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...entirely. Begin's recent moves to legalize three unauthorized Israeli settlements on the West Bank and to announce the creation of three brand new settlements have upset many U.S. Jews. Quite a few Reform and Conservative rabbis remain concerned, moreover, that Begin may impose an Orthodox religious tyranny in Israel at the expense of other branches of Judaism, not to mention other religions. In addition, says Leonard Beerman, "I'm frightened that the values of Judaism that have to do with civil rights and the rights of national minorities of small peoples to self-determination would be compromised...
President Carter has struck to the root of one debilitating problem by proposing his "profamily, pro-work" welfare reform bill, which aims to get people off the dole and encourage them to work (TIME, Aug. 15). By offering cash grants to the so-called working poor, it encourages underclass fathers to stay in the home instead of leaving so that their families can collect welfare. The plan offers tax incentives for those who find jobs in the private sector instead of public service. For those who cannot, it proposes to create 1.4 million positions in training programs and in service...
Leading the local campaign to reform the Passion Play is Hans Schwaighofer, 57, who played Judas in 1960 and heads the local woodcarving school. He has long advocated an abridged version of an older text, first performed in 1750, by Father Ferdinand Rosner, a Benedictine poet. Archconservatives on the village council, which oversees the play, rejected that plan at the time of the 1970 pageant. To meet growing international protests, however, the council toned down some of the most offensive lines. No longer did the High Priest Caiaphas say of Jesus, "It would delight mine eyes to see/ his body...
Carter is by no means getting all he wants. His election-reform proposals are in a shambles; a filibuster by Republicans and Southern Democrats last week killed his bill for public financing of Senate elections. But a remarkable amount of his energy program is moving through Congress (see ENERGY). Carter also signed into law the first national strip-mining bill, which will compel operators to restore the landscape to approximately its original condition...
Some 32 million people will receive welfare payments or credits under the Carter plan, or 2 million more than at present. The cost to the Federal Government will increase by at least $2.8 billion a year, to around $30.7 billion. At first the President insisted that welfare reform not cost any more than the current system. But he was forced to give way, as the price of change...