Sociologist Urges Funeral Directors
to 'Help Bereaved Return to Society '
SAN
Senators Speak Out
Against Birchers, in
Extremism Brochure
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 16, 1966-13
Dr. Samuel A jl Heads Dropsie College
JUAN, Puerto. Rico—A lead- youth and physical beauty, with
ing sociologist called for the de- our concern over smoking and
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Dr. Samuel J. Ajl, director of re-
NEW YORK — Sen. Robert F
velopment by Jewish funeral di- other threats to our health and
Kennedy said here that membe rs • search at the Einstein Medical Center in this city. was named Monday
rectors of "new customs and so- private well-being, and also with
d
of the John Birch Society an as acting president of Dropsie College, succeeding the late Sol Sa-
cial techniques" to assist those our nationwide regulation prohibit-
other extremist groups should n ot tinsky. Announcement of Dr. Ajl's appointment was made by former
"whom death has touched" but for ing the movies and television from
be allowed to serve with the FB
whom "there is no longer an ad- showing a corpse."
I Justice Horace Stern. chairman of Dropsie's board of governors.
or the Secret Service.
equate social response" in coping
Edward T. Newman of Miami
with grief and mourning.
He asserted that since thes
Beach, outgoing president of the agencies "have special responsi- e
Addressing the 39th annual
na- organization, announced at the bilities in the field of national
tional convention of the Jewish
Funeral Directors of America. Dr. convention that the Jewish Fu- security . . . it does not seem to
Robert Fulton, professor of soci- neral Directors of America had
me to be wise to allow members'
ology at the University of Min- launched a nationwide survey to of any extremist group to serve in
determine the effects of funeral
them."
nesota, urged the funeral execu- practices
on -the emotional ad-
tives to "acquire the social service
The New York legislator made
techniques needed to help reinte- justment of bereaved families. these statements in a pamphlet
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Citing the importance of determ
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ssued by the American Jewish
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Dr Fulton compared the plight ceremonies help persons cope with
Entitled "Extremism in America
the crises of grief and bereave Today," the 32-page brochure is
of the bereaved person today
with that of the divorced person ment, Newman said that poorly - a three-part interview with Sena-
of several decades ago who, he managed grief "is knoWn to be a ' for Kennedy„ Senator Clifford P.
said, was ostracized and neglect- factor in the development of emo - Case of New Jersey and Morris B.
ed. "The bereaved individual tional disturbance and physical ail Abram, president of the American
ments." These factors, he noted , ' Jewish Committee.
today," he noted, "is, to a large
extent, without sufficient rei- explained the growing interest ii 1: Sen. Kennedy stated that he
SEE OR CALL
liious resources or community grief and mourning on the part would not bar members of the
of
psychiatrists,
psychologists,
so
support and often lacks the skills
- Birch Society from serving on a
ciologists and clergymen.
necessary to deal adequately
police force. However, he added:
with his lot."
Seymour Weinstein, elected to "Since the society has been closely
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the funeral director can assist the be held in Israel
see that a special effort was made
mourner by cooperating more in- in December,
to see that the personal views of
tensively with the clergy and other 1967 '
each applicant are such that he
In action taken
concerned social agencies and
would be able to enforce the law
groups and guide the bereaved in at the closing ses-
fairly."
s i o n, delegates
his efforts to seek help."
Sen. Case said that "members
Dr. Fulton cited studies that approved p l a n s
of law enforcement agencies
found "a considerable amount of by the Jewish Fu-
should not be permitted to join
mal-adapted responses to death neral Directors of
For Reservations and Brochure
secret organizations with politi-
ranging from meaningless dizziness America to offer
cal aims or purposes."
to private rituals of mummification material for
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Abram, a native of Atlanta now
to the apathy of deipair." B y study and re-
practicing law in New York City,
learning to recognize the signs of search programs
asserted that though recent in-
these responses, Dr. Fulton said, at Jewish institu-
creases in Negro voting in the
the funeral director "could play a lions of higher learning in the South might for the moment
key role in helping the bereaved field of pastoral psychology in con- stimulate Ku Klux Klan activity.
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find his way back to society."
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reavement.
American society, Dr. Fulton de-
would "have a very fine effect on
clared, "is simultaneously anxious
The delegates also approved a Southern politics."
and arrogant in the face of death.
nationwide plan in which mem-
Although preoccupied with death bers of the Jewish Funeral Di-
and cruelty as evidenced in the rectors of America cooperate with
horror shows. monster movies and Jewish religious leaders at the
children's toys, we are also ex- local level to insure that no indi-
cessively squeamish about it. This gIent Jew need be buried without
is seen in our constant preoccupa- full compliance with traditional
tion with our personal health, religious requirements.
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Post Office Dept. to Review Rates
to Israel After Protests by U.S. Jews
NEW YORK — The U.S. Post ognizes the fact that Israel should
Office Department has promised be given some consideration. es —
to review all international mail pecially since she is a true friend
rates and zones and will seriously of the United States, and this
consider the possibility of putting country should encourage cor-
all of the Middle East countries respondence between the two.
in one airmail postage zone.
It was pointed out that hundreds
This promise was contained in of leaders from every state in
an answer sent by Postmaster Gen- the Union. including scores of Sen-
eral Lawrence F. O'Brien to thou- ators and Representatives from
sands of queries that have been both parties, have joined in this
directed to him in 'petitions cir- movement and are giving their
culated by the Far Rockaway Jew- wholehearted support to the coun-
ish Community Council seeking to cil's effort.
A
petitions can be ob-
correct an inequity between air
- Additional
rates to Israel and to its close tained by sending a stamped, self-
addressed
envelope
to the Far
neighbor Egypt. '
Rockaway Jewish Community Coun-
Rubin R. Dobin, chairman of cil. 1295 Central Ave.. Far Rock-
the Far RoCkaway Council ex- away,, N. Y.
plained that a half-ounce airmail •
letter to Egypt costs 15 cents,
$4 Million in Montreal
'while the same letter to Israel
requires 25 cents postage. Dobin • MONTREAL (JTA)—The 1966
pointed out that Israel was Combined Jewish Appeal for Allied
placed in the higher airmail rate Jewish Community Services and
zone by the arbitrary drawing United Israel Appeal achieved a
an-
of a line on a map which sup- total of $4,375,000, it was an-
arated it from the other coon- nounced . by general campaign
chairman Max Feldman at the
tries in the cheaper rate zone.
closing dinner here. "This is far
The council launched a nation- higher than the average for the
wide campaign to secure 100,000 last 15 years but still 'short of fill-
signatures to a petition asking that • ing the needs that must be met,"
Israel be placed in the 15 cent Feldman commented.
airmail rate zone. The answer of
the post office department rec- Budapest Jews Send
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666 66
20,000 Books to Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A collec-
tion of 20,000 volumes of religious
works sent to Israel by the Jewish
community of Budapest has ar-
rived here. The books will be dis-
tributed to universities and public
libraries.
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