`Captain Kidd' and the Scrolls
More Zeitlin Refutations
70 Syrians Set Fire
to Israeli Fields
JERUSALEM" (JTA)—A gang
of some 70 Syrians set fire to
the fields of Kibbutz Dan, in
Upper Galilee, destroying 10
acres of crops, an Israel mili-
tary spokesman announced here.
The Syrians attempted un-
successfully to kidnap one of
the settlers who rushed to put
out the fire. The Israelis did
manage to save a combine from
the blaze by speedily removing
it from the area The Syrians
attempted to hamper the work
of controlling the fire by ston-
ing the Jews as they worked.
The spokesman also reported
two cases of Jordan troop pene-
tration of Israeli territory in
the area overlooking the Jeru-
salem-Tel Aviv highway. When
an Israeli patrol. moved up to
intercept them, the Jordanians
withdrew.
United Nations Truce Super-
vision Organization headquar-
ters here announced it had
completed 12 new observation
posts along the Israel-Egyptian
border of the Gaza strip, six
on Israel soil and six on
Egyptian - controlled territory.
All posts are yet unmanned.
Yeshiva Students Beaten in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (JTA) — Two
more Yeshiva students here
have been attacked by hooli-
gans, bringing the total number
of Telshe College students who
have been beaten within past
weeks to three.
The two students were at-
tacked by three toughs, but
police arrived at the scene be-
fore either could he seriously
injured.
Meanwhile, three hoodlums
were arrested in connection with
the first attack, on Isaac Gel-
bard, a Telshe student from
Australia, who was beaten into
unconsciousness.
The eldest of the three ar-
rested attackers — who is 18
years old — was sentenced to
six months imprisonment and
fined $200 and costs.
Pobation Office Floyd B.
Oliver, who questioned the at-
tacked after his arrest, said that
he denied that anti-Semitism
was involved in the attack,
although earlier reports had in-
dicated that Gelbord's attackers
had shouted_ "Jew! Jew!" during
the attack.
with the scrolls with the aid of
a dictionary."
"Burrows' text is not a cor-
rect rendering of the Hebrew,"
Prof. Zeitlin insists. He adds:
Woman Files Protest
"In rendering an ancient text
into a modern language the
Against Resort Bias
translator must not add words
NEW YORK (JTA)—A corn-
to or subtract from the text .
paint charging the Homestead,
In the Manual of Discipline the
resort hotel in Hot Springs, Va.,
author uses elipses to show
that he omitted a word or
with "unlawful discriminatory
words. I' believe that the fact
practice" was filed with the
that such marks had been used
New York State Commission
is very helpful in helping to
Against Discrimination.
place the period of the writings
of the scrolls. Burrows should
Mrs. David Kaplan, of New
Simultaneous with these new have told his readers about the
York, accused. the Homestead,
finds, Dr. Solomon Zeitlin, presence of these marks. Most
one of the nation's prominent
writing the current issue of of the readers of his book prob-
resorts, of having rejected her
the Jewish Quarterly Review, ably never saw a photostat of
request 'for reservations "solely
published by • Dropsie College, the Hebrew Scrolls. By with-
'because of my being of the
Philadelphia, again takes a stab holding this important informa-
Jewish faith."
at the antiquity of the scrolls. tion from his readers, he has
Reviewing Prof. Millar Bur- not given them the opportunity
Mrs. Kaplan charged that the
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rows' book on the scrolls, he to judge as to the period during
alleged discrimination violated
states that while Prof. Burrows which the Hebrew Scrolls were
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New York's anti-bias law be-
"is an zmninent scholar in his composed."
cause her application and its
• LAMP SHADES
own field (he), shows in his
rejection were processed through
Dr. Zeitlin continues to criti-
• BEDSPREADS
book that he is not familiar cize Edmund •Wilson's report.
the Homesteads New York book-
with the history of Judaism and He charges that "the stories
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ing office.
rabbinic literature."
about the discoveries of the
In her complaint, she says
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In his refutation, Dr. Zeitlin Hebrew Scrolls in the cave Rabbi Bick Questioned
' (Hand Finished)
that last April 12 she applied
says that a characteristic ex- near the Dead Sea not only by Congress Committee
for reservations for herself and
ample is that while the Hebrew vary but are contradictory."
AMBASSADOR-
her husband. Five days later,
on Communist Links
word rabbi never had a plural,
Challenging statements by Dr.
WASHINGTON (JTA) —The she says, a letter of rejection
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Prof. Burrows said that the T. H. Gaster that the Essenes House Committee on Un-Amer- was sent her by the president
Pharisses "were also called rab- lived near the Dead Sea "from ican Activities summoned Rab- of the Homestead with the ex-
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bim, as the members of the sect the remote past," Dr. Zeitlin bi Bick of New York to testify planation "we have a very large
and DRYCLEANERS
are called in the Manual of asserts: "Philo knew about the whether he writes for Com- clientele which returns year
Discipline." Prof. Zeitlin adds Essenes only from hearsay,
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after
year,
and
as
our
bookings
munist newspapers, whether he
that "this error is characteristic whereas Josephus knew of them attended the Communist-spon- stand today we have no space
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of all the scholars who deal since they lived only in Judea, sored peace conference in 1951 available for the summer."
and further, according to his in Prague or in 1952 in Vienna,
However, affidavits submitted
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ber of the sect for a brief of the Communist Party. Rabbi plaint show that a request for
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period. Neithen Philo nor Jose- Bick invoked the fifth amend- reservations similar to hers and
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phus ever mentioned that the ment 73 times during hid testi, made the same day by another
Essenes lived near the Dead mony today.
person was accepted and con-
Sea. In all probability, after the
Two members of the House firmed i.>y the hotel.
land was razed by the Romans, Committee urged referral of
the Essenes took refuge in the his testimony to the Justice
oaves near the Dead Sea."
Department with a view to
Prof. S. Liberman's views prosecution for perjury.
also are challenged, and Dr.
The rabbi told the Commit-
Zeitlin insists that the Dead tee he was an ordained rabbi
Sea scrolls could not belong but did not have a synagogue
to the pre-Christian era but since he resigned in 1949. He
belong to the 6th and 7th cen- was asked if he resigned under
tury.
"persuasian." "No, I did not,"
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he replied, "I wanted to write
For the Time of Your Life
Prof. Zeitlin's refutations are books." Committee Chairman
now available in a book, "The trances E. Walter, Pennsyl-
Dead Sea Scrolls - and Modern vania Democrat, asked if he
Scholarship," published by had obtained a visa to Austria
Dropsie College as part of its in 1952 from a "Communist
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physical well-being . . • mental stimulation
considered as a vitally im-
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Rabbi Bick used the Fifth
. social and personal development.
portant document and must be Amendment against possible
read by all who have taken an self-incrimination when asked
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ously published essays which his passport was confiscated.
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"Captain Kidd" now has his
counterpart in ancient lore. Re-
cently deciphered, newly-found
Dead Sea scrolls are said to be
revealing clues to buried
treasures.
The new scrolls, examined at
Manchester University, England,
speak of hoards of gold and
silver buried in 60 caches west
of the Dead Sea on the Israel-
Jordan border.
Will • a new - generation of
treasure hunters arise to seek
these riches?
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