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May
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
14, 1976
World Church Council Recognizes Jewish Scholarship on Crucifixion
Church recognition of the
expose of charges against
the Jews relating to the Cru-
cifixion made by Prof. Solo-
mon Zeitlin of Dropsie Uni-
versity, and Dr. Zeitlin's
historical analyses of the ex-
istence of the two Sanhed-
TORNADO!
FIRE!
THEFT!
rin, one of which was unre-
cognized and irresponsible
are contained in a book re-
view in the newsletter of the
World Council of Churches.
It is believed that this is
one of the few instances of
Church recognition of the
thesis advanced by Dr. Zei-
tlin.
Synagogue Council
Cites Bicentennial
NEW YORK — The Syn-
agogue Council of America
— the national coordinating
body of the three branches
of American Judaism —
will hold a day-long event
May 23 in Newport, R.I., to
mark both the Bicentennial
of the American Revolution
and its own jubilee anniver-
sary.
The day will be high-
lighted by a visit from Presi-
dent Ford who will lead a
commemorative ceremony
in the Touro Synagogue, the
oldest in the United States.
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creed it is not stated that
the Jews crucified Jesus."
In reference to the exist-
ence of the two Sanhedrin,
the book review states:
"Zeitlin's discussion of
Jesus' trial is enlightening.
He, for example, distin-
guished two types of San-
hedrin, the religious San-
hedrin which tried religious
offenders and was not con-
cerned with Jesus, and an-
other Sanhedrin which was
a state court and tried polit-
ical offenders." Quoting Zei-
tlin, the book review relates
the following information:
Jewish Professors
"During the time of the
procurators, the State San-
Win NYU Prize
hedrin had neither the right
NEW YORK (JTA) — to inflict capital punish-
Three Jewish professors re- ment, nor to indict a person.
ceived New York Univer- Its duty was to examine the
sity's 1976 Great Teachers offender and to present the
Award during the annual case to the Roman authori-
Founders Day Honors Con- ties."
vocation at the Loeb Stu-
The review of Zeitlin's
dent Center.
"Studies in the Early His-
The three are Dr. Jules tory of Judaism, Volume III
Backman, research profes- — Judaism and Christian-
sor emeritus of economics of ity," contains references to
the faculty of business ad- Zeitlin's thesis that "Ju-
ministration and the newly- daism and Christianity be-
named chairman of the long together."
board of governors of He-
According to the review,
brew Union College-Jewish
"Judaism
and Christian-
Institute of Religion; Dr.
Elazar J. Pedhazur, a native ity, as well as other world
similar val-
Israeli and professor of edu- religions with together,
be-
belong
ues,
cational psychology at the
School of Education,
Health, Nursing and Arts
Professionals; and Dr. Isi- NY Synagogue
dor Chein, professor of Cites Bicentennial
>psychology on the faculty of
NEW YORK — "Heritage
arts and science.
III: 1976 — A Bicentennial
Celebration of the United
States of America," the
third in a series of three Bi-
centennial concerts ar-
ranged by the Jewish Music
Council of the National Jew-
ish Welfare Board in coop-
eration with synagogues
and Jewish organizations in
New York City, as well as
the New York City Bicen-
teunial Corp., will be held
May 7 at the Park Avenue
Synagogue.
The program, which will
feature new liturgical music
of the 20th Century by
American Jewish contempo-
rary composers, is being
presented by the Park Av-
enue Synagogue and the
JWB Jewish Music Council.
Referring to the charges
against the Jews relating to
the Crucifixion, the book re-
view quoted Zeitlin as fol-
lows:
"Since the policy of the
early Christians was not to
antagonize the Romans,
they tried to put the blame
for the Crucifixion upon
the Jews" . . . and points
out that the Romans were
responsible for the cruci-
fixion of Jesus, that Chris-
tians should reinstate the
Apostles' Creed: "In this
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The events will mark the
retirement of Cantor David
J. Putterman, Hazzan of the
Park Avenue Synagogue
since 1933. For the past 32
years, under Hazzan Putter-
man's direction, the Park
Avenue Synagogue has com-
missioned 69 noted Ameri-
can composers to compose
new liturgical musical
works for the Friday Eve-
ning Service. These works
have had their world pre-
mieres at the synagogue
each May.
In 1971, the JWB Jewish
Music Council awarded a
special citation to Cantor
Putterman for his efforts
on behalf of the commis-
sion of new liturgical mu-
sical services by American
Jewish composers.
