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He holds membership in B'nai B'rith, Canadian Association of Temple Educators, Canadian Coun- cil of Christians and Jews, Metropolitan Detroit Fed- eration of Liberal Rabbis, Essex County Historical Society (Windsor) and the CCAR. Dr. Plant is the son of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, senior scholar at Holy Blos- som Temple in Toronto. BY DR. MARC H. TANENBAUM ** Oakland Citizens League has determined that James Clarkson has special qualifications to be Judge of the 46th District Court by giving him their WELL QUALIFIED rating. Maynard Feldman Max Sosin Steve Hurwitz Ronald Licht Gordon R. Meisner Mitchell Fishman Marvin G. Alexander Arthur J. Cole Dr. Jonathan V. Plaut, rabbi of Cong. Beth El in Windsor for the past 14 years, tendered his resigna- tion, effective Dec. 31. He has accepted a position as senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in San Jose, Calif. Temple Emanu-El is a 123-year-old congregation with a membership of 850 families. Rabbi Plaut holds a Doc- tor of Hebrew Letters de- gree from the Hebrew Union College and was or- dained from that institution in 1970. He has been active in many Jewish organizations, serving as chairman of the board of the Jewish Na- tional Fund, past chairman of the United Jewish Appeal and the immediate past president of the Reform Rabbis of Canada. He has been on faculty at Assumption College School since 1972 and is heard weekly on CKWW radio since 1971 and until re- cently, could be seen weekly on CBET-TV on "Religious Scope." For the past eight years, he has been the editor of the Journal of the Cana- dian Jewish Historical Society and edited, Through the Sound of Many Voices, writings contributed on the occasion of the 70th birth- day of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut. Rabbi Plaut has been on the advisory council of the Riverview Unit of Windsor Western Hospital Center, an executive board member of the Central Region of the Canadian Jewish Congress, honorary chaplain to B'nai Passion Plays no longer a question of distance . • MICHIGAN STATE LEGISLATURE • SOUTHFIELD MAYOR FOR FOUR TERMS ** • JUDGE IN 46TH DISTRICT COURT FOR TEN YEARS Jerry D. Luptak Meyer W. Leib Robert A. Kozlow Roger M. Gottfried Irving R. Blum Dr. & Mrs. Burton H. Leib Lavinia Lightstein Rabbi Jonathan Plaut takes position at San Jose temple NEWS • PRACTICING ATTORNEY FOR 32 YEARS • SERVED IN THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT Jeffrey M. Leib Maurice V. Victor Douglas A. Hyman William S. Stern Susan Kay Rupe Harold M.•Provizer Michael J. Mehr SYNAGOGUE "Why all the fuss about the Omerammergau Pas- sion Play in Germany?" Some Jews ask me that question after reading my last column on the subject. For many people, Oberammergau is "over there," distant, remote. Why bother? Well, it turns out that the anti-Semitic impact of the Bavarian Pas- sion Play is not confined to that picturesque village. Its fall-out of nega- tive, anti-Jewish imagery also strikes into the Ameri- can heartland. About a year ago, I commissioned a young rabbinic student, Samuel Weintraub, to do a study of Passion Plays in the United States. That study revealed that there are at least a dozen American-produced Pas- sion Plays, many of which are traveling road , com- panies. As a result of a careful reading of their scripts or seeing their productions in Florida, Georgia, South Dakota or New Jersey, it turns out that most of the American plays are based entirely on the Oberam- mergau Passion Play. The demonological poison brewed in Bavaria is now being regularly exported to pious audiences in our own country. The prescription for healing this disease must be the same for Bavaria as for Macon, Georgia — exposure to pub- lic light of its vicious anti- Semitism, and pressure on fair-minded Christians to avoid • supporting these plays by staying away from them. Seven Arts Features