Brenda Korn Becomes
Mrs. Louis L. Warren
LETTER BOX
Rabbi Urges Community to Welcome
Partners in a Mitzva Marriage '
MRS. LOUIS WARREN
In a recent ceremony at Cong.
Bnai David, Brenda Korn became
the bride of Louis Laurence War-
ren.
Parents of the couple are Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Korn of Green-
field Rd., Southfield, and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Warren of Jeanette
Pl., Southfield.
The bride wore a silk organza
gown with lace appliques. Il•r
headpiece held a floor -length
matching mantilla.
Andrea Sachse served her sis-
ter as matron of honor, and
Ellen Warren, sister of the bride-
groom, was maid of honor. Renee
Berlin was a bridesmaid.
Donald Rosen served as best
man, and ushers included Richaru
Korn, Leonard Yourist and junior
usher, Edmond Sachse.
After a honeymoon in Montreal
and Toronto, the couple will reside
in East Lansing, where both a
students at Michigan State Univ.,
city.
U-M .Hillel -Tells
of 'Radical' Jewish
Student Paper
A "radical" Jewish newspaper
is being sponsored this year b ■
Hillel Foundation at the University
of Michigan "to give voice to the
creative and dynamic aspects of
Jewish life and views on the cam-
pus," according to an announce-
ment by Hillel.
In other activities on the U. of M.
campus:
The Jewish Peace Fellowship, in
conjunction with other peace
groups, will support the national
strike to end the war in Vietnam
Oct. 15. On that day, the Hillel
Foundation will be closed.
The Student Soviet Jewry
Committee continues its activ-
ities on behalf of the "Jews of
silence", following its participa-
tion in the Simhat Torah pro-
gram.
A series of art exhibits at Hillel
Foundation has featured the work
of sculptress Barbara Brodsky and
will be followed by other displays
of art work.
On Wednesday, the Moadon, an
informal discussion group of Amer-
ican and Israeli students and
faculty, will discuss "Politics and
Politicians in Israel" 7:30 p.m.
at Hillel House.
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Editor, The Jewish News:
1 up their children as Jews in order
The article in the Sept. 19 issue to be married by a rabbi, keep
of The Jewish News by Charlotte their commitment. We do not kno•v
Dubin was excellent. It was both if there is a difference between
long enough and wide enough to Jewish-Catholic and Jewish-Protes-
avoid the usual empty phrases that tant mixed marriages in terms of
characterize a discussion of mixed the raising of the children and their
marriage. eventual identification.
I am enclosing . . . some im-
The former social barriers be-1
portant facts that people should tween Jew and Gentile have largely
know:
disappeared. The Jewish commun-
Intermarriage statistics a n d ity has long advocated religious
studies do not include the figures , and racial integration. As a result,
on the number of Gentiles who many Jewish youths cannot see
have become Jews prior to their why integration should stop at mar-
marriage to Jews. These mar- riage. This is especially true of
riages, of course, are neither Jewish youths whose parents rarely
mixed nor are they intermarriages. attended services and do not prac-
They are Jewish marriages. Lice any Jewish rituals.
However, since it is important
On the other hand, the nega-
sociologically t o differentiate
tive attitude of many Jewish
these marriages from in-group j students that our community is
marriages, I will use the term I "hypocritical," wanting to be ac-
•mitzva marriage" to designate
cepted but not willing to accept.
them. The mitzva is that the If the Jewish community is to
faith and identity of the Jew was
survive in the "Great Society".
strong enough to bring the Gen-
it will have to distinguish be-
tile partner into the household
tween a mitzva marriage and a
of Israel.
mixed marriage.
Just as the rate of mixed mar-
It will have to learn to draw
riage has risen from first to third families of mixed marriages and
generation status, so has the rate their children into the synagogue
of mitzva marriage risen. and into our community. Finally,
A study of the Providence Jewish and this is very important, parents
community by Dr. Sidney Gold- will have to learn that just because
stein on mixed marriages found they "feel" Jewish does not mean
that in-group marriage dropped that their children think they arc
from 98.8 per cent for foreign-horn Jewish.
husbands to 94.4 per cent in the
Only if their life style, affiliation,
second generation, and 93.4 per and belief differ obviously and
vent in the third generation.
significantly from that of the non-
The percentage of mitzva mar- Jewish world will our youngsters
see marry
any. reason
they should
riages rose from .03 per cent of not
out of why
the faith.
tin•foreign-born to 2.1 per cent of
RABBI
ALLEN
NIALLER
children of foreign-horn parents;
5249 S. Sepulveda
and to 3.3 per cent of third genera-
Culver City, Calif.
ti , ,, American Jew , . The study also i
[.waled that mitzva marriage
•
role has risen to 5.1 per cent.
