CCAR Elects Rabbi Feuer; Backs Hebrew Benevolent Society Gets
Supreme Court Ruling, Civil Rights Community Support for Chapel
Young Israel Center
of Oak-Woods Elects
Platt as President
PHILADELPHIA — Meeting 800 members in their relations
here in an hour of grave na- with their congregants and com-
tional tensions over the right munities. The rabbis of the
of Negro Americans to exercise CCAR serve over 1,000,000 con-
full citizenship and at the very gregants in Reform Judaism's
moment the U.S. Supreme Court 650 temples in the United States
announced its historic decisions and Canada.
banning Bible reading and
Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld of
prayer in the public schools, the Cleveland made an appeal for
Central Conference of Ameri- funds to back up a statement
can Rabbis met these and other expressing "shock and out-
vital issues head on at its 74th rage" at the murder of Med-
gar Evers, Mississippi, state
Secretary of the NAACP. The
rabbis contributed a sum in
excess of $1,000 in cash which
Rabbi Lelyveld announced
will be forwarded to the •
"Evers Memorial Fund of the
NAACP" to provide scholar-
ships for the slain Negro lead-
er's children and to finance
the continuing civil rights
campaign.
In giving support to the Su-
preme Court rulings, the rabbis
warned of "an intensified ef-
fort" that may now be made to
secure federal aid for "parochial
education."
Let not the recruit glory like
the veteran.—Kings 20.
RABBI LEON I. FEUER
Annual convential at Bellevue-
Stratford Hotel, with more than
500 Reform rabbis in attendance
from all parts of the United
States and Canada.
The f our-day convention,
which ended June 20, gave its
wholehearted endorsement to
the Supreme Court rulings; ex-
tended "unequivocal support"
to the Negro Community in its
struggles to achieve full equal-
ity; called for the passage of
legislation in Congress insuring
"the full exercise of the rights
of Citizenship" to all Americans
without regard to color and de-
manded a cessation of U.S. for-
eign aid to Egypt as long as
Nasser persists in building an
anti-Israel missile force and
using ex-Nazi West German
rocket scientists to help. him.
Rabbi Leon I. Feuer of the
Collingwood Avenue Temple
(Temple Shomer Emunim) of
Toledo, 0., was elected presi-
dent of the CCAR to succeed
Rabbi Albert G. Minda of Tem-
ple Israel, Minneapolis. Rabbi
Feuer had served as Vice-Presi-
dent since June, 1961. He was
graduated and ordained in 1927
at the Hebrew Union College
in Cincinnati.
Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein of
KAM Temple, Chicago, was
elected vice-president. Both rab-
bis represent the CCAR on the
board of trustees of the Union
of American Hebrew Congrega-
tions, the national synagogue
federation of the Reform branch
of Judaism.
The stands taken here will
serve as the basis for CCAR
pronouncements and activities
during the coming year, and
will help guide its more than
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Southern Senators
Seek to' Override
Bible Reading Ban
WASHINGTON, (J T A) —
Early Congressional committee
action was sought by southern
senators who, with the backing
of a group of Republicans, in-
troduced three proposed Con-
stitutional Amendments to set
aside the Supreme Court decis-
ion ban on prayer and Bible
reading in public schools.
Senator Strom Thurmond and
Senator Olin D. Johnston, both
South Carolina Democrats,- each
introduced such an amendment.
The third was introduced by
six Republicans. The key ele-
ment of the three proposals
was that no school supported
by public funds in whole or in
part should be prohibited from
holding Bible reading or non-
sectarian prayer as long as pu-
pil participation is voluntary.
While such measures were
considered certain to run into
strong opposition in both
Houses, they were expected to
get strong support in the Senate
J-Lcliciary Committee, headed
by another southerner, James
0. Eastland, Mississippi Demo-
crat. Hearings are expected
either in the full committee or
in the constitutional amend-
ments subcommittee which is
headed by Sen. Estes Kefauver,
Tennessee Democrat. The pro-
posals must first be approved
by both Houses and then be
ratified by three-fourths of the
states to become amendments.
