Judge Nathan J. Kaufman will
be honored by a group of his
friends on his 50th birthday,
Thursday, with a stag birthday
dinner party at Holiday Manor.
Nearly 350 guests, including
many city and state officials and
judges appointed to represent
that -Council at the Interna-
tional Congress of Children's
Judges _held in Brussels. By ap-
pointment of President Eisen-
hower, he represented the Un-
ited States at this Congress.
Married to the former Bea-
trice Tauber in 1930, Judge and
Mrs. Kaufman have one daugh-
ter, Rose, who is the wife of As-
sistant Prosecutor Marvin Blake
and the mother of five children.
New Book Tells
Reform Attitude
on Conversion
Judge NATHAN J. KAUFMAN
civic leaders. are expected to at-
tend.
Born in Austria, Nov. 20,
1908, Judge Kant man was
brought to Detroit by his fam-
ily in 1914. He attended Russell
School and was graduated from
old Central High School in 1925
and from the Detroit College of
Law in 1929.
At the age of 8, Judge Kauf-
man was selling newspapers,
first at the entrance of the
Statle• Hotel and later at the
Belle Isle Bridge approach. Dur-
ing his law school years, he
worked the midnight shift at
the Roosevelt Park Branch of
the Post Office. From 1939 to
1944, he worked at the Graham
Paige Motor Company, serving
as president of UAW local 142
at that time and also as a labor
representative on the War La-
bor Board.
In 1945, he was appointed as-
sistant prosecutor by the late
Gerald K. O'Brien, then prose-
cuting attorney, and served in
that capacity until Governor
Williams appointed him to the
Common Pleas Court. He was
promoted by Gov. Williams tb
Probate Judge in charge of
Juvenile Division, April 10,-
1954, for the short term. Run-
ning for the long term in 1956,
Judge Kaufman was elected by
an overwhelming majority.
During his tenure of office,
Judge Kant man has spear-
headed the drive for a new
Juvenile Detention Home for
Wayne County. That home is
now being built.
As chairman of the Juvenile
Affairs Committee of the Mich-
igan Probate and Juvenile Court
Judges Association, he led the
fight for a new Boys' Vocational
School for disturbed and delin-
quent boys from the entire
state of Michigan. That school
is now being built. He has con-
tinued the work, started by
Judge Edwards, for a Shelter
Home for neglected children,
and that home is now being
built.
In June, 1958, Judge Kauf-
man was elected to the execu-
tive board of the National Coun-
cil of Juvenile Court Judges. In
July, 1958, he was one of four
The Reform Jewish view-
point on Jewish practices and
institutions and the organiza-
tion of Jewish life in this
country is incorporated in
"Understanding Judaism," a
120-page book by Rabbi Daniel
L. Davis, director of the New
York Federation of Reform
Synagogues, published by
Philosophical Library (15 E.
40th, N.Y. 16).
There is an interesting his-
torical analysis of the Jew in
the annals of the world, lead-
ing up to the formation of the
Liberal Jewish movement. The
basic concepts of Judaism, as
well as our institutions, are
interestingly described.
Of special interest is the
chapter on "Conversion to
Judaistm" Rabbi Davis explains
that 'Judaism welcomes all
who "knowingly desire to be-
come Jews." He refers to some
converts who became famous
as scholars . and teachers—On-
kelos, who wrote the Aramaic
translation of the Bible; Aquila,
who translated the Bible into
Greek; Queen Helen of Adi-
abne, and others.
Unlike Orthodox and Con-
servative requirements, Reform
Judaism "does not require cir-
cumcision or ritual • bath of
converts to Judaism," he stated.
But -the convert is asked •• to
join a synagogue and make his
home Jewish.
Rabbi Solomon B. Freehaf is
quoted: "Both traditional and
Reform Judaism consider the
marriage -between a Jew and
a convert to Judaism a full
Jewish marriage."
