Rabbi Goren Backed by Orthodox Rabbis
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Rabbi Goren said he wanted
the controversial issue kept
out of this year's election
campaign. He said he would
suggest that the amendment
be proposed as a private bill
by representatives of all the
large Knesset factions which
will be asked to waive coali-
A Weekly
Israel Quiz
1. What is "Halakha"?
2. By whom were the two
chief rabbis of Israel elec-
ted recently?
3. How are the Sephardic
rabbis usually referred
to?
4. What did Rabbi Avraham
I. Kook and Rabbi Yaak-
ov Meir have in common?
tion or party discipline.
According to Rabbi Goren,
if MKs are allowed to "vote
their conscience," the amend-
ment will pass.
Rabbis who do not accept
Halakha and Shulhan Arukh
(code of religious law) in
their entirety will be exclud-
ed from the World Rabbini-
cal Council.
A re-reading of the Ashken-
azic chief rabbi's remarks
at a press conference here
last Wednesday indicated
that he set total acceptance
as the criteria of eligibility.
Rabbi Goren, when asked if
he would invite non-Orthodox
rabbis, replied "There is one
nation, one Torah, one Hal-
akha and one Shulhan
Arukh." Anyone who rejects
any pert of this cannot be eli-
gible.
Rabbi Goren announced
his plans for a rabbinical
council is an address to some
350 Jordan Valley kibutz
members meeting at Ohalo on
Lake Tiberias. He defended
the involvement of religion
in Israeli politics, a frequent
target of critics of the religi-
ous establishment here.
8. In whose name is the
line of fortifications along
the Suez Canal called?
9. Which city in Israel has
a subway? What is it
called?
10. Where is the Technion
located?
The Rabbinical Council of
America reaffirmed last week
at its midwinter conference
its full support of the office
of the Israeli chief rabbinate
as the religious authority in
all matters of Judaism in Is-
rael.
Rabbi Bernard Twersky,
press secretary of the Rab-
Answers to the above ques. binical Council, the organiza-
lions will be found on page tion of Orthodox rabbis, said
the overwhelming vote was a
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JWV Urges Strong
Gun Control Action
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
The Jewish War Veterans
of the U.S.A. called upon
Congress to enact strong gun
control measures.
National Commander Nor-
man Tines of Providence,
said "The insanely gratuitous
shooting of Senator John
Stennis is just another ex-
ample of the utter ineffec-
tiveness of our present laws
which allow violence-prone
persons easily to obtain le-
thal weapons."
My
Daddy
Says:
"People
Louis Bernstein, president
of the RCA, has issued a fer-
vent plea to the American Or-
thodox Jewish community to
"support the institution of the
chief rabbinate in Israel and
the two distinguished scholars
who are at its head."
Rabbi Bernstein declared:
"We send forth our unstinted
expression of confidence and
solidarity with Chief Rabbis
Shlomo Goren and Ovadia
Yosef. We ask them to stand
stalwart, unswervin g, in
meeting the great challenges
which confront them. We, the
rabbis of the council stand
ready to follow their leader-
ship."
A council spokesman said
that this is the first rabbinic
body in the United States to
take a public stand in sup-
port of the chief rabbinate.-
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representative to the UN
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second annual national con-
ference of the American
Technion Society at the Am-
erican Hotel in Bal Harbour,
Fla., Saturday evening, an-
nounced Norman J. Nasser,
president of the ATS South
Florida chapter.
Coast Guard Likes Israeli Commodore Planes
WASHINGTON (JTA) — modore plane by coast guard
The U.S. Coast Guard has in- experts who found it suitable
vited Israel Aircraft Indus- for coast guard needs.
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with a special type of air-
craft.
On Sunday, Dr. Seymour
M. Farber, dean of continu-
ing education in health
sciences at the University of
California's San Francisco
medical center, will address
the conference on "Saving
Your Life—Medical Engin-
eering at Work."
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ren on the publication of his
"brilliant responsum" on the
celebrated case of the Langer
children, which removed the
taint of bastardy against Han-
och and Miriam Langer and
permitted them to marry
their fiances.
In a statement, Rabbi Rack-
man said "we are confident
that he (Rabbi Goren) will
solve many additional prob-
lems confronting the state
and the people of Israel and
thus demonstrate the viability
of the Halakha for individual
Jews in an age of technology
and for a sovereign state
among the family of nations."
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At the same time, Rabbi
Rackman hailed the state-
ment of Rabbi Yosef Ilenkin,
described as the dean of the
Orthodox rabbinate in Amer-
ica, which concurred in Rabbi
Goren's ruling.
Rabbi Rackman added that
Rabbi lienkin's approval
"should once and for all si-
lence those who reacted most
negatively," against the Lan-
ger ruling, "presumably be-
cause they did not know the
facts or see the full text of
the opinion."
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Insisting that there could ists of America, also called
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gion and the state in Israel, Jewish community to support
Rabbi Goren claimed that the chief rabbinate.
there was a need for reli-
He congratulated Rabbi Go.
5. What do these initials
stand for: JDC; - UJA;
UIA; JNF.
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can Zionists who repre-
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"and the profound confidence
of the Orthodox rabbis in the
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