Labor Zionist, Sholem Aleichem Schools Amalgamate

CCAR President Urges Central Body
Be Formed to Speak for U.S. Jewry

CINCINNATI (JTA)—A recom-
mendation that the CeiNtral
Conference of American Rabbis
ask the Council of Jewish Fed-
erations and Welfare Funds to
convene all American Jewish
community councils, for the pur-
pose of forming an organization
"that shall speak and act with
authority for American Jewry"
was made at the 61st annual
convention of th._ organization
of Reform rabbis by Dr. Jacob
R. Marcus, president,.
He paid a warm tribute to the
state of Israel and to "these
heroic men who built a new
state with their own lifeblood."
Observing that "we love Israel
and are zealous for its ,honor,"
Dr. Marcus denounced "the in-
justice that now prevails in the
land of Israel whereby some Re-
form rabbis are denied complete
religious equz.lity." He asked
that "Liberal rabbis be granted
the same rightS as all other
rabbis.
The Jew's Task
Turning to the task of Jews
in the world, Dr. Marcus said
that, with Israel, the task is
"of again making Israel a Holy
Land, a land of books and
ideals." Taking issue with those
who say Zionism is dead, he
continued: "I say that there is
a higher Zionism and that has
only begun, and that is the
task of making Israel a Holy
Land." . .
"But that is only half our
task," he pointed out, "The other
half is to make of American
Jewry the greatest Jewish com-
munity the world has ever
known. I am speaking of great-
ness in terms of the spirit, of an
America whose Jews read and
study, who have a knowledge of
their ancestral history."
Dr. Marcus also recommended
that the CCAR appoint a com-
mittee "to draft an extensive
an: detailed blueprint of Liberal
Jewish practice, in all its as-
pects" for consideration at the
next convention.
Pros and cons of the Jewish
all-day schools were presented
before the conference.
Speaking against the "all-day
schools," Dr. Victor Reichert of
Cincinnati, said: "I see the
Jewish all-day school as a phe-
nomenon that must be interpre-
ted in the context of the eclipse
of humanistic liberalism and
withdrawal into the shell ' of
separatism. The all-day school
seeks survival by voluntary
withdrawal and segregation
from the American public school
—the best workshop we have to
forge the tools for a more ideal
America."
Dr. Emanuel G-amoran, educa-
tional director of the Union of
Americann Hebrew Congrega-
tions, defended the Jewish all-
day school. "It is good American
tradition to permit private sec-
ular schools and day schools,
under religious auspices. There-
fore, opposition to their exist-
ence should be based on an ob-
jective consideration of the
facts, rather than on emotional
reactions on the parts of Jews
whose Judaism is so attenuated
that they always, psychiatrically,
consider anything Jewish as
anti-American."
The Conference reaffirmed its
stand for separation C -e Church
and State. It approved the fol-
lowing recommendationS:

1. Protest against the use of our public
schools as places of Bible distribution;
2. Opposition to use of public tax money
for direct or indirect support of parochial
schools, Christian or Jewish; 3. Opposi-
tion to use of clergymen as officially paid
court officers; 4. Protest against the prac-
tice of seeking the support of• town or city
officials through governmental edicts or
proclamation of a holy day that is not
signicant to the non-Christian public; and
5. Opposition to use of public , buildings
for display of strictly religious symbols of
sectarian bodies.

Israel-U. S. Ties
The inner resources and spir-
itual vitality of the generation
of Jewry which wrought the
Jewish renaissance and the
state of Israel are sadly lacking
in many American Jewish circles
today, Dr. Samuel M. Blumen-
feld of Chicago, noted Jewish

educator, told the Conference at
a symposium on "Israel and the
American Jew."
Rabbi Charles E. Shulman of
New York told the rabbis that
American Reform Judaism suf-
fers under peculiar handicaps
with regard to Israel because of
American Reform's association
with elements hostile to Zionist
ideology.
Addresses by Silver, Sachar
An American Jewish commun-
ity aware of its responsibilities
and appreciative of the values
of Jewish education was envi-
sioned by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver
of Cleveland and Dr. Abram L.
Sachar of Waltham, Mass.
"The American Jewish com-
munity will be centered in
Judaism or it will not survive,"
Dr. Silver said. "It will be as an
ethnic-religious community that
it will carry on, on the Ameri-
can scene, or it will disinteg-
rate."
Dr. Schar told the Reform
rabbis that the American Jew-
ish community is compelled to
develop its own leadership be-
cause of the immigration re-
strictions of the past quarter
century and because of Nazi de-
struction of important Jewish
centers in Europe.
He urged the American Jewish
community to follow the exam-
ple of the Quakers, who, "a
much vilified group a century
ago," avoided apologetics and
concentrated upon peace pro-
grams and built universities and
,became the most respected of
all the Christian groups."
A four-fold program aimed at
strengthening Jewish spiritual
life in the United States was
outlined by Dr. Maurice N. Eis-
endrath, president of the Union
of American Hebrew Congrega-
tions.
Dr. Eisendrath analyzed the
role which Reform Judaism is
now playing in American Jewish
life and appealed to the rabbis
to provide "the man power, the
spiritual leadership and the tan-
gible cooperation" for carrying
out the following program:

