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many reforms in The Pharisees, through their teach-
. time after that period. However, advent, his ideas of love and brought about
(Continued from 1)
ings, were responsible for the ideas
The consensus of o p i n i o n the Gospel of John cannot be equality between man and man the Jewish religion.
Some people who, for designing which brought about Christianity.
among the New Testament schol- placed earlier , than the year are not yet within the possibility
Pharisees,
with
' their
ideas
i of fulfillment. Men are not only reasons, called themselves Phari- about
the future
world
and
re-
ars is that the Gospel according100 C.E.
not ready for the Messianic age, sees,- acted contrary to Pharisaic
The Sermon on the Mount
to Matthew was written by a
:
' but hatred that is bitter and teachings. The Pharisees themsel ward
and punishment and Provi-
Jew
Jew for Jewish Christians. The
The Sermon on the Mount which
deep still exists in the hearts of
ves condemned such men and al- . dence made possible the teachings
Gospel according to Luke was
of
Jesus
and his disciples. There
Jesus delivered somewhere in Gall
his followers. People hate their , ways advised the people to be on .
also written for Jewish Chris-
lee is considered by New Testa-
fellow men, not because they . their guard against these pre- was no great resentment against
thins. Both these Gospels insist
ment scholars to be a great spirt
have committed wrongs against
te.
It is possible that Jesus the Sadducees, since they had. no--
nders
. on the observance of the Old . tual message given of to Christianity's
mankind. It ' them, but because they hold dif- had in mind this kind of Pharisee. thing in common with the disciple
Testament law. Both Luke and provides the basis .
of Jesus, nor with their people.
ferent ideas about the state, ..
d tht th
d
It cannot be denied
Matthew traced the geneology
ethical and religious manifesto to ,
.disciples
of
Jesus
were
sharply
op-
;
of Jesus to King David, for they humanity. The general conviction , about political, religious or eco- .
Next Week: The trial and cru-
• nomic matters. The Kingdom of
posed
to the Pharisees and had
p
were writing for Jews who ex-
cifixion of Jesus. Discrepancies
is held that Jesus. in his Sermon,
Heaven upon earth is still as far
many arguments with
ith them. It is
petted a Messiah
descended
M
in the Gospel . versions. Why the
opposed the teachings of the Penta- : away as it was in the days of
likely that in the heat of ,
from the family of David.
Jews did not crucify Jesus.
. teach and thus undermined it
the
arguments
they
accused
the
,
In reference to the Gospel of validity as an ethical way of life. Jesus, whetrhe
preached
(Condensed from "Who Cru-
ll, n man
and man, equality
and love
Pharisees, their former teachers,
Mark, there are various opinions To establish this theory of Jesus' betwee
cified Jesus ?" by Solomon Zeit -
mies
hi
of being hypocrites, for not accept- - lin. Published by Bloch Publish-
among New Testament scholars. hostility to the Pentateuch the fol- .for all, even for his enemies.
Our analysis of teachings of ing Jesus as the Messiah. It "is a
Some maintain that this Gospel lowing passage in the 'Sermon on
ing Co., 31 W. 31st St., New
Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount matter of general experience that-
was written for Gentiles. They base the Mount has become classic:
York. Reprinted with the per-
reveals
the essential and basic dif- people who hold common beliefs
.. Ye have heard that it hath. been .
their contention on the fact that
mission of the author and the
ference between Jesus and the i n religion, or common ideas in
Mark uses explanatory remarks to said, An eye for an eye. and a Pharis
publisher. Condensation by Ruth
ees.
The
Pharisees,
members
politics
or
economics,
often
attack
elucidate Hebrew terms, customs , tooth for a tooth: But I say unto
L. Cassel.)
and geographical places in Judea., you. That ye resist not evil; but of the religious Sanhedrin, and , each other more bitterly than peo-
Copyright. 1964. Bloch
.
hence
the
spiritual
leaders
of
the
pie
who
have
nothing
in
common.
( Publishing Co.)
However, the Gospel may, indeed, whosoet?tr shall smite thee on the
Jewish
people,
although
maintain
have been composed for Jews, and right cheek turn to him the other
.,,
his remarks may receive another also. And if any man will sue thee ing that ethical teachings are of •
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interpretation altogether. The Jews at law, and take away thy coat. paramount importance for the re-
shaping of human nature, insisted w■
of the Diaspora were not well
acqUainted with the new laws and let him have thy cloak, also. And on the fulfillment of the law, al- F
shall compel thee to go ways conscious of the need for
customs which had been introduced a whosoever
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writing of this-Gospel in Rome. it . turn not thou away."
SenatorElectIRobert F. Kennedy
law and order. Jesus, on the other
is perfectly possible that the
of New York, the guest of honor,
This theory. however. cannot be hand. not being interested in the
author sought to clarify these laws
Hebrew
Corner
told the gathering of more than
and customs for the Jews outside justified.. Jesus could not have state, could appeal to his fellow
2,000 persons .of the late .Presi-
been opposed to the Pentateuch, men in purely ethical terms, re-
Judea.
