HAL GORDON usical Entertainment Big Bands or Small Combos 626-3346 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- • • • • LET'S MAKE A DATE "for your next affair" le you relax Tom Newby will create AGIC for your Bar Mitzvas, Weddings, Showers and Parties . . . TOM NEWBY (Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.) One level at which the his- of Southfield • • o • • • Flowers, Gifts Distinctive Party Creations 559-2560 129245 Southfield at 12 Mile ••••••• • •••• • OOOOOOO • • • • ••••••• • • • • •••• r'* Abe Cherow, Says VISIT ME IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUYING NEW FURNITURE. YOU WILL BE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH BUILDER OF FINE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE. WHY SETTLE FOR LESS AND PAY MORE. CALL LU 4.5900 ARTISTIC UPHOLSTERERS INC. 5755 SCHAEFER RD. (1 block North of Ford Rd.) LU 4-5900 Dearborn Open Doily 8a.m. to 5 p.m. ABE CHEROW, President To: The Jewish News 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd. Suite 865 Southfield, Mich. 48075 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 Paste in old label o. NAVEL_ Please Allow Two Weeks J•111111 ,11NIM MIN" i 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 Herut Stands Firms on Issues I from 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. 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