Walter Field Heads
Friends of Beth Berl

Walter L. Field was elected
chairman of the Detroit Chap-
ter of the Society of American
Friends of the Berl Katznelson

Plan to Establish Afternoon
Branch in Northwest Section

The Jewish Folk Schools of
the Labor Zionist Movement
and the Sholem Aleichem In-
stitute have amalgamated their
curricula and t h e i r unified
school system, henceforth will
function as part of the Central
School Committee of the Labor
Zionist Movement under the
name United Jewish Folk
Schools (of the Labor Zionist
Movement and the Sholem
Aleichem Institute).
The unified program will
function under one school
board, with a single central of-
fice, one executive secretary and
one budget.

In-connection with the amal-
gamation of the two schools,
it has been an:iounced
that an a f t3r no on school
soon will be established in the
northwest section of the city.

WALTER L. FIELD

Institute in Israel. Mrs. Boris
Joffe was elected secretary, at
the organization meeting held
June 8 at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Feinberg.
Aron Horowitz, director of the
foreign studies department of
the Katznelson Institute, known
as Beth Berl, who addressed the
meeting, outlined a plan where-
by the American Friends of
Beth Berl would sponsor fellow-
ships to the school, providing
for courses of study to be taken
in Israel by leaders in all walks
of life in America.
Describing the need for a
bridge between Israel and Amer-
ican Jewry through expanded
cultural activities, Horowitz
pointed out that non-Jews who
study at Beth Berl and are
guided through the land by its
leaders as well as Jewish lead-
ers are provided with the knowl-
edge which enables them to
strengthen the bonds between
the two countries.

Northwest Center Plan's in Progress;
Temporary Quarters Established

.

Ruth Redstone has been
named temporary chairman of
the steering committee of resi-
dents of the northwest section
of the city, organized to help
implement plans for a North-

Arab Foe of Zionism
At Hebrew U. Fete

MEXICO CITY — (JTA) —
Miguel Abed, prominent Mex-
ican Arab who is well known
as an opponent of Zionism,
was one of the speakers at
the celebration here of the
25th anniversary of the He-
brew University of Jerusalem.
Abed readily accepted the in-
vitation to participate in the
celebration and sat on the
rostrum during the meeting.

Masada Will Install New Officers
At Anniversary Dance June 25

"1. The stronglehold which the ex-
clusively philanthropic enterprises enjoy in
American Jewish life must be supplanted
by a moral and religious program. Re-
ligious and ethical content must be em-
phasized in place of the monopoly that
these temporary and tentative undertak-
ings have on the funds and the effort
of our communities.
"2, Invigoration of our as yet all too
weak and inadequate appeal to the un-
synagogued to return to their true spirit-
ual home, the Synagogue, as the sole
hope for a frustrated American Israel and
an otherwise doomed world.
"3.
Creation of a literate American
Jewry out of a presently woefully illit-
erate one.
"4. We must concentrate our heaviest
artillery in those areas which contain
the heaviest preponderance of the Jewish-
ly indifferent."

"Moves are planned by the Jew-
ish Community Council towards
halting the 12th Street area
real-estate panic," stated Louis
Rosenzweig, chairman of the
Council's I n t e r n a l Relations
Committee before the executive
committee of the Jewish Com-
munity Council. Some of "those
promoting panic in, this area for
financial gain are helping des-
troy hundreds of thousands of
dollars of communal invest-
ments made by Jewish people of
Detroit."
A leaflet, "Neighbor, where
are you running to?" designed
to advise present home owners
not to sell their homes needless-
ly, has been distributed through-
out the 12th Street Linwood
area. The Detroit Rabbinate
has extended their cooperation
to the Council, in addition to
the efforts of the Women's Ac-
tions Committee and a joint
committee of the Council and
Anti-Defamation League.
The Community Council's 264
constituent organizations have
been asked to combat-the panic
by giving the widest publicity
to the recent circular.

west Extension of the Jewish
Community Center.
Others on the interim group
include Bess Yura, chairman,
day camp committee; Lil Lino-
vitz, chairman, junior council
groups; June Cole, chairman,
adult education committee, Syd-
ney A. Krause, chairman, com-
munity relations committee.
As a first step in setting up
a cultural, social and recrea-
tional institution to service the
northwest section, temporary
quarters, housing an office and
several meeting rooms, have
been secured at 18677 Livernois,
two blocks south of Seven Mile
Rd.
Center -sponsored activities
now in progress in the area in-
clude a junior club program
serving close to 290 children, a
day camp, now preparing for its
second season, and a baseball
league for teen-agers.
Representatives of organiza-
tions in that area, as well as
interested individuals, are in-
vited to a meeting to be held at
8:30 p. m. Tuesday, June 20, at
the Livernois headquarters, to
make further plans for Center
programming.
Additional information may
be secured from Jeanette Katz,
northwest program supervisor,
UN. 1-3164.

