THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 1, 1974-11

Gordis Accepts
Seminary Chair;
Leaves Temple U.

NEW YORK — Dr. Robert
Gordis has been appointed
Meyer and Fannie Rapaport
Professor in the Philosophies
of Religion at the Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America. He will be as-
suming the new post in ad-
dition to the one he now
holds as professor of Bible.
Dr. Gerson D. Cohen,
seminary chancellor, said
Dr. Gordis will leave Temple
University where he is pro-

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fessor of religion in order to
undertake his new functions
at the seminary. In addition
to his teaching responsibili-
ties, the new Rapaport pro-
fessor will deliver three in-
augural lectures on biblical
theology during the coming
academic year.
The Meyer and Fannie
Rapaport Chair in Philoso-
phies of Religion was en-
dowed by their children, one
of whom,_ Henry N. Rapa-
port, is past president of the
United Synagogue of Amer-
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Bedouins Ask
to Join Army

JERUSALEM (ZINS) —
Among the Israeli troops
manning the battle fronts
were a number of Arab Bed-
ouins who joined up as vol-
unteers. (By law, Arabs are
exempt from army duty.)
What accounts for this un-
usual circumstance, where
Arabs are prepared to shed
Arab blood in defense of Is-
rael is to be found in the
nature and character of the
Bedouin.
The Bedouin is an Arab
nomad with no allegiance to
any Arab state or national
Arab consciousness. He con-
siders himself an Arab and
a Moslem, but strictly from
a religious standpoint. His is
a tribal loyalty only. The Is-
raeli Bedouins feel a certain
responsibility toward the
state of Israel which has
helped them to prosper.
Another factor that ac-
counts for their willingness
to fight with the Israelis is
their contempt and hatred
for the Egyptians, who have
treated them shabbily in the
past by subjecting them to
all sorts of indignities. Among
the returning POW's from
Egypt were two Bedouin
Arabs repatriated to Israel.
Theirs was a grim story of
ill-treatment suffered at the
honds of the Egyptians, in-
cluding the hospital nurses
who tended their wounds.
They were treated as out-
casts, pariahs, and traitors
to the Arab cause.