THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Maccoby's 'Sensational Claims'
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"The Day God Laughed:
Sayings, Fables . and
Entertainments of the
Jewish Sages" (St. Martin's
Press) is a compilation cho-
sen, translated and intro-
duced by Hyam Maccoby,
including conversations
with Wolf Mankowitz and
illustration by Cecily Ben-
Tovim.
Hyam Maccoby states in
introduction, "The pre-
collection is an attempt
to avoid the attitude of
shame, and to present the
Talmud as it really is, per-
haps even at the risk of
going too much to the oppo-
site extreme."
Yet, despite this bold and
sensational statement,
Maccoby did not reveal any-
thing that had not already
been known, except perhaps
Wolf Mankowitz's "bril-
liant" theories. For exam-
ple:
"I always have a theory —
there's no justification for it
( injunction against eating
pork) at all apart from a
kind of ethnographic hint
here and there — about this
non-eating of pork, which
really derives, in my theory,
from the fact that wherever
human flesh is eaten
throughout Polynesia and
elsewhere, it is always de-
scribed as 'long pig.'
"Man was frequently a
cannibal in history and
pre-history. In the area of
Asia Minor there must have
been enormous meat shor-
tages before agriculture,
and there must have been
enormous incidents of can-
nibalism. And I think that
one of the reasons why pig is
forbidden is because it is so
like human flesh." Maccoby
is librarian and lecturer at
Leo Baeck College, London,
Jew Oversees Pearl Harbor
HONOLULU, Hawaii
(JTA) — Capt. Allen Shap-
ero, who has been com-
manding officer of the Pearl
Harbor Naval Station since
last June, is the first Jew to
hold that post, according to
the Hawaii Jewish News.
The 62-year-old Shapero,
who came to Hawaii after
serving as administrative
assistant to the Chief of
Naval Operations in Wash-
ington, D.C., was born in
Chester, Pa., and grew up in
Baltimore, Md. He joined.
the Navy in 1944 and de-
cided to stay on after World
War II.
Shapero said that being
in the Navy has broadened
his background by exposure
to various ethnic and reli-
gious groups and
strengthened his Judaism.
He said he was not
aware of any anti-
Semitism in the Navy and
added that it was not dif-
ficult being Jewish in the
Navy, although being Or-
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m. fies.
and author of "Revolution
in Judea: Jesus and the
Jewish Resistance" and
"Jewish Chrsitian Medieval
Disputations."
Wolf Mankowitz, novelist
and playwright, is the
author of "A Kid for Two
Farthings" and "My Old
Man's a Dustman."
— A. A. W.
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thodox is. But, he noted,
the Navy provides 30
days of annual leave and
an Orthodox Jew could
use that to observe
Jewish holidays.
Shapero said that the
military is becoming more
attractive to Jews. He also
told the newspaper that he
would like to improve the
relationship between Jews
in the military and the ,
Hololulu Jewish commu-
nity which is not as close as
in the mainland areas
where he had served.
Israeli Official
Meets the Pope
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Yosef Ciechanover, the di-
rector general of the
Foreign Ministry, who is on
an extended tour of several
European and Latin Ameri-
can countries, met April 23
in Rome with Pope John
Paul II.
Officials in Jerusalem
said the two men, who met
alone, had discussed the
peace process in the Middle
East, with the Isareli dip-
lomat reporting to the Pope
on the negotiations that led
to the peace treaty with
Egypt.
The officials added that
the two men also "discussed
issues connected with
human rights in various
parts of the world."
Ciechanover delivered to
the Pope a letter from
President Yitzhak Navon.
Ciechanover met later with
Msgr. Cassaroli, the Vati-
can's Foreign Minister.
Yiddish Theater Anniversary Set
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The 100th anniversary of scripts and first editions of
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celebrated in Israel with a from theater performances,
series of events being pre- portraits of famous actors in
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chancellor of The Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America. All appointments
are effective July 1.
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will become dean of the
graduate school, with Dr.
Anne L. Lerner as associate
dean.
Dr. David Resnick will
serve as acting dean of
the Seminary College of
Jewish Studies while Dr.
Ivan G. Marcus, dean of
the undergraduate de-
partment, is on sabbati-
cal.
Dr. Neil Gillman, dean of
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