Two Authors See Intermarriage as
Workable Effort, Though a Problem

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Intermarriage poses a prob- understanding, tolerance, com-
lem for all faiths. We are told promise, and mutual respect ...
that nearly half of present-day Families are happy because
they. work at it, because they
marriages are mixed.
Profs. James H. S. Bossard- seek consciously and sensibly
and Eleanor S.' Boll, in their to promote happiness. The slo-
new book, "One Marriage, Two gan of religious groups that
Faiths—Guidance on Interfaith 'families that pray together,
Marriage," published by Ron- stay together' might be restat-
ald Press Co. (15 E. 26th, N. Y. ed to say that families that
10), offer many case histories can do things together, stay to-
to prove where mixed mar- gether. The key word is 'to-
riages succeeded, where they gether.' "
failed, where differences were
adjusted. Their conclusion is:
"Once consummated, what-
ever the difficulties . . . one
must carry them, and move on.
And they should be carried, BY RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright, 1957, JTA, Inc.)
not with the breaking ache of
The Kaddish is recited by
bitterness or the impediment
of a crippling paralysis, but in mourners for 11 months after
stride as responsibilities which the burial of the deceased. Ac-
have need assumed, after all, cording to Jewish tradition, the
in the freedom of adult choice." Kaddish is recited to ease the
In the case histories cited, judgment of the deceased in the
the most s u c -c essful mixed after-life in Gehenna. The dura-
Christian-Jewish marriage , ap- tion of the judgment or Of the
pears to be one involving a punishment - is considered to be
couple which completely gave limited to a period of 12 months
up religious interests. On the for the worst offenders.
other hand, the authors report:
Anyone who has lived in this
"In a study by Judson Lan- world cannot normally be re-
dis of 4,108 marriages of par- garded as pure from sin. Thus
ents of college students in the mourners recite the Kad-
Michigan, the divorce rates dish to help the deceased. On
were calculated by religion. the other hand, the mourners
It was found that when both display their sign of confidence
partners professed to having in the deceased 13.3, stopping the
no religion, the rates were recital of the Kaddish a day be-
highest of all. Next in order fore the beginning of the
came the Catholic-Protestant twelfth month.
marriages; then, both Protes-
A number of reasons are ad-
tant; both Jewish; and both vanced for having the Kaddish
Catholic. A closer look at the written in Aramaic. Some claim
Catholic - Protestant divorce that it Was because this was the
rate shows that if the wife current popular language of the
is the Protestant, divorce is Jewish people at the time of its
apt to occur more than twice composition. This particular
as often than if the wife is piece was written in Aramaic
Catholic."
so that even the unechicated
Profs. Bossard and Boll deal could recite it as a glorification
with all issues involving inter- of the Deity.
marriage — the church affilia-
Others claim that it was writ-
tions, arrival of children, etc. ten during the Hadrianic per-
They point to some solutions secutions, when the use of He-
that have worked and reach brew as a language of prayer
these conclusions:
was prohibited.
1. No two cases are alike.
The Kaddish may have pos-
2. Mixed marriages add to the sibly been the temporary sub-
scopes of problems, and to pre- stitute for the major body of
tend that mixed marriages do prayers. Later, when the people
not bring distinctive problems were permitted to return to
is to belie the facts.
their original Hebrew prayers,
3. Problems in all marriages, they retained the Kaddish and
rnixed and others, are changing used it in between the various
and persistent. Counsel of older- sections of the prayer liturgy.
persons can be helpful and in There are also those who claim
mixed marriages should be tak- that it was written in Aramaic
en into account.
so that it would not be in the
4. "Whatever the possibilities
language used and understood
of happiness in mixed mar- by the angels (Hebrew).
riages, the path to them must
The key-phrase of the Kad-
ever be through the areas Of dish is that used by the angels.
Man only pronounces it aloud
ARE YOU OVERWEIGHT?
on the Day of Atonement in its
LOSE WEIGHT or NO CHARGE
original language. During the
at
rest of the year, he pronounces
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Ernst Powel Writes
Impressive Novel,
'From Dark Tower'

