Clarification of Religious Status of Black Jews Urged at Parley
NEW YORK—The status of
American black Jews under
Jewish law was explored
here last week at a national
conference on black Jews
sponsored by the Synagogue
Council of America. Attended
by 120 religious and commu-
nity leaders, including black
Jews, the consultation ex-
plored the origins, history
and current concerns of this
special group.
A resolution adopted by the
participants called on the
Synagogue Council to estab-
lish a special task force to
clarify the religious status of
black Jews and to facilitate
their religious and social in-
tegration into the large Jew-
ish community.
"There are no hyphenated
Jews" was the opening
theme of a presentation by
7"-, bi David Bleich, rosh
..iva of Rabbi Elchanan
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Theological Seminary here.
"The question of who is a
Jew can have only one an-
swer: a Jew is one whom
Halakha defines as a Jew."
he stated. Maintaining that
the peoplehood of Israel is
not founded on racist prin-
ciples, he said that "Judaism
has always welcomed all in-
dividuals seeking to accept
the tenets of the Torah, in-
cluding black Americans."
Rabbi Bleich distinguished
among various groups of
black jews in assessing
whether formal conversion
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Before the iron ball takes
its toll of the Grand Trunk
railway station, known to
countless thousands as the
Brush Street depot, the depot
is scheduled for one more
evening of activity. The
Friends of Councilman Carl
Levin on Thursday from 5
to 9 p.m. will gather to bid
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would be necessary for them
to be accepted into the
House of Israel by orthodoxy.
Whereassome groups, includ-
ing the Falashas, the Black
Jews of Ethiopia, may claim
Jewish identity by virtue of
Jewish birth, others must
show that they have met the
traditional requirements of
convertsion, according to his
view.
A number of participants,
both black and white, urged
that greater flexibility be ex-
ercised in examining the
religious status of black Jews
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farewell to the Brush Street
Station and raise funds for
Levin's expected re-election
campaign. Refreshments will
be served, and old-time
movies will be shown. For
advance tickets, call the
COUNCILMAN LEVIN
RAILROAD PARTY COM-
MITTEE, 862-0363, after 4
p.m.
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ROBERT PICKERING,
superintendent of reading.
Ohio Community Schools and
vice president of the Ameri-
can Montessori Society, will
be the special guest speaker
2 p.m. Sunday at the GATE-
WAY MONTESSORI OPEN
HOUSE. There will be dis-
cussion, a visit to Gateway's
facilities and a meeting with
the staff and parents after
the lecture. For information,
call the school, 645-0540.
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THE DETROIT FOLK-
DANCE CLUB, under the di-
rection of Ben Chang, will
meet 8-11 p.m. today at
Brookside School, Cranbrook.
Chang will teach basic ethnic
dances from several coun-
tries, as well as more ad-
vanced dances. There will be
a request period following
the instruction. Beginning
and advanced dancers are
invited. There is a nominal
admission charge. Chang will
be teaching folk dancing in
a Sunday summer series at
Metropolitan Beach near
Mount Clemens July 8 and
22, Aug. 12 and 26, and Sept.
2, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
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who have a history of Jewish
religious observance and of
identification with the Jewish
corn munity.
Conference participants
adopted a resolution at the
closing session calling on the
Synagogue Council to send a
delegation to the Falasha
community in Ethiopia to
determine their spiritual and
social needs, and to make
available the necessary re-
sources to meet those needs.
The black Jewish partici-
ipants said most of them
represented some congrega-
tions or communities of black
Jews, in the major Eastern
cities and Chicago, with an
estimated combined member-
ship of 10,000.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, lune
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Fogel Named Head of Tempic
Dr. Leon T. Fogel was
elected president of Birming-
ham Temple at the recent
annual meeting and pot luck
supper.
Other officers include Wil-
liam Ernst and Dr. Gerald
Berman, vice presidents; Dr.
Jerome Schneyer, secretary;
and Mrs. Lawrence Spickler,
New board members are
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JVIrs. Rob-
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firm's loan and mortgaging
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A Human President
JERUSALEM — A posed
photograph of then President-
elect Ephraim Katzir printed
in Yediot Ahronot in mid-
May showed him lounging in
an armchair stroking his Si-
amese cat.
After Chaim Weizmann,
David Ben-Zvi and Zalman
Shazar, everyone was accus-
tomed to more august pic-
tures of their president. But,
writes David Landau for
JTA, "young people greeted
the picture as auguring a
livelier and more human
presidency."
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More than 16 young artists,
all students of Kathy Mac-
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musical happening, "KALEI-
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the Birmingham Community
House 8 p.m. Saturday. The
young artists will be assisted
by a 25-voice adult choir.
This production endeavors to
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ception to present day. Tick-
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box office.
Jewish Mayor Takes
an Irish Bride
FORT LEE, N.J.—"Brid-
get and Bernie" were mar-
ried here Saturday except
Bernie was Mayor Burt Ross
and Bridget was Laurie Mill-
er, daughter of an Irish po-
liceman.
Mayor Ross, the youngest
mayor Fort Lee ever had,
and the first Democrat in 30
years, met his bride on an
airplane over Bar ba do s.
Their double-ring ceremony
was held at New York's Lido
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