GO Friday, September 21, 1919 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Hebrew University Dig Unearths Unique Mosaic Floor SID NEUMAN AND HIS STAFF AT .STAR CORNED BEEF 24555 W. 12 MILE 352-7377 WISH THEIR FRIENDS & CUSTOMERS A HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR JERUSALEM — A unique mosaic synagogue floor was uncovered this summer by a Hebrew Uni- versity Institute of Archeol- ogy team, digging for the first time at Um el Amed (Hurvat Ha-Amudin: Ruin of the Pillars) in the eastern Lower Galilee. The synagogue is dated to the late Third Century C.E. Dig director Dr. Lee Levine says the six-color, geometrically designed mosaic floor is unusual for a CUSTER HONG AND THE STAFF I F hoi king Lau Exotic Drinks Chinese Dining At Its Best 259-0033 300 Renaissance Center WISH THEIR MANY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS twjear Come Visit Us For An Oriental Treat You Won't Forget! KIK) ‘'" Ash. Galilean-type synagogue. Until now, this kind of synagogue was typfied by benches lining ghe walls, an elaborate facade, a doorway facing Jerusalem, carved stone ornamentation and a floor of stone slabs. Galilean synagogues have been found at Capernaum, Khorazim, Meron, Baram and other sites. The Urn el Amed synagogue fits the pic- ture of a Galilean synagogue. There, the archeologists were sur- prised to find a mosaic floor belonging to the original structure. Another surprise was the uncovering of many frescoes on the synagogue walls. Fhe frescoes are colorful and show geometrical patterns. Stone carvings decorate the synagogue — including a lintel decorated with lions and many carved pillars scattered around. The recent dig was the first stage in a large-scale new project being embarked on by the Institute of Arche- ology: a corpus of ancient synagogues, to bring to- gether all the existing knowledge and augment it by excavating sites prev- iously not studied. The lavish construction at Urn el Amed casts doubt on another old assumption: that no elaborate Jewish buildings were erected dur- ing the Third Century CE 466. AI. 4111. . 4216 SID "HUDOSH" HUDSON OF LAS VEGAS Wishes All His Friends A Very floppy and Healthy New Year because of hard economic times and persecution. The Urn el Amed synagogue has been dated to the latter part of the Third Century, on the basis of Roman coins from the years 268-282 found beneath the floor. Synagogues built in that period are known in Meron and Hurvat Shema, and the new finds fit in well with that in- formiition. One of the medallion pat- terns in the Urn el Amed synagogue floor contained within it a six-line Hebrew inscription. One word that has been deciphered is "ta- bla" — a word that appears in two synagogues in the region. Part of the mosaic floor still remains to be exca- vated. Next summer, exca- vations will continue at Um el Amed and in the future at Arbel, just west of Tiberias. Heading the overall synagogue project along with Dr. Levine are Dr. Gi- deon Foerster and Dr. Ehud Netzer. The Urn el Amed ar- cheological team was as- sisted by Dr. Netzer and Yizhar Hirschfeld. A group of teenagers tak- ing part in the education ministry's summer sci- ence camp for youth worked at the dig, living C= Pictured above is a mosaic floor of a Third Cen- tury Galilee synagogue, unearthed by Hebrew Uni- versity archeologists at Um el Amed. * * * in nearby Sejera and enjoying tours and lec- tures by the Hebrew Uni- versity archeologists. The summer science camp program, headed by Michael Cohen, shared the cost of the dig with the uni- versity's institute of arche- ology. Sen. Church to Address Regional UJA Sessions CLEVELAND — Sen. Frank Church, chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee, will be among the featured speak- ers at the United Jewish Appeal East Central Lead- ership Conference, Oct. 19-21, at the Marriott East Hotel in Beachwood, Ohio. Other participants will include Leon Dulzin, chairman of the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency Executive; Irwin S. Field, UJA na- tional chairman; Rabbi Ar- thur Lelyveld, president- elect of the Synagogue Council of America; Dr. Aryeh Nesher, Director of UJA's Operation Break- through; Albert B. Ratner, president of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and Ambassador Dov Sinai, executive vice president of the Israel Edu- cation Fund and national coordinator for Project Re- newal. A discussion of the Middle Eastern situation will be led by Dr. Alan Dowty, professor of gov- ernment and interna- tional studies of the Uni- versity of Notre Dame, and Dr. Seymour Martin Lipset, professor of polit- ical science and sociol- ogy at Stanford Univer- sity. 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