Ernst Pawel has written an-
other exciting novel. His "From
I the Dark Tow-
.
er," publiched
b y Macmillan,
is a tale about
an Organization
an, about the
difficulties e n-
countered by a
Jew who is pre-
vented fram
rising high in a
large insurance
firm. because of
his Jewishness.
Ernst Pawel It may also
be considered a story about pea-
pie in the suburbs, their close
cooperation and their strict ad-
herence to the tempers and the
mores of our times. -
Abe Rogoff did rise high in
The Tower, but when his im-
mediate superior commits
cide he is denied advancement
to his former superior's job.
Then foliowed a rebellious
outburst. Abe spoke up at a
meeting for Civilian Defense.
He criticized the methods and
approaches, and at once he was
questioned whether he was op-
posed to civilian defense.
As was to be expected, he was
suspected of radicalism. Later
on, his son, who began to suffer
from community reactions
against him from his friends
who were affected by talk
against his father, even asked
him whether he ever was a
Communist.
The prejudice was carried
over to The Tower. He was de-
moted and he later was com-
pelled ta resign. The family
moved westward. Abe secured
a happier job on a newspaper.
The family found its place in
life a:gain.
There is an interesting Jew-
ish angle in_ the story—the in-
fluence that was exerted by the
rabbi of the congregation, Abe's
resignation from the synagogue,
the synagogue youths' snubbing
of his son David, The Tower
boss' comment to him: "I used
to think it has to do with your
being a Jew. But there are lots
of Jews who haye made good,
and you never will. I almost
believe you don't really want

But Abe Rogoff evidently does
make good. His wife's influence
is helpful. She encourages 'him
to quit the undesirable job on
time. And the new life brings
new satisfaction and relief from
earlier tensions.
Ernst Pawel writes interest-
ingly and well. His new novel
holds the reader's attention and
commends itself to a large au-
dience.

Stanford Fraternities
Move to End Bias

PALO ALTO, Calif. (JTA)-
The presidents of 24 fraternities
at Stanford University here

pledged this week-end to make
efforts to remove from their
charters all racial and religious
membership restrictions.

In a statement issued by the
Interfraternity Counci 1, the
heads of the university's Greek
letter societies said that they

"neither, endorse nor condone
religious or racial restrictions
placed on membership" and de-
scribed such restrictions as
"contrary to the ideals of the
university, the fraternity sys-

tem and the fraternity men at
Stanford."
Last month, the university
issued a statement of policy

opposing the continuation of

discriminatory practices by
fraternities.

Hadassah Town G oing Up in Israel

By LOULA D. LASKER

National Chairman, Kiryat Hadassah

An AJP Feature
Five miles west of Jerusalem,
in the hills of Ein Karem—hun-
dreds of feet above the conjunc-
tion of three valleys — a new
town will soon rise. It will be
a model town with special fa-
cilities. When it is completed in
1959, it will have a special pop-
ulation. Most of its inhabitants
will be devoted to furthering
medical science and advancing
the health standards of Israel.
It will be named Kiryat Hadas-
sah, (Hadassah Town) after the
Women's Zionist Organization
of America, which-is the initi-
ator of this new development.
Four hundred yards above the
town, the Hadassah - Hebrew'
University Medical Center is i
being built to consolidate all of
Hadassah's health and medical
teaching services required to
meet the needs of Israel's grow-
ing population.
The Medical Center will in-
clude a 500-bed hospital with
service departments and labora-
tories; a separate Mother and
Child Pavilion for maternity
and infant care; the Rosensohn
Clinic, capable of handling more
than 200,000 outpatients annual-
ly; the Hebrew University-Ha-
dassah Medical School, equipped
to train 615 students in medi-
cine, dentistry and pharmacy;
and the Henrietta Szold School
of Nursing and residence for
150 nurses.
The staff of the Medical Cen-
ter as well as a limited number
of outsiders will have housing
facilities available at Kiryat.
Hadassah, which will be corn-
posed of 500 units able to ac-
commodate from 2,000 to - 2,500
persons.

Also being built by Hadassah
is a community center contain-
ing all the necessary amenities,
with varied facilities to meet
the daily needs of the popula-
tion• It will have shops, an ele-
mentary school, a playing field,
arts and crafts rooms, work-
shops, an auditorium and li-
brary, committee and meeting
rooms, a health center, outdoor
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