AJCommittee to Fight Oberammergau With Decade-Long Educational_Program NEW YORK — The American mains '- fundamentally- hostile to ' Jewish Committee announced it - Jews and Judaism." Copies of the study were distri- will embark on a systematic. de- cade-long educational program to buted last spring to thousands of counteract the anti-Semitic effects scholars, clergymen and travel of the Oberammergau Passion agencies in the United States, Can- ada and Europe. Since that time. Play. Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum. na- Rabbi Tanenbaum declared, thou..; tional director of AJC's inter- sands of tourists have bypassed religious affairs department, made the play. He cited, among others, a the announcement in connection Catholic priest in Cleveland who is with the publication of the findings conducting a tour of Europe this of AJC's line-by-line comparison of summer and who has canceled his the 1960 and 1970 versions of the group's reservations at Oberam- mergau and is taking them to visit text of the play. This analysis revealed that, de- Dachau instead. The study, now in booklet form spite some minor changes, the Oberammergau Passion Play re- and titled. "Oberammergau. 1960 EXPECTING OUT OF TOWN GUESTS FOR A WEDDING OR A BAR MITZVA ? 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Rabbi Tanenbaum expressed ap- preciation of a statement by Fr. Edward H. Flannery, executive secretary of the Secretariat for Cataholic-Jewish Relations of the Roman Catholic Bishops' Commit- tee for Ecumenical and Inter- religious Affairs, who criticized the Oberammergau play. 50,000 Amass ,at Wailing Wall on Tisha b`Av JERUSALEM (JTA) — Po lice estimated that 50,000 persons crowded into the square facing the Western Wall Monday night to usher in Tisha b'Av — the ninth day of the Hebrew calendar month of Av — commemorating the de- struction of the Temple in Jeru- salem by the Roman General Titus I in 70 CE, exactly 1,900 years ago. Synagogues here and in other cities were filled with worshipers who heard recital of the Scroll of Lamentations. Radio and television broadcasts were limited to news and programs befitting the solemn nature of the occasion which the Orthodox hold to be a day of mourning for the temple. But only a small minority of Israelis fast. Restaurants throughout the country were open for business as usual Monday morning. The Orthodox among the wor- shipers at the wall had not cut their facial hair for three weeks, the period of Titus' attack on this city prior to the destruc• Lion of the Second Temple, which had been built by Herod. • Complete Hearing Tests & Evaluations • ,. Zetra& and other quality Hearing Aids Fitted • Hearing Aids Repaired (Loaners provided) • Batteries & Accessories for all makes of aids • Convalescent-Home Service NATHAN LIPSON SH ELDON SEGEL LICENSED HEARING AID AUDIOLOGISTS TWO LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU lagrilifil[C lac 21.:111111- PO NTIA C OPTICAL CENTER 353-1166 682-11 13 Jewish Leaders Included on British Honors List LONDON (JTA)—The new hon- ors list, awarded at the request of former Prime Minister Harold Wil- son, contains the names of several Jews. John Diamond, chief secretary to the Treasury, who lost his parlia- mentary seat in the last election, has been appointed a life peer. A knighthood went to Joseph Kagan, a Yorkshire industrialist, who with his wife survived the Nazi era in the ghetto of Kovno. Poland, and came to England after the war. Kagan is the inven- A professor of biblical studies at tor of a new type of rainwear Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, preferred by Wilson. N.C., sent a copy of the original Also knighted were Leslie Lever, AJC critique to 70 members of former lord mayor of Manchester the college choir, who will tour and a member of Parliament for Europe this summer. He attached many years, and Dr. Joseph a memorandum entitled "Anti- Stone, Wilson's personal physician. : Semitism in the 1970 Production of Among the new members of the the Oberammergau Passion Play, - House of Lords are several promin- . in which he wrote: ent .non-Jewish Anglo-Zionists: An- "You will bear in mind that, at thony Greenwood, former minister the direction of elected leaders of of housing: Julian Snow, former the delightful country which you will be visiting, no more than 25 years ago, 6.000.000 Jews —brothers of Christ according to the flesh — were systematically slaughtered. Remembering this, you will want to ask yourself whether passion plays, such as Oberammergau, and all that was 'said and preached about Jews crucifying Christ and bearing the guilt of his death upon their heads, did not contribute toward that tragedy." Modes of dress ranged from military uniforms to informal shorts and slacks, with only a few wearing the black rabbinical robes. Head coverings were in colors as well as black. Many of those attending were youthful—including a blind man who prayed from a Braille Bible. It was noted that no other ob- servance by any other ethnic or religious grouping has been main- tained over so many years. Be- tween 1948 and 1967 when Jordan controlled the wall, were there no gatherings there. (See Commen- tary, Page 2) Trees and the Messiah "If you should have a sapling in your hand when they tell you that the Messiah has arrived, first plant the sapling and then go greet the Messiah." — Johanan hen Zakai. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8—Friday, August 14, 1970 undersecretary of health and social security: Jennie Lee, former minis- ter of arts: Alice Bacon, former minister of state at the ministry of education: and Irene White, former minister of state at the ministry for Welsh affairs. The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.—Benja- min Franklin. 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