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Placement of Orthodox, Reform Rabbis in Conservative Pulpits
Roth Re-Elected
Head of NY Rabbis
By BEN GALLOB
NEW YORK—Rabbi Sol
Roth, spiritual leader of At-
lantic Beach Jewish Center,
Atlantic Beach, L.I., was re-
elected president of the New
York Board of Rabbis at the
board's 94th annual meeting.
The board includes approxi-
mately 1,000 Orthodox, Con-
servative and Reform rabbis
and is the world's oldest and
largest representative rab-
binic body.
torical cleavages between the
three wings of American re-
ligious Judaism—particularly
between the Orthodox and
the non-Orthodox — has been
quietly ignored for • the past
decade is the placement of
Orthodox and Reform rabbis
in Conservative pulpits.
In the Conservative move-
ment, the frequently delicate
task of joining a rabbi and a
congregation is the function
of the Joint Commission on
Placement of the Rabbinical
Assembly, the association of
Conservative rabbis. and the
United Synagogue of Ameri-
ca, the movement's congre-
gational agency.
Rabbi David H. Panitz, the
current chairman of the
placement commission, re-
ported that the problem is
complicated by a shortage of
rabbis ordained at the move-
ment's seminary, the Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America.
Currently, there are 870
living graduates of the Jew-
ish Theological Seminary
among the Rabbinical Assem-
bly's 1,100 members. Nearly
100 members are settled in
Israel.
Other graduates hold full-
time academic posts in this
country and others have re-
tired. The result has been an
insufficient number of or-
dained Conservative rabbis to
fill all the requests the place-
ment commission receives.
To fill that gap, Rabbi Ep-
stein enlists the aid of his
counterparts in the Central
Conference of American Rab-
bis, the association of Reform
rabbis, and the various Ortho-
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TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
12th 'national convention of
I Herut ended without modify-
I ing the party's militant stand
I on the issues of peace with
Arabs and territorial con-
I. the
cessions that are the main
1 obstacles to the establish-
ment of a national unity coa-
lition government.
The undisputed leadership
of Menahem Begin was
strongly reaffirmed and del-
egates unanimously endorsed
Beigin's proposed three-year
I Middle East cease-fire to al-
low peace moves to crystal-
ize—a proposal scorned by
Premier Yitzhak Rabin as
"an unrealistic dream."
Resolutions adopted include
the imposition of Israeli sov-
ereignty (annexation) of the
"liberated areas of the moth-
erland," immediate new elec-
tions on grounds that "the
present government has no
moral justification to con-
tinue in office" and criticism
of the government's policy of
trading territory for political
concessions in stages.
Herat was willing to grant
Israeli citizenship to "every
Palestinian Arab who wishes
it and who pledges loyalty to
the state."
The party called on the
government, the Knesset and
world Jewry to "intensify the
struggle for Jewish emigra-
tion from the Soviet Union
and for the salvation of Syr-
ian Jews."
Herut also called for an in-
tensification of Israeli pro-
paganda abroad including
the establishment of special
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Conservative pulpits. He said
that of the estimated 150 non-
Conservative rabbis, about
two-thirds had Orthodox ordi-
nation and one-third Reform
ordination. T h e placement
commission places about 15
Orthodox and Reform rabbis
in Conservative pulpits each
year.
Israel Wary of Saudi Strength
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Gen.
Mordechai Gur, the Israeli
Army Chief of Staff, warned
that Israel faced a potential
new military threat from
Saudi Arabia. Speaking on
the Army Radio, Gen. Gur
presented what he indicated
was a preliminary estimate
of Saudi Arabia's growing
armed strength.
He- said the Saudis were
Proceeding at an impressive
pace with the construction
of bases in the northern
reaches of their country from
which they could menace
southern Israel and Sinai. He
also referred to the $758 mil-
lion sale of American F-5E
jet fighter-interceptors to
Saudi Arabia which includes
the training of Saudian pilots
and technicians in the U.S.
Gur said, however, that the
_American aircraft sales • to
Saudi Arabia are not yet of
any decisive importance as
far as Israel is concerned.
He said Israel was also
keeping a close watch on Jor-
dan's army which he describ-
ed as in good fighting shape.
He said the recent supply of
American F-• fighters to Jor-
dan by Iran, with U.S. ap-
proval, did not have a de-
cisive effect on the Mideast
balance of power. "But it
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dox yeshivot. The Conserva-
tive seminary ordains - about
30 graduates each year but
not all of them go into pulpit
positions.
Rabbi Epstein said that
during the past 10 years,
nearly 150 rabbis from Re-
form and Orthodox back-
grounds had been placed in
Likud propaganda offices in
the United States and Europe
to explain the true and just
interests of Israel "in face
of the failure of the official
Israeli propaganda to do
this."
Israeli Conductor
Returns from U.S.
HAIFA—Dalia Atlas, con-
ductor and musical director
of the Technion-Israel Insti-
tute of Technology and the
Israel Pro Musica Orchestra
recently returned from a
five-city tour in the United
States..
Mrs. Atlas was invited to
the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology as a visiting
professor of music. She also
delivered a series of lectures
at music departments of uni-
versities in Boston, Cleve-
land and Washington, D.C.,
as part of a cultural exchange
program organized by the
Israel Foreign Ministry.
Israeli Fashions
Shown in Germany
TEL AVIV—As an incen-
tive for Israeli fashion week
Feb. 10-14 in Tel Aviv's Hil-
ton Hotel, the Israeli fashion
industry recently gave in-
vited -guests a taste of their
creativity in four German
cities.
Samples of the latest fash-
ions were shown in Stuttgart,
Hamburg, Berlin and Dussel-
dorf. The German press re-
ported extensively on the
Mediterranean styles.
A rabbinical change can
start in one of several ways
—but not by direct contact
on the initiative of either the
rabbi or the congregation.
The congregation approaches
the placement commission
with a request or rabbis no-
tify the commission they
want to make a change.
When a Conservative con-
gregation seeks -a new rabbi,
the chairman of its place-
ment committee gets in touch
with Rabbi Epstein, Rabbi
Panitz explained. Certain key
issues must be determined.
Periodically, the placement
commission sends a list to
members about possible op-
enings. Questionnaires are
sent to requesting congrega-
tions for information to help
rabbis in deciding whether
they want to be considered
for a particular open pulpit.
must not be underestimated
as an important part of the
overall (armaments) pro-
cess," he said.
In New York, Rabbi Israel
Miller, chairman of the Con-
ference of Presidents of Ma-
jor American Jewish Organi-
zations, criticized the sale of
American F-5E jet fighters
to Saudi Arabia and the plan
to -train Saudi pilots. .
Rabbi Miller said the ac-
tion "leaves us uneasy, to THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
put it -mildly," adding that
"the standard clause forbid- Friday, January 24, 1975-45
ding the transfer of these
planes to another country
without the permission of the
United States is not reassur-
ing."
He observed that France
had a similar restriction
when it sold -Mirage fighter
An exciting pre-school
planes to Lybia but that
Program for 2Y2-5 yr. olds.
Egypt "had no hesitation in
Toilet training no problem--
demanding that Lybia break
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Jewish content
its promise and transfer the
Young Israel of Oak Woods
planes to Cairo."
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