Re-Evaluation of Zionism, Reworking Of Marriage Contract Highlighted _ • • .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 * 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 veloping in Israel. Among the City of Manchester was present- views are scenes showing activi- ed with title to a section in the ty in the new tire factories, auto Jerusalem corridor area named manufacturing plants, the cities for Sir Simon Marks, British and gardens which have devel- Jewish philanthropist, which in- oped in an area which was pre- eludes a village named Man- viously desert and waste, and chester. THE TIDES Ontario's Finest and Most Modern Kosher Family Resort Will Open for the 1954 Season June 20th Reservations are being accepted now! For details of Cuisine, Activities and Entertainment Please write or phone THE TIDES Winter address-43 Fairleigh Cres, Toronto OR. 2761 American Funds Accepted at Par Beautiful SAN. BAR BEACH LAKE FRONT COTTAGES SO. HAVEN, MICH. MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE ALL COTTAGES ARE COMPLETELY FURNISHED— LINENS, SILVERWARE, DISHES, ETC. RENTALS—WEAKLY - MONTHLY - SEASON RECREATION FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN and ADULTS THIS IS VACATIONING Phone: MR. T. FIRSHT Residence—UN. 4-7121 or at Dexter Auto Wash—WE. 3-8149 $500,004) Net Profit for PEC TEL AVIV, (PTA)—The Pales- tine Economic Corporation earn- ed $500,000 in profits last year, after taxes, Dr. H. Gruenbaum, executive vice-president of PEC in Israel, announced. He reveal- ed that PEC would pay a four percent dividend on the basis of these earnings. 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. 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