Re-Evaluation of Zionism, Reworking
Of Marriage Contract Highlighted _
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.Rabbtmeal Assembly Conference
UNIONT OWN, Pa.---At the
54th annual convention of the
Rabbinical Assembly of America,
Rabbi Harry Halpern, Brooklyn,
N.Y., was elected president.
Highlights of the four-day
convention included a. talk by
Dr. Mordecai M.:::
Kaplan, note
philosopher and
theologian, in t**.
which he called
for the formu-
lation of a new
Zionism to "re-
vive the mori-
bund J e wish
people:" a re-
port on the new
form of the ke-
tubah ( marriage
contract), t h e Dr. Halpern
first . such adaptation in over
1,0613 years; and an. address by
the retiring president - of the
Rabbinical Assembly, Dr. Ira
Eisenstein of New York. Dr.
Eisenstein said "American Jews
should declare openly that kib-
butz galuyot (ingathering of the
exiles) is a limited doctrine, in-
tended to establish Israel for
the persecuted Jews of all lands.
and for those who wish to fulfill
themselves as Jews by living in
Israel." -
Dr. Kapla n, 7-3 - year-old
founder of the Reconstruc.
tionist Movement, urged the
convening of an international
assemblage in Jerusalem to
draw up "a formal declaration
or covenant" embodying a new
conception of the Jewish fu-
ture.
Such a covenant would (1) re-
constitute the spiritual unity
of the Jewish people through-
out the world, (2) stress anew
the indispensability of the
land of Israel to the revival of
Judaism throughout the world
and (3) encourage replenish-
ment of traditional Jewish
rrri,-
"Pre-S t a t e Zionism." he said,
"has been so preoccupied with
salvag i ri g the Jews of the
Old World that it has not been
able to give thought to the
problem of saving the Jewish
people as a whole from the ac-
e e l e r a t ing disintegration. It
went so far as to urge migration
to Israel on the ground that
there could be no future for
Judaism outside Israel."
Amended Marriage Contract
Prof. Judah Goldin, co-chair-
man of the steering committee
or the joint law conference of
the Rabbinical As..sembly and
the Jewish Theological Semi-
nary. reported that the commit-
tee had voted unanimously to
issue an amended form of the
traditional Jewish marriage
contract. It would be available
for use at all Jewish marriages
before the end of the summer
The new form of the ketuba
has been drafted by Dr. Saul
Lieberman, professor of Talmud
at the Seminary and dean of its
rabbinical school. Its language is
the traditional Aramaic, but the
document is supplied with an
English translation.
In it, the bride and bride-
groom both agree to live in ac-
cordance with the Jewish mar-
riage law throughout their
lives, and to take no steps look-
ing to disruption of their mar-
riage without consulting Rabbi-
nieal authorities for family
counselling and for possible res-
toration of mutual affection.
Either the wife or the husband
will be entitled to call the other
spouse before the Beth Din
(Rabbinical Court) set up by the
Rabbinical Assembly and the
Seminary jointly, and empower
the Beth Din to set such terms
as it may see fit for failure to
obey its summons or its de-
cisions.
Authorities say that this new
change is the first one to be
made in the marriage contract
form in over 1,000 years.
A new project to establish
the LOW'S Ginzberg Chair in
Talmud and the Alexander
Marx Chair in history of Jew-
ish literature at the Seminary
was announced at the eonven-
tion.
Co-chairmen (f I
”R, if?nal
committee c. •
rais-
ing $500,000 for the project are
Rabbi Morris Adler of Detroit
and Rabbi Abraham Heller of
Brooklyn. The project is spon-
sored by the Rabbinical As-
sembly, the United Synagogue
and the Seminary. *.
In a series of resolutions, the
convention sharply scored the
racist provisions of the McCar-
ran - Walter Immigration Law
and called for the enactment of
the Lehman Bill; urged the U.S.
Government to reconsider its
policy of furnishing arms to the
Arab States; called upon the
Government to exert all its pow-
er and prestige in the UN to
persuade the Arab States to ne-
gotiate with Israel for a perma-
nent peace; urged ratification
of the UN Genocide Convention
by the U.S.; and hailed the his-
toric U.S. Supreme Court de-
cision outlawing segregation in
the public schools.
felt ish Book Council
Gil es Awards for '53
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NEW YORK—Five awards car-
rying cash prizes totalling $800
for 1953's best works of Jewish
interest in the fiction and ju-
venile fields were made at the
annual meeting
of the National
Jewish Welfare
Board-sponsored
eJewish Book
Council.
Rabbi Ely H.
Pilchik, Newark,
N. J., was elect-
ed president of
the Council,
succeeding Dr.
Sol Liptzin, New
York,
The $250 Har-
Rabbi Pilchik ry and Ethel
Daroff Memorial Fiction Award
went to Charles Angoff, New
York, for his novel, "In the
Morning L i g h t" (Beechhurst
Press).
