Catholic-Jewish Relations / Bound Document Volume
A bound volume containing clippings and printed ephemera broadly relating to Catholic-Jewish relations in the 1930s and 1940s. An annotation on the spine reads ‘Jews’. Much of the material relates to David Goldstein (1870-1958), an American Christian apologist who converted from Judaism to Catholicism and founded the Catholic Campaigners for Christ in 1936. In his early years, Goldstein was also involved with the Socialist Labor Party of America. He later became disenchanted with Marxism and act
Details
- Level of description
- File
- Date
- 1938-1949
- Reference
- 38
- Extent and medium
- 100 pp; 30 cm x 25 cm; Bound volume, photographic print, printed and clipping
- Scope and content
- A bound volume containing clippings and printed ephemera broadly relating to Catholic-Jewish relations in the 1930s and 1940s. An annotation on the spine reads ‘Jews’. Much of the material relates to David Goldstein (1870-1958), an American Christian apologist who converted from Judaism to Catholicism and founded the Catholic Campaigners for Christ in 1936. In his early years, Goldstein was also involved with the Socialist Labor Party of America. He later became disenchanted with Marxism and actively campaigned against the spread of socialism in the United States in the mid-twentieth century period. Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. was seemingly acquainted with Goldstein’s work and corresponded with him. Some of the material in the volume specifically relates to the Jewish community in Ireland but most of the content relates more broadly to Jewish persecution during the Second World War, the general state of Catholic-Jewish relations, stern criticism of anti-Semitism by various Catholic bishops, Palestine, and the foundation of the State of Israel. The volume is a ‘Walker’s Century Scrap & Newscutting Volume’.
- Physical characteristics
- Some of the pasted-in clippings are badly frayed and torn. Careful manual handling is required.
- Repository
- Irish Capuchin Archives
- Context
- Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. > Bound Photographic and Document Volumes
Annotations
Rights
- Rights
- Copyright held by the respective institution. Contact the archive for reproduction permissions.
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Extracted Mentions
People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.
Terms
- Synagogue(9)
- Confraternity of Christian Doctrine(2)
- Holy See(2)
- Abbey(1)
- Confession(1)
- Disciple(1)
- Patriarch(1)
- Sepulchre(1)
Sample passages
- Davitt's Defence of the Persecuted Jew
- It just happens that this sad plight of the Jews in the Balkan states comes to notice as I read an interesting and I think rare copy of a book written by the Irish patriot, Michael…
- "WITHIN THE PALE" Davitt's book is called "Within the Pale," an exact and significant title. For, as a result of Anti-Semitic feeling, Jews in Russia, as it was then known, were se…
Full Transcript (OCR, 17 pages)
Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.
Page 1
SYMPATHY WITH THE SUFFERING JEWS Bishop Mathew's Appeal At a meeting yesterday, Thursday, at the Albert Hall, London, called under the chairmanship of the Archbishop of Canterbury to protest against the persecution of the Jews, Bishop Mathew spoke of the strong opposition of Catholic communities to anti-Semitism. "There are certain elements in the persecution of the Jews," said Bishop Mathew, "which come home to us most nearly. We are bound by our religious faith to aid and guard the poor, the down-trodden, the oppressed. The state of suffering has a claim upon us. We must guard the equal rights of all God's children." "There is no element in the Jewish life which is more appealing than the intense family affection in Jewish homes. We must safeguard the life of the family wherever this is violated. We must resist each fresh attack upon that Jewish family life which has suffered so cruelly." "Charity requires that the measure of our welcome is the measure in which man is destitute and friendless. We are compelled to this by the example of Our Saviour. Weak as we are ourselves, we must do what we can to sustain the spirit of all who suffer. To follow in the steps of the Good Samaritan is our duty and, still more, our privilege." Bishop Mathew here described how the traditions of the Jewish people were interwoven with our most intimate approach to our religion. "We are wounded," he said, "when we hear of the violation of the synagogues and of the profaning of that ancient faith. We stand for the clear sovereignty of conscience. This racial persecution has given a new meaning to what is required from us in the commandment that we are to love our neighbour." Throughout the lands of the United Nations, in Latin America, in Ireland and in Portugal Bishop Mathew showed that the Catholic Church has welcomed the victims of the racial laws, demonstrating that there is only one view of anti-Semitism among the whole strong unity of priests and bishops. "Those who suffer can best be aided by men who are themselves experienced in suffering," concluded Bishop Mathew. "Those of us who are torn by our own sorrows and anxieties can begin better to approach the mental anguish of the Jews in central and eastern Europe. But we all have a double duty, to be humble before suffering and strong against oppression."
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