Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg to Discuss
'Jewish Survival, Role of Israel'

Arthur Hertzberg, rabbi and his-
torian, will conclude the ninth an-
nual Midrasha Institute with a lec-
ture on "Jewish Survival in a Free
Society and the Role of Israel" 8:15
p.m. Wednesday at the Esther Ber-
man Building.
It will bring to a close the series
of four Bargman Memorial lec-
tures, named for
the late Theodore
and Mina Barg-
man, which fo-
cused on "Crisis
in Jewish His-
tory."
Rabbi Hertz-
berg is spiritual
leader of Temple
Emanu-El of En-
glewood, N. J.,
Hertzberg
and a member of
the graduate faculty of Columbia
University, with the rank of 'ec-
turer in history.
Among the books he has writ-

Dr. Selig Adler Lists Patterns for Survival in America

ranos' descendants in America
Three formulae for Jewish sur- with their intellectual history.
"There will be no real survival persecution or affluence?"
vival were offered here Wednes-
ten are "Judaism," "The Zionist day by a professor of American without reinforcements from Is-
rael to us and from us to them,"
Idea," a pioneer volume of the history.
At the third lecture of the Ali- he added.
presentation of the intellectual
Dr. Adler said he felt the three
drasha Institute series, in the
history of the Zionist movement;
and "The Outbursts That Await Esther" Berman Building, Dr. Selig theories apply equally well to Rus-
That's
Adler discussed "Emancipation, sian Jewry and suggested that
Us," which he co-authored.
1700-1850, The Origins of the "chances of a hard-core survival in
Vice president of the Confer- Modern Crisis in Freedom."
the Soviet Union. are probably as
ence on Jewish Social Studies, he
T hree Rivers, Mich.
Dr. Adler, professor of Ameri- good as they are here."
has contributed articles to many
Comparing Russian Jews' situa-
can history at the State University
iris, 10-16 yrs.
Boys
.&
journals, including Commentary,
of New York, called the three pat- tion to the Marranos (Spanish
Reduced rates be fore April 15.
The Nation and Christian Century, terns the outcome of Emancipa- Jews forced to practice their re-
and has made frequent appear- tion, that period in history when ligion in secret during the Inquisi-
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ances on radio and television.
light began to seep through the tion), Dr. Adler concluded with a
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Rabbi Hertzberg, 44, received his Dark Ages of Jewish political, ec- rhetorical question:
"After all, what killed the Mar-
AB degree from Johns Hopkins onomic and intellectual life.
University, from which he grad-
Referring to the "morselization
uated as President's Scholar. He of Jewish thought" as the most im-
received his rabbinic degree from portant result of Emancipation (in
the Jewish Theological Seminary this period, he explained, the "in-
from the
(Conservative) and has done grad- tellectual unity of the Jewish peo-
uate work in the field of history ple was destroyed" as new schools
at the graduate schools of Colum- of thought arose), Dr. Adler enu-
bia and Harvard. He held pulpits merated the resultant three philos-
in Philadelphia and Nashville and ophies.
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the United States and throughout awakened his fellow Jews to what
Europe, Asia and Latin America." was valuable outside ghetto life.
Vice-President Humphrey, whose The philosophy that came in the
award was accepted by Mrs. wake of this revolutionary idea
Charles Hymes of Minneapolis, a had religious overtones: "Jewish
friend and immediate past national suffering was worth it because the
president of the NCJW, was honor- Jews had a mission, to transmit
ed for his work for the nuclear life and learning .. An essential
test-ban treaty and for his leader- part of tradition must survive."
ship in the struggle for civil rights Yet with the 19th Century revolu-
legislation and federal job-train- tion in science there had to be a
ing programs for underprivileged new compromise with new forces.
And Jewish history, such as that
youth.
Delegates adopted a statement told by the German - Jewish histor-
asserting that Council women view ian Heinrich Graetz, assumed a
"with deep concern the accelera- new meaning for the enlightened
tion of the USSR policy of cultural Jew.
Simon Dubnow "did for Eastern
and spiritual discrimination against
its Jewish citizens." Noting that Europe what Graetz did for West-
the baking of matzoth is forbidden ern Europe," according to Dr. Ad-
except in token quantities, Council ler. Dubnow, too, believed that the
delegates called on the U.S. gov- Diaspora had its value, "but Jews
ernment to intervene in behalf of were a specific nation with a spir-
the 3 million Jews in the Soviet itual and cultural autonomy."
With the rise of nationalism and
Union."
r
socialism, Dubnow formulated this
Another resolution urged that the pattern, making room for the tra-
present administration bill on fed- ditional folkways of his people.
And you don't even have to climb the Hima•
eral aid to education be amended
Palestine, the end of the Zi-
to do away. with sections making
onist rainbow, was emphasized
lays to get there. Just drive to the new
possible grants of federal funds to
in the third formula, which
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focused on "the vitality of the
The convention re-elected Mrs
nationalist idea", said Dr. Adler.
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The delegates adopted a budget
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Herzl, "the idea of a Messiah
ing, swimming, massages, exercises, won-
Other resolutions passed by the
was divorced from the religious
convention included a series on aspect and made into a national-
derful food and accommodations).
Jewish affairs calling for encour-
ist concept."
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agement of the study of Judaism
Dr. Adler warned that in the
and support of "measures design- search for a "survival formula",
ed to preserve the Jewish faith and one pattern should not be em-
culture and to secure the rights phasized at the expense of the
of Jews everywhere." The Council others. "Don't stress nationalism
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"continuing social, educational and try in the Middle East." Rather, he
said, "Jews must unify themselves
cultural upbuilding of Israel."

