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Israel Bans Foreign Military
ases, Alien Troops' Transit

- Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News

I mak Ground for New
Hospital Here Sunday

ARCHITECT'S PLAN FOR NEW HOSPITAL

Detroit Jews will gather at 11 a.m. Sunday, on Outer Drive
between Lauder and Whitcomb, for the ground-breaking of the
Jewish Hospital, the newest community institution which is to
be constructed on a 34-acre site.
Representing the organizations primarily responsible for the
realization of the community's dream of a Jewish hospital that
will serve the sick without regard for race or creed will be Sam-
uel H. Rubiner, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation,
which sponsored the Jewish hospital drive in 1944-46; Max
Osnos, president of the Jewish Hospit41 Association; Nate S.
Shapero, chairman of the building committee, and a representa-
tive of the Greater Detroit Hospital Fund, in which the Jewish
hospital is a partner. The Jewish hospital is to receive from the
latter an allocation of $2,500,000.
Designed by Albert Kahn Associates, with the early consulta-
tion of Dr. J. J. Golub, superintendent of the Hospital for Joint
Diseases in New York, the Jewish hospital will have facilities for
200 beds and 48 basinetts, -
Other officers in the Jewish Hospital Association, which, in
cooperation with the Federation and the Greater Detroit Hos-
pital Fund, is arranging for the ground-breaking, are Sidney J.
Allen, Maurice Aronsson and Henry Wineman, vice-presidents,
Irwin I. Cohn, secretary, and Israel Davidson, treasurer.
(See Editorial, Page 4)

Dingell Bill Would Give
Israel $500,000,000 Aid

Fulfilling a pledge he had made at the
annual conference of the Jewish National
Fund in Detroit on Nov. 12, when he stated
that he would be prepared to sponsor legis-
lation to secure financial aid from the U. S.
Government in behalf of Israel, Congress-
man John D. Dingell of 77.7.
Michigan's 15th District last
week introduced a bill in the
U. S. House of Representa-
tives to grant Israel up to
$500,000,000 in economic aid
and to bring the Jewish state
under provisions of the Eco-
nomic Corporation Act of
1948.
The Dingell Bill is de-
Rep. Dingell
scribed as intended "to assist
the people of Israel in establishing a sound
economy, to strengthen the ties between the
peoples of the United States and those of Is-
rael, and to help achieve the basic objective of
the Charter of the United Nations."
It is specified that "notwithstanding the
provisions of any other law until such time
as an appropriation shall be made pursuant
to Section 505, the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation is authorized to make advances
not to exceed in the aggregate $100,000,000
to carry out plifposes of this title at such time
and in such amounts as the administrator
shall request and no interest shall be charged
on advances made by the Treasury to the
R.F.C. in implementation of this section."

TEL AVIV—British or other foreign
military bases will not be permitted in
Israel, nor will Israel permit the transit
of foreign troops across its territory, an
Israeli military spokesman declared here
Tuesday.
Israel's views concefning the estab-
lishment of new British bases in Jordan
remain unchanged, he said. He made this
statement in connection with reports pub-
lished in the -British and the American
press which indicated that the Israel gov-
ernment is no longer opposed to the Brit-
ish military policy in Jordan.

Public opinion here is highly stirred over
an article written by Richard Crossman,
member of the British Parliament who is
now a guest of President Chaim Weizmann.
Mr. Crossman alleges in his article that Israel
army officers would favorably consider the
transfer of British troops stationed at the
Suez Canal area toward the southern part of
Israel. "Mr. Crossman expresses neither the
views of the Israeli army nor those of the
Israel government," the military spokesman
pointed out.

Maimon Withdraws Resignation

JERUSALEM—Another threatened crisis
passed when Rabbi Judah Maimon, Minister
of Religion, withdrew his resignation from.
the Israel Cabinet.
Rabbi Maimon decided to remain in the
Cabinet after Premier David Ben-Gurion per-
sonally assured him that there would be no
abuses in offering religious instruction to
children of Mizrachi and other religious ele-
ments. Rabbi Maimon proceeded to the United
States. He has included Detroit in his itiner-
ary for Feb. 18.

Expose: 'Tragic Lie — Evilly Wrought on an Innocent People'

Trial, Crucifixion of Jesus by Romans

Proof, gathered from the Four Gospels, that Jesus was tried - as a political offender by Pilate; that crucifixion
was a Roman, not a Jewish, penalty; that "there is no Jewish law that a person who claims to be the 'Son of
God is liable to capital punishment"; that "the religious Sanhedrin had nothing to do with the trials of Jesus";
that hostility in the Fourth Gospel, John, is directed not merely toward the Pharisees but against the Jews as a
whole, is included in this article—the fourth installment of the condensation of Prof. Solomon Zeitlin's
"Who Crucified Jesus?" The Jews, under Roman law, were crushed and held as hostages. The attempt to
absolve Pilate of guilt is a distortion of truth, since "the Apostolic fathers never accused the Jews of the
crucifixion of Jesus." Ignatius and Tacitus confirmed that Pilate put Jesus to death. These are some of the
historic facts in this article.

