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 WINTER BALL DINNER DANCE Sat. Dec. 31, 1977 at 9 p.m. CONG. BETH ACHIM'S WASSERMAM HALL 21100 W. 12 Mile Rd. Southfield, Mich. Music by HAL GORDON and his orchestra featuring Donna Watkins, Vocalist Delicious "Sit-Down" Dinner by Royal Kosher Catering Continental Breakfast, Of Course! Favors, Decorations, Set-Ups (BYOB) A. most enjoyable evening! MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW! Reserved tables available! - Black Tie Optional $22.50 per person Co-ordinated by Stewart Silverman Maynard M. Feldman Chairman - Donald Davis For Reservations Call: 352-8670 or 547-2329 - 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 That's the Tamaroff Sales Policy. Tamaroff Buick-Opel-Honda will make it possibte for you to stop.. getting the run-around when you buy a car. We will not bounce, bump or hassle you. That means we will sell you the car you want, at the-prices we quoted. And we are known for giving very good prices on very good cars. 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"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.