At the special service on
the evening of May 7, the
program will be drawn from
past workS which were com-
missioned by the syn-
agogue.
cause, for example, Hitler
would have destroyed true
Christianity after having
wiped out Judaism," ad-
vancing Zeitlin's thesis
that the Christians had
grown out of the Jews, and
if the Jews are destroyed
so go the Christians.
The review concludes with
the following: "Jewish self-
evaluation and Jewish eval-
uation of Christianity are
important for us, because
through them we get to
know ourselves and the
sources of our faith better."
SOLOMON ZEITLIN
9 Awarded Israel Prize;
3 Israelis Win Bible Quiz
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
President Ephraim Katzir
presented the coveted Israel
Prize to nine persons in rec-
ognition of their outstand-
ing achievements and con-
tributions in various fields
of endeavor. At the same
time, Israeli youths cap-
tured all three prizes out of
a field of 28 contestants
from all over the world par-
ticipating in the annual Bi-
ble quiz.
The Israel Prize awards
and Bible Quiz are both
major events of Independ-
ence Day. The quiz finals
were held at the Jerusalem
Theater. Interior Minister
Yosef Burg headed the
panel of judges.
The top prize went to Yair
Shapiro who earned the
highest possible score of 70
by answering all questions
correctly. Second prize went
to Shimon Lapid and third
prize was won by Avraham
Tannenbaum. Education
Minister Aharon Yadlin
presented the awards.
The Israel Prize winners
were: Yaacov Maimon, for
immigrant absorption
work; Mordechai Kirshen-
baum, for an ,outstanding
television production;
Rivka Guber for immi-
grant absorption;. Prof.
Yosef Rom, for technology
and applied engineering;
Prof. Gabriel Bear for Ar-
abic linguistics and Orien-
tal studies; Gen. Ezra
Rabbinical Student
Works With Deaf
NEW YORK — Miss
Lynn Gottlieb, a rabbinical
student who works with the
deaf, is believed to be the
only person serving as a
rabbi for the deaf in New
York City.
She holds workshops at
the New York Society for
the Deaf and conducts serv-
ices and teaches at Temple
Beth Or of the Deaf in Hol-
lis, N.Y.
Utilizing an earlier voca-
tion — she has been ,involved
in the theater and puppetry
since childhood — 27-year-
old Miss Gottlieb gestures
and talks with deliberate
pronunciation while using
sign language.
She is a graduate of He-
brew University in Jerusa-
lem.
According to the New
York Times, she began
working with the deaf three
years ago after a fellow rab-
binical student took her to a
service at Beth Or.
Hani in the same field;
Simha Holzberg, for . spe-
cial contributions to so-
ciety and the state; Dr.
Ezra Korine, for the same;
and Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda
Waldinberg for Torah lit-
erature.
A controversy developed
last month when it was an-
nounced that Kirshenbaum
had been nominated for the
Israel Prize in the field of
television. A number of
Likud and National Reli-
gious Party MKs objected
because they disliked Kir-
shenbaum's satirical TV
program "Nikui Rosh"
(Brain Washing), a big hit
on Israeli television which
stepped on many toes.
Arab Loans
to Africa Told
TUNIS (ZINS) — The of-
ficial Egyptian Middle East
news agency reported that
the amount of loans granted
by the Arab Fund for Afri-
can countries had reached
the sum of $163 million by
the middle of October 1975;
in addition to the $7.5 mil-
lion given to Somalia to help
alleviate its difficult econ-
imic situation.
The commitments of the
Arab countries in this fund
for 1975 were as follows:
Saudi Arabia — $50 million
(oil revenue $27 billion);
Kuwait $40 million (oil rev-
enues $8 billion);. Iraq $35
million (oil revenue $7.5 bil-
lion); Emirate States $30
million (oil revenue $6.5 bil 7
lion); Algeria $30 million
(oil revenue $3.5 billion);
Quatar $10 million (oil rev-
enue $2 billion); Oman $5
million (oil revenue $1.5 bil-
lion).
Directory Printed
for Soviet Jews
EAST ORANGE, N.J.
(JTA) — A 55-page bilin-
gual "Directory of Services
and Facilties in the Jewis
Community" for use b.
newly-arrived refugees
from the Soviet Union, writ-
ten in English and Russian,
has been published by the
Jewish Community Federa-
tion of Metropolitan New
Jersey, in cooperation with,,
a number of its affiliated
agencies.
Federation officials said
the directory was created to
bridge the gap that exists
between being a newcomer
and a full-fledged produc-
tive member of the commu-
nity.