Reform Parley Told U.S..Jews Must Confront
Identity Crisis; Women Seek Greater Role

14—Friday, November 19, 1971

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LOS ANGELES (JTA)—A lead- with the use of their talents and National Federation of Temple
ing Jewish historian Warned here numerical strength:
Sisterhoods, for a two-year term.
that American Jews must" con- Mrs. Levitt estimated , that there
Mrs.., Sidney Katzman of Un -
front the unique identy crises are 250,000 women among the coln.-11d. Huntington Woods, has
created by their increasing role in 1,000,000 Reform, Jewish members. been elected a member, pf the 'NFTS.
the nation's service Mid.lontwledge- She said, "We need all the help board of directors for four years.
oriented -economy or - flee ilia . even available to cope with such issues _,,dire." Meltzer and Mrs..Katzman
more massive defection and attri7 as the disaffection of our children, are both leaders in the sisterhood
tion. ' - ,• ',-'• ' - Festering alJeWish identity and re- of Temple Emariu-El.
. Dr. Ellis Rivkin, historian of the turning the:synagogues as the pen, • Mrs.. David: M. Levitt of Great
Hebrew;Vizion.College•Instlinte - of ter 'of - Neck, N. IL, was reelected national
Jewish Religion ins
.told
Earlier this year, a special. com- president.
the 3- ,000..deiegatee at 'the , Slat mittee of the UAHC's board of ,At the. concluding session, dele-
biennial general - assembly - of the trustees rejected a, proposal for. a gates" mapped a: two-year program
Union of •American .jfebrew Con- minimum" of 25 per cent .s_ wen to „Implenient findings. of
gregations - that -although each =of representation' but agreed to" in= range' prier . to - .their eenten-
JUdaisEri- -three main branches- tensify - and ' search for qualified Alai Conveiaticai in New York City
Reform. Conservative and Ortho- female leaders. At present two in 1973.
dox-claim a million or so communi- women serve on a board of 180.
Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath,
cants, some 2,800,000 persons of Three additional women were UAHC
president, and Rabbi
Jewish background are relatively named• to the: board- at the• conven- Schindler-
wM. supervise, the - in-
remote from' their religious culture tion; ••-•
*tinahresis
aolt Iupon synagogues.
and ,ethnic antecedents: ' : - ,- ": ;-Mrs. Calviit'Weiskcipfef Clikago, shortcomings
.coor#4104% na-
= Instead* Of; remaining geared to chairnian •••of the Reforin:- Fedei-a-
inWfuiat resources .c
the out-of-date belief that the drift- ticm's educationfctinimitteckiNinipre:s- .:tiOnsik,a0
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ing Jew: must 5tetariit- fito- Ilie syna sed amazement that such conditions ; A001 r r-
gogue; Dr. Ril4c.in :suggested the could exist in the liberally oriented T•offintvittiori. -4-:
:direct-
activities
svnagezue ... must: "listen,: to the branch -of:, Judaism - where; Rabbi
highly individualistic Jew, the de- Isaac Mayer!Wise, the late.founder .national teak: , force:: Mat ,
fecting4eitfish- youth; -in' terins of of : the principal:institutions. of-Re- into the field to, `listen.-to the..4rass-
the new'situation, in bider to con- form Judaism., fouglit,„:ta assure roots!!,, and -sample; -meaningful
vince Iiiiirlhat Judaisni still- hot& that women play an _equal= role in .modern :of. , Reform
Judaism': and _its- related,- facRitiln
values for the new self-developing ieligiolis Services:
among: both- - clergy and laymen,
individual" who feels be no longer
She said, "We permit won en among • distinguished theological
needs "labels.". ,
to
sit
on
the
bima,-read.frone
the
At another session of the its-'- Torah and open: theirk doors; and lay -scholars. , • .- -
The assembly called for state
sembly, demands were voiced and
are even ordaining oar first ;legislation :urging' suburban coin-
for greater participation by wo-
woman
rabbi
in
June.
1972;
yet
mtniities
-tO set aside i. - : 'fair" Per-
men in the decision making prok . westill respond in Orthodox fa-
centage of land for the developnieet,
terns confronting American Re-
shion
toward
the
feminine
leader-:
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1
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Of law. and middle-income housing
form Judaism.
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for workers engaged 'in a growing'
Mrs. Norma Levitt.; president of
Jane Evani,•ilew*Yorir;dity el-
develoPinerif outside
the National Federation of Temple
Sisterboodi, laid"delegates that ecutive direr.torliof the 'National metropolitanareas.. The Reiman
Federation_ of Temple Sisterhoods, convention_ called mien . goVerninget
"women were already
talents andinitiativeycarrking on. observed-Riot *Alt the seen/zit and to withhold-:funds from cgmseuni-
activities of-the
' congregation., adult religious edneaticinal-lystems build ties unw0ling to , . change ,„their:
education. -youth. - community af- a "male •deininatteC society from Odell* Zoning
•.:111 *tether :salon( theVATIC
fairs." She added, "They are not early childhood." -
Miss Evans called attention to gates called , foi Vielfare'refo
rms
being utilized commensurate
"textbooks in the public schools where Payment fa'-families of Aiui
portraying the ',imriequal position begin at
- the figure: 'Cited
johannesburg - .Mayor- - tif-theLgW- -starting-4ith the nut- by the U.S. Bureau of . Labor
sery age, and the religious school statistics as required for the Main-,
Repudiates Report of
books, which despite the biblical teiniiee for adequate `liVing Stan-
Day School Drug Abuse books of Ruth and Esther glorify dards. The present welfare mea-
JOHANNESBURG (JTA) — the masculinity of Bible figures." sure of the Nikon program calls
Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, for a level of $2,400. They further
The Jewish community' here is
WsSo' that
Jup in arms over- the statement vice: President of the -UAHC, con- _called for annual reVie
',that vish day schools are "rid- ceded,' "the balance has beten the 'welfare' Pajniienta ', reflect
wrotigr
and
promised
that
the
national Coat
inerelies.‘
Alec, :11 drug abuse."
UAHC -Would engage in an inten- -.. The - Convention urged massive
Ti-_ :negation was mide-laY.,' S. sive
for new qualified fear- •
"existing federal and
'Ch •
one Of two - members Mine search
;leadership.
state' narcotics - emPba-
of
■ Tayor's Drug Abuse Corn
'Mr*. "Joseph Meltzer of Hen-:- siring that' more stringent penalties
m
who addressed a press . - drie-ABIVd„
Huntington Woods,: not substituted:' for: ichication
'eon
? of local Jewish news-
- • has Ineurrseited treasurer of the `and: therapk! ,
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Pal
ik and City. COincillian.
D. Bensnsan both - - Said .
are concerned to -find .
;ews affected.. by drug

