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...Maccabean Liberation...
...worst to convert the Jews, with a range of persuasions running from sweet reasonableness to slow torture. The Jews, on the other hand, seem to have no missionary zeal. It was not always thus; Jesus described the Pharisees as crossing "sea and land to make one proselyte," and one Maccabean king, John Hyrcanus I (135-104 B.C.), even compelled the conquered Idumeans to become Jews and undergo circumcision. But in the main, Judaism has been the religion of one people, its heart being the covenant between God and Israel. Some day, according to the bulk of Jewish tradition, that covenant...
Rittenburg, a member of the 1953 Maccabean Olympic team, was injured for most of this season, but returned to competition in time for the Yale upset. He is an outstanding hurdler, broad jumper, and high jumper, and has also run the quarter mile...
...Rittenburg, most valuable performer in this summer's Maccabean Games, will be the varsity workhorse. Rittenburg is favored in the hurdles and relay, and is rated a toss-up with B.U.'s Tom Covington in the broad jump. Alan Howe and Jack Richards will run the Crimson's 600 against the Terriers' Willie Smith. Hal Gerry will run the mile and Hubie Maguire races in the two-mile event...
Three thousand Jewish athletes from 27 countries last week paraded through Tel Aviv (''Hill of Spring") in Palestine, for the opening of the first Maccabiad. Wrongly described as the "Jewish Olympics," the Maccabean Games were organized by the World Maccabee Union, named for the Israelite hero, Judas Maccabaeus. The games began when 120 pigeons in flocks of ten?messengers to the Twelve Tribes of Israel?were allowed to fly to their homes in various parts of Palestine. Led by Tel Aviv's Mayor Dizengoff riding on a white horse, the 3,000 athletes, aged 5 to 60, marched...