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Syitagiigiwg: Asked to Join
KIAMESDA LAKE, N.Y. (.1TA)
—The United Synagogue of Amer
Ica adopted this week at its hi
ennial convention a resolution
which called on its synagogues to
Associate with the three-day mora-
torium Nov. 13 - 15 by special
prayers for peace in Vietnam and
Special study on peace in the con-
gregational religious schools.
. 7 pi 'I' 7 - = I •
m • aline( .)-Day Moratorium' THE DETROIT.
gregations were inducted into the was elected president of United
organization.
A high-ranking Israeli
official
told the convention that there were
some small glimmerings of hope
in the Arab world that an accom-
modation with Israel eventually
Mill be reached.
Dr. Yaacov Herzog, director
general of the prime minister's !
Another resolution on Vietnam o ffice, said while peace is still re-
Commended President Nixon for mote and renewed warfare cannot
his decision to begin the with be discounted, "there are signs
drawal of American troops, urged that in certain Arab circles there
that the speed of withdrawal Ino is a beginning of an understanding
accelerated and that the govern- of the historic nature and roots of
ment "move even more ener- the state of Israel, and an accept-
getically to end our involvement ance, however unwilling, that Is-
in the Vietnam war."
rael is a permanent factor in the
The 2,500 delegates at the same Middle East scene."
time expressed disappointment at
Dr Ilerzog said it would take a
the slow pace of negotiations in long time for the consequences of
Paris. They asked for a cut in this understanding to mature.
defense expenditures and that llowever, he declared. "the iron
"funds be reallocated from the curtain which has sealed frontiers
national defense budget to meet and minds for over 20 years has
the critical problems of urban been somewhat raised, and what-
America."
ever the future events, it will
never come down."
The delegates also adopted a
resolution which recognized "the
Inequities and lack of eonsis•
tency" in state laws governing
abortion and urged the move-
ment's ti.35 affiliated Conserva-
tive congregations to study the
question and to bring their con-
cern to the attention of state
and federal legislatures to the
end that measures be taken to
liberalize abortion laws.
Resolutions passed also included
against the policies of
anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union
and Poland. Thirty-four new coo
a protest
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The statue of Moses, made by
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a misunderstanding of the Biblical
version which describes Moses'
appearance when he descended
Michelangelo, is a figure
from Mount Sinai. The Bible writes
that there was a shine on his face.
This word has become to be mis-
translated as meaning that Moses
sprouted horns whereas the Bible
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The word "Keren" in the Bible can
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