Moses Rosen, Chief Rabbi, Says
Poale Agudah to Fight 'Deviation'
Jews Live Unmolested in Romania from Traditionalism in Israel
Priest Says Gentiles
Often Forget They,
Too, Are Jews
Christians often fail to appre-
ciate their Jewish heritage, the
Rev. Robert W. Gleason, a lead-
ing Roman Catholic theologian,
preached at St. Patrick's Cath-
edral in New York last week.
Father Gleason, chairman of
the Fordham University Depart-
ment of Theology, said to the
congregation:
"As a Gentile, I speak to you
as Gentiles, and as a Jew, I
speak to you as Jews. By virtue
of natural descent I am a Gen-
tile. By virture of supern
descent, by the gra
am also a Jew. I rac
ual lineage to Ara
Father Gleas
was "a Jew fro
tore" who "spe s t
accents of Isra "
The priest sal : "It
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earth
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By PAUL MASSERMAN
The chief rabbi of Romania,
Moses Rosen told an audience
of 150 Sunday night at Bnai
David Synagogue that the 180,-
000 Jews in Romania are per-
mitted to attend synagogues
and to send their children to
Talmud Torahs.
He spoke in Yiddish, inter-
spersed with rabbinic qu
tions.
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with 27 students and the old
customs are kept up. There is
no Zionist movement in Rom-
ania because all the Zionists
have emigrated.
"Certain customs still prevail
even in Bucharest, such as the
custom of "Shlagen Kapuros."
Before Yom Kippur, the Shoch-
tim work all night and thou-
sands of housewives stand in
line to get chickens killed. One
la alled me and said her
s and was away on a trip
and would not be back until
Kol Nidre Night. Would it be
all right to "Shlag Kapuros"
then?
"While the three Kosher
butcher shops sell about 6,000
kilos of meat a week during
the year, on Passover they
sell 30,000 kilos, because the
housewives want to keep
Kosher at least on Passover.
There is also a Matzo factory
in Romania."
Rabbi Rosen, a lively per-
son. and the only Jewish mem-
of. the Romanian Parlia-
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s the religious ber
ment,
said:
stronghol
ere is a Yeshiva
"We lost many. Out of 800,-
000 in 1939, only about 170,000
remain, but those who are left
Hebrew cademy o ak.Park P.T.A.
know that they must continue
cordially inv'
iou R to attend
the tradition, so that those who
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perished didn't die in vain."
Rabbi Rosen declared that
GUEST SPEAKER Tuesday, February 6 Rainbow Terrace
Jews have lived in Romania for
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2,000 years and asserted that
anti-Semitism was prevalent in
Honorary Chairman:
Dr. James N. Pepper
Romania long before Hitler
Toastmaster: Max Sosin
arose. He said that in the 20's
Master of Ceremonies
Jews were placed in "economic
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his Orchestra
making a living before World
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"On June 29, 1941, 11,000
Jews were 'slaughtered in
Jassy and their bodies hung
on hooks and labeled 'Kosher
meat. Over 400,000 Rciman-
ian Jews were transported to
death camps by the Nazis."
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and refused to comment on the
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that he has closer contacts with
the Hungarian and Czechoslo-
vakian Jewish leaders and that
they visit each other.
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condition of Romanian Jewry, -
he answered that Jews are
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Eighty per cent of the
people — the peasants — are
better off than in pre-War
days, he asserted. He de-
clared there is no discrimin-
ation, that Jews do not have
to put down their religion on
their identity cards and that
anti-Semites are punished.
"Anyone calling a Jew a
`Zhid' is liable to imprison-
ment," said Rabbi Rosen. He
also asserted there is little
intermarriage and that 80 pe
cent of the Jewish parents cir
cumcize their sons.
The rabbi was presented wit
a certificate for 18 trees b
Harry Kaminer, representin
the landsmanshaften. Rabbi
Rosen was also greeted by Rab-
bi Isaac Stollman, on behalf of
the Vaad Harabonim. He was
introduced by Rabbi Hayim
Donin of Bnai David. The audi-
ence was greeted by the presi-
dent of Cong. Bnai David, Mel-
ville Richman.
. Rabbi Rosen who has been
in the United States eight
weeks, is leaving shortly for a
two-week stay in Israel and
then will return to Romania,
where his father and grand-
father were rabbis.
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Shimshon Heller, executive
director of Poale Agudath Is-
rael of America, in a statement
to The Detroit Jewish News, in
further comment on the state-
ment from Dr. Louis Finkel-
stein regarding the formation
of Conservative Judaism'
branches in Israel, • d
ed
that his movement
con-
tinue to oppose • eviations"
from traditional
hodoxy.
Heller's stat ent relates to
a statement
e here by Dr.
Finkelstein,
ancellor of the
Jewish Theol . ical Seminary of
America, tha a young Poal
Agudah spok man in Isr
had urged him o form - a C
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servative synagogue in Israel.
Declaring that "Poale Agudath
Israel, as an organization, can-
not assume responsibility for
the personal views of some of
its members " Hel
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We would like to state o '-
cially that Poale Agudath Isra
—its leadership, its representa-
tives in the Knesset, and its
members throughout the world
— strongly
0 any
us ove
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ay e m traditional
continue t
prevent
movemen fro
foothold in Is
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