The $250 Isaac Siegel Me-
morial Award for the best Jew-
ish juvenile in English was given
to Miss Deborah Pessin, New
York, for her history, "The Jew-
ish People" (United Synagogue
Commission on Jewish Educa-
tion).
The three Harry Kovener Me-
morial Awards of $100 each went
to: Ephraim E. Lisitzky, New Or-
leans, for his books of Hebrew
poetry, "In Negro Tents" (Mosad
Bialik, Jerusalem) ; Harry H.
Fein, Boston,
English Jew-
ish poetry," and
and Eliezer Green-
berg, New York, for his volume
of Yiddish poetry, "Night Dia-
logue" (Gezeltri)•
22--DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 28, 1954
Israeli Leader Guest
Of Hapoel Hamizrachi
At Meeting Thursday
Areyah Handler, treasurer and
director. of Hapoel Hamizrachi
in Israel, will be the guest
speaker at a meeting arranged '
of Detroit Ha-
opel Hamizrachi
and the League
f o r Religious
Labor in Israel,
next Thurday,
8:30 p.m., at Ha-
poel Hamizrachi
head quarters,
12828 Dexter. I
During World
War II, M r .
.Handler was in';
charge of t h e
A . Handler European Im-
migration Department. of the
Jewish Agency and was re-
sponsible for the rescue of thou-
sands of children from Europe.
He is a member of the board of
the National Bank of Israel.
Mr. Handler will spend a few
clays here to acquaint Detroit
Jewry of the achievements of
Hapoel Hamizrachi and the
League for Religious Labor in
Israel.
Sabbath League Slates
Annual Kibbutz Project
The annual kibbutz project of
the Women's Sabbath League
will be held at 12:30 p.m., Wed-
nesday, at Young Israel Center,
states Mrs. Milton Winston,
chairman.
Pr oceeds from this year's
luncheon will provide fertilizing
machines for new, religious la-
bor colonies in Israel's Negev
area. In past years, the women
have sent major appliances and
machinery with funds from this
annual campaign.
Coming to Detroit to address
the event is Areyah Handler, of
Jerusalem.
One of the highlights of the
event, according to Mrs. Wins-
ton, will be a musical presenta-
tion by the Adas Shalom Sister-
hood choral group, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Joseph Markel.
In charge of arrangements for
the afternoon will be Mesdames
Dora Barsky, B. Cronenwelt, P.
Leader, H. Ring, B. Servetter,
with Mrs. L. Kaplan serving as
chairman. Mrs. Joshua Sperka
will preside.
Council Obtains
New Film on Israel
A new film, "This Is Israel," the new generation of children
made available to the Jewish now growing up in Israel.
Community Council by the The film, which runs 1434
American Zionist Council in minutes, may be obtained with-
out charge by calling Miss Edith
New York, may be obtained by Heavenrich, program secretary
local organizations, announces WO. 2-6716.
Louis LaMed, chairman of the
Culture Commission of the Jew- Manchester Gets Title to
ish Community Council.
Section in Jerusalem Area
The 16mm film depicts the
new industrial life which is de- MANCHESTER, (JTA) T h e
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views are scenes showing activi- ed with title to a section in the
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and gardens which have devel- Jewish philanthropist, which in-
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Physicians End Strike With Warning
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — A na- assistant physician, 464 pounds
tion-wide strike of salaried-1 instead of 273.
physicians working for the
The burial societies reported
government and national in- that "death had taken a holi-
stitutions ended after three day" in Tel Aviv. In this city
days, but the strikers warned of
with than 200,000 population,
that if a satisfactory agreemeht with a normal death rate of 18
were not reached within 10 days per day, not a single death was
they would call a longer stop- reported during the second day
page. of the strike. As one represen-
Unions representing attor- tative of a burial society put
neys and educators employed by it "The Angel of Death seems
the government or national in- to have joined the striking
stitutions on a salary basis also doctors,"
have demanded increases. Both The action was mainly in the
: unions have threatened strikes nature of a protest at the de-
if their demands are not met. cision not to negotiate. Dr. A.
I Three thousand Israeli physi- Avigdor, president of the as-
cians in private practice went sociation, told newsmen that
on a two-hour sympathy strike the labor federation had threat-
in support of their colleagues. ened to expel the doctors' as-
First aid stations were con- sociation and was attempting
verted into field hospitals to to "break" the salaries during
handle emergency cases. Sur- this fiscal year.
geons, supplied by the strikers, Seeks to Settle 40 , 000
performed emergency operations
-
in hospitals. Ten operations Jewish O rphans in Israel
were performed in Tel Aviv in STOCKHOLM, (JTA--An ex-
one day and the strikers rejected hibition called "The World of
Children" was opened here by
no call - on their services.
an organization known as "For
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after taxes and other deduc- to raise enough funds to arrange
tions amounts to 240 pounds for the transportation and set-
($133) a month. The physicians tlement in Israel of 40,000 Jew-
are asking for these increases: ish orphans.
A chief physician with 25 years
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