12 Friday, July 17, 1981

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Pyramid Focus of Israel Dig

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Archeological digs here will
focus this season on a
monumental pyramid-like
structure apparently dating
from King Solomon's time,
the Jerusalem Post re-
ported.
The new season of exca-
vations began Monday. The
structure, of which 16
meters has been exposed so
far, was uncovered at the
end of last season's dig.
There is speculation
whether the structure was
connected with the citadel
of the ancient city, or served
as royal tombs of the House

of David. In any case, there
is an agreement that the
very existence of a substan-
tial structure dating back
3,000 years ago is a unique
finding.
Digs will be made at three
other sites in the "city of
David," including one hold-
ing remains of the Canaan-
ite city of Jebus, which
David conquered. This will
be the fourth of five
scheduled seasons of exca-
vations in the city of David
and it will last eight weeks.
Some 400 volunteers from
Israel and abroad will par-
ticipate.

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(Continued from Page 1)
Above them were wooden
seats which have long since
disappeared.
The section that was un-
earthed includes the main
western entrance leading
directly to the arena of the
amphitheater and also
entrances and the balcony
which served the crowds in
the upper stands. The outer
wall of the amphitheater is
made of black basalt.
The entire structure is
decorated with hewn
stones and architectural
designs, some of which
have remained on their
original site.
In the course of the ex-
cavations, which are in
their third season, ar-
cheologists made many
finds, including pottery
shards and metal objects,
glassware, ornamented
marble objects and coins.
At the time the amphi-

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theater was erected it was
located beyond the city
limits of Beit Shean. At a
later date, in the Byzantine
period, the amphitheater
ceased to serve its original
purpose as the city spread
out to encompass it.
The expansion of Beit
Shean necessitated the
building of a roadway which
was set with heavy basalt
paving stones. The road is
five meters wide and of good
quality. Inscribed between
the pavings during the
Byzantine period is Greek
writing, telling of "the be-
ginning of the admirable
enterprise of the Archon
(high official), the grand
Flavius Orestes."
The reference, it seems, is
to the building of the road,
which contained under-
neath it a water conduit
system. A number of the
ceramic pipes have been
preserved.
On both sides of the
road were found shops
and living quarters. Dur-
ing the early Arab period
additional houses were
built on top of the origi-
nal Byzantine buildings
and in some instances on
the roadway itself.
Directing the team are
Drs. Gideon Foerster and
Yoram Tzafrir from the In-
stitute of Archeology of the
Hebrew University. They
are being assisted by stu-
dents from the institute and
hired laborers.
The excavation repre-
sents part of the continuing
longterm development of
the antiquities of Beit
Shean with the intention to
integrate all of the many ar-
cheological finds of the city,
which in its heyday was the
principal city of northern
Palestine and later the capi-
tal of the "Palestina Sec-
unda," into one park system
accessible to the visitors by
foot or by car.

Bar Mitzva Dropout Issue

school "is supposed to be 'de-
sired' by the child," parents
The educational director get involved in the practice
of a major Reform "of manipulation of the
synagogue in Manhattan child's desires."
One result of this process,
has severly criticized par-
ents who affirm it is their he declared, is that "our
child's right to decide to youngsters learn only to
drop out of religious school consult their desires. The
after Bar/Bat Mitzva for de- rising standard of living
fending this momentous and accelerated pace of
decision at the tender age of technology make the
13" in the name of "par- gratification" of such de-
sires "more sophisticated,
ticipatory democracy."
Arnold Bergman, educa- instantaneous and more
tional director of the Cen- readily available."
tral Synagogue, also called
As the whirlwind pass€
such parents "accomplices"
to a Bar Mitzva "syndrome" so- the wicked man vanishes;
which involves behavior but the righteous one is
and feasting "not very much rooted forever.
different from the sensually
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attractive pagan beliefs and
rites our ancient ancestors
long fought against."
Reporting on his views in
a recent issue of the
synagogue bulletin,
Bergman asserted that for
both parent and child "the
decision and subsequent
behavior are influenced by
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By BEN GALLOB

(Copyright 1981, JTA, Inc.)

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Rabbi to Direct
Interfaith Talks
in Argentina

NEW YORK — An
American rabbi has been
invited to Argentina to help
its Jewish community in-
itiate and build a program
of interfaith relations with
the Christian population.
Rabbi Leon Klenicki, co-
director of the department
of interfaith affiars of the
Anti-Defamation League of
Bnai Brith, will spend two
weeks — July 23 through
Aug. 9 — in Argentina to
work in Buenos Aires with
the DAIA (Delegacion de
Asociaciones Israelitas
Argentinas), the umbrella
group for Argentinian
Jewish organizations.

An instructor in Theology
and Judaic Studies at the
Catholic Immaculate Con-
ception Seminary in New
Jersey, Rabbi Klenicki also
serves as co-chairman for
the U.S. Catholic Confer-
ence Working Study Group
formed jointly by ADL and
the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops to
facilitate a dialogue be-
tween the two faiths.

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