German Party Hopes to Rule Unconstitutional
Law Barring Jews as School Teachers
BONN, (JTA) — The Social
Democratic Party, supported by
a number of deputies from other
political groups, plans to bring
suit before West Germany's Su-
preme Constitutional C o u r t
against Article 36 of the Rhine-
land-Palatinate State Constitu-
tion, which makes teaching ap-
pointments in the public elemen-
tary schools conditional ..ipon
membership in one of the Chris-
tian denominations.
As reported by the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency at the time,
the Social Democrats failed in
an effort last year to have this
discriminatory provision rescind-
er'. by the Rhineland-Palatinate
legislature.
They are now going a step fur-
ther. by seeking to have Article
36 ruled unconstitutional, on the
ground that it violates the guar-
antees of religious equality con-
tained in the West German Con-
stitution.
For such a suit to be considered
by the Supreme Constitutional
Court, it must be signed by one-
third of all Bundestag deputies,
which is more than the effective
strength of the Social Demo-
cratic delegation.
Support has been promised,
Labor Group Sponsors
Hebrew University Chair
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The cre-
ation of an Abraham Cahan
chair and a department devoted
exclusively to the Jewish labor
movement at the Hebrew Uni-
versity in Jerusalem, was an-
nounced by the administrative
committee of the Jewish Labor
Committee.
The Inter n a t i o n al Ladies
Garment Workers Union, AFL;
Amalgamated Clothing Work-
ers Union, CIO; Jewish Daily
Forward and Workmen's Circle
joined the Jewish Labor Com-
mittee in sponsoring the new
department.
The late Mr. Cahan, who died
several years ago at the age of
87, had been a pioneer of the
Jewish labor movement in
America. He was editor of the
Jewish Daily Forward at the
time of his death.
Meineal Journal Apologizes
For Wased Advertisement
MONTREAL, (JTA)—A protest
by the National Joint Public
Relations Committee of the
Canadian Jewish Congress and
the Bnai Brith against a dis-
criminatory advertisment in the
Canadian Medical Association
Journal has brought an apology
from the publication.
The NJPRC opposed an ad-
vertisement w hi c h specified
that "Protestant only apply." In
reply, the editor of the journal
expained that such advertise-
ments are usually rejected, but
that owing to a "dislocation" of
office staff the advertisement
was inadvertently published.
Deplore Anti Semitism
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BOSTON, Mass. (JTA) —Re-
ligious leaders of the town of
Milton condemned recent anti-
Semitic incidents that occurred
there and expressed their re-
grets to the Jewish community.
Reinember
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Jewish National Fund
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JTA Staff Member
To Reside in Israel
morial tablet and ripped several
hundred prayer books and
NEW YORK, (JTA) —A man was prayer shawls. The man; Seuto-.
arrested here for desecrating mir Novakovic, a recent immi-
Arrest Immigrant Vandal
the West Side Jewish Center, an
Orthodox synagogue, whose Ark grant from Yugoslavia, was sent
he slashed with a knife. He also to Bellevue Hospital for obser-
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Mendel broke candlesticks and a me- vation.
Mozes, who has been with the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency for
more than 30 years sailed on
the S.S. Jerusalem for Israel to
take up permanent residence
there.
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THE RESPONSA LITERATI%RE. By- Boris Smolar, editor - in - chief
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which is neither antiquated nor
irrelevant to contemporary Jew-
ish life. In one sense, it provides
answers to a number of questions
which people frequently ask
about the past of the Jewish
people how a people 'so widely
scattered, was able to maintain
its unity unbroken for a milleni-
um and a half; how a language,
no longer in daily use, was kept
alive; how a tradition, which
constantly met with opposition,
retained for so many centuries
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religion, practiced by a minority
in a hostile environment, was
able to adjust itself to new situ-
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a source of life. In quite another
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question of Jewish unity now
and of the methods currently
used for the adjustment of Ju-
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Dr. Freenhof begins his book
with a careful explanation of
the term Responsa. They were
learned and authoritative an-
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asked by local leaders anywhere
in the world and answered by a
recognized teacher (rabbi) in
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answers derived out of the vast
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Dr. Freehof's numerous examples
of this, drawn from various eras
and from the writings of differ-
ent men who lived in different
environments, affords an un-
paralleled insight into the life of
the Jews and the external vigor
of Judaism. Moreover, this is
done not in the ponderous fash-
ion of the usual learned tome,
but with remarkable simplicity
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presentation. Dr. Freehof dis-
plays a knack for choosing apt
illustrations; for example, under
what circumstances ca n a
church building be bought for
use as a synagogue; shall mar-
riages, contracted when the
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however, by Dr. Thomas Dehler,
chairman of the Free Democratic
Party, by some members of the
refugee party and by only one of
the 244 deputies of the Christian
Democratic Union, Prof. Franz
Boehm. -
When questioned about the is-
sue, Rhineland-Palatinate Min-
ister of Education Dr. Albert
Finck, of the Christian Demo-
cratic Union, declared that Jew-
ish parochial schools could of
course be established if Jewish
parents in the state desired it.
In that case, he added, Jewish
teachers might be employed at
such parochial schools.
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