Israeli Chief Rabbi Election Halted
as Nominating Group Loses Quorum
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
controversy over the election of
a Chief Rabbi took a dramatic
turn when one of the five re-
maining members of the nomi-
nating comn- ission resigned,
leaving that body without the
necessary quo_ m, and halting
further steps in the election pro-
cedure. The commission origi-
nally consistec • of four ap-
pointees of the Chief Rabbinate
Council, and four members
named by the Ministry for Re-
ligious Affairs.
The Supreme Court ruled
several weeks ago that five
members of the commission
constituted a quorum, after
three of the Rabbinate ap-
Pioneer Women Will
Pay Israel Tribute
at Membership Tea
pointees had resigned. The
latest member to resign is Rabbi
Eliezer Waldenberg, who was
appointed by the Religious Af-
fairs Ministry. The nominating
commission is responsible for
arranging the elections.
The expiration last Friday of
the term of office of the Chief
Rabbi, and Chief Rabbinate
Council, left them without legal
powers. While they retain moral
authority over observant Jews,
the judgments of the Rabbinical
Court of Appeal, the supreme
authority in some cases, will be
without legal validity, unless the
Government decides to extend
the terms of office.
So you may know the truth ...
Rabbi Eliahu Pardess, the
Sephardic Chief Rabbi of
Ramat Gan, was reported the
most likely candidate for the
office of the Minister for Re-
ligious Affairs.
Rabbi Pardess' nomination
been suggested to Prime
Honoring all new members of has
Minister David Ben-Gurion who
the current - season at a musical was reported to be giving the
tribute to the Bar Mitzvah year suggestion his serious considera-
of Israel, Detroit Council of Pio-
The office was vac
neer Women will hold a mem- tion.
eath
this month by t
bership tea Thursday afternoon earlier
o.
of
Rabbi
Yaacov
Tol
at the home of Mrs. Jack Me-
ted pr' -
It had been r
almud, 22511 Bellwood, South-
in
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that R
field, it was announced by Mrs. ously
of
Mini
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curre
Avner Naggar, vice president of
Posts, who i ead of t e Poalei
Organization.
el, was being con-
The event has been arranged Agudas I the vacant Ministry.
by Mrs. Gerald Goldberg, mem- sidered
Porush, a membe
bership chairman for Detroit Menah
nt representing
Parli
Council, and Mrs. Bernard Sta-
from which
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shefshy.
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s Israel re
Mrs. Shirley Monson, mezzo- Ag d on th Pr
Minist
soprano, will render a medley of
ositio
erday to e
Israeli and other songs and will
• *ste
ush told th
be accompanied at the piano by
to
at naming of
Ann Kutnick.
the
e Ministry wo
Recently returned from Israel, ift" in Israel 0
Mrs. Berl Hershen, active Labor
Zionist and veteran member of
omen's Lea e het
Pioneer Women, will talk on the
work and installations of Pioneer
esidence Hall
Women and its sister organization
heological Seminary
in- Israel, Moetzet Hap o a 1 o
he new, Mathilda Shech
(Working Womens' Federation).
ence Hall of the J
Mrs. Robert Wolok, chairman R
e w
of the afternoon, will greet the The sical Seminary i
ect of a
be the
new members and their sponsors. York
e first brunch
Mrs. Sam Wasserman is presi- celebratio
meeting of the National Women's
dent of Detroit Council.
League Michigan branch at 10:30
Thursday in the Beth Aaron
Commissioner Krueger a.m.
Synagogue social hall.
Mrs. Sol Docks, National Worn-
Seeking Re-Election
Judge William Krueger, Cir- en's League board member, and
cuit Court Commissioner for the Mrs. Charles A. Smith, Michigan
County of Wayne since 1950, branch chairman, will sponsor
candidate for re-election, has and be hostesses at the event.
Invitations have been extended
been widely endorsed by civic
and church to presidents of the Conservative
groups. His sisterhoods of Michigan branch,
nomination rabbis' and cantors' wives and
petitions con- the respective sisterhood chair-
tained more men of the Mathilda Shechter
than 17,200 project.
