THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 30 Friday, March 13, 1981 A Former Neturei Karta Fanatic Becomes a Proponent of Nietsche By MOSHE RON The Jewish News Special Israel Correspondent TEL AVIV — The former leader of Neturei Karta, Leibele Weissfish, a fanatic opponent of the state of Is- rael, is a poor man who lives in a small room on the roof in the Beit Israel quar- ter in Jerusalem. He seems to have no other worries than to immortalize the memory of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietsche. He plans to build a museum bearing his name and to organize an interna- tional Congress in his mem- ory. Once Weissfish dedicated his life to the struggle against Zionism and the Zionist state. Now he works in preparing Tefilin. Once he was busy in a propaganda-campaign among foreign journalists against the state of Israel. He crossed the border illeg- WC. Trojan "Son of C. 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The minis- ter conceded that he was aware of the efforts but insisted that he was in no way involved in them. Abu-Hatzeira is on trial with his aide, Moshe Gab- bai, who allegedly received the bribes and passed them on to him; Shmuel Daskal of the Visnitz yeshiva, and Rabbi Amram Korach of the Yemenite Culture Founda- tion, both of whom allegedly paid the bribes. Also involved is the Spinka Hasidic yeshiva in Bnei Brak whose director, Herman Fruchter, testified earlier in the trial that he gave Gottlieb IL 260,000 in 1979 intended to buy larger grants from the Religious Affairs Ministry to the Spinka institution. Fruch- ter was granted immunity for testifying. The state contends that part of the bribe money was illicitly turned over to the Likud Utemura, a faction within the National Reli- gious Party (NRP) headed by Abu-Hatzeira. 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He has a small electric heater and is surrounded by scien- tific and philosophic books. On the wall are pictures of the late Neturei Karta leader Amram Blau. Liebele met the late Prof. Martin Buber and the late Prof. S.H. Bergman. He studied Nietsche and has read everything that has been written about him. Leibele came to the con- clusion that Nietsche was fond of Jews. Over 60 years old, Liebele continues his studies about Nietsche. Each Shekel he earns, he invests in books about Nietsche. He has a collection of letters and sev- eral rare editions by and about Nietsche. Recently he began giving lectures about the philosophy of Nietsche. Pick The Prize Package For Your Special Affair • Music • Lights • Emcee • Food • Prizes We Have It All Call JACK BARNES DANCE CENTER 851-2400 Bar Mitzvas, Birthdays, Graduation, Adult Parties TEMPLE EMANU-EL BROTHERHOOD BREAKFAST SERIES Presents MR. RICHARD LOBENTHAL Michigan Director of the Anti-Defamation League Reporting On THE CURRENT RISE. 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