inaccessible beauty spot
Fete to Honor Weisgal, Weizmann Institute . on A the long northwest
coast of the state
PHOENICIAN GROTTOES
More than 600 personalities, dis-
tingushed in science, education,1
public affairs, literature, music,
art and business, 62 of them Nobel
Laureates in science, peace and
literature, coming from many parts
of the world, have joined an in-
ternational sponsorship committee
to honor Weizinann Institute on
its 25th anniversary and the in-
stitute's principal architect, Meyer
W. Weisgal, on his 75th birthday.
In the United States, in Britain.
in Rehovot, celebrations beginnim;
in October, will ' simultaneously
honor the Istituteand Weisgal, its
president.
In New York, an' international
tribute dinner to mark both anni-
versaries • Oct. 21
at Americana
Hotel.
Charles H. Rev-
son, chairman of
the board of Rev-
Ion, Inc., is chair-
man of the din-
Officers of Sponsorship Committee
Co-chairmen of the international !
sponsorship committee are Nobel
Laureates Felix Bloch, Robert Hof-
stadter, Arthur Kornberg and I. I.
Raii; and M.I.T. Provost Jerome
B. Wiesner. Dewey D. Stone, chair-;
LETTER BOX
Parents DO Have the Right to Insist
Children Mat -y Jewish, Writer Says
Editor, The Jewish News:
As a relatively young Jewish
mother of two teen-age daughters
and an 11-year-old son, I feel com-
pelled to reply to Linda Forst's
letter which appeared in the Aug.
1 issue of your paper . . . denounc-
ing, in effect, the hypocrisy of par-
ents who insist that their children
"marry Jewish" while they, them-;
selves, fail to "be Jewish." . . . I
My own three children are grow-
ing up in a city where the Jewish
Subscriptions to
population numbers less than 2,000. ,
the dinner are ex- In spite of these appalling odds,
pected to add
there are two things my children
substantially t o
understand clearly — that they do I
research support
not have parental approval to date I
for the institute.
non-Jews—that there has yet to be!
Plans for the created the reason for which their !
dinner were dis- father or I would either denounce/
Revson cussed on Sept. them as our children or expel them
16 at a workers luncheon held at from our household.
the Plaza Hotel and attended by
These feelings and opinions are
business and community leaders accepted and mutually under-
at Revson's invitation.
stood by all members of the
family because they have been
"worked in" along with the
establishment of all values that
guide us, not by dogmatic par-
butt
ental statements, but by bits and
pieces of discussions that have
spanned the years since my first
daughter was born 17 years ago.
At this point of my letter, it
would seem fitting to expound upon
the contribution which our very
"Jewish home" has made to en-
courage our children to heed our
wishes that they marry within our
religion, that they maintain life-
long devotion to Judaism.
Unfortunately, it is only since
our first daughter began Sunday
school that we have lighted Sab-
bath candles, at her insistence, and
that is the one obvious symbol of
Judaism in our home, other than
the Hanukah menora.
As one who was brought up in
an era when all of life's obstacles
put together were less menacing
MISS ROSALYN MADDIN
than the single one of being Jew-
Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Maddin ish, I lived in a home where the
of Parkside Rd. announce the en- purchase of kosher meat and a
gagement of their daughter Rosa- brief attendance at Sunday school
lyn Faye to Lance Mermen, son of were the sum and substance of my
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin W. Mermell Jewish background.
of Middlebury Ln., Birmingham.
Today, due in part of the ac-
Both Miss Aladdin and Mr. Mer,- ! complishments of the state of Is-
mell are graduates of the 11:liver, rael, there is unprecedented pride
sity of Michigan. Mr. Mermell re- in being Jewish. Increased pride
ceived a juris doctor degree from has resulted in fewer fears and
the Detroit College of Law.
complexes. Yet, never before has
there been a greater. challenge to
An April wedding is planned.
the retention of our Jewish iden-
tity.
The acceptance for which we
yearned has led to such assimila-
Leave Everything to Us
tion that it is frequently difficult to
ascertain the true differences be-
' tween the Jews of America and
our non-Jewish counterparts. Cir
cumstances and affluence have
eased us out of the ghettos. Gen-
erally speaking, all institutional
religions are fighting for life.
In the face of this, we who are
today's parents—we who are the
uninformed, the inadequate, the
ill-equipped—ask that our children
perpetuate the ideals of our Jewish
heritage by "marrying Jewish"
and maintaining Jewish homes. Do
we have the right? We do!
Perhaps my children will marry
WYN and HAROLD LANDIS
out of their faith. However, I am
confident that I have the right to
ask them to marry Jewish mates,
and I am confident they, of their
Phone
own volition, will make every
effort to comply. For one thing,
• STYLE
they have been presented no
• ELEGANCE
threats against which they feel
• BEAUTY
•
Maddin Prepares
forApril Wedding
man of the institute's board of
governors since its founding, is
chairman of the sponsoring com-
mittee. The president of Israel.
Zalman Shazar, is honorary chair-
man. Israel Prime Minister Golda
Meir is honorary co-chairman.
I have honestly admitted our re-
ligious shortcomings, explained
them without unduly justifying
them, requested our children's pa-
tience and assistance in making
our home more Jewish. Even
though I must still ask which veg-
etables are forbidden on Passover,
and even though we conduct our
seder at a table set with our only
set of dinnerware, my children
treat my efforts with respect and
understanding. With all my awk-
wardness, they know I am trying.
It is significant to mention that
my children have seen their father
serve on the synagogue board of
directors for many years, their
mother participated as a sister-
hood member and writer for the
synagogue bulletin. It is equally
significant that each daughter has
observed her Bat Mitzva, that
their brother's Bar Mitzva will
occur in two years and that all
three children have received reli-
gious education since the age of 5.
And in all of this, despite what is
lacking, lies the answer which
Miss Forst is seeking.
You see, Miss Forst, in our own
way, all the parents who are of my
time are practicing a special kind
of illiterate but vital Judaism in
providing the opportunity for our
children to learn what we did not,
to do what we cannot.
If a child fails to grasp the full
impact of what we are trying to
"teach diligently unto our chil-
dren"—that we merely want our
children to be enriched where we
were deprived—then it is no won-
der that such a child would be so
shallow of character and mind as
to ask, "Why marry Jewish?"
If he has not learned enough
about the past to understand what
makes things as they are in the
present, then there will surely be
more than one question concerning
the future which he will not com-
prehend.
Sincerely,
AUDREY GERSON, 1
4938 Southwood,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
EL 6-8411
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