nce. where the vews of the offcal communtes are stll very far apart -- partcularly 'vth 'regard to some of the Protestant CODD\Ultes -- could c.onsttute an ar ea to whch the nternatonal C()uncl or some of ts. branches could try to devote ther.specal attenton wth the vev of narrdwng the basc.dfferences.
-6-14) The above suggestons as to the ar.eas to vhch prorty attent;on should be gven are of course beng made n the present context of.chrst~an".'"jewsh relatons, and should be.revewed from tme to tme. t s obvous. that prortes may change as a r~sult of new developments. On the.other hand, t seems to me doubt~ whether some ot the actvtes currently undertaken by the nternatonal Councl and ts ~to~al branches deserve frst prorty. Ths r~ferl? state~ents notably to polt9.al whch are made from ~me to tme on ther behalf wth regard to the stuaton n the Mddle East, Sovet ~evry, or smlar ssues. These, st.!~e~.. gtf a:r~ : ~-µ,;,~)r._repettve of.statements by ~ewsh orga.n.z~tons. and have no great. eftec_t, as ~~ere s no foll~w-up and no. apparatus avalable..... for ongoll8 polt_cal acton n support of these d ecj,araton.s. also have some doubts whether t s at. ths stage a prorty. task for the nternatonal Councl to organze nternatonal colloqufa,_ a.s there are a good number of such 'colloqua gong on n varous places under the auspces of unver.stes and of offcal Jewsh and ~hurch Ths 4oes not_. of co!jrse. refer to the specf~ 13) above. tasks ~entoned under bodes.,. '.! 15) t has been sad from tme to tme that t s v~ry dffcult to map out a ge~eral plan of prorte~ for the nternatonal Councl ~d ts natonal br~ches, as the actvtes or the natonal branches vary from countey to country and the strength and nfluence of 1be nton.al group~ dffer very much. Ths may vell be so. On the other hand, t seems to De tb&t.f the movement warts to exercse r;tluence n the future, t has ' ; - '.' ' '. _.: :'. } r.. :. 1!. ' to adapt. tself to the new ' ~~cum~ta'.n~~s ~ t may 'vell be that what has been s~ested here wll m~e t necessary to pursue a n~w polcy wth regard to the membershp of the branches. The nternatonal Councl may have to become a less loose organzaton n the future and may have to ~rsue an actve m_ember~hp polcy whch would brng nw ts rb:llks those. people necessary to pursue.a more actve and conss~ent gener~ polcy.. Geneva, June J, 1981 Gerhart M. Regner
...., f ~: J\ June 1981 NTERN~TONAL COUNCL DF CHRSTANS AND JEWS nternatonal Colloquum on: MAGES Of THE OTHER Presentng Judasm n Chrstan Educaton, and thrstanty n Jewsh Ed~caton, n th~. Lght of _ Contempo~ary Jewsh~Chrstan Reljtons Heppenhem, Federal Republc of Germany, 28-30 June 1981 PROGRAM:.! SU~OAY 28 June 1981 14,0D - 16.00 Regstraton n the Martn Buber Hquse. 2- - 1" Wer l~straf3e 2, Heppenhem 16.30-18 ~ 00 Recepton n the Garden of the Martn Buber House 7- '?>. t, (n case of bad we ather n the Martn BuQer School~ G~HffstreGe, Heppenhem).. 19,00. 7 Dnner.n Hotel-Restautant "Halber Mond 11, LudwgstraG~ 5, Heppen.hem, for partcpants :a_nd nvted. guest$. Greettgs br cvl and. relgous l~aders Openng of. the Colloquum by Dr. Davd Hyatt, Presdent of the nternatonal Councl of Chrstans and Je~ Key Noa Address by Hs Excelency Mr. Hans Krollmann, M~nst~r of Culture of t~e Land of Hessen, Federal Republc of Cermary.: l ; '!Z$.L--- 1 ;..! MO~DAY 29 JJne t~81 09,00-10.00 Plenary Sesson n Hotel-Restaurant 11 Halber Mond 11 Le:::ture on:-"c.reatng Space f or. the ntegrty of the Other; an Educatonal Challenge for Chrstars and.jews" Speaker: Dr. Davd ~artman, Department of Jewsh Phl o sophy and School of Educaton, The Hebr~w Unversty of Jerusalem; Drector, Shalom Hartman nsttute, Jerusalem, srael. 