Rabbi's Presence at Spellman Rites Draws Ire of Group
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
offer its condolences on the pass-
ing of , 4n important church
leader, that should not include
actual participation in the litur-
gical services of the church."
Rabbi Sandrow told JTA that he
had been invited to represent the
New York Board of Rabbis at the
Spellman funeral d was thereby
placed in a position in which, as
a matter of common courtesy, he
could not refuse. Before accepting,
however, he said the New York
Board of Rabbis consulted with
leading rabbinical authorities, who
agreed that attendance at t h e
funeral was proper as a matter of
courtesy. Rabbi Sandrow stressed
that he did not attend as a clergy-
man, did not participate in the
services and was not gowned, as
Rabbi Weinberger said that ;were the representatives of all
other faiths. The New York Board
while the Jewish community
"should have been expected to
of Rabbis is composed of rabbis
NEW YORK—The head of t h e
Orthodox Rabbinical Alliance of
America Wednesday assailed the
President of the New York Board
of Rabbis for attending the funeral
rites of the late Francis Cardinal
Spellman here last week.
Rabbi Bernard Weinberger, pres-
ident of the alliance, called the
presence of Rabbi Edward T.
Sandrow at - the funeral an illustra-
tion of how "leaders of the Reform
and Conservative camps . . .
emasculate religious commitments
for the sake of superficial good
fellowships." Rabbi Sandrow, in a
statement to t h e Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency, said "Their attack
is beneath my contempt."
Stamps Show Israel's Animals
Israel's Philatelic Service has issued a series of stamps depicting
animals found in that country's nature reserves. Animals include
the gazelle dorcas, felis caracal and capra ibex. The stamps are
worth 17.4 cents (60 agorot), 5.2 cents and 3.5 cents. Orders may be
sent to the Ministry of Posts, Philatelic Service, Jerusalem, Israel.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8—Friday, December 15, 1967
of the Conservative, Reform and
Orthodox branches of Judaism.
The Rabbinical Alliance is n o t
represented on the board.
• • •
Brandeis Award for '67 Goes to Baltimore Family
BALTIMORE (JTA) — The Louis accepted by LeRoy Hoffberger,
D. Brandeis Award for 1967 was president of the Hoffberger Foun-
presented to the Hoffberger Family dation, who is campaign chairman
of Baltimore "in recognition of of the Associated Jewish Charities
Grove in Israel to Honor their historic service to the cause and Welfare Fund drive.
Memory of Cardinal
NEW YORK (JTA) — Plans to
plant a grove of trees in Israel in
memory of Francis Cardinal Spell-
man, late archbishop of New York,
were announced by the Council of
Jewish Organizations in Civil Serv-
ice, which represents 80,000 mem-
bers in 42 organizations of Jewish
civil service workers.
Dr. Herman Mantell, council
president, said that while the late
Cardinal was "a prince of the
Catholic Church, the Jewish com-
munity of New York held him in
equally high esteem." lie added
that "we join our Catholic brethren
in mourning this great lose."
Ambassador Michael S. Comay.
chairman of the Israel delegation
to the General Assembly, paid a
courtesy call at the residence of
the late Cardinal Spellman, and
signed his name in the registry on
behalf of Israel, Cardinal Spell-
man had visited President Zalman
Shazar of Israel when the latter
was in New York last year.
of an independent Israel, for their
leadership in promoting the econ-
omic stability of Israel, for de-
voted service to the humanitarian
cause of the victims of the Nazi
holocaust and for their constant
devotion and dedication to the
preservation and strengthening of
Judaism throughout the United
States."
The presentation was made at
a dinner here attended by more
than 1,100 persons by Jacques
Torczyner, president of the Zionist !
Organization of America. It was
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