Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1966-08-19

              Serving Columbus, Dayton, Centraf and Soutliwestern Ohid    OW?
Vol.44, No. 33^
FRIDAY, AUGUST  19,  1966 — 3 ELUL 5726
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Dea(| Sea Scrolls Challenge Gospek
NEW YORK, (WtJP) — "We are^itibw Only at the tegihhing of a complete revolution in our appraisall of New Testament tradi- ' tions and their purpose. But already it is clear that there i^' scarcely a word of the Gospels, and Acts that can be taken at its face value. The Dead Sea Scrolls together with historians' records of the Essenes and the wealth of'ihtertestamentai litera¬ ture already in our possession have at last given us the l<ey with which to open the hidden mys-
teries of the New Testament.'
Thus declared John Marco Al¬ legro, noted Christian archeol- ogisf associated with the Man¬ chester University in England and an expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls, in a feature article ap¬ pearing in the current August is¬ sue of Harpers Magazine under the title "The Untold Story of the Dead Sea Scrolls."
SOOBINO CHRISTIAN schol¬ ars for having evaded and dis- , counted the historic importance of the Scrolls, Prof. Allegro notes that "there is far too much that does not ring true in the New Testament in the light of new comparative material. And''til this," he adds; "I am not includ¬ ing the more obvious fantasies .of the miracle stories, most of which New Testament: scholars have long ago consigned to the realm of mythology.
"There is much in the New Testament that is authentic Es- senism," Allegro continues,, "and yet in many cases it has been perverted in some way, robbed of its exclusivity, its political im¬ port, and given a new direction. .' 'IlieX!lldstMi?^?l9lf&isi tempted, to fall back on the assumption that the diferences, are due to the genius or inspiration of one man. But there is usually a long process of development preced¬ ing the decisive intervention. The New Testament is so much at pains to disguise and reformu¬ late this sectarian prehistory that the informed observer is left with a strong sense of un¬ reality about the whole story. It reads like history and yet it so obviously is not."
QUESTIONINO the historic value and reliabUity of the New Testament, Allegro asks: "How far are these stories on the sur¬ face representative of real his¬ tory? Is it conceivable that such amazingly intricate literary com¬ positions, vroven from so many strands of text and tradition, can also be authentic descrip¬ tions of actual events of the first century?
The noted archeologist replies: "My own answer is no."
HE CONmNCBS: "If the Gospels and Acts are mythical, then Paul, our earliest literary witness to Christianity, stands virtually without a historical point bf reference . . . The New . Testament records after all are our only worthwhile sources for the Clirlstian story. If they can no longer be taken at their face value, we must determine what is their import, how they virere produced and for what purpose. All other considerations are sec-
The World's Week
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"Wef stand at the beginning of a long and exdtlng road; Not all our conclusions are going to be {lalatafole. Not only is the historicity of the New Tes,ta-. ment stories being called into; question but thevvery nature of' the imderlyihg material must give occasion for pained sur¬ prise," Allegiro'condudes. "Per¬ haps the question really is whethei'' this generation has the courage to face the truth and all Its  consequences."
Ahavas Sholom Begms New Member Drive
Mitchell D. Cohen, chairman of The Board of Ahavas Sholom Synagogue, announced that many new families have joined the Orthodox air-conditioned Synagogue.
He noted further that many new facilities and activities are Incorporated in the Synagogue. Sunday School Classes for youngsters age four up will start September 11. Registration for classes will be August 21.
MEETING BOOMS are avail¬ able to the Jewish community, as is the Social Hall with sepa¬ rate dairy ahd meat kitchen. 'The Schul has facilities for Orthodox weddings, receptions and Bar Mitzvahs. A Brotherhood and ac- (contlnuid oii peg* 4)
Alvln Shames
God Is Alive Theme Of Sth Annual R.E.W.
Alvin Shames, president of the Beth Jacob Congregation, has annoimced that the congregation will present its eighth annual Religious Emphasis Week pro¬ gram during the customary Days of Penitence.
These sessions have become a symbol of good oratory as pre¬ sented by the Beth Jacob Con¬ gregation to the entire Jewish community, designed to present the views of Orthodox Judaism on a very intellectual level as a living and vibrant force in our modem society.
THIS yEAB BJB.W. wiU be¬ gin on Sunday, September 18, and the subject for the three sessions, to be held also on Tues¬ day, September 20, and Wednes¬ day, September 21, will be "G-d is Alive." The committee. In choosing this year's theme, wish¬ es to announce publicly that in no way does it wish the theme and R.E.W. to be either an apol¬ ogy or and answer to the recent controversial Christian theology now being debated by the latter clergy. _
This year's speakers wiU pre sent Biblical facts and commen¬ taries to support this theme, tliat from Genesis to 1966 CE. G-d is, was, and will always be alive to all Jews at all times. The theme will be subdivided into "G-d Is Alive" hi: (1) Science and Religion, (2) the Home, and (3) the Synagogue.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION on a local level In 1959, R.E.W. has gained widespread prominence nationally. A few years after R.E.W. was instituted, it was re- ^edicated to the memory of Ger¬ trude Furman Levin, a life-long daughter of Beth Jacob, and whose, family has continued to be onei of the program's principal supporters.
