Commence Compendia on Jewish Background to New Testament

NEW YORK — The most
comprehensive analysis ever
attempted of the history, cul-
ture, social and political life,
theological concepts, and
inter-relationships between
t h e Jewish and Christian
communities of the first two
centuries of the present era,
together with a study of the
implications of these findings
for modern Jewish-Christian
relations, is under way by an
international g r o u p of re-
nowned scholars.
Titled "Compendia Rerum
Iudaicarum Ad Novum Test-
amentum" ("Compedia o n
the Jewish Background to the
New Testament"), the work
will cover 10 volumes, the
of which, "The Jewish
ple In The First Century,"
lias just been published in
Amsterdam by Van Gorcum
and Co.
Announcement of the pro-
ject was made by Prof. M.
De Jon,ge, dean of the The-
ological faculty of the Uni-
versity of Leiden, at a news
conference at the national
headquarters of the American
Jewish Committee, one of the
sponsors of the scholarly in-
quiry.
Other participants in the
conference were the Rev.
Harry E. Gaylord, Jr., exec-
utive editor of Compendia,
and Rabbi Marc H. Tanen-
baum, AJC's national inter-
religious affairs director.

Among sponsors of the pro- 1 are: Vaitican Secretariat for Churches, Dutch Reformed
ject, who have provided funds the Promotion of Christian Church, Netherlands Organi-
for research and publication, Unity, World Council of zation for the Advancement
of Pure Research, Prince
ernh a r d Fund and the
Evangelical Church of the
Rhineland.
The international scholars
WASHINGTON ,( J T A ) — secretary of state have high-
group includes leading theo-
Rep. Jonathan B1 n g h a m lighted the problem.
histori-
Why should a citizen of logical, biblical, and
•
(D-N.Y.) said he had Secre-
tary of State Henry A. Kis- Dr. Kissinger's talents be cal specialists from Europe,
singer in mind when he intro- barred from the Presidency? Israel and the United States.
duced legislation Monday for More important, Bingham Among the American scholars
a Constitutional amendment said, "why should the Ameri- participating are Prof. W. D.
that would permit persons not can people be denied the Davies, Duke University;
born in this country to be- right to elect a Kissinger to Prof. Krister Stendahl, dean
of Harvard Divinity School;
come President of the United any office?"
Kissinger was born in and Prof. Samuel Sandmel,
States.
Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Bingham said that his pro- Fuerth, Germany, and came Institute of Religion. Zacha-
to the U. S. when he was 15
posal "does not amount to an years old with his family as riah Shuster of Paris, AJC
endorsement of Henry Kis- refugees from Nazism.
European interreligious con-
The measure has very little sultant, has been closely re-
singer as President, but
added "I must say in all chance of passage, Capitol lated to the project since its
inception.
candor his achievements as sources indicated.

Henry Kissinger for President?

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Rabbi Goren Urges
U.S. Colleagues to
Lead Tours to Israel

JERUSALEM — Israel
Chief Rabbi Shiomo Goren
has issued a special call to
his rabbinical colleagues in
the United States, to urge
their congregations to visit
Israel.
Each rabbi is being asked
to personally lead a tour
group from his congregation
in the coming months.
This kind of demonstration,
Rabbi Goren feels, will show
that Israel is not isolated.
"The people of Israel in their
dispersion have shown the
heights of their loyalty, but
in addition to all that, I urge
you to bring the people of
your congregations to Israel,"
he said.

* * *
UOJCA to Promote
Western Aliya

NEW YORK—The Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congrega-
tions of America has an-
nounced its participation in
National Aliya Month, Feb.
10-March 10.
Emanuel Gruss, chairman
of the UOJCA joint aliya
commission, said that "Israel
needs Western aliya immedi-
ately. Now, months after the
outbreak of hostilities, Isra-
's citizen army is still mo-
ized, causing massive
stain on an already overbur-
dened economy."
The theme of Aliya Month
is "Aliya—Now More Than
Ever."

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oil embargo.
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the Senate Finance Subcom-
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Arabs did us a favor with
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