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Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin,
of Temple Beth Israel in Eugene.
“What is the moral responsibility
of the festival? What is the bal
ance between respect for the art
and respect for the human be
ing?”
Though there was little dis
agreement whether the text con
tained anti-Judaism or anti-Semit
ic phrases, the communication
revolved around the words’ im
pact on an event such as the Bach
Festival.
“Bach makes certain historical
elements so alive that people are
forced to have an encounter with
it,” said Thomas Sommerville,
professor of music emeritus at Oc
cidental College in California.
While others agreed that the
lyrics can be offensive, they also
said that the music is an impor
tant part of our history and can be
used as an educational tool.
“Why do we still perform it?
Bach wrote 1,100 works — why
not perform one of those?” said
Reverend Daniel E.H. Bryant, of
the First Christian Church in Eu
gene. “It should be performed
more than others because it raises
these difficult issues.”
George Evano, OBF’s director of
communications, said that “St.
John Passion” was included this
year because the festival is com
memorating the 250th anniver
sary of Bach’s death, and his most
important works are being per
formed.
“Every time that piece is played
in the U.S., the issue [of anti
Semitism] comes up again,”
Evano said.
Evano said there had been little
public response to the playing of
the piece before the scheduled
panel discussion.
“We’re going to do the piece but
we have non-musical programs in
place to deal with these issues,”
he said.
In order to address the issues
raised by “St. John Passion,” as
well as other works, the Bach Fes
tival organizers present the Dis
covery Series, a program intend
ed to create dialogue instead of
dissension. The intent of the se
ries is “to take apart the work and
look at how the words are married
to the music,” Evano said.
The Discovery Series is lecture
concerts narrated by Bach Festi
val co-founder Helnudh Rilling,
who is also the festival’s artistic
director and conductor.
As the first German conductor
invited to perform in Israel after
World War II, Rilling is known for
his efforts on behalf of reconcilia
tion.
Before each piece, Rilling ex
plains the music and text and
their interrelations, a tradition
that in itself brings fame to the
Bach Festival.
“You have to have educational
context behind it,” Bryant said,
referring to the historical conno
tations that are an important part
of “St. John Passion.”
The 31st annual Bach Festival
started June 23 and runs through
July 9. The “St. John Passion” per
formances begin tonight, and will
be performed in four sections on
four separate days.
A second discussion, led by
Michael Marissen and titled
“Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism, and
Bach’s St. John Passion,” is sched
uled for Friday at 3 p.m. in Beall
Concert Hall.
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schools from distributing any in
formation about a student beyond
what is available in the directories.
The bill would lump all sex of
fenders into one information
source, putting high risk offenders
in the same category with offend
ers who are less of a risk.
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fender would be a very high risk on
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ki, a Lane County parole and pro
bation officer.
If the bill does pass, University
officials and authorities do not yet *
know how the sex offender status
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out the campus.
“Not much talk has gone on
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be ‘known’ on campus,” said Bob
Bruce, assistant to the vice chan
cellor for communication for the
Oregon University System. “If
passed, institutions would have to
decide how to deal with it under
the Cleary Act, formerly known as
the Campus Security Act of 1990.”
How the issue would be dealt
with on the University campus is
also currently under inquiry.
“We would need to meet with
local law enforcement to try to fig
ure out what we would need to do
to be in compliance with the law
and suit the University environ
ment. We would also need to meet
with the Office of Student Life and
ASUO Legal Services,” said Joan
Saylor, admissions lieutenant from
the Office of Public Safety.
The effects the bill would have
on the University are, at this point,
still unknown.
“It is a little muddy; it is not real
ly clear yet the impact that this will
have on campus,” Saylor said. “It
is a double-edged sword. We need
to be aware of people who could
cause potential risks, but at the
same time people have a right to at
tend the University without ha
rassment [and] who have paid
their debt to society.”
Victims’ rights groups said the
legislation will help prevent sex
crimes on college campuses.
“It will help provide opportuni
ties for students and parents to
know if someone poses a risk to
their safety,” Laura Ahearn, exec
utive director of the New York
based Parents for Megan’s Law, re
cently told MSNBC.
While many say they think that
this new legislation will have a
positive effect on decreasing the
numbers of sex crimes on campus
es, some authorities see the issue
from a different perspective.
“I don’t think the public truly
has an idea of how many sex of
fenders are out in the public,” said
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