Cornell University Completes Study of Jetvs in Small Towns NEW YORK (JTA) — Jews urban co-religionists, are an- living in small-town America xious for their children to keep have a "decided and unique ef- the faith and marry Jews. As a feet in changing the attitudes , result, they send them to Jew- of Christians towards Jews gen-lish summer camps and, when erally," Prof. Peter Rose. a ; they are through with high noted sociologist, reports in a school, encourage them to at- Cornell University study of I tend large, metropolitan uni- "Small - Town Jews and their Iversities." Although he has a deep- Neighbors." The study, sponsored by the seated sense of Jewish identi- Anti-Defamation L e a g u e of fication, the rural Jew rarely Bnai Brith, was made in rural or never attends religious communities of less than 10.000 services. Three - fourths of those queried said they be- residents in New York state. long to some religious con- It concluded that in small gregation and 86 per Cent towns, Jews are not just par- placed themselves in some ticipants in formal community Jewish category — Orthodox, functions but are usually "an Conservative or Reform—but integral part" of the social they do not attend services life. "Because the Jew is con- because the synagogue is too stantly in direct contact with far away. (Estimates ranged Christians in the small com- from 15 to 100 miles). Those munity, he gets to know their who did not consider them- ways and they cannot help selves to be in any of the but get to know him. He not three categories qualified only stands upon the thresh- their answers with "I'm a old of influencing deep-seated liberal Jew," or "My family images, but he has the oppor- are ethical Jews," or "We're tunity to recast. them," Prof. Jews, that's all." Rose reported. While distance or belief The small-town Jew, the re- port said. finds himself more keeps them out of the syna- accepted formally and infor- gogue, many keep traditional mally than does the city Jew. observances at home. For ex- Being invited to one another's ample. over half celebrate the homes for informal visiting is Passover holidays, 25 per cent an everyday occurrence between never serve bacon or ham, and Christian and Jew in the coin- 15 per cent maintain strictly kosher homes even though it munity Eighty-seven per cent of the means importing meat from rural Jews queried could not distant cities. Almost all of the Jews of think of any community orga- nizations guilty of anti-Semi- New York's rural areas are tism. Eight-one per cent said urban-emigrants who spent the that no discrimination of any early part of their lives in kind was practiced in their American or European cities. Two-thirds of them settled in communities. "Fifty per cent of the small- hamlets for business reasons— town Jews designated a Chris- they started stores after having tian person as their closest been traveling salesmen or ped- friend; but 30 per cent said dlers. The majority of the rest they felt 'more comfortable' are refugee physicians who with Jews than with non-Jews." fled to America from Nazi- the study noted. "Identifying dominated countries and found with Judaism seems to play a it difficult to establish prac- major role in the attitudes of tices in urban areas. Others are Jewish parents toward their lawyers, teachers, insurance children," Prof. Rose reported. brokers, cattle dealers and "Small-town Jews, like their farmers, according to the study. Weizmann Institute Modynanucs Group Gets $675,000 from U.S. A grant of $675,000 has been down into a $300.000 allocation awarded the Weizmann Institute for the new building. to be of Science at Rehovoth. Israel. located in the vicinity of the by the Population Council of ' department of experimental bi- America. ology: 5125.000 for new equip- The money will be used for ment and $250.000 for a five- a new building and research year period of operating ex- costs in the Institute's Biody- penses. Prof. Shelesnyak relates that namics Group, under Prof. M. the reproduction of species, gen- C. Shelesnyak. The Population Council of eration after generation. is the America was established in 1953 primary purpose of the biolog- to study the social. medical. bio- ical organism. It can therefore logical and other aspects of be said to be the most important reproduction. This is their first of all aspects of life, yet corn- grant in this area of scientific paratively little is known of the research. reproductive process. both be- The sum of $675,000 breaks cause of the nature and com- plexity of the process itself. and l religious ia. al the Dedicate Surgical Suite because f proble ms w hich and cultOur at Hospital in Chicago have inhibited study. CHICAGO, (JTA) — Dedica- tion ceremonies were held for Canadian-Backed Firm a $3,125,000 surgical suite — considered the most advanced Seeks Oil in Israel of its kind in the United States TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A Cana- —at the Michael Reese Hospital dian-backed prospecting com- and Medical Center here. pany began a comprehensive The 22 operating rooms were geophysical survey of the con- developed to provide the most modern methods to keep paces tinental shelf area off the Med- iterranean coast of Israel in a with changes in modern sur- gery, including new procedures hunt for new oil fields. 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