Interracial and Interreligi ous Conflicts,
Intermarriage, Anti-Semitism Analyzed
in a New Paperback Edited by Earl Raab
Earl Raab, who edited "Re-
ligious Conflict in America —
Studies in the Problems Be-
yond Bigotry," just issued as
an Anchor-Doubleday paper-
back, said.
"There is reason to believe
that interreligious conflicts
in America will finally prove
to be a more knotty, more
durable and in some ways
more significant problem than
interracial conflict. It is cer-
tainly a more difficult prob-
lem to percieve. Religious
bigotry is no longer the hard
core of interreligious conflict,
which has become bound to a
series of related issues com-
prising 'the religious conflict'
in America. This religious
conflict has indeed become
sharper as religious bigotry
has decined."
The numerous essays in this
paperback, by such eminent
scholars as Will Herberg, Ger-
hard Lenski, Gustave Weigel,
Sidney Hook, Clark E. Vincent,
Leo Pfeffer and others, of all
faiths, evaluate the nature of
the conflict, the background of
bigotry, anti-Semitism, church-
state and other problems.
Raab, the editor of this vol-
ume, is associate director of the
San Francisco Jewish Commun-
ity Relations Council and is
staff consultant at the Survey
Research Center of the Univer-
sity of California. He foresees
a pluralistic society amidst
which "a unity would be dis-
cernible—the unity of an or-
derly conversation." He adds
that it would be the pattern
"not of ignorant armies clash-
ing by night but of informed
men locked together in argu-
ment in the full light of a new
dialectical day. Thus we might
present to a 'candid world' the
spectacle of a civil society."
"Religious conflicts in
America" reviews the status
of the religious groups,
analyzes the anti-Semitic ten-
dencies and makes use of the
research that was conducted
in Detroit by Harold Orbach,
indicating, in the case of
Judaism, that "religious as-
sociations have been seriously
weakened."
There is this statistical refer-
ence to intermarriage: "In view
of the high rate of intermar-
riage between Catholics and
non-Catholics, it is hardly sur-
prising that a substantial mi-
nority of Catholics have a sig-
nificant number of close rela-
tives who are non-Catholics.
Whereas 96 per cent of the Jews
reported that all or nearly all
of their close relatives were
Jewish, only 79 per cent of the
Catholics reported that all or
nearly all of their close rela-
tives were Catholics. There was
an even more pronounced dis-
crepency with respect to ties of
friendship. Whereas 77 per cent
of the Jewish respondents re-
ported that all or nearly all of
their close friends were Jewish,
the comparable figure for Cath-
olics was only 44 per cent."
Clark E. Vincent, chief of the
Social Sciences Section of the
National Institute for Mental
Health, concludes his essay on
"Interfaith Marriages" by stat-
ing:
"In Western society our re-
ligious heritage is permeated
with polarization (the concept
of mutual exclusion) whether
in the earlier more explicit
terms of people who were
either among the 'elect' or the
`damned'; or in the current
more implicit terms of the
sacerdotal forms and modes
of worship which are either
`rite' or 'wrong.' As long as
organized religion continues
to indoctrinate its members
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 24, 1964
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with the notion that there is
only one way and one church,
couples in interfaith marri-
ages will find that loyalty to
the church will preclude
granting the reality of the
spouses' beliefs. Differences
that could enlarge and enrich
both their religious conunit-
ments, become stimuli for
marital disharmony a n d
threats to each other's be-
liefs."
The charts relating to party
preferences by members of all
faiths, the evidences of anti-
Semitism and the propaganda
of parties of rightists, the anti-
campaigns are among the im-
portant aspects of this study.
There is, for instance, this find-
ing:
"Catholics have a more favor-
able image of Protestants than
of Jews, and Jews have a more
favorable image of Protestants
Synagogue Erects
Monumerpt to a
`Friendless' Man
A totally blind man in his 80s,
living in a downtown hotel, died
last year. He had no means, no
family. The one friend he ever
spoke of lived in the same hotel;
no one knows the friend's name.
