THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

8 Friday, July 4, 1975

Ford Rededicates Washington's First Synagogue

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WASHINGTON (JTA) —
A message from President
Ford and a speech by for-
mer Supreme Court Justice
Arthur Goldberg marked an

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outdoor rededication cere-
mony of Washington's first
synagogue, the original
Adas Israel temple.
President Ford's message

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stated that this was "a
proud and happy occasion"
for Washington and "an
important occasion in our
bicentennial."
The President saluted the
Jewish Historical Society of
Greater Washington for
preserving the two-story
colonial-style building
which is now the Lillian and
Albert Small Jewish Mu-
seum.
The original Adas Israel _
was begun in 1869 by 35
families who - separated
from the Washington He-
brew Congregation to form
their own Orthodox syn-
agogue. The present Adas
Israel group is the largest
Conservative congregation
in the Washington area.

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: and Me'

Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)

JEWISH POVERTY: The issue of paying more atten-
tion to Jewish poor — the number of whom is constantly
growing — is now coming more and more to the forefront
in the Jewish communities. Jewish federations are told that
there is a need for them to reallocate their communal dol-
lars and give a priority to problems of Jewish poverty.
At a conference in New York on Jewish poverty prob-
lems — attended by more than 100 experts in Jewish wel-
fare work — the fact was brought out that among the JeL
ish poor one can find young men. One can also find
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — tain itself in health. That makes up 750,000 Jews — quite a
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It was asserted at the conference that within the next
nounced a loan of $1 million
to Jordan to finance part of 10 years there will be even a larger aged Jewish population
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in this country than today.
Anticipating this development, one of the major speak-
ers at the conference, Ann Wolfe, urged reassessment by
federations of their priorities in allocations. She insisted on
more attention to be given to domestic Jewish needs during
,the period between 1975 and 1985. She also urged that revi-
sions be made in the way Jewish communal services are
planned in dealing with poverty problems.
HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY: The suggestion that
more attention be paid to "domestic Jewish needs" was
taken by some participants as a euphemism for cutting
back on support for Israel. It was objected to by the repre-
sentative of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New
York, Dr. Melvin Mogulof, a moderator at the parley, which
was co-sponsored by the federation and the Wurzweiler
School° of Yeshiva University.
Ms. Wolfe, a noted consultant on social welfare, did not
_specifically suggest any cutting -of support for Israel. She
emphasized that it is important that the problems of the
Jewish poor should not be obscured by Jewish national and
international imperatives, and that they become the central
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Legends of Hasidim Found
in 'Hassidic Tales' Volume

Noted Jewish novelist
Meyer Levin has put to-
gether stories ftom Hasidic
legend in "Classic Hassidic
Tales." Published by Pen-
guin Books, Inc.., the work
contains a new foreword
written-especially for the
Penguin edition. The book
was originally published in
1932.
•In 1929 Levin came across
some penny booklets con-
taining Hasidic stories in
the Paris studio of the artist
Marek Szwarc, whose illus-
trations highlight the sto-
ries and from them he made
this adaptation.
The first part of the book
puts together the scattered
legends of Rabbi Israel, the
Baal Shem Tov, to form a
legendary life-story of the
rabbi.

These tales are trans-
lated from Yiddish. sources.
and put into time-sequence

as a folk tale biography.
Some of the stories, writes
Levin, are magical, some
are mystical, and some are
parables.

The prismatic, allusive

works of the great-grandson

of the Baal Shem Tov, Rabh
Nachman of Bratzla -,
make up the second part di
"Classic Hassidic Tales.'

Hussein to Visit
USSR, Romania

TUNIS (ZINS) — Accord-
ing to an announcement
from the foreign ministry of
Jordan, King Hussin will
soon make a visit to the So-
viet Union and Romania.
Following his return he is
expected to receive a num-
ber of Arab leaders for dis-
cussions on problems con-
nected-with the Middle East
conflict.