10, 30j - 13.DOl 14.DDj - -'1 6. 00 18,30 20. op 21. 0 0.. 12.30 Workshops See separat~ sh~et Luncheon n Hote1 -Restaurant 11 Halber Mond 11 16.00 free tme 1e. oo Contnuaton of W orkshop~ Supper n Ho tel-restaurant "Halber Mand" 'Plenary sess:.on: Lecture by Mrs. _ Judth Hershcopf- aank, Assstant Natonal D.rector, ntep.relgous Affars, The Amerc~n. Jeush Com~tte~, on: Jewsh Textb6oks on Chrstans and Chrsta n ty ntroducton ard oemonstraton concernng t he Exhbton -on Ddact cal Ads fbr the pr~sentaton. on Judasm and the J ewsh People, by Mr. Wolfgang. Wrth, Unvers t y of Du s bur g, Federal Re publc of Germany. 11 Place O f the evenng s esson: Hotel-~es t. Halber Mond 11
! l.. ~ :.. r CCJ cdlloquum Heppe~hem 1981 Program Page 2.. -.......-... Tuesqay 30. June. 1981 OS.O D 10.00 P~enary Sesson n Ho tel-restaurant "Halber Mond" Le ~t ure on:."from Thebry to.prax s ; Past Achevements a nd ruttfe Tasks n Brtngng N~~ fnsghts, ganed n the Jewsh-Chrst an Encounter, to bear on t h? Educatonal Pr6cess" :... Speaker: Dr. Eugene Fsher, Drector, Secretarat on Ca t hol~c~j~w sh R~laton~, UjS. Natonal Conference of Catha.le Bshops, Wash~ n ~ton, D. C. '. U. S. A. 10.30... 12. 30 Conthuaton and Concluson of the Workshops 13.PQ Luncheon at Hotel- Restaurant "Halber Mand" 14.00, ~ 16.00 Fr~e tme 1;).0 0 - - 18.00 Pl~nary Sesson n Hotel-Restaurant "Halbe:r Mand.'~.. 18 ~ 30 20. 00" 1. Round Table on:. "What are the Crucal. ssues" by the Moderators of the Study Groups '"".., ~ R~spo~s~ s ~y Dr~ Hart~an, Mrs. Hershcopf Bank and Dr~ Eu~ene f sher to questons and comments on t her lectur.es. 11 Supper n Hotel-Restaurant Halber Mon.d 11 Gu~,ts of Honour: Mn~r. " Jean~Mare L.usfger, Archbshop of Par ~,. Franc~,and Rev~ Dr. Helmuth Hld, Presdent of the "Evangelsche Kche n. Hess~n und Nassau'', Feder al Republc of German y. ' '.. 'Pl'en'ary Sess c;-r -rn - Hot el < Restaurant' "Hal-bar Mand ".,. Round Table on: "How to deal wth the ssues?" by ~he Res~urce P~rsons of. the. St4~y Groups Su~mng -u~ of th~ Colloqdum: Prof~ Paul van Buren,. D ~attm~ nt of Relgon, Temple Unversty, Phladel ph~,.. ~ Per:n., U.S.A. \ ' 1. 1 j l ~ <. : '.. \ 1 l \ \
' NTERNATONAL COUNCL OF CHRSTANS AND JEWS nternalonal Colloquum qn: MAGES or the OTHER Presentng Judasm ~n Chr~stan Ed~caton and Chrstanty n Jewsh ~ducaton,. n the''"(ghc ;,, ' 'c'o'ntemp~t-ary. Jewsh-Chr' st an Relatons Heppen~em, 28-30 Jun~ 1981 Work shop_. : JEW! SH LAW.. Study Group A: A new Chrstan underst~ndng of the meanng of Jewsh law and,ts _mpl,cat.ons for educaton. '..... ' ~. Moderator: Rabb Dr. Allen ~odet, State.Unversty College at Buffa~o,. New York, U.S.A. '... -.. 1esou rce-perso~:. Pro~. Or. GUnter Bemer, Albert-Ludwgs-Unve~stt,. Fre1burg.Br., federal Republc. of Germany. 1 _~ H_E~S~E_s su~b_m t~t_e_d..._.b_v_ ~P~r~n-..f ~e~~e~m~ewr.._.......,... ~--~~~---,-_.;_~~~~~~~ A. Prevous descrptons of the Jew~h Law n Relgous Educaton and the Theology and Exege~s refe~rng hereto. ' 1. One can p:-oceed from the assumpton that the Tor-ah has n1~ver had ~ p~s tv~ aaeessment n the 1 terature of relgo~s educaton. 2. U~~ally, the ethcal demands.. of Ju~a5m dra used n the 1- terature as a dark background- to hghlgh~ the - ethcal postulates of Je~~s and to furnsh evdence.