131■414 ri..11111.13.11=11,0 ■0■ 13•Mil4=1•04ini.i...10.1i II... 0.01•0•IIMPn.wwwcti ■o■oal■o■wo■ ,...,.. .-... WT. Boris Smolar's i Ii Between You t . . . and Me' t 1 1 t Bundestag Approves Amendment to Up Hardship Fund for Claims • (Direct JTA Teletype Wire benefit from the final amend- The bill then went to the to The Jewish News) Bundesrat, where approval was ments to the indemnification law. BONN — The Bundestag, lower Estimates of the number of Jew- house of the West German parlia- expected. The Bundesrat in- ..,,,i ' , s 10 cludes representation from the .::::..., (Copyright, 1965, Jewish ment, approved by a large ma- ish victims of Nazism who left i Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) • : , ..:.:i: .§ West German states who would 1 jority Wednesday an amendment Eastern Europe after the October, help pay the be required to INTERMARRIAGE REFLECTIONS: The intermarriage problem, to the West German restitution claims, a possibility which 1953, deadline range from 100,000 coming more and more to the forefront in American Jewish life, was law which substantially increases taken up at a special conference sponsored by the Federation of Jewish a special hardship fund for pay- could lead to some debate on to 150,000. Je wish refugee groups have Philanthropies in New York . . It seems that the New York Jewish ment of c 1 a i in s to victims of the measure. be- community has a good deal to worry about in the growth of inter- Nazism trapped in Iron Curtain Until Tuesday, there had been contended that the refugee marriage ... It was brought out at the conference, which was arranged countries in 1953. That was the doubt that the bill would receive hind the Iron Curtain country by the Federation's commission on synagogue relations, that 18 per deadline for the filing of claims Bundestag approval be,cause of should be treated by West Ger- cent of Jewish wives and 20 per cent of Jewish husbands who lived in against West Germany for resti- differences of opinion between many on the same footing as those the 1950s in a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, had non- tution. the Christian Democrats and the who were able to file in time, but West German financial au- Jewish spouses . . . Although it is doubtful whether this midtown area While members of the Free Social Democrats, particularly thorities have rejected that pro- is representative of the New York Jewish community, these data give over the s i z e• of the hardship ample reason for worry . . . Especially since there can be no question Democratic Party voted against fund. However, Dr. Eugen Ger- posal. They have contended that that today the figures are higher . . . Much discussion was evoked at the measure, which increases the stenmair, Bundestag president, in- full indemnification would add the conference by the fact that the rate of intermarriage increases as hardship fund from 700,000,000 tervened in the Bundestag in- some 4,000,000,000 marks ($1,000,- the proportion of native-born Jews increases . . . It was pointed out marks ($175,000,000) to 1,200,000 demnification committee to 000) to West Germany's restitu- that while about 18 per cent of this generation as a whole intermarry, marks ($300,000,000), Chancellor achieve a compromise. tion obligations. the percentage of all men who were or are college students and had Ludwig Erhard's Christian Demo- Martin Hirsch, chairman of the married non-Jews rose to 37 '• . . No data was presented on the percent- crats and the opposition Social A GOOD MAN TO KNOW ! age of women students who married non-Jews . . . The impression Democrats voted for it to give it indemnification committee, said that about 180,000 persons would that intermarriages on the campus—or at least a more open attitude a large majority. to intermarriage—is on the increase is supported by the experiences For Some of Hillel directors in most parts of the country . . Dr. Alfred Jospe, California City Elects Its First Jewish Mayor of the leading spirit of the Hillel Foundations, spoke at the conference at great length on this subject . . . He revealed that many of the Hillel SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — ted Fund and chairman of the best buys directors report that the number of young people who come to them Mountain View, a fast-growing Family Service Advisory Board of on new for counsel or help in connection with their plans to intermarry is city on the Bay, has elected its Mountain View. larger—and sometimes substantially larger—than ten years ago . . . first Jewish mayor, 32-year-old Pontiacs He also revealed that quite a