THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
16 Friday, March 19, 1976
HUC-JIR Mark 100th Anniversary
CINCINNATI — A na-
tional festive convocation
marking the centennial of
Hebrew Union College-Jew-
ish Institute of Religion will
be held next weekend fea-
turing special religious serv-
ices, faculty lectures, a ban-
quet and various social and
educational functions.
Edward H. Levi, Attorney
General of the United
States, and honorary Chair-
man of the JUC-JIR centen-
nial, will deliver the keynote
address. Levi will be intro-
duced by Sen. Robert A.
Taft, a Cincinnatian whose
family has long been asso-
ciated with HUC-JIR for
several generations.
Flint Area News
Cultural Program
Date Is Changed
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
The Flint Jewish Commu-
Friday — Flint Area nity Council's Cultural Car-
Temple
Youth
service.
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avan '76, originally sched-
Saturday — JWVA Pot- uled for March 28, has been
luck, 6:30 p.m., River Forest changed to 7:30 p.m. April 8
club house.
Cleaners & Tailors
at Temple Beth El.
Sunday — Keren Or Chil-
Dr. Irving Greenberg will
Expert Drapery Cleaning
dren Show; and UJA Cam- speak on "At the Turning
Knits & Sweaters
paign Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Point — The Jewish Condi-
Suede & Leather
Council office.
tion in the 70's."
Monday — Temple Beth
Cleaning
Rabbis and leaders of
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Reform Judaism through- El board of education meet-
Flint People
out the nation are expected ing, 8 p.m., temple.
24709 Coolidge at 10 Mile
Bnai
Brith
Tuesday
—
to attend the weekend cele-
Across from Dexter Davison
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Women Installation, noon;
bration.
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Maxine
Kronick will ap-
and FJCC Jewish education
commission meeting, 8 p.m. pear in the Flint Commu-
Wednesday — Keren Or. nity Players production of
and
Hadassah Talent Auc- "Bye Bye Birdie" at the
-
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tion, 8 p.m.; and FJCC Ad- Bower Theater through Sat-
ult Education Class, 8 p.m., urday.
Cong. Beth Israel.
Thursday — Hadassah Flint USY Will
Bowling Banquet, noon; Attend Regional
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and FJCC board of gover-
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The United Synagogue
nors meeting, 8 p.m., Coun-
1350 N. WOODWARD, BIRMINGHAM
Youth regional conference
cil office.
will be held March 26-28 in
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Hotel. Passover candy is
being offered for sale by the
Flint USY. Orders may be
sent to Cong. Beth Israel,
5240 Calkins Rd.
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of West Bloomfield
Bar Mitzvaed
Nov. 22nd 1975
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Flint Births
Jan. 6 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Duryea (Cheryl El-
ford, formerly of Flint), of
Tacoma, Wash., a daughter,
Stephanie.
Feb. 29 — To Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan Friedberg
(Harriet Hirsch) a daugh-
ter, Erin.
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Flint Obituaries
Leah Meerson, 95
Leah Meerson, a recent
Flint resident, died March 6
at age 95.
Born in Russia, Mrs.
Meerson lived six years in
Flint. She is survived by a
son, Victor; three gra,ndchil-
dren and nine great-grand-
children.
Seminary to Hold
Midyear Confab
NEW YORK — The al-
umni of Rabbi Isaac El-
chanan Theological Semi-
nary will hold their midyear
convention Monday at the
Washington Heights cam-
pus of Yeshiva University.
The theme of the confer-
ence will be "The American
Jewish Orthodox Commu-
nity in the Next 25 Years."
Dr. Sheldon E. Socol, vice
president for business af-
fairs for Yeshiva University
and a member of the execu-
tive committee for univer-
sity affairs, the governing
body of the institution pend-
ing the election of a new
president, will be honored at
the luncheon during the
conference.
Participants include Dr.
