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A MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM
in Interdisciplinary Jewish Studies
offered by
MIDRASHA COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES
The 'Christian AIPAC'
Lobbying For Israel
in conjunction with
the Allan/Touro College
TEXT STUDIES IN TRACTATE SANHEDRIN:
RABBINIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT/
THE WORKINGS OF THE ANCIENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM
HOWARD ROSENBERG
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This course will be based upon close textural study of the selected
passages from Tractate Sanhedrin.
Rabbi Rod Glogower
Rabbi, Hind Orthodox Union
Adjunct Lecturer in Judaic Studies
University of Michigan
1 MHL credit - $52
Tuesdays, January 23 - March 13
7:30.- 8:45 P.M.
PURPOSE
The Master's Degree is designed to provide students with a deeper
understanding of the rich history and literature of Judaism. Core courses
in Jewish history from the Ancient to Modern periods will be offered in
the late afternoon and evening for the convenience of students with pro-
fessional and personal responsibilities. In addition students may elect
courses in Jewish literature and philosophy.
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ELIGIBILITY
Men and women with a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
and a background in Jewish Studies. Individuals seeking Jewish enrich-
ment or involved in Jewish education or communal service are eligible
for admission.
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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
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• 30 credits of course work, including Methodology Seminar (3 credits
Research Seminar (3 credits).
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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• Teachers employed in Jewish Day or supplemental schools should check
with their principals regarding tuition subsidies.
• Scholarships are made available from the Jewish community.
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Applications and further information can be obtained by writing:
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ichard Hellman, a
pro-Israel activist,
came to the realiza-
tion one day that many of his
fellow Christians do' not
understand that Israel
"needs to be supported polit-
ically as well as through
prayer and understanding."
So last year year, Hellman
created the Christians'
Israel Public Action Cam-
paign, which joined the
American Israel Public Af-
fairs Committee as the only
pro-Israel groups registered
to lobby Congress.
CIPAC's $100,000 budget
— virtually all raised from
"Christians at the
grassroots across America"
— pales in comparison to
AIPAC's $9.6 million
budget, so its board
members will also serve as
pro-bono staff and lobbyists.
CIPAC so far has just two
board members, Hellman
and Cal Hubbard, a
Baltimore, Md., resident
who is also a U.S. regional
representative of the Inter-
national Christian Embassy
in Jerusalem.
Various pro-Israel Chris-
tian groups have reacted
positively to CIPAC, in-
cluding the Jerusalem-based
International Christian
Embassy, Bridges for Peace
and Christian Friends of
Israel, the Springfield,
Mo.,-based Churches United
for Israel and the New York-
based National Christian
Leadership Council for
Israel.
"Our positions are not
necessarily governed by
what they say, and we don't
attribute our positions to
them, but we want to make
sure that they are basically
supportive," said Hellman.
He expects to be able to rep-
resent them at congressional
hearings discussing issues
affecting Israel.
Hellman is a member of
AIPAC and Americans for a
Safe Israel. He has testified
before House and Senate
committees on legislation to
move the U.S. Embassy from
Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and
prepared proclamations for
the first two international
Christian Zionist con-
gresses, in 1985 and 1988.
AFSI sponsored Hellman's
trip to Geneva last
December, where he gave a
press conference opposing
the U.S. decision at the time
to open a dialogue with the
Palestine Liberation
Organization.
Hellman said that when he
was growing up, "I looked at
Israel as a small and strug-
gling state and I had a lot of
respect. I went through the
whole ethos of the Exodus,
the book and the movie, and
so forth, but I don't think
that it was in the forefront of
my thought."
But when he became a
born-again Christian in the
early 1970s, "The Bible
became exciting. Israel
became real and I took a lot
more interest in it," he said.
On Hellman's first visit to
Israel in 1976, he met with
Israel's environmental pro-
tection service and accepted
an offer to work in Israel to
help prepare new envi-
ronmental regulations and
treaties. He ended up stay-
ing seven years.
Hellman said CIPAC is
needed because there has
been "a stalemate achieved
by the pro-PLO and pro-Arab
forces here in the United
States."
It was wrong this fall "for
the President to take weeks
to decide whether he really
wanted to meet with (Israeli)
Prime Minister (Yitzhak)
Shamir," he said. "Things
like this would not have
happened in years past."
Among the top items on
CIPAC's agenda are to end
the U.S. dialogue with the
PLO and to encourage Secre-
tary of State James Baker to
visit Israel.
Hellman said that Baker,
who is trying to gain support
for Israel's May 14 election
plan for Palestinians in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip,
"will soon see that that's a
loser."
Hellman said he is worried
that if elections process
doesn't work out, the United
States will "perhaps to some
extent withdraw support for
Israel."
CIPAC also plans to speak
out on Soviet Jewry issues
and against anti-Semitism.
"We think that the
Holocaust should be re-
membered and that those
who perpetrated it should be
apprehended, should be tried
and should be punished," he
said.
Hellman rejected the no-
tion that conservative Chris-
tian support for Israel as an
anti-communist force in the
Middle East will decline
because of a diminishing
Soviet threat.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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