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Wall Street can wait a year.
Law School can wait a year.
The Rat Race can wait a year.
BUT ISRAEL CAN'T WAIT!
Later, Jews were periodical-
ly expelled from and re-
admitted to Zurich. Then, in
the 17th century, they were
expelled from all of Switzer-
land. But the history of per-
secution ended in 1866 when
a new Swiss constitution gave
Jews full freedom.
Today, Jews enjoy security
and often prosperity in
Zurich. They are bankers,
merchants, watchmakers,
lawyers, academicians. And
they live in an environment
that is far different from that
of Jews here in earlier
centuries.
In fact, this is one of the few
cities in Europe where a
church is of special interest to
Jewish travelers because of
its enthusiastic support of a
Jewish artist.
The Fraumunster is a
distinctive landmark in the
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city, with its spires reflected
in the waters of the Limmat.
Its five stained glass windows
were created by Marc Chagall
after church officials saw an
exhibit of his work in the ci-
ty's art museum in 1967 and
promptly commissioned him
to do the windows.
Four of the windows have
Jewish motifs: One shows Old
Testament prophets; another
has a design symbolizing the
law; a third is the Jacob win-
dow; and a fourth shows
Jerusalem in images of past
and present.
This church with its
Chagall windows stands in
contrast to the earlier era of
persecution. Today, Zurich's
Jews are fully integrated in
the city where they comprise
the largest group of German-
speaking Jews in the
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Passion Play Gets Poor
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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1990
New York (JTA) — Three
national human rights
organizations are urging
producers of the centuries-
old Oberammergau Passion
play in Germany to revise
the drama and eliminate its
negative portrayal of Jews.
The play, which deals with
the crucifixion of Jesus, has
been performed at the
beginning of every decade
since 1663.
Performed by the local
villagers, it has brought the
Bavarian Alpine village a
flourishing tourist business.
Although the play has
been rewritten several times
since the end of World War
II, out of consideration for
Jewish sensibilities, it still
depicts Jews as responsible
for the crucifixion.
The National Conference
of Christians and Jews, the
American Jewish Com-
mittee and the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith in a joint statement
welcomed efforts by the
Oberammergau officials to
reduce anti-Jewish
stereotyping, but expressed
regret that "some elements
of. the play continue to por-
tray Judaism in a negative
light.
"Particularly disturbing is
the retention of the 'blood
curse' from Matthew: 27,
which has been used for cen-
turies to support the charge
of deicide against the Jewish
people and frequently as a
justification of violence
against them."
Two Catholic theologians
from Temple University,
Leonard Swidler and Gerard
Sloyan, in consultations
with rabbis and lay leaders
of the three organizations,
have developed a brochure
titled "Guidelines for the
1990 Oberammergau Pas-
sion Play and Other Passion
Plays," to help viewers
better understand the prob-
lem of anti-Semitism in pas-
sion plays.
A half a million tourists
are expected to see the
drama this summer.
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