▪ Concern for Peace Reflected in Growing Anti-War Efforts WASHINGTON (JTA)—Five na- tional Jewish rabbinic and syna- gogal organizations, representing the Conservative, Orthodox and Reform branches of American Jewry, joined in a statement to de- nounce "the gulf that separates many of this nation's youth from the institutions of government and its leaders." Declaring that the nation cannot live in fear of its own youth, the presidents of the five groups asserted that "our entire vive in a repressive atmosphere in which non-violent dissenters are treated with disdain, contempt and worse." They declared that "under no conceivable circumstances could the pointblank firing into a crowd of students at Kent State Univer- sity be justified." Signatories to the statement, which was issued through the Sy- nagogue Council of America, were Rabbi Roland Gittlesohn, president society, as we know it, cannot sur- of the (Reform) Central Confer- Sta AT TIME COMPLETE OUTFITTERS FOR BOYS S. GIRLS • Camp Walden • Camp Sea-Gull • Camp Tamaqua OR ANY OTHER CAMP OF YOUR CHOICE 23077 COOLIDGE BankAmericard • Michigan Bankard • • Master atarge LET US SEW YOUR NAME TAPES Open Thum •il 9 AT NO CHARGE ESTHERandESTELLES • SPORTVV EAR 2838 Coolidge Berkley, Mich. Is having their SENSATIONAL SUMMER 1/2 OFF Rabbi Saperstein, president of the New York Board of Rabbis urged the government "to reverse the process of military escalation which devours our youth, torments our conscience and divides our na- tion . . "The New York Board of Rabbis shares the sorrow of STARTING—SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. MAY 23 and 24 - EVERY GARMENT MUST GO Closing for Summer While Yeshiva classes were n o t canceled, the administration an- nounced that students "are free to follow the dictates of their con- science with no penalty for ab- sence." The students of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (New York School) ob- served the seven traditional days of mourning for the Kent State students and for those dying in South East Asia. All classes were canceled during this period by vote of the faculty. A public mt. morial service marked the close of the period Wednesday. Daniel Shevitz, of Detroit, pres- ident of the student organization of the Teachers Institute-Seminary agreed to hold an additional pray- er service for American war dead. Spokesmen for the students said they would hold the second serv- ice. Insurance Agents' Exams Reset to Avoid Shavuot NEW YORK — The New York I Board of Rabbis has been success- ful in obtaining the rescheduling of New York State examinations for insurance brokers and agents . , j sizrxtrtt4,-,*. aryirso.e•Fa,,.. .'r.141.".•^4%'Y Ancient Cemetery Clue to India Jews The existence of the cemetery is BOMBAY — A clue to the ancient Bene Israel community in India considered further proof that the Bene Israel have always been both was acquired by the find of a Jewish cemetery, estimated to be good Jews and patriotic Indian between 200 and 300 years old near citizens. Pen, about 60 miles northwest of Bombay, from which the common J. J. CLARKE STUDIO Bene Israel name of Penkar was Portraiture of Distinction For Your .Wedding derived. Formals - Condids - Direct Color Pen Synagogue is still the spiri- 3223 W. McNichols tual home of the few Bene Israel Nr. Muirland living in the area. Call 341-4141 An Indian forestry officer dis- covered the cemetery., and Judah David, of Bombay and Pen, established it as Jewish by the inscription in English, Hebrew and Marathi, the regional lan- guage, on one of the black rocks used as tombstones. David then returned with a minyan and recited kadish and other memorial prayers. The cemetery is stivated near one of the battlements of Maha- Phone rashtra State's great warrior hero. Sivaji (1627-1680), giving credence 549-7170 to the belief that a big Bene Israel community lived in the area and that many members served in his armies and those of the succeed- 0 ing dynasties. 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Officiating were Rabbi Julius Goldberg of the Plainview Jewish Center, the Miller fam- ily's Conservative temple, a n d Rabbi Harold Saperstein, presi- dent of the New York Board of Rabbis. Eulogies were delivered by Sen. Charles E. Goodell and College of Jewish Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, said that the students voted to close the school because "The Jews of good conscience must express their horror of sense- less violence and death, whether it occur at home or abroad. By the cessation of normal activities, we hope to provide one avenue for this expression." In Tel Aviv, the U.S. Embassy acceded to requests by 30 Amer- ican Jewish students there and low- ered its flag to half staff in mourn- ing for the four slain students. But embassy counselor Owen Zurhel- len Jr. said he had agreed to the requests only after the students SALE ft State victims, was Jewish, Dr. Benjamin Spock. • Camp Maplehurst Just N. of 9 Mile, Oak Park ence of American Rabbis; Earl Morse, board chairman of the Union of American Hebrew Con- gregations; Rabbi Gershon Levy, president of the (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly; Jacob Stein, president of the United Synagogue of America; and Rabbi Zev Segal, president of the (Orthodox) Rab- binical Council of America. 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