- of hs :unqueness. '... j. 3. The dfference.between the nf~ror pety of sprt and the exteror L~w abdng pety s of specal ~gnfcance. : The pharsees.are usually quoted as an example for the latter. They are descrbed as typc~l representatves of the Jewsh pety. 4. t seems to be theologcally fundamental that the loyalty to the Covenant s expressed by the fath n the Torah on the Jewsh sde and the belef n Jesus Chrst on the Ch~stan sde. 6ut belef n ths second sense does not exclude a lfe accordng ' to t.he commands of God but ncludes a lfe accordng to tns "Law of Chrst~. C Gal JS. 2) 5. Frequently. the Chrst lane consder thems.s lves to have ~ superor ralgcrus pbsarvanc~ _ because ther.. '. belef s personal througt'! J~sus C.hret wh&1.rsa& Jewsh belef s hold to be ffter~ly factual' thrrju'gh. t ha Torah. But on the Je~ah :: a.de,.tns. ~ropnets :....... :... '.... :.. -
already mantaned that the sgnfcance of cultc observance les not wthn tself but ~ the relaton to Go d. (Hos 6,6). Both Chrstan and Jewsh belef bear the danger of an al~nated, legalstc realsaton. 6. A source of Chrstan msunderstandngs s the assumpton that Jesus was the only one to concentrate the multplcty.of nstructons of the Torah on the one and mportant commandment that of lovng God and one's neghbour above all else. That ths tendency alre<hly exsted wth contemporary rabbs, too, s rare ly m~ntone d n Chrstan texts of relgous educ.:j t on. t s rarely made clear that the s13 rules" of the Torah ~ re not an expresson of quanttatve unsurveyab l ty but rather of deep symbolc sgnfcance for the complex sanctfcaton of the whole human beng and fur all the tme (of a year). B. New the 7. Approa c: hes n Theology and n the Teachng Off ce of Roman Catholc Church. Further nqures about the relatonshp between the earthly Jesus and the Torah are answered dfferently n exngess and the r e lgous educaton: 7.1. J~su~ opposed the Tora h n order to free manknd from restrctng drectons (e.g. the healng on Sabbath}. 7.2. Jesus was a loyal observer of the Torah but he was crtcal of certan nterpretatons of the Torah. As J esus was t he only teacher n Chrstanty n comparson to a multtude of rabbs n Judasm. cha Chrstans soo n forgot the fact that there was a pluralty of teachers and doctrnes n the days of Jesus. s~h~~stook Jesus' r.rtcsm of nterpretatons of the Torah for a crtc sm of God's Torah tself. 8. Regardng the common ground an d the dfferences n atttude towards the Torah bet~ean Jesus and other nterpreters of the Law we a~bml the followng outlne:.. :.: :. ' :-'" t. :.,..1 '.... #
- 3-6.1. Jes us dd not "annul t he Law but he fulflled " t ( cf. Mt S.17). 6.2. Jesus knew and accepted the dscalogue form of the Torah of Moses (cf. Mt 5,21ff and par.). 8.3. Jes us emphaszed the double co~ndment of love and concentrated the Tradton of the Patrarchs on t. 8.4. Jes us substantated hs nstructons wth the Co,...,venant-motvaton whch demand that the members of th E-: C.o..venant-people apply ther standards to ther "Father n Haaven", the Co~~enant-God (Mt 5,46 par, lk 5,361 cf. Lev 19,2). The specfc way of nterpretng the Law n whch Jesus dffered from other nterpreters becomes obvous: 6.5. n the announcement that the Kngdom of God has begun already through hm (~k 11,28 par.). t s therefore tme f o r men to change ther conduct, J 6.6. n the specal emphass on the ethcal aspect of the Torah, 8.7. n the smplfcaton of the Tradton of the Patrarchs for the ordnary people, the so called "Am-Ha-Arez". ( cf. Mk 7,15) 9. n vew of the dstortng msrepresentatonsof Judasm wh ch can be found rather too often n the Roman Church (especally n. sermons and catechess) the German Bshops -Confere nce has proposed correctonf for a new and more correct understandng of t he Torah: "The Jewsh understa~dng of lfe accordng to the Torah, whc h retans ts.vald ty t oday. must be understood by three basc elements: ~ath, realsaton n works, sanctfcat~on.of everyday. lfe. C. Po1Bbltes of Des crbng the Jewsh.law n Future {n W~gous Educat on. Evan f the new plans effect some ~op~c~l changes n : :... the present teachng of relgon ~n. s9aool we can assume : :. :..'j ~ - ~..... 1 -..... '............ ~... /'.. :.. ::~ c.. :-::. : ~..,. (. (.; ;~. :.. :!
..:=::.:.::.~:.'.. ~.::... :;:t : -, -~ :~:~; :. ~,.:-:_r ---:.' that t h e o ld, classcal places of ethcal nstructon wll be mantaned: the ntroducton to atttud6. and sacrament o f ':c'cnversoh.-:ahd penance. at the age of 8/9, the cont n t1a t on of the educaton of consc en ct' coverng J es us' commandment of love and the de ca logue, at the age of 13/14. an extensve dscusson of the r,easons f or the ethcal nstructon of the Ch1.1rch - at the age of 18/19 n Secondary Schools. T~erefore: 10. The dee a logue and Jesus commandment of love s.hou ld be taugh t wthn the context of ther hstorcal org n n the hstory of srael (rabbncal tradton) at prmary school age n th~ by catechess of sacraments n th2 parsh, as well as n relgous nstructon r school. The fact that the Jewsh yauth s bound ~y oath to the covenant-orders (Bar-Mtzvah) should be used to llustrate tne unversal mportance of the decalogue. Thus, ever from th~r ' chldhood. Chr~tan chldren should become aware of the soldarty wth ther Jewsh brat.hers- anq ssters n belef". 11. A reflected consderaton of Chrstan ethcal norms s necessary n secondary school age. Here the degalogue tradton (Zelfelder Plan V 1) as well as Jes us ' commandment of love become thematc (bd. 1). - The nterpretaton of the Sermon on the Mou nt s of specal sgnfcance. Here Jesus specal qualty as an nterpreter of the Torah can only b e understood wthn the context of Law-nter pretr.ton n Judasm. t can, th.erefore, only be cons dered n ths context f one wants. to prevent ant-semtc tendences.(cf. above e.l.,, ",;.. Of specal mpor tance s the dfferentfaton of the felds of ethcal and cultc norms. t s mportant for the understandng of the cultc part of the Tor~h lhat norms and rules" (Z8lfelperplan,1) are not restrcted to the ethcal feld ~lone but g~n n meanng n the cultc context>a5 well as beng opposed to the New-Testament )~n:denpy: n- the Church ~.... -. - ~-.... -.-. ; ~ -
.- n a ny case, young Chrstens should be t~;ght - 5 - rel g~;_gs,. nstruc:ton tha~ there are var :us atttudes towo r cs the cultc-rtual part of the To e lh n Juda3tn. 12. n th~ 'Sekundarstufe ' (5th and 5th y ~ ar Secondary School) t should be ob~~rved that commonness and dffere nce of the tradton n Chrstanty and.)udasrn s worked out n the context of ethcal topcs! such as socal justce. freedom, responsblty, gult, war and peace, etc.). A. conscousness of the common responsblty of Jews and Chr stans for future ~o cety can only b~ transmtted f t s shown that To ah a nd the Law of Chrst are not dametrcally. opposed but belong toget~ar, n both as to ther tradton and as :he thee l og c a 1 qualty of God's Covenant. 