Tul,17;1973
TiieDETItOit JEWISH NEWS
Archie Bunker TV Program
Condemned by N.Y. Rabbi
By BEN GALLOB
(Copyright 1973 JTA, Inc.)
A New York rabbi, evalu-
.ating the arguments of
friends and foes of tele-
vision's first portrayal of an
unabashed bigot in the wide-
ly viewed "All in the Fam-
ily" program, has asserted
that its admirers are totally
in the wrong.
Rabbi Jerome K. David-
son, of Temple Beth-El of
Great Neck, N.Y., described
Archie Bunker, as projected
on CBS program, now on
summer re-runs, as "a bigot,
anti-black, anti-Semitic, anti-
Puerto Rican and anti-hu-
manity." To Archie Bunker,
tr t ns
.
July 19 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Jerold Lax (Judith Hertz), of
Ann Arbor, a son, Andrew
Jeffrey.
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July 19—To Mr. and Mrs.
0 ,7140.Larry Silverstein (Rise Gray
of Detroit) of London, Ont.,
a son, Joel Samuel.
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July 11 — To Dr. and Mrs.
Jerald Gach (R ochelle
Stein), 21900 Kipling, Oak
Park, a son, Aaron Jonathan.
• * *
July 10—To Prof. and Mrs.
Bert M. Schreiber, 17266
Shervilla, Southfield, a
daughter, Elisabeth Temima.
* * *
July 10 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Shiffman (Alene
Yura), 3256 Greenfield, Royal
Oak, a daughter, Jennifer
Elyse.
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July 6 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Milstone (Sidney
Fox), 18491 Santa Ann, Lath-
rup Village, a daughter,
Rebecca Alice.
• * *
July 2 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Corm an (Sharon
Sallen), 24250 Geneva, Oak
Park, a son, Scott Andrew.
* * *
July 2 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Singer (Carole Cher-
kasky), 13342 LaSalle, Hunt-
ington Woods, a son, David
Joshua.
* * *
June 26 — To. Dr. and Mrs.
Allan Morton (Diane Kain),
29589 Everett, Southfield, a
daughter, Marcy Dawn.
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declared, "Negroes
are spades, spooks, coons
and jungle bunnies. Jews are
Hebes, chosen people, yids
or yentas. Chinese a r e
Chinks, the Polish are dumb
Polacks, and everybody else
is a commie, pinko, pansy,
bleeding heart, meat-head,
tamale eater, fairy, fruit of
fagot. As if Jesus himself
needed Archie's approval,
he tells us that 'Jesus was a
Jew only on his mother's
side.' "
W h a t Rabbi Davidson
called "the most perceptive
favorable comment" he had
heard about Archie Bunker
came, he said, from Carroll
O'Connor, w h o portrays
Archie. He quoted O'Connor
as declaring that "Archie's
dilemma is coping with a
world that is changing in
front of him. He doesn't
know what to do except lose
his temper, mouth his
poisons, look elsewhere to fix
the blame for his own dis-
comfort." O'Connor conclud-
ed that Archie would never
get to the root of his prob-
lem "because the root of his
problem is himself and he
doesn't know it."
Rabbi Davidson declared
that what distressed him par-
ticularly was that "those who
delight in presenting so
honest a view of life cannot
be equally honest and per-
ceptive about the effect of
their work." He said that the
program's producers, direct-
ors, authors and actors had
several premises in defense
of the program with which
he profoundly disagreed.
In defense of the program,
Arnold Hano wrote in the
New York Times magazine
that "fifty million Americans
are being told week after
week it does you no good to
be a bigot. You end up where
you began . . . clinging to a
world that no longer exists."
Rabbi Davidson retorted,
"Dear Mr. Hano, bigots do
win. You, who are a self-
identified Jew, have a very
bad memory. And when they
do win, they are not lovable
and it is not funny."
the rabbi
Bonn Ups Pensions
for War Survivors
BONN (JTA) — The West
German government is in-
creasing pensions for resti-
tution recipients and war
victims, it was learned here.
