DETR0rr fro/Intl NEWS-5 Liebman Found Innocent
Friday, August 13, 1954
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physician and member of the
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The government of Israel and
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Funds also will be raised for
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short lecture tours. The con-
ference also decided upon the.
formation of a Women's Auxi-
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Trial of Butcher. Points Out
Weaknesses in. State Law
By FRANK SIMONS
The case involving Meyer
Liebman, Detroit butcher ac-
cused of selling non-kosher
meat, was concluded last week
when a six-man Recorder's Court
jury ruled that Liebman was not
guilty of the charges brought
against him by the State Agri-
cultural Department.
The case, which had dragged
through the courts since last
April, established several prece-
dents and revealed several weak-
nesses in the system of state
supervision, and also brought
counter charges from Liebman'
against the Council of Orthodox
Rabbis.
The interesting and unprece-
dented case was based on two
principal theories—the first, was
Liebman selling n o n - kosher
meat? The second, if he was,
was he entitled to use the tradi-
tional -six-pointed star in his .
window?
When Liebman was first in-
-dieted by the Council of Orth-
odoxRabbis as. selling meat in
violation of kashrut, the case
was brought to the attention of
the State Agricultural Depart-
ment which demanded that cor-
rections be made.
On a second and a third
visit, Liebman was charged
again with selling non-kosher
products and was ordered to
have his kosher sign removed..
This, he did for a few days,
according to the Council, and
then reinstated not the word
"kosher," but the Jewish star,
which the Council claims has
come to signify the same thing.
When he was ordered to re-
move the sign, Liebman refused,
and he was brought to court,
charged only with evidence
taken from that fourth visit.
Liebman's attorney, Larry
Middleton, pointed out to the
jury that the Michigan statute
referring to Kashrut, although
requiring a restaurant serving
kosher food to indentify , itself
with both the Hebrew word,
"Kosher," and a star, requires a
butcher similarly engaged in
selling kosher meat, only to use
the Hebrew word "kosher."
The pace of the trial stepped
up as confiscated meat was
shown as evidence of kashrut
violation. The evidence intro-
duced were pickled tongues
taken from the brine barrel of
Liebman's market.
While the prosecution tried to
show that the tongues did not
have the necessary stamp re-
quired by rabbinical law, defense
attorney Middleton explained
that the merchandise had been
approved but that the stamp had
worn off during the brining
process.
When the jury brought in a
collusion Liebman testified
the Kosher Butchers' Associa-
tion has a monopoly on who is
to get approval from the Rab-
binical group in order to open
a meat mark e t, and added
that the only way a new
butcher may open a business
is to buy out a butcher now in
operation.
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Orthodox Rabbis, thought that
the decision by the jury on the
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evidence shown was justified,
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but still felt that Liebman had
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violated the laws of kashrut.
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Rabbi Notis had testified that
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he said.
Backing Up his charges• of
Dr. Richard C. Hertz, senior
rabbi of Temple Beth El, was
unanimously elected department
chaplain for the State of Mich-
igan by the American Legion,
last week's convention in Grand
Rapids.
The name of
Dr. Hertz, a
member of the
Charles A. Lar-
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placed in nom-
ination by a
Catholic Chap-
lain, Father R.
Vincent Myrick,
whom he suc-
ceeds as depart-
ment chaplain.
Dr. Hertz
Rabbi Hertz becomes the sec-
ond state chaplain of Jewish
faith in the Department of
Michigan of the American Le-
gion. The first was Rabbi Harry
Essrig, of Grand Rapids, who
served in 1951.
An expected increase in enroll-
ment has prompted the Ahavas
Achim Sunday School to sched-
ule its registration days early.
j They will be held from 7 to 9
p.m., Tuesday and Thursday,
with registration also slated for
10 a.m. to 12 noon, Aug, 22.
The earlier registration witt
facilitate -proper arrangements
as to teachers and classes so that
the school will be able to open,
as scheduled, on Sept. 12. Those
waiting until the term starts are
advised that they will only be
accepted if room permits.
Registration also may be made
from 1 to 5 p.m., every week day,
at the synagogue,
He added fuel to the raging
fire by saying that at one time
there were over 100 kosher
butchers, but now there are only
around 65, and added that a new
kosher butcher shop has not
been opened in a number of
years.
The Council of Rabbis. as did
the Kosher Butchers' Associa-
tion, denied this charge.
Meanwhile the trial indicated
a weakness in the current su-
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pervisory machinery. State of:-
ficials, no matter how much they Olshan New Head of
wish to cooperate in kashrut su-
pervision, do not possess the un- Israel Supreme Court
derstanding of Jewish law to
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pass judgment on so-called vio-
lators.
1 dent Itzhak Ben Zvi approved
This very fact requires author- 1 the appointment of Chief Jus-
ities from the Council of Ortho- tice Itzhak Olshan to the presi-
dox Rabbis to accompany in-
spectors on their visits to de- dency of the Israel Supreme
termine who is and who is not . Court. Justice Olshan succeeds
living up to the standards of Dr. Moshe Smoira, who retired
kashrut.
from the country's highest tri-
A second point willed the trial
brought out is the necessity for bunal because of ill health.
a change in the present law for-
bidding butchers selling non-ko-
sher products from displaying
not only the word "kosher" but
also preventing them from using
a traditional six-pointed star,
since, by implicatidn, it signifies
kashrut on a butcher shop as
well as a restaurant.
Thirdly, the trial demonstrat-
ed that if observant Jews expect
to receive kosher meat when
they buy, they are entitled to a
better system of supervision on
the part of the state and the
rabbis.
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Liebman, in t h e meantime,
stated that he planned to apply
again for his kosher sign, for
which all butchers pay $4 a
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vedict of not guilty to Judge
John P. Scallen, it had, in ef-
fect, found Liebman not guilty
both of selling non-kosher
meat and of displaying a six-
pointed star indicating the
sale of kosher products.
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