Word: israel
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Only towards the end did the quality of the performance improve. The chorus, which had had little success in its earlier ventures, demonstrated in the terzett Suscepit Israel that it is still the master of choral singing. The remaining choruses were capably handled, but their effectiveness only served to emphasize the failings of the first part. Mr. Forbes and his group have given us much better music before...
...There Are. The idea that religion and government are different-let alone separate-is a relatively new one. Either the ancient kings were sacred, if not actually gods, or the high priests exercised kingship, as in Israel. Separation began with the concept of an official religion (Plato recommended in his Laws that all citizens who refused to accept the state religion should be imprisoned for five years, each day of which they should listen to a sermon). Christianity became a state religion 347 years after
First of all, we certainly are not accusing the Twentieth Century Committee of "anti-Americanism," "anti-semitism" or "anti-Israelianism." We do, however, feel it regrettable that no representative of the State of Israel will have an opportunity of participating in the evening public panels in Sanders Theater...
...Through Israel does not represent the "typical" underdeveloped nations of the Middle East, how much more typical of the underdeveloped nations of Africa is South Africa, which is to be represented at Twentieth Century Week? Because of the importance of the Arab-Israeli controversy, as well as the nature of the topics that are proposed for discussion (i.e. Foreign Policy, Economic Problems and National Aspirations) we believe it will be extremely difficult to keep this particular dispute from attaining some prominence, even with the cooperation of the moderators...
...Middle East were made with the advice and assistance of staff members at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. The general criterion used in making the selections for the panels was the extent to which the individual chosen would represent the largest possible regional cross-section. While Israel is certainly an important nation, and deserving of representation on any panel dealing with the problems of the Middle East per se, the fact is the panels deal with a single large issue (economic development, foreign policy, or national and regional aspirations) and the inter-regional ramifications of the question. Since only...