At 11 a.m. Sunday, the "family"
and friends Jacob Lewis never
knew he had will dedicate a monu-
ment in his memory at Chesed
shel Emes Cemetery. Two hours
earlier, they will hold services at
Downtown Synagogue.
Members of the synagogue
came to know Jacob Lewis as a
regular worshiper over the past
10 or 15 years. He recited the
entire service by heart and could
always be counted on to help
form a minyan. That was until
he became sick three or four
years ago.
There were others in need who
came daily to Downtown Synago-
gue for small change out of the
kitty to cover their expenses. No
one was turned away.
Jacob Lewis came proudly, not
as a member, but as a regular and
respected worshiper.
Joseph Freedman and George
Bass vowed that his faithfulness
would not go unrewarded. Their
funds built the monument.
On Sunday, they and Jacob
Lewis' many friends will gather
at the synagogue to pay tribute.
No one doubts there will be
enough men for a minyan.
Samuel Reiss, Translator,
Linguist, Dies at Age 59
CLEVELAND (JTA) — Samuel
Reiss, well-known American-Jew-
ish translator and linguist, died
here Monday at age 59. He knew
32 languages and was a translator
for the Lewis Research Center of
the National Aeronautics a n d
Space Administration, as we 11
as the author of four books on the
relationship between language and
thought.
Born in Kulikowo, Poland, he
came to this country at the age
of 9 and grew up in New York
City. He was a graduate of New
York's City College and held a de-
gree from the Teachers Institute
of the Jewish Theological Semi-
nary of America. Some of the
languages he knew, such as Swa-
hili, Chinese and Greek, he learn-
ed on his own.
Philip Goldstein of D. C.,
Communal Leader, Dead
Philip Goldstein of Washington,
D.C., died at the age of 52. A grad-
uate of Georgetown College and
the Georgetown University School
of Law, he was active in a number
of Jewish and civic organizations.
He was the immediate past presi-
dent of the National Federation of
Jewish Men's Clubs, an affiliate
of the United Synagogue of
America.
than of Catholics. On each of the
three criteria (religious toler-
ance, business fairness, and
power), at least 60 per cent of
both Catholics and Jews expres-
sed approval of the white Pro-
testants."
The analyses show that "of
the three major white groups,
the Jewish group was the most
often criticized, and the same
time, the least critical of
others."
The evaluation also indicates:.
"Throughout the critical com-
ments of Gentiles, both white
and Negro, certain themes con-
stantly recurred. First, the Jews
are not trying to get power;
they already have it. Second,
`their power is economic and fi-
nancial, not political.' Third
`the Jews are less fair in their
business dealings with non-
OBITUARIES
ELMER C. FARBER, formerly
of Detroit, died July 16 in Miami
Beach. He leaves his wife, Jane;
a son, Bruce; a daughter, Mrs.
Sorrel Coven; three sisters and
five grandchildren. Interment De-
troit.
* * *
HYMAN STORCHAN, 18688
Pennington, died July 16. He
leaves his wife, Dorothy; two sons,
Cary and Joel; one brother and
one sister.
* * *
DR. ADOLPH EHRLICH, for-
merly of Detroit, died July 17 in
Bay Harbor, Fla. He leaves his
wife, Faye; two sons, David and
Dr. Edward; and one grandchild.
Jews.' "
Thus, major issues involved
in interracial as well as inter-
religious involvements emerge
from this study which makes the
Rabb-edited paperback of im-
mense value in an understand-
ing of the problems facing the
three faiths.
—P.S.
ALBERT SHAFKIND, 20055
Marlow, died July 19. He leaves
his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Mrs.
Ben (Shirley) Mandel and Mrs.
Jack (Harriet) Barish; and five
grandchildren.
* * *
MILLIE SAMUELS. 11501 Peto-
skey, died July 19. She leaves four
sons, Israel Teacher, Joseph, Irv-
ing and Samuel M.; a daughter,
Mrs. Rose Freedman; and grand-
children and great-grandchildren.
