THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 8, 1967-13
Plan Purge of Anti-Semitic Texts
Franz Cardinal Koenig, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna
(right) tells American Jewish Committee President Morris B.
Abram (center) and Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum, AJC's inter- I
religious affairs director, of progress made in a study by the
Archdiocesan Textbook Commission to eliminate negative references
to Jews and Judaism from religious teaching materials used in all
public as well as parochial schools in Austria. "The work of the
textbook commission," the Cardinal said, "we would provide the basis
for more extensive programs covering the entire range of religious
education, attitude formation, including teacher training, seminaries,
colleges, adult education, publications and the mass media." The
cardinal invited the cooperation of the Committee, which has,
pioneered in sponsoring religious textbook studies in the United
States, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Brazil.
N. H. Sweepstakes Money for Schools
Seen as Threat to the Constitution
CONCORD. N.H.—A recently-en-
acted state law that would grant
parochial schools part of the rev-
enue raised by the New Hampshire
sweepstakes was criticized la s t
weekend as "unprecedented" and
"plainly unconstitutional" in a
memorandum of law submitted to
the New Hampshire Supreme
Court by the National Council of
Churches, American Jewish Con-
gress and American Civil Liberties
Union.
The statute, which went into ef-
fect July 7 as Chapter 421 of the
New Hampshire laws of 1967, was
described as a "novel and unpre-
cedented departure" from the prin-
ciples of church-state separation
that "goes far beyond any form
of aid to religious institutions that
has received judicial approval."
The measure is believed to be
the first law ever enacted in the
U.S. authorizing the direct trans-
fer of public monies to the general
treasury of parochial schools. For
this reason, the organizations
Stated in their brief, "we cannot
point to any decisions dealing with
Such grants."
The memorandum w a s sub-
mitted in response to an invita-
tion by the New IIampshire Sup-
reme Court to interested groups
for their views on the law's
constitutionality. Gov . John W.
King in signing the law asked
the court for an advisory opinion
on the constitutionality of the
statute.
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Young Delinquents in Israel Subject of Sociology Study
The sociologists conducted their were nearly four times as often
study among a group of 100 con- drawn from the Western segment
secutive referalls to the Tel Aviv of the population, the percentages
juvenile court and a comparison of Oriental and Western com-
group of 100 nondelinquent boys munity subjects in the nondelin-
each matched for age and from quent sample being 79 and 21,
the same school as the delinquent respectively.
counterpart.
"Similarly, the nondelinquent
"Of particular importance,"
cases, to a much greater extent,
the researchers reported, "were
represented the 'older settler' seg-
the significant differences in
ment of the Israeli population.
ethnic group membership, length
Some 60 per cent of the non-
of family residence in Israel,
delinquents, as against only 43
and the occupation of the father.
per cent of the delinquent cases,
These characteristics are not, of
came from families which had
course, unrelated to each other.
settled in Israel prior to 1948.
"Of the 100 delinquent cases, Finally, the fathers of 19 per cent
half were from the Western com- of the nondelinquents, but of 51
munity , and the other half from per cent of delinquents, were un-
the Oriental community. The non- skilled workers.
delinquents, on the other hand,
"Thus, the delinquents, or at
least their families, were more
recent immigrants, more often
from underdeveloped communities
in Asia and North. Africa, and
very often of low occupational
schools of this state, we share skill."
TRENTON, N.J. (JTA)—A peti-
as well a broader commitment
tion calling on the state education
to the principles of religious
commissioner here to issue a ruling
freedom and of public educa-
permitting yarmulkes to be worn
For Some
tion," the petition stressed.
in New Jersey public schools for
of the
"While Vse ruling we request
religious reasons was withdrawn
herein may affect directly only
here by the five Jewish organiza-
best buys
a small number of children in
tions that had filed the request.
on new
the state, it is nevertheless re-
A spokesman for the five organi-
Pontiacs
quired both for the preservation
zations indicated that a disagree-
of religious freedom and the
Tempests
ment had developed among the
advancement of public educa-
groups on the strategy and tactics
and
tion."
of handling the yarmulke case.
