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Peres visits Bergen-Belsen;
places wreath at monument
by David Kantor
BONN (JTA)—Prime Minister
Shimon Peres of Israel laid a wreath
at the Jewish memorial monument
on the site of the Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp near Hannover
Monday. A cantor recited kaddish,
the prayer for the dead. I he Israeli
leader visited the documentation
center where he examined photo
graphs and fragments of literature
attesting to the atrocities committed
there more than 40 years ago.
Peres walked along the rows of
deserted barracks, vestigial remains
of the Holocaust. Hesaid little. He
was visibly moved and fought to
hold back tears. At least 20 members
of his family were among the hundreds
of thousands of Jews and others
who perished at Bergen-Belsen.
Peres’ visit to the site was described
as private, something quite apart
from the political and economic
aspects of his official three-day
visit to West Germany.
Although he was accompanied
by a ranking politician. Prime
Minister Hans Albrecht of the federal
state of l ower Saxony, on his tout
of Bergen-Belsen, their conversation
concerned the past and plans to
expand the documentation center
into a research and educational
facility that will serve as a meeting
place for German youth, the post
war generation with no memories
of the Third Reich.
Peres said after the visit that he
went to Bergen-Belsen in part to
promote understanding and re
conciliation with the German people.
He spoke of the new democratic
Germany with which Israel wants
to establish cooperation and promote
understanding.
The Israeli prime minister said
he was primarily interested m
launchinga dialogue but this could
not be done unless memories of the
past are kept alive. In an interview
Sunday with the German newspaper
Bild, Peres said of the Holocaust
that Israelis and Jews all over the
world “cannot forget or let this be
forgotten.” He added that “a new
Germany has arisen from that hell
and that gives me reason for hope."
Peres arrived in Bonn early Sunday
evening and met with Germany’s
Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich
Genscher. He postponed his other
official meetings until after the
visit to Bergen-Belsen. But he hosted
a breakfast for West German Jewish
leaders Monday morning at the
Schloss Giemnich near Bonn, the
official residence for guests of the
government.
Anti-Jewish black cult emerging
by Arnold Ages
JTA
- MIAMI
A new black cult called Temple
of Love has emerged in Miami.
The quasi-religious organization,
in existence for almost five years
now, was portrayed recently in the
Miami Herald as an ominous col
lection of cultists with anti-white
and anti-Jewish teachings. The leader
of the Temple of Love styles himself
as Moses Israel and preaches his anti
white and anti-Semitic doctrine
through print, tape recordings and
film. He is turbaned, bejeweled
and guarded by a cordon of men
armed with six-foot staffs. According
to the Miami Herald, the cult has
acquired more than $2 million worth
of real estate in two Florida counties
and has “created an insular communal
economy based on discipline and
withdrawal.”
TheTemple of Love makes frequent
use of the Tetragrammation, the
ineffable four-letter name of the
divinity in the Hebrew Bible—in
its logos and preaching. Locally,
members of the group are referred
to as Yahwehs. The issue of the
Miami Herald in which the expose
appeared featured a picture of a
woman member of the cult standing
next to a Hebrew inscription bearing
the word.
Hulon Mitchell, the cult’s leader.
the son of a mainline Christian
preacher (who is not thrilled about
his son’s new career) has asserted
without qualification his messianic-
role and has take the name Yahweh
Ben Yahweh in addition to Moses
Israel.
The cult has a fleet of buses and
tractor-trailers with the word Yahweh
emblazoned on the back. The vehicles
crisscross the country, bringing the
faithful to hear Moses Israel speak —
as he has done in New York City,
Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago.
Moses Israel’s main message is that
the American blacks are the true Jews
dwelling in the land of the “white
devil.” His message has been quite well
received, reflected in the financial
assets that have been accumulated—’
up to $50 million in all, according
to some estimates.
In a rare interview accorded the
Miami Herald, the cult’s leader
was asked why he wore jewelry.
. “Because 1 am the heir to Yahweh,”
he replied, “and the Bible says
quite clearly that all the silver and
gold belongs to God.”
The teachings of the cult are
simple and can be reduced to eight
points: The members represent the
lost tribe of Judah; they will soon
go to Israel; they must follow a
kosher diet; without white garments
they are naked (the Yawehs carry
on their solicitations wearing white
hoods and robes); whites are said
to be the evil descendants of Eve
and the serpent; the Bible is the
foundation of all knowledge; Moses
Israel is the first messiah, and
blacks must separate themselves
from white society.
A number of Miamians have
expressed guarded praise of the
Temple of Love, particularly because
of the organization’s self-help
programs and economic enterprises
designed to improve employment
opportunities for local blacks. The
cult has investments in a printing
facility, tailorings enterprises and
vegetable cultivation.
In describing a recent service at
the Temple of Love, the Miami
Herald journalist recorded the way
in which the name Yahweh is inv oked
as a kind of mantra. “Mitchell’s
voice rises and he says, over and
over again, ‘Yahweh, Yahweh,
Yahweh!’ The crowd picks it up,
repeating it until the words run
together in a hypnotic chant:
‘Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh’. .
Hulon Mitchell came to his new
cult leadership after a stint in the
Black Muslim movement. During
his association with that movement
his job was to teach Elijah
Muhammed’s philosophy of sell-
help and racial hatred, explained
one former member, 1 braham Pasha.
Moses Israel refuses to discuss his
separation from the Black Muslims.
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