Reform Leader Attacks Israel
'Ultra-Orthodoxy,' Council for Judaism
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-3
Friday, June 25, 1954
Bennike Has Freedom
Of Action; No Change
In Hutchison. Status
Direct JTA Teletype W ire to The Jewish News
PIKE, N. H.—The 65th con-
vention of the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis, Re-
form rabbinical body. opened
here Tuesday with a presidential
address by Dr. Joseph L. Fink,
of Buffalo, praising Israel, de-
ploring ultra-orthodoxy in the
Jewish state and condemning
the anti-Zionist American Coun-
cil for Judaism.
Reporting on a visit he made
to Israel earlier this year. Rabbi
Fink told the convention "al.
though there is anxiety in Israel,
there is no fear." He proceeded
to praise the spirit of the Israel-
is, deplore extreme nationalism,
express hope for the emergence
of a liberal religious movement
in Israel, and to denounce the
anti-Zionist American Council
for Judaism.
The people of Israel display a
"hardening of the moral fiber
and a determined ambition" in
Spite of the daily crises con-
fronting them, said the CCAR
president. But the country
"stands in sore need of two re-
quirments."
The first need is material,
and supplying that need is "jus-
tice not charity," observed the
rabbi, pleading for greater sup-
port of the United Jewish Ap-
peal:
The second need is that of
peace and toward that end Dr.
Fink asked the rabbis to go on
record as demanding of the
American Government that "it
use its best offices speedily and
resolutely to promote conditions"
of a settlement of the disputes
between Israel and her Arab
neighbors.
Predicting a_ "great revival in
Israel," Rabbi Fink indicated
that there "are some al eas in
Israel where zeal for orthodoxy
is of an extreme character and
runs so high that the neighbor
who is not orthodox is excluded
from the teaching of love thy
neighbor."
The speaker assured his audi-
ence that "there are unmistak-
able signs of the culmination of
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orthodoxy's influence" on Israel-
is. He recommended that the
conference appoint a committee
of men familar with conditions
in Israel to "formulate a pro-
gram that might inspire indige-
nous extension of liberal Juda-
ism in Israel."
Dr. Fink reserved his strong-
est utterances to assail the views
and actions associated with the
bitterly anti-Zionist American
Council of Judaism. Without
mentioning the organization by
name, Dr. Fink asserted, "We
lament the short-sightedness of
those Jews who refuse to see the
vital connection between the
fate of Israel and the fate of
world Jewry."
U NITED NATIONS, N.Y..
The Secretary-General
of the UN told correspondents
that General Bennike, chairMan
of the Palestine Truce Supervi-
sion Organization, "is not under
direct instructions from us." As
I the "representative in the field,"
Mr. Hammarskjold declare d,
General Bennike "has consider-
able freedom." Asked about
Commander Elmo Hutcht-
son's present status as chairman
of the Israel-Jordan Armistice
Commission, in the light of Is-
raeli protests over his partial
judgment' on the Scorpian Pass
massacre, the Secretary-General
indicated that the UN contem-
plated no change in personnel.
AS for the current Israel-Jordan
deadlock, he said that "the situ-
ation has not changed" since
Jordan withdrew from the Se-
curity Council which has let an-
other week go by without any
meetings.
(AJP) —
Report David Croll
In Line for Cabinet Post
TORONTO, (JTA)—The To-
ronto Star reported from Otta-
wa this week that David Croll,
Toronto M. P. would be given a
Cabinet post after the current
session of Parliament.
Croll, a leading member of the
Jewish community, was recently
complimented at a Liberal cau-
cus for his work as chairman of
the Parliamentary banking and
commerce committee.
Prime Minister Louis St. Lau-
rent is said by the paper to be
considering Col. Croll for a Cab-
inet post, possibly as associate
minister of national defense.
Israel Physicians Reject
Offer to Form Committee
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—An emer-
gency committee representing
the Israeli doctors who last
month struck in protest against
the refusal of the government
and public institutions to in-
crease their salaries has rejected
an offer from the government
to set up a special committee to
investigate the situation of sal-
aries, physicians.
The emergency committee in-
sisted that the offer demon-
strated no understanding of the
plight of the doctors nor of a
remedy for the situation. The
last strike lasted three days, at
the end of which the doctors
gave the government 30 days to
arrive at a satisfactory offer.
Ben-Zvi Recovers from Surgery
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Itzhak
Ben-Zvi, 70-year-old President
of Israel, was reported today to
be in a "satisfactory" condition
following minor surgery. He
will be hospitalized for about
ten days.
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