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Conservative Leader Urges Parents
to Root Children in Jewish Tradition

NEW YORK—A leader of con- I
servative Judaism this week plead- '
ed for greater emphasis on Jewish
learning to capture the interest of
uncommitted Jewish youth.
Rabbi Arthur L. Hertzberg of
Temple Emanu - El, Englewood,
N.J., urged 1,000 delegates at the
biennial convention of the National
Council of Jewish Women to open
a network of pre-kindergartens for
Jewish youngsters so that they
could be "rooted" from earliest
childhood in Jewish traditions and
culture.
Speaking at a convention session
on "Jewish Identity in an Open So-
ciety," - Rabbi Hertzberg asserted,
"the problem of Jewish identity in
America is that we are asking it
to continue as an abstraction, free-
ly chosen in adult life, among
those whose roots in its living ev-
perience are no longer secure. We
are asking abstraction to bear the
burden that only experience can
bear."
Rabbi Hertzberg also asked
that adults learn more about
Jewish history and culture in
order to "try to find intelligible
reasons for maintaining some
amount of Jewish specificness,
apart from the values of the
majority."
The five-day convention of the
NCJW, 72-year-old education and
service organization, ended April
1 with a banquet at which Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy presented the
Council's John F. Kennedy awards
to Dorothy Height, president of the
National Council of Negro Women,
and Vice President Hubert Humph-
rey in absentia.
Miss Height was cited by the
Jewish women's group for her
"key role in developing and inspir-
ing a generation of talented and

Peace Corps Volunteer
Thanks JWB from Jungle

JENIINEZ, Philippines—A young
Peace Corps Volunteer, isolated in
this jungle community, has expres-
sed in moving terms his apprecia-
tion to the National Jewish Wel-
fare Board for a Seder package
which will enable him to observe
the Passover festival. Harvey Alan
Mogul wrote to JWB:
"I want to thank you very much
for remembering me. I am nearly
10.000 miles from the Jewish com-
munity I love so much, and this
`solo Seder' serves to remind me of
my Jewish commitment. I am the
only PCV in this area and the only
American as well."
JWB months ago began shipment
of Passover foods and religious
supplies to Jewish chaplains with
the U.S. Armed Forces around the
world, and the JWB Women's Or-
ganizations' Services has sent "solo
Seder" packages to isolated GI's.
Included in JWB's planning were
Peace Corps Volunteers in remote
areas of the globe.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
12—Friday, April 9, 1965

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