Details of how one goeS
about becoming a Jew and
what he is taught in The process
of conversion are described by
Rabbi Davis.
A valuable vocabulary of
Jewish terms and suggested
reading lists are appended to
the book.
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Halpern, of New York City,
newest U.S. Congressman of
Jewish faith, claims the dis-
tinction of haVing been the
youngest man ever elected to
the New York State Senate.
T h e personable bachelor,
now in his early 40s, was
elected to the State Senate at
26. He received his political
indoctrination when only 22 as
assistant to Newbold Morris,
then president of the New
York City Council.
Halpern, a liberal Repub-
lican, joins Sen. Jacob K. Jav-
its as the second member of
Congress of the Jewish faith
owing allegiance to the G.O.P.
All of the other 11 Jews in the
Senate- and House are Demo-
crats. Halpern will be the first
Jewish Republican to hold a
House seat since Senator Jav-
its served in that body.
Halpern represents a mixed
constituency, Jews and non-
Jews, in Queens County.
Although he is not a lawyer,
he introduced a huge amount
of state legislation-279 bills
introduced by him were adopt-
ed. Much of this legislation per-
tained to civil service, labor,
veterans benefits, narcotics con-
trol, school improvement, and
highway safety.
Halpern's efforts to reduce
death tolls on New York's
highways won recognition from
President Truman, who made
Halpern a delegate to a White
House highway safety confer-
ence.
While loyal to the Republi-
can Party, Halpern holds two
appointive city positions and
one honorary post, all non-
salaried, under a Democratic
administration. He is chairman
of the board of Riverside Hos-
pital, the municipal institution
for teen-age narcotics addicts
In 1956 Mayor Wagner ap-
pointed Halpern to member-
ship on the Mayor's Committee
on the Courts. He is also an
honorary member of the May-
or's Committee on Intergroup
Relations.
Halpern is employed by the
moving and storage industry
of New York as "impartial
chairman." He is in the insur-
ance business and is chairman
of the board of Insurist Cor-
poration of America.
A director of the Queens
Mental Health Society, Halpern
has exhibited considerable in-
terest in aiding the under-
privileged. He is on the advi-
sory board of the National As-
sociation for the Prevention of
Juvenile Delinquency. He sup-
ports a variety of Jewish un-
dertakings and is vice-chairman
of the Queens permanent divi-
sion, Federation of Jewish Phil-
anthropies. His activities in the
humanitarian field were such
that in 1953 Mayor Wagner
awarded him a plaque as "The
Outstanding Native-Born New
Yorker of the Year."
Last September a . Seymour
Halpern Scholarship Fund was
established at Yeshiva Univer-
sity as "a tribute to his dis-
tinguished public and commu-
nity service."
The Queens chapter of the
New York University Law
School Alumni Association has
cited Halpern for his contri-'
butions to better legislation
and public service. He was
made the chapter's only hon-
orary member.
Halpern, first elected in 1940,
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Commisssioner of Internal
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was elected for seven terms
with steadily mounting plurali-
ties. He reached his peak in
1952 by defeating Lawrence
G.. Gresser, Assistant District
Attorney, by 96,000 votes.
In 1954 Halpern sought elec-
ttion in the usually Democratic
Sixth Congressional District but
was beaten by Lester Holtz-
man who is still among the
Democrats of Jewish faith in
Congress. This year Halpern
decided to seek election in his
"home area," the Queens dis-
trict he represented for 14
years in the State Senate. It
was obviously a wise decision.
Halpern has attained recog-
nition as an amateur portrait
painter and has exhibited at
various galleries. He has fre-
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9-THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, November 14, 1958
Honor Judge Nathan J. Kaufman's Seymour Halpern, Youngest Jewish Congressman
By MILTON FRIEDMAN
defeated the incumbent, Jo- paintings for religious and
50th Birthday at Dinner Nov. 20
(Copyright, 1958, Jewish Telegraphic seph D. Nunan, Jr., later U.S. charitable fund-raising causes.