Colleagues Who Officiate Would Be Censured

Rabbis Insist on Ouster of Leaders Who Marry Out of Faith

NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Rabbinical Council of Amer-
ica, the association of Ortho-
dox rabbis, announced a
policy aimed at "the elimin-
ination from leadership roles
in Jewish public life of all
those who marry out of their

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faith and rabbis who per- Jewish Welfare Board, the local rabbinical organizations bate on a proposed amend-1
form marriages between Jew Joint Advisory Committee of and other agencies at local ment to the board's constitu-1
lion which would have deniedi
and non-Jew." Only Reform the National Jewish Com- levels.
membership to rabbis pet'-
rabbis perform such mar- munity Relations Advisory!
In effect, this means, Rabbi
riages.
Council and the Rabbinic! Twersky said, that mem- forming intermarriages.
In line with that policy, Advisory Council of the na- bers will be ready to resign i While recognizing the
Rabbi Louis Bernstein, coun- tional United Jewish Appeal. from such organizations and threat of intermarriage, it
cil president, said the organ-
Each of the six constituent agencies if the policy is re- was felt that passage of such
an amendment now would
ization would oppose appoint- agencies of the Synagogue jected by local groups.
adversely hinder the efforts
ment to office of either lay Council of America — three
The council leader asserted

or rabbinic leaders ' w h o
violate these rules in any of
the organizations with which
the Rabbinical_ Council is
affiliated."
These include the Syna-
gogue Council of America,
the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish
Organizations, the Chaplaincy
Commission of the National

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rabbinic and three congrega-
tional — has veto power over
all decisions of the SCA. A
council spokesman said the
Rabbinical Council would ap-
ply that veto to any appoint-
ment of Jews to SCA posts
who were married to non•
Jews.

In the other organizations,

the spokesman said, the
council representatives will

seek to have such a policy
accepted as organization pol-
icy and the Rabbinical Coun-
cil will pull its representa-
tives out of the organization
if the policy is rejected.

Rabbi Bernard Twersky,
council press officer, said the
policy was the first of its
kind to be adopted by a na-
tional Jewish organization
and that the Rabbinical Coun-
cil hoped it would have a
major impact on organized
Jewish life in this country.
The policy was adopted
unanimously by the organi-
zation's executive board at a
meeting held during the
council's mid-winter confer-
ence two weeks ago in Mon-
sey. N.Y.
Rabbi Bernstein said that
Council member rabbis will
carry out this policy in all
Jewish organizations to which
they belong as members.
such as Jewish federations,

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of the majority of Reform

mixed marriages and rabbis in the country to deal
assimilation "have become with this problem at their
so grave a peril" to the sur- annual convention in June.
vival of the American Jewish A motion to table this amend-
community and its growth, ment w a s overwhelmingly
"that drastic measures must defeated .
be taken." Rabbi Bernstein
The amendment then was
stated that statistics indi- put to a vote and was de-
cated that "a substantial pro- feated by three votes because
portion of American Jews of the required La majority
may be lost to us during this
generation if this trend is not
reversed."
Ile added that in some
parts of the United States,
mixed marriage among Jews
"is approaching a 50 per
cent rate, and even in areas
of large Jewish concentration
is alarmingly high."
Two University of Michigan

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Last week, the New York
Board of Rabbis, including
1,000 Orthodox, Conservative
and Reform Rabbis, unequiv-
ocally condemned rabbis who
perform mixed marriages,
urged their immediate cessa-
tion and called upon rabbinic
bodies throughout the country
and the Synagogue Council
of America to join in this
condemnation.
The resolution, which was
overwhelmingly adopted by
the membership, came at the
conclusion of a spirited de-

of those present, needed for
constitutional change.
,1lowever, a mail survey of
the membership, while lack-
ing official status, indicated
overwhelmingly approval of
the amendment.
Rabbi William Berkowitz.
board president, commented:
"Today's action by the
N'i'BR is an unprecedented.
trailblazing step in an effort
to stop the performance by
r a bbis of intermarriages.
, Intermarriage is becoming
more and more an insidious,
corrosive disease which is
helping to destroy the body-
and soul of Judaism. This
action by the Board is an
honest and open effort for
rabbis to actively confront
this problem. This is a his-
toric moment: .for the first
time a group consisting of
1,000 rabbis—Orthodox, Con-
servative and Reform — has
taken a strong position on the
eradication of this evil.
"With this resolution we
affirm that the title Rabbi
carries with it a secred re-
sponsibility to assure the

