8 Friday, November 25, 1966 — THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Write Series on 20th Century Jewry The publication of a series of books dealing with Jewish life in the 20th Century — said by the publisher to be one of the out- standing events in its publishing history — will be undertaken by Random House, Inc., and Prof. Moshe Davis (right), head of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prof Davis will serve as general editor. With him here is Yehuda Bauer, a director of the Oral Documentation Center at the Hebrew University, who will write a volume on the achievement of the Briha, an underground organization which directed the post- Holocaust rescue of Jews from Eastern and Central Europe. U.S. Census Bureau Drops Plan • for Religious Queries in 1970 WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The , sidered such questions for the Bureau of Census has announced ! census, replies for which would officially that it would not include have been mandatory, but a num- any questions on religion in the ber of Jewish organizations, in- next decennial population survey eluding the American Jewish Corn- to be made in 1970. mittee and the American Jewish The bureau had originally con- Congress, lodged strong objections to the proposal. Brazil Jews Report In announcing the decision not to include questions on religion in azi Colony There the regular census, A. Ross Eckler, , director of the bureau, said that RIO DE JANIERO, (JTA)—A numerous proposals for a question Nazi center, comprising emigres on church affiliation or preference of the Hitler regime, is active in had been rejected because "a sub- the Brazilian province of Santa stantial number of persons again Catarina, it was disclosed here expressed an extremely strong by the executive of the Confedera- belief that asking such a question tion of Jewish Communities in would infringe upon the traditional Brazil. separation of church and state." Headquarters of the center is Eckler suggested, however, that 1 ocated on an estate belonging to some form of question on religious former Germans. Most of the inhabitants of the preference or affiliation be added province are immigrants who at some point during one of the came from Germany and settled bureau's interim surveys. "In such there after the Second World War. a survey," he noted, "response The report said that a number of would be voluntary." Nazis active in the center are wanted by the West German authorities for a variety of crimes. Rockwell Accepts New Bid The Confederation of Jewish Communities sent a sharp letter to Speak at Brown U. of protest to Linia C, an Italian PROVIDENCE, R.I. (JTA) — A shipping company which an- newly formed campus group an- nounced that it was terminating its nounced Sunday that George Rock- arrangement to act as agent in well, the Nazi Party leader, will Brazil for the Zim-Israel Naviga- speak at Brown University on Nov. tion Co. after yielding to pressure 30 at its invitation. An earlier exerted by the Arab boycott office. student invitation to the Nazi was In its letter of protest, the Con- canceled under university admin- federation warned that the Linia istration pressure. C line, which has many Jewish S. C. Visher, a spokesman for customers, would sustain more "Open Mind," said the group had loss from yeilding to the Arab decided to sponsor a Rockwell boycott than it would have if it appearance because of student had not terminated the arrange- "resentment" over the cancella- ment with Zim. tion. Rockwell accepted an invita- tion to speak on that date at The largest satellite is Saturn's alumni hall of Pembroke College, sixth and the smallest is Mars' out- a women's affiliate of Brown Uni- er "moon." versity. N Intellectuals Join in Appeal for World Boycott of West German Anti-Semitic Passion Play NEW YORK (JTA)—An appeal for a world boycott of West Ger- many's Oberammergau Passion Play, to protest a refusal by the village players to discard their "intensely anti-Semitic text," was endorsed here by 11 leading au- thors, poets and other cultural per- sonalities. They joined with the American Jewish Congress in that appeal at a press conference in which they declared that "the teachings of the Vatican Council seemingly have been lost on the residents of Oberammergau." The villagers, who are the play- ers and sponsors of the Passion Play, presented every 10 years, rejected last month proposed alternatives to the present script which portrays the Jewish people as the killers of Jesus. The 11 cultural leaders were Jacob Glatstein, the Yiddish poet and novelist; critic Irving Howe; novelist Leslie Fiedler; critic Al- fred Kazan; poet Nobel Laureate Stanley Kunitz; Arthur Miller, Nobel Laureate in drama; Maurice Samuel; critic Lionel Trilling; actor Eli Wallach; novelist Elie Wiesel; and Theodore Bikel, the folksinger. Bikel joined with Dr. Joachim Prinz, chairman of the AJCongress commission on international af- fairs, in issuing the statement which was co-signed by the other 10 personalities. The statement added that the Oberammergau villagers re- mained as prejudiced as they were "throughout the Hitler era," and that their position raised questions about the claini there was now "a new Germany with a new spiritual and in- tellectual atmosphere." Dr. Prinz said invitations were being sent to leading writers, dramatists and performing artists in Germany and other countries, asking them to join the appeal for the boycott. The signers denounced the "apparently unconquerable bigotry" of the villagers in refus- ing to discard "discredited canards against the Jewish people." The Passion Play has been using since 1860 a text by J. A. Daisen- berger. Rehearsals for the 1970 performances are scheduled to begin soon in the Bavarian village Last Oct. 15, the villagers said they had rejected a recently-found text written in 1750 by a Bene- dictine monk because it "avoids restating the charge of collective deicide against world Jewry. Hans Schwaighofer, the play's director, thereupon resigned. The recent statement applauded his action, (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) LONDON— A Jewish producer who said that he would go ahead with plans to stage an adaptation of the Passion Play in Britain de- spite sharp criticism from Jewish organizations, asserted Tuesday that "as a Jew," his participation would "insure" that the perform- ance would not contain "anything to offend Jews." Philip Solomon, the producer, said he was distressed over a FINAL CALL. diah-glan,Univ formal statement of the Board of Deputies of British Jews which , urged Jews to have nothing to do with the planned presentation. The adaptation will open in Manches- ter Feb. 28 and will be performed also in Dublin and Glasgow. 1 As a result of the Board of De- puties denunciation, Brian Ep- stein's company, NEMS Enter- prises, with which Solomon and Vic Lewis were associated, said it had withdrawn as agents for production of the play in Britain and in the United States. Solomon said he "quite under- stood" Epstein's decision to cease to act as agent for the producers, but that, as a Jew "I feel that by retaining my inter- ests in the production I can in- sure that it does not contain anything likely to offend other Jews." The board of deputies resolution included the phrase that the board "respects the rights of all religious communities to present their lore and tradition in dramatic form." It was made clear by the board that it will have no further corn- munication with promoters in Bri- tain who are producing the Pas- sion Play. (Despite the protests of Jewish organizations against the Passion Play in Oberammergau, an over- whelming majority of the citizens of the German town rejected any change in the play's text, it was reported. The rejection came after a "so-called" poll was conducted in Oberammergau.) Israel's Garment Exports Israel's garment industry last year exported a total of S16,000,- 000 in garments and accessory merchandise, most of which was sold to the United States. Canada, Mexico, Western Europe, Scandina- via and Australia. For Some of the best buys on new Pontiacs and Tempests ASK FOR 164AUL BBPo AT Packer Pontiac 18650 LIVERNOIS 1 block South of 7 U N 3-9300 CONSULT MALON THE MAGICIAN at the Bnai Brith Blintzes and Bonds MAGIC PARTY THURSDAY, DEC. 1-8:30 P.M. Boesky's Mural Room, James Couzens at Greenfield For Reservations, Call DI 1-5707 Meet JOEY RUSSELL "The One-Man Fun Fest ! 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