Noted Rabbis to Speak at RCA Parley Orthodox Council Dedicates Library in Safran Name

The Council of Orthodox Rabbis
dedicated a rabbinic reference li-
brary Sunday in memory of Elias
and Freda Safran.
David J. Cohen, president of the
Merkaz, presided at the dedication

ceremonies. In the name of the
Safran family, Hyman and David
Safran expressed their apprecia-
tion for the honor bestowed upon
them by the Council in honor of
their parents.

Gathering Slated for Delegates to Knesiah Gedolah;
Group Flights to Jerusalem Congress Planned

A special farewell gathering for
delegates and guests to the fifth
Knesiah Gedolah in Jerusalem will
be held 9 p.m. Thursday at Cong.
Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah.
Rabbi Abraham N. AvRutick, president of the Rabbinical Council
Cong. David Ben Nuchim will
of America, which represents 900 Orthodox rabbis, announced that tender a melavah malkah 9:30 p.m.
three eminent rabbinical leaders in world Jewry will address the ' Saturday in honor of Rabbi and
annual convention of the Rabbinical Council of America: the Chief
Mrs. Chaskel Grubner, chairman
Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman; the president of
of the Detroit Knessiah Gedolah
Yeshiva University, Dr. Samuel Belkin; and dean of world Talmudists,
Committee.
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. The convention will be held June 22-27,
The world congress of Orthodox
at the Pineview Hotel, Fallsburg, N.Y.
Jewry is scheduled for July 22-30.
Sponsored by the world movement
of Agudath Israel, religious Zion-
ists, the congress will concern it-
self with current issues and Torah
authorities will preside. Only four
In 1820, when the question of sole issue of integration so that other such conclaves have been
they cannot conceive of a n y
Missouri's statehood raised the
other road toward equality. And
question of slavery-40 years be-
Adas Shalom Youth
conversely, the emphasis on in-
fore the Civil War—Thomas Jef-
tegration lends substance to the
ferson wrote:
Name Officers, USY
Southern fear that complete
Award
Recipients
"This momentous question, like
amalgamation will be the result
a fire-ball in the night, awakened
Awards to outstanding members
of any approach to equality.
and filled me with terror. It is
of the Adas Shalom United Syna-
Yet our experience as a nation
hushed, indeed, for the moment.
gogue Youth chapters were pre-
should teach the Negro that eth-
But this is a re-
sented at installation ceremonies
nic groups can retain their char-
prieve only . . .
recently. Installed as presidents
acter and identity and still be
We have the wolf
equal. And from the same expe- were Gerald Hoptman, freshman;
by the ears, and
Ava Goldberg, sophomore; and
rience the Southerner should
we c a n neither
Sheldon Cohen, senior.
learn that equality leads not to
hold him, n o r
Debra Cohen received the Na-
the effacement but to the
safely 1 e t him
strengthening of group lines."
tional Federation of Men's Clubs
go"
.
Dr. Handlin warns of a new Youth Leadership Award; Ava
Prof. Oscar
racism,
of the "growing insensi- Goldberg, the Jerry Kaufman
Handlin took
tivity to the sentiments of others" Youth Participant Award; Neil
from this historic
in the newly-emerged struggle, de- Schneider, USY Leadership Award;
statement t h e
claring: "The chauvinism of color Jeffrey Weinstein, Youth Cultural
title for his book Dr. nandlin
spreads
on both sides of a serious Award; and Howard Berris, Ron-
"Fire-Ball in the Night—The Crisis
nie Posen Award for Religious
in Civil Rights," which has been fissure in the society and can have Participation.
damaging
consequences
to
t
h
e
published as an Atlantic Monthly
Other officers to serve for the
Press Book by Little, Brown & future."
coming term are freshman chap-
Co., Boston.
He makes the point that "segre-
ter members Thomas Letvin,
vice president; Bonnie Haber,
In 110 pages of text, Dr. Han- gation, which establishes the in-
treasurer; and Ralph Goren and
dlin makes a thorough study of ferior position of the Negro and
Susan Newman, secretaries.
the issue, points to the aggrava- prevents him from sustaining
Serving in the sophomore group
tions created by the flight to the stable personal and family rela-
tionships,
actually
magnifies
the
suburbs and declares:
will be Michelle Sinkoff, Doris
incentive to seek the escape of Rubinstein and Sanford Newman,
"The distinction between inte-
intermarriage. On the other hand, vice presidents; Steven Kaufman,
gration and equality is crucial
desegregation, which widens op- treasurer; Diane Levine and Mar-
to any estimate of the means
portunities and increases the scope ley Weiss, secretaries.
available to resolve this momen-
of equality, also strengthens the
Assisting Sheldon Cohen will•be
tous question. If equality is the
cohesion and order of Negro fam-
true objective toward which ily life. heightens self-respect, and senior officers Davida Botwin, Neil
Schneider and Howard Berris, vice
every American should strive,
thus indirectly diminishes the in-
presidents; Clifford Beresh, treas-
the problem is not the same on
centives towards intermarriage."
urer; and Cynthia Goldstein and
both sides of the Mason-Dixon
Outlining the numerous diffi- Marjorie Fridson, secretaries.
line. In the South inequality is
culties that are created by the
still sustained by acts of govern-
struggle over the pending legisla- U.S. Rabbinical Court
ment; in the North it is the
tion, Dr. Handlin declares:
product of self-interested,
Sets Up Family Registry
thoughtless or prejudiced indi-
"A civil rights bill, such as
NEW YORK — The Rabbinical
viduals. The inability to differ-
that which was submitted to
Court (Beth Din) had set up a
entiate between the two situa-
Congress in the spring of 1963,
central registry to record all mar-
tions complicates both. The bit-
may prove an empty gesture if
riages, divorces and other perti-
ter news from Alabama and
it is compromised into nothing-
nent facts involving Jewish fam-
Mississippi narrows the atten-
ness before enactment and for-
ily life in the United States.
tion of Northern Negroes to the
gotten thereafter. But an act
The Beth Din, set up four years
that clearly poses an issue, and
ago to deal with problems involv-
after open debate, becomes law
ing marital relations, is an arm of
in a manner that reflects a firm
the Orthodox Rabbinical Council
decision of the representatives
of America, but also serves the
of the people, possesses a moral
Conservative and Reform branches
authority that is far from neg-
of Judaism.
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
ligible. If the responsible of-
The only other countries with
An octogenarian, the recently ficers of government act as if
similar registries are Israel and
they really believe in its valid-
retired U.S. Supreme Court
Britain.
Justice Felix Frankfurter, is not ity, they will communicate that
conviction
to
the
rest
of
the
a synagogue-going Jew. In fact he
left the synagogue a few years population; and potential of- Bnai David to Preview
after his bar mitzvah and has fenders will learn to obey, not `Fiddler on the Roof'
never returned. However, despite out of fright, but out of the re-
"Fiddler on the Roof," a new
spect decent Americans bear
his alienation from synagogue, he
musical comedy based on Sholem
wants to die a Jew. Recently—it the accepted standards of the Aleichem's "Tzivia's Daughter,"
is disclosed in the March issue community. That has been the
will be previewed by members of
of Atlantic Monthly by Garson experience of the states with
Cong. Bnai David at the Fisher
fair
employment
or
education
Kanin — Judge Frankfurter left
Theater 8:15 p.m. July 25.
instructions that when his time laws; it can be the experience
For tickets, call the synagogue
came for the inevitable he wanted of the nation."
office. EL 6-8210 or 444-1510.
a certain close friend, a practic-
Thus a noted historian makes a
ing Orthodox Jew, to say a prayer sound and effective appeal for an
in Hebrew; Kaddish?, Kanin asked end for bickering, for fair action Livonia Congregation
in surprise. Waving him off im- in the civil rights issue. Dr. Han- Country Fair in Town
patietly he replied: "I came into dlin's "Fire-Bell in the Night" is
Livonia Jewish Congregation will
the world a Jew, and although I one of the most powerful evalua- hold its annual Country Fair noon
did not live my life entirely as tions of the race issue and one of to 8 p.m. Sunday on the synagogue
a Jew, I think it is fitting that the best appeals in support of the grounds.
I should leave as a Jew. I don't civil rights bill.
A day of games, rides, and re-
want to be one of these pretend-
freshments will be featured. For
ers and turn my back on a great THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS information, call Norm Fellander,
Friday, June 19, 1964
and noble heritage.'
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KB 7-5192.

