'Operation Homestead"

Plenary Agency Session Studies Israel's
Immigration, Economic .Difficulties

Trend in Reform Services Indicates
More Complete Return to Ceremonials

CLEVELAND, (JTA)—A report
of increased acceptance by Re-
form Jewish congregations and
their members of ritual practice
and ceremonial observance in
the synagogue and in the home
was made by Rabbi Morton M.
Berman of Chicago, chairman of
the Committee on Reform Prac-
tices, at the 41st biennial as-
sembly of the Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations.
With more than 90 per . cent
of •che 425 Reform congregations
surveyed revealing this trend,
Rabbi Berman indicated that
Liberal Judaism has undertaken
"to correct an error" made by
early anti-ritualistic leaders who
looked upon ceremonials as "tri-
vializing the noble teachings of
Judaism."

The delegates voted for the
establishment of a voluntary
rabbinical placement plan. Un-
der the plan all requests for
rabbis will be channeled
through a placement bureau to
be set up as the Joint Placement
Commission, composed of an
equal number of lay and rab-
binic representatives. The volun-
tary plan was adopted as a sub-
stitute measure in place of one
binding all congregations and
rabbis to arrange pulpilt ap-
pointments only through the
placement bureau.

conference of educators in Paris
NEW YORK — Israel's immi-. Agency Executive Meets
in December looking to the es-
grant camps will disappear alto- With Federation Leaders
gether by next Spring, it was NEW YORK, (JTA) — The tablishment of a permanent
reported to a plenary of the executive of the Jewish Agency seminary of Hebrew studies in
Jewish Agency Executive, in ses- reviewed with representatives of the French capital, he reported.
sion here. the Council of ,Tewish Federa- Greenberg also reported that 400
Under "Operation Homestead," tions and Welfare Funds a wide American students participated
evolved by the Agency's absorp- range of problems touching in a nationwide essay contest
tion department, the majority of Israel campaigns in the United oh Jewish history and culture.
18,000 newcomers arriving States and their relation to pro- youth Aliyah Head
monthly in Israel never see the grams of local. Jewish commun- Seeks Separate Drives
ities.
inside of a camp.
It was the first time that rep-
Permission to conduct sep-
Excepted from the new pro- resentatives of the Council, act- arate Youtli Aliyah fund-raising
cedure are only the unemploy- ing as a group, and a plenary drives throughout . the world was
Addressing a convention ban-
ables—the aged, infirm and so- of the Jewish Agency executive asked by Moshe Kol, director of
quet, Abban Eban, Israel Am-
cial cases—who go to camps for has had the opportunity for so the Youth Aliyah movement.
bassador to the United States,
treatment and sustenance.
termed the creation of Israel
full and frank an exchange of Kol said it was necessary in
Camps Emptying
the "chief expression of the
views. Dr. Nahum Goldmann, view of the increasing needs and
The population of existing chairman of the American sec- decreasing funds for youth im-
collective genius of the Jew-
Needs Standardization
camps has dropped from 90,000 tion of the executive, Presided at migration.
ish people in its modern his-
The
practice
of
congregations
•to 40.000 in the last six months the session.
The session was devoted to adopting rituals and ceremonials tory."
by dispersal of the workers to
Reports on Immigration
The nation - wide campaign
problems of the Economic De- in accordance with their indi-
workers villages, or by transfor-
Earlier the plenary heard re-
of the Jewish Agency, vidual needs, the report - stated, for $1,875,000 in behalf of the
mation of camps to independent ports from Itzhak Raphael, di- partment
charged with encouraging and has resulted in an uneven de- Union of American Hebrew Con-
communities.
rector of the Immigration De- assisting the flow of investment velopment of ritual practice, gregations and the Hebrew Un-
i Yehuda Baginsky and Zvi Her- partment, and Hayim Green- capital to Israel. Finance Min- which now calls for standardi- ion College-Jewish Institute of
an, co-directors of "Operation berg, director of the Culture and ister Eliezer Kaplan of Israel
zation and codification among Religion was formally opened at
omestead" reported that work- Education Department.
and Robert R. Nathan, director
a luncheon-session. Dr. Samuel
Raphael disclosed that Eas- of the Agency's Economic De- congregations.
' rs villages provide homes, pri-
S.
Shollender of Chicago, gener-
Rabbi
Solomon
B.
Freehof
of
tern
Europe,
Iran
and
Iraq
will
acy and work for inhabitants,