* * *
BEVERLY KERSNER, 142 W.
9 Mile, Ferndale, died July 19.
She leaves her mother, Mrs. Bar-
rett Parker; two sisters, Judith
and Luanne; and her grandmother,
* * *
Mrs. Benjamin Simon.
LILLIAN GALE, 15121 North-
* * *
field, Oak Park, died July 17. She
SUSAN CAPLAN, 33659 Wood
leaves two sons, Herbert and San- Drive, Livonia, died July 19. She
ford; a daughter, Mrs. Maurice leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
(Marvel) Shapiro; one sister and Frank W. Caplan; and her grand-
five grandchildren.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M or r is
* * *
Caplan and Mrs. A. M. Pilatsky.
SARAH FINEMAN, 17166 Little-
* * *
field, died July 18. She leaves two
ROSE
(BELLA)
WILLIS, 18292
sons, Albert and Morris; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ben Kaufman; and nine Sorrento, died July 15. Survived
grandchildren.
Tribute to Brand
Southfield Couple, at His Final Rites
Son Killed in Auto
Accident Out West
An automobile accident in
Wickenburg, Ariz., took the lives
of a Southfield couple and their
son Sunday.
The victims were David Yaker,
55, his wife, Anne, 57, and son,
Harold Frank, 25, of 18165 Onyx.
They were on their way to Cali-
fornia, where Harold was attend-
ing law school at San Diego State
College. He had been visiting his
parents while on vacation.
Mr. Yaker, co-owner of Mount
Elliott Scrap Corp., was a
native Detroiter. He belonged to
Beth Abraham Synagogue, Beth
Isaac Cemetery Association and
Bnai Brith. His wife was a mem-
ber of Bnai Brith, Hadassah,
Bicur Cholem and the Jewish
War Veterans Auxiliary.
Their son Harold was a graduate
of Ohio State University. Another
son, Gordon, survives.
Mr. Yaker also leaves his mother,
by husband, Nathan; a son, Kent
B.; two daughters, Mrs. Murray
(Marlene) Frost of Arcadia, Calif.,
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
TEL AVIV. — More than 800
mourners a t t ended the burial
Wednesday of Joel Brand, the one-
time Hungarian Jew chosen by
Adolf Eichmann for the weird and
abortive Nazi proposal to trade
one million doomed Hungarian
Jews for ten thousand trucks.
Gideon Hausner, former Israeli
attorney general and prosecutor of
Eichmann, recalled in his eulogy
the "blood for goods" mission to
Brand which brought to Jews out-
side of Germany "the full scope
of the Nazi horror." Recalling his
contact with Brand at the Eich-
mann trial, the former attorney
general said that Brand could
never understand how the world
turned its face aside while mil-
lions of Jews were being murdered.
President Shazar was repre-
sented by his aide, Col. Arieh Baz,
and Premier Eshkol by Teddy Kol-
lek, director general of the Pre-
mier's office. Police minister Be-
hor Shitreet came personally.
Brand died in West Germany
last week during a visit.
Mrs. Fannie Yaker; two brothers,
William of Beverly Hills, Calif.,
and Hyman L. of El Paso; and a Jacob Rachowsky Dies,
sister, Mrs. Joseph (Minnie) Big-
man. Mrs. Yaker leaves her moth- Taught Hebrew Here _ _
Jacob Rachowsky, first teacher
er, Mrs. Rachel Pearlman; a broth-
er, Louis; and two sisters, Mrs. at the old Elliott Hebrew School,
Morris (Edith) Bale and Mrs. Clara died July 16 at age 82. He came
from a family of Hebrew teachers,
Sharf man.
and grand-
and Alta; three sisters and two
grandchildren.
* * *
BEN KOBLIN, 11501 Petoskey,
died July 17. Survived by a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Rolland (Ada) Walt; five
brothers, one sister and three
grandchildren.
* * *
HARRY GORDON, 19324 Win-
throp, died July 17. Survived by
wife, Bessie; two sons, Albert and
Bernard; two daughters, Mrs. Ar-
thur (Rose) Lapides and Mrs. Paul
(Sarah) Fox; one brother, four
sisters and seven grandchildren.