Oscar Handlin's 'Fire-Bell in the Night'
Powerful Plea for Civil Rights Law

Frankfurter's
Wish for Prayer

held in the past 52 years.
Rabbinic and lay leaders from
12 countries will attend, includ-
ing a Detroit delegation led by
Moses Checinski and Rabbi
Grubner.
Low-priced group flights have
been organized, with special offers
on accommodations, tours and ad-
mission available to those who reg-
ister now. Two free round-trip
tickets will be awarded. For infor-
mation, call 883-1441.
Alternates to Rabbi Grubner
and Checinski are Rabbi and Mrs.
I. M. Zacon and Rabbi and Mrs.
Jacob Hoberman. They will leave
June 30. Rabbi Leizer Levin,
presidium member of Agudath Is-
rael of America, is leaving in July.

Luncheon Will Honor
Rabbi, Mrs. Deutsch

Friends and disciples of Rabbi
Herman Deutsch are sponsoring a
luncheon honoring Rabbi and Mrs.
Deutsch Monday noon at Beth
Yehudah Synagogue. The event
marks the completion of the
couple's six years of residence in
Detroit. A musical program has
been arranged, and will include
greetings from local organizations
and leaders. Attorney M. Manuel
Merzon, who is active in the Ortho-
dox community, will be guest
speaker.
For reservations, call the rabbi's
offices, 341-8477 or 341-6740.

The library will contain the
Babylonian and Jerusalum Talmud,
a complete collection of codes of
Jewish law following Talmudical
times up to modern day. The li-
brary also will contain special edi-
tions of these codes of law .empha-
sizing the development of Jewish
law throughout history, books on
the Responsa of Jewish law, a large
collection of biblical and Midrashic
books interpreting the Bible with
traditional commentaries and books
on history, religion and Jewish
customs.
The library will be available to
anyone in need of special research
materials.

United Synagogue Publishes
Its Half-Century History
"On Sunday, February 23, 1913,
in the large assembly hall of the
Jewish Theological Seminary, Dr.
Solomon Schachter called the
United Synagogue of America into
being."
This is the opening paragraph
of "A History of the United Syna-
gogue of America, 1913-1963," by
Abraham J. Karp. which has been
published by the United Syna-
gogue to mark its 50th anniver-
sary.

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and Canada will attend the 11th
annual convention of the American
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