Rabbinical Assembly Parley Hears
Plea for U.S. Pioneers to Israel

THE JEWISH NEWS-15

Friday, June 30, 1950

Sid Shmarak's

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NEW YORK—(JTA)—Leaders
of the American Jewish com-
munity need not feel any re-
straint in encouraging Jewish
youth to "invest their lives in
Israel out of a desire for com-
plete fulfillment as Jews," Rab-
bi Israel Goldstein, former Jew-
ish Agency treasurer, declared
at the four-day 50th anniver-
sary convention of the Rabbin-
ical Assembly of America. Dr.
Goldstein added that "Israel
needs chalutzim from America
for their qualitative even more
than their quantitative value."
Turning to the forthcoming
World Zionist Congress, the
Zionist leader expressed t h e
opinion that the effects of the
decisions reached in Jerusalem
this December will be far reach-
ing for both the Zionist move-
ment and Israel. The objective
of Zionism cannot be said to
have been attained until the
Jewish state is "firmly on its
feet," he continued, and in the
coming struggles a "tried and
seasoned" Zionist organization
will prove useful.
The argument that Zionists
outside of Israel should not in-
terfere in Israel problems is
"hardly tenable," Dr. Goldstein
said: It is natural and proper
for an American Jew to express
his predilections with regard to
problems in Israel, he stated,
adding that "the only point at
which interference m u s t, of
necessity, stop is the right to
vote in Israel."
The Rabbinical Assembly pro-
poses to initiate a nationwide
movement for Sabbath observ-
ance, Rabbi Max Arzt, a past
president of the Assembly, an-
nounced. "The restoration of
the Sabbath will restore our
spiritual equilibrium and mental
equanimity," he said. "It will
strengthen the weakened foun-
dations of the home, turn the
hearts of parents to the chil-
dren and the hearts of children
to their parents.'
At a golden jubilee celebra-
tion at Carnegie Hall 18 mem-
bers of the Assembly w e r e
awarded citations in recogni-
tion of 40 years of outstanding
service to the rabbinate. Dr.
Louis Finkelstein, president of
the Jewish Theological Semin-
ary of America, delivered the
principal address.

DiscriMination Charged

Conservative rabbis in Israel
are not only being denied the
rights and privileges which they
enjoy in all other free countries,
but the power of the state of
Israel is used to bring pressure
upon Conservative religious or-
ganizations in the United
States, the convention was told.
Reporting on alleged discrim-
ination against Conservative
rabbis in Israel, Rabbi David
Aronson of Minneapolis told the
convention in his presidential
address that only Orthodox rab-
bis are recognized in Israel. He
cited a number of cases show-
ing that Israel recognizes only
the divorces granted in th.!
United States by the Union of
Orthodox Rabbis and not by
Conservative rabbis.
On the other hand, he praised
the Israel rabbinate, especially
the, Sephardic rabbis, for agree-
ing to the ban on child marri-
ages and to the restriction of
polygamy practices which pre-
vail among Jews from Moslem
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countries. He also urged the
) convention to consider the la-
test proposal made by Israel to
the UN Trusteeship Council
with regard to Jerusalem as
"politically realistic and morally
just."

Oppose Vatican Recognition

Opposition to American recog -
nition of the Vatican as a state
was expressed in a resolution
adopted by the convention. The
resolution calls upon the United
States to refrain from sending
a new representative to the Vat-
ican "in order to assure the
principle of impartiality towards
all religious groups which has
been the basic principle of our
Am erican Republic."
The convention also adpoted a
resolution urging "further ef-
forts at disarmament" and more
patient attempts at negotiations
`13 with Soviet Russia in order to
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avert the "grave threat of atom-
ic and hydrogen bomb warfare
to the physical and spiritual

development of mankind." The
resolution said that "although
we - regard the threat of Com-
munism to the peace of the
world as a real and ever pres-
ent one, our answer to this chal-
lenge must grow out of our
deep -seated conviction that
men's hearts are won only by
ideas and ideals."

Oppose Religion in Schools

The rabbis appealed for United
States support of the United
Nations, to seek its development
into a world federation, and also
appealed to the United States
Senate for prompt ratification of
the UN Convention on Genocide.
The Assembly endorsed the
"Point Four" program for as-
sistance to nations in backward
areas, denounced the "repeated
failure" of Congress to enact
the President's civil rights pro-
gram, opposed loyalty tests in
those areas not affecting na-
tional security, and called for
repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law.
The convention opposed fed-
eral aid to non-public schools,
either in the form of free secu-
lar textbooks or transportation,
however, declaring it was not
opposed to aid in the form of
lunches, medical or dental serv-
ices. In connection with the
principle of church and state
separation, the rabbis asserted
their opposition to joint sectari-
an religious practices and holi-
day observances in the public
school systeM, and also opposed
released a n d dismissed time
practices.

Davidson Is President

The convention concluded
with a resolution calling upon
Jewish women in the United
States not to cook, shop, and to
avoid similar household work on
the Sabbath. Rabbi Max D.
Davidson was elected president
of the organization.
The need to attend public
worship on the Sabbath—"an
indispensable expression of loy-
alty to our faith"—was also em-
phasized by the law committee,
which urged the Conservative
movement to dedicate itself "to
the task of restoring the disci-
plines and observances always
associated with the Sabbath."
Other resolutions called for
the creation of a commission on
marriage and the family jointly
sponsored by the Assembly and
the United Synagogue of Amer-
ica, urged the establishment of
Jewish religious courts of law
throughout the country recom-
mended to the United Synagogue
and the National Women's
League the setting of standards
for Jewish lay leadership and on
various occasions the presenta-
tion of citations "to those who
meet and represent these stand-
ards."
The idea of a World Jewish
covenant was proposed in a res-
olution presented by Dr. Morde-
cai M. Kaplan, and was unani-
mously adopted "in principle"
by the 300 Conseravtive rabbis
attending. The- convention also
voted to launch a. nationwide
campaign to promote acceptance
of a minimum code of religious
observance among adherents of
the conservative movement.

Israel Asks Jews in Peru
To Send 'Young Pioneers'

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