13. To- date there s no example n current Relgous Educl3tnn texts whch successfully descrbes Chrstan nstructons for lfe n thar ~storcal and present context of the Jewsh Torah. However. there are frst adequat e postve descrptons of the Torah n conn ~. ~to n wth proposals for teachng on Judasm n Catholc relgous nstructon. 14. nstructon on t he Torah n Adult Educaton of the Church One car. assume t hat lack of nformaton and prejudces obstruct the.ac~ es s of Catholc Chrstans to a correct understandng of the Torah and ts sgnfcance for Jews. The complete msunderstandng of the \ term "Pharsee~ n Chrstan lterature may be an example for ths. - The correcton of ths defct comb ned wth the realzaton that the conduct of lfe (Tor~h) may be of fundamental sgnfcance for the Chrstan practse as.well, mght lead to denttyproblems for Chrstans. Jesus soveregn and crtcal atttude towards the Torah has even bean used n Catholc Fundamental Theology to prove hs dvne.,_org_n.... :~. '.. :... : ~ ~.:.
.. ' - c) - 15. Gonseque~ces of a Postvely Treated Understandng of the Tor~h for Catholc Theology To mate an.effectve change n Chrstan nstructon and Adult Educaton conc~rnng the Torah ths concept wll have to be consder~d by other theologcal dscplnes much more dstnctly than has been done so far. Ths s true, frst of all. for exegess where effectve work has been done n ths context CF. MuSner). The ntegraton of the Jewsh roots of Chrstan doctrn.a s stll mssng n moral theology. Chrstan socolngy could gan from a dscusson of Torah-nterpretat : d ns a broa.jer and more sold bass for Chrstan postuldtes concernng queston~ and sl~te. of economy, socety, Canon-law, lturgy, and pastoral theology each.. k:3 l n ther own way Wth the perpetuaton of t~~ L~w of Chrst n varous felds of Church practse. They. are n ths respect related to certan aspects of Torah-nterpretaton. A comparson of the celebraton of the Sabbath and Sund~y and an exchange of deas concernng ths day as due to God the Creator and Redeemur, could lead theologans and the people of God to necsssary and frutful dscoveres and actons. n dogmatcs a comparson of Torah-theology and Chrstology could reveal a deeper understandng of the s gnfcance of lfe of chrstologcal doctrnes.,
Dr. r.oos Schoneveld General Secretary of the nternatonal _Councl of Chrstans and.jews - Martn Buber House Werlestra.Sse z Postfach sos 6148 Hepperhem Federal Republc of Gemmy May 22, 1981 Dear Dr. Schoneveld:.. Snce the mals _appear to be so slow, l hasten to answet your knd. letter of May 13th. wll be tappy to partcpate n the study group about Chrstanty and Jewsh Educaton, and also to undertake the presentaton at the pl~ sesson on Monday, June 29th at 8 p.m. At present, l am scheduled to take a late nght flght.on Satmday, June 27th, arrvng n Frankfurt 11:30 on the 28th. am tryng to move tbat flght forward a day. n order to at'rve a day earler and gve myself sme tme to relax and -prepare for the conference. At present, the arlnes a.re booked soldly. f am able to get cm an earler flght. shall notfy you by cable_. shall foj.low up wth Rabb Tanenbaum regardng hs offer to -provde some "ddaetcal materals" for dsplay.. really do not know what he had n mr.d, but f t s a small selectcm, shall try to_ brng t along lr.th l.'le.... am hopng to be met at the Frankfurt arport. f there s any dffculty about ths and " must make my om Wfrf to Heppenhem, plense let mo know how to get there. YOUl"S snce-rely, _JHB:mr - Jt=a. Tanenbaum -- Davd Hyatt Judth H. Bank. Assstant Natcnal Drector ntenellgous Affars.
