52 Friday, May 27, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Christian College Refuses Jewish Teaching Applicant DAVIDSON, N.C.—The campus and communities surrounding the North Caro- lina town of Davidson, about 25 miles north of Charlotte. were stunned at the recent disclosure that 140-year-old Davidson Col- lege, a liberal arts in- stitution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, had upheld a "Christian tenure policy" in withdrawing a job offer to a Jewish profes- sor from Swarthmore Col- lege. Ronald Linden, 29, a Jew who holds a doctorate in po- litical science from Prince- ton. was offered a teaching post at Davidson College earlier this year. School offi- cials explained to Linden that the college has a long- standing policy which makes it next to impossible to grant tenure to faculty members who are non- Christians, but Linden, anx- ious for a job, accepted. with one qualification. In what he intended as a letter of acceptance, which the Davidson student news- paper later quoted. Linden stated, "I should make clear my strong opposition to such policies as morally repugnant, socially anacro- nistic and scholastically un- wise. During my time at Da- vidson, I will strongly sup- poft any movement to elimi- Argentina Bans Sale of Book Propagating Anti-Semitism • BUENOS AIRES (JTA)- The government -has banned the sale and distri- bution of two anti-Semitic books on the grounds that the proliferation of ideolo- gical-racial conflicts does not contribute to the task of national reorganization. Julio Cesar Urien, the au- thor of one of the books, "The Way of Man," has been detained. Jean Boyer, the author of the other book, "The Worst Enemies of Our People," does not live in Argentina. But his book has been branded as containing Nazi tendencies. Meanwhile,. a delegation from the DATA, the repre- sentative body of Argentine Jewry, met with Gen. Al- bano Harguindeguy, the Minister of Interior, and asked for a strong state- ment from the government ending the vitriolic anti- Jewish statements which have been appearing in the press because of the govern- ment investigation into the scandal regarding the finan- cial empire of David Gravi- er, an Argentine Jewish banker who was believed to have died in an air crash in Mexico last year. nate such laws and practices." Rather than accept the challange, which Linden said he made not to embar- rass the school, but to im- prove its academic environ- ment, the college withdrew its offer, notifying Linden about several weeks ago. Several students and facul- ty learned of the action and immediately began a pro- test amid scattered charges of anti-Semitism. Davidson, according to spokesmen, does not have any federally funded re- search contracts, thus exempting it from several regulations prohibiting dis- crimination by government contractors. However, the S North Carolina General As- sembly is drafting legisla- tion to bar state aid to stu- dents who attend colleges that discriminate in hiring. The college knew that Linden was Jewish when it offered him the job last Feb- The DATA also asked for adequate legislation to pun- ish the promotion of reli- gious or racial discrimina- tion in any form and by any media. L B. Singer Quiz This quiz was prepared from material offered in _courses ,sponsored by the American Jewish Committee's Academy for Jewish Studies • Without Walls. (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) Vlatch the quotations from I. B. Singer's short stories with the choices below. 1. "Help, people, help! My mother is dead!" she cried with all her strength. as women cry in the Jewish small towns in Poland. but nobody responded.- 2. "What's this, sacred toilet paper?" 3. "There is nothing in the Torah to forbid it. The ban ap- plies only to men. Besides. since there ). are no witnesses. it is forbidden to spread rumors. 4. "The ghost is late, that's all. Who does she think she's fooling? -- Just crazy—mushuga.