16 Friday, March' t4,
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
SPECIAL
BY JACOB R. MARCUS
American Jewish Archives
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New Attorney General Has Rabbinical Ancestry
TREASURER
CITY OF DETROIT '
Edward Hirsch Levi,
nominated by President
Gerald Ford, has just been
confirmed by the Senate as
Attorney General of the
United States. He is the
first Jew to service the cabi-
net in that office, though
not the first Jew to be con-
sidered for the post, since
Woodrow Wil§on - had
thought of nominating
Louis D. Brandeis, but had
taken no action because
Brandeis, still in his pre
Zionist phase, was deemed a
radical.
In 1804, Thomas Jeffer-
son had discussed with Sec-
retary of the Treasury Al-
bert Gallatin the
appointment- of Judge
Moses Levy, of Philadel-
phia, as Attorney General,
but Jefferson finally de-
cided to bypass him. Levy,
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1885, and prior to the rise of South riots erupted in Balti-
Stephen S. Wise in New more, Einhorn, an outspo-
York, Hirsch was unques- ken anti-slavery man, was
tionably American Jewry's compelled to flee to Phila-
leading rabbinic fighter delphia.
Three years before his
against the social ills of the
death in 1879, Einhorn
Gilded Age.
Hirsch's father was Dr: preached at the centennial
Samuel Hirsch, who had of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. It was charac-
received his PhD degree
from Leipzig and became teristically a powerful ser-
chief rabbi of the Grand mon praising America for
Duchy of Luxembourg. its egalitarian ideals but
The elder Hirsch, one of denouncing the' country's
the outstanding Reform growing religious bigotry
rabbis of Europe, an active and its corruption in high
leader in the continental places.
One of Einhorn's daugh-
conferences, which helped
bring the new liberal ters 'married - Emil G.
theology to birth, was Hirsch, the new attorney
called to Philadelphia general's Levi's grand-
when he was already past father. Thus Samuel Hirsch
and David - Einhorn, two of
the age of 50.
This religious radical, the great figures in Euro-
who in 1869 presided over pean liberal Judaism, are
the first left-wing rabbini- both great-grandfathers of
cal conference held in Edward H. Levi.
Edward H. Levi is fully
America, was- not disinc-
lined to hold religious serv- able to stand on his own two
ices on Sunday and was feet. His eminent career at -
called to Philadelphia when the University of Chicago —
his friend Rabbi David EM-. which he served - as _law
school Dean and university
horn moved to New York.
He led Baltimore's liberal prOvost as well as president
Har Sinai Congregation be- — has made this -abun-
dantly clear. But surely it
ginning in 1855.
Here, in his new Ameri- can be only a source of
can home, he established added strength for him to be
the monthly German lan- 'able to look back to a family
guage Sinai, undoubtedly in which ''includes a learned
its day the country's most father, an illustrious grand-
learned and liberal Jewish father, and two remarkable
periodical. When the Civil great-grandfathers, all not-
War broke out and pro- able rabbis.
Ex-Israel Theater Heads
Jailed for Embezzlement
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who came from a notable co-
lonial •family, had married
out of the faith, and was not
a member of the Jewish
community.
Edward H. Levi, presi-
dent of the University of
Chicago since 1968 and a
member of Chicago Sinai
Congregation, can claim no
colonial ancestry, but does
come from one of the most
remarkable rabbinical fami-
lies in all American Jewish
history.
Edward's father, Rus-
sian-born Rabbi Gerson
Benedict Levi, received his
early schooling in Glas-
gow, Scotland, and settled
in Chicago as a Reform
rabbi and became known
as an accomplished He-
braist and Semitist.
Gerso'n's father-in-law,
Emil G. Hirsch, rabbi of the
Sinai Congregation, was one
of the most distinguished
and most scholarly rabbis of
-his day. For many years he
also served as professor of
Jewish studies at the Uni-
versity of Chicago.
Emil G. Hirsch was a
great orator, an editor of the
Reform Advocate, and an
outstanding Jewish reli-
gious liberal. He preached
on Sunday only, usually to a
packed house.
It was he who wrote Re-
form Judaism's social jus-.
tice plank at the famous
Pittsburgh Conference of
TEL AVIV (JTA) —
Three former directors of -
Habim.a, Israel's national
theater, were sentenced to
prison terms by a district
court here after their con-
viction on charges of embez-
zling more than IL 500,000
($83,000)1rom the theater's
funds. between 1962-68.
Asher Sherf, who was the
administrative director of
the famed company and al-_
legedly received the largest
share of the embezzled
funds, was sentenced to six
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Financier Helps
Technion Project
HAIFA — Aaron Gu-
-twirth, international finan-
cier who has substantial
investments in several sec-
tors of the Israeli economy,
was recently honored at the
Technion — Israel-Institute
of Technology in ceremonies
marking the completion of
the third and fourth build-
ings in the Gutwirth Science
Based Industries Centre at
the Institute.
Gutwirth and his wife
participated in the corner-
stone laying at the fifth
building in the complex, and
the awarding of 17 research
grants and scholarships to
outstanding Technion re-
searchers, graduate and
undergraduate students.
years imprisonment; three
of 'which were suspended,
and fined IL 94,000.
Abraham Ninio, 57, a
stage direct6r, actor and
former member of Habi-
ma's directorate, got a
three-year-prison term of
which two years were sus-
pended and was fined IL
43,000. The third defendant,
Mrs. Bat Anii Elyashiv, 63,
an actress and former mem-
ber of the directorate, drew
a three-year .suspended-
sentence and an IL 85,000
fine. Implementation of the
sentences will be held up
pending appeal.
A scandal in another
area emerged when Tzvi
Alderotti, chairman of the
board of directors of Ami-
dar, the state-owned hous-
ing company, submitted
his resignation to Housing
Minister Abraham Ofer.
His resignation followed
charges of forgery and
theft on the part of the
company's treasurer.
Alderotti said that while
the alleged crimes were per-
petrated by another individ-
ual, he considered himself
morally respOnsible ins the
eyes of the public. Amidar is
a holding company that con-
trols flats allocated to new
immigrants. Abbut 200,000
families occupy Amidar
flats, making it the largest
landlord in Israel.
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Israel's Army
Cuts Expenses
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
army has introduced an
austerity .plan it says will
save Israeli tax-payers
about $16 million a year
withoug reducing the effi-
ciency -of the armed forces,
though it may reduce the
weight of some soldiers.
One element of the plan,
designed to cut down on
wasted food, is already evi-
dent at military bases and
installations around the
country.
The army is also issuing
senior officers-smaller Fiat-
132 staff cars instead of
U.S, models. Smaller 'fuel
quotas are being issued and
the army is also making an
effort to conduct more ad-
vance training programs for
officers in Israel instead of
sending personnel abroad. --
Fewer newspapers and
magazines will be distrib-
uted and the army's own
publications will be reduced
in number. The Army
Broadcasting Service, Galei
Zahal, has been ordered to
cut down expensive pro-
gramming.
Old City Explosion
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
An explosive charge deto-
nated at Herod's Gate out-
side the old walled city. No
injuries were reported.
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