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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israeli Soccer Team to Play in US
Wagner Really a Native Jew?
A reference to the origins and, indeed, that Wagner
of composer_ Richard Wag- wrote a fulminating tract
ner appeared in a London against Jewish elements in
Jewish Chronicle music col- the 19th Century German
umn. Following his review Establishment (Der Juden
of a Wagner composition at in Musik), might care to
a local theater, the author of note another little fact.
Ernest Newman's mas-
the article stated in part:
"Many Jews, aware that sive work on Wagner cites
Hitler was a sychophantic Nietzsche who swore that
visitor to pre-war Bayreuth, the earliest version of Wag-
ner's "Mein Leben" began
with these words: "I am the
son of Ludwig Geyer."
Who was Ludwig Geyer?
He was an itinerant Jew-
ish actor who lived in
Wagner's first, home, and
who subsequently married
his mother when she was
carrying him and sired a
number of children.
(Wagner's father died be-
fore he was born.)
So possibly, not only was
Wagner himself a little wor-
ried, but poor Hitler too and
countless followers indulged
in more than a fantasy
when they upheld Wagner
as noble Aryan art.
RICHARD WAGNER
The Israel soccer team,
which did so well to win the
Asian championship for re-
presentation of that conti-
nent in the upcoming Olym-
pic Games, will stop en
route to Montreal to play
two games with American
Soccer League teams in
Chicago and Cleveland and
an exhibition contest at
Hofstra University on Long
Island against a team com-
prised mainly of Jews and
Israelis who have settled in
this country.
John Wooden, famous
basketball coach at the Uni-
versity of California at Los
Inter-Faith Study Program Offered
PHILADELPHIA (JTA)
— A program in which stu-
dents of Saint Joseph's Col-
lege and Gratz College will
be able to fulfill course re-
quirements at the other col-
lege has been announced by
the presidents of the two
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WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Father Edward H. Flan-
nery, outgoing executive di-
rector of the Catholic Bish-
ops' Office of Catholic-
Jewish Relations, has re-
ceived a papal honor for his
services to the cause of im-
proved understanding be-
tween Catholics and Jews.
Father Flannery was
presented the Benemerenti
Medal during a recent meet-
ing of the NCCB Committee
for Ecumenical and Interre-
ligious Affairs in Dayton, 0.
He has directed the Office
of Catholic-Jewish Rela-
tions, part of the NCCB Sec-
retariat for Ecumenical and
Interreligious Affairs at
Seton Hall University in
New Jersey since 1967.
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schools.
Students seeking a degree
from both schools will be
able to take their liberal
arts courses at Saint Jo-
seph's and their Judaica
courses at Gratz. Courses in
Hebrew, the Jewish Scrip-
tures and contemporary
Jewish literature at _Gratz
will meet course require-
ments at both schools, ac-
cording to Rev. Terrence
Toland, S.J. and Dr. Daniel
Isaacman.
A Gratz professor will
offer Hebrew language
courses for credit at Saint
Joseph's and a Saint Joseph
faculty member will present
a seminar at Gratz on the
varying understanding of
Jews and Judaism in the
Christian theological tradi-
tion.
U.S. Priest Gets
Papal Honor for
Work With Jews
Jewish happenings all
CITY
Angeles for many years, is
working with the Israel
National Basketball team
and giving a series of clinics
at the Wingate School of
Physical Education in Na-
tanya.
Robert Rosenberg, trea-
surer of the United States
Committee Sports for Is-
rael, recently returned from
a trip to Richmond, Va.,
where he spoke on the up-
coming Maccabiah Games
in 1977 and in the process
stimulated so much interest
that a chapter for the organ-
ization seems to be in the
formulative stages in that
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community.
ShoOting seems to be
catching on in Israel with
over 100,000 Israelis li-
censed to hold firearms in
their homes. A movement
is under way in the Knes-
set to establish more
shooting ranges around
the country, particularly
in the Jerusalem area. Is-
rael's top rifleman who is
qualified for the Olympics
will do his preliminary
training with the U.S.
Army in Ft. Benning, Ga.
The New York Times fea-
tured a story on the sports
Israeli Tourism Up
JERUSALEM (ZINS) —
The government's Central
Statistics Bureau reports an
encouraging increase in
tourism to Israel with a gain
of 48% in the first few
months of this year over the
previous year. Tourists in
1976 are expected to spend
close to $350 million. There
is a reasonable expectation
that in a year the tourist
flow to Israel will reach the
one million mark.
U.S. Gives Israel
Import Duty Break
WASHINGTON (ZINS)
— An executive order by
President Ford has made
nearly 3,000 Israel indus-
trial products eligible for
duty free admission to the
United States. During the
last two years — 1974 and
1975 — Israel's sales to
American customers stood
at about $300 million an-
nually.
June 25, 1976 53
BY HASKELL COHEN
(Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.)
pages recently on the open-
ing of the vast new tennis
complex which is being com-
pleted at Ramat Hasharon.
The center will cost $3 mil-
lion when completed and is
one of the projects of the
United States Committee
Sports for Israel. Several
name tennis players, includ-
ing Jimmy Connors, Arthur
Ashe, and Julie Heldman
have made substantial con-
tributions towards the ten-
nis set up.
Stuart Goldstein of Stan-
ford, Conn., recently was
the subject of a_ profile in
"Sports Illustrated." He led
his high school gymnastics
team to an undefeated sea-
son and in addition won the
State All-Around cham-
pionship.
Bernt Zarnowiecki, a
twin of Anita, who won
seven gold medals in the
1973 Maccabiah Games,
and who himself is a swim-
mer, is currently attend-
ing the University of Cali-,
fornia. Two of the star
performers of the Maccabi
Soccer Club of Los Angeles
are performing with the
Los Angeles Skyhawks in
the American Soccer
League. They are Benny
Bihnstock and Mickey
Cohen. Both are Israelis
who will probably end up
as dual citizens, retaining
their Israeli citizenship
while continuing to reside
in this country.
Mordechai Shpiegler, who
played for the New York
Cosmos last year, is in this
country and would like to
latch on with one of the pro-
fessional teams in either the
North American Soccer
League or the American
Soccer League.
Searching for More Oil
CCNY Has Jewish
Studies Awards
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Department of Jewish Stud-
ies at the City College of
New York has made grants
from a private fund to three
recipients in the depart-
ment's first scholarship in-
centive awards program,
according to Prof. Irving
Greenberg, chairman of the
department.
The scholarships, which
total $1,250, were set up for
CCNY students who have
taken Jewish studies
courses and want to con-
tinue their Judaic training
in graduate school or
abroad.
JERUSALEM — With the increasing problem of ob-
taining enough oil to meet her needs, Israel has been in-
tensifying her efforts to discover new oil supplies within
her boundaries and enlarge storage capability. The pho-
tograph shows a deep-level oil drilling rig towering over
apartment blocks in an Ashdod suburb.