* * *
DAVID ROOD, 17226 Steel, died
July 18. Survived by wife, Sarah;
a son, Albert; four daughters, Mrs.
Morris (Eve) Novik, Mrs. Israel
( Dorothy) Abramson, Mrs. Eugene
(Betty) White of East Lansing and
Mrs. Helen Zelkower; two broth-
ers, one sister and 16 grand-
children.
* * *
FRANK WEISS, 17214 Wooding-
ham, died July 18. No survivors.
* * *
MAX GLASSMAN, 3380 Monte-
rey, died July 18. Survived by a
sister, Betty.
* * *
MURRAY GOLDEN, 1508 W.
Euclid, died July 21. He leaves his
wife, Mary.
* * *
SANDER CHERNICK, formerly
of Detroit, died July 10 in Oak-
land, Calif. Survived by three
sisters in Israel.
including his father
Prof. Maas Dies at 83-
an Escapee from Nazism
Prof. Paul Maas, a prominent
Jewish classical scholar, died at
age 83. He had been teach-
ing at Oxford University since his
arrival in Britain at the outbreak
of the war.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he
was a professor at the University
of Koenigsberg when the Nazis de-
prived him of his chair in 1934.
For years he refused to leave Ger-
many and in 1939 was imprisoned
by the Nazis. He was saved from
being put to death in a concentra-
tion camp through the efforts of
a British friend who had flown to
Germany just before the war to
secure Prof. Maas' release.
During his lifetime, Prof. Maas
was honored with several high
academic distinctions both in
Britain and postwar Germany.
father.
Joseph Pearl Is Dead;
Mr. Rachowsky, 11501 Petoskey,
was first sexton at Cong. Beth Owned Paint Service
Tefilo Emanuel on Taylor St., and
Joseph S. Pearl, 18312 Ardmore,
served as Baal tefilah and shohet. died Monday at age 61. He was co-
Born in Poland, he was recording owner for 19 years of Detroit In-
secretary of the Eishisker Society dustrial Paint Service Co., 8139
here. He came to Detroit in 1921. Lyndon.
He leaves a son, Harry Rich, and
The Toronto-born Mr. Pearl
a daughter, Mrs. Henry (Sarah) lived in Detroit 39 years. He was
Levin.
a member of Purity Chapter, Or-
der of the Eastern Star; Mosaic
Lodge, F. & A. M.; Pisgah Lodge,
Businessman Louis Latt
Succumbs at Age 63
Louis Latt, 18940 Mendota, co-
owner of Cadillac Music Shop on
E. Warren, died July 13 at age 63.
Born in Estonia, Mr. Watt lived
in Detroit 44 years. He was a mem-
ber of Adas Shalom Synagogue;
Pisgah Lodge, Bnai Brith; Zionist
Organization of Detroit; Daylight
Lodge, F. & A.M.; and Detroit
Consistory, Moslem Temple.
Husband of the late Sylvia Latt,
he leaves two daughters, Edna
and K a r e n; and two brothers,
Museum Director Dead
AMSTERDAM (JTA) —Dr. Otto Harry and Cheskel.
Meyer, director of the Jewish His-
torical Museum here, and a noted Philadelphia Leader Dead
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Je-
art connoisseur, died here today at
rome J. Rothschild, first president
the age of 70.
of the Philadelphia Jewish Com-
Negaunee, Mich., has the largest munity Relations Council, died at
underground iron mine in the his home in Elkins Park Sunday at
the age 80.
world.
Bnai Brith; Zionist Organization of
America and was on the board of
governors of Crescent Shrine.
Mr. Pearl leaves his wife, Sadie;
two sons, Barry and Dr. Conrad
two brothers, two sisters and four
grandchildren.
The Center
Culture Club
expresses its deepest
sympathy to
Mrs. Jennie
Schubiner
and family in their
hour of great sorrow.
D. Gornbein, Pres.