2O-riiri‘iy.„:114•16,. 1971
THE DETROIT JEWISH: NEWS
Lubavitcher Rebbe Hits Permissive' Law of. Return
NEW YORK (JTA)
Rabbi" as a Jew is directly involved : with to send letters and telegrams to
Schneersohn,. Ihe• the controversial question of "whO Premier GoldaMeir protesting the
Menachem
Lubavitcher Rebbe; has accused. is a Jew?"' He insisted that only wording
Israel's Law of. Return.
the Israel •governcnent. of . .letting a rabbinical, court of conversion
non-,Jews into Israel as SeWs . .sim- acting in full accordance with
GENEVA (JTA)
The World any .circuniStanees is not per- ply on the basis of documents, halakha (religious law) should be
Conference of Jewish organizations mated." "
attesting to that fact, no matter authorized- to perform conversions.
(COJO) wound up its three-day '
hpw unauthentic the document. or
Charging that even a gentile
Discussing ' the economic as
plenary meeting here with the
its '.source of origin may be.:
can now draw up documents ac-
adoption of one resolution pledging • pects of Israeli occupation of
Arab territories, Gen. Gazit said,
Such a "permissiVe" policy, the ceptable to Israeli authorities,
full support for Israel "in its
"We
have
now
in
the
Arabs
Rebbe
claimed. 'could lead to a Schneersohn urged the Meir gov-
struggle for a just and lasting
under our rule another million burgeoning fifth column in Israel, ernment to amend recent changes
peace" and another declaring its
consumers for the products of apart from compromising Jewish in Israel's Law of Return so that
"unbreakable brotherly solidarity
it will be based solely on halakha.
Israeli
industries. On the other
authenticity.
with the Jews of the Soviet Union."
hand, 40,000 Arabs from the oc-
In New York, an Orthodox group
A third r e solution pledged
The 69-year-old Hasidic leader
cupied territories have regular
calling itself the "Committee for
"brotherly scilidaity with the Jews
spoke
before
3,000
of
his
follow-
employment in Israel at wages
the Preservation of Judaism" an-
of the Middle East . . . now held
ers here for a full six hours at
10 times higher than they had in
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nounced that it has started a
hostage in some Arab countries.
a celebration marking the 44th
the old days—when they could
worldwide campaign to get Jews
between Southfield Si Telegraph
particularly Syria."
anniversary
of
the
liberation
from
find work."
Russian imprisonment of his
Adoption of an emergency reso-
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Earlier. -Dr. Goldmann, founder father-in-law, the late Lubavitcher
lution was prompted by news of
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the terrorist rocket attack on Pe- of the Memorial Foundation for Rebbe Joseph L. Schneersohn.
July 16-18
tah Tikva last Wednesday night Jowls Culture, expressed criticism
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The Rebbe denounced recent
of the international agency which
which claimed four lives.
Yellow
Farm House
demonstrations
here
on
behalf
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The COJO plenary, attended
of Soviet Jews which, he con-
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by the leadership of 11 major Jewish culture, education, publica-
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Jewish organizations, was tion and documentation of the
sequences in Russia, including
marked by a transfer of leader- Holocaust era. -
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ship. Dr. Nahum Goldmann, who
tion of families and the loss of
Addressing the annual board
jobs.
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meeting, Goldmann said, "We have
yerrs ago, retired as chairman
Rabbi Schneersohn, who re-
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no doubt registered a number of
to be succeeded by Dr. William
Satisfaction assured. All work personally done by Sam Klaiman.
achievements, but when I look portedly has long been active in
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constituents.
"quiet diplomacy," suggested that
The sessions were highlighted by
Goldmann said, "My original the demonstrators turn their
a discUssion of the changing Jew- idea was that the Memorial Foun- emergies toward creating a ren-
ish community in America, intro- dation should become a central naissance of "Yiddishkeit" among
duced by Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, address for great Jewish cultural Russian emigres in the U.S. and
of Englewood, N.J., a member of and educational problems upon elsewhere.
the Jewish Agency executive, and which our survival as a people
The Rebbe maintained that the
a report on relations with world depends. I see now that- we most-
church bodies, delivered by Dr. ly react instead of acting. We issue of who is allowed into Israel
Gerhard M. Riegner, of the World mostly wait for applications and
Jewish Congress, speaking on be- then investigate them. _We should
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half of the International Jewish endeavor to become a more active
Committee on Inter-Religious Rela- cultural and educational .factor in
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Gen. Shlomo Gazit, head of the
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Mark Uviler, executive direc-
military government department of
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two
Israeli General Headquarters, pro- tor of the foundation, who is re-
vided a detailed analysis of the tiring next year to settle in Israel, American rabbis, a Roman Catho- INIMINSIIIIIONINIodeliMindinominennaudgerenonosonnesommemosameimmaramair
condition of Arabs living under reported that the agency has made lic and a Moslem scholar have been
Israeli rule in the occupied ter- allocations amounting to $8,000,- invited by the Near East subcom-
000. In many cases, he said, the mittee of the House Foreign Rela-
ritories.
