THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
10—Friday, July 11, 1969
Concessions
Youths' Protests Gain Zionist
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Zionist and declared the Zionist move- eral Council (Actions Committee).
The Executive appointed a com-
General Council voted 67 to 23 to , ment's solidarity with Israel in its
approve a Jewish Agency executive ! quest for peace and direct negoti- mittee to work out details of the
reorganization plan. The plan calls
proposal to advance the date of the ations with its Arab neighbors.
next World Zionist Congress and Another resolution called on all for the establishment of a Jewish
Assembly
as the supreme govern-
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v
e
to
bodies
attached
to
the
World
e
instructed the
seek arrangements to h o 1 d the : Zionist Organization, especially its ing body.
Congress within two years. The territorial federations, to desig-
1 general council will convene within nate 19'70 as a year of a world-
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possible to estimate the number of Jews in the United States armed representatives, which led to sharp . and other education institutions.
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the religion of servicemen. To do so would be contrary to the spirit of a flat decision to convene the next moved Monday to Implement the
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Congress within two years received m
de
the Constitution.
decisions
taken by the Zionist Gen-
The best way to estimate Jewish participation in the military is by only
23
votes.
The youth
were
join- !-
ed
in
the
minority
vote
by
Herut,
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using the number of Jewish military chaplains as measure. There are
Mapam and the Independent Lib-
today about 2,500 chaplains of all religions in all branches of the armed erals.
services. Of them, the Armed Forces Chaplain Board set a quota of 80
Shmuel Tzur, representing the
full-time Jewish chaplains for 1969-70. This is roughly 3.1 per cent of the
total number of chaplains. It is somewhat higher than the 2.92 per cent youth movement, said he accepted
the
majority decision which he
which the Jewish population constituted in 1967 with the total populaticn
in this country. argued was an "important and de-'
Boris Smolar's
'Between You
... and Me'
July Clearance
The Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy of the National Jewish Wel- cisive" move towards progress in
fare Board—which provides the Jewish chaplains—is now facing great the Zionist movement. Student rep-
difficulties in complying with the request for 80 chaplains. It faced resentatives boycotted this plenary
difficulties last year and was short 22 chaplains. This year there will be session at which the vote was
a shortage of 27, according to Rabbi Edward T. Sandrow, commission taken and ignored meetings of ;
committees which began discussing .
chairman.
various proposals on budget. or-
The shortages are caused by the strong opposition which developed I ganization. allya. education a n d
during the last two years against American participation in the Viet-
.ork anions students and youth.
narn mar. Since 1950 Jewish chaplains were recruited through a draft of
A special committee began con-
newly-ordained rabbis imposed by the major rabbinical bodies of which
the JWB Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy is composed. This draft sideration of the key proposal to '
plan was adopted during the Korean War. It has since brought 475 expand the structure of the Jewish
rabbis into the chaplaincy, each serving no less than two years. Agency which was discussed by
Aryeh
L. Pincus. the agency execu-
A
As a result of the growing opposition to U.S. involvement in Viet- -
five chairman. There appeared to
nam. the Orthodox and Conservative rabbinates abandoned their self-
be general agreement among the
imposed chaplaincy draft system last year in favor of a voluntary sys-
delegates for the plan to incorpo-
tem. The Reform rabbinate followed suit last week at its convention in
rate all fund - raising agencies into
Houston.
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the agency.
A major reorganization program
plcting their two year terms of duty and two career chaplains will be that will broaden the base of the
retiring. Entering the chaplaincy-will be only 17 newly-ordained rabbis. Jewish Agency by including repre-
The total of rabbis serving as military chaplains will then be 53 instead sentatives of the major Jewish
of the 80 which the Defense Department has requested. fund-raising bodies abroad was
The Orthodox and the Reform rabbinates have thus far contributed approved by the Zionist General
each equally to the number of Jewish chaplains sent to the armed , Council (Actions Committee). The
forces for two years of service. But the Conservative rabbinate is very', plan, drafted by Jewish Agency
tar behind. Only four Conservative rabbis serve now as military chap- .chairman Louis A. Pincus, also di-
vided the functions of the Jewish
lains.
Agency and the World Zionist Or-
Elements in American Jewry who are interested in strengthening ' 4
ganization.
