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Friday, Oct. 25, 1968
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
CARL ALPERT
The Third Temple
HAIFA — The archeological
diggins by Prof. B. Mazer around
the Herodian walls of the old
Temple in Jerusalem have again
stimulated fearsi
in certain Arabij
circles regarding
the possible in-F
tention of the!
Jews to rebuild
their ancestral]
Temple.
Such a project*
would trigger offj
an enormous re
ligious and pol
itical reaction Alpert
because the site in question is oc
cupied by the Dome of the Rock
and by the El Aksa Mosque. Any
tampering with the area would
be apt to set in motion a venge
ful crusade supported by the
500 million Moslems of tht world.
Rumors of Jewish plans for re
building the Temple are heard
and repeated from time to time.
The source is usually Arab agi
tators intent on stirring up fear
and disoontent. From time to
time there are spontaneous “rev
elations” in the world press with
respect to Jewish intentions. One
story, not long ago, had it on
absolute reliable authority that
Israel had already placed an
order abroad for 60,000 tons of
hewn stones, to be ready for
shipment for the Temple when
the signal was given. This to a
land where the single natural
resource available in largest
abundance is stone! Other re
ports tell of presumably secret
classes set up in Israel to train
the young priests who will per
form the ancient sacrifices ac
cording to Biblioal precept.
It is true that there have been
theoretical discussions about the
rebuilding of the Temple, but
these discussions have gone on for
centuries and throughout the
Jewish dispersion. Maimonides,
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in his day, had opinions. In the
past gneration. Aohad Ha-Am
was asked his view, and he re-
pied that if rebuilt the Temple
should be a house of prayer for
all nations, as foreseen by Is
aiah.
Religious scholars have raised
all kinds of halachic difficulties.
According to one traditional view
the Temple can be rebuilt only
when the majority of the Jews
dwell in Israel, or when the State
stands firmly secure, without
threat from its enemies. Obvious
ly, neither of these conditions
has been met in our times.
One rabbi has proposed a com
promise plan: erection of a beau
tiful and monumental synagogue
in the same general area, but not
on the original site which, be
cause of its sacred character, is
in any event avoided by the de
vout.
Significantly, the only Jewish
circles which speak of restoring
the Temple are the nationalists,
and this for political reasons.
There is no initiative in religious
quarters. The oft-repeated prayer
to “rebuild the Temple speedily
and in our day” is no more than
a pious rote.
Pragmatic observers have sought
to allay Arab fears. The truly
orthodox Jews, they point out,
those who pray for restoration of
the Temple and really mean it,
believe that the Temple will be
rebuilt only by God Himself. In
deed any steps taken by man in
this direction would be sacrilegi
ous—a hurrying of God’s will.
They are content to pray and to
await the Divine act.
As for the others, the non
orthodox, they would in any
event oppose the setting up of a
priestly religious center which
would inevitably seek to extend
clerical control over the lives of
Israel’s Jewish citizens according
to the ancient rites.
Between the two, therefore, the
Arabs have no grounds for fear.
Monument Model
Put on Display
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Museum of Modern Art has put
on exhibition a six-foot scale
model of Louis Kahn’s “Monu
ment to the Six Million Martyrs,”
commissioned by the Committee
to Commemorate the Six Million
Jewish Martyrs.
The group represents nearly 50
national and local Jewish or
ganizations, and the monument
was designed for a site in Battery
Park near an Emma Lazarus
Tablet and overlooking the Sta
tute of Liberty. It has been ap
proved in principle by the city
parks department and city art
commission, and it is hoped the
work can be completed by 1970.
U. Thant Hails JDC Jordan’^
"Devotion To Refugees’
By RUTH GERSHON
UNITED NATIONS (WUP) —
Secretary-General U Thant took
time off from his busy schedule
this past week to pay high tri
bute to the late Charles H. Jor
dan—brutally murdered in Pra
gue last year under mysterious
circumstances linked allegedly
to an Arab-Soviet espionage ring
—on the occasion of the award
of the Nansen Medal posthumous
ly to the JDC official.
The text of U Thant’s message
roads:
“On the occasion of the award
of the Nansen Medal for 1968,
made in remembrance of Fridtjof
Nansen, the first League of Na
tions High Commissioner for Ref
ugees, the Nansen Medal Award
Committee annually honors a
great benefactor of humanity.
“It is only fitting that this year
the Committee has decided to
honor the memory of Mr. Charles
H. Jordan and to pay tribute to
his lasting work on behalf of
refugees.
“Mr. Jordan was, at the time
of his death in August 1967, Di
rector-General of the Overseas
Services of the American Joint
Distribution Comm i 11 e e and
Chairman of the Refugee Com
mission of the International
Council of Voluntary Agencies.
Earlier, he had served as Presi
dent of the International Council
of Voluntary Agencies.
“This award is a token of ap
preciation and gratitude for Mr.
Jordan's devotion to the cause of
refugees.”
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