Contender Insists ZOA Will Reject Amendment Favoring Torczyner NEW YORK (JTA)—A contender that the recommendation for an for the presidency of the Zionist amendment was carried by 29.11, Organization of America (ZOA) and that "It is quite obvious that says he "feels confident" that the at least 10 members abstained organization's 72nd national con- from voting." vention will reject a proposed con- Asked to comment, Torczyner stitutional amendment that would said that the ZOA's constitution qualify Jacques Torczyner to seek does not provide for a national fifth and sixth consecutive terms executive committee quorum. The as president. committee has some 200 members, Rabbi 1. Usher Kirshblum of he said, and there are never more Kew Gardens Hills, N. Y., a ZOA than 60-80 at any meeting. national vice president, decried Rabbi Kirshblum contends that in a statement the vote taken by ZOA's national executive com- before the Miami Beach session, he had asked Torczyner to call mittee, during the recent Pan American Zionist conference in 1 a special national executive com- Miami Beach, to amend the con- mittee meeting "in the East in order to afford a maximum num- stitution. The Long Island rabbi, whose ber of members the opportunity to attend. That request was denied. candidacy is being backed by a Apparently the president was in- number of ZOA members, claims i terested in having a small, rather that "Not even a legal quorum participated in the vote" of the than a large attendance." Torczyner denies that asser- executive committee. He said that ' a quorum consists of 50 members, ! lion. He says he was never ap- 1 proached by Rabbi Kirshblum. Moreover, he says, even if the Symbolic Burial of Ashes meeting had been held else- where, the committee would Commemorates Martyrs have approved the constitutional JERUSALEM (JTA)— Two urns containing human ashes, the sym- change, because his re-election bolie remnants of the 86,000 Jews is supported by an "overwhelm- of Vilna and thousands of other ing majority" of the committee. Jews from Latvia who were slain The committee's vote. alleged by the Nazis during World War II, Rabbi Kirshblum. was designed were laid to rest recently at the • "to suit the personal ambitions Yad Vashem, the martyrs and of our president." Replied Torczy- heroes memorial shrine here. The ner: "I have no ambitions. I do urns were brought to Israel from not want to stay on as president, Russia by the Yiddish folk singer, but I have been urged by about Mrs. Nehemia Lifshitz, who kindled 125 committee members to do so the eternal light at memorial serv_ because of the critical times in ices attended by the survivors and which we live." The constitution presently reads relatives of the Jews of Vilna and that a president who has served Latvia. for four consecutive terms shall be eligible to succeed him- Registration Under way not self further without the lapse of for 2nd Session at Center at least one full term. A term is Registration for second session one year. The committee voted summer programs at the Jewish in Miami Beach to recommend Center will remain open until 10 that the August convention change days prior to the onset of the the basic law so that while the period, July 19. Although limited, four-term restriction still exists, many of the programs have open- "the incumbent president shall be ings available. For information or eligible to succeed himself for not brochure, call the group services more than two further consecutive division, DI 1 - 4200. one-year terms." In ZOA Prexy Race THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, June 27, 1969-33 U.S. Jewry's Roots in Eastern Europe to Be Brought Out in YIVO Project NEW YORK — American Jews cannot fully understand themselves without a basic knowledge of the Jewish life and culture of Eastern Europe, it is the contention of Mor- rish Laub, chairman of the com- mittee on the Jewish culture of Eastern Europe, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Laub, director of social action of erally into the adult Jewish educa- tion programs already in existence. A brochure about the develop- ment and achievements of Yiddish literature is being prepared; in- formal meetings wtih key people in the public information media are being arranged; and a nationwide survey is being planned to deter- mine those activities already being conducted nationally and locally in the committee's field of 'interest and to seek information and advice as to how the committee may best serve the American Jewish coin- munity. the United Synagogues, said that in order to make this knowledge Rabbi JOSEPH S. SHBUBOW of Boston is being backed for the presidency of the Zionist Organi- zation of America by a group of New England Zionists who have formed a campaign committee in his behalf. He will oppose the current president, Jacques Tor- czyner, for whom the path Is being opened for another term by a special resolution recommend- ed to the ZOA convention to be held in Los Angeles in August by the 20A national executive com- mittee; and another candidate, Rabbi I. Usher Kirshblum of New York. Softball, Barbecue Set by Young Adult Group and understanding more readily accessible to American Jews. YIVO established the committee which reffects every ideological and or- ganizational group. The committee will seek to foster Laziness: Unwarranted repose of the formal and informal study of manner in a person of low degree. the Jewish culture of Eastern Eu- — Ambrose Bierce. rope, including Yiddish language i and literature, on all educational levels, he said. It also will stimulate and en- courage the publication of books and program materials and make Direct Color available to editors and publish- Candids ers of newspapers, magazines and books as well as to producers of Weddings and films and television and radio programs reliable information Bar Nlitzvas and guidance which may help in Merrillwood Bldg. Mali the avoidance of errors of fact 251 Merrill, cor. Woodward' and judgment. 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