IDB Bankholding Concern Declares-Cash Dividend

NEW YORK—The board of di- stock dividend of ordinary shares
rectors of IDB Bankholding'Corp: id bolder" of T ordinary and B .
Ltd., Tel Aviv, has declared_ a shares-
cash dividend for 1971 of IL 1.68
($.40) per share of coonnon4tock,
(ordinary and B shares), ":'and a
$.50 dividend on its conVertibbi
preference shares, payable on,
.30 to shareholders of record Nov.
30. For 1970, , the compaoy , paid
cash dividends of IL 1.40 (equiva-
lent to $A0 at the then prevailing
rate of exchange) on its common
stock and $.50 'on its- preference
shares.
The company's board of clixee,
tors also announced it Nvon141re-
commend. to the annual, general
Meeting of shareholders; tote: be
held in early 1972, 2 per cent

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ik's remark was de-
no.. in a sermon by. Chief
'Rah— B. M. Ciuiper. over Abe -
weekend. It was repudiated by
.Johannesburg's mayor, A. B. Wid-
man, at the national conference
of Jewish welfare organizations
just held here.
Mayor Widman; who' attended
to convey civic greetings to the
:conference, said, "I am not aware
of. addiction to 'drugs in any one
section of, the 'community. I have
been trying to 'get figures; and
• there' are no figures , which. show
drug addiction especially in this
-or. that section of the community.
I have not come across figures
which show any particular schools
to be affected. No one was au-
thor
ized by my committee to say
that any schools were "riddled with
drug abuse."'
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"Mayor. Widman said "the person
who made this statement has ex-
pressed his extreme sorrow that
he has. been misrepresented.- in
this, way.".

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