UMW Convention Hears Plea for
Expansion of Reform Movement

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS - 19

Friday, February 18, 1955

Unfrocked Priest As'sails Jews, UN

I BOSTON. (JTA) — An attack was devoted to an article en-
on Jewry and the United Na titled "World Government by the
tions has been published in "The Jews,' The article said that
Point," a publication of St. Bene- "Peacefully, without firing a
Benjamin Levinson, president
dict Center in Cambridge, Mass. shot, the UN is now poised to
of Michigan Mortgage Corp., was
The Center is directed by Father accomplish the ancient .Tahnu-
dic purposes of the Jewish na-
honored Feb. 8 when the Michi-
Leonard Feeney, who was ex- tion; the crushing of the Catho-
gan State Legislature passed
communicated as a priest and
church and the establishment
House Concurrent Resolution No. expelled from the Jesuit order lic
of a central Jewish authority."
17, praising his efforts for the five years ago for preaching that The author of the article also
there was no possibility of sal- linked the United Nations and
betterment of the state.
Communism and called both of
A testimonial resolution from vation for non-Catholics.
The entire issue of four pages them "Jewish projects."
the Detroit Common Council and
Mayor Cobo for
services to the
Detroit corn-
- , munity was pre-
Hsented to Levin-
4 son , last month.
He is probably
the only com-
munal citizen to
•:i ‘ receive two such
awards.
The bill pass-
ed in Lansing
cites Levinson's
cooperation with
"interested
Levinson groups an d
members of the Michigan legis-
lature in connection with edu-
cational and health problems
for the betterment of the citi-
zens of the State of Michigan."
Specifically named in the tri-
butory resolution were Levin-
son's work in aiding the build-
ing of the new Medical Science
Bldg. at Wayne University, the
addition to the Herman Kiefer
Hospital and the construction
of the new state office building
in Lansing.

Draft Two Resolutions
LOS ANGELES, (JTA)—A call with the 9,000 serving about Lauding Benj. Levinson
for the Reform movement to ex- 5,000,000 Presbyterians. the 22.000

pand its horizons and activities
in the United States and in Is-
ra.el was voiced by Rabbi Mau-
rice N. Eisendrath, president of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, in his presiden-
tial report to the 43rd general
assembly of the UAHC. The con-
vention is • being attended by
some 1,500 delegates from 500
Reform congregations in the
United States, Canada and sev-
eral neighboring countries, in-
cluding two score delegates from
Detroit.
Dr. Eisendrath recommended
specifically that new areas of
expansion be marked out in the
United States—in the suburbs
and rural areas—and in the
State of Israel where, he said,
there was hope that the Reform
movement would shortly estab-
lish itself. He urged the assem-
bly to pledge itself. in conjunc-
tion with the World Union for
Progressive Judaism, to "do its
utmost to assure the success of
this venture"—in Israel.
In his 20,000-word "State of
the Union" message, Dr. Eisen-
drath urged action on Jewish
religious life in the rural areas,
asserting that many "isolated
Jewish families hungry and
athirst for Jewish knowledge
and Jewish guidance, have, in
to many instances, no alter-
native but to send their chil-
dren to Christian religious
schools and watch them drift
into complete assimilation."
The head of the Reform move-
ment also called for greater con-
centration on adult education,
on youth camps and on the es-
tablishment of regional offices
of the UAHC. At the same time,
he insisted that the synagogue
must take a more active role in
civic and communal affairs and
in pressing for social action.
Dr. Samuel S. Hollender,
chairMan of the executive board
of the UAHC and general chair-
man of the Combined Campaign
for the Advancement of Reform
Judaism, fund-raising arm of
the Reformed movement, re-
ported a decade of consistent
progress with the UAHC growing
from 300 to 499 congregations
in that period. The combined
membership of the Reform con-
gregations, he declared, is almost
1,000,000 men, women and chil-
dren. Dr. Hollender declared
that Reform Judaism was "par-
ticularly complementary to our
American democratic society."
Isidor Coons, executive vice-
chairman of the Combined Cam-
paign, reported that more than
$1 : 050,000 had been raised to
date in the current drive for
support of the Union and the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion. The min-
imum needs of the two institu-
tions, he declared, is $2,340,000.
In a message to the general
assembly, President Eisenhower
saluted the Union and declared
that its growth was a "striking
demonstration of a great
strengthening within your faith."
The message also stated:
"Whenever such evidence exists
of a genuine growth in religious
interest, it should enhearten
every American. For the more
vigorous our religious institu-
tions, the greater the possibility
that the voice of morality will
be heard in widening areas of
public life and in the considera-
tion of national and Interna-
tional problems."

ministers serving some 8,000,000
Methodists, and the approxi-
mately 30,000 priests serving
some - 30,000,000 Roman Catho-
lics."
A call was issued to member
congregations of the United
Synagogue of America, central
body of the Conservative syna-
gogues, to support the 10-year,
$60,000,000 campaign in behalf
of the Jewish Theological Sem-
inary, United Synagogue and
Rabbinical Assembly of America.
The campaign, which will be
carried into Jewish communities
in this country and Canada, will
be the largest fund-raising en-
deavor ever undertaken for any
theological. seminary, according
to Daniel G. Ross, chairman of
the parley and of the planning
commission. The campaign will
include a building fund to house
expanded seminary needs and
an endowment fund of $17,0%30,-
000 to meet the maintenance
costs of the new buildings.

Leonard Kasle Gets
Strong Backing for
Board of Education

Strong backing was given this
week given to the candidacy of
Leonard Kasle for the Board of
Education, to be voted on at
the Primaries on Monday.
A graduate of the University
of Michigan, University of - Vir-
ginia and the Jewish Institute
of Religion, Kasle now is vice-
president of Kasle Steel Corp.
He is a war veteran, a past
president of the Serve Our
Schools Committee which is
backing him, is associated with
the Better Schools Association
and is a member of the board of
the NAACP.
He is at present a. lecturer in
the Extension Division of the
Uniyersity of Michigan.

Mizrachi Women Start
North African Program

At the , recent Midwest con-
ference of the Mizrachi Wom-
en's Organization, held here at
the Hotel Detroiter, delegates
from 10 states launched a plan
to provide vocational training to
"an advance guard" of North
African children.
Behind the scheme is the plan
to train teen-agers who will
themselves provide economic ad-
justment and integration f o r
their parents and yotmger mem-
bers of their families.
Many Mizrachi chapters and
individual members pledged re-
sponsibility for given numbers
of these youthful immigrants to
Israel. Local women presiding
at the conference sessions were
Mesdames Philip Fealik, Emil
Spilman, Milton Winston and
Joshua Sperka.

Sid Shrnarak' s

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The shortage of rabbis in the
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problem facing American Jewry" Form Brandeis Seholaship
it was declared at the mid-
Brandeis University officials
winter conference of the nation- announced this week the estab-
al planning committee of the lishment of two scholarShips by
Jewish Theological Seminary of Detroit families.
America. The conference was at-
The Rhona, Rott Harris Me-
tended by 110 leaders of Jewish morial Scholarship was estab-
communities from all parts of lished by Mr. and Mrs. Harry
the U.S. and Canada.
Rott in memory of their daugh-
Reporting' that more than 5,- ter. The other contribution was
000,000 'Jews in this country are the Edward C. Levy Foundation
served by no more than 2,000 Scholarship.
rabbis of all groups, Daniel G.
Each fund provides full tui-
Ross, of New York, chairman of tion for a student who might
the planning committee, said: otherwise be unable to attend
"This number compares sadly college. '

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