Michel Rosenberg, Yiddish Actor, 71 NEW YORK (JTA) — Mi- chel Rosenberg, a star with Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theater and as Mut.tel in the television series "The Goldbergs," died Nov. 18 in Miami Beach at the age of 71. Reform Conversions Won't Be Recognized if Goren Has Way With Amended Return Law should be removed from the Langers. He claimed there was no conclusive proof that Abra- Born in Warsaw, Mr. Ros- ham Borokovsky, the first enberg was associated with husband of the Langers' Schwartz's New York-based mother, had been properly troupe for a quarter-century, converted to Judaism, in appearing in such plays as The clause defining a Jew which case Mrs. Langer's "Yoshe Kalb" and "The Bro- as, among other things, one first marriage was void and thers Ashkenazi," and sub- who has been converted to the children conceived by sequently became a monolog- Judaism, would have three her second marriage were ist whose best-known char- words added—"according to legitimate. acter was "Getzel." Goren also claimed that Halakha" (religious law)— A member of Yiddish The- in the amended version. Borokuvsiy never took his atrical Alliance, Mr. Rosen- cooversicci seriously and was In practical terms, the berg starred In such Yiddish amendment would mean that not acquainted with Jewish films as "Mirele Efros" and conversions performed by Re- religious ritual. "The Cantor's Son" and in form rabbis and at least some Borokovsky, who lives in the Israeli films "Uncle Sam by Conservative rabbis would Israel, claims he Is • prac- in Israel" and "Highway not be recognized in Israel. ticing Jew and has been try- Robbery." lie last appeared Rabbi Goren promised to ing to get a local rabbinical on Broadway in 1968 in seek action on the contra. court to confirm his status as "Borscht Capades." venial amendment as criti- a Jew. Asked why the Supreme cism mounted In ultra-Ortho- do: circles here and abroad Rabbinical Court never acted on the evidence that Boro- over his resolution of the kovsky's conversion was in- Langer "mamzerim" case. Seven leading yeshiva prin- valid, Rabbi Goren said its Joseph Goodman, president cipals issued statements de- members had been threaten- of Eaton Steel Co., 10221 Cap- nouncing his ruling, which ed by "terrorists." ital—Oak Park since 1947, He said they were the same overturned a seven year-old dia—Monday at age 78. ruling by a Petah Tikva re- terrorists who had launched Mr. Goodman, who was ligious court that Hanoch and a campaign of "unbridled ter- born in Poland, was a mem- Miriam Langer were illegiti- ror" against him. He did not ber of Cong. Beth Abraham- mates and forbidden to identify them. Hillel. He lived M 20516 In Atlantic City, the Agu- marry. Carol, Oak Park. In the ultra-Orthodox Mear dath Israel of America ac- He leaves his wife, Rose; Shearim quarter, residents cused Goren of "bowing to three sons, Albert, Aaron publicly tore their garments the demands of Israel's secu- and Dr. David; three daugh- as a gesture of mourning. lar establishment that the ters, Mrs. Charles (Annette) Crowds listened for more Torah and Jewish law be Solomon, Mrs. Irving (Leah) than two hours'to rabbis of altered to conform to the so- Kirschner and Mrs. Ralph the extremist Neturei Karta called needs of present (Sharon) Saba tini; two movement who denounced times." brothers, Ervin and Charles; Goren for desecrating the The charge was contained 13 grandchildren and one Torah. in a resolution denouncing great-grandchild. Posters stating that future Rabbi Goren's ruling in the decisions by Rabbi Goren Langer case. WE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS would be considered void ap- The resolution accused peared in the Mea Shearim Goren of acting in an "un- 54—Friday, Doc. 1, 1972 quarter. derhanded, secret and light- They were signed by sev- ening-like manner . . . in 50—BUSINESS CARDS eral rabbis, including Yosef defiance of all the leading Shalom Chiskin, who resign- halakhic and Torah authori- ed as a senior judge of the ties" and thereby posing a Supreme Rabbinical Court "serious danger to the con- to protest the election of tinued existence of the Jew- Rabbi Goren as Ashkenzai ish people." With a golden touch. CUSTOM chief rabbi. Delegates to the Conser- But Rabbi Goren's decision vatice World Council of Syna- WALLPAPERING. Free esti- was applauded by Zvi Ye- gogues convention generally mates, fully insured. CALL huda Kook, head of the Kook hailed Rabbi Goren's move DAVE BENKOFF. 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Schneerson, leader of the Lubavitcher Hasidic move- ment, criticized the Israeli government for using what he called "coercion and in- fluence" in Rabbi Goren's ruling on the Langer case. Rabbi Schneerson charged that the decision "under- mined the whole structure of rabbinical law." Meanwhile, four Jewish or- ganizations are planning to make use of the Hanuka holiday to enlighten world Jewry on what they term the dangers of Israel's conver. Won law, Referring to the attempt by Syrian Emperor Antio- chus Epiphanes in ancient Judea to force the Jews to renounce the Torah, the leaders of three Orthodox organizations warned that "This decree of assimilation looms today on our Jewish brethren wherever they may be, due to the law enacted in Israel registering non-Jewish immigrants as Jews." The statement was issued by