Kansas City Hassle Jewishness of Country Clubs By RABBI SAMUEL SILVER (A Seven Arts Feature) There's quite a hassle in Kansas City. A country club comprising most- , ly Jews defied the plea of the city's rabbis and staged a social on a Friday night complete with free beer and a dance. All the rabbis pleaded with the directors of the "Jewish" club. They told them that it didn't look right for the group to sponsor that kind of an event on the Sabbath eve. The directors of the Oakwood club listened to the rabbis and then rejected the plea. They said they were entitled to put on any kind of event "on any day or night that the club facilities are open." Jewish country clubs all over the nation are in something of a ferment these days. Some of them are charged with "reverse bigotry," inasmuch as they admit Jews only. There is no doubt that the Jewish private club is a reflex of the "anti-Jewish" clubs which bar our people. Such gentile groups still abound in this nation. Their ranks include tennis clubs, yacht clubs, golf clubs; resorts, and even gar- den clubs. On the other hand, some Jewish country clubs have become most eager to give meaning to the label Jewish. Some will not allow you to join if you haven't contributed to the United Jewish Appeal. Others are less so and think nothing of putting up a tree at Christmas time. The trend, how- ever, seems to be in the direction of greater Judaization, although in Kansas City the club went Jew- ishly backwards. But the Kansas City hassle poses a dilemma. As some have posed the query: "What's Jewish about a Jewish country club?" Another question has been put by Rabbi William Silverman of Kansas City: "Does the position of the club di- rectors reflect the attitude of the members of the Oakwood Country Club?" What's the situation like in other communities? 'My Father's House': Heartwarming Story Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., narrates a heartwarming story in "My Father's House," published by Random House. There are affections, closeness, respect for heritage, high regard for human values, in this tale in which a son relates his father's sufferings from a heart attack, his own illness, the home and its possessions, the attainment of a desk which becomes a relic. It is in the acquisition of a relic that a person often interprets deep- est feelings, as Kunhardt does so well in "My Father's House." It is the frankness and the realism that especially dis- tingushes this tale which already bids fair to become a best seller. It is not only the family love but also the revelation of the cod- ditions which causes despair and the factors that led to hope; the admission of error and the ac- knowledgement of dedication,.that combine to make this a splendid and effectively impressive story. Kollek Recommends Return of Property to Jerusalem Arabs JERUSALEM (JTA)—Mayor Teddy Kolleck has recommend- ed that the Arab residents of East Jerusalem be given back all their frozen property in Is- rael. At present these Arabs. most of whom are still Jordanian citizens, have the status of ab- sentees and cannot claim aban- doned property. Mayor Kollek's comments ap- peared in an interview last Friday in the Arabic daily "Al Anba." Ouster of Newsmen From Russia Tied to Defense League Acts LONDON (JTA) — The ouster from Russia of two American cor- respondents within a month was linked to Soviet anger over recent attacks on Soviet premises in New York by members of the Jewish Defense League and the alleged failure to punish the culprits. According to observers here, the connection became evident when an article in the Communist Party newspaper Pravda described the attacks and anti-Soviet demonstra- tions in New York as links in a "single chain" in a recent article. On June 29, Soviet authorities "suggested" that Columbia Broad- casting System correspondent Wil- liam Cole leave the Soviet Union "because he was engaged in ac- tivities incompatible with the status of a foreign journalist." Time mag- azine correspondent Stanley Cloud was ousted June 12 when author- ities refused to renew his 90-day visa. The Pravada article linked the JDL assault last week on the New York office of Amtorg, the Soviet commercial organization in the U.S. with a Time cover story on May 4 on Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev and the Russian military machine. According to Pravada, the story was "an invitation to anti-Soviet violence" and led to "Zionist" dem- onstrations against Soviet entitles. Observers here believe the Kremlin is using the correspond- ents to re-enforce their demands for an end to assaults on Soviet premises and more vigorous pros- ecution of the demonstrators. Meanwhile, a leading Wil- liamsburg rabbi declared that "no responsible leader" in that Jewish community had invited the Jewish Defense League for protection after clashes broke out between local Jews and Blacks following the death of a Negro girl who was struck by a truck driven by a Hasidic Jew. Rabbi Meir Kahane, JDL leader, and four JDL members were ar- rested after a clash with police. Rabbi Bernard Weinberger of the Young Israel of Williamsburg added that, during the sporadic violence between the mostly Hasi- dic Jews and Blacks, a telegram had been sent to Rabbi Kahane, urging him not to send JDL mem- bers to the area. Rabbi Weinberger said the tele- gram had been sent by the United Jewish Organization of Williams- burg, an umbrella group for the section's Jewish organizations, after it had learned of JDL plans to send its members to the area. 