Dr. Jacob Agus 1st Lecturer
in Midrasha Institute Series
Dr. Jacob B. Agus, rabbi,
philosopher and author, will open
the 13th annual Midrasha Institute
8:15 p.m. Monday at the Esther
Berman Building of the United
Hebrew Schools.
Rabbi Agus' topic Monday will
be "Jewish Ethics vis-a-vis the
Christian Tradition." The follow-
ing evening, he will discuss "Jew-
ish Ethics vis-a-vis the Secular
World."
doctoral thesis, was selected as
one of the 100 "best" books in
Judaism at the Religious Books
Exposition of the Boston Herald-
Traveler in 1942.
Australian Premier
Wants U.S., Russia to
Bring About M.E. Peace
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
MELBOURNE—The prime min-
ister of Australia said here that he
thought the United States and So- i
"The Evolution of Jewish viet Russia could bring about a
Thought" has been translated into
French and is soon to be published
in Spanish by a Buenos Aires firm.
He has contributed articles on
modern Jewish philosophy in the
Yiddish and American encyclope-
dias and many articles in the
Encyclopedia Britannica. He be-
came the consulting editor of the
latter for articles on Judaism and
Jewish history in 1957. Numerous
anthologies contain his essays, and
he has written many articles for
important Jewish publications.
A series of his essays on the con-
temporary challenges to Judaism
was published under the title "Dia-
logue and Tradition" by Abelard-
Schuman Ltd. in 1967.
Dr. Agus has served as adjunct
professor of history of Jewish
thought in the school of religion of
Temple University, and professor
of rabbinic philosophy at the Re-
constructionist Rabbinical College.
Philadelphia.
DR. JACOB AGUS
He was educated at yeshivot in
The week after. Prof. J. Coert
Bialystok and Tel Aviv, obtain-
Rylaarsdam of the University of ' ing ordination at the Yeshiva
Chicago Divinity School, will
University theological school in
speak.
1935. Dr. Agus also holds
Dr. Agus is the author of "The
bachelors degree from Yeshiva
Evolution of Jewish Thought,"
U., masters degree from Har-
"Modern Philosophies of Juda-
vard University and PhD from
ism," "Banner of Jerusalem,"
Harvard.
"Guideposts in Modern Juda-
He has headed congregations
ism," "The Meaning of Jewish
since 1940 in Chicago and Dayton.
History" and "The Vision and
He has been spiritual leader of
The Way." Ills "Modern Philos-
Beth El Congregation in Baltimore
ophies," an expansion of his
since 1950.
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Detroit _:ewry Helps Israel Mark
21st Ann' 'ersary, Recalls 6-Day War
The local Jew ish community ber of the Jewish Community
"joined hands with Israel - Sunday Council. She said that while the
afternoon in a setting reminiscent youth of today did not actually
of an outdoor rally two years ago witness the rebirth of Israel state-
when the belea_mered state stood hood, through visits and study
on the threshold of war with her they are being brought ever closer
Arab neighbors. to Israel. "This celebration must
To celebrate the 21st year of Is - , become a major event in the coin-
raers rebirth. some 600 Detroiters: munity, and we request the honor
gathered on the Jewish Center f to participate," she said.
grounds and heard an Israel envoy Following the rally. the young
recount the events following the' People joined for singing, dancing
Six-Day War and reiterate Israel's and refreshments. Et-Gar, the or-
plea for peace in the Middle East. ganization for Jewish high school
They adopted a resolution call- youth, sponsored the celebration.
ing upon the Nixon administration
Avern Cohn, vice president of
to reaffirm U.S. policy in opposi- the Jewish Community Council
tion to an imposed settlement in and member of the Jewish Wel-
the Middle East and to "do every- fare Federation board of gover-
thing possible to bring the con- nors, brought greetings on behalf
tending parties together for direct of those two bodies, reminding
negotiations." The resolution was the crowd that "Israel at 21 still
sent on to the President and Mich- requires the support of her fam-/
igan's Congressmen in both houses. Hy." With world Jewry's spiri-
tual and financial support, and
Ehud LaDor, Israel consul for
"with God's help, she will de-
cultural affairs for the Midwest,
fend her people and one day
again stated his country's position
will be free,"
on the Big 4 talks ("Peace will
come only with direct negotia-
Isadore Shrodeck, chairman of
tions"i and debunked the role of the Zionist Council of Detroit,
the Soviet Union in those talks. which cosponsored the rally with
"What right has Russia to sit in the Jewish Community Council,
on the negotiations." he said, presided.
"when only months ago she march-
He suggested that the Jewish
ed into Czechoslovakia?"
community can "join hands with
(At a press conference preced-
,
Israel,"
in addition to contributing
leg the rally, LaDor said the
Great Powers can help only if to the Israel Emergency Fund, by
they "use their influence to bring responding to articles that show a
the two parties to the conflict to- one-sided bias against Israel, by
writing Congressmen urging their
gether for face-to-face talks."
(He added that the Arab com- support for the Jewish state and
mandos' "force and power are by buying products from Israel.
Rabbi Leizer Levin, president of
o v e r-estimated in the United
States. Their activities are a fail- the Council of Orthodox Rabbis,
ure. Today, they shoot over the offered a prayer for Israel, and
borders, so we try to find them in Cantor Harold Orbach of Temple
their country. wherever they come Israel led in the national anthems.
The Jewish War Veterans and Et-
from."
