January 9, 19-6 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Communal Effort Proposal to Stop Scandal Debated by Leading Rabbis By BEN GALLOB (Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.) The first Jewish public figure to speak out on the disclosures of thefts of pub- lic funds and abuses in Jew- ish-owned nursing homes has reiterated his conviction that the Jewish community, however defined, cannot evade responsibility for de- veloping a mechanism for "internal governance" to deal with such scandals. Dr. Lowell E. Bellin, the "FIRST FOR A REASON" AL KLINE • DALGLEISH CADILLAC I 6160 CASS AVE. • TR 5-0300 New York City Health Com- missioner, first issued his challenge in a little-publi- cized address last June at the annual meeting of the National Conference of Jew- ish Communal Workers at Grossinger's. His proposals for Jewish communal action were based on the contention that, "like it or not, the nursing home problem is now a Jewish problem" and that the "scandal is a re- proach to the Jewish com- munity." To deal with it, he proposed several actions under Jewish auspices. One was the formation, under such auspices, of "a political structure that has the potentiality of impos- ing community sanctions when the member (of the community) does scandal- , ous violence to community morality." A second was a proposal that Jewish federations serve as auditing agencies for Jewish owned or Jewish- managed health-related fa- cilities to provide informa- tion to government agencies to enable them to withhold funding from questionable facilities. A third was that rabbini- cal courts call to account Jewish owners or managers involved in abuses of the kind uncovered in New York by a Temporary State Com- mission on Living Costs which led to the appoint- ment of a Moreland corn- Professional Enterlainmeni The Sheldon Rott Orchestra and Vickie_ Carroll WI ND O W / Presents 0 "THE CONTEMPORARY LOOK" levelors, verticals, Roman Shades and Custom Shades 20%-30% OFF Call Eileen now for home appt. 968-0701 Mid-Winter Everything In Store Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-4:30 sizes 4-6x and 7-14 24901 Northwestern Hwy. at 10 Mile 357-1123 112 Heritage Bldg., Southfield New Holiday Hrs., Sat. 10-4 . Daily 10:30-4:30 A'Al AA •1.."" 0 other private undertaking, or to improse sanctions on offending Jewish people." Rabbi Hollander de- • scribed the functions of the Rabbinical Alliance Beth Din as based on the fact that it is a violation of Jewish religious law for one Jew to take another to civil court, unless author- ized to do so by a Beth Din, In reference to Dr. Bellin's proposal for Beth Din in- tervention to end alleged abuses in Jewish-owned or operated health facilities, Rabbi Hollander said any Jewish patient with a grievance against treat- ment or services could a - XV' ply to the Rabbinical Alli- ance Beth Din for a Din Torah (rabbinical court hearing) • "precisely as with any other dispute be- tween Jew and Jew." Rabbi Hollander said that at such a Din Torah both parties would present their claims and after that, the Beth Din would arrive at a verdict which would be binding on both parties. Wedding Bar Mitz fa MOVIES very reasonable , 626-27117 Gary Sussman NORTHWOOD SHOPPING CENTER 13 Mile at Woodward 9:30-9 Daly Sip. 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Dr. Bellin said that a Jew- ish malefactor could be brought before a group of Jewish communal leaders and told "we have learned these facts about your activ- ities. What are you going to do to end this scandal?" He said he was convinced that such a pronouncement by such a group of Jewish lead- ers would be heeded by the - offending Jew and that such action could be taken before the issue came before civil authorities. Solender said it was the responsibility of govern- ment to establish stand- ards of nursing home oper- ation and "monitor and enforce their compliance." He said government "has the mandate to promul- gate performance stand- ards, the authority to au- dit performance in relation to those standards and the power to improse sanc- tions on those who fail to meet these standards." He said the New York federation was ready "to assist government in every way possible in implement- ing these important func- tions." •He decried "the abuses by owners of pro- prietary nursing homes," and "believes that those who are guilty of violating their trust should be appro- priately penalized." But, he declared, it is "neither feasible, possible, nor desirable" for the Jew- ish community "to attempt to police operations of enter- prises owned by Jews, be they nursing homes or any.. West Bank Arab Workers Leave Israel for Better Jobs 543-7226 255-1599 mission and a special prose- cutor. Dr. Bellin's proposals were challenged by Sanford Solender, executive vice president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Greater New York; and by Rabbi Israel Klaven, execu- tive vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America, but given a limited endorsement on the pro- posal for involvement of rabbinical courts by Rabbi David B. Hollander, presi- dent of the Rabbinical Alli- ance of America. The Rab- binical Council and the Rabbinical Alliance both sponsor rabbinical courts. Rabbi Hollander and Rabbi Abraham Gross, chairman of the Rabbini- cal Alliance Beth Din com- mittee, reported that their Beth Din not only was pre- pared to hear grievances from victims of such abuse but currently had its first such case under considera- tion. In addition to implement- ing a communal structure in New York City similar to the pre-World War I Jewish Community, which he called hard "but not impossible," Dr. Bellin proposed the more immediate actions of calling Jewish malefactors before rabbinical courts as well as -federation interven- tion. He said federations "can make reasonable distinc- tions between excellence and charlatanism" in con- trol and operation of health facilities. He proposed that before governmental agen- cies awarded contracts or grants to hospitals, nursing homes, schools or other such institutions, "it would be