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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

22 Friday, February 16, 1968

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Two Religious Thinkers 1 Reform,
1 Orthodox—on Confrontation Panel

Rabbi Asks Parley on Rate' Aid to Religious Schools

LAKEWOOD, N.J. (JTA) — The
head of the Rabbinical Council of
America called for a national con-
ference between the opponents and
proponents, within the Jewish com-
munity, of government aid to
religious education.
Rabbi Pesach Z. Levovitz, presi-
dent of the Orthodox group, told
the closing session of its annual
mid-winter conference here that
such a conference should explore
all aspects of the problem and
"seek a mutually acceptable for-
mula that will move that the con-
frerees should include representa-
tives of all segments of the Jewish
community, those who conduct the
religious educational system and
such national defense agencies as
the Bnai Brith, the American Jew-
ish Congress and the American
Jewish Committee.
The question of state aid to
religious schools was a major
election issue in New York, Penn-
sylvania and several other states
last November and continues to
be unresolved. Orthodox Jewish
groups have joined with Roman
Catholics in supporting state aid
to religious schools.

- Who Speaks for God? What there and at the Cleveland Insti-
Challenges Does Judaism Face tute of Art. He recently published
From the New Theological "God for All Seasons" in which he
Trends?" will be discussed by Dr. presents a novel approach to the
Alvin J. Reines of Cincinnati and religious appreciation of the Jew-
Rabbi Shubert Spero of Cleveland ish holiday cycle.
Rabbi Milton Arm will serve at
on the Ahavas Achim Confronta-
•ion Series, 8:30 moderator. Series chairman is Dr.
•.m. Feb. 27 at Paul Wolf.
e synagogue.
Dr. Reines, pro- Kkilhey —ripert O'Donnell
Issor of Jewish to Speak at Beth Am
hilosophy at the
Gary B. O'Donnell, administrator
lebrew Union of the Wayne County General Hos-
- Jewish pital Chronic Dialysis (artificial
'nstitute of Reli- kidney) Center will be guest
tion in Cincin- speaker at Temple Beth Am 8:30
lath received his p.m. today.
doctorate from
O'Donnell has been a board
Harvard Univer- member of the St. Clair County
Dr. Reines
sity following his ordination as Association for Retarded Children,
rabbi at the HUC-JIR. He has also teen-age advisor to the TAP pro-
served as a visiting lecturer on' gram of the National Foundation—
the faculties of Antioch College, March of Dimes and a past field
University of Dayton and the Uni- director of the Michigan Kidney
versity of Cincinnati. Rabbi Reines Foundation. He will speak on
has lectured extensively on the "Rendezvous With Life."
philosophy of liberal religion. His
The public is invited.
published writings include articles
and essays on medieval philosophy
and the philosophy of Reform
Judaism.
A leading exponent of Orthodox
Rabbi Fram stressed the "corn-
Judaism, Rabbi Spero has served . Detroit rabbis have organized a
Young Israel of Cleveland since rabbinical body including members mon spiritual concerns of Detroit
J ewry" and said the commission
1950 as its religious leader and
from all branches of Judaism — would "seek to secure united ac-
director. He received his rabbinic
ordination from Mesifta Torah Vo- Orthodox, Conservative and Re- tion among the rabbis of Detroit
-loath in Brook- form. Since the Jewish Community in areas which lend themselves to
yn and was grad- Council already provides forum this approach with due regard to
toted from the for all facets of Detroit Jewry, the the independence of the various
rabbinical groupings, to the Halak-
city College of rabbis decided to func- ,,,
hic discipline of individual mem-
New York with a tion as the Rabbinical
hers and to their loyalty towards
bachelors degree, Commission of the Jew-
their respective rabbinical organi-
in social science. ish Community Coun-
zations."
He is a member cil.
Rabbi Fram plans to call an
T h e commission.
of the Phi Beta
early meeting for the adoption of
Kappa academic which will concern it-
a
constitution.
The address of the
honor society, I self with problems and
holds a master of ' projects of a religiousRabbi Fram Rabbinical Commission is: c/o
Rabbi Spero arts degree from and interfaith nature, elected as Jewish Community Council, 163
Western Reserve University and chairman Rabbi Leon Fram of Madison Ave., Detroit, 48226; Tele-
now is a lecturer on philosophy Temple Israel. phone: 962-1880.

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Rabbinical Commission Set Up
by All 3 Groupings in Detroit

The major Jewish defense and
civil rights agencies and the Con-
servative and Reform branches
of Judaism vigorously oppose it
as a violation of the principle of
separation of church and state.
The conference also urged the
nation's two major political parties
and their potential presidential
candidates not to permit pre-oc-
cupation with the Vietnam war to
quash debate on other problems of
American life "in this turbulent
period through which we are pass-
ing."
Rabbi Israel Klavan, council
executive vice-president, listed
these problems as poverty, the

urban crisis, civil rights, black
pow e r, the crisis in education,
crime, the treatment of the aged
and the alienation of the younger
generation.

New Road in the Arava

BEERSHEBA — JNF workers
have begun cutting a new road in
the Arava Valley which will con-
nect the main highway with one of
the most-visited historical sites in
the Negev — Solomon's Pillars —
west of Tirana. The 5.27 mile
road will later be topped with
asphalt by the Public Works De-
partment in order to facilitate
greater tourist traffic to the spot.

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