THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 28, 1982 25
Controversial Author Offers Fresh Look at Holidays
By ESTHER
NUSSBAUM
Jewish Welfare Board
NEW YORK — Athur
Waskow offers a refreshing
approach to the ceremonies
and celebrations inherent to
the Jewish religion in "Sea-
sons of Our Joy: A Hand-
book of Jewish Festivals"
(Bantam).
Waskow is, because of his
conscience and his candor, a
controversial figure, having
identified himself with so-
cial action and political
causes (both American and
- -raeli) that were distinctly
ati-establishment. In the
religious arena, as a new-
comer to observance, he
explores traditional prac-
tices enthusiastically, yet
seeks alternative ap-
proaches with innocent dis-
regard for the unyielding
precepts of halakhic
Judaism.
While equal time is given
to innovative manners of
celebration, many of the
ceremonies espoused do con-
form to the traditional
mode. (His recom-
mendations of prayer books,
for instance, are Orthodox
publications.) The format is
that of a manual to the
calendar of Jewish festivals
answering the how's and
why's of ritual and celebra-
tion. For each "holy day"
Waskow provides the his-
Saudi Arabia's World Fair
Map Excludes State of Israel
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Tennessee's Governor
(JTA) — The Jewish com- Lamar Alexander criticized
munity here has denounced the map as well, saying it
the omission of Israel from a presents a "strange view of
Student Honors
map being distributed at the world." Agreeing that
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — the World's Fair. The map, the map was inaccurate,
The First Annual Streisand contained in a brochure at fair president S. H. Roberts
Awards for student the Saudi Arabian pavilion, said the brochure "does not
filmmakers will be pre- shows the Saudi kingdom represent the 1982 World
sented this month at the and its Arab neighbor- Fair's management, beliefs
Hillel of the University of states, with Israel's terri- or policies."
California at Los Angeles.
tory presented as part of
But he added that no
Barbra Streisand con- Jordan.
attempt would be made
tributed $50,000 a year ago
The brochure was to prevent further distri-
to UCLA Hillel for estab- brought to public attention bution of the brochure.
lishment of the center bear- after it was given to mem- , "We feel that the king-
ing her name. The center bers of the Jewish Federa- dom of Saudi Arabia has
operates out of the UCLA tion of Nashville and Mid- the right to control mate-
Hillel offices.
rials distributed within
dle Tennessee at the fair.
their pavilion and (we)
would not attempt to
THE
interfere with that right,"
Roberts said. The repre-
a'le,ted-
sentative of the Saudi
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said he would
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torical background, "the
underlying mood," prepara-
tions, customs, special as-
pects, appropriate prayers,
recipes, plus a brief anno-
tated bibliography to
encourage further study.
Waskow's natural im-
pulse is to emphasize
mystical aspects of cele-
brations and ceremonies.
The lunar and solar
calendar connections
and implications for each
festival are given great
significance, and some of
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A day to remember, as most
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A prayer for all wars to
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Judge Orders
Community Aid
in NY Hate Case
NEW YORK — A Suffolk
County Judge has sen-
tenced a Mastic, N.Y.
woman to 35 hours of com-
munity service for using an
anti-Semitic obscenity
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Jeanette Poggioni, who
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