THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
6—Friday, May 25, 1973
Civil Service Commission Rules
Jews in Navy Unit Bias Victims
PHILADELPHIA (JTA)—
The Jewish Community Re-
lations Council described as
of - great significance" a de-
cision by the board of ap-
peals and review of the U.S.
Civil Service Commission that
three Jewish employes of the
Navy Aviation Supply Office
here were victims of bias in
promotion practices.
The case was initiated by
the JCRC.
U.S., Canadian Clubs
Aid Israel Economy
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Israel's economy received a
$6,000,000 boost last year
from some 200 "Israel In-
vestment Clubs" in the
United States and Canada.
Club members earned as
high as 10 per ctnt on their
investments, the Bnai Brith
Cabinet on Israel Affairs re-
ported at its annual meeting
here.
Bnai Brith sponsors more
than half of the North Am-
erican clubs, which invest
regularly in securities listed
on the Tel Aviv stock ex-
change.
The investments become
expansion capital for Israeli
companies and hard cur-
rency for the country's econ-
omy.
Franz Winkler, chairman
of the Bnai Brith Investment
Club program, said that few
of the clubs showed earnings
of less than 6 per cent last
year and that club portfolios
appreciated substantially in
the booming Israeli securi-
ties market.
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The Civil Service Commis-
sion overturned a ruling by
John Chafee, secretary of
the Navy and ordered im-
mediate promotions for the
Jewish employes at the Navy
office.
The case was filed as a
class action for all Jews in
naval buying branches but
it involved three employes
who claimed they had been
denied promotions because
they were Jewish.
Benjamin S. Loewenstein,
JCRC president, said the
ruling "holds great signifi-
cance for future cases be-
cause it validates JCRC's
contention that statistics
themselves, without evidence
of overt or expressed discri-
mination, can prove a pat-
tern of discrimination."
He said Nathan Agran,
JCRC associate director and
attorney for the complain-
ants, was told of the decision
after the board's ruling in
Washington. Agran said that
in previous cases alleging
bias in hiring or promotion,
evidence had to be shown of
written or stated discrimina-
tory practices.
In the supply office case, -
the JCRC contended that sta-
tistics themselves proved a
case of discrimination against
Jews when they showed a
failure to promote Jewish
employes beyond a certain
level. The JCRC contended
in its brief that "willful or
malicious intent should not
be considered an essential
element of an unlawful dis-
criminatory practice."
The board said in its ruling
that "the evidence of record
shows that there were 65 pro-
motions to GS-11 and GS-13
positions in the buying
branches of the purchase di-
vision between 1965 and the
date of the investigation of
this complaint, and that,
although 22 percent of the
employes of these branches
are Jewish, none of the em-
ployes promoted by these ac-
tions is Jewish."
The employes are Mrs.
Jeanna Ellman of Philadel-
phia, a procurement agent
and an employe since 1948;
Milton M. Mellman of Cherry
Hill, N.J., a contract nego-
tiator and employe since
1941; and Louis Shapiro of
Philadelphia, a contract ne-
gotiator and employe since
1948. The three have receiv-
ed Superior Achievement
Awards and other citations
for outstanding work.
The JCRC maintained there
had not been a single promo-
tion of a Jewish employe bey-
ond GS-9 grade since 1965
although more than 50 such
promotions had been made
in that time and several Jew-
ish employes have been in
contention.
In addition to the complain-
ants, other employes in the
buying branches testified that
as Jews, they felt that they
did not have an equal op-
portunity to be promoted be-
cause of the clear pattern of
failure to promote qualified
Jewish personnel, the JCRC
said.
Religous Extremists Refuse to Say 'Haller on Israel's 25th
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Purim and said that at Pur-
im, too, no "Hallel" is said.
What actually took place in
Israel's synagogues on the
eve of Independence Day was
more like a Purim play. In
one, psalms were recited; in
another "Hallel"; in others
"Sheheheyanu." In the relig-
ious kibutzim prayers were
said from a special prayer
book, including "Haller with
a blessing and a special ki-
dush for the state of Israel.
It was mainly "Tohu-va-
vohu," and provided proof
to the non-religious part of
the population that the last
25 years were not enough to
bring about a united stand
on the part of the rabbis in
Israel as to the character of
Independence Day.
Ashkenazi Chief Rabb i
Shlomo Goren, 24 years ago,
then as chief rabbi of the
Israeli Array, ordered the
"Hallel" to be said with a
blessing and "Sheheheyanu,"
on Independence Day. In his
synagogue and in all the
army synagogues, this cus-
tom is kept. He wished this
decision to be carried through
in the Chief Rabbinate and
had prepared special proof
that this custom is in accord-
ance with Halakha. When
"Hallel" is said for the exodus
from Egypt, why should it
not be said for the miracles
that took place in the War
of Independence, which for
Israel was a salvation from
death?, he asked. But Se-
phardi Chief R a b b i Yosef,
who is under the influence of
extremist Orthodox circles,
has opposed this plan and
had made it known that he
would boycott the meetings
of the C hie f Rabbinate if
Rabbi Goren's plan were to
be discussed and accepted.
Rabbi Yosef published an
order on the Israeli radio, a
few days be f or e Indepen-
dence Day, that no "Hallel"
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should be said with a blessing
on this day. In this way, he
tried to undermine Rabbi
Goren's stand on the ques-
tion. In spite of this, in two
large synagogues, b o t h of
which are under the influ-
ence of Rabbi Goren—Heikhal
Shlomo in Jerusalem and the
Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv
—"Hallel" was said with a
blessing.
Large congregations par-
ticipated in the prayers ac-
cording to Chief Rabbi
Goren's order. But in the
Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv,
an incident occurred. The
young hazan, Chaim Herstik,
who did not serve in the
army, refused to say "Hallel"
and an uproar broke out.
Finally, Chief Gabbai Abra-
ham Hezrani said the "Hal-
lel." The president of the Re-
ligious Council Pinhas
Sheinman, said "Shehehey-
anu" and declared that the
Great Synagogue a c c e p t s
Rabbi Goren's ruling.
Only the Sodigora Rabbi,
Shlomo Mordehai G or e n,
kissed the Israeli flag on the
eve of Independence Day, in
his synagogue on P i n k a s
Street, Tel Aviv. He ex-
plained to his Hasidim that
it was a "mitzva" to call this
day Independence Day and
he said a solemn prayer.
At the hour that many
prayers were said in many
synagogues throughout t h e
country, dozens of Neturei
Karta youngsters assembled
in Jerusalem and Bnai Brak
and tried to demonstrate with
black flags, against the estab.
lishment of a Jewish state.
But when they appeared in
religious groups in Israel
cannot reach a peaceful way
of coexistence among them
selves.
the streets, hundreds of re-
ligious youngsters, members
of Bnai Akiva and the religi-
o u s kibutzim, surrounded
Rabbi Blau and his partisans.
They danced the hora and
sang "Am Yisrael Hai." Ne-
turei Karta members gave
up and did not continue their
demonstration.
Recently, the demands of
the Israeli public to resist
the endeavors of the extreme
Orthodox circles to rule the
country have eased off. But
it has been proven that the
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