NTERNATONAL COUNCL OF CHRSTANS AND JEWS AMTE NTERNATONALE JUDEO-CHRETENNE NTERNATONALER RAT DER CHRSTEN UND JUDEN e. V. MARTN BUBER HOUSE Wer!Htra&e 2, 6148 Heppenbem, P. 0. Box 305 Telefon 062521 SO Federal Republc of Germany General Secmary: Rev. Dr. J. Schoneveld Martn Buber House, Werl~traBe ~. D-61'8 Heppenbelm To the Partcpants n the nternatonal Colloquum of the nternatonal Councl of Chrstans and Jeus on: "mages of the Other" Heppenhem, 28-30 June 1981 Heppenhem, 9 June 1981 Dear Herewth am confrmng your regstraton as a n the CCJ nternatonal Colloquum to be held hem from 28 through 30 June 1981, EXECUTVE COMMJT'EE; Presdent:. tdr. Davd Hyatt t par 1c1pan rosa> n Heppen- Vce-P:resdent: J~bEmanuel n sofar as you have expressed the wsh to be met at Frank-<lsraeD furt Arport and have communcated to us your tme of Charman. Exec. Commttee arrval and flght number, we are makng arrangements for SrSp:umdStunberl,J. P <EncJand) your transfer from the arport to Heppenhem. P1ease look for an "CCJ" sgn to be hold by one of our helpers. Treasurer. Leopard c. Goss Enclosed you are fndng a confrmaton of your hotel reser<eagandl vat on ssued by the "Verkehr sburo 11 (tourst, off ce) n HePJremters: penhem. Those stayng at an hotel or at a prvate house are asked to pay drectly to the owner or the host. Only re~~uml the reservatons of those stayng at "Haus am Maberg" are <C=adaJ handled by us, and they are asked to pay to us when you r e g s t er <Franc-e> The conference fee (ncludng the openng dnner on evenng, lunch and supper on Monday and Tuesday) s to be pad on regstraton. You are knd! y asked to1 jon study group No: J A We have taken your preference nto account as expressed on your regstraton card, but t has not always been possble to place you n the group of your frst choce. Prof. LucDequeker Dr. Vctor C. Goldbloom Mrs. ColetteKessler Rev. Are.ans Sunday <Sweden) D l"l 1 2 5, Rabb Dr. N. Peter Levnson (Fed. Republc or Gennany) Dr. Kurt Pones (Austr:l) Fr. Vcente Serrano (Span) Rev. Wllem Zudema (Netherlands) Further enclosures are un updated program and materal madehonorarych.ajrm.an: avalable by the r~ce person of' your study group, n :::.;1:.,~amw. stmpson case th s s gr q up ~ B,. A, A or V The materal for the other groups \Jll be dstrbuted at FNANCALAOVSER: Antoon Ruygen the colloquum. (Belgum> Lookng forward to meetng you n Heppenhem, You7l~ Dr. J. Schone val d General Secretary BANKERS: Dresdner Bank, Heppeo.hem CBLZ 508 800 SO) Account Nr: 0223277700 AUDTORS: Prce Waterhouse MEMBER ORGANSATONS: AllllCra: Ak:to11 gegen den A.otlsezntsmus Belgtum: lnsltutwn Judacwn Brull: Conselho de Fratemdade Crstlo-Judaca Canada: Canadan Councl of Chrstans and Jews France: Amt!