•' 5. He raised his first to heaven: "Fiend' Murderer! De- vouring' beast !'' a) Yoineh Meir, in "The Slaughterer" b) Reb Eisele in "Zeitel and Rickel" c) Dr. Kalisher in "The Seance" d) Binele in "The Lecture" e) The dybbuk Beyle Tslove in "The Dead Fiddler" 6. • It took so long for Singer's stories to become popular in America because a) they are too difficult for the average reader b) until recently ethnic literature has been considered parochial c) - they are not particularly interesting /7. Most of Singer's stories are ,set in a) America b) the Pale of Settlement c) Israel 8. Singer's use of dybbuks. devils. and imps reminds one of the writings' of a) Nathaniel Hawthorne b) Ernest Hemingway c) Kurt Vonnegut 9. One reason for Singer's coming to popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s was a) his accent on the occult b) the fact that he writes in Yiddish .c) his emphasis on the Old World 10. Singer writes primarily a) about Jews for Christians b) about Jews for Jews c) about Christians for ,Jews — •q — .01 :q — :q — :9 :e — •g :3 SIFIMSNN :a — •6 — '8 :p — ruary. The college says it has six Jews among its 1,300 students; there are no Jews among its appoxima- tely 100 faculty members. According to its bylaws. Davidson believes it can best accomplish its goals by ensuring that permanent faculty, besides their aca- demic qualifications, also "understand and respond to the implications of their commitment as Chris- tians." Linden, who has since ac- cepted a position at the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, said he was "sending in the rele- vant communications - to the American Association of University Professors. When asked by the David- son student newspaper how he felt, Linden said: "Your first reaction is astonish- ment that an institution would act this way. And you feel slapped in the face." Hebrew University to Publish America and Holy Land Series NEW YORK (JTA)—The publication of a 72-volume reprint series called "Amer- ica and the Holy Land," consisting mainly of 19th Century and early 20th Cen- tury writings on Palestine by Americans, was an- nounced at a - meeting of the International Committee of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Con- temporary Jewry. The announcement was made jointly by Daniel G. Ross, chairman of the inter- national committee, and Dr. Maurice Jacobs of the American Jewish Historical Society. The series will be published by Arno Press, a New York Times company. tire series. In another report at the meeting, Prof. Yehuda Bauer, deputy head of the institute and director of the Department of Holocaust Studies, said two pub- lications are expected to ap- pear in 1978: "To Save Our Soul, - which deals with the American Joint Distribution Committee's rescue at- tempts during the Holocaust, and "The Jewish Emergence from Pow- erlessness." Carter Denounces Accusation That Jews Crucified Jesus WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Carter, in a clari- fication of his remarks to a Baptist Bible class here in March, has personally de- nounced the false charge against the Jewish people over the crucifixion of Christ and expressed his gratification that Christiani- ty's leaders have "totally and decisively rejected" the - unjust accusation." Carter's clarification came in a letter to the Rev. John F. Steinbruck of the Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington in re- sponse to a letter dated May 6 from the Lutheran pastor who had written to him that "an uneasy con- cern - prevails in 'the Jew- ish and Christian commu- nities that press accounts of the President's remarks "will undermine progress that has been made in the Christian world removing the basis of deicide charges against the Jewish people." The President, in March said, among other things, at the First Baptist Church, that "a turning point" in Christ's life was that "he had directly challenged in a fatal way the existing church, and there was no possible way for the Jewish leaders to avoid the chal- lenge. So they decided to kill Jesus. - Carter, in his ,f esponse to Steinbruck, wrote: "The Christian religion holds that Jesus of Naza- reth, who was a Jew, gave his life to redeem the sins of. all humanity. The Gos- pels declare that the death of Jesus was foreordained, and without that death and the resurrection which fol- lowed it, Christians would not be saved in Christ. Yet the crucifixion required human instruments. Among these were Judas, who was a Christian disciple, Caiaphas who was a Jewish priest appointed by the Roman authorities, and Pi- late, a Gentile, who ac- tually condemned Jesus to death. "In accordance with 0 Gospels, I know that Jest. / forgave the preordained human instruments of his death, but I am also aware that the Jewish people were for many centuries falsely charged with collective re- sponsibility for the death of Jesus, and were persecuted terribly for that unjust accu- sation which has been ex- ploited as a basis and ra- tionalization for anti-Semi- tism. "I know and am personal- ly gratified by the fact that the highest authorities of the major Christian churches—Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Greek