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. Internationally-Famous CHEF ROBERT WILL CATER YOUR • Wedding • Bar Mitzva • Banquet • Shower ANY SIZE — IN THE HOME, HALL OR HOTEL OF YOUR CHOICE — OR OUR AVAIL- ABLE SITES. Hot end Cold Hors d'Oevres THE GOLDEN WHEEL 22155 Coolidge, S. of 9 Mile Oak Park 399-3636 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 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 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. Goals of the afforestation work, directed toward land of poor agri PARTY ACCESSORIES cultural potential, will be creation of shelter-belts to protect fruit or- chards against the wind, establish- ment of picnic groves and the rehabilitation of the region's na- HATT tural woodlands which contain species of trees found nowhere else in the country. 356-8563 Last season, the JNF planted 60,000 trees on the Golan Heights, FOR ENTERTAINMENT principally along the major trans- HAVING AN AFFAIR? portation arteries. 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