Jewish feelings among the Jewish youth in this country are highly !
critical of; the abandonment by the rabbinical bodies of their draft !, The latter will deal with organi •
system. They consider this move as being definitely detrimental to zation and public information,
Judaism. It seems to me that they are right; at a time when there is educational activities in the Dias-
so much talk about the need to strengthen Jewish identity, any move pora. youth and halutz training
which deprives young and lonesome Jewish servicemen of the benefits' and cultural institutions. The Jew-
of rabbinical guidance and advice will lead to their estrangement from ish Agency will be responsible for
fund-raising, immigration and im-
Jewishness.
migrant absorption, social welfare
JWB RECORD: The National Jewish Welfare Board. which enjoys services. health education, youth
an eviable record in standing guard over the religious and cultural care and training, immigrant
needs of Jewish servicemen in the armed forces, is probably not happy housing and settlement in Israel.
over the shortage in the Jewish military chaplaincy. It will have to
The reorganization plan sets up
depend now more and more on the growing cadre of Jewish military a new supreme body — the As-
lay leaders.
sembly of the Jewish Agency —
Over the years, full-time Jewish chaplains have made it a practice which will be composed of up to
to train Jewish military lay leaders to conduct a variety of cultural 250 members. Half of them will
and religious programs for Jewish personnel in the absence of the represent the WZO and Israel,
chaplains who have vast areas to cover. These lay leaders are provided 30 per cent the United States and
by the JWB with sermonic material, manuals for part-time chaplains, 20 per cent all other countries.
literature on the background and significance of each of the Jewish
The General Council sessions,
holidays and festivals, and with all kinds of program material enabling marred from the beginning by a
them to conduct services in chaples, Seders on Passover, and mass' bitter conflict between the older
celebrations on other Jewish holidays.
generation and representatives of
The commission is doing a tremendous job in helping Jewish serv- youth and student organizations,
ice men to maintain Jewish traditions wherever they are. In addition to wound up its business without
providing them with special prayer books, mahzorim for the High Holy youth representation.
Days. calendars with Jewish data, Hagadas for Passover and post-I
The youngsters walked out
cards for each of the Jewish holidays to send to their relatives and
last week when the council voted
friends. it also provides them "food for thought" in the form of booklets
67-23 to repect t heir demand
with thoughts on Jews and Juadism, on Jewish culture, on Israel and
that it set a date now for the
other Jewish subjects. It acquaints them with stories from the Talmud,
next World Zionist Congress.
with the meaning of being a Jew in America, and with quotations from
The
council decided, however,
U.S. Presidents on Jews as American citizens, etc.
to
convene the next congress—
*
*
the 28th—within two years, a
SUMMER PROGRAMS: Summer camps—first established for Jew
concession to the youth element.
ish children some 50 years ago by the Arbeter Ring (Workmen's Cir-
Normally Congresses are held
cl.'), are important factors in Jewish education in this country. Today
every five years. The last took
summer camps are maintained by Orthodox groups, Conservative and
place in 1968.
Reform movements, Jewish Centers, local Jewish communities and
The General Council also adopt-
individual Jewish educators.
Of an estimated 1,300,000 Jewish children of school age in the ed resolutions emphasizing youth
and
student participation in Zion-
United States, about a third attend Jewish schools of all types—Sunday,
afternoon and all-day schools. Many more are sent by their parents to ist activities and promising to
give
youth representatives a sub-
Jewishs summer camps. The largest proportion go to general, not to
Jewish camps. But the number of children sent to Jewish camps is stantial voice in council delibera-
tions. But the youngsters stated
growing from year to year.
Because of the long-lasting influence of a Jewish summer camp flatly that they had no confidence
in
the old leadership and hinted
education, the Jewish Agency for Israel is trying to enlist as many
Jewish youngsters as possible in its programs in Israel where they that they might establish a dissi-
dent
Zionist movement of their
spend from seven to 10 weeks in kibutzim.
own.
The summer months are also utilized by the Joint Distribution
Committee to attract Jewish youth to its acivities.
Other resolutions adopted by
A gropp of American Jewish college students left for several foreign the General Council denounced
countries ,this week to participate in JDC work. They will join JDC the UN Security Council's censure
institutions in Isrie1; -Italy,. Prance; Morocco and Iran for: .10• weeks'• •of Isriel for its activities in the
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CRITICAL MOODS: Early in July,;20 Jewish chaplains will be corn-
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