30 Michigan Rabbis Join in Denouncing Judaism Council Thirty Michigan rabbis, representing all three branches of American Judaism —Orthodox, Conservative and Reform—this week joined with 1,300 American rabbis from all states in the Union in denounc- ing the American Council for Judaism. Their joint statement asserted that the anti-Zionist Council "has consistently misrepresent- ed 'the Jewish people before the bar of public opinion." The Michigan rabbis who Signed the statement included Rabbis Morris Adler, Milton Arm, Jacob Chinitz, Hayim Donin, Leon Fram, Benjamin H. Gorrelick, Solomon Grus- kin, Yaacov T. Homnick, Min- ard Klein, Moses Lehrman, Samuel H. Prero, Joel Litke, Jacob E. Segal, TSaac Stollman, M. Robert Syme, Mordecai S. Halpern, Israel I. Halpern, Richard C. Hertz, Max Ka- pustin, Leizer Levine, Frank Rosenthal, all from the De- troit area; Philip Kieval, Flint; Herman E. Grossman, Kala- mazoo; Philip Frankel, Lan- sing; Louis Kaufman, Mt. Clemens; Abraham Ruderman, Muskegon; - Sanford E. Saper- stein and Henry Hosehander, Pontiac; Joseph Katz, Sagi- naw; Julius J. Weinberg, Ann Arbor, • The rabbis' statement charged that the American Council for Judaism "has consistently ma- ligned and impugned the integ- rity of Jewish institutions, or- ganizations and causes, and has consistently distorted the pre- cepts of Judaism which it pur- ports to serve." This declaration and the names of the signatories were made public by Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, president of the New York Board of Rabbis, which had circulated the statement in the wake of attacks made upon Israel and Zionism by the American Council for Judaism at its convention in Chicago last week. The joint declaration severely reprimanded the anti-Zionist or- ganization for what it termed "slanders" against American Jews "who adhere to the ideals of Zionism," and also charged the Council as being "neither American nor Jewish in spirit or in concept." Although many individual American. Rabbis and Rab- binic organizations have as- sailed the American Council for Judaism in the "past, this is the first time that so large . a segment of the American Rabbinate has united in a public declaration of such se- vere criticism against the or- ganization. It was issued, the Rabbis said, "only after searching our conscience," and with the realization of "the full implication of our words." The declaration also dealt with the Council's attacks on the national fund-raising insti- tutions in behalf of Israel in this country. "We view with contempt the Council's attempt to dissuade Americans f r o to helping their fellow Jews and the State of Israel through con- - tributions to the United Jewish Appeal and the Israel Bond Drive," the Rabbis stressed in their declaration, adding: "If the Council is unwilling to aid in the rescue and rehabilitation of harrassed Jews, let it at least not frustrate the efforts of those 'ho would." Concerning the Council's pro- fessed brand and interpretation of J u d a i s m, the declaration stated: "We assert that the Council is neither American nor Jew- ish in spirit or in concept. We call the attention of the American public to the fact that this group represents numerically an infinitestimal - fraction of American Jewry> It has been repeatedly repudi- Dunham to Speak Monday at Final. Franklin Lecture ated by the great Orthodox, Conservative and Ref or in communities in Jewish religi- ous life. It has been repudiated by all major Jewish organi- zations. "Judaism, we believe, has sufficient breadth and depth to embrace a wide range of varied points of view, but we declare that there is no room in Jewish life for Jews whose words and acts would result in the destruction of the State of Israel and in incalculable harm to the Jewish people." Asserting that the Council's "real goal is the complete dis- appearance of the Jewish people," the declaration charged that "in pursuit of this aim the Council not only attacks Juda- ism, but America herself." The declaration concluded: "For in its incessant drive for conformity, in its hysterical compulsion to efface what is distinctively Jewish from Juda- ism and what is permanent in thepeople of Israel, the Coun- cil seeks a monolithic America in which all cultural and spiri- tual variations are obliterated. This drive, which stems from insecurity and tragic self-hatred, does as great an injustice to America as it does to Judaism." H, Warren Dunham, professor of sociology at Wayne Univer- sity, will be the final speaker in the "Leo M. Franklin Lec- tures in H u in a n Relations," Monday, 8:30 p.m., in the De- troit Institute of Arts Lecture Hall. Before coming to Wayne Uni- versity; Dunham served at the Illinois School of Psychiatric Nursing, 'at Vanderbilt, Howard, Stanford and New York Uni- versities, and in research posi- tions in Illinois, Ohio and Wash- ington, D. C. Dunham was technical re- search consultant on the Gov- ernor's_ Committee on the Crim- inally Deviated Sexual Offen- der during 1949-50. He was re- search director of the State Psychiatric Research Clinic and a member of the Research Com- mittee of the Detroit Council of Social Agencies. From Feb- ruary, 1949 to June 1954, he contribution to the field of hu- man relations and is responsible for planning the annual series. Dunham is the memorial lec- turer for the academic year; 1955-56. The lectureship was established at Wayne Univer- sity in 1950 by Temple Beth El in honor of Dr. Leo M. Frank- lin, Rabbi of Temple Beth El, 1899 to 1941. 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