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David M. Gordon '65, of Adams House and Berkeley, Calif., has been named Jacob Wendell Scholar for his class. The award, amounting to $453 this year, goes to the student showing the most promise during freshman year. Judging is done by a committee including former Wendell scholars and administration officials...
University archaeologists believe they have uncovered the site where in the 19th century before Christ the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob worshipped, where Joshua rallied the tribes of Israel, and where Abimeleeh was crowned as Israel's first king...
...east of Nablus in Jordan. When it flourished during ancient Egyptian and Biblical times, it occupied a strategie position at the eastern opening of the pass between Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerasim. At the edge of the site is the modern village of Balatah, whose beautiful spring and nearby Jacob's Well once supplied Shechem with water...
...violence of the reaction of Jacob Gartenhaus, president of the International Board of Jewish Missions [Dec. 21], to the decision of the High Court of Israel in the case of Brother Daniel strongly contrasts with the attitude of Brother Daniel as quoted in the Jerusalem Post: "The profound earnestness in which the Justices have dealt with the case and their intentness on being just have given me deep satisfaction . . . My rights as a future subject of Israel have not been affected in the least by the outcome of the case, and to exploit the occasion for vilifying the State...
...Joshua Moses Javits, 13, it was an auspicious entrance into Jewish manhood. He was in Israel for his bar mitzvah, and his proud papa, New York Senator Jacob Javits, 58, made sure that it was a memorable event. First young Joshua was whisked to a Negev Desert kibbutz to meet Premier David Ben-Gurion, who administered an impromptu Biblical quiz. Next it was a session with Israeli President Itzhak Ben-Zvi, who nodded approvingly as Joshua recited from the Torah. On the big day, in Jerusalem's cavernous Yeshurun synagogue, Joshua marked his confirmation by intoning in near flawless...