Rabbi Hertzberg said the real foundation helped other bodies tions Committee to present their
raise funds on their own while views as individuals July 28 at a
problem of American Jewry was
its allocations opened the way for hearing on the status of Jerusa-
the direction the next generation
others to initiate important pro- lem, the Jewish Telegraphic Ag-
will take. "We are actually the
jects.
ency learned.
last of the Eastern European
generation, and this includes
The subcommittee, chaired by
even those of us born in the
Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, Indiana
West," he said. "It is obvious we 'Rabbis at War' Issued
Democrat, will also take up the
shall have no more Jewish ghet- bv Historical Society
Suez Canal, the Palestinian move-
-
tos of any kind. But this does
ment and the situation on the Per-
The American Jewish Historical sian Gulf at hearings later this
not solve the problem of Jewish-
Society
announces
the
publication
ness, even if it may solve the
month and in August.
of "Rabbis at War: The CANRA
problem of Sews."
John Franklin Campbell, editor
Story" by Rabbi Philip S. Bern-
of Foreign Relations, and Alvin
Dr. Riegner said, "Difficulties
stein. A history of the Committee Cottrell, director of research at
developed on several levels in our
on Army and Navy Religious
relations with the Protestants and Activities of the National Jewish the Georgetown Center for Stra-
tegic Studies, were to testify on
Roman Catholics. The most im-
Welfare Board, the volume deals
portant aspect of these difficulties with World War II and the re- the implications of the reopening
of the Suez Canal.
is a change of attitude toward Is-
sponse of the organized rabbinate
rael. Positions are taken up in to that conflict's demands.
The JTA learned that the in-
regard to Israel which we have to
vitees to the July 28 hearing on
counter and resist. I cannot say
Rabbi Bernstein, former execu- Jerusalem are Rabbi Marc H.
of our:-
r _ cii, em
that I see a solution for these diffi- tive director of CANRA and cur- Tanenbaum, director of the in-
culties in the near future. But we rently rabbi of Temple Brith Ko- terreligious affairs department
for you —
tirattsi-41,'
consider our relations with the desh, Rochester, N. Y., describes of the American Jewish Commit.
a new home o _ . 8
churches of the world of great im- in detail how the nation's rabbis tee; Dr. James Kritzeck, direc-
r ,., -present one.
portance in many respects."
mobilized for war, achieved an un- tor of the Institute of Higher Re-
Capable and energetic, Margaret is qualified
Speaking of the occupied ter- precedented degree of unity and ligious Studies at Notre Dame
ritories, Gen Gazit said, "It was established a worldwide program University, South Bend, Ind.,
in all phases of real estate sales and she
our policy, from the very begin- of ministration.
and Muhammad Abd al-Rauf, di-
ning, not to interfere with the lives
gets results. Give Margaret a call at
Originally prepared m 1945 after rector of the Islamic Center in
of the Arabs under our rule except the close of hostilities, the report New York.
where security is involved. We are lay dormant until the decision by
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg of
determined not to cause unneces- the society to publish it as a his-
Temple Emanuel, Englewood, N.J.
sary hardships or even inconvei- torical document of the period.
a member of the Jewish Agency
ences and to avoid embarrasments.
The range of issues discussed Executive who is presently in
We don't even hoist the Israeli flag is indicated by the large numbers
in the Arab towns. Needless to of Responsa whose complete text Jerusalem, had been sent an in-
vitation for the July 28 date
say, maltreatment of Arabs under is reproduced.
through the U.S. Embassy in Tel
Aviv.
Rabbi Hertzberg, currently a
visiting professor at the Hebrew
She'll Be Delighted to Consult with YQU.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The popularity of President Richard University, said that he had been
M. Nixon is on the rise in Israel, according to the latest invited to appear at a hearing on
sampling of opinion by Public Opinion Research of Israel, the status of Jerusalem by the
Ltd.
Senate Foreign Affairs Commit-
tee, chaired by Sen. J. William
According to the poll, 54 per cent of Israelis are satisfied Fulbright (D., Ark.)
Wexler SuCceed.4. Gold-mann as Head
Of World .Conference of Organizations
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with Nixon's treatment of Israel, compared to 49 per cent
last March. Another 27 per cent are "more or less" pleased
with Nixon's attitude toward this country. Only 10 per cent
are dissatisfied. Nine per cent had no opinion.
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A spokesman for the commit-
tee told the JTA that such hear-
ings were not on schedule but
could be "in the air."
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