Word: rabbis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must TIME call "polydox" adherents Jews [March 20]? Although Christianity was originally a sect of Judaism, would anyone in 1978 venture to call a Roman Catholic priest a liberal rabbi? Of course not. There are so many new religions that one cannot keep up with them any more, but don't confuse a new religion with a sect of an existing belief...
...Begin took time out to celebrate Purim, the Jewish holiday that recalls Queen Esther's success in preventing a massacre of Jews' in Persia. Yarmulke on his head, he sat next to a rabbi at the Israeli ambassador's residence and chanted the Hebrew text from an antique scroll...
...Rabbi Alexander Schindler, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, abandoned a tradition of nonpartisanship in Israel's internal affairs by throwing the support of his group's 32 diverse Jewish organizations behind Begin. "Israel has a leader who deserves this support," said Schindler. "He is a worthy leader not only of Israel, but of the entire Jewish people." Meaning: any attempt by Washington to try to pry Begin from power in Israel would be resisted by much of the Jewish community in the U.S. After winning that resounding backing, Begin flew home...
...nasty squabble over Carter's chief foreign affairs adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Jewish leaders blame him for much of what they see as the pro-Arab tilt in Administration policy. Brzezinski has aggravated the tension by charging that the Jewish community is trying to smear him as antiSemitic. Retorts Rabbi Alexander Schindler. chairman of the Conference of Presidents: "That's an outrageous overreaction on his part. Nobody called him anti-Semitic or implied that. Disagreement is not racist." His conference colleagues back Schindler: last week they voted to extend his chairmanship indefinitely, as a way of protesting White House...
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