partment, participated in the Pittsburgh, chairman of the al chairman of the drive, an-
ut still consist mostly of tents. provide 90 percent of the 90,000 debate. Budgetary problems are
oreover, the department has immigrants expected to arrive being discussed by a special workshop on Jewish education, nounced that $300,000 had been
of had sufficient funds to pro- in Israel during the coming committee appointed by the reported on recent advances in raised toward the goal.
Jewish religious schools, while
Leonard T. Lewis of Detroit
ide permanent housing to re- months. He declared that only executive.
Alexander
Frieder
noted
an
in-
was
elected a member of the ex-
lack
of
funds
for
transport,
or-
lace the tents.
In his report Kol pointed out
• Twenty-five to thirty per cent ganization and housing kept the that separate campaign's for crease in synagogue attendance ecutive board. Regional officers
and wider participation by elected to the executive board
f all newcomers are now sent figure from being twice as high.
The head of the Immigration Youth Aliyah are being con- members in congregational life. include Dr. Herbert I. Kallet and
irectly to a home without en-
reception centers. This Department declared that 172,- ducted through Hadassah in the He said this was reflected in Dr. B. Benedict Glazer of De-
, .ering
roup includes those with Israel 540 immigrants from 54 coun- United States, the Canadian greater programming and in troit.
„ The Central Conference of
elatives who will help support tries arrived in Israel during the Hadassah and a special Youth greater civic, social and reli-
hem, persons with capital, and Jewish year ending Sept., 1950. Aliyah Commission in Great gious activity.
American Rabbis, meeting
Dr. Nelson Glueck, president here concurrently with the
Greenberg reviewed the sem- Britain.
- outh Aliy'ah immigrants with
Elsewhere, Youth Aliyah re- of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Union of American Hebrew
pecial agricultural or allied inars, "refresher course"• and
..raining who go directly to col- teacher - exchanges engineered ceives 10 percent of the proceeds Institute of Religion, warned Congregations biennial assem-
by the Culture and Education of lo-cal united Israel fund cam- that spiritual rearmament was bly, unanimously approved a
ective settlements.
Department during the last paigns. He reported that 17,000 as necessary to the welfare of chaplaincy procurement pro-
Tents on Way Out
children and youths are under America as military prepared- gram which inCorporates,, fea-
• The remainder spend a few year.
The department is fostering a Youth care in 240 Israel centers. ness. Dr. Glueck accepted a tures similar to Selective Serv-
_ ays at Shaar Aliyah reception
scroll presented to the College
enter near Haifa; where they
by the UAHC on the occasion of ice.
ndergo medical examination,
Under the plan, rabbis will be
the 75th anniversary of its es-
customs control and a sorting
divided
between those who have
tablishment.
process. Unemployables then go
previously served in the chap-
Support Aid to Israel
to camps. Men up to 45 years
UAHC approved a resolution laincy and those who have not.
of age and their families are
a
cancer
research
department
Detroit
Business
Men's
Group
calling
for intensified economic These divisions will further be
_sent to new workers villages.
as follows: single r ab-
which consist of tents, and some of the City of Hope, which is and that its extensive health re- aid to Israel. "As religionists we classified
with one
wooden structures. Tents are supporting the sanitorium and search work will be conducted look for the strengthening of the bis, married, married with
more
faith of our fathers and for new child and married
being replaced as rapidly as pos- health center at Duarte, Calif., on a non-sectarian basis.
A feature of the evening was religious insights in Israel. We than one child. The Central
at the annual dinner held Sun-
sible.
The Jewish Agency, which, day evening at Bel-Aire, secured the appearance of Allen Fire- urge that the present situation, Conference's action was taken
with the Israel Government subscriptions towards its goal of stone, an ex-patient at the City which limits the rights of non- in connection with the nation-
handles immigration, absorption $50,000 in the amount of - $21,000. of Hope, who has been cured Orthodox Jews, be corrected soon wide campaign being conducted
Spearheaded by large gifts by there, in a group of songs. He and we are certain that this will by the National Jewish Welfare
and agricultural settlement pro-
grams, gets its funds in the Mr. and Mrs. Nathan R. Epstein, was accompanied by Matolda redound to the benefit of all re- Board to recruit an additional
