THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
14—Friday, January 8, 1971
Remains of Roman Crucifixion Victim Discovered in Israel
JERUSALEM — The first au-
thenticated physical evidence of
a crucifixion in biblical times was
revealed with the announcement
last weekend of the discovery of
a skeleton about 2,000 years old.
Israeli archeologists have just
published a report on the discov-
ery, made more than two years
ago in a cave tomb in northeastern
Jerusalem.
A nail's hitting a knot in. the
wood of the cross apparently pro-
vided for the preservation of the
remains. The unknown man was
one of thousands who died by
crucifixion in the early decades
of the Christian era.
Writing in the Israel Explora-
tion Journal, Dr. Hien Haas,
Hebrew University anthropologist
who directed the investigation
of the remains, said that bad
the nail not been bent inside
the wood of the cross, it could
easily have been removed from
the victim's heel bones and he
could have been buried without
noticeable signs of how he had
died.
The corroded iron nail was spot-
ted among the remains when they
were unearthed and a major
archeological find recorded.
Archeologists said the remains
could not possibly be the the bones
of Jesus. The inscription on the
stone coffin containing the remains
included the common first name
"Jehonanan."
The unknown man is believed
to have been either a rebel put to
death at the time of the census
revolt in the year 7, or the victim
of some occasional crucifixion
somewhere just before the out-
break of the first Jewish revolt
in the year 66.
Josephus, the historian for the
Romans, records that the crucifix-
ion of 3,600 Jews in 66 set off the
Jewish rebellion against Rome.
During the final siege of Jerusalem
in the year 70, so many , were
crucified that there was a local
shortage of woods for the crosses
and room in which to erect them.
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Discovery Announced
of First Hebrew Inscription
From Temple of Herod
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Discov-
ery of the first Hebrew inscription
from the Temple of Herod, de-
stroyed by the Romans in 70 CE,
was announced by Prof. Benjamin
Mazar of the Hebrew University,
head of an archeological team
that has been carrying out excava-
tions near the Western Wall for
the past three years.
Mazar said the 7-foot long frag-
ment of stone contains the Hebrew
words "Leveit Hatekiah" and the
Hebrew letter "L," presumably
part of another word that was not
preserved. "Beit Hatekiah" means
house of the shofar blowing.
Mazar said a reference to it
appears in the book "Wars of
the Jews" by the historian
Flavius Josephus, one of the
major historical sources for•the
fall of the Temple.
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The skeleton of a man crucified about 2,000 years ago has been unearthed by Israeli scholars
in a cave near Jerusalem. An artist's reconstruction (above) depicts what the man might have look-
ed like and the method of crucifixion. The method was even more painful than the one depicted
by history in which the victim's outstretched arms were nailed by the Romans to the crossbar through
the palms of the hands, and the feet held by nails through the top of the foot.
$4,525,000 Bond Sales Reported for 1970
The 1970 Detroit Israel Bond
campaign resulted in a total of
$4,525,000 in cash sales, it was
announced by Louis E. Levitan,
director of the Detroit Israel Bond
Organization. This was $1,200,000
more than the Israel Bond sales
for 1969, which totaled $3,325,750.
Highlights of the 1970 Israel
Bond campaign included the Met-
ropolitan Detroit Federation of Re-
form Synagogues second annual
Israel Bond dinner which honored
Rabbi Leon Foam on his 75th
birthday and on his 50 years in
the rabbinate and resulted in
$1,588,000 in Israel Bond subscrip-
tions. The dinner was addressed
by Israel Foreign Minister Abba
Eban and was attended by 2,000
guests.
The Shaarey Zedek Israel Dinner
of State, honoring Mrs. Morris
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sulted in $700,000 in Israel Bond
subscriptions.
The Israel 22nd anniversary din-
ner, honoring Nathan Fishman,
with Edward G. Robinson as
guest, resulted in $1,300,000 in
bond pledges. ,
An innovation was the Israel
Bond leadership reception at the
Franklin Hills Country Club, ad-
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Friedman, executive vice chair-
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munity, which resulted in $750,-
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including the Federation of Re-
form Synagogues and Shaarey
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Appeal results.
The women's division, under
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L. Schaver, had an active role
in the success of the 1970 cam-
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World Bond Sales to Top
$203 Million in 1970
NEW YORK (JTA)—A capacity
audience of 20,000 persons filled
Madison Square Garden for the
third and final performance of the
1970 Hanuka Festival for Israel
Bonds and heard a report from
Edward S. Silver, general chair-
man of the New York drive, that
$45,000,000 in Israel Bonds had
been sold in the' city in 1970.
Sam Rothberg, national cam-
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Canada, South America and
Europe will exceed $203,000,000.
Another highlight was the
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de Rothschild, guest speaker at
the Technion dinner, who was in-
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affair, hosted by Mr. and Mrs.
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Berry, resulted in a total of $500,-
000 in Israel Bond subscriptions.
A total of $1,953,200 was sub-
scribed in the Israel Bond High
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