Firebirds
Pending further discussions on
The Jewish organizations ar-
procedure, it was felt that the peti- gued in their petition that the
ASK FOR
tion to the state education commis- presence of a child wearing a skull
sioner should be withdrawn.
cap could be "a living and there-
The petition was signed by the fore most effective demonstration
Jewish Community Relations Coun- of the concept of a pluralistic
cil of Essex County, Eastern Union democracy. Our educational goal
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County Jewish Council; and New is to teach our children to learn
Jersey regional offices of the Am- to live in peace and harmony with
erican Jewish Congress, American children of different religions,
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origins."
The petition grew out of the
refusal by the Hillside, N.J., Board
of Education earlier this month to
rescind a school policy that barred
13-year-old Bernard Paul White
from a summer typing course in
the local high school because his
religious faith required him to
keep his head covered.
Marburger was asked to rule
that no child in New Jersey public
schools be "expelled, suspended,
excluded from class or otherwise
disciplined for keeping his head
covered in school if religious con-
science requires him to do so."
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) —1
Teen-age delinquency in Israel
occurs at a much higher rate
among boys of Oriental back-
ground than it does among those
of Western origin.
This was reported to the Ameri-
can Sociological Assocation in a
paper presented by Leon Shas-
kolsky, research assistant in Ohio
State University's department of
sociology.
The joint study by Shaskolsky
and Prof. Shlomo Shoham, head
of the Institute of Criminology,
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan,1
Israel, also indicated that more
delinquents came from families
recently in Israel and that more
had fathers who were unskilled
workers.
N.J. Groups Withdraw Plea for Right
to Wear Yarmulke in Public Schools
In urging that the New Hamp-
shire Supreme Court declare the
measure unconstitutional, the
memorandum submitted by the
three organizations declared "The
U.S. Supreme Court has made it
clear that the establishment clause
of the First Amendment bars pub-
lic financing of religious institu-
tions."
According to the memorandum,
Chapter 421 would turn state
monies directly over to the re-
ligious institutions "with virtually
no strings attached." The argu-
ment continued: "There does not
appear to be anything to prevent
use of the funds for the purpose
of religious instruction. Even if
there is such a limitation, injec-
tion of public funds into the gen-
eral treasury of a religious school
manifestly aids all of the school's
activities, including its religious
activities.
"While our immediate concern
"It would make a mockery of
is the right of Orthodox Jewish
the First Amendment if its pro-
children attending the public
hibition could be evaded by 'ear-
marking' government grants to
specific parts of the operation of Pittsburgh Federation
a sectarian school. Money granted Starts Endowment Fund
to a school advances all of its pur-
PITTSBURGH (JTA) — The
poses, no matter how it is entered United Jewish Federation has
by accountants on its books."
launched a far-reaching program
to build up its endowment fund in
The largest vessel ever salvaged order to "provide UJF agencies
was the U.S.S. Lafayette, formerly with a cushion against unexpected
the French liner Normandie (83,423 crises, and, through research and
tons), which keeled over during demonstration monies, direct the
fire-fighting operations at the West Jewish community's immense cre-
49th Street Pier, in the Hudson ativity toward problems in health,
River, Feb. 19, 1942.
education and welfare."
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director of Jewish studies at the Jerusalem School
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Discuss
The Impact of Six Day War
Danny Kaye is at his rounds again—this time visiting a wounded
Hebrew University student at the Hadassah-Hebrew University
Medical Center. He helps adjust a page-turning device which be
Provided for the bedridden first-year medical student wounded
during the Six-Day War. Almost completely paralyzed, the student
is capable of slight head movements which enable him to activate
the device. The university reports that 36 students, five faculty
members and three members of the administrative- staff are known
to have fallen in the war. Many more were wounded.
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