Reform and Conservative Jews oppose Orthodox conversion demand
A Reform and Conservative joint statement condemns Israel’s National Religious party demand to recognize only Orthodox conversions for the Law of Return. The cable to Prime Minister Golda Meir warns such a change would fracture world Jewish unity and deny many converts full immigrant rights unless reconversion under Orthodoxy. The note stresses nonOrthodox converts are legitimate under current law, with input from Reform and Conservative leaders and rabbis.
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Israel
Golda Meir
Reform Judaism
Reform
Jewish Bedws
Mrs. Meir
Wolfe Kelmann
Rabbinical Assembly
Meir
Alexander M. Schindier
Harry K Gutmann
Reform Movement
Soviets Proved Best Capitalists, U S Envoy Says
Los Angeles AP Walter Stoessel Jr United States ambassador designate to the Soviet Union says he doubts a repeat of 1972 wheat sales to the USSR will occur He argues Russians proved to be better capitalists than the United States and discusses trade energy and arms control plans Stoessel also notes concerns about oil supply in oil rich regions and the feasibility of aiding Soviet natural gas development under crisis conditions
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Los Angeles
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
U.S.S.R
Walter J. Stoessel Jr
Los Angeles World Affairs Council
Stoessel
Moscow
Middle East
Europe
Russia
Poland
Siberia
Us.s.r
Quakers Urge Impeachment as Nixon Faces Probe
Quaker groups led by New York Yearly Meeting push impeachment or resignation citing Nixon as a fellow Quaker. Meetings in Stanford Greenwich Adelphi Baltimore and Columbia back the effort, while some oppose it and church leaders urge prayerful support and open dialogue.
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George W. Cornell
EW York
Richard Nixon
Walter Ludwig
Yonkers
N. Y
New York
Baltimore
Columbia
Adelphi
Washington, D.C
United Methodist Church
Legislative Committee
Ministry
Clintondale
T. Eugene Coffin
East Whittier
Calif
Friends Church
Nixon
Christian Century
Gnostic Papyruses Offer Alternate Genesis Tales
A 1600 year old Gnostic library from Egypt reveals divergent Genesis stories including Eve's rape motif and Noah's wife Norea in the ark tale. Scholars from Claremont CGS translate 53 treatises, noting differing versions and a broader aim to compare early Jewish Christian thought with Gnosis.
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Egypt
Orthodox Churches
Claremont Graduate School
Institute For Antiquity and Christianity
Earl Church Fathers
George W Macrae
Harvard
Macrae
Noah
Norea
Noan
Eve
Silence in John Cage's 4 33 makes modern music history
The article notes John Cage's most famous work 4 33 and its impact as a landmark in avant garde composition. It discusses how a four minute and thirty three second silence defines a new approach to sound and listener attention in contemporary music.
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John Cage
Israeli Missile Fire Ignites Sinai Oil Wells
A misfired Israeli missile at an Egyptian aircraft sparked fires on offshore oil wells in the Sinai. Three wells along the Suez Gulf area remained burning, causing millions in damage in the worst blaze since Israel seized the wells in 1967.
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Tel Aviv
Sinai
Suez Gulf
Israel
Egypt
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