United Jewish Appeal
Establishes Budget
Ties With CJFWF
The National United Jewish
Appeal has entered into a co-
operative budget information
and consultation process with
the Council of Jewish Federa-
tions and Welfare Funds, it was
announced jointly this week by
Joseph Meyerhoff, general
chairman of the National UJA,
and Louis Stern, president of
the CJFWF.
The agencies—one, the larg-
est campaigning for overseas
needs, and the other, the asso-
ciation of Jewish community
organizations — came together
earlier this month for their
first meeting to initiate the
process.
Representatives of the over-
seas agency will continue to
meet periodically with the
CJFWF's Committee on Over-
seas Services to present de-
tailed .budget information and
to discuss UJA's underlying
needs, services, and major op-
erations. Detroiters among them
are Max M. Fisher, Jack 0.
Lefton, Judge Theodore Levin,
Isidore Sobeloff and George M.
Stutz.
Sam Platt was installed presi-
dent of the Young Israel Center
of Oak-Woods at the recent an-
nual meeting by Rabbi James I.
Gordon, new spiritual leader of
the congregation.
Other officers are Morris
Goldenberg and Joseph Klein,
vice-presidents; Seymore Rabiat,
treasurer, David S. Bodzin and
Harry Mandell, secretaries; and
Isaac Knoppow, Selik Lessman,
Alex Saltsman and Louis Fein,
board members.
CLEANING
Great strides are being made by the Hebrew Benevolent
Society in gathering community support of its building
campaign for a new chapel at 26640 Greenfield, near 11 Mile
Rd., Oak Park. In the top photo, longtime community leader
Barney Citrin (center) is shown presenting his personal
contribution to the Society's fund-raising chairman, Hyman
Mitnick (left). Looking on is Rabbi Israel I. Rockove, execu-
tive director of the chapel. Seen in the bottom picture, taken
following a recent progress report meeting, are officers and
board members of the Society and its fund-raising committee.
They are, from left, (seated) Ben Schneider, vice-president;
Nathan P. Rossen, building committee chairman; Rabbi
Rockove; Morris Dorn, president; Citrin, honorary secretary;
(standing) Edward Miller, vice-president; Hyman Lipsitz,
trustee; Isadore Rosenberg, board member; Jacob Bacow,
board member; Harry E. Citrin, fund-raising co-chairman;
Mitnick; Sam Nelson, honorary president; Nathan Samet,
chairman of publicity; David Richman, co-chairman of the
building committee; and Jacob Foon, board member.
Israel Ministry
Reports Increase in
Juvenile Delinquency
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — An in-
crease in juvenile delinquency
in Israel was among the "neg-
ative aspects" in the country
reported by Interior Minister
Moshe Shapiro addressing the
opening session of the conven-
tion of the National Religious
Party of which he is one of
the leaders.
Emphasizing that only a true
Jewish religious education could
remedy these social ills, the
Minister told the convention
that more than 200,000 children
are now attending religious
schools in Israel and that there
were 4,500 synagogues. He said
12,000 students attended 200
yeshivahs.
He referred critically to the
"American style Reform Jud-
aism" which he said represent-
ed only increased assimilation
and disintegration. He also ex-
tended greetings and a message
of encouragement to Russian
Jews now oppressed. More than
1,000 delegates are attending
the convention.
Bundestag President
Favors Diplomatic
Relations with Israel
.NEW YORK, (JTA) — Dr.
Eugene Gerstenmair, president
of the West German Bundestag,
declared that he had "always
been in favor" of diplomatic re-
lations between his country and
Israel.
Speaking to reporters at Idle-
wild Airport before his depar-
ture to West Germany, he also
said that if the Arab countries
retaliated for such recognition
by recognizing East Germany,
this would be regrettable and
would lead to "a very bad dis-
turbance" of West Germaan re-
lations with the Arab countries.
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