Language:
English
Year of publication:
1987
Titel der Quelle:
Menorah; Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
1,1 (1987) 74-81
Keywords:
Catholic Church
;
Catholic Church Relations
;
Catholics Periodicals
;
Anti-Zionism
;
Antisemitism History 1945-
;
Israel History 1948-1949
Abstract:
The Vatican's theological and political opposition to Zionism and to Jewish control of Jerusalem was adopted by Australia's chief Catholic prelate Cardinal Gilroy and other clerics who petitioned the government to press for the internationalization of Jerusalem. Despite the Church's generally cordial attitude to Australian Jewry, it opposed the actions of Jews in Palestine. Gilroy and the local hierarchy failed to criticize expressions of antisemitism in the Catholic diocesan press. Sydney's "Catholic Weekly" supported the Arabs, influenced by rumors spread by the Eastern Churches that Jewish forces were damaging Catholic institutions. The socialist "Catholic Worker" described Jews and Israel as arch-materialists. The most blatant antisemitism was expressed in the Catholic press of Melbourne and Adelaide by the writer and broadcaster D.G.M. Jackson who attributed Israel's victory to complicity with the Soviet Union in its worldwide attack on Christianity.
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