Orthodox—have totally and decisively rejected the charge that the Jewish people as a whole were then or are now responsible for the death of Christ. My own denomination, the Southern Baptist Conven- tion, adopted an official res- olution on June 7, 1972, decl- aring 'anti-Semitism as un- Christian' and as 'being op- posed to any and all forms 'of it." Taxes and Your Future In a previous article, we stressed the importance of The series will include record-keeping and the fact one new work, "With Eyes that the Tax Reform Act of Toward Zion," an expanded 1976 had radically changed version of a "Scholars Collo- the rules for determining quium on America-Holy the basis of all property ac- Land Studies" held at the quired from decedents. National Archives in Wash- Treasury regulations pre- ington in September, 1975. scribe what information con- It is edited by Prof. Moshe cerning a beneficiary's Davis, head of the Institute basis is to be supplied by ex- of Contemporary Jewry and ecutors to the IRS and to advisory editor for the en- beneficiaries. In addition, the law provides penalties for failure to supply such in- Mondale Heads Israel Committee formation. Details of the penalties WASHINGTON (JTA )- are not relevant to this dis- Vice President Walter Mon- cussion. What is important dale is chairman of the hon- is the absolute necessity for orary committee of 16 dis- naming a qualified and ex- tinguished Americans, in- perienced executor who can cluding four Cabinet mem- cope with the complexity of bers, for the Israel the law and settle your es- Independence Ball marking tate. Under the new rule there Israel's 29th anniversary June 5 at the Washington is a "Step-Up" in cost basis at death to the higher of the Hilton Hotel. Committee members in- donor's cost or the value of clude Treasury Secretary the property on Dec. 31, Michael Blumenthal. De- 1976. This represents a signifi- fense Secretary Harold Brown, Agriculture Secre- cant change from prior tary Robert Bergland and law. As a result, the heirs. if they sell the property, Transportation Secretary Brock Adams. House Speak- will be taxed on the gain be- er Thomas P. O'Neill. Sen- tween the "Stepped-Up" ate Majority Leader Robert basis and the current fair C. Byrd, House Minority market value of the proper- Leader John J. Rhodes and ty at the time of their sale. Washington Mayor Walter The new rules on Capital Gains Taxation change the Washington. required holding period for long-term capital gain treat- ment. Starting with sales made in 1977 the required holding period must be more than nine months. Then in 1978, and sub- sequent years, the required holding period must be more than one year. Starting in 1977, the limi- tation on the amount of cap- ital losses which can be de- ducted from ordinary in- come has been increased to $2,000 a year, and in 1978 and subsequent years, the capital loss limitation will be $3,000. Charitable contributions, particularly of appreciated long-term capital gain prop- erty, continue to remain one of the few approved tax savings methods. Attention should be given to the change in the law regarding the holding period for long- term appreciated property as previously stated. The holding period re- quirement is particularly significant in charitable giv- ing since the donor may de- duct the full value of the long-term appreciated prop- erty- up to a limit of 30 per- cent of his "contribution base" (generally, adjusted gross income). But upon the contribution of a short- term capital asset the donor's deduction is, in ef- fect, limited to his cost. Thus, a donor must be particularly careful to see that the long-term capital gain holding period under the new law is observed in making charitable deduc- tions. A potential incentive for charitable giving applies to a number of other amend- ments in the 1976 Act, such as those limiting tax shel- ters, which could increase the taxes of many individ- uals. The complexities will re- quire skillful handling by your estate, planner, but don't be surprised if he sug- gests that you contribute that piece of real estate to a public charity—such the Jewish Welfare FeLN ation - United Jewish Chari- ties—instead of selling it, or leaving it in your estate. Galilee to Have New Moshavim LONDON—British JNF will embark on its most am- bitious plan ever—Project Segev—in the northern Gali- lee. to establish a stronger Jewish presence in the area, where there are three Arabs to every Jew. Three mountains, next to each other. will have their tops sliced off, with a moshav built on each one.