CHICAGO, (JTA),— The executive, committee of the national Young Republican Federation voted here to cleanse Itself of the U&i Finks, a faction of the New Jersey Young Republicans. The Rat Finks had been accused of being anti-Semitic and anti-Negro. In V resolution adopted by the committee, it] was decided that- seven county units In the New Jersey organization, allegedly controlledyby the Rat Finks, must dissociate themselyes from the Bat Flhks, the John Birch Society, the Ext(6rmiiiatprs and all other fac¬ tional groups. The Exterminators; li( a faction formed In the New Jersey group last year for the purpose of ridding the organization of Rat Finks.  :
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Israel's Chief of Staff. Gen. Yitz. hak Rabin said here that Syria was trying to mislead world opinion with her recent unusually Conciliatory behavior In exchanging prisoners and her'; half-hearted attempts at reaching some kind of border agreement. Addressing a group of graduates of ah Israel Army Staff and comrnand course Gen. Rabin declared that the truth Is that the Syrians are now engaged in training El Fatah gangs as part of their "ptopular war" pins against Israel. He added that the Syrians knew that they did not have a chance In a direct confrontation with Israel and they were understand¬ ably eager to avoid any such showdovim.
NBW YORK, (WUP) —• A UPI report from Moscow last week disclosed that an edition of 100,000 copies of Old Testament stories made a sensation In the Soviet capital Immediately upon publication and sold out within minutes. The book, compiled by Zenon Kosibovsky, a Pole, was pub¬ lished by the State Political Publishing House.
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — David Palombo^.a well-known Israeli sculptor, died here when a motor sc<»ter which he was riding crashed into a chain road barrier. 6n Mount Zion. ; Hewas,liivhia;eariy.30!B..P3lombo;.execu1;e^l^^^ metal gates of the Tent of Reriieinbrance at the Yad Vas¬ hem, the memorial to the martyrs of the holocaust, as well as the gates to the new Knesset Building which will be officially dedicated this fall. Only last week, the United Nations • Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization awarded him a scholarship for study In Japan.
JERUSALEM, (WUP) — Premier Levi Eshkol has formed a special committee of outstanding Israelis to con¬ fer special awards on Jewish underground and ghetto fighters against the Nazis during World War II. The award will take the form of a medal commemorating the struggle against Nazism. Recipients must be Israeli citizens or permanent residents In Israel.
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — An effort by some members of the Mapal Party to work out a rapprochement between Mapal and Rafi, the dissident faction formed by former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, has resulted thus far in inconclusive statements by Mr. Ben-Gurlort and by Mrs. Golda Meir, Mapal's secretary-general.
Israeli Diplomat Is Deported From USSR
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Israel's Cabinet discussed Monday, at its weekly meeting, the Soviet Government's order, issued, in' Moscow expelling David Gavish, second secretary of Israel's 'Ehfi- bassy in the Soviet capital, on charges of "espionage."
After Prime Minister Levi Eshkol reported to the Cabinet about the developments in Moscow, the Government discussed concrete steps for a reply to Moscow to what circles here called "a   Soviet . provocation   which
breaks normal conventions cov¬ ering idiplomatic relations be¬ tween civilized nations."
OAyiSH HAS BEEN serving the Israeli legation in Moscow for 13 months, occupied virith consular affairs. Part of his vvork viras' to maintain contact vidth those Jews in Russia who were given Soviet Government per¬ mission to emigrate to Israel. He is 42, worked until 18 months ago in the Government's sta- tisticed office here, and iiis as¬ signment to Moscow was his fhst diplomatic post.
AOOOBDINOOTO XASS, the official Government news agen cy, the Israeli was charged with activities "incompatible with the status of an accredited diplo¬ mat." He was declared persona non-grata, and ordered to leave the country immediately.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agen- cy's correspondent in Jerusalem tried to telephone Gavish at Is¬ rael's mission offices in Moscow this morning, but found tiiat the diplomat was no longer working there. Members of Israel's mis¬ sion said thejr held a farewell party for hiiriaT the'itoba^ Sunday night. They said that Mr. Gavish's wife and two chil- dren are scheduled to leave MoS' cow for Vienna, on their way back to Israel.
Isntel'8 Foreign Office Tem^s Soviet Obarges 'Oronndless' A spokesnian for the Foreign Ministry here said that the So¬ viet charges against Gavish are "absolutely groundless," adding "The Soviet Government Imows very well that no Israeli diplo¬ mat ever engaged in espionage, or engages in such practice now or ever will do so." The Foreign Mhiistry said that notice of Mr. Gavish's expulsion was received "with deep regret and great sur¬ prise." The Ministry was very .clear on the point that the Gov¬
ernment  rejects  the  Soviet charge agahist Gavish.
Political circles here' discern several reasons' for the Soviet Government's action against .Gavish. One motivation is ,the fact that, each year,- about tlie period preceding the High Holy Days, the Soviet Government or press have found occasions to smear Israel as an offset to the pro-religious senthnents ^beirig sthred at that time among Jews • in Russia.
