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. PERSONALIZED GOLF BALLS Imprinted 1 Doz. — '13 5° 6 Doz. — '12 50 per doz. 12 Doz. + $12°° per doz. SPECIAL LOGOS SLIGHTLY MORE PERFECT BUSINESS GIFT 682-2772 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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" -411111111/11.• 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. 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