JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 1, 1967-27,
Rabbi Groner Urges SpiritualLeaders Lauren Levine to Wed THE DET
to 'Translate Moral PositiOn'into - FrederickLevyofIllinois Jesuit Priest to Speak on Vietnam
at A d s Shalom Study Institute
Action on Issue of Fair Housing Law
At the invitation of the New
Detroit Committee, Rabbi Irwin
Groner reminded his fellow clergy-
men that "we who speak about
the role of human values and jus-
tice must translate our moral
position into specifics."
Rabbi Groner, of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek, was referring to the posi-
tion of Detroit and suburban resi-
dents on the question of fair hous-
ing legislation currently before the
State Legislature.
Joseph L. Hudson Jr., chairman
of the New Detroit Committee
formed in the aftermath of De-
troit's riots, asked Rabbi Groner
to review the Jewish community's
support of such legislation at a
special breakfast meeting of mass
communications leaders Tuesday.
Among those in attendance at
the McGregor Conference Cen-
ter were editors of Detroit daily
and weekly newspapers, radio
and television newsmen and ad-
vertising and public relations
executives.
Hudson had one message for all.
educate the public as to "what
fair housing means, what it does
not mean, why we must rise above
our old prejudices and what are
the consequences if we do not act."
Other states are far ahead of
Michigan in this area, said Hudson .
"We are only talking about the
basic- principles our country has
fought for."
Then why must a basic principle
be written into law? Hudson an-
swered his own question: "For the
same reason 'Thou Shalt Not Rill'
was written into the Ten Com-
mandments."
When the legislature ends its
recess Dec. 12, a proposed fair
housing bill, reviewed by a special
bipartisan committee, will be in-
troduced. Sen. Sander M. Levin,
Berkley Democrat, serves on that
interim committee.
The measure, the "fair hous-
ing act of 1967," would prevent
discrimination in property trans-
actions on the basis of race, color,
religion or national origin.
William T. Gosset, president-
elect of the American Bar Associa-
tion, stressed at the breakfast meet-
ing that even with a fair housing
law in effect—a home owner who
wishes can impose any terms he
wishes on the buyer, so long as his
refusal to sell is not on grounds of
race or religion. The bill does not
give a man the right to buy, only
the fair opportunity to buy.
Gossett also pointed out that
an original provision in the bill
which would have given the
Michigan Civil Rights Commis.
sion the right to impose a fine
on violators, was struck from
the new draft.
The commission now would be
able, on appeal by the aggrieved
party, to merely investigate the
charge. Based on previous experi-
ence, the commission would prob-
ably decide in the majority of
cases that there is no basis for
such a claim. However, should it
find grounds for such a complaint,
it would ask for a court hearing.
If the charge continued to hold
up, the rights commission would
recommend a fine.
Support for the fair housing leg-
islation was expressed by repre-
sentatives of the Catholic Arch-
diocese of Detroit and the Detroit
Council of Churches.
In reviewing the action taken
by the Jewish Community Coun-
cil, Rabbi Groner said the council
bad backed such legislation from
its inception. A delegation from
the community, led by U.S. At-
torney Lawrence Gubow, council
community relations chairman, ac-
tively worked toward its passage
in Lansing. Local rabbis were urg-
ed in special mailings to inform
and our all-embracing theme is
social justice." Now spiritual lead-
ers must translate our moral posi-
tion into specifies'," he said.
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Rabbi Fram Talks
for Open Housing
at Council Hearing
Rabbi Leon Fram appeared on
behalf of the Jewish Community
Council and its affiliated organiza-
tions at the recent hearing con-
ducted by the Detroit Common
Council on the proposed fair-hous-
ing ordinance, which was later
approved.
Rabbi Fram joined with spokes-
men for other denominations and
civic groups in urging the immedi-
ate adoption of the ordinance
which would help correct the pre-
sent pattern of residential discrim-
ination within the city.
He indirectly traced the contri-
bution of restricted housing to the
riots of last summer and referred
to the "invisible wall which now
surrounds the ghetto." Reminding
the audience that the inner core
of the city had come to represent
the symbols of animosity and frus-
tration, he said that Detroit and
the rest of the nation now stand
at the crossroad of the urban
crisis.
He reiterated the Jewish com-
munity's support for open occu-
pancy and declared that "forced
segregation is an intolerable social
MISS LAUREN LEVINE
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Levine
of Jerome Ave., Oak Park, an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Lauren Sue to Fredric J.
Levy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
B. Levy of Skokie, Ill.
Miss Levine and her fiance are
graduates of the University of
Michigan where Mr. Levy was
affiliated with Phi Epsilon Pi Fra-
ternity. He is now attending medi-
cal school at the University of
Illinois.
An August wedding is planned.
