THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
24 June 11, 1976
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JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The Central Bureau of Sta-
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rise in the number of cars
bought by Israelis so far
this year compared to 1975
and increased sales of dura-
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Jewish Family Social Workers Deal With Variant Lifestyles
BY BEN GALLOB
(Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.)
Social workers in a Jew-
ish family agency in Chi-
cago have found themselves
beset by unexpected per-
sonal and professional con-
flicts in seeking to treat
problems of clients practic-
ing such variant lifestyles as
couples living without mar-
riage, homosexual couples
and group marriage ar-
rangements.
The conflicts and the ef-
forts to deal with them were
described by Ms. Sophie
Harris, senior caseworker
at the Jewish Family and
Community Service, in a
report presented at the an-
nual meeting of the Na-
tional Conference of Jewish
Communal Service and pub-
lished in the organization's
quarterly journal.
A seminar was organized
to examine the aspects of
changing social patterns in
the Jewish community. The
seminar explored three
areas: the effect on social
work practice of changing
social patterns; the case-
workers' values regarding
"variant lifestyles;" and the
agency's need and readiness
to change its image in the
Jewish community.
To examine the ability of
the agency to aid persons
with variant lifestyles, she
said, the agency decided to
explore a group marriage
case it had handled, adding
that the agency's case-load
had few such cases. The case
involved a group marriage of
a Jewish upper middle class
family in an affluent sub-
urb.
Mrs. M. came to the
agency when she felt she
had to make a decision
about the arrangement
which was breaking up. It
began when she and her
husband decided to try
something new when,
after six years of mar-
riage, they found their re-
lationship was no longer
gratifying.
They agreed to bring an-
other woman into the
household who became a
sexual partner to both the
Spanish Royalty
Meets U.S. Jews
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
King Juan Carlos I and
Queen Sophia of Spain met
with 11 prominent Jewish
leaders during their four-
day American visit.
Arthur Goldberg, the for-
mer U.S. Supreme Court
Justice and U.S. Ambassa-
dor to the United Nations
who led the delegation, told
newsmen later that the
group was "most cordially
received" and that the king
and queen were "very gra-
cious and dignified" while
paying close attention to the
statements by the delega-
tion.
Each of the 11, Goldberg
said, spoke of his "great
appreciation" to the royal
visitors for the "acts of
friendship" they have dem-
onstrated to the Jewish
community in Spain."
Goldberg said the delega-
tion also "expressed the
hope that relations would be
normalized between Spain
and Israel." Israel and
Spain do not have diplo-
matic relations but do en-
gage in trade and tourism
between the two countries.
There are an estimated 9,-
400 Jews in Spain.
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MEXICO CITY (JTA) —
David Blumberg, interna-
tional president of Bnai
Brith, told Jewish leaders
here recently that there was
no longer a boycott by
American Jewish organiza-
tions of Mexico except by
the Jewish War Veterans.
Speaking at a meeting of
the Central Jewish Commit-
tee, Blumberg said Bnai
Brith, which dropped its
tours to Mexico after Mexico
voted for the