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August Ceremony Slated
by Rosanne Goldsmith

Editor Defends
Historic Reference

prayer; the motto ''In God We
Trust" on American currency; the
emphasis on Divine Providence in
the Declaration of Independence,
Editor, The Jewish News:
etc.), I submit that the validity of
This letter is in response to Irv- the argument is contingent upon
ing I. Katz's in the Jewish News the question who is behind this
principle • and how is it to be in-
of Jan. 9.
I mentioned the names of some terpreted and applied .
Some argue . . . that the prin-
individuals in Michigan Jewish
ciple of separation of church and
History of January 1970, originally
recorded by David Emil Heine- state must be maintained at all
costs in order to prevent a re-
man, for the additional information
surgence of religious persecu.
the census of 1850 provides regard-
tions so prevalent in the Middle
ing them.
I am well acquainted with the Ages, when an established state-
historic works of Jacob Rader religion denied equal, or any,
Marcus, E. D. Heineman, the late rights to other religions, etc.
The fallacy of this argument
Rabbi Leo Franklin, Philip Slomo-
should be quite obvious by way of
vitz, and even I. I. Katz.
illustration:
suppose a person was
MISS ROSANNE GOLDSMITH
Nowhere in these works did I
come across the mention of the ill at one time and doctors pre-
Mr.
and Mrs. Morris A. Gold-
mention of the names, ages and scribed certain medication and
smith of Cloverlawn Ave., Oak
places of birth of the wives( except treatment. Suppose that years later
Park, announce the engagement of
Sarah Cousin) and children of some the same person became ill again,
their daughter Rosanne to Michael
of the individuals I reported in but with an entirely different, in
D. Weiner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
fact
contrary
malady.
Would
it
be
said article. I listed more than 30
reasonable to recommend the same Nathan Weiner of Northville.
names never before recounted.
Miss Goldsmith is a senior at
medication
and
treatment
as
form-
I used the term "discovery" in
erly?
Highland Park College. Mr. Weiner
reference to these names and
In medieval times the world suf- is a senior in the college of busi-
others and to e ntire families: an
ness at Wayne State University,
achievement of which I am very fered from an excess of religious
zeal
and intolerance. In our day where he is affiliated with Phi
proud.
Sigma
Delta Fraternity.
I did not say that Hannah (spell- the world is suffering from an ex-
An Aug. 16 wedding is planned.
cessive indifference to religion, or
ed Hanah and ksted as born in
even from a growing materialism
Michigan in the census) was not
and atheism. Even where religion
Jewish. I wrote, Hanah was
is practiced, it often lacks depth
either born in Germany, or was not
and inspiration ... Thus, if sepa-
Jewish , which is unlikely."
ration of church and state was
Katz also corrects the following
necessary, it is not at all the an-
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Jew-
statement: "It is an established
swer to the problems of our con- ish Agency is planning a concerted
historic fact that the Jew Abraham temporary youth.
drive to win over Jewish youth
Gradis did reside in New France
Sincerely,
abroad who are opposed to Zion-
where he founded the Society of
SAUL LEVIN
ism or indifferent to it.
Canada in 1748, established ware-
3333 Cadillac Towers
According to Aryeh L. Pincus,
houses in Quebec, and aided Gen-
Detroit 48226.
Jewish Agency chairman, 200
eral Montcalm in his defense of
emissaries will converge on sum-
the colony against the British."
Israel Embassy Denies
mer camps in the United States to
Katz retorts: "However, accord-
try to influence the "fence sitters"
ing to Dr. Marcus in "Early Amer- Italian Commie Charge
and those "who deny Jewish peo-
ican Jewry, "Volume 1, p. 201, That Poison Gas Used
plehood and the right of Israel to
.. there was no more vigorous,
ROME (JTA)—The Israeli Em-
competent, and determined sup- bassy here, in a sharply-worded exist as a state."
He estimated that the emis-
porter of New France than Abra- statement, has accused the Italian
saries will reach about 50,000
ham Gradis. A native of Bordeaux, Communist Party organ, Unita, of
American
Jewish youth in the
Abraham Gradis never set foot on following a policy of "perpetual
Canadian soil." In this quotation, defamation against the state of camps. He said Zionist emis-
saries
are
already
active on 100
Katz resorts to a device known as Israel" and of revealing "an anti-
American college campuses and
"card-stacking." He simply omits Semitic character."
their numbers may be increased
the first four words of that para-
The embassy said that it did not to cover more universities with
graph, and substitutes them with intend to deny the lies which ap-
large Jewish student bodies.
ellipses. These four words are: "In peared daily in the Communist
At a recent press conference,
the other camp," meaning the organ but was making "a formal
Pincus outlined plans for re-organ-
French camp, to distinguish it from denial" of the charge published by
izing and broadening the Jewish