Local Unit to Aid
Shaare Zedek
Hospital in Israel
evil, which directly brands whole
groups of, people as second-class
citizens on immoral and irrational
grounds.
It is ironic he stated, "that at
this point in history an important
legislative body should even have
to take the time to debate whether
it ought or not to transform into
law the simple and transcending
proposition that any Detroiter has
the guaranteed right to live where
he chooses and where his means
allow. If our city is to continue
to grow and prosper, we must
eradicate all forms of residential
discrimination."
Dr. Falk Schlesinger, director of
Shaare-Zedek Hospital in Jeru-
salem, receives the Paratroopers
Award for the hospital's outstand-
ing service to Israel's servicemen
during the Six-Day War. A Detroit
Chapter of the Amercian Commit-
tee for Shaare Zedek Hospital is
now being formed to help the facili-
ty, oldest in the city of Jerusaem.
• • .•
A committee has been estab-
to
set
up
a Detroit Chapter
John B. Hollister Jr. has been lished
Business
Brevities
of the American Committee for
Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusa-
ping center at Big Beaver and lem, and will hold a meeting 8:30
p.m. Monday at Young Israel of
Coolidge Blvd. in Troy.
Oak-Woods.
Elchanan E. Pets, director of the
Israeli Investigator Says , public relations department of the
'No One in Command' Is hospital, will address the meeting
named director of leasing for the
SOMERSET MALL fashion shop-
to Blame for Elath Sinking
and show a film of the hospital's
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Deputy work and its role in the Six-Day
Chief of Staff Chaim Bar-Lev an- War.
Shaare Zedek, eldest hospital
nounced here that his offical in-
in the city of Jerusalem, was in
vestigation of the sinking of the
the virtual front-line of battle
Israeli destroyer Elath by Egyptian
in Jerusalem and was directly
missile craft in international waters
hit several times. It continued
off Sinai, on Oct. 21, indicates that
full operation while overcrowd-
"no one in a command position"
ed with war casualties.
was to blame.
Founded to meet a critical need
Gen. Bar-Lev, who served as a
65
years ago by the late Dr. Wall-
one-man investigating committee
into the disaster, stressed, however, ach and his nurse "Selma," the
that the Elath's patrol should have hospital is affectionately known
been placed on a combat rather to Jerusalem residents as "the hos-
pital with the heart." Selma con-
than a "routine" basis
Israeli newspapers, and some tinues to visit every patient daily.
Modernization of its plant and
of their readers, greeted the find-
ings with skepticism. Several edi- enlargement of its facilities arc
torials confessed "perplexity" over urgently needed, and the American
the verdict. Letters to the editors Committee for Shaare Zedek Hos-
of various newspapers have raised pital hopes to secure the means
the question of why no action was to fully serve all residents of Jer-
taken in the two hours that elapsed usalem.
Rabbi Joshua Sperka acts as
from the time the Elath was crip-
pled by the first missile barrage president pro-tem; Alexander Ro-
and the second attack that sank berg, secretary; and Dr. Hugo
Mandelbaum, treasurer.
her in a few minutes.
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activates in Society
their congregants of the necessity
for such enactment.
Rabbi Groner, in stressing the
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Ruda of W. Nine Mile Rd., Oak Park,
moral implications of fair housing,
said "On our High Holidays, our observed their 30th wedding anniversary last weekend. They have
three
children, Robert of Burbank, Calif., Joseph and Mrs. Lee
members come to their congrega-
tions in overwhelming numbers, Miller; and four grandchildren.
Father James C. Fleck, professor
of theology at the University of
Detroit, will address the Adas Sha-
lom Adult Institute in the syna-
gogue social hall on "Vietnam and
Israel: A Personal Report," 9 p.m.
Tuesday.
Father Fleck, a Jesuit who is
assistant director of religious ac-
tivities at U. of
D., has traveled
e x tensively
through South-
east Asia, doing
research on mor-
al problems con-
nected with mod-
ern warfare. As
w a r correspond-
ent for the De-
troit New s, he
has spent inten-
sive months in
the Vietnam bat-
tle zones. When
Fr. Fleck the Six-Day. War
began in Israel June 5, he flew
from Vietnam to the Holy Land
and was eyewitness to Israel's vie
tory.
Overall theme of the lecture se-
ries is "Odysseys of The Spirit:
People, Places and Values." Rabbi
Jacob E. Segal serves as modera-
tor. For registration information,
call the Adas Shalom adult educa-
tion office, UN 4-7474.
Couples to Go Bowling
The Young 'n' Marrieds of Adas
'Shalom Synagogue will hold a
bowling party 8 p.m. Saturday at
North Lanes. There will be prizes
and a party afterwards at the
bowling alley. For reservations,
call Carol Liss, 356-9117.
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