An official announcement
of a 9.5 per cent increase in
restitution pensions is ex-
pected within the next few
months.
Despite objections from the
Bundesrat, the upper house
of the federal parliament,
the increases will be retro-
active to Jan. 1, 1973. They
will affect about 175,000 Is-
raelis.
The government also en-
visages an 11.4 per cent in•
crease in war victims' pen-
sions, which was approved
by the Bundesrat July 6 and
is expected to go into effect
Jan. 1, 1974.
The opposition Christian
Democratic Union (CDU)
and Christian Socialist Union
(CSU), along with war vic-
tims groups, tried to per-
suade the government to im-
plement the increase from
July 1, 1973. But the January
1974 date still stands.
aster illusionist
Report Drop in Israel . Crimes
ence. In 1972 there were 49
By HAIM SHACHTER
JERUSALEM — A general cases of murder as against
halt in the growth of delin- 31 in 1971—a rise of 58.1 Per-
quency in Israel was indi- cent. There was a 42 percent
cated in the report issued by rise in the number of man-
the police department for the slaughter cases and of deaths
caused by negligence (includ-
year 1972.
There was a fall in the ing fatalities resulting from
number of robberies, thefts work 'accidents). There was a
and damage to property, but 29.9 percent increase in the
an increase in the number of number of rapes and sexual
delinquencies ac co mpanied offenses, the majority of the
by violence, and in misde- 504 sexual offenses recorded
meanors described as "white being cases of intercourse
with minors, which were not
collar offenses."
Inspector General Shaul necessarily cases of rape.
Rosolio reports that there was There was a rise of between
a general 4.3 percent increase 28.8 percent and 44.9 percent
in the number of offenses in in the number of forgeries,
the country in 1972 over the acts of deceit and the draw-
figure for 1971, as compared ing of checks without cover.
The greatest problem faced
with a 6 percent increase in
1971 over the previous year. by the police department was
There was also a smaller that of traffic offenses and
rise in the number of road road accidents. The num -
accidents and in the number of traffic offenders was c,
of people killed in such acci- stantly on the increase,
dents, despite the consider- amounting to 244,988 in 1972.
able expansion in the volume
Police manpOwer in the
of road traffic. The drop in year under review 'showed a
general crime was particular- small increase, but the ratio
ly significant in view of the remained unaltered — three
3.5 percent growth in the policemen per thousand of
country's population.
the population. On the whole,
There was a 7.9 percent the police force, still labored
drop in the number of serious under a shortage of 1,550 men
bodily injuries inflicted by to fill the demand established
criminals; a 3.1 percent drop in 1968, which can no longer
in the number of robberies be 'considered as meeting
and a .4 percent drop in the present-day needs.
number of burglaries. In all,
Harry Houdini in a pensive mood — his
34,983 burglaries were report-
favorite publicity photograph
ed to the police in 1972, as
Candids by
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compared with 35,122 in 1971.
As for drug offenses the
Harry Houdini's name re- markable biography and an
mains one of the most unusually well told tale number reported in 1972 had
famous in the art of magic. about an illusion-maker who dropped to the level of 1968-
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master deluder. He is the him. Dover adds interesting- ceding in intensity. Inspector
legendary hero of magicians, ly to magical literature by Karti pointed out that the
whose tricks led people to reproducing this excellent price of a kilo of hashish was
now as high as IL 2,000 as
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the Houdinis created a stir Dr. Thorndyke Detective 4,304 in 1970. This rise in
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NEW YORK—Rabbi David
day.
Sassoon, Israeli scholar, ar-
Houdini was born April 6, rived in the U.S. on behalf of
1874. His name was Ehrich Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jeru-
Weiss. He was the son of a salem and Ozar Hatorah, the
rabbi. His father was the network of Jewish day
late Dr. Mayer Samuel schools serving Sephardim
10495 W. 9 Mile Road
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After performing for 43 Arab dominated countries.
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Detroit, Oct. 31, 1926, at the Sephardic Jews in France,
age of 52. His life was filled and the high rate of inter-
marriages and assimilation
with exciting experiences.
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illusionist, his manner of
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