1 Service Group Plans Stag Day, Board Elections Pontiac representatives are Abe Harvey Willens, Nominating Day on Wednesday at Knoll- Lapides and Irving Steinman. Committee Chairman, has pre- wood Country Club. Members of the Nominating Com- Of the 105 members, 33 are mittee are: Herbert A. Aronsson, sented a slate of 33 members at E. Frank, Warren D. Green- large and two representatives of elected by the membership-at- Arnold stone, John Isaacs, Harry T. Madi- son, Jules Mehler and Richard the city of Pontiac for member- large; 66 by the seven trade and ship on the Board of Directors professional divisions; two rep- Sloan. Miss Esther R. Prussian is Direc- of the Detroit Service Group, resentatives from Pontiac; two tor of the Detroit Service Group. year round organization of Al- from the Junior Division, and lied Jewish Campaign workers. two from the Metropolitan and The election will take place at Organizations Division. the Service Group's annual Stag The Board of Directors will elect the officers at the first The Religious Issue in Israel meeting following the biennial Editor, The Jewish News: meeting. SAY .. . I have followed with interest Past presidents of the Detroit and disgust the news reports on HAPPY NEW YEAR Service Group who are automatic- ally directors are: Mrs. Joseph H. the visit of American Orthodox Ehrlich, who was President of the leaders to Israel, the latest of WITH A GIFT BASKET Detroit Service Group before the MADE TO YOUR ORDER! Federation Women's Division was which I read in, The Jewish founded and is the only woman News Aug. 30 issue. The warn- member, Harvey H. Goldman, Jack ings issued by these rabbis Your choke of fruits, wines, 0. Lefton, Milton K. Mahler, and Gus D. Newman. against the dangers of the Con- liqueurs, candies, delicacies. Allied Jewish Campaign Chairmen who are automatically directors are: servative movement are but a ALSO NOT TOO LATE TO Maurice Aronsson, Louis Berry, reflection of the narrow-mind- Abraham Borman, Irwin I. Cohen, edness which is the real villain ORDER YOUR PERSONALIZED Max M. Fisher, Charles H Gershen- son, Joseph Holtzman, Ab e Kasle, in the religious crisis of Israel. NEW YEAR CARDS! John E. Lurie, Nate S. Shapero, Anybody who numbers among Leonard N. Simons, Abraham Srere, and Paul Zuckerman. his friends a large group of Nominees for Members-at-Large are: Marvin G. Alexander, Harry B. Isiaelis realizes that the prob- Aronow, Herbert A. Aronsson, Dr. lem is not one of keeping Jews Abraham Becker, Sidney J. Bertm, Louis G. Blumberg, Tom Borman, Orthodox—it's by and large too Paul Broder, Peter B. Copeland, Sol late for that—but (1) of allow- Eisenberg, Arnold E. Frank, Irving Goldberg, Irwin Green, Samuel J. ing nonorthodox but nonethe- Greenberg, Lewis S. Grossman, Ar- less devoted Jews the possibil- thur Howard, John Isaacs, Sidney SDD - SDM their reli- J_ Karbel, George D. Keil, Isaac ity of expression of utwak, Milton J. Miller, Harold S. gious feelings and (2) of pre- LI 1-4428—LI 1-9575 Norman, Max J. Pincus, Hyman venting Israeli Orthodox leaders Safran, Max M. Shaye, Richard 24695 Coolidge at 10 Mile Rd. Sloan, Emil T. Stern, George M. from so offending other Jews Open Every Nite 'Tit 11 Stutz, A. Alfred Taubman, Robert that they drive out of these S. Trepeck, Jack J. Wainger, Harvey Willens and Stanley J. Winkelman. Jews the desire for any affili- ation with organized religion. It is no secret that the Chief i Rabbinate holds absolute power over religious affairs in Israel. Representing the minority, this Schaefer Cor. Clarity i body imposes its ways upon the Announces High Holy Day Services majority of the population. Its i steadfast refusal to admit into In The New and Air-Conditioned Synagogue Israel any synagogue movement 1 which diverges significantly Auxiliary Services will also be held at the from Orthodox practice has SCHAVER AUDITORIUM, 19161 SCHAEFER HWY. i meant that the large majority Cantor Moshe Babrowsky of Toronto will officiate c of Israelis have been unable to Reserved seats for both locations are available. i establish synagogues in which 1 All Day Sunday and Every Evening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. i they might fulfill their spiritual needs. Nor has this restrictive At the Synagogue Office activity been limited to the syn- FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: agogue, as illustrated by the problems imposed on Indian DI 1-9061 or UN 4-4355 Bnai Israel Jews (page 10 of Aug. 30 Jewish News), as illus- trated by hundreds of young Israelis being forced to go through marriage ceremonies which offend their sensibilities, as illustrated by the govern- ment being used as a tool for the imposition of religious prac- 14000 W. 9 MILE ROAD (OAK PARK) tices through, e.g., the cessa- tion of public transportation on The Holidays Are Drawing Near. - Reservations the Sabbath. May Be Made At the Synagogue. It does not matter whether or Sunday from 4 to 9 p.m.; Every Day from 1 - 3 p.m., not we, as individuals, agree with the practices which the Evenings from 6 - 8 p.m. and Saturday Evening from Chief Rabbinate hopes to see 8:15 to 10 p.m. observed by all Jews. The issue is that of religious tyranny and FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL its dangerous consequence: in LI 8-2666 or LI 5-6236 Israel, if you are not Orthodox you are, religiously, nothing. Consequently, most Israelis are nothing. American rabbis who support the Chief Rabbinate by express- ing similar views against reli- Announces gious pluralism in Israel do a disservice to both their Ameri- can and Jewish heritages. JEFFREY H. TIGAY BOYS AND GIRLS 18100 Indiana Friday, Sept. 6, 1963 Our Letter Box i ' CONGREGATION ' " '" ". r" " '"'" ' '."'"'"'"'" '" SHOMREY '“'".". " '"' " "'"'"'" EMUNAH '"'"' ' ' '." "'" '" Israel Affected in 2 Items on UN Agenda UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (JTA)—Israel is affected di- r e c t l y in two items on the agenda for the forthcoming ses- sion of the General Assembly, to convene here Sept. 17. 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