30—Friday, January 23, 1970
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Center Schedules Registration for Classes
Colleagues Rally to Rabbi Ticktin;
Spur Forces for Abortion Law Repeal
The movement for repeal of
Michigan's abortion laws, labeled
by its foes as a system of archaic
statutes, has received a shot in the
arm since the name of a prominent
Chicago rabbi was brought into
the case.
Rabbi Max D. Ticktin, who
faces extradition to Michigan in
connection with what authorities
say is a Detroit-based abortion
ring, has been described by De-
troit and Chicago clergymen as one
of the most highly respected rabbis
in that city.
Rev. Carl Bielby, chairman of
Michigan Clergy for Problem
Pregnancy Counseling, said that
the Ticktin case has helped the
cause for abortion repeal because
"Public sympathy has swung over
to our side in large measure.
"People were generally aware
before," said Rev. Bielby, "but
this has brought the ferment out
Into the open. It has divided the
sides clearly, and more clergy-
men have joined us."
As is customary in pregnancy
counseling, M i chi g a n Clergy
received a report of the interview
which took place between Rabbi
Ticktin and the Michigan police-
woman who posed as a young
woman seeking an abortion. The
rabbi "followed the finest profes-
sional principles," said Rev. Bielby.
He did not make a direct referal,
but only upon pressure by the
young woman did he refer her
elsewhere.
Rabbi Ticktin was in Israel with
a group of other rabbis when the
case broke. Upon his return last
week, he voluntarily picked up
the warrant, said Rev. Bielby. Now,
be can either choose to waive
extradition to Michigan and come
voluntarily, or else refuse extradi-
tion, leaving proceedings up to the
Illinois court, according to Rev.
Bielby.
The Michigan Clergy for Prob-
lem Pregnancy Counseling, assisted
by the women's Michigan Organi-
zation for Repeal of Abortion Laws
(MORAL)—of which the National
Council of Jewish Women is a mem-
ber—calls for complete repeal of
the present system of abortion
laws. It maintains that abortion
should be a matter between patient
and doctor.
In this way, they say, present
abuses in which women are often
at the mercy of mercenary and
incompetent practitioners will be
curtailed.
A number of rabbis, including
several from Detroit, have pub.
licly declared their support for
Rabbi Ticktin. Rabbi Moses
Lehrman was with Rabbi Ticktin
on the rabbis' mission to Israel
Registration for spring semester
classes and activities at the Jew-
ish Center will be held for mem-
bers Feb. 1, from 9:30 a.m. to
and described him as "an un-
5:30 p.m., and for members and
usually fine person . . . very
dedicated and very sincere and nonmembers, Feb. 2, from 9:30
idealistic."
a.m. to 9 p.m.
Rabbi Mordecai Halpern of Cong.
Beginning Feb. 8, and running
Betr Shalom, in a letter to the Free
weeks, new classes, plus old
Press calling for abortion appeal, for 14
favorites, are being offered.
said that Rabbi Ticktin, Hillel
Foundation director at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, is "one of the most
honest, effective and inspiring
counselors at any major university
campus in America . . . He is an
inspiration to all of us and to the
hundreds upon hundreds of univer-
sity students in Chicago."
Rabbi Halpern referred to the
words of the biblical and talmudic
commentator Rashi in his case
against abortion laws: "As long as
the head of the fetus has not
emerged (i.e. at birth), it is not
considered endowed with a soul."
"The examples of excruciating
problems regarding the pregnan-
cies of teen-agers who enter the
privacy of a clergyman's office
are far beyond the number imag-
ined by the average citizen of this
state," said Rabbi Halpern.
In a panel discussion on abor-
At the recent conference ban-
UJA Honors Work
of Paul Zuckerman
tion at Sinai Hospital, Rabbi
Irwin Groner took a position
that differed by degree from
Rabbi Halpern's. He felt that
the laws should be modified, not
repealed. "In instances where
serious mental, emotional or
physical injury (to the mother)
can result from a problem preg-
nancy, abortion should be legally
permitted." He said this was in
accordance with Jewish tradi-
tion.
Rabbi Groner said:
"When a doctor speaks, he
speaks as a doctor. When a rabbi
speaks, he speaks as a rabbi.
Issues involving life and death are
more than a medical issue; they
are a moral issue.
"The fetus is only potentially a
human being. Consequently, the
welfare of the mother takes su-
premacy over the life of the fetus.
Jewish tradition would insist that
the life of the mother is to be
saved," he said. "Rape or incest
would serve as sufficient grounds
or if there is reason to believe
that the child would be deformed."
