Dr. Malamat to Lecture Wednesday Israel Parliament Defeats Bill to Ban Official Wiretapping
obtained by wiretapping. It was Britain, France, Denmark, Swe-
to
on 'Nationalism' for the Midrasha JERUSALEM—A
den and Italy were among the
bill to ban defeated 37 to 29.

(Direct JTA Teletyp e Wire
The J ewish Ne ws)

"Nationalism of the Israel-
ite" will be the subject of Dr.
Abraham Malamat, lecturer on
ancient Jewish history at the
Hebrew University in Jeru-
salem and visiting professor in
oriental studies at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Wednes-
day, 8:15 p.m., at the Esther
Berman Branch of the United
Hebrew Schools.
Dr. Malamat's lecture will be
the second in a series of four
in this year's Midrasha

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"The Biblical view," he said,
"stems from a sense of free-
dom. It reflects God. Histori-
cally paganism was unable to
survive the conflict with the
Biblical view. The fact of
Jewish history is that it
stakes its view on the validity
of the Biblical view."
Albert Elazar, superintendent
of the United Hebrew School,
presided at the initial session.
Mrs. Carl Schiller, chairman of
the Midrasha lectures arrange-
ments committee, welcomed the
large gathering and introduced
the 10 discussion leaders who
participated in the stimulating
question and answer period.

official wiretapping was de-
feated in Parliament Wednes-
day after Justice Minister Dov
Joseph assured the deputies that
the government was formulating
legislation prohibit unauthor-
ized use of listening devices.
The bill, • submitted by Zvi
Zimmerman of the Liberal
Party, would have required
Israeli courts to reject evidence

Joseph called the bill "bad—
good only for Communists" and
cited many Western countries
in which he said official listen-
ing-in was permitted for state
security reasons and for the
prevention of serious crimes. He
contended that there was no
contradiction between the indi-
viduals civil rights and the right
of the state to combat espionage
treason and gr4ve crimes.
He said the United State s,

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"enlightened countries" where
wiretapping was approved under
certain conditions.
The Minister evoked a lively
reaction when, in reply to a
question from the floor, he ex-
pressed a personal opinion that
telephones of Knesset members
could be tapped. Heckled by a
retort that this would conflict
with the law of parliamentary
immunity, he replied that the
law could be amended.

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UJA Leadership Parley
Endorses Annual Goal

A resolution endorsing the
United Jewish Appeal's 1962 na-
tional campaign goal of $95 mil-
lion to carry on immigration to
Israel and other free lands and
for welfare activities on behalf
of needy Jews in 27 countries
overseas was unanimously

DR. ABRAHAM MALAMAT

tute, conducted as the Theodore
Bargman Memorial Lectures on
a grant by Mrs. Bergman in her
husband's memory.
The central theme of the lec-
tures, based on the philosophic
works of Prof. Yehezekel Kauf-
man, is "The Evolution of Jew-
ish Ideas and Beliefs."
Dr. Malamat earned his M. A.
and Ph. D. at the Hebrew Uni-
versity where he was acting
chairman of the Bible depart-
ment in 1960-61. He was visit-
ing scholar at Oriental Institute
of the University of Chicago and
guest professor at the Chicago
College of Jewish Studies - from
1952 to 1954. He is now on a
sabbatical leave from the He-
brew University.
He is the author of a number
of books and articles in Hebrew
and is co-editor of exploration
journals.
The first lecturer in the Mid-
rasha Institute series, last Wed-
nesday, was Dr. Moshe Green-
berg, professor of Biblical
studies at the University of
Pennsylvania.

The current Midrasha lec-
ture series had an auspicious -
beginning Wednesday. The
popularity of the annual
series, the prominence of the
visiting lecturers, the interest
that has been aruosed in Jew-
ish cultural programs by the
United Hebrew Schools, has
retained great interest among
many young people. There
was an almost 100 per cent re-
turn of last year's partici-
pants in the attendance at
this year's first lecture, and
there were many new en-
rollees. There was a capacity
audience at the first lecture.
Dr. Moshe Greenberg, pro-
fessor of Bible studies at the
University of Pennsylvania, the
first lecturer in the series, gave
an inspiring address. The bril-
liant scholar, who is a transla-
tor of Prof. Yehezkel Kauf-
man's monumental works on the
"History of the Israelite Reli-
gion," spoke on "Monotheism
and • Paganism." Outlining both
paganism and Biblical views,
declaring that "both are very
much with us," he declared that
they are "two primary intui-
tions of the world."
, Prof. Greenberg declared that
"there is more of nature than
of man in paganism," that in
Biblical principles "man came
along with a sense of freedom."

adopted by 6600 Jewish leaders
attending the UJA's midwest
leadership conference.
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cluding session of the three-day
conference, calls upon American
Jewry to raise a special fund
of $35 million to meet the in-
crease in the immigration of
Jews from overseas lands to Israel
and other countries, in addition
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