ADL, AJCommittee Offer New
Objections to 'Superstar' Fim
NEW YORK (JTA) — Two
national Jewish organizations
—the Anti-Defamation League
of ,Bnai Brith and the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee—
condemned the film "Jesus
Christ Superstar" which
opened here in three theaters.
It is also being shown in 55
other cities a c r o s s the
country.
Benjamin R. Epstein, na-
tional director of the ADL,
declared in a statement that
the movie's "sharp and vivid
emphasis on a Jewish mob's
demand to kill Jesus can feed
into the kind of disparage-
ment of Jews and Judaism
which has always nurtured
anti-Jewish prejudices and
bigotry."
Epstein said that "if people
were emotionally healthy and
free from prejudices, Passion
Plays—including the fantasy
`Jesus Christ Super star '
would not kindle Jewish ap-
prehensions."
, He noted that a University
of California study found that
the deicide charge against
Jews is a root cause of anti-
Semitism .
Noting that before the film
went into production in 1972,
the ADL had sent a 14-page
memorandum to producer
Norman Jewison urging sen-
sitivity on the part of those
responsible for the script,
casting and directing, Epstein
said "the flaws in the film
are particularly regrettable
in the light of the fact that
they could have been so
easily avoided."
He declared that the film's
"exciting rock format and
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beautiful photography will un-
doubtedly attract large num-
bers of impressionable young
people."
Epstein scored the casting
which made Jesus a blond.
Judas a Black, and the priests
and rabbis as dark-haired,
forboding and garbed in
black.
Elmer L. Winter, AJCom-
mittee president, expressed
his distress at the expected
wide distribution of the film.
Speaking at a press confer-
ence here, Winter reiterated
the group's suggestion to Uni-
versal Pictures, the film's
distributor, that it append a
prologue and an epilogue to
the film declaring that it is
intended solely as entertain.
ment and that all Catholic
and Protestant officials have
denied Jewish responsibility
for the crucifixion.
Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum.
national director of inter-
religious affairs of the
AJCommittee, said that as a
civil libertarian organization,
the Committee respects the
right of Universal Pictures
and Jewison "to present their
view of the crucifixion."
ANT inter noted that the
AJCommittee is opposed to
boycotting, demonstrating or
picketing the film because it
believes the actions would
not have the educational ef-
fect necessary to oppose the
film.
Many Christian leaders and
black newspapers have de-
nounced the film, Leonard
Yaseen, national co-chairman
of the AJCommittee 's inter-
religious affairs commission,
reported.
One black newspaper has
gone as far as to call for a
boycott, he said. "Many of
these leaders feel that the
film is anti-Christian as well
as anti-Jewish," Winter de-
clared.
Jerusalem May See
New Transit System
JERUSALEM ( J T A ) —
Jerusalem's f u t u r e public
transportation system may
include a system which com-
bines the advantages of rail-
ways and tramcars with
those of buses, known as the
Personal Rapid Transit.
The PRT systems employ
cars holding from six to 20
passengers which move along
fixed concrete roadways.
These roadways are quite
narrow and stations can be
built into apartment houses
or public buildings.
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Ecumenism I Israelis Injured in Suez Clash
With Two Egyptian Patrol Boats
in Baltimore TEL AVIV
The incident took place
(JTA) — A
By RABBI SAMUEL SILVER naval clash took place Mon- north of Ras Suda. The
A Roman Catholic cardinal
went to synagogue.
It happened in Baltimore.
The prelate was His Emin-
ence Lawrence Cardinal She-
han and he came to a Con-
servative congregation called ,
Chizuk Amuno (Strengthen-
ing of the Faith) to join
others in paying tribute to
the rabbi, Dr. Israel M.
Goldman.
A lecturer and author of
note, Rabbi Goldman had
served in Providence, R. I.
where one of his parishoners
later became Governor of
the State, Frank Licht, and
a quarter of century ago he
came to Baltimore where
one of his congregants is
Marvin Mandel, Governor of
Maryland.