Grandmother Asks:
The Providence figures are
limited to those in some way•iden- , Where Can Young
tilled with the Jewish community,
and Providence.may be more Jew- Adults Find Mates?
ish than Washington but the con- Editor, The Jewish News:
elusion is inescapable that both
Your article in the letter box of
mixed and mitzva marriages are Sept. 26 prompted me to write.
on the increase.
Yes, we as parents insist, teach,
In Providence as elsewhere, Jew- preach not to marry out of your
i ,.11 males arc more likely to marry faith. That being married in itself
Gentiles than Jewish females (8 is often a big problem and when
per cent versus 4.3 per cent), and you marry out of your faith it pre-
Gentile females are more likely to sents a tremendous problem.
become Jewish than are Gentile . But, what are we as parents and
males. In one out of every three as a community doing about it to
cases in which a Jewish male mar- help our young men and women?
vied a non-Jew. the wife was con -
Where do our children, who as
verted to Judaism, whereas, in college graduates did not meet
only one out of six cases in which their mate in college, meet them
a Jewish female married a non- after they are out of college? -They
Jewish male was the husband con- have absolutely no one place that
verted.
we as a Jewish community help
Unfortunately, the Providence provide.
study did not attempt to deter-
According to an article in your
mine what factors led mixed Sept. 26 issue on page 18 in The
marriages to become mitzva I Jewish News, "25 Philly Synago-
marriages. It might be assumed gues Join Computer Dating Pro-
that an intensive Jewish educa- ject." At least you can say that
lion and a sincere religious fam- they are trying to do something
ily life were of crucial import- about it. What are we doing be-
sides criticizing our children? Let's
ance.
The Washington Study does indi- give them something before it is
sate that religious education is a too late.
significant factor in reducing mixed
THE GRANDMOTHER
marriages. Of third generation :
(Editor's Note: Three groups
men who had sonic religious edu- that have reported some success
cation. 16.4 per cent were inter- among the- 22-35 crowd are the
married. By contrast the intermar- Jewish Center Young Adults, Post-
riage rate was nearly twice as high Graduate Adas Shalom Presents
30.3 per cent among men without . (PGAS) and Temple Israel Young
religious education.
• Adults.)
Most discussions of mixed mar-
riages assume that the Gentile will'
Oceanography Center
not convert and that the children
%%ill he raised as Gentiles. But as to Be Created Near Haifa
we have seen, this is not neces- 1 HAIFA (JTA) — A new center
arily so. A rising percentage of for oceanography will be estab-
s-
Gentiles are becoming Jews and lished at Tel Shikmona at the
a small minority of the children , southern end of Haifa Bay with an
of nu ix ed marriage are being investment of over $1,600.000, it
' was announced by Deputy Minis-
raised as Jews.
We know very little about the ter of Development Yehuda Shaari.
factors that influence these trends.1 The center will be known as the
Jewish community has no or- Sea and Lakes Research Institute
:1;. 11e. •• Irwrint to bring mixed and will be operated by the Sea
mania 1e couples and their chil- and Lakes Research Corp., here.
dren into the styngogue. We do not. Shaari said it will be headed by
'know to what extent couples that Gen. Yohai Bin Nup, a former
s ign Tapers, that they will bring commander of the Israel Navy.
Friday, October 10, 1969-29
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Afforestation Work Is Expanded in Golan Area
KUNEITRA—A total of 150,000 000 saplings, six acclimatization
trees will be planted on the Golan stations for the testing of different
Heights by the Jewish National tree species a n d three picnic
Fund this planting season. groves.
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directed toward land of poor agri
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cultural potential, will be creation
of shelter-belts to protect fruit or-
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ment of picnic groves and the
rehabilitation of the region's na-
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species of trees found nowhere else
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