THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
16 Friday, January 13, 1984
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Kahane: Madman or Prophet
By ARNOLD AGES
TORONTO — It is dif-
ficult to decide whether
Meir Kahane, founder of the
Jewish Defense League,
political activist behind the
Israeli party Kakh and col-
umnist for the Jewish Press
in New York City, is a fool, a
madman or a prophet.
Few will deny that
Kahane is one of world Jew-
ry's most controversial per-
sonalities. In his books, ar-
ticles and public statements
he inevitably afflicts the
comfortable, refusing to the
toe the line, at least in so far
as the Jewish community
establishment is concerned.
In Israel, he has aggra-
vated the government by
adopting a militant position
vis-a-vis the Arab popula-
tion. Kahane believes that
it is wrong for Israel to pro-
mote the higher education
of Arabs because this
merely whets their appetite
for nationalist ambitions.
Kahane has been ad-
vocating the peaceful
removal of the Arabs of
Israel through various
incentives. Kahane does
not say what should be
done if the Arabs do not
wish to leave.
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THE WORLD OF FREUD
Course #300
Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. — 12:00 noon
March 14, 21, 28
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THE BLACK MILK OF
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"Vienna was the most Jewish of cities and anti-Semitic of cities." This city
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WOMEN AND THE BIBLE
Course #200
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May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31
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THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN
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BEGINNER'S YIDDISH
Course #100
Thursdays 10:30 — 12:30 p.m.
Room 16
Alternate Weeks Beginning Week of
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This course will survey women in the ancient world. The myth and reality
will be explored through a variety of sources including the Bible. The image
of women in the Bible, from Sarah to Ruth, will be studied.
Instructor: Dr. Tikvah Frimer-Kensky
In the U.S., Kahane re-
cently started an organiza-
tion devoted to exposing
Jesse Jackson as an enemy
of the Jewish people.
Kahane makes no apologies
for his action and mocks the
Jewish leadership which
fears a polarization between
Jews and blacks.
It may be said, however,
that Kahane is democratic
in terms of the people he of-
fends. Although he is an Or-
thodox rabbi, Kahane has
never hesitated to criticize
the members of his own con-
stituency.
In one of his recent arti-
cles, Kahane has set his aim
on "the House of Glatt." The
latter term refers of course
to the highest level of kas-
hrut, at least among those
Jews for whom one-
upmanship in matters diet-
ary is relevant.
Kahane thunders out,
in his recent essay,
against those Jews who
are punctilious in mat-
ters of personal religious
observance and who
think that they will
automatically achieve
salvation thereby.
In a language and vocab-
ulary dripping with sar-
casm and irony Kahane
lashes out against the
Jewish people who can iso-
late themselves from the
dynamics of modern life in
Israel and the Diaspora by
MEIR KAHANE
enclosing themselves her-
metically in "the House of
Glatt."
Kahane quotes copiously
from the prophetic litera-
ture to show that Jews can-
not shrug off the respon-
sibilities for their fellow
Jews by immuring them-
selves behind walls of per-
sonal observance, however
admirable that might be
from a narrow perspective.
For Kahane, of course,
the ultimate drama of the
Jewish people is now un-
folding in Israel and his
words of condemnation are
intended to awaken those
who are supposed to be reli-
giously sensitive to the
challenge of modern Israel.
Kahane's voice, however,
raspy, is one that must be
listened to.
Kahane Is Released on Bail
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
magistrate court judge re-
jected a request by police'
authorities Sunday that
Rabbi Meir Kahane be de-
tained for three days and in-
stead ordered that the
leader of the ultra-
nationalist Kach movement
be released on 25,000
Shekel ($2,250) bail.
The judge also ordered
Kahane to surrender his
passport to police
authorities to prevent his
fleeing the country.
Kahane was arrested last
Thursday when he held a
demonstration with a small
group of his followers to ex-
press solidarity with an ex-
tremist Jewish group cal-
ling itself "Terror Against
Terror" which has claimed
responsibility for a recent
series of attacks against
Moslem and Christian sites.
However Kahane man-
aged to escape from the
police and spent the
weekend in hiding. He
turned himself in to the
authorities after having
written a letter to
Jerusalem's police chief,
saying that under the cir-
cumstances he first had
to contact the media.
On Thursday, a Christian
chapel in Jerusalem was
torched by unidentified ar-
sonists.
Mayor Teddy Kollek con-
demned the arson and ex-
pressed astonishment that
rabbinical leaders did not
see fit to join his condemna-
tion. Kollek, who has pub-
licly objected to missionary
activity, said that even if
the chapel housed a congre-
gation of missionaries, that
was no excuse for violence.
Tu b'Shevat Tree Planting
This course will examine the impact of humanism, nationalism and
secularism on three distinct Jewries. Their national vision, heritage and
contribution to modern history will also be studied.
Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Fishbane
This course is designed for those who hove no prior background in Yiddish.
Students will acquire basic skills in reading, conversation and comprehension
of Yiddish.
Instructor: Aliza Shevrin
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