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Civil Rights Commission Hits
UN Anti-Zionism Resolution -
The Michigan Civil Rights
Commission, at its :monthly
meeting Dec. 16, passed a
resolution condemning the
UN General Assembly reso-
lution eq-uating Zionism
with racism.
The MCRC resolution
stated in part:
"Be it resolved by the
Michigan Civil Rights Com-
mission, that this. Commis-
sion strongly condemns the
General Assembly of, the
United Nations for its asso-
ciation of Zionism '‘Tith rac-
ism and racial discrimina-
tion, in contradiction of the
fundamental purpose of the
United Nations Charter,
and
"Be it - further resolved
that this Commission fully
supports the resolutions
introduced by the House
and Senate of the Congress
Defined
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of the United States to
oppose any form of partici-
pation by the United
States Government in the
Decade of Action so long
as that program is dis-
torted by the aforemen-
tioned resolution making
Zionism a target, and -
"Be it further resolved
that this Commission take
every opportunity to express
support for reconsideration
of the resolution with omis-
sion of the reference to
Zionism which is a national
kit in no way racistphiloso-
phy of a group of people who
have long suffered the at-
tacks of racial extremists
and who seek justifiable re-
lief from the shameful acts
of anti-Semitism."
Zionism Badges
Available to Clubs
Merle Harris, right, Detroit's 1976 Allied Jewish
Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund co-chairman, pre-
sented checks totalling $650,000 to Jewish Agency trea-
surer Leon Dulzin, left, at the United Jewish Appeal's
National Conference in New York. Detroit's Jewish
community now leads the nation in the special year-end
cash mobilization drive efforts to help national and over-
seas humanitarian programs. UJA national cash chair-
man Gerald S. Colburn and Detroit's associate Cam-
paign director Muni Mark watched the presentation and
were among the nearly 2,000 delegates who attended the
annual conference.
Joseph Bale and Marian
Shifman, chairpersons of
the Jewish Community
Council's ;committee on in-
ternational concerns, an-
Bar Mitzvahs, Wed-' nounce that a limited quan-
tity of lapel badges with the
dings,
,
legend "Zionism Is a Badge
Sweet Sixteens etc.
of Honor" is available at no
CANDY CENTERPIECES
cost for distribution to or-
Invitations and
A compilation of 23 ser-
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the value of religion. In the
book's first essay, "The Ess-
ence of Prayer," Rabbi
Hecht points to - modern
man's dilemma:
"In this land of health and
plenty, man lives longer and
better than ever before.
Opportunities are being ex-
tended to more and more in
the land. Laws - forbid dis-
crimination and handicaps
in society; there-seems to be
no need to call upon Divine
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world he paints: "For amid
all our wealth, amid the
boundless affluence of a
country_rieh in natural re-
sources and scientific devel-
opment, a general discon-
tent grows. ,
"A uneasiness is spread-
ing through every stratum
of our society, until it can
no longer be denied or ig-
nored_ Tranquility, peace
of mind, serenity of spirit
these are goals which
somehow elude modern
man in all his glory."
Rabbi Hecht's clear- style
of writing and thinking
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A.H.
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The Association for Jew-
ish Retarded, formerly the
Parents' Association for
Jewish Residential Care,
elected Morton Collins pres-
ident at its recent meeting.
Elected-with Collins were:
Sara Mitteldorf and Dr.
Howard Shapiro, vice presi-
dents; Ruth Golden., trea-
surer; Tess Resnick, Sylvia
Weitzman, Evelyn Bider
and Mrs. Bernard Sukenic,
secretaries; and Ester
Granat, tribute chairman.
Board of directors in-
cludes Manuel Brown, Man-
uel Feldstein, Louis Fisher,
Louis Isaacs, Leon Roy, Jo-
seph Sisler, Joseph Tanz-
man, Norman Wachler and
Mesdames Martin Blatt,
Sherman Kay, David
Schane, Allen Siphei- and
Philip Slomovitz. Past presi-
dents named to the board
were Harry Berlin and
Meyer Pearlman.
John Weisenberger is ex-
ecutive director.
Reconstructionism is an
ideology and a movement in
U.S. Jewish life. Both the
idea and the movement-owe
their inspiration to Morde-
cai Menahem Kaplan. Ka-
plan argues that with the
breakdown of certain tradi-
tional beliefs, Jewish ident-
ity had became attenuated.
Jews remain loyal to their
faith despite_ hardship and
suffering because they be-
lieve that adherence to Ju-
daism assures them of sal-
vation in the next world.
But in Kaplan's view, this
is no longer credible. Conse-
quently, Judaism must
transform itself from a civi-
lization orientated toward
the life hereafter into one
which can help Jews to at-
tain salvation in this world.
Belief in the possibility of
-this salvation is crucial to
Kaplan's thought. It means
the progressive improve-
ment of the human person-
ality and the establishment
of a free, just, and coopera-
tive social order.
Kaplan maintains that -
there ate adequate re-_
sources in the world and
capacities in- man to achieve
such salvation. He defines
God as the "power that
makes for salvation". The
notion of God conforms to
our experience, since !Ilan
senses a power which or-
ients him to this life and eli-
cits from him the best of
which he is able.
Some Reconstruction-
ists, such as Milton Stein-
berg, refused to accept Ka-
plan's theology. A more
popular motion of Ka-
plan's was his definition of
Judaism as an evolv-
ing religious civilization
whose standards of con-
duct are established by the
Jewish people and whose
common denominator is
neither beliefs, tenets-, nor
practices, but rather the
continuous life of the Jew-
ish people.
The Jewish religion, said
Kaplan, exists for the Jew-
ish - people, not the Jewish
people for the Jewish reli-
gion. Judaism, like any
other civilization, comprises
a history, a language, a reli-
gion, a social organization,
standards of conduct, and
spiritual and social ideals.
Under the influence of the
Emile Durkheim, Kaplan
stated that whatever is an
object of collective concern
takes on all the traits of a
religion, which in its turn
functions in order to hold up
to the individual the value of
the group and the import-
ance of his complete identi-
fication with it. Religion,
therefore, lies at the very
heart of every civilization.
Many Jewish intellec-
tuals were attracted to
Kaplan's program for a -
Jewish life. Since Judaism
is, in his _view, a. civiliza-
tion, its parts can only
function in interrelatio
ship with one another.
argued for what he calle
an "organic community"
in which the basic unit of
Jewish life would be the
entire aggregate of syn-
agogue, educational insti-
tutions, Zionist organiza-
tions, and defense and
fraternal bodies, linked
into a single community
with a democratically
elected . leadership.
Kaplan was also among
the first to maintain that
the synagogue must func-
tion a _ s a Jewish center
where an individual might
find expression for virtually
all Jewish and related activ-
ities.
Israel Returns
Egyptian Bodies
TEL AVIV — The Israeli
army returned the bodies of
93 Egyptian soldiers who
died in the 1967 and 1973
Middle East wars.
Military sources said 77 of
the Egyptians died in the
October, 1973 fighting and
the rest in 1967. -
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