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...Aviv office of Israel's Chief Rabbi Isser Unterman, twelve black-coated rabbis solemnly recited their afternoon prayers and then sold several thousand acres of Israeli farm land to a smiling Arab sheik in return for his promissory note for 500,000 Israeli pounds. In exchange for a deposit of $17 down, the rabbis handed over legal ownership of the property to Abdullah Abu Kishek, then toasted the transaction with soda...
Five-Hour Day. At a recent conference on the subject, a surprising number of young rabbis spoke up to argue that Shemittah is so fraught with sham that the rules should be drastically modernized. One Orthodox farmer suggested that a corner of a field be left fallow as a symbolic reminder. Since the purpose of Shemittah is to allow more time for study and prayer, said another rabbi, the law could be fulfilled by limiting farm work to a five-hour...
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...reason for the fears about churches accepting federal funds is that worrisome ecclesiastical bogy, Erastianism*-state control of the church. "If I take a Government program, I have to accept the strings," says Rabbi Robert Kahn of Houston's Temple Emanu-El. "I don't want the Government to dictate policy in my church or synagogue." Chicago's Bishop Montgomery, who basically favors church-state cooperation, nonetheless says that there should be "watchful vigilance," lest the church become "just another social agency." The Rev. Dean Kelley of the National Council of Churches also worries that U.S. Christianity...