Where
Had
the
Rabbi
dent's interest in Israel. The money
for he himself asserted, "Think not lying on moral exhortation.
The Gospel according to John I am come to destroy the law. or
. pledged at the meeting matched .
Disappeared To?
Controversies With Pharisees
was written for Gentile Christians. the prophets; I am come not to
The story is told of Rabbi Israel of ' the nearly S250.000 subscribed Pre-
. The accusation of the Pharisees
Such expressions as relate to Jesus destroy but to fulfill."
saiant. of how he was late in coming • viously to meet southern Califor-
by Jesus of hypocrisy was not to
as "the son of God" or "the Lamb
synagogue for the Kol Nidrei prayer
Jesus, the ethical teacher, justifiable. Their interpretations of on the night of Yom Kippur. The con- nia's quota of $500.000 for the
of God" and the use of the word
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greg
w
an d waited
"your" in connection with the law either did not fully comprehend the laws were not a burden upon The ati public
for an hour bu
onawn ted
lPresident
Kennedy- understood
'
the people, as Jesus charged. The Rabbi Israel did not turn up. The sun
reveal the audience for whom the nature of human beings, or
from the top, Israel and was sympathetic to that
• else he wanted his Sermon on Pharisees always strove to make had already disappeared
John wrote.
Ni dre i
of thees
tre
and the tim e for
the M ount to be a utopian the Halakah (laws) - easy for the was ru nning out. They sent the be adl e country because he felt in Israel
The opinions of the scholars
standard toward which mankind people. They themselves were the to Rabbi Israel's home but found the the same spirit that motivated the
have. for the most part, agreed that
empty. They began to get wor• ' revolutionary founders of Amer-
people. The Pharisees always en_ house
should strive. Viewing human
, ,
ried about him. Members of the con-
the Gospels of Mark and Matthew
ica. ' tne seneatorelect told the
the
deavored
to
bring
the
Halakah
into
history
in
the
perspective
of
gregation
bestirred themselves and
were written about 70 C.E. The
went out to look for him.
banquet.
He added that the late
consonance
with
life,
and
-
they
ages,
we
cannot
help
but
con-
Gospel of Luke was written some
They wept through the markets and ,,
.... . "w •
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by the
as impresseo
dude that Jesus' teachings are amended the Pentateuchal law to streets. looking and searching but did ,resiu ent was
not followed even by his own meet life's demands. The Pharisees not find him. On their way back to the diversity of Israeli citizens who
soyf nta
h
e they
hey passed by a house, one
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
were always ready to harmonize
flock, the professing Christians.
houses near the synagogue. They could plow the fields all daY and
religion and life, and indeed peeped through the window and could play a violin concerto at night."
Nineteen centuries after Jesus'
40—Friday, December 4, 1964
not believe their eyes' Rabbi Israel was
He expressed deep appreciation
sitting and rocking a baby in its cradle.
"Rabbi!"—they called to him—"we have on behalf of the President's widow
been looking for you. the congregation
is waiting and is not reciting the Kol and himself fore the honor of the
Nidrei prayer. - "Hush!" beckoned Rabbi JNF in memory of his late brother.
Israel to them—"Don't wake up the
baby. now he is asleep." "Rabbi.' they ,
Other speakers included Mayor
exclaim in wonderment," "what are you
Samuel Roty of Los Angeles, Rabbi
doing in this house?"
"This is what happened"—Rabbi Is- Max Nussbaum, president of the
rael answered--"When I was walking to
synagogue I passed by this house and Zionist Organization of America,
heard a baby crying. I went in to the Rabbi Jacob M. Ott, Benjamin H.
house and the house was empty. Every- Swig of San Francisco, president
one had gone to Kol Nidrei. The baby
was crying profusely. I' sat down and of the West Coast JNF, and Milan
rocked his cradle till he fell asleep."
Roven, president of the Los An
Translation of Hebrew Colttmn'
, geles JNF Council.
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26th Zionist Congress to Open in Jerusalem

Six hundred and fifty world Jewish leaders
will convene in Jerusalem on Dec. 30 as delegates
to the 26th World Zionist Congress. Under the
leadership of Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of
the World Zionist Organization, and Moshe Sharett,
chairman of the Jewish Agency, they will plan a
course for the future of the world Zionist move-
ment. Leading speakers at the 25th Zionist Con-
gress four years ago, and again this year, are
(top, from left) Moshe Sharett, chairman of the
Executive of the World Zionist Organization;

Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, then Israel's minister
of finance and head of the Jewish Agency's Agri-
cultural Settlement Department; and Dr. Goldmann,
shown delivering the opening address. The first
Zionist Congress was convened in Basle in 1897
by Dr. Theodor Herzl. All four Zionist Congresses
since the establishment of the State of Israel have
been held in Jerusalem. Of the other 22, ten were
h:_14 in Basle, two each in Vienna, Carlsbad and
V - rrich, and one each in London, The Hague, Ham-
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