The Contemporary Jewish Record publishes in its current issue an account of a petition regarding Poland and the status of Jews there which was presented 25 years ago by the American Jewish Committee to Pope Benedict XV. The effects of the Pope’s reply, delivered by means of a letter by Cardinal Gasparri, then Papal Secretary of State , are described in detail by Harry Schneiderman, author of the article and assistant secretary of the Committee.
This commemoration of a notable event of the first World War , according to Schneiderman, “is of interest not only because of the unusual nature of the Committee’s action but also because a knowledge of these circumstances is essential to an understanding of some of the important factors involved in the successful solution of Jewish problems in a possible future Polish State.” The Pope’s expression of the inherent brotherhood of man and his subsequent admonition to the Catholic clergy of Poland to seek to and the persecutions , Schneiderman asserts, had a strong educational and moral influence.
Prof.Morris R. Cohen , the philosopher, discusses the need for “Jewish Studies of Peace and Post-War Problems” in the same issue. Other articles are “Intercultural Education” by Stewart G, Cole , prominent educator; “Jewish History Nazified”by Bernard D.Weinryb, and “In Soviet Poland and Lithuania,”an expose by David Grodner.
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