THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Oberammergau Passion Play Still Seen as Hostile to Jews

NEW YORK (JTA) —
The 1980 Oberammergau
Passion Play began in that
Bavarian, West German
village last week as the
American Jewish Commit-
tee warned potential vis-
itors that the play still can
be viewed as hostile to Jews.
A half million people are
expected to see the play this
summer which villagers
have performed at the be-
ginning of every decade
since 1680.
In a 20-page booklet the
JCommittee has prepared
for potential visitors to
Oberammergau, they were
warned that despite "a seri-
ous effort to cleanse the play
of anti-Jewish polemic and
prejudice," the pageant re-
mains "rooted in a tradition
of hostility and contempt

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toward Jews and Judaism
which prevailed for cen-
turies and shaped the atti-
tudes of generations of
Christians."
The booklet, entitled
"What Viewers Should
Know About the Oberam-
mergau" and prepared by
Judith Herscopf Banki, the
AJCommittee's assistant
national director of inter-
religious affairs, was pub-
lished under a grant from
the Nathan Appleman In-
stitute for the Advancement
of Christian-Jewish Under-
standing. It was released at
the AJCommittee's 74th
annual meeting here.
The Oberammergau
Passion Play is a work of
fiction, incorporating
some episodes from the

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She said today this anti-
Jewish theology has been
"repudiated by major Chris-
tian churches and replaced

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Gospels, ignoring others
and freely inventing
scenes and characters-
with no basis in Christian
Scripture, Mrs. Banki
said.
She said the play was
written with a deliberate ef-
fort "to make the Jewish
people and their leaders ap-
pear as villianous and evil
as possible."
At the time the play was
written, Jews were charged
with collective guilt for the
death of Jesus and regarded
as rejected by God for refus-
ing to accept Jesus, Mrs.
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Besides celebrating the
hundredth anniversary
of the founding of the
ORT international net-
work of Jewish voca-
tional schools, delegates
will be called upon to
plan ORT's future pro-
grams in several areas,
including how to bridge
the gap between "First"
and "Second" Israel,
poorer Jews from Mos-
lem countries. Over con-
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technical training pro-
grams for students who
will reach their peak
working years in the next
century and deepening
Jewish identification.
Among Detroit delegates
attending the Jerusalem
sessions are: David Herme-
lin, Jerome Hirsch, Harry
Platt, Ivan Block and
Samuel Simmer. Hermelin
will preside over a special
briefing at the Congress on
ORT schools in Israel, wiht
Gen. Chaim Gerzog, chair-
man of the executive board
of the World ORT Union,
and former Israel ambas-
sador to the United Nations.
In addition, Dr. William
Haber, president of the Cen-
tral Board of the World ORT
Union is a member of the
Detroit delegation.

by policies of respect and
understanding." But she
said this has not been re-
flected in 1980 Oberam-
mergau script.

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