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were natural, that prom-
oted the well being of the
body, involved muscular
coordination and gave the
spectator harmless pleas-
ure. The Bible records 16
kinds of sports that were
most common. They include
archery, swimming, run-
ning, and weight lifting, ac-
tivities that are products of
the exuberance of a hardy
people.
There are specific
references to boxing in
the Talmud. This is not a
modern form of
entertainment, for it can
be traced directly to the
brutal Roman gladiator
contests.
The Rabbis warned
against attendance at • the
Roman circus, the theater,
and other institutions
where men were pitted in
violence against other men
or beasts for the pleasure of
the mobs. In fact, one Rabbi
of the first century went so
far as to say, "He who sits in
the stadium and observes
these bouts is guilty of
shedding blood."
Even though this is an ex-
treme statement, it gives
vent to the feeling that any
sport which involves vio-
lence and the shedding of
blood, such as boxing or
hunting, turns the stomach
of the Jew.
Rahmanut (compassion),
the Rabbis maintained, was
By BERNARD RASKAS
A Seven Arts Feature
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Recently, a Korean boxer,
Duk Koo Kim, died as a re-
sult of injuries received in a
boxing match in Las Vegas.
What should the Jewish
attitude be toward profes-
sional boxing?
Let it first be noted that
Jews have generally been
interested in sports that
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BONN (JTA) — Israel's
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many, Yitzhak Ben-Ari and
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verely harassed by hecklers
at separate speaking
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young members of the audi-
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spite the interruptions he
was able to complete his
prepared speech.
Embassy aide Dan
Ashbel fared less well in
Marburg where he ap-
peared before Protestant
students in a building
owned by their church.
Hours before Ashbel's arri-
val, several thousand
youngsters marched
through the city carrying
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proclaiming their support
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one of the three distinguish-
ing marks of the Jew. In the
Jewish pyramid of values,
compassion stood at the
highest point. The Talmud,
as well as the Bible, con-
tains passage after passage
dwelling on this theme
Conversely, cruelty is con-
sidered as the worst of all
the vices.
While there are injuries
in football and hockey,
their primary purpose is
to score goals and not
purposefully harm an
opponent. Injuries in
these sports are by-
products of physical ex-
ertion. Indeed, conscious
harm ("roughing") is
penalized.
It is never easy to ques-
tion the moral character of
our pleasure and
entertainment. Since, how-
ever, moral issues are not
defined by the convenient or
the inconvenient, the pleas-
ant and the annoying, but
reach to the division be-
tween good and evil, it is in
this balance that we must
weigh all human conduct
and activity.
The truth is that so long
as we openly sanction brut-
ality we cannot expect to re-
solve the terrifying conflicts
of the nuclear age in a
peaceful and orderly way.
We must look first to mod-
ifying our own individual
appetites for savagery.
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