Friday, July 9, 1943
THE JEWISH NEWS
56 Per Cent of Chaplains
Come from Reform Ranks
Central Conference of American Rabbis Hears Report on
Outstanding Record Established by the
Liberal Jewish Group
Page Thirteen.
Congregational Activities
Rabbi H. Z. Margolis
Heads HUC Alumni
Rabbis Friedland of Pontiac
Brickner, Mann
Appointed to
UAHC Board
Rabbi Frain, to Talk
On 'Zionism and
Reform Judaism'
Fifty-six per cent of the Jewish Chaplains in the United and Fram of Detroit Serve
States Armed Forces come from the Liberal Jewish ranks.
on Board of Trustees
Ettelson Named Chairman of
Six weeks after Pearl Harbor, the Central Conference
Commission to Deal
Rabbi Harry Z. Margolis of
of
. American Rabbis Committee on Chaplains began function-
With Judaism
St. Paul, Minn., was elected
mg.
president of the Alumni Associa-
On that date, Jan. 21, 1942, the
tion of Hebrew Union College,
quota of Jewish Chaplains was Or t h o do x and Conservative
at the 54th annual convention of
groups.
60.
the Central Conference of Am-
Tribute was paid in the report erican Rabbis, held in New York
In the near future, the quota
to the Union of American He- last week.
will be 260.
brew Congregations for its ac-
Rabbi Eric Friedland of Pont-
These, and : other facts were tive participation in addressing all
disclosed by Rabbi Louis I. Egel- its • member Congregations asking iac was elected a member of the
son, administrative secretary of them to grant their Rabbis a association's board of trustees.
the Union of American Hebrew leave of absence for the duration, Rabbi Leon Fram of Detroit also
Congregations and Secretary of plus six months, and for securing serves on the board of trustees.
More than 200 alumni of He-
the CCAR Committee on Chap- the cooperation of all its congre-
brew Union College attended the
lains, in a report to the CCAR at gations.
convention.
its convention in New York on
Members of the conference
June 25.
voted thanks to the committee
This Committee on Chaplains for its work.
representing the Liberal wing of
Judaism, is composed of repre-
sentatives of the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis, the
Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations, the Hebrew Union
National Association Votes
College, and the Jewish Institute
To Obtain Services of an
of Religion.
Executive Director
Members of the committee are
Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner, Chaplain Who Stayed On
Cleveland; Solomon B. Freehof,
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
Sinking Ship Cited for
newly-elected president of the
board of governors of the Amer-
ican Association for Jewish Edu-
CCAR, Pittsburgh; Abraham M.
Saving Crew Member
Granison, New York; Emil W.
cation, meting here this week, in
Leipziger, New Orleans; Joshua
NEW YORK (JPS)—Alexan- lieu of its scheduled annual
L. Liebman, Boston; Edgar F. der Goode, Jewish chaplain who meeting which was postponed at
Magnin, Los Angeles; Julian Mor- last February gave his life pre- the request of the Office of De-
genstern, Cincinnati; William F. server to a member of the crew fense Transportation, voted to
Rosenblum, New York; Elkan C. and remained aboard a sinking employ an executive director and
Voorsanger, Milwaukee, and Ste- ship somewhere in the North At- to expand the field staff of the
phen S. Wise, New York. They lantic, has been awarded the organization.
represent the CCAR on the Purple Heart in absentia, it is
Leaders of Jewish education in
Committee on Army and Navy reported by the Jewish Welfare 25 cities throughout the country
Religious Activities, called CAN- Board's Bureau of War Records. reported on the developments in
RA, of the Jewish Welfare Board. The 31-year-old Brooklyn rabbi their communities. The Associa-
The task of the CCAR Com- is the first casualty among Jewish tion, formed four years ago to
act as a laiason agency between
mittee on Chaplains is to prepare chaplains.
the lay leaders of Jewish educa-
lists of prospective chaplains; to
tional activities, is devoting its
provide replacements for Congre- 3 American Jews
efforts to assisting various com-
gations whose Rabbis have en- Casualties In RCAF
munities in maintaining their
tered the Services; to recommend
MONTREAL (JPS) — Three
deferments; and to handle all American Jews serving with the educational facilities in the war
matters between prospective Royal Canadian Air Force have period and in planning for after
chaplains and their Congrega- been listed by the War Efforts the war.
Mark Eisener of New York
tions.
Committee of the Canadian Jew- City is president of the Associa-
"At no time," reported Rabbi ish Congress as casualties over-
Egelson, "was any coercion used seas. They are: Sgt. Edward Hen- tion.
in securing chaplains. Our CCAR. ry Bakeman, of Hollywood, Calif.,
Committee maintained the high- missing in action; Sgt. Simon Ro- Jews In Switzerland.
est standards for the qualifica- senstein, of Newark, N. J., killed Pray For Nazi Victims
GENEVA (JTA) — Prayers
tions of the men that it would in active service, and Sgt. Samuel
recommend for the chaplaincy. Hanan, of Los Angeles, Calif., were offered in all synagogues
throughout Switzerland this past
We felt that the work of the missing in action.
Sunday. Swiss Jews fasted and
Jewish Chaplain was in part that
A Palestinian Jew serving over- prayed for their co-religionists
of a public relations officer rep-
seas with the R. C. A. F., J. Sa- who have been starved and mas-
resenting the Jewish group."
phir, of Tel Aviv, was reported sacred in Nazi-held Europe. The
Of the members of the CCAR, wounded.
call for the fasting and prayers
Rabbi Brickner was named ad-
was issued by the Union of Swiss
ministrative chairman of the
TOMBSTONE UNVEILING
Jewish Communities.
CANRA; Rabbi Philip S. Bern-
A tombstone will be unveiled
stein of Rochester was chosen its
ROSENSON'S
full-time executive director, and over the grave of Hyman I. Ash,
Elkan C. Voorsanger was named at Machpelah Cemetery, at 11 a.
chairman of its visiting commit- rn. on Sunday, July 11. Relatives
tee. Rabbi James G. Heller, whose
term of office as President of the and friends are invited to attend
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Dr. Louis L. Mann of Sinai
Temple, Chicago, and Dr. Bar-
nett R. Brickner of Euclid Ave.
Temple, Cleveland, were chosen
by the Central Conference of
American Rabbis at its 54th an-
nual convention in New York
City last week to represent that
organization on the executive
board of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations.
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American Rabbis has a member-
ship of more than 400 liberal
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Canada, Australia, England and
South Africa. The UAHC is a
federation of 300 liberal syna-
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Canada.
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auspices of the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis and
the Union of American Congre-
gations, publish es Popular
Studies on Jewish subjects in
pamphlet form. These are being
distributed by the thousands
through chaplains and service
centers to men in the armed
forces.
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the Commission is the `'Voice of
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members of the armed services.
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