According to Mrs. Joseph
signatures.
An open Markle, president of the • Michi-
door policy gan branch of NWL, the pro-
to all who jected residence hail for women
sought his who study at the Teachers Insti-
help during tute of the Semindry has been
the decade of long in the planning _stage and
public service will accommodate at least 100
has been re- women from the various sections
warded by of the country.
Projected plans will be dis-
hundreds of
Krueger
unsolicited leters of apprecia- cussed and decided upon for im-
plementation in the various
tion.
Sisterhood s. All community
interested in the project
`Famous Politicos as Actors' members
are cordially invited to attend.
(
Next Center Theater Theme
A discussion of "Famous Poli-
ticos as Actors," a dramatic pres- Group Psychotherapy
entation and a recorded inter- Society Welcomes
view with Marcel Marceau, will Feinberg as Fellow
highlight the next Jewish Cen-
Feinberg, psychologist of
ter Theater "Audience on the Henry
Jewish Family and Children's
Stage" night, at 8 p.m., Wednes- Service, will be among those
day, in the DeRoy Theater, honored as recently elected fel-
18100 Meyers.
of the American Society of
The Drama Duo will present lows
Group Psychotherapy and Psy-
the recognition scene from "Ana- chodrama at a banquet to be
stasia." Marcel Marceau, cele- given by the Michigan Chapter
brated mime who recently scored Saturday at the Pick-Fort Shelby
a sensational success in Detroit, Hotel.
will talk via a tape recording
Dr. Robert S. Drews, president
made during his visit.
"Famous Politicos as Actors" of the chapter and former na-
tional president, will direct the
will be the theme of a group dis- evening's activities. Dr. J. L.
cussion on the speaking qualities
Moreno, founder of the psycho-
and acting techniques of Khrush-
wife,
chev, Nixon, Kennedy, Churchill drama movement, and his
president of the Society,
Zerka,
Roosevelt.
Guests
are
in-
and
will be guests of honor.
vited. Coffee will be served.
IX Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor
A
vicious falsehood has been unleashed by insidious carnpaignets
SMEAR CAMPAIGN of
against Richard M. Nixon. They are seeking to taint the Vice President of the United States
with a stigma of bigotry. They carry on a whispering campaign that he is anti-Semitic.
an effort to win the presidential
Racial antagonism is being fomented against Mr. Nixon in
election for his opponent.
and keep telling it, so the
This is the Hitler and Communist technique . . . tell a Big Lie
people will remember it. It has been this campaign of falsehoods that has unconsciously
know why_
influenced people to pass on such remarks as, "Nixon is a good man, but I' don't
I don't like him."
Nixon does not need to be defended against any accusations of bigotry. His record from
boyhood as a statesman is ample proof of his fairness and humaneness. His courageous
fight for the equality and rights of all races and creeds are shining examples of his true
character.
Fair-minded men, however, dare not remain silent or indifferent in the face of such under-
if our
handed campaigning. Character assassination should have no place in America
country is to retain its sanity, fairness, and self-respect.
Therefore, call upon Senator John Kennedy to repudiate the slanderers of his opponent
lest we shall have to assume that he seeks to benefit from such tactics.
Accusations against Nixon are nothing new today . . . they are only false rumors warmed
over and served again ... they have been thoroughly investigated by B'nai B'rith an and
others
Honorary
and found to be wholly false. We commend Yeshiva University for conferring -
Degree on Nixon, and the B'nai B'rith, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Zionist
Council, the American Jewish Committee, the Joint Defense Appeal,and many other
Jewish organizations for publicly paying homage to Nixon for his championship of justice,
human rights, and dignity for all races and creeds in America, Israel and all over the world.
campaigners
We hope you will treat with deserved contempt any efforts of conscienceless honesty.
who continue to spread slanderous charges against such men of integrity and
WE URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR NIXON AND LODGE
FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY
Issued by Friends of Nixon-Lodge