law professors joined in an
appeal to the Soviet Union
for amnesty for Jews in So- survival of the Jewish people.
viet prisons.
"Wfth this resolution we
Dean Theodore J. St. An-
toine and Prof. Francis A. make clear to the Jewish
Allen of the U-M Law School community where the vast
appended their names to majority of the rabbiniate
those of a roster of distin- stands on this issue.
"Today we proclaim that
guished scholars in the law
profession who appealed for we will not close our eyes
amnesty for Russian Jews in while this epidemic spreads
a full-page advertisement in even further but rather will
the New York Times under do everything possible to
the heading "In the Intend eradicate A from our own
midst."
of Human Rights."

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coverage the story got in the
News Wednesday afternoon, were affected," he said_
expressed resentment over ■
lie emphasized his retain- press "shocked me "

resolution adopted by the
Anti-Defamation League ask-
ing the Judicial Tenure Com-
mission and the Michigan
Supreme Court to investigate
charges that he is anti-Semi-
tic.
"flow can a black Jew be
anti-Semitic?" he asked. "I

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was a Jew for 16 years.
When my 'adopted parents,'
Mr. and Mrs. James Cohen,
died, I still was under care

of Jews who treated me as
'adopted.' I worked for Max
Fletcher and I called him
'Papa'." Del Rio never for-
mally converted to Judaism.
Judge Del Rio said that
when he was in the Wingert
Public School, the black chil-
dren called him "Little Black

Jew" and he was proud of his
associations and thankful for
what Jews did for him.
"I resent the attacks upon
me," he said. "Tbe charge
against me stems from a per-
sonal dispute with a lawyer
whom I called a nasty name
when we were both angered.
Wh en I sa id
fend black Jews as well as
white Jews I meant myself
as a black Jew."
Del Rio said he was ap-
proached by black groups re-
garding the controversy, and
he urged them not to make

an issue of the matter. He
said he hopes always to he
able to contribute toward
good will between Jews and
Blacks and he denied there
is extensive black anti-Semi-
tism in this area. It was es-
pecially evident only during

lie stood by the ADL hoard
action, adding that "I would
suggest our society has had
enough of this kind of thing
It (the incident) shouldn't be
looked upon as a confronta-
tion between Blacks and
the incident regarding the Jews."
Among those present at
alleged anti-Semitic remark.
the ADL meeting were sev
On the latter point, Mart
eral judges who serve on the
Doctoroff, chairman of the executive board, Doctoroff
ADI. Michigan Region ad. said He added that, contrary
visory board, said DeI R i o to the impression left by Del
himself had asked that a re- I Rio, the AIM, has been active
porter be present when the in the field of civil rights
verbal attack on attorney for all people.
Norman Lippitt took place.
Del Rio's early upbringing
Doctoroff, who joined in in a Jewish household does
the unanimous decision of not necessarily make him a
the ADL executive cabinet Jew, Doctoroff added.

ed friendship with Jews by
stating he was among the
first in this city to buy Is-
rael Bonds 15 years ago.
lie charged that credibility
was abused by the newspa-
pers that originally reported

Cemetery Ruins in Bohemia

LONDON — Desecration of ternational Council of Jews
many Jewish cemeteries in from Czechoslovakia show
Bohemia, described as "dam- that more than 600 ceme
age caused by irate action ' teries have been desecrated
on the part of irresponsible due to the disappearance of
elements" was reported to the Jewish communities .
Some are being cared for by
the Council of Jewish Reli-
the nearest Jewish com-
gious Communities in Czech
munity.
oslovakia.
A spokesman for the in-
The Prague Jewish month-
lv newspaper Vestnik speci- ! ternational council also has
fically mentioned the ceme- told the Jewish Telegraphic
teries of Reroun and Rakov- Agency that the stadium at
nik, but there are reports of Prague of the former Jewish
similar damage to other sports club, "liagibor." was
being rebuilt as a training
cemeteries.
According to the Vestnik ground and car park for the
athletic club, "Bo-
reports, more than 450 ceme- Czech
teries are desolated. althoueh° hemia." liagibor was found-
there is an appeal to the ed in 1012 and was one of
Jewish community to lend a the three Jewish spirts
r Zeetiosio‘akia specialu -
hand in restoration projects
ing in athletics
Private reports to the In

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