Dedicate Borman Branch of UHS
Wik.KS' VA;
Hanukah Story to Be
Broadcast to Russia
in Several Languages
SAVE! SAVE!
New 1961 Chevrolet
and Corvair
NEW YORK, (JTA)-
story of Hanukah will be
program
a special Radio Lib
adcast to all
which will be
viet Union dur-
parts of the
ing the eia -day holiday peri-
od, it was nnounced here.
Radio iberty comma tat
will re e the story of
ish st ggle for re
Russia , U
dom
elorussi
tar,
r langua
of
US• . Tradition
ty
wi be featured. Ra
the
bea s its prog am
nsmit-
from powerful
US'
Western Euro
ters
The cars you've been waiting for.
As always, see me for the best deal!
HARRY ABRAM
at
SHORE CHEVROLET
12240 Jos. Campau
Immed. Delivery
on all models
I'vt as near as your phone
TW 1-0600
Res. LI 8-4119
Classified Ads Bring Results
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES marked the dedication of the
Borman Branch of the United Hebrew Schools, located on West
Seven Mile Road and Bentler, last Sunday afternoon. Shown in
the photo are the donors of a major portion of the funds for the
construction of the school — Tom and Al Borman — with the
president of the schools, Mandell Berman.
Supreme Court Asked to Rule
on Sunday Laws in Three States
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — a purported day-of-rest law
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and which would designate Sunday
Maryland defended their Sunday as the day 'without exempting
closing laws before the United those who worshiped on other
States Supreme Court, which days, would discriminate against
has been asked to rule on the them in violation of the con-
constitutionality of such laws. stitution.
A number of amicus briefs
The hearings have now been
were -filed by various organiza-
concluded.
The high court ruling, when it tions. While the National Retail
is issued, is expected to affect Merchants Association and the
such laws, which curtail Sunday Retail Clerks International As-
work and business, in about 35 sociation of the American Fed-
states and a great number of eration of Labor-Congress o
Industrial Organizations, f'
counties and municipalities.
their briefs in favor o
The Pennsylvania and Mary- Sunday Laws, the f
wing
land cases came to the Supreme argued in opposition
it: The
Court on appeals against lower American Jewish
mmittee,
court decisions in those states the Anti-Defamat -
League of
upholding such laws. The test the Bnai Brith
e America
of the Massachusetts law was
nion and
.Civil Libertie
on the basis of a Massachusetts Seventh Day
entists.
court ruling outlawing that
ici curiae
In the
state's Sunday law and an ap-
gued
the AJC nd ADL
peal against that ruling.
Lower courts in both Pennsyl- that Sun y closin I
vania and Maryland have upheld late th First - A
of freedo of r
the "Blue Laws," but the plain- guaran
hen the st
tiffs appealed the decision. The gion.
defense of the closing laws was and s ports specifi
ominati Oils by lect-
similar to arguments brought gious
day of worsh as
before the court previously by ing t
the attorney for the State of the da for general observ-
status and dignity
Massachusetts, and are based
of the t ther religions a
mainly on the contention that ance,
paired," the
even though these laws origin- thereby
ally were prompted by religious stated.
rity reli-
"Adherents
tradition, they have in the pas-
sage of time, come to consti- gious groups, and particularly
tute a system of economic and their children, are constrained
in the free and open practice
social legislation.
Against this argument, op- of their religious rights when
ponents of the Sunday laws the state places its stamp of
contend that they violate the approval upon the religious
barrier between Church and practices and customs of the
State, favoring certain reli- religious group which happens
gions over others. This, how- to be in the majority. Thus, an
ever, is not the only argu- inferior status is imposed by
ment against the "Blue Laws." the state upon some religions,
Justices Hugo Black and John and the First Amendment's
M. Harlan asked Boston attor- guarantee of religious freedom
ney Herbert Ehrmann, presi- is violated," the brief empha-
dent of the American Jewish sizes.
resents the
The two Jewish organizations
Committee'
arkets in also stressed in their' brief that
er Sup
Crown
ce Corn- "when a retail establishment
its case • gainst the
, Mas- belonging to a Christian may
Springfi
missio r
s, whether the would be open for business six days a
sachu
isde- week, a similar establishment
point in the
be a
ounds belonging to a competitor who
the case o t
cidi
gious observes the Jewish Sabbath
e law ii
tha
angu e. It can be open only five days a
ov tones in it
la were week." They point out that
noted th•
alidated o that grou d, the Orthodox Jews are constrained
new aw in from shopping "on the only
ss
to could
b but till of day of the weekend which
d erent la
Would be available to them for
th same subs an
mann repl d t t even that purpose."
The brief also argues that
the Sunday closing laws are con-
OU TURN
trary to the Fourteenth Amend-
ment which states "no state
shall . . . deny to any person
UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T
within its jurisdiction the equal
FIND A FINER WINE THAN
protection of the laws." These
laws, the brief continues, vio-
late this clause "since the state
by preferring the holy day of
one religion necessarily dis-
Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich.
criminates against all others
1
`GOOD LUCK"with HERRING!
Here's the most taste-tempting way to wish your holiday guests
good luck for the year ahead. Just serve Vita Herring. Custom has it that
a bite of herring at holiday time brings good luck during the coming year.
Of course, no one stops with just one bite, so it is a good idea to have
extra jars of Vita Herring on hand for the year-end
holidays. Look for Vita Herring in your food store
dairy case—and good luck for the coming year!
so easy to serve
right from the jar
FOR FREE RECIPE BOOKLET WRITE TO VITA, 644 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK 14, NEW YORK