Samuel Belkin, chancellor
of the university; and Dr. Is-
rael Miller, chairman, exec-
utive committee for univer-
sity affairs and vice
president for student af-
fairs.
Boris Smolar's
'Between You
• • . and Me'
- Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.)
ELECTIONS GUIDELINES: With the Presidential
elections campaign now already in the air, leading Jewish
organizations are making sure the use of the Jewish com-
munity structures for partisan political purposes is scrupu-
lously avoided.
The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds
— central instrument for all organized Jewish communities
— has adopted "election guidelines" which it expects Jewish
communities, organizations and agencies throughout the
country to follow. The guidelines urge:
• Jewish leaders, acting in their organizational capaci-
ties past or present, should refrain from activity on behalf
or against any candidate for any political office. This re-
striction is explained by the fact that when Jewish leaders
use their. organizational identity for partisan political pur-
poses, they may leave the impression that the organizations
with which they are affiliated are commited to a political
party or candidate.
• While board members - or staff members or lay lead-
ers prominently involved in the work of Jewish agencies
may certainly exercise their rights as private citizens on be-
half of any political candidate, they should do everything in
their power to make clear that their political activity is not
in any way identified with Jewish agencies and that they
are not in any way acting in their organizational capacities.
• Jewish organizations should abstain from giving
awards or citations to, or holding- public functions in honor
of, a political candidate during or immediately prior to a
campaign for public office.
• Jewish membership bodies should not use or loan
their mailing lists to political candidates. Similarly they
should not permit the use of their facilities, staff, letter-
heads or fund-raising machinery for such purpose.
JEWS IN ELECTIONS: Jews in the United States
constitute about three percent of the entire population. In
national elections they cast four percent of the total votes.
This means that 3 million Jewish voters can be expected to
participate in the forthcoming Presidential elections this
year.
Concentrated in the large electoral votes states, the
Jewish votes are enough to provide national victory in close
elections. In eight states with large JeWish populations —
New York, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, Mary-
land, Pennsylvania, Florida and Connecticut. — Jewish
votes often make the difference between victory and defeat
in elections. In New York state, Jews cast 16-20 percent of
the vote in general elections. In New York City, where one
of every five residents is Jewish, they cast nearly half the
votes in Democratic primaries. And there are, of course,
also Jews in New York who vote Republican.
JEWISH MOTIVATIONS: Are Jewish voters moti-
vated in casting their votes by special Jewish interests?
While generally there is no such a thing as a "Jewish
vote" — some Jews vote Democratic and others Republican
— it is only natural that the great majority of Jewish voters
should bear in mind Jewish interest when going to the polls.
Traditionally voting in their majority for the Demo-
cratic ticket, the Jews gave nevertheless, 34 percent of their
vote in the last Presidential elections to. Nixon. The Presi-
dential candidate of the Democratic Party, George McGov-
ern, received 64 percent of the Jewish vote. Previously the
Republican candidate never received more than 17 percent
of the Jewish vote. Nixon was more outspoken on aiding
Israel while McGovern was nebulous on this issue in his
campaign statements.
In the forthcoming Presidential elections campaign the
issue of American-Israel relations will come sharper into
focus than ever before. This is because Israel is now facing a
critical time due to a great extent to American pressure .
since the Yom Kippur War. Ford had a good record with
regard to Israel when he was a Congressman. His record
today is not the same. He is now forcing Israel to make
heavy concessions and is even supplying some of the Arab
countries with modern weapons. It is being asserted that no
American Secretary of State ever made it more clear than ,
Kissinger that Israel was essentially an American colony
and must consider American wishes.
It was, of course, easier for Ford to be more . outspoken
in his friendship for Israel when he was a Congressman
than now when he is President. However, Jewish voters,
when they will cast their votes in the Presidential election
next November, will inevitably bear in mind the pledges
which the nominees of the Republican and Democratic par-
ties will make on security for Israel. They will also he influ-
enced by the attitude toward Israel which each of the two
political parties will express in their political platforms at
their national conventions.