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International Parley to Combat Anti-semitism Recommends Changes in Religious Teachings

August 7, 1947
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Resolutions calling for changing some Christian teachings as a means of fighting anti-Semitism and urging an immediate and “righteous” solution of the Palestine problem, were adopted here by 65 churchmen, lay leaders and educators attending the International Emergency Conference to Combat Anti-Semitism.

The delegates, representing Catholics, Protestants and Jews in 17 countries, ended their week-long parley with a proposal to religious leaders to revise such teachings as the story of the Crucifixion of Christ, in order to eliminate religious bias. Jewish delegates stressed that they would seek to eliminate attacks on Jesus from Jewish instruction and to promote good relations between Christians and Jews.

The Conference also condemned acts of extremism in Palestine as contrary to the spirit of religion. The delegates saw such action as a “grave obstacle” to the achievement of a righteous Palestine solution.

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