Abba Eban, Shlomo Levin to Honor Akiva Day School on Thursday It also lauded Eban's . role as principal speaker at the award dinner. Rabbi Joseph Shuchatowitz, center, and Mrs. David Dombey are shown receiving the city of Southfield's Akiva Day proclamation from Southfield City Councilman Stephen Cooper. The proclamation, Thursday evening dinner and other activities are marking the -10th anniversary of Akiva Day School. * * . A meritorious citation of a Day School by the World global nature and the visit of Zionist Organization for the one of world Jewry's most program conducted by its distinguished personalities twelfth-grade students in a will lend significance to the year of study in Israel. dinner meeting sponsored by Israel Vice Consul Shlomo Akiva Day School, to-be held Thursday evening in the Beth Levin, who was instrumental in consolidating the Akiva Achim social hall. Israel's former Foreign program with the Israel Minister Abba Eban will be studies, will bring the cita- the guest speaker, and the tion for presentation at the citation . will be in the form dinner. Assigned to the Israel of recognition given Akiva Consulate in New York, Lev- in supervised preparations for the highly acclaimed Akiva program which won Israel government and world Zionist cooperation and rec- ognition. On the occasion of the Oct. 31 dinner, Mayor Donald Fracassi declared Akiva Day in Southfield. The proclama- tion was presented to Rabbi Joseph Shuchatowitz, princi- pal of the schoOl. The resolution congratu- lated Rabbi Shuchatowitz and Akiva for the award, and commended their "dedicated efforts to provide a good SHLOMO LE VIN education for our youth." Thursday's dinner will mark the 10th anniversary of Akiva Day School. Max M. Fisher, who will introduce Eban at the dinner, reiterated his support of the day school idea in a state- ment issued this week, which appears in a full-page mes- sage to the community pub- lished in this issue. Fisher recalls that as pres- ident of the Council of Jew- ish Federations and Welfare Funds he strongly urged maximum programming for Jewish education and he re- iterates his view in greeting Akiva's celebration. Jewish Communal School Gives M.A. - LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The Hebrew Union College School of Jewish Communal Service, started in 1969 as a double summer session to provide students with certifi- cation in Jewish communal studies, has grown into a year-around curriculum lead- ing to master's degrees, ac- cording to Prof. Gerald B. Bubis, director of the school. As the 1974 class held clos- ing exercises Prof. Bubis noted 39 of the 45 students enrolled for the summer ses- sion are continuing their - studies to earn higher de- grees. He said three are studying for the rabbinate and 36 more are studying for a master of arts degree in Jewish community studies. Many are working at the same time for a "double master's" degree from the nearby University of South- ern California. New Facilities For Immigrants JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Jewish Agency absorp- tion department has launched separate ventures in Dimona and Haifa to pioneer "ab- sorption facilities for indi- vidual professions." In Dimona, an absorption center opened catering sole- ly to engineers, mostly from the Soviet Union. In Haifa, a pilot year-long "social workers for Israel" program has been under way since August, attended by 13 American social workers, all with masters degrees in soc- ial work. The Dimona center will have an initial intake of some 150 engineers and their families. While their wives and children study Hebrew at the center's ulpan, the en- gineers will go through a four-stage absorption and adaptation course. In the first stage they will study basic Hebrew. Divided into groups of metal engineers, electrical and electronics engineers, civil and construction engin- eers, and chemical engineer, they will be instructed by experts on Western varia- tions of their areas of exper- tise which were not current in the Soviet Union and on the Hebrew nomenclature and terminology in u-se. This will be followed by advanced courses in spec- ialized Hebrew and, where necessary, a fourth stage of acclimatization to Israeli conditions. 6—Friday, October 25, 1974 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS BIKE WITH US Help Let The Russian Gov't. Know WE CARE!! IKEATHON 1:30 P.M., SUNDAY, NOV. 3rd. At Cong. Shaarey Zedek 11 Mile and Bell Road Southfield . RALLY FOLLOWING AT 3 P.M. Special Guest Speaker • PROF. DAVID AZBEL 4 DETROIT. COMM. FOR SOVIET JEWRY Pledge forms available at All Synagogues. Prof. Azbel 626-1570 559-2039 352-2678 353-6677 Shehita Upheld by Supreme Court Special JTA Report to The Jewish News WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the rights of Jews to slaughter animals according to Jewish ritual law. The high court affirmed without opinion the decision of a three-judge Federal Dis- trict Court which had de- clared that Jewish ritual slaughter employing t h e hoisting and shackling meth- od for positioning an animal prior to the "throat cut" was a "humane" process and that the provision of the Federal Humane Slaughter Law per- mitting' such procedure was constitutional. The complaint in the suit, which was brought by three organizations and nine indi-- viduals claiming to be con- cerned with "humane" treat- ment of animals, attacked a 1958 federal law prohibiting government purchase of meat that was slaughtered - SAY "inhumanely" and which per- mitted purchases of meat slaughtered by the hoisting and shackling of - fully con- scious animals prior to the actual slaughter. The complaint claimed that since hoisting and shackling was not permitted in non- ritual situations unless the animal was first rendered in- sensible to pain the statute violated the First Amend- ment. Although in recent years there has been increasing use of a pen for the positioning of an animal prior to the ritual throat-cut the suit pre- sented a serious threat to the Jewish community. There was widespread ap- prehension that a time-hon- ored ritual practice should be characterized as being "inhumane." Others feared an exemp- tion on religious grounds would- not be constitutionally permitted and would have _ serious effect on the concept of religious liberty in Amer- ica. The National Jewish Com- mission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA) submitted a comprehensive brief to the District Court, prepared by Nathan Lewin, a constitu- tional lawyer and vice pres-, ident of COLPA. In the brief Lewin argued that even if hoisting and shackling preparatory to Jewish ritual slaughter "..Vas found to be an in-humane procedure, accommodation by Congress or local legis- latures to the needs of a par- ticular religious community by the inclusion of exemp- tions in laws of general ap- plicability is a well estab- lished practice." Howard Rhine, COLPA president, termed the Sup- ren-ie Court decision "an im- portant victory for the Jew- ish community." THE J. R. R. TOLKIEN CALENDAR 1975 Middle Earth fans, rejoice! 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