20 Friday, December
6:1977;14T1i
DETROIT JEWISH MEWS
`With Eyes Toward Zion' Volume Historically Valuable
(Editor's Note: Dr. Carl
Hermann Voss is ecumenic-
al scholar-in-residence on
behalf of the National Coun-
cil of Christians and Jews in
Jacksonville, Fla. ; Oxford,
England; and Jerusalem.
He has just returned from a
term of research at the Ox-
ford Centre for Post-
graduate Hebrew Studies
THE BETH ACHIM MEN'S CLUB
presents their annuili
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Sat. Dec. 31, 1977 at 9 p.m.
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featuring Donna Watkins, Vocalist
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and at the Ecumenical In-
stitute for Advanced Theo-
logical Studies in Jerusa-
lem.
By DR. CARL VOSS
In the early autumn of
1975 I attended a well
planned, informative con-
ference at the National Ar-
chives in Washington, D.C.,
described as a "Scholars
Colloquium on America-__
Holy Land Studies"; I
feared then that the fine
papers and discussions
would not reach a wider
audience.
My fears were needless,
however, for "With Eyes
Toward Zion" brings the
Washington meetings to life
again and allows the gener-
al public to share in the
lively sessions.
All of us are the benefi-
ciaries. "With Eyes Toward
Zion," edited by Dr. Moshe
Davis, the Stephen S. Wise
Professor in American Jew-
ish History and Institutions
and head of the Institute of
Contemporary Jewry at the
Hebrew University, places
the papers in sharp focus
and convincingly supports
Dr. Davis' working hy-
pothesis ... that the Holy
Land or Zion, theme is part
of the continuing' spiritual
history of America, illumi-
nating the interplay of ideas
among its diverse and cul-
tural elements." Thus, says
Davis, "viewed method-
ologically, the .subject re-
flects the cross-cultural and
pluralistic experience in the
United States."
Davis sounds the keynote
for his 11 collaborators by
stating in the first chapter
that "the America-Holy
Land theme, ... the broad
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concept of Holy Land, or
Zion, or Eretz Yisrael
(Land of Israel), has been a
pervasive theme in Ameri-
can thought and action since
the very beginnings of Eu-
ropean settlement on the
Western continent.
"This conception has ap-
peared in many variations:
from the earliest formula-
tions in colonial times of the
Puritan aspirations to a bib-
lical commonwealth, where
America itself was consid-
ered to be the embodiment
of Zion; pilgrimages by
Americans to the Holy
Land; and in our time, Res-
toration under Jewish sov-
ereignty in which the United
States played a strategic
role."
The Davis thesis is elabo-
rated by the remaining con-
tributors, as each presents a
special topic of research:
Robert T. Handy, academic
dean at Union Theological
Seminary in New York City,
"Sources for Understanding
American Christian Atti-
tudes Toward the Holy
Land, 1800-1950"; Lawrence
N. Jones, dean of the School
of Religion and professor of
Afro-American church his-
tory at. Howard University,
Washington, D.C., "Afro-
Americans and the Holy
Land"; Moshe Ma'oz, pro-
fessor of history of the Mos-
lem countries and director
of the Harry S. Truman
Research Institute • at the
Hebrew University of Je-
rusalem, "America and the
Holy Land During the Otto-
man Period".
Also Nathan M. Kaganoff,
editorial coordinator- of the
America-Holy Land Project
and editor-librarian of the
American Jewish Historical
Society in Waltham, Mass.,
"Observations of American-
Holy Land Relations in the
Period Before World War
I"; Roderic H. Davison,
professor of history at
_George Washington Univer-
sity, Washington, D.C.,
"The Search for Sources";
Yohai Goell, research asso-
ciate of the America-Holy
Land Studies Project, and
Martha B. Katz-Hyman, as-
sistant librarian. of the
American Jewish Historical
Society in Waltham, Mass.,
"Americans in the Holy
Land, 1850-1900; A Select
Bibliography"; Milton 0.
Gustafson, chief, diplomatic
service, National Archives
and Records Service, Wash-
ington, D.C., "Records in
the National Archive's Re-
lating to America and the
Holy Land."
Others represented in-
clude Wayne S. 'Cole, profes-
sor of history, University of
Maryland, College Park,
Md., and Jules Davids, pro-
fessor of American history
and diplomacy, Georgetown
University, Washington,
D.C., "Comments on Dr.