large percentage of Jewish faculty men Charles Gordon, a resident since CJFWF Gets $79,680 and are married to Gentile women . . . He blamed "numerous" Jewish 1958. In 1963 he was named the faculty members as preparing the ground for intermarriage among outstanding young man of the year for Study of Senile Aged Tempests their Jewish students by making them feel, in printed or oral state- by the Mountain View Junior The Council of Jewish Federa- ments, that Judaism is spiritually obsolescent and intellectually irrele- Chamber of Cmmerce. tions and Welfare Funds has re- vant to the knowledge and needs of the 20th century man. In 1962, Gordon was elected to ceived a grant of $79,680 from the the city council by the largest National Institute of Mental Health VATICAN ECHOES: Editors of the Catholic press everywhere were vote ever given to any candidate. AT to be used for a second year of told in no uncertain terms how the Jews felt about any possible changes He is a member of the Beth Am study on the treatment and pre- in the Declaration on Jews which will come up in a revised form before Congregation, a former president vention of mental impairment 18650 LIVERNOIS the Ecumenical Council in September . . . At a World Congress of the 1 block South of Catholic Press held last week in New York, the Jewish view on the of the Palo Alto chapter of Bnai among the aged, it was announced UN 3-9300 present behind-the-scene tug-of-war in the Vatican over the document Brith, president of the 1965 Uni- by Irving W. Rabb of Boston. which is supposed to repudiate the charge that the Jews crucified Jesus was presented by Rabbi Arthur Gilbert, of the National Confer- Rassco Planning Move Announcing with Pride ence of Christians and Jews . . . 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Rabbi Gilbert drew the attention of the Catholic editors floors and sublease the remaining copies of WAYS OF PLEASANTNESS at $5.00 Please send me to the fact that Jews collectively bear no special guilt for the death two floors to suitable tenants. The per copy. Name of Jesus since Romans and the disciples also participated in the tragedy modern, fully air-conditioned build- Address . . . Confusion on the theological teaching of the Church on this issue ing will be ready for occupancy in State Zone City will be resolved only when the Ecumenical Council acknowledges that early fall. men have misinterpreted and misused Christian teaching and repudiates all those who still do, the assembled editors of the Catholic religious press from all parts of the earth were told. - SAUL BERCH Packer Pontiac Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF ILL ROGERS, who would have been 85 years old last November 25, once wrote, "A Democrat never ad- journs. He is born, grows to voting age, and starts right in arguing over something, and his political adjourn- ment is his date with the - undertaker. Politics is V 2 o LiT‘cs business with a good Democrat. He don't work at it, but he's always tell- ing what he would do if he WAS . working at it." "Halloween and Elec- tion Day," added Rogers, "come mighty close to- gether—and of the two, Election Day provides us the most fun. On Hal- loween they put pump- 3_15 kins on their heads. On Election Day they don't have to. But always remember this: as had as we think our government is run, it's the best run the world ever saw. And don't be too quick to knock your President. Lord, what a tough job it is to have a whole country like ours on your hands!" NV During a severe rainstorm, a distressed householder called the police and implored, "Come and rescue me quick! I'm standing in two feet of water." 'Sorry," the police lieutenant told him, "but in this state, two feet of water do not constitute a flood emergency." "You don't understand," wailed the householder, "I'm calling from the third floor." 1965, by Bennett Cert. Distributed. by King Features Syndicate 12—Friday, May, 28,. 1965 . THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS AKIVA HEBREW DAY SCHOOL 19161 SCHAEFER (Labor Zionist Bldg.) ANNOUNCES REGISTRATION FOR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE for school year beginning September, 1965 * Kindergarten through 6th Grade * Intensive Hebrew program * Advanced General Studies program * Individualized instruction * Staff of 12 qualified teachers * Bus transportation provided * Scholarships available "Your child receives a superior secular and Hebrew education during the course of the normal school day." For Information Call 342-9119 Summer tutorial program in Hebrew for potentially qualified students, grades 2-6.