In the course of his minis-
try, Rabbi Goldman had in-
spired his people to enlarge
the congregation, to build a
new temple, to intensify its
program of adult and child
education.
In tribute to him on his
silver anniversary, the presi-
dent of the national rabbinic
association, Rabbi Judah
Nadich (once a spiritual ad-
viser to Gen. Eisenhower)
spoke. So did Rabbi Samuel
Rosenblatt, a distinguished
Baltimore scholar whose late
father was the celebrated
cantor, Yosele Rosenblatt.
When the Cardinal got up
to speak, the large throng on
hand rose in respect.
And Cardinal Shehan
praised his Jewish colleague.
He praised Rabbi Goldman
for having started Project
Equality, which sought to
provide job opportunities for
Negroes. He lauded him for
other communal endeavors
and for creating a strong link
between the religions in
Maryland.
America is at its finest
when the theme of brother-
hood is so resonantly struck.
The large number of people
on hand at that synagogue
gathering in Baltimore last
July will long remember
what the Cardinal said, and
we who read about it should
also cherish his words,
especially those which stress-
ed the joy he took in the
"fine and friendly relation-
ship between the Jewish and
Christian communities" in
Baltimore.
Bravo, Baltimore, for this
episode of "the Cardinal and
the Rabbi!"
Keating Assumes
U.S. Envoy Post
WASHINGTON J T A ) —
Secretary of State William
P. Rogers has sworn in Ken-
neth B. Keating as the new
U.S. ambassador to Israel,
saying that relations between
the U.S. and Israel have nev-
er been better.
Rogers made the comment,
State Department spokesmen
said, at what he called "a
significant time" in the mid-
dle East, as he swore in the
former New York senator,
judge and ambassador to
India, in a ceremony in his
private office. Newsmen were
not invited.
Israeli Ambassador Simha
Dinitz and the previous U.S.
ambassador to Israel, Wal-
worth Barbour, were present
as Keating said he would
dedicate himself to "main-
taining the excellent rela-
tions" between the two coun-
tries.
day in the eastern part of
the Gulf of Suez between
Israeli and Egyptian patrol
boats. Two Israeli sailors
were injured. One of the
Egyptian boats was hit but
did not sink.
Israel has lodged a cam-
plaint with the UN cease-fire
supervision organization. Ac-
cording to an Israeli army
spokesman, two Israeli pa-
trol boats — not missile boats
— were on a routine patrol
of the eastern side of the
Gulf of Suez when they were
attacked by two Egyptian
patrol boats.
The Israeli boats returned
the fire and one of the
Egyptian boats was hit and
some of the sailors were
seen jumping overboard.
DuPont May Get
Jewish Boss in '74
WILMINGTON, Del. — Irv-
ing S. Shapiro, vice chairman
of the board of E. I. DuPont
de Nemours, is expected to
become chairman and chief
executive of the company
when the current chairman
retires in April.
The son of Jewish Lithu-
anian immigrants, Shapiro, a
lawyer who started working
in his family's small cleaning
plant in Minneapolis, borrow-
ed money to go through the
University of Minesota's law
school. During World War II,
he worked in the Office of
Price Administration along-
side Richard Nixon.
Later, Shapiro went on to
the Justice Department
where he made a reputation
prosecuting Communist lead-
ers, according to the Jewish
Post and Opinion. He joined
DuPont in 1951.
He was recently named to
the No. 2 position of vice
chair man by Chairman
Charles B. McCoy, chief ex-
ecutive. McCoy named Ed-
ward R. Kane president.
He led the DuPont battle
in 1965 against the Justice
Department which made Du-
Pont give up General Motors
Corp. control, but gave the
chemical company millions
for expansion.
Egyptian boat did not sink
and some of its crew mem-
bers were believed to have
remained aboard. It was the
first naval clash in over a
year in this area.
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