The Trial and the Crucifixion

It was only natural that the narrative of the Passion, as the story of
-the death of Jesus has come to be called, should have seized tremendous
hold on the Christian imagination ; indeed, many Christian scholars be-
lieve it was the first part of the Gospels to be committed to writing. For
-the trial and crucifixion of Jesus was the culmination and denouement
of the whole dramatic struggle that gave birth to a new faith for man-
kind. This new faith wielded great influence not only on the life of its
Christian devotees, but molded the whole course of human civilization.
The PaSsion narrative is recorded in the four Gospels. As mentioned
previously, there is fundamental discrepancy between the first three
Gospels and the fourth Gospel in so crucial a matter as the date of
Jesus' crucifixion. It is not to be wondered at, then, that in the story of
the trial and crucifixion the Synoptic Gospels are themselves replete with
inconsistencies and obscurities. They are not even in accord in their
portrayal of the events which took place from the time of the arrest of
Jesus to his crucifixion.
As we attempt the historical reconstruction of the trial and cruci-
fixion of Jesus, in the light of our preceding research, we must, first of
all, divest our facts of their theological accent and, so far as possible,
lay strong hold on the realities as we can discover them.
On the night of Passover, while Jesus was eating the Paschal meal,
the Last Supper, he was arrested. His arrest was - made possible through
an act of betrayal. Judas, one of his twelve disciples, betrayed him. Judas
came, with a cohort and a multitude of men from the high priests and
the elders. Judas kissed Jesus. That was the sign given to the cohort that
this man should be taken into custody.
Jesus showed indignation at the time of his arrest. "Be ye come out
as against a lestes? (robber) ?" he asked. Jesus was offended not because
he was arrested, but because they came against him armed with swords.
Jesus objected because they took him to be one of the followers of the
Fourth Philosophy, who sought to effect their ideas by force. Jesus, on
the contrary, preached submission and even love toward the enemy.
Jesus was then led into the house of the high priest, who, as we know,
was the political representative of the Jewish people for the Roman au-

By PROF. SOLOMON ZEITLIN

Here is the meat of Prof. Solomon Zeitlin's
book "Who Crucified Jesus?" He dissects the
versions of the trial and crucifixion in the Four
Gospels, reconstructs one unified exposition,
and explains why the Jews did not crucify
Jesus. Publication of these excerpts from the
noted scholar's book is through courtesy of the
author and his publishers, Harper and Bros.
Condensation is by Ruth L. Cassel.

thorities. In his house, the high priest, the elders, the scribes and the
entire Sanhedrin were assembled.
This was undoubtedly the political Sanhedrin and consisted of men
who were called together by the high priest to determine the guilt of
the accused. They were in turn merely the "rubber stamps" of the high
priest. This assembly sought out witnesses against Jesus, but found
none. Judas, who had betrayed Jesus, did not follow ,him to the house
of the high priest.
The high priest asked Jesus "Are you the Messiah Christ, the Son of
the Blessed (Son of God) ?" To this Jesus replied, "I am, and ye shall
see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of Power (God)." When the
high priest heard the words of Jesus, he tore his clothes and said that
there was no need for witnesses, since he had heard with his own ears
abusive language against God. Thereupon the entire assembly thought
such a man was liable to the death penalty.
- On the morrow morning, according to Mark and Matthew, the high
priest and the elders and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin held a council
and they delivered Jesus to Pilate. Luke, however, records only one ses-
sion of the Sanhedrin, that of the morning. Apparently there had to be
one continuous session the whole night after Jesus' arrest, since they
could not bring Jesus before Pilate in the middle of the night, and they,
had to wait for morning.
In establishing that the Sanhedrin which was assembled in the house
of Caiaphas (the high priest) was not a religious Sanhedrin but was a
political Sanhedrin, we remove automatically all the apparent discrep-
ancies and illegalities in connection with the trial of Jesus. Note that the
first query put to Jesus by Pilate was whether he was the "King of the
Jews." To this Jesus answered, "Thou sayest." This laconic answer was
evasive. He neither denied nor affirmed this accusation against him. Luke
adds that, when Jesus was brought before Pilate, the Jews accused him
of forbidding them to pay tribute to Caesar, "saying that he himself is
Christ (Messiah) a King." To this Pilate inquired whether he was truly
the "King of Jews." Thus, it is quite clear that Jesus was arrested and
brought before Pilate as a political offender against the Roman state.

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