Gustafson's Paper"; . and
W.D. Blanks, professor of
religion, Drake University,
Des Moines, Iowa, "Herbert
Hoover and the Holy Land:
A Preliminary Study." A
•
Jewish People"; and "With
Eyes Toward Zion" is in the
same genre of excellent
books. One must con-
gratulate him on moving
steadily toward the goal he
describes in his in-
troduction, as he appraises
the wealth of material avail-
able, on this topic, but depl-
ores the fragmentation of
source materials in hun-
dreds of collections, both
public and private, on sev-
eral continents:
"The vexing problem o
fragmentation, as is now a
parentimay be solved wit
the earnest assistance of ar-
chivists—indeed, in time,
perhaps the development of
a scholarly fraternity of the
kind exemplified by the
meeting in Washington —
convening from time to
Among the illustrations in time - to review and assess
the Davis-edited "With the research output, to sug-
"With Eyes Toward Zion" gest new resources and ap-
is this drawing of Rabbi proaches, and to delineate
Raphael Haim Isaac Carig- further areas for research
al of Hebron, one of a num- and teaching. If this is ac-
ber of rabbis with whom complished as work in prog-
Ezra Stiles, Congrega- ress, the sensitive balance
tionalist Minister and presi- of thought and insight with
dent of Yale University, facts and events may well
studied Hebrew and dis- be achieved.
"It is not too soon, then,
cussed the Bible, Talmud
to propose the creation of a
and Kabala.
* * *
specialized America-Holy
stellar cast, aided by 72
Land documentary library
pages of "Illustrative
of rare books, periodical lit-
Texts: Documents Reflect-
erature, and unpublished
ing American Interest in the manuscripts that could be
Holy Land (Christian Atti- .photoduplicated in major
tudes, Jewish Concern, Gov-
centers for the benefit of
ernmental Sources, and Bib-
scholars, graduate students,
lical Place Narries)."
and general instruction. The
Unlike most symposia,
next phase of our project is
"With Eyes Toward Zion"
to study the established li-
is not uneven or ragged; it
braries of American presi-
is uniformly well- done. In
dents, the Library of Con,
only two instances can a / gress, and church archives,
reader lodge a complaint:
as well as university and
first, the chapter by Dr.
historical society libraries.
Lawrence N. Jones, "Afro-
In time, we hope to reap the
Americans and the Holy rewards of fruitful analysis
Land;"-erred on the side of
and critical appraisal—and
brevity and might *ell have
the vision that may rise
from both."
been extended to include the
blacks' love of biblical
names and their spon-
Soviet Dissident's
taneous creation of an ex-
Memoirs to Be
tensive . hymnology, the
"Negro spirituals," to ex-
Printed. in U.S.
press their centuries long
NEW YORK — The Vik-
search for freedom and
ing Press and -Bantam
equality, a cultural and reli-
Books- have acquired . the
gious phenomenon barely
North American rights to
alluded to in the three foot-
the memoirs of Vladimir
notes.
Bukovsky, the young Soviet
Secondly, Prof. Goell and
dissident who was released
Ms. Katz-Hyman could have
to the West last December
given light and lustre to
their telephone book-like, and who, three months lat-
er, became the first Soviet
listing of 113 titles, which
dissident to meet perso
deal with "Americans .in the
with President Carter on t
Holy Land: 1850-1900: A Se-
human rights issue.
lect Bibliography," by add-
Viking expects to publish
ing brief sentences of 50 to
the hardcover early in the
75 words in length to each
fall of 1978, and Bantam will
book's. mention and thus of-
follow with the paperback a
fer us some clue to the
year later.
content and quality of the
Bukovsky, who now re-
title. Despite these two
sides in London, has com-
weak spots and the lack of
pleted the manuscript, ten-
an index the book is on a
high level of aspiration and
tatively entitled
achievement.
"Reflections of a Man in
Dr. Davis has given us
Handcuffs." The book is a
many books of distinction,
memoir of the 34-year-old
activist's life in Russia, es-
chief among which are his
pecially of the 12 years —
"Conservative Judaism, Is-
almost all of his adult life —
rael: Its Rote in Civ-
ilization," and "The Yom
spent in prisons and work
Kippur War: Israel and the
camps.