"Therefore, I believe the present
law should be modified to allow
for therapeutic abortion."
Dr. Alfred I. Sherman, chief of
obstetrics and gynecology at Sinai,
said he belives all state laws on
abortion should be abolished "ex-
cept one which requires that
abortions be performed by physi-
cians in accredited hospitals."
He said therapeutic abortions
were performed at Sinai upon the
recommendation of a hospital re-
view board.
quet of the United Jewish Appeal
Midwest Leadership Institute, in
the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, St.
Louis, chairman Paul Zuckerman
(left) receives a plaque for "out-
standing service" as 1969 insti-
tute chairman. In presenting the
award, Louis S. Goldman of Day-
ton, chairman of the 1970 insti-
tute, made note of the leadership
Zuckerman has provided during
the many years he has been an
active leader in both the Jewish
and general communities. Zuck-
erman is a national chairman of
the United Jewish Appeal and a
member of its executive commit-
tee. He is the 1969 recipient of
Detroit's Fred M. Butzel award
for outstanding service to the
Jewish and general communities.
Babson College
Elects Aronsson
Herbert A. Aronsson, president
of Aronsson Printing Co. of Detroit,
has been elected a member of the
Corporation of Babson College in
Wellesley, Mass., according to the
college president, Dr. Henry A
Kriebel.
Aronsson, who resides in Bloom-
field Township, is a magna cum
laude graduate of Babson. He is
a director of City National Bank,
past president of Standard-City
Club and current chairman of the
printer's section of the United
Foundation Torch Drive.
He has served as division chair-
man of Junior Achievement, cor-
porate gifts chairman of United
Negro College Fund, vice president
of Temple Beth El and trustee of
the Babson Colege Alumni Associa-
tion.
Active in civic affairs, Aronsson
was a recipient of the Young
Leadership Award of the Jewish
Welfare Federation, has served as
a member of Federation's board of
governors and as a director of four
of its agencies. His other member-
ships include Franklin Hills Coun-
try Club of which he is treasurer
and a director, the 100 Club, Ad-
craft Club, Graphic Arts Guild,
Great Lakes Club and the Ameri-
One of the Center's facilities for
class instruction and drop-in use
is the photography lab. Classes
are informal and specialize in in-
dividual instruction in the use, care
and techniques of photography
equipment. The lab is • open for
drop-in use most Sundays from
noon to 3 p.m. A qualified staff
person is available during these
times to help with enlarging and
printing. More experienced camera
bugs may join the Center Camera
Club, an informal group which
meets regularly.
Joyce Erout, life master and
member of the Professional
Bridge Teachers Association,
teaches an evening introductory
bridge class for adults, and, for
BLOCH ROSE AUXILIARY will
meet 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
Oak Park Community Center.
Plans will be made for the fund
raising and 75th diamond jubilee
dance, followed by a social hour
and fashion show. Prospective
members are invited. For informa-
tion call Annette Braunstein, BR
2-3081, or president Miriam Law-
rence, UN 2-1467.
Deanna Sperka on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursday s.
These groups visit and view the
best art collections and touring
shows in the community.
Folk guitar classes are taught by
Moishe L a s t, adults; Mickey
Spira, youth; and Joyce Furman,
children.
The Center also is offering a
ceramics class for parents whose
children are enrolled in Sunday
afternoon activities. The class,
taught by Pat Rogoff, will be held
in the Center's ceramics studio
(main building) from 1 to 3 p.m.
Sundays.
For information, call the educa-
the first time, a separate class
tional services department, DI
for teen-agers.
1-4200, Ext. 268 or 269.
Five classes in sculpture, day
and evening, will be offered.
Taught by Tom Brun, Center
sculpture classes are for begin-
ners, intermediates and advanced
students.
Dance is offered to all age
groups. For pre-schoolers and kin-
dergartners, Mrs. Lilo Fauman
instructs introductory classes on
Tuesdays and Fridays. She stresses
directed running, jumping and
movement. Children in grades 1-3
and 5-6 are taught by Harriet
Berg, Center dance coordinator,
Reva Usher and Barbara Leven-
son (ballet).
Harriet Berg's classes for 1-3 and
5-6 graders are offered at the Ten
Mile branch on Tuesdays and at
the main building on Sundays.
Those who have had the beginners'
class may take an advanced class
from Mrs. Berg on Thursdays at
the main building.
Youth Dance classes are offered
Sundays at the main building, and
on Thursdays at Ten Mile. Adult
classes, also taught by Mrs. Berg,
are offered at both the main and
Ten Mile buildings. Christopher
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