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Testamentary: What It Means to be a Jew: Menuhin #10 Testamentary: What It Means to be a Jew: Menuhin #10
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 235Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Moshe Menuhin ReminscesCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A sorting-out and explanation of some of the contradictions in the basic works of Judaism and the Christian Old Testament, an examination of the humanistic and universalistic principles of Judaism, and a statement on their relevance for Jews today.
Moshe Menuhin: A Message to the World, Particularly Its Jews: Menuhin #11 Moshe Menuhin: A Message to the World, Particularly Its Jews: Menuhin #11
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 236Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Moshe Menuhin ReminscesCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Moshe Menuhin comments on developments in the Middle East as they affect the survival of Judaic values.
Moshe Menuhin Additions/Changes A. Moshe Menuhin Additions/Changes A.
Call Number: CE 446Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Moshe Menuhin reads text from revisions of his book "The Decadence of Judaism In Our Time." Also other comments to be subbed in the series of programs about Menuhin's life. Speaks of the "military gang that runs poor misguided Israel." Also refers to Rabbi Elmer Berger, a leading anti-Zionist, and to Alfred Lilienthal of San Francisco State College.
Rabbi Elmer Berger on KQED and Rabbi Ascher’s Answers on KQED Rabbi Elmer Berger on KQED and Rabbi Ascher’s Answers on KQED
Call Number: CE 633Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Recorded on Tuesday March 24th and Thursday March 26th Rabbi Elmer Berger takes an anti-Zionist position however clearly distinguishes between Jews and Zionists. He details the history of Jews and claims there was no previous widespread oppression in the Middle East and the persecution of Jews always was at the hands of Christians, not Muslims. He explains that Israel is simply representative of colonialism. Two days later, Rabbi Asher disputes Rabbi Elmer Berger’s points. He has an unfavorable view of Rabbi Berger and speaks about the necessity of the Jewish peoples’ survival in Israel. Sound becomes garbled towards the middle of the interview. The reel ends with a report on sewage in San Francisco.
Censorship in the US - I Accuse the Jews Censorship in the US - I Accuse the Jews
Author: Marguerite PedersenPublisher: Sovereign PressFormat: MonographCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
What's a Jew To Do: A Roundtable discussion with Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, Nat Hentoff, Irving Howe, Malcolm Hoenlein, Howard Squadron, and Drora Kass, with an Introduction by Ron Plotkin What's a Jew To Do: A Roundtable discussion with Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, Nat Hentoff, Irving Howe, Malcolm Hoenlein, Howard Squadron, and Drora Kass, with an Introduction by Ron Plotkin
Publisher: Americans for Middle East UnderstandingYear: 1988Volume Number: Public Affairs Series No. 28Format: PamphletCollection: Americans for Middle East Understanding
Article orignally appeared in the May 1988 edition of The Village Voice
Catholic-Jewish Relations and Priest-Spokesmen Catholic-Jewish Relations and Priest-Spokesmen
Publisher: Americans for Middle East UnderstandingYear: 1973Format: PamphletCollection: Americans for Middle East Understanding
This pamphlet has been reprinted from the Feb. 2, 1973 issue of The Catholic Virginian.
Zionism and the Ideological Manipulation of Christian Groups Zionism and the Ideological Manipulation of Christian Groups
Author: Rosmary Radford RuetherPublisher: Arab-American Affairs CouncilYear: 1987Volume Number: FallFormat: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionist Criticism
Article linking theories of Zionoism in Christian contexts to Palestinian oppression.
Information Papers No. 11 - Arabs and Jews: Possibility of Concord Information Papers No. 11 - Arabs and Jews: Possibility of Concord
Author: Edward Said et alPublisher: Association of Arab-American University Graduates Inc.Date: 1/1974Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Palestine Related Academic Papers
Essays by Daniel Berrigan, Edward Said and Israel Shahak on reaching peace between Arabs and Jews