AN AODIXiONAL motivation seen this year was linked to the fact that  the Soviet  Union is
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CenterExpands ^Family Camp'
The Center family program, Tar Hollow Family Camp, will offer an additional day of food arid program for interested mem¬ bers. The camp is scheduled, to open on Friday, September 2, at 5 pjn. and close on Monday, September 5, at 5 B,mv, .*„^( i^'.
Two Young Foreign Students Disappear Near Syrian Border
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Two young foreign students who have been working this summer at Kibbutz Shamir,, near the Syrian Iwrder, disappeared last Friday and are feared to have wandered inadvertently across the frontier into Syria, Israel re¬ ported to the Syrian-Israeli Mix¬ ed Armistice Commission.
The students are Jeanette, Archer, 19, of England; and GU Hirscimer, 21, of France. Mem^ bers of their kibbutz liist saw tliem on the edge of the Syrian frontier last Friday. When they failed to return by nightfall, a search was started, but brought no results. Israel asked the United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission to try to see wheth¬ er the two young people can be traced in Syria.
A SYRIAN WAS placed under arrest by Israeli police after he crossed the border and asked members of Almagor settlement for asylum. The settlers brought the Syrian, Mohamed Garida, to police, who detained him on charges of illegal entry. He told investigators that he fled to Is¬ rael because the Syrian authori¬ ties were after hhn.
JDC Aids 413,000 Jews Despite Ctjit In Income
"In 1965 there were as many Jews hi need of Johit Distribu¬ tion Committee assistance as in 1964," Charles H. Jordan, JDC Executive Vice-Chalrman and Director-General stated in the agency's Annual Report issued this week.
"But," he contmued, "hi 1965 JDC had lost $7,000,000—nearly a quarter of its 1964 income.
THIS BEPRESENTED repar¬ ations money which the JDC had been receiving aiihually since 1954 through the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The grants, which av¬ eraged around $7,000,000 annu¬ ally, ended in 1964 and despite Increased efforts by American Jewish coihmunitles through the United Jewish Appeal, only a fraction of that sum wai3 made up in 1965, Jordan reported.
As a result, he said, JDC was forced to curtail its programs in many countries. Even so, JDC aided nearly 413,000 needy Jews in 1965, compared with 430,000 assisted the year before.
AMONG THE OUTBACKS he noted were curtaihnent of cloth¬ ing distribution to children in Morocco, Tu^sia and Iran; tightenbig of eligibility requhre- ments for admission to the old age homes of Malben; the JDC
welfare program in Israel; a cut of more than $1,000,000 in JDC subvention to the French Jewish community despite the presence of thousands oi needy Jewish refugees, particularly from North Africa; and an em¬ bargo on the addition of new names to JDC relief and welfare rolls in Eastern Europe and other areas.
"In every one of the thirty countries in which JDC oper¬ ates, there have been cutbacks," Jordan stated. "We tried to cut without causing suffering. But in the process people were hurt, people did suffer."
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Editorial 2
Teen Scene  4
Societty 6, 7
Shopping Guide  8
Synagogues .      8
Sports  9
Real Estate  6
The fee for the total program, wliich includes ail nine meals, tliree nights of residence, sailing, canoeing, hiking, swimming and special, events, is $18.00 for adults and children six and over and $15.00 for children six and under.
MEMBEBS NOT ABLE to ar¬ rive on Friday will be offered a pro-rated fee for a full two-% day camp.
Family Camp has become an institution at the Center offer¬ ing the total family, the healthy,- active type of. program every ' family unit should experience. Kosher meals will be prepared by Mrs. Zoltan^toic, who cooks for Hillel during the year. A full waterfront staff assures com¬ plete safety on the lake located near the lodge."
CABINS AND a Ihnited num¬ ber of tents are available for family use. Each cabin is large enough to sleep eight people.
Members may register for this weekend by sending a $10.00 de¬ posit to the Jewish Center, 1125 S. College, or by calling Armand Cohn at BE. 1-2731,
NEW YEAR TIME TO REMEMBER SOLDIERS
The local Jewish War Veter¬ ans and Auxiliary are jointly sponsoring a program of service to the Jewish servicemen in Viet Nam — in this case the sending of "New Yetu" Packages" to any local Jewish man in the armed forces hi Viet Nam.
The biggest problemj^says Mrs. Fred Adler of the Auxiliary, is getting the names of our boys in Viet Nam. No one in town seems to have such a list.
IF ANYONE, therefore knows the name and address of any local Jevdsh serviceman In Viet Nam, he can dp that soldier a great service by calling Mrs. Fred Adler, 237-6718, or' Mrs. Sidney Lowitz, 237-4132, and en-. surhig that a New Year Package will he on Its way to Viet Nam.
The Chronicle as a part of its public servicei-iKJiicy, will send the Chronicle free of charge to tmy local Jewish person servbig in the armed forces anywhere. To have this service provided call 224-7206. :    ''i