~ Judeo.cbrHenne de France ~: Deutscher Koordl nerungsrat der Gesellschaften r0r Chrlltlcb.JUdl.sche Zu.5&mmenarbet l.sra.d: srael nterfath Commttee tal,.: Amlclza Ebralco-Crlstlana d Frew:e Luxembours: Comtl! lnteroo.nfesslonel LuxemboW11eos Netllerlandr. Het Lee.rbuls SpalD: Centro de Estudos Judeo-Crlst!anos Sweden: SamarbetsrB.det for Judar ocb Krstna Sw1'2rl1111d: Chrlstlleb.Judsclle Arbetqe.D)dnscbaft n der Schwez Uated.fUndom: The Councl of Chr,;tans and Jews Uat&N Staw of Amerca: Natlo!llll Conterence of Chrstans and Jews V-1a: Co!Xlt~ de Relaco11es entre glesas y Slna,1togas establ«ldas en Venezuela
AMTE JUDEO-CHlETE.tflE DE F~.JCE PAUL TE m EN. Born at Essernay (Haute Sa6ne)2/6/19. F.rst,. l~wyer at Lunev:lle after he was dscharged. from the A:J;my. He joned the les.stance, frst as a. local'. clandestne dffuser of Temognage Chreten -ntal manner- headed by the group. gathered around R.F. Challet, th.en as the agent :P2 for the Darus secton of Fghtng France. A.r!ested 7/6f4, tortured,. he was deported at Stru~hof,then at Dachau. ls fat~er, bltonner Henr Te tgen (chan;an of t he... Lawyers' Order), had been arrested n 1942 and depor.t.ed at Buchenwald. Ater the W.ar, Pa.ll. Tetgen completed hs stud es at the Ec.ol e Normal e d 'Admn strat on (S<Uool'. for flghes.t..dmnstratve Studes). Then, after several successve appontments as auxlary prefet (governemental deleg a~ e ) n var,ous ctes, he was named ~ecretary Gen eral of t he Polce at Alger. He resgned n 1957 as a protest aganst the wdespread use of the tortur~,followng a le~ter he 'sent to the Presdent and the members of the Commsson for the Defense of Lbertes and ndvdual Rghts (letter reprnted n P. Vdal-Naquet's bookt Rason d'etat; Ed. de Mnut, 1961, p.167~ Arrested and expelled from Alger a few days later,5/13/58. he remaned Wthout any further appontment, and Wthout any salary untl 1960. Then the Foregn Offce sent hm to. Brasl. on a msson for tech,."lc cooperat'on. Upon hj:.eturn he was apponted M:a.1tre des Reguetes (Head of the Demands. Department).bY. General de.gaulle, at the prestmous Consel d'etat (Consultatve Assem..bly to~e Fren.ch Go- vernment.. n Admnstre,tve Matte.rs).. As. a member of the Socal Commsson of the Consel d 'Et at, PB:ul Te tgen was chosen for several mssons n the. socal and cul ~ural. pol t.cal doman, ncludng, n 1973, a UNESCO msson n Lebanon. Further more, the report he prese~ted n connecton wth judcary matters at Chrysler frm, was bal ed. as outstandng, and bs concluson were adopted by the Court of Cessaton (Court of ff:ullty). Now Honorary member of. the Consel d'etat, Paul Tetgen s marred and father of fve chldren. ae s O~fCt!r of t be Legon of Honor, bearer of the Cro~ de Guerre (~ar Cross) and t he Medal of t he Resstance... '