the British camp.
the paper that Israel used poison Agency to include representatives
Moreover, to understand this
gas in its military operations.
of the various fund-raising agen-
particular passage in the book,
The charge, it said, was "a lie cies all over the world. The pro-
the preceding and the entire fabricated by the Arab propaganda
gram stems from decisions of the
paragraph from wh ich Katz
machine and accepted by its last World Zionist Congress.
quoted and abbreviated the first spokesman in Italy."
Pincus said that a "Jewish
two sentences should have been
Agency Assembly" to be convened
reproduced. To make my point Pan-Arabism Not Enough
for the first time next October
clearer, I will just add the third
to Unify, Says Red Paper or November would elect a new
sentence which reads: "Nonethe-
LONDON (JTA)—The organ of Jewish Agency executive.
less, his firm, David Gradis and
The assembly will consist of 148
the
Slovak Communist Party,
Sons, played a unique part in
delegates from the world Zionist
trying to maintain and save the Pravda, said that "The Arab Sum-
mit Conference at Rabat has organizations, 89 from American
French colonial empire in North
shown that the idea of resistance fund-raising agencies and.59 from
America .. ."
to Israel based on the principle of fund-raising agencies in the rest
Nowhere in my article did I
Pan-Arabism as a unifying factor of the world. He said the plan
write that Abraham Gradis set foot
was not sufficient because it relies would be brought before the Zion-
on Canadian soil. New France is
on feudal and conservative re- ist General Council (Actions Com-
not synonymous with Canada,
gimes, tied to Western capitalism. mittee) when it convenes here
though the latter, like Michigan,
"Differences ha v e deepened shortly.
was a part of it. Any textbook on after the summit and progressive
New France will prove it.
Arab regimes have found that Isolated Aged Jews
Sincerely,
they must come closer together
ALLEN A. WARSEN
and coordinate their activities," Aided by Family Agency
Editor,
the paper added. "This does not,
MINNEAPOLIS (JTA)—Services
Michigan Jewish History of course, represent agreement for elderly Jewish residents in the
with the extremist activity of cer- northside section of Minneapolis,
tain groups of the Palestinian once a major section of Jewish
resistance to which El Fatah does concentration but now a rapidly
not belong. Extremism in no way changing neighborhood, are being
contributes to a realistic settle. developed by the Jewish Family
ment of the Middle East crisis, as and Children's Service in coopera-
Editor, The Jewish News:
With reference to the editorial is also shown by the example of tion with the Minneapolis Federa-
tion for Jewish Service.
Israel."
comment (Jewish News, Jan. 2) on
Simon Davidson, JCFS staff
parochiaid and the state-church
separation idea. I would like to I Relief Unit Marks 50th Y member directing the program,
said
help was ueing provided the
bring to your attention the follow- I LONDON (JTA) — The Federa-
ing opinion of the Lubavitcher tion of Jewish Relief Organizations elderly Jews in housing, transpor-
tation,
homemaking, shopping and
Rebbe, which I recently came s marking its 50th anniversary
medical and dental treatment. He
across:
It his year. The organization. found- said
the agency provides both di-
Without going into the question I e d in 1920. grew out of efforts to
whether there actually exists a help Jewish victims of the first rect help and referral to facilities
where
help can be obtained. He
strict separation between state and Vorld War and the Ngroms that
said a regular transportation ser-
church in this country (for there f ollowed it.
vice
to
take
residents to shopping
are undeniable facts to the con-
The m ost anxious man in a areas for grocery buying was
trary, e.g. the institution of the
chaplaincy in the armed forces; prison is the governor. — George being worked out and homemaker
services were being developed.
the opening of Congress with a 13 ernard Shaw.

Israeli Emissaries
to Woo U.S. Youth

Parochiaid Answer
to Current Malady?

Says Israel Still Friendly
Toward Britain, British

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, Janzifley 16, 1970-31

LONDON (JTA)—A leader of
British Jewry said Monday that
there was "still a great fount of

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MOR I LITTLE

friendship for Britain and the Brit-
ish people in Israel" despite many
disappointments, and he hoped
Britain would not do anything to
dissipate it.
According to Alderman Michael
Fidler, president of the Board of
Deputies of British Jews, Israelis

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Fidler just returned from Israel

where he attended the sessions of
the World Jewish Congress execu-
tive as an observer. lie said "One
hopes nothing will be done on the
British end to alienate these feel-
ings the Israelis have for Britain
which are of great value, not only
to Britain but to the Western
world." While in Israel, Fidler was
received by President Zalman
Shazar and Premier Golda Meir.

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