a#11/4111Ns 111.1111 —4111 11111111- AFL 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 Be sure your friends and relatives are as informed as you on around the World! 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. Give them a gift today!! 1 To: The Jewish News 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865 Southfield, Mich. 48075 Please send a year's gift subscription to: NAME ADDRESS STATE ZIP FOR: state occasion FROM ❑ 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 $10 enclosed 1 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.