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Israel Prime Minister Golda Meir received the honorary Doctor
of Philosophy degree from Bar-Ilan University. Making the presenta-
tion are (from left) Dr. Joseph H. Lookstein, university chancellor;
Prof M. Z. Kaddari, rector; and Prof. Harold Fisch, pro-rector.
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RAMAT GAN, Israel — Prime
Also at the ceremonies, Dr. Saul
Minister Golda Meir, in a speech Lieberman, renowned Judaic schol-
at Bar-Ilan University's 13th an- ar, was awarded an honorary doc-
nual commencement exercises, toral degree. Dr. Joseph H. Look-
called upon students to help form stein, chancellor of the university,
a new unity to remove the threat presided at the graduation exer-
of internal strife which Israel now cises.
faces.
Bar-Ilan University announced
"The danger of internal divi-
the
establishment of a summer in-
sions is sharper than the enemies
who surround us," the Prime Min- stitute on Judaism and contem-
porary thought the initiative of a
ister said.
Calling for a new national unity, group of faculty members. It is
Mrs. Meir told the students: "The the first of its kind, and its pur-
new generation, your generation, pose is to explore the issues which
must live together and work to- confront the present day committed
and thinking Jew, Prof. Harold
gether."
Fisch
told the JTA.
Mrs. Meir, who was awarded
The new institute is supported
an honorary Doctor of Philosophy
degree at the ceremonies, ad- by the Bar-Ilan University, the
dressed a record number of al- Jewish Agency, the Israeli min-
most 800 graduating students. The istry of education, the Memorial
new graduates, as well as the Foundation for Jewish Culture and
thousands of guests, were moved
by the prime minister's call for a number of individuals in Israel
and in the diaspora.
national responsibility.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Israeli
Anti-Tuberculosis League lodged a
strong protest with its parent body
over the refusal of Soviet authori-
ties to allow Israeli physicians to
attend the International Tubercu-
losis Conference held in Moscow
July 12-16.
The Soviets had given the In-
ternational Union Against Tuber-
culosis assurances that the Israel
delegation would be admitted and
allowed the names of Israeli doc-
tors to be included on the printed
program of speakers. But at the
last minute, no visas were issued
to the Israelis.
A spokesman for the league said
the Russian authorities employed
a familiar tactic of hedging on
visas until is was too late to move
the site of the conference to an-
other country.
A delegation of 20 Israeli scien-
tists was in Washington to partici-
pate in the first International
Congress of Immunology under the
sponsorship of the International
Union of Immunological Societies.
The Israeli delegation was headed
Literary Detectives Stymied by Author
of Best Seller 'Japanese and the Jews'
scribes him as a Jew who was
By JOSEPH POLAKOFF
Chief of JTA Washington Bureau brought up in Kobe before World
TOKYO (JTA)—"Nihonjin To War II, left there during the war
Yudayajin" is the transliterated and returned to Japan in the post-
Japanese tile of this country's run- war period.
Bartur said the publisher, a
away nonfiction best seller, "The
Christian who operates a small
Japanese and the Jews."
company specializing in biblical
The 208-page volume made its works, explained that he must re-
appearance eight months ago with spect the author's desire for anon-
a modest first run of 2,500 copies.
Since
then it has sold over a half ymity.
,-
The publisher will only say that
million, been quoted from by Ja-
pan's Premier Eisaku Sato on he is a businessman and obviously
national television, grabbed an im- also a scholar well versed in Jap-
- . portant literary prize and, in the anese literature and history and
...process, created an intriguing knowledgeable in Jewish classics.
mystery surrounding its author-
A professor at Indiana State Uni-
" ship.
versity in Terre Haute who han-
Why the book made an impact dles the author's mail and appar-
in Japan was explained to this ently knows him, offers no clues.
correspondent by Moshe Bartur, He says the writer "is not ready
Israel's ambassador to Tokyo. to disclose his identity."
For one thing, he said, "it identi-
The book draws a parallel be-
fies modern Japan's quest and tween Japanese philosophy and
search for its own identity and literture and Hebrew learning, in-
mission in today's world." Sec- cluding the Talmud. It speaks of
ondly, "it reflects the fascinating contemporary problems that Jap-
spiritual relationship between Ja- anese and Jews—Israelis—have in
pan and the Japanese people and common, among them matters of
Judaism and the Jewish state— national security and defense.
Israel."
Prime Minister Sato quoted from
Bartur noted that the book's the book seven months ago during
language is "very rich Japan- a television appearance at which
ese, very difficult to translate." Japan's defense problems were
discussed. When Gideon Rafael,
He said the "perspective is such
that it could have been written director general of Israel's for-
only by one fully versed in Jap- eign ministry, visited Japan, the
anese literature and peculiari- book was Sato's first subject. Two
days later, when the prime min-
ties."
Beyond that, the Israeli envoy ister met King Faisal of Saudi
was no better able to identify the Arabia, he immediately began
author than the scores of other talking about "Nihonjin To Yu-
literary detectives who have been dayajin," to the obvious conster-
probing the mystery since the nation of the Arabian monarch.
Meredith Weatherby, president
book attained prominence. Am-
bassador Bartur believes he is a of John Weatherhill, Inc., in Tokyo,
bi-cultural person born of a mixed announced recently that an English
marriage—possibly a Jewish father language edition of the book is
scheduled for publication early next
and Japanese mother.
The name of the author appear- year. Western readers will then
ing on the cover is Isaiah Ben- have a chance to find out what
Dasan, abviously a nom-de-plume. so tremendously impressed the
A brief preface to the book de- Japanese.
by Prof. Michael Sela, dean of
the biology faculty at hte Weiz-
mann Institute of Science, who is
chairman of the Israeli Society of
Immunological Scientists.
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