Moments of Truth
MOMENTS OF TRUTH Double Your Butz—Tenure regulations in most universities permit the dismissal of a faculty member only in the event of an act of "moral turpitude/' an inherently ambiguous phrase...
...Whose Defense Department?—In October of 1976, the New York Times reported that Joseph Churba, described as "the Air Force's top Middle East intelligence expert," as well as an Orthodox rabbi, had issued a statement highly critical of what he called a growing "tilt against Israel in the Defense Department...
...And, evidently, moral turpitude...
...Arthur Butz, a tenured associate professor of electrical engineering at Northwestern University, has now published a book entitled The Fabrication of a Hoax, in which he argues that there was no German policy for the extermination of the Jews, and that millions of Jews did not die in Nazi concentration camps, and that the belief that they did was deliberately fostered by Zionist propagandists...
...the old saw on tenure is that it is a system which permits people to be fired for anything except incompetence...
...In January, Hadassah Magazine carried an exclusive article by Churba, in which he repeats his allegations...
...Pottinger—A recent ad in the Jewish Press of Brooklyn reads: "Notice of Non-Discriminatory Policy As to Students—Young men of the Jewish faith are admitted as students with all privileges, to the Yeshiva Umisivtha Torah V'Emunah without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin...
...Blue Moon—Contrary to widespread belief, the Unification Church (home of the "Moonies") has not made serious inroads among Jewish youth...
...A flurry of excitement followed, and, a few days later, Churba resigned from his Defense Department position...
...MOMENTS OF TRUTH Double Your Butz—Tenure regulations in most universities permit the dismissal of a faculty member only in the event of an act of "moral turpitude/' an inherently ambiguous phrase that carries with it intimations of illicit liaison with students...
...Christian Brothers, Here We Come—Led by Red Buttons, about 1,000 members of the Synagogue for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills poured 500 bottles of French wine down the sewer in front of the French Tourist Office in Los Angeles, protesting the Abou Daoud release...
...An Orthodox rabbi who is also a Defense Department analyst is inherently interesting, but there's more here than meets the eye: back in the late 1960's, Churba was co-author, with "Michael King"—Meir Kahane's occasional pen name back then—of a book entitled The Jewish Stake in Vietnam, a project the two undertook after failing to create what they called the July Fourth Movement, intended as a response to popular sentiment against the Vietnam War...
...So, at least, we are informed on the basis of a survey of 75 Hillel Foundations, 60 of which report that all the missionary activity Reverend Moon's followers have invested have brought absolutely no results among Jewish college students...
...Cooptation?—Breira, which has been the subject of intense controversy within the organized Jewish community, and the subject of a vitriolic attack by Rael Jean Isaac, has been accepted as a member organization of the Jewish Community Relations Council in New Haven...
...Attention, Mr...
...One hopes that this Butz is a better electrical engineer than he is an historian...
Vol. 2 • February 1977 • No. 5