(He assured Americans that Gar presented the American and
"We never want anyone .else to Israeli colors.
fight Israel's fight, but we would
A Detroit Common Council reso.
like the United States to send the lution, signed by Mayor Cavanagh,
materiel we need. Even with 50 proclaiming Sunday as "Israel In-
Phantoms delivered to us, the pro- dependence Day in Detroit," was
portion of Arab planes to Israeli read at the rally. The resolution
planes will be four to one.") offered congratulations to the peo-
Lynn Medow, chairman of the pie of Israel from the people of
Jewish Youth Council, extended Detroit on the Jewish state's 21st
'greetings. from. this .newest mem- anniversary.
peaceful settlement in the Middle
East without the assistance of
Britain or France. John Gorton
spoke at an Israel Independence
Day celebration attended by 6,000,
Australian Jews. He said a settle.'
ment would be possible if the two
Great Powers said, "Enough of
this."
Gorton declared that "All Aus-
tralians want to see an enduring
peace in the Middle East, but the
Arab nations must sit down to talk,
discuss and reach an agreement
with Israel." He said Australia
pledged its support to Israel, which
must be permitted to divert its de-
fense expenditures to national ;
development. "We all want this to '
happen," Gorton said.
32—Friday, May 2, 1969
7HE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Dropsie Plans Central Archive
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Drop-
sie College for Hebrew and Cog-
nate Learning plans to establish a
central archive to house all of its
more than 95,000 books and period-
icals and its many priceless manu-
scripts under one roof for the
benefit of scholars. Dr. Solomon
Grayzel, professor of history at the
post-graduate institution, said the
plans depended upon the avail-
ability of funds from benefactors.
Addressing a symposium of the,
Society of American Archivists,
Dr. Grayzel noted that Dropsie
College is the repository of some
450 fragments from the Cairo Geni-
zah in Hebrew and Arabic, among
which is a fragment from a Bible
Codex more than 1,000 years old.
He said the college also possesses
the oldest known Passover Hag-
gada dating back to the 8th
Century; 256 Oriental manuscripts,
some fragments of Coptic papyri,
32 incunabula dating back to the
first printing of books before the
year 1500, and 290 books from the
16th Century. Among other prized
possessions is a stone from the
Third Wall of the ancient Temple
of Jerusalem, Dr. Grayzel said.
Open House Scheduled The new center would facilitate re-
search for the faculty and student
at Akiva Day School
body and would make the archives
Akiva Hebrew Day School will more accessible to scholars from
hold open house 9:30 a.m. May 14. all over the world, he said.
Parents of prospective students
and other interested persons will:
tour the new school, observe class-
es and meet with the principal .
The premier was given title to 25 Rabbi Manfred Pick.
acres of land in the Australian pro-
Classes at the five-year old
ject center at Kerem Maharal in
school range from kindergarten to
Israel. It will be called Nahla Gor-
ninth
grade, and a total of 152 stu-
ton.
dents are enrolled. The curriculum
includes art, music, physical edu-
cation and home economics.
Israel 'Disillusioned .
For information, including schol-
Yippies' Jerry Rubin
arships, call Akiva, 545-1060, or,
Mrs.
Max Levin, VE 6-0002.
wASHINGTON (JTA)—The lead-
er of the Yippie movement, Jerry
Man's merit, like the crops, has
Rubin of Cincinnati, now 31 and a
radical leader on high school and; its season.—La Rochefoucauld.
college campuses across the na-
tion. was bitterly disillusioned with
Israel where he went with his
younger brother after both their
parents died several years ago.
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Rubin, who is under federal in-
dictment for inciting to riot during
the Democratic National Conven-
tion in Chicago last summer, was
the subject of a lengthy profile
in the Washington Post Sunday. It
traced his transformation from a
graduate of Cincinnati's honors
high school. Walnut Hill — "the
ambition of all Jewish mothers"—
to an implacable foe of the Estab-
lishment. user of marijuana, LSD
and a spell-binder of the young.
Rubin had this to say of the year
and a half he spent as - a student in
Israel: "All of the American values
had been transplanted to Israel,
all of the capitalism and competi-
tiveness. All of the Jews from
Europe and America had the ex-
ploitive positions, and all the Jews
from Oriental and Arabic countries
got the worst housing and jobs."
Says Anti-Israel Forces
Sway U.S. Clergymen
TOLEDO (JTA) — A leader of
Conservative Judaism warned that
Arab propagandists are making
serious inroads among the organ-
ized Christian clergy in this coun-
try. According to Henry N. Rapa-
port, national president of the
United Synagogue of America, the
failure of Christian leadership to
understand the Jewish position re-
garding Israel "has caused a gulf
in Christian-Jewish relations."
Rapaport addressed a meeting
of the United Synagogue's North-
ern Ohio region here. He cited ex-
amples of Protestant Church pub-
lications which carried anti-Israel
articles refusing to present a bal-
anced picture of conditions in the
Middle East. He said that fre-
quently when Church editors are
approached, they reject recom-
mendations to present another
viewpoint.
Jerusalem Plastics Plant
JERUSALEM—A plastic prod-
ucts plant, Rotoplast Ltd., will be
built here, it has been announced
by the Government of Israel Invest-
ment and Export Authority. This
proposed plant will be the joint
venture of Louis H. Barnett of
Fort Worth, Tex., and Dr. Alexan-
der Rafaeli, head of Vered Plas-
tics Products and of Jerusalem
Pencils Ltd., two industrial enter-
prises in Israel's capital city,
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