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course of the Institute for
Judaism will begin, a
study course in basic
Jewish beliefs, sponsored
by the Conservative
Rabbis of Metropolitan
Detroit.
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taught by Rabbi David
Nelson and Alicia Nelson
meets every Wednesday
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at
Congregation Beth
Shalom.
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dents who attend such a
course are considering
conversion to Judaism,
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Jerusalem (JTA) — The
battle over ancient burial
caves in northern Jerusalem
has now reached Israeli
Cabinet level and overflow-
ed to the streets of New
York.
The brouhaha continued
as Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin was trying to
find a way to build a much-
needed highway in
Jerusalem • while satisfying
fervently Orthodox Jews, or
haredim, over the disposi-
tion of 2,000-year-old bones
that were found buried in
caves along its route.
In New York, an estimated
20,000 haredim stood in
pouring rain outside the
Israeli Consulate to con-
demn an Israeli government
that "desecrates our holy
gravesites."
They heard speeches de-
nouncing Israel from Rabbi
Moses Teitelbaum, rabbi of
the anti-Zionist Satmar
Chasidic sect, among others.
"Let our sages rest in
peace," read placards car-
ried by the demonstrators,
whose march across
Manhattan's busy 42nd
Street, from Fifth Avenue to
Second Avenue, caused mas-
sive traffic backups.
Motorists watched more in
curiosity than impatience as
the demonstrators, mostly
men in long black coats, filed
by carrying coffins shrouded
in black.
In Jerusalem, the High
Court of Justice banned
work at the disputed site
pending hearings on an ap-
plication filed by Athra
Kadisha, the society for
preserving Jewish burial
sites.
Athra Kadisha wants the
court to order the city and
the Israel Antiquities Au-
thority to show cause why
work should not be halted at
the site.
The Antiquities Authority
is interested in the ossuaries
in which the bones welre
found, which contain viral
information about Jewish
burial practices at the time
of the Second Temple.
.
Archaeologists, haredim
and municipal authorities
all have their own agenda
for the ancient bones.
Archaeologists had been
called in to carry out a
legally mandated rescue dig
after road workers stumbled
on the Second Temple period
burial caves.
Prime Minister Rabin has
had to bear in mind the sen-
sibilities of one of his two co-
alition partners, the fervent-
ly Orthodox Shas party, a
the debate over the bones in-
tensified. He appointed a
ministerial committee to
seek a compromise to the
deadlock.
But his intervention trig-
gered an angry respons
from Mayor Teddy Kollek,
who said there is no solution
for the residents of the city's
northern suburbs other than
to build the road as planned.
Sources report that Mr.
Rabin's intervention came
at the behest of Shas spiri-
tual leader, Rabbi Ovadia
Yosef.