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. Reasonable Prices 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 GET OUR LOWEST PRICES 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 Make News Women Installation, noon; bration. 399-0336 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 - BUY OR LEASE FROM 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 WILSON-CRISSMAN CADILLAC and FJCC board of gover- RES. 642-6836 CALL BUS. MI 4-1930 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 444++++++++++++444,++++444044 Cleveland at the Sheraton Hotel. Passover candy is being offered for sale by the Flint USY. Orders may be sent to Cong. Beth Israel, 5240 Calkins Rd. COMPLETE ALTERATIONS HERBERT NEW CADILLAC? ANDY BLAU in BIRMINGHAM at Princeton's BAR MITZUA MEN I 11* DAN GOLDMAN son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Goldman of West Bloomfield Bar Mitzvaed Nov. 22nd 1975 at Adat Shalom Synagogue 4.. pierre cardin 43 43 43 43 43 43 4.3 43 43 4 4 43 4 4 4 For Over 20 Years Princeton Shop Has Been Dressing Young Men For THAT "SPECIAL DAY!" Come In And Let Us Dress All Your Men For This And All Other Mitzvas Old Orchard Shopping Plaza 4 4 43 43 43 43 MOTU for Young Men Eight to Eighty Maple at Orchard Lake Rds. 851-3660—West Bloomfield Mon., Thurs., Fri. 9-9 Tues., Wed., Sat. 'til 6 MASTER CHARGE BANKAMERICARD PRINCETON CHARGE 4g ++++414:404:4944+44+4.04444424242444+ 4, 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. I 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.