Harold Silver Emphasizes Greater
Security of U.S. Jewry's Position
in Top Address at NCJCS Conclave
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—In Bernstein analyzed the Jewish
a review of the - development of needs in this country and
Jewish communal service in abroad. He specifically cited
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Israel where, he said, "we are
America; if.
involved in an unfinished mira-
which he in-
cle;" Western Europe where
troduced t h e
Jewish communities have been
main theme of
rebuilt from their ashes; France
the 64th an-
now flooded with refugees from
nua: meeting
its former possessions; other
of the Nation-
countries where the Jews face
al Conference
enormous difficulties.
of Jewish
Stressing that "it is impossi-
Commun al
ble to give strength from weak-
Service, at the
ness," Bernstein told the as-
convention Silver
held here at Ambassador Hotel. sembled Jewish social workers
Harold Silver, executive direc- that a great• educational, cul-
tor of the Jewish Family and tural, intellectual, moral and
Children's Service of Detroit, ethical effort must be made to
declared that American Jews build the forces and services
are a great deal more secure which strengthen Judaism," to
about their position as Jews in give new forms and expressions
American life today than were to fit the needs of a native-born
American Jewish generation in
previous generations.
an Ameiican environment."
"To a visitor from outer space
He called for community, re-
who will one day study the ar-
•hives," Silver said, "our pro- gional and national planning
fession's preoccupation with the action to deal with the problem
question of 'what is Jewish of improving the quality of Jew-
about Jewish social work?" will ish education to reduce the
seem strange. Here we are, a number of dropouts after Bar
group of people calling our- Mitzvah and Confirmation, to
selves Jews and recognized as help solve the intellectual ques-
such by others. managing or- tions of college youth, and to
ganizations sponsored and sup- make it more attractive as a
ported by Jews and generally profession for qualified teachers
limiting their services to Jews, and administrators.
As a group among other
here we are, constantly probing
our motives and actions and groups making up a pluralistic
casting doubts on whether what America, Bernstein said that
Jews are true to their country
we do is 'Jewish.'
Justice Butzel Gets
Honorary HUC Degree
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preme Court Justice Henry M.
Butzel was awarded an hon-
orary degree by Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Re-
ligion, at commencement ex-
ercises on Saturday.
Chief Justice Earl Warren of
the United States S u p r e m e
Court, - Dr. John Slawson, ex-
ecutive vice president of the
American Jewish Committee,
Prof. Frederick C. Grant of
Union Theological Seminary,
Murray Seasongood of Cincin-
nati, Rabbi Joseph L. Ginsberg
of Peoria, Ill., Rabbi David
Lefkowitz of Shreveport, La.,
and Rabbi Joseph Schwartz of
Benton Harbor, Mich., were the
other recipients of honorary
degrees.
Justice Butzel was given the
honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws by his alma mater, the
University of Michigan, in 1942.
"To me it seems clear that in when they are true to them-
large part our debates on the selves, adding that American cause of the general situation
subject of Jewish content and Jewish life are both en- there.
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Goodman's report was part of
lack of conviction about our Judaism and "remove the path- a general discussion dealing
Jewish heritage and from our ologies from our midst." As with social and vocational ad-
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Donald B. Hurwitz, of Phil-
by the simple fact that they are
At another session, Jules
adelphia,
president
of
the
performed for Jews by the will
Cohen, executive director
Conference,
posed
a
series
of
and direction of organized Jew-
of the Jewish Community Rela-
ish groups. The very existence questions for professionals in tions Council of Greater Phila-
EN in on im
smi
EN mu um
NE ma-mit- al
many
fields
of
communal
ser-
of our agencies will make them
delphia, told the conference it
vice,
reflecting
developments
an instrument of group survival
was his belief that "the firm
and the means of expression of in Jewish life in this country stand" taken by Jewish religi-
our religious and cultural tradi- and abroad, and on the na- ous and community relations
tions and aspirations. America tional and world scenes.
agencies has helped reduce in-
recognizes the right of minority
Immigration of Jews to Israel, tercommunity tensions in the
group to an untrammeled de- the United States, and other areas of Church-State relations
velopment of their cultural lands of freedom continues to and religion in public schools.
values, and American public pose problems, he went on
Cohen expressed the convic-
opinion and legislation will con- "People are still running from tion that drives toward increas-
tinue to encourage the develop- Algiers, Cuba, and other ing religious holiday observ-
ment of voluntary social serv- places," he said. "Our help is ances, Bible-reading and pray-
ices. What we do and how well desperately needed in the face ers in public schools are only
we do it is entirely in our own of intensified needs for many- temporary situations. He said
hands."
other purposes. Can we find experience shows that tensions
Prof: Arnold Gurin, of the ingenuity to keep going on that could develop from such
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