United States from the United Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher, Barsha, organist in Rabbi Trat- ligion and all of the people of 100 Jewish chaplains urgently
needed by the U. S. Armed
Jewish Appeal through United Harry Victor and several other ner's L. A. Temple, who told how Israel," the resolution added.
leaders in Business Men's Group, Firestone's health was restored
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Forces.
Palestine Appeal..
The delegates voiced "ab-
the response to the appeals made enabling him again to appear in horence"
Set Up Loan Fund
of
Communism
and
by the speakers in behalf of the concerts throughout the land.
The - National FederatiOn of
other forms of totalitarianism,
Duarte institution was spontan-
Bob Hall, who was master of but at the same time urged Temple Sisterhoods, meeting
eous.
ceremonies, was in fine form, "proper caution in rooting out here concurrently with the
Rabbi Jacob E. Segal, in the with ditties, songs, rhymes and subversives." T h e assembly UAHC assembly, heard a report
principal address of the evening, a strong personal appeal in be- also endorsed the United Na- by Jane Evans, executive direc-
tor of the organization, on a
stated that Jewish traditions do half of City of Hope. Towards
Max Osnos, Detroit depart- not limit themselves to single the end of the program he en- tions Convention Outlawing loan fund set up this year by
t store executive and a causes but encourage support of rolled as a member, by donating Genocide and President Tru- the group to help new congrega-
prominent figure in Jewish and all worthy efforts aimed at al- $100, on condition that 25 addi- man's Commisssion on Civil tions become established.
civic affairs, has been unani- leviating want.
tional guests do likewise, and 27 Rights.
Mrs. Louis A. Rosett of New
A resolution proposing that Rochelle, N. Y., Federation pres-
mously re-elected vice-chairman
Miss Beverly Litchmann, City people responded to his plea.
of the National Council of the of Hope national representative,
Morris Furman presided and a the UHAC change its name ident, urged the sisterhoods to
Joint Defense Appeal and will in an appeal in behalf of the in- brief address was delivered by was tabled. Dr. Maurice N. Eis- consider selection of representa-
play a prime role in leading the stitution, announced that the Nathan Epstein, president of the endrath was re-elected president tives to the seventh internation-
1951 JDA cam- national health center, which i si Business Men's Group,.
while Jacob Aaronson was nam- al biennial conference of the
p aign for $5,- being erected at Duarte at a cost I
ed honorary chairman of the world Union for Progressive Ju-
784,321 in sup-
board and Dr. .Samuel S. Hol- daism, which will be held in
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of
$1,600,000,
will
start
function-
I
port of the
London in July, 1951.
lander board chairman.
Friday, November 24, 1950
I
ing
in
January;
that
it
will
have
nation-wide hu-
m a n relations
programs of the
as y
American J e w-
HURRY! THE ARABS WILL
srgo
ATTACK AGAIN. TO YOUR
s h Committee
POSTS AND AFFIX
and the Anti-
YOUR BAYONETS!
D efaniateion
League of Bnai
Max Osnos
Brith .
Ire
•
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He will join in this effort,
which marks the opening of
Air •
JDA's tenth year as the fund-
raising arm of the AJC and
WITH BARELY A
ADL, with Sidney S. Moyer of
HANDFUL OF AMMUNITION OR
EACH OF THEM, THE SETTLERS GRIM-
Youngstown, 0., newly elected
LY -AWAIT THE ATTACK THEY KNOW
chairman of the National Coun-
IS COMING. IT IS TOV'S PRESENCE
cil of the JDA, and Paul H.
AND LEADERSHIP THAT GIVES THEM
AN ADDED MEASURE Or CONFIDENCE.
Sampliner, of New York, chair-
man of the Council's Executive
Committee.
The unanimously-adopted res-
olution setting the 1951 JDA
goal termed the "forces of prej-
udice and bigotry a constant
threat to the foundations of
freedom on which our country is
established," a n d emphasized
that the "continued existence of
free, democratic institutions in
this country is essential to the
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security of the American Jewish
BELIEVING THAT THE SETTLERS HAVE
community and, therefore, of
PUN OUT OF AMMUNITION, HA.) MUSA
utmost significance to the wel-
ORDERS HIS MEN TO GROUP IN A CON -
ENTRATED SCALING OF T
fare of our • Jewish brethren
throughout the world and par-
ticularly the State of Israel,"

Business Men's Group Subscribes
S21,000 for California City of Hope

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Elect Max Osno's
JDA Drive Head

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