Activists to Exorcise Dybbuk Blamed for Judge's Conduct Deceased Naval Aviator's Possessions
NEW YORK (JTA)-A Jewish rite had been performed in the from the
Psalms. A shofar will
radical group here is proceeding United States--would be sacreli.
Contain 23rd Psal m's Interpretation
then be blown
with plans for a protest demon- glous. Others have expressed
stration in Chicago next month in
the form of a rite seeking to exor-
cise the dybbuk which the group
holds responsible for the manner
in which Federal Judge Julius
Hoffman is directing the Chicago
conspiracy trial.
Some members of the participat-
ing activist groups are having
second thoughts about the proposed
rite, however, and a meeting is
planned to consider the matter
further, the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency was told.
The idea of exorcising Judge
Hoffman's presumed dybbuk was
conceived by Arthur Waskow of the
Jews for Urban Justice in Wash-
ington. A liturgy for the rite,
scheduled for Monday in Picasso
Plaza, across from the federal
courthouse by a group of members
of the Jewish Radical Union at
Columbia University.
Sharon Rose, executive director
of the National Jewish Organizing
Project, an umbrella group for the
Jewish activist organizations, told
the JTA that, because of some
reservations about the idea, all of
the participating Jewish activist
groups would meet in Chicago
Sunday to seek an agreement on
the problem.
Some of the observant Jews
reportedly feel that staging of
such an event-which reportedly
would be the second time the
The group will then chant that
"in the name of the Sanhedrin, in
the name of bet din, and in the
name of the rabbi of this city, we,
The exorcism ceremony is not a the judges, ask that you, the dyb-
sanctioned Jewish ritual, and the buk, whether it be man or woman,
young radicals at Columbia Uni- boy or girl, soul or demon, leave
versity have worked from a var- the body of" Judge
iety of sources in developing the whose name will be stated in He:
litgury for the proposed Chicago brew, as will that of his mother.
rite. Belief in a dybbuk, which Chanting will be done alternately
possesses the victim and causes in Hebrew and in English.
concern lest the ceremony might
backfire on the over-all Jewish
community.
the victim to behave wrongly, be- At this point, a member of the
came a fixed dogma among Kab. group in the courthouse will report
balists in 16th Century European on whether the recitation has pro-
Jewish communities. I duced any change in Judge Hoff-
S. Ansky created a Jewish clas- - man's court procedures. If the re-
sic in his literary version of the port is negative, the members of
dogma, and it wis also the basis the minyan„ will again recite their
" authorit y and ec are they are
for a successful Broadway play by excommunicating
the dybbuk.
Paddy Chayefsky, "The Tenth
The shofar will then be blown
Man."
The actual rite will be perform-
ed by a minyan of 10 of the activ-
ists, who will form a circle at
Picasso Plaza. Each will be wear-
ing the traditional white kittel, or
robe, a prayershawl, and a skull-
cap.
One will hold a Torah scroll,
which is held to be a requisite
for the rite. The ceremony will
open with a reading of a state-
ment as to the meaning of the
ceremony and the reason for its
being staged in Chicago.
three times and a prayer will be
recited declaring that the par-
ticipants hope no harm of any
kind will come to. the federal
judge because of the rite. A
prayer will be recited for the
health and well-being of the de-
fendants for having been sub-
jected to wrongful treatment
from the dybbuk presumed to
possess the judge.
The only known other exorcism
rite in the United States was per-
formed by the Belzer Rebbe in
Brooklyn some 80 years ago in con-
Readings will take place from nection with a 5-year-old boy.
Miss Rose added that if a deci-
the service for Rosh Hashana and
sion was approved at the Feb. 1
meeting not to carry out the exor-
cism rite, some form of a protest
demonstration would be held the
next day to convey the fears of
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