Rabbi Abraham Gross, president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America; Rabbi David Hollander, president of the Metropolitan Board of Rabbis, and Rabbi Abraham Hecht, president of the Rab- binical Council of the Syrian and Near Eastern Jewish Community in America. Shlomo Lorincz, a Knesset member identified with the Golda Salutes Brandt JERUSALEM (JTA)—Pre- mier Golda Meir cabled con- gratulations to Chancellor Willy Brandt for his victory in West German elections. Mrs. Meir said she looked forward to cooperating with him. Brandt is due to visit Israel during the latter half of 1973. No date has been announced. Chad Severs Relations With Israel JERUSALEM (JTA) — Is- rael expressed regrets and surprise over the announce- ment by the African Republic of Chad that it was severing diplomatic relations with Is- rael. While the break was anti- cioated — Foreign Minister Abba Eban briefed the cabi- net on its possibility Sunday a foreign ministry spokes- man said that there was nothing in the relations be- tween the two countries that could explain Chad's deci- sion. An official statement re- leased here said: "The gov- ernment of Israel noted with sorrow the announcement of the government of Chad con- cerning the break off of diplomatic relations. Since Chad attained independence, the two states have main• tained friendly relations which _expressed themselves, among other things, in eco- nomic cooperation and tech- nical assistance." Israel recognized Chad when it attained independ- ence from France in 1965 and established an embassy at Fort Lamy, the capital, two years later. There are presently seven Israeli families in Chad — those of Ambassador Yitzhak Navon, his secretary and five advisers in the fields of agriculture, printing, and youth work. President Francois Tom- balbaye of Chad visited Is- rael in 1958 and 1965, and his wife was here last year. But there is no Chad diplomatic mission in Israel. Some sources here said the sudden break-off of relations may have been the result of Arab pressure from the states, principally Libya, Chad's northern neighbor, and Sudan on the east. Since 1968, Arab guerrillas in the northern and eastern parts of the country have waged a rebellion against President Tombalbaye's re- gime. About 3,500 French troops were sent to help fight the rebels, a move that raised controversy in France and Africa. The last French troops were pulled out in 1971, and the Chad govern- ment, though in control, re- portedly took measures to appease the rebels. Chad, an impoverished land-locked country that was formerly part of French Equatorial Africa, has • population of about 3,500,000, similar to that of Israel. in an area of nearly 500,000 square miles. More than 50 per cent of the population is Moslem. 3 Course at Bar-Ilan for Ex-Servicemen right-wing of the Agudat Is- rael Party, said his party would consider setting up its own marriage registries so that its members would not be "In danger of entering halakhically forbidden mar- riages." His statement followed a meeting of the Aguda cen- tral committee at which Rabbi Eliezer Shach, prin- cipal of the Ponevezh Yes- hiva in Bnai Brag, assailed Rabbi Goren for "tearing up the Torah." But an Aguda party spokes- man said that Lorincz was not speaking for the party. He indicated that no deci- sion had been made on se- parate marriages registries. Premier Golds Meir's La- bor Party, which maintains a coalition partnership with the Orthodox National Reli- gious Party, indicated that it would not support changes in the status quo between the state and religion. The decision followed a lengthy debate within the party's central committee where some members urged he party to follow a more secular line. Meanwhile, Independent Liberal Knesset member Gideon Hausner said that he has no intention of deferring his limited civil marriages bill as requested by Rabbi Goren. RAMATGAN — A program for soldiers who have com- pleted their service and who have not matriculated has been opened at Bar-Ilan UnirPersity. It- is aimed an academic career at the end of the one-year course. Most of the 70 students, who come from development areas and settlements, live on campus. A special com- mittee appointed by the rector, Prof. Menahem Zevi Kaddari, has prepared a de- tailtd study program. The students have a choice of natural sciences or the humanities. crt'tp 311 rgnri 7171 nx 1ntn7 ri7447. rTPII -ion '25 rnminri - Ti'] 1-Pt? ptin nizin n-rt '7i7` "14? .P7 -5 'Tr' , Dir?? riFP 71 `71"?'? 1V7?4C! 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The happy bride were a white veil, and on her knees was a large bouquet. "It began as it is told in the book," said the old people of the home. "Oven a year ago, a local newspaper pub- lished a referendum among its readers on the question, 'Why do you like our news- paper?' Mr. Pinchas Frankel read the answer of Miss Lizel Hirsch. which inter- ested him. She told in her letter to the editor that she is bound to her wheel chair and the newspaper brings her happiness. An exchange of letters began between the two. It did not take long and they met and fell in love 'at first sight'." In the meantime both were accepted to the Malben insti- tution in Natanya. The resi- dents of the institution give evidence — "we never saw such love!" 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