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...Ripe for Conversion? Kotsuji's conversion was an impressive milestone for the World Union. Although a small, offbeat Japanese sect believes that its members are remnants of Israel's lost tribes, there are only a few Jews in Japan; previous converts have been women who married Western Jews and accepted their husbands' religion out of familial loyalty...
Says Convert Kotsuji, who plans to found a Jewish mission in Japan: "Shinto falls far short of attaining the Jewish ideals of monotheism and cleanliness." Adds World Union Director Israel Ben Zeev: "The Japanese are ripe for conversion. Eventually, they will become either Christians or Jews. But as long as Hiroshima is still fresh in their minds, they are not likely to accept Christianity...
...trade. On summit talks, the U.S. would not commit itself. But most U.S. experts thought that summit talks would probably follow another go-around at the-foreign ministers' level, where the Camp David understandings would be tested. Said Khrushchev: "The Soviet government and myself feel the time is ripe. I am prepared to go anywhere. Perhaps Geneva is the place...
...leading proponent of Jewish conversion, Presbyterian Minister George E. Sweazey (TIME, May 4), argues that Jews are ripe to become Christians because "many Jews in America scarcely have a religion" and that "even those who cherish a strong sense of the Judaic tradition often seem to hold it as a sort of super-intense patriotism." Conservative Rabbi Hertzberg (of Temple Emanu-El, Englewood, N.J.) denies both these statements. American Jews may be losing their identity as an ethnic minority, but the percentage affiliated with synagogues has risen strikingly. Many of the new members seek togetherness rather than real religion...
SMALL-CAR DEAL between American Motors and West Germany's B.M.W. is in the exploratory stage. Ailing B.M.W. (pygmy-sized Isetta, high-priced luxury cars) appears ripe for acquisition; massive purchases by speculators have sent its stock to new highs on Frankfurt exchange...