Story of Catholic Who Embraced Judaism is Described in New Book

The reasons which induced a devout Catholic, on the point of entering the priesthood, to embrace Judaism, are related in Aime Palliere’s “The Unknown Sanctuary,” which is announced for publication by Bloch Publishing Company. Mrs. Stephen S. Wise is working on the English translation and the book will be ready in early Spring.

Palliere will this Spring visit the United States, at the invitation of Dr. Stephen S. Wise, to deliver a series of lectures. He was born in 1875, in Lyons, France, and was preparing for the priesthood. When seventeen years of age, curiosity led him into a synagogue. It happened to be Yom Kippur, and the solemnities and profound religious mood of the Day of Atonement made an indelible impression on him. The following Yom Kippur saw him at the same synagogue, this time equipped with the Jewish prayer book. Three years later he embraced Judaism. He became a disciple of Rabbi Elia Benamozegh, the eminent Italian rabbi, whose posthumous French work on “Israel and Humanity” he prepared for poblication in 1914. With Rabbi Bauer he directed the Jewish review “Foi et Reveil”. Under the pseudonym of Loetmol, he has written numerous articles for the Jewish press, presenting the universal aspect of Judaism.

M. Palliere is assistant preacher of the synagogue of the Rue Copernic, in Paris; president of the Universal Union of Jewish Youth; vice-president of the Keren Kayemeth le Israel, the Central Commission of France for the National Jewish Fund; member of the directing council of the Federation Israelite. He is author of “Jerusalem, a Religious Center for Israel and Humanity,” and “Judaism and its Distinctive Character.”