Outdoor Activities
To Be Stressed at
JCC Day Camps

Rabbi Philip Bernstein was
elected CCAR president.

JCC All-Out to Halt
Real Estate Panic

Deficits incurred by either
group will be covered by it be-
fore the unification is put into
effect.
At a meeting of the com-
bined groups, held on Monday
e v e n i n g, permanent officers
were matted, as follows:
Morris L. Schavei, honorary
president; Jack Malamud, pres-
ident; Abraham Beitner, Sam
Jacobson and David Sislin, vice-
presidents; Samuel Taxey, fi-
nancial secretary; Jacob Zuck-
erman, treasurer; Sarah Fried-
man and Isadore Schrodeck,
Yiddish and English recording
secretaries, respectively.
The officers will be installed
and an executive committee will
be elected at a celebration
marking the unification - of the
schools on Monday evening,
June 19, at the Labor Zionist
Institute, 13722 Pasadena.

Active Masadaites who are working on plans for the group's
"Fifth Anniversary Installation Dance" are (seated) , left to
right, JOYCE WEINGARDEN, BETTY LEVINE, BILL FITZER-
MAN, PORTIA FOX; (standing) MORRIE GELLERMAN, LIL-
LIAN FISCHER, chairman of the affair; TED MANDELL, presi-
dent; JOE MEDWED and DOROTHY LANGER.

S

In keeping with its policy of
providing entertainment for its
members as well as education,
Masada will hold its "Fifth An-
niversary Installation Dance,"
Sunday evening, June 25, at the
Woodward Jewish Center.

Masada Becomes
New ZOD Chapter

At their final business
meeting of the year, mem-
bers of Masada, Young Zion-
ists of America, voted to af-
filiate with the Zionist Or-
ganization of Detroit. The
group will participate in all
ZOD activities on an equal
basis with other local chap-
ters.

Lillian Fischer, chairman of
the affair, announces that the
event is open to the public. Dick

Stein and his orchestra will pro-
vide the music, and refresh-
ments will be served.
Newly-elected officers of Ma-
sada will be installed by Rabbi
Morris Adler. Leon Kay, presi-
dent of ZOD will greet the new
chapter of the organization, and
Walter Field, founder of the
group, will receive a life-time
membership in recognition of
his interest in youth activities.
Dr. Samuel Krohn, former
president of Masada will present
gifts to the outgoing officers,
and Leonard Baruch will give
a short history of the organiza-
tion.
Board members of Masada for
the coming year are:

Bill Fitzerman, Bill Saulson, Portia Fox,
Lillian Fischer, Lenor Gaines, Arnold
Tanzman, Shirley Jacobson, Joe Medwed,
Sara Shenfield, Lee Shulman, Natalie
Arlene Levine, Marvin Hoffrichter, Doro-
thy Langer, Estelle Levinson, Betty Le-
vine, Ethel Boone, LaReva Salwin, Bea-
trice Ludwig, Sam Krohn, Lillian Atkins,
Florence Weintraub, Morris Gellerman and
Masha Siegel.

"A country camp in the city"
is the theme this year of all Jew-
ish Center day camps, whose
programs are being planned to
include more time in outdoor
areas for their junior campers.
Center day camping, now in
its 21st season, has expanded
from one camp in 1930 to four
camps, now serving all of the
Detroit area.
The camping program will
consist of swinuning, arts and
crafts, singing, dancing, story-
telling, dramatics, group projects,
sports, playground activities and
regularly scheduled trips to
parks and recreational areas.
Sites of the day camps are:
Camp Habonim (5 to 12 years),
Aaron DeRoy Memorial Bldg.,
8904 Woodward, TR. 5-8400;
Camp Northwest (4 to 8 years),
Schulze School, Manor, near San-
ta Maria, WE. 3-3525; Dexter-
Davison Camp (6 to 12 years),
40V W. Davison, WE 3-3525;
12th Street Day Camp (5 1/2 to
11 years), 12th and Blaine, TY.
8-6000.
All camps, except 12th Street,
provide bus transportation on
request within specified areas.
For further information about
day camps, call one of the above
numbers.

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, June 16, 1950

