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NEW YORK (JTA) — Deputy They said in some cases evi-
Mayor Timothy Costello of New dence of arson was found and
York and top officials of the city's othersindicated the work of dope
police and fire departments met addicts, All four city officials
94 Orthodox Jewish leaders and urged the synagogue leaders to im-
rabbis here to discuss ways of plement police and fire depart-
combating the wave of arson and ment guidelines for building se-
vandalism that has hit Jewish re- curity and fire prevention.
ligious institutions during the past
They also pointed out the prob-
few months and the increase in lems encountered in court prose-
muggings and other crimes in Jew- cution of those charged with the
ish neighborhoods.
crimes, many of whom are repeat-
The meeting was disclosed by ers with long police records.
Rabbi Joseph Karasick, president
Meanwhile, a bill that would
of the Union of Orthodox Jewish
make provision for financial as-
Congregations of America, which sistance to religious institutions
convened it. In addition to Costel-
damaged by vandalism or de-
lo, it was attended by Fire Com-
stroyed by arsonists has been in-
missioner
Robert O. Howard
Lowery, -R
Po troduced in the New York State
lice Commissioner
' Legislature b y Assemblyman
Leary and Chief Police Inspector Stephen Solarz, a Brookly Demo-
Sanford Garelik.
crat.
Rabbi Karasick said the of-
Solarz said his measure would
ficials were apprised of the
growing alarm in the Jewish create a million dollar, interest-
community for the safety of chit- free loan fund from which tax-ex-
dren attending Hebrew schools empt institutions, including houses
and the safety of synagogues of worship, could borrow and re-
and Jewish centers hit by fires Pay over 10 years at the rate of
and vandalism. 10 per cent each year. He said he
Initial proposals ranged from also supported efforts to make
improved fire prevention and se- certain that persons convicted of
curity methods in synagogues to vandalism or arson against re-
efforts, through political channels, ligious institutions "will be pun-1
to bring about increased police ished to the full extent of the law."
manpower, better law enforce-
ment procedures and court action,
as well as inter-racial consultation
on the problems of changing neigh.
borhoods.
Most of New York's Orthodox
The story of Israel's Six-Day
Jews tend to congregate in old War in 1967, in terms of the civil-
neighborhoods, once exclusively ians who rallied to fight for their
Jewish but now racially mixed.
country, is told by Ted Berkman.
The city officials noted that Titled "Sabra," it will be pub-
while 14 synagogues and yeshivas lished Feb. 26 by Harper & Row.
have had fires in recent weeks and
The book came into being be-
others have been burglarized and
vandalized, houses of worship of cause Berkman felt that in the
flood
of reportage that followed the
other denominations have also
conflict—"10-day books about the
been victims.
Police Commissioner Leary and Six-Day War" — the core of the
Fire Commissioner Lowery both matter was being lost.
The book examines a cross-
asserted that careful studies have
shown no single pattern, such as section of Israelis from various j
backgrounds
— a 31-year-old eco-
racial conflict, could be attributed
to the outbreaks. They stated that nomics instructor who was killed
some cases had been traced to on the first day, a young cellist
juveniles living in the vicinity of whose hands were so severely
the affected synagogues, schools burned in battle that doctors be-
and churches who were apparently lieved he would never play again,
bent on idle mischief rather than a plumber and grandfather on a
recovery team, a mini-skirted first
arson.
lieutenant.
Berkman's 'Sabra'
Off Press Feb. 26
Friedman's `Wellsprings
of Tora' Due on Feb. 25
NEW YORK — Judaica Press,
announces the publication Feb.
25, of "Wellsprings of Tora," an
anthology of Biblical commentaries
by Alexander Zusia Friedman,
compiled and edited by Nison L. j
Alpert, and translated from the
original Yiddish by Gertrude Hir-
schler.
The work is in two volumes, the
first of which includes commen-
taries on the Books of Genesis.
Exodus and Leviticus, and the
second, the Books of Numbers and
Deuteronomy. Volume Two also
contains selections from writings
and commentary on Passover and
the Sefer HaMitzvot (Book of
Commandments).
The publication of "Wellsprings
of Tora," according to Jack Gold-
man of Judaica Press, comes in
response to an increased interest
in the Bible and its interpretation,
as manifested by the growing
number of adult education classes
in Bible throughout the country.
Goldman adds that publication of
the book, which is the work of a
martyred scholar, is considered a
Kiddush HaShem (sanctification of
God's name) because it enables
Rabbi Friedman's work to live on
in spite of his murder at the hands
of the Nazis.
Alexander Zusia Friedman was
one of the luminaries who led
Orthodox Jewry in the era between
the two World Wars. As secretary-
general of Agudath Israel move-
ment in Poland, he was the spokes-
man of a powerful organization
whose membership numbered in
the tens of thousands and included
some of the greatest spiritual
leaders in the recent history of the
Jewish people.
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Scranton Says It Again: 8—Friday,
February 14, 1969
`Even-Handed Policy' in
M.E. Should Be Aim
Verrico ELECTRONIC
BOSTON (JTA) — Former Gov.
GARAGE DOOR
William W. Scranton of Pennsyl-
vania, who went to the Middle
East on a special fact-finding mis-
sion for Nixon, has reiterated his
controversial statement made at
that time that the United States
should adopt a "more even-hand-
ed" policy in the Middle East.
Scranton told Christian Science
Monitor correspondent Godfrey
Sperling Jr. that there is "rightly
or wrongly the impression all over
the Middle East (outside of Israel)
—an impression that has been
growing in the last two or three
years—that the U.S. is interested
only in supporting Israel, regard-
less of what it does."
The Scranton report to Nixon
has not been made public. His
recommendations, however, were
"said to have moved President
Nixon, more than anything else,
to make a No. 1 priority of an
effort toward achieving peace in
the Mid East," Sperling report.
ed. He said Scranton told him, "I
believe that January and Febru-
ary are the key periods" for
making progress in that direc-
tion.
Gov. Scranton's suggestion that
U.S. Middle East policy could be
"more even-handed" generated a
furor in pro-Israel circles. Some
saw in it a proposal that the U.S.
swing away from its traditional
support of Israel.
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