Black Jew Appointed to Staff of Synagogue Council of America

NEW YORK—The appointment of result of upper middle-class preju-
Rabbi Siegman said that the
Robert Coleman, a black Jew, to dices which kept them out of the
the staff of the Synagogue Council executive suite. Either American Synagogue Council of America
would seek to develop confidence
of America was announced by society will provide sufficient room
Rabbi Solomon J. Sharfman, presi- in those areas, so that all the new among black Jews in the seri-
zusness of the Jewish mama-
dent of the council. Rabbi Shad- aspiring groups may find their
nity's determination to integrate
man said that he Is the first black place, or conflict is inevitable. Re- them into the Jewish comma-
Jew to serve as an executive with sponsibility for this conflict will lie
nity.
a national Jewish agency in the with the real powers in the estab-
The presentation to Justice War-
United States. lishment—in industry, in com-
The announcement was made at merce and in finance—but its vic- ren of the "Judaism and World
Peace
Award" noted that "during
the council's annual awards din- tuns will be both the new aspiring
ner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel groups, blacks and whites alike, his term as chief justice of the
United
States his leadership result-
Sunday. A highlight was the pre- and the Jews."
ed in landmark decisions which
sentation of the "Judaism and
Rabbi Sharfman warned of alli- enlarged the civil rights and civil
World Peace Award" to Earl War- ances of one ethnic group against
ren, retired chief justice of the another. "The situation must be liberties of American citizens and
confirmed their dignity as bearers
Supreme .Court.
tackled in its totality, through the of the image of their
The Synagogue Council is the co- participation of all the groups in tor. Retired from the divine Crea-
bench, he
ordinating agency for the national the metropolitan areas of this
continues to speak eloquently to
synagogal and rabbinic organiza- country whose welfare and future
lions of onservative. Orthodox are at stake. It must not be tackled his fellow citizens in a voice that
resonates the prophetic passion for
and Reform Judaism in the United through divisiveness."
justice and love of freedom."
States.
Rabbi Henry Siegman, executive
The council also awarded the
Rabbi Sharfman said that Cole- I vice president of the council, ob-
Synagogue Statesmen awards to
man, who served as an area or- i served that the
relations of the Alvin E. Coleman, president of
ganizer for the Southern Chris- Jewish community to
black Jews
tian Leadership Conference dur- had heretofore been
"ambiguous THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
ing the '60s. will head the coun-
and painful." -
Friday, December 11, 1970-17
cil's division of social justice.
"Most such efforts have been
One of his major responsibilities
will be the development of rela- ,11 a If hearted, inadequate, and
I quickly aborted. At the same time.
tions with the black Jewish com-
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munity in the United States. He
neerictiaa. lie fee ter
Lion which expresses itself in the fiction,
Quinlan. NEL Prectionts
also will seek to deal with the
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uncritical
acceptance of some beak Fr
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tensions between Blacks and
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patently false claims to Jewishness
Jews in urban areas.
EXPOSITION PRESS
Rabbi Sharfman stated that at advanced by some Blacks."
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the heart of the urban crisis lies
the fact that Jews are the most
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WRITERS

"Now, newly ascendent groups
are seeking entrance into the mid-
dle class. They include the Blacks,
but not only them. They also in-
clude various white ethnic groups — I

the Italians. the Poles, the Czechs.

The pressures are most pro-
IltrIII ∎ Ct•ti in professions and oceu-
which are now in large
r, y .Jews. Indeed,
been confined to these
jirokssIons and occupations as a .

Temple Entann-E1, New Yorkq
Remy It Rapaport of Scarsdale,
honorary presirlesst ot the United
S rn a g o gne of Aineriea; and
Charles I.. Sebredser of Brooklyn.

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Cholera SiturAioil
Caza- Regarded
as Very Serious

The ceremony will take place on
the eight days of Chanukah

(23rd-30th Dec. 1970) excluding Sabbath
Eve. between the hours of 5-7 p_m_

JERUSALEM (JTA) — New
cholera cases diagnosed in the
Gaza Strip have brought the num-
ber of cases registered with health
officials to 152.
Public Health authorities char-
acterized the cholera situation in
the Gaza Strip as extremely seri-
ous. All the 200,000 refugees living
in camps have been inoculated,
but even inoculated persons have
contracted the disease.
Health officials noted that the
serum against cholera is not 100
'per cent effective. The officials
stated that they cannot apply the
methods that have been so suc-
cessful in Jerusalem to the Gaza
Strip because it has proved im-
possible to trace and isolate all
possible contacts of every cholera-
infected person.
As h result, there are latent
cholera carriers in refugee camps
who cannot be diagnosed because
they have been inoculated, but
who pass the germs on until they
find a person whose inoculation
was unsuccessful. Health authori-
ties are now trying to devise vari-
ous ways and means to get the
cholera in the Gaza Strip under
control.

AJCommittee to Give
Human Rights Award

NEW YORK—Abe Marks, vice
president of Fabrics National, Inc.,
will receive the American Jewish
Committee's 1970 Human Rela-
tions Award at a testimonial din-
. ner-dance Wednesday, at the
Americana Hotel.
Marks is being cited as a "com-
munal and philanthropic leader.
whose exemplary efforts on behalf
of improved human relations have '
prcluced significant gains on be-
half of the common good." More

than 300 business, civic and com-
munal leaders are expected to

attend.

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