'Baders of Jacob Street' Acclaimed Wide acclaim is being given the new novel by Henia Karmel-Wolfe, "The Baders of Jacob Street," published by J. B. Lippincott Co. In addition to the earlier paper- back, the novel also has been issued as a paperback. In addition to a high commenda- tion by Senator Jacob Javits, the novel is praised by Publisher's Weekly and among others Stephen Longstreet said of it: "With all the strength to see life clear and see it for what it is, the Baders come to life with a Black Death' Led to Organization of Rabbis, Says Study NEW YORK—The disintegration of Western Europe's Jewish com- munity following the "B lack Death" epidemic of the Middle Ages led to the establishment of an organized European rabbinate, ac- cording to a study by Rabbi Ber- nard Rosensweig, who received his doctoral degree from Yeshiva University's Bernard Revel Grad- uate School during commencement June 18. Rabbi Rosensweig contends that until the plague, which occurred during 1348-49, the rabbi had little place in community life. "With education being so pronounced among Jewish citizenry, there was little cause for turning to rabbis," he said. "Questions of Jewish law were passed on to elders, the scholarly councilors of the com- munity. The plague, and its conse- quences, however, claimed the lives of a great many scholars, resulting in the need and forma- tion of an organized rabbinate, one which was to achieve stature in the community for the first time." The plague historically referred to as the "Black Death" led to murderous attacks on many Jew- ish communities, particularly in Germany. The fact that Jews were less exposed to the plague and less affected by it because of their en- forced segregation from the com- munity and their dietary and hy- gienic practices, caused the super- stitious masses to blame the epid- emic on the Jews. Although Pope Clement VI The Block: Finding Avenue to Dignity There couldn't possibly be a bet- ter way of presenting the problem of the block and its residents, of the people on the crowded street, the policeman, the children, the parents—the apartments and their depressive state. "The Block" by Herb Goro, pub- lished by Random House, relates the problem in pictures and stories —in a text that challenges the imagination. In his introduction Theodore W. Khwel defines the book as showing "very clearly and dramatically the extent of the problem—the diffi- culty of providing municipal ser- vices and economic opportunity to all the people in a way that creates a sense of pride in community and a sense that civil servants are part of a common effort rather than a common enemy; the problem faced by young, black, urban Americans in finding their way through a complicated technological age; the problem of finding the pride and dignity and privacy which are in- dispensable elements of life." Summer Seminar Held for Day School Personnel NEW YORK—A four-week in- tensive teacher-training summer seminar for educational personnel in the Hebrew day school field is under way in New York City by Torah Umesorah and the Central New York Educational Foundation through Aug. 3. The accelerated summer seminar —the 19th in the series—is being sponsored in cooperation with the Joseph Shapiro Teacher Training Institute, a year-round teacher training project. The seminar, geared to meet the critical personnel needs of North America's expanding Hebrew day school movement, will offer four workshops in specific curriculum areas—as well as 'ulpanim' courses in the Hebrew language geared for intensive language instruction. A professional seminar and workshop for the training of admin- istrators and principals for the day school system is also being spon- sored, and will deal with such issues as administrative, curiculum construction, entrance require- ments, enrollment and staff super- vision. vivid sense of the uniqueness of human life, and a respect for the dignity of love, family, even coun- try. The scene may be Krakow, Poland, and the people Jews caught under the claws of the Germans, but what it tells is the universal story of courage, of hope, when there is no hope; and courage is very dry bread indeed. No one has yet caught as well as this author has what Faulkner calls mankind's Every man's nose will not make will to survive. A masterwork of the spirit that no reality can des- a shoehorn. Let us leave the world as it is.—Cervantes. troy." issued a proclamation condemn- Jacob Ben Moses Halevi Molin, ing the libel and ordered the "Maharil," (1360-1427), the great- Jews to be protected, there was codifier. 'hardly a Jewish community in Germany spared by the attacks, BILL FREUND'S with many wiped out entirely. Smaller scale attacks were also OLYMPIC carried out against Jews in Po- CYCLE SHOP land. Northern Spain and Northern Italy. Scholars agree that the ONE DAY SERVICE aftermath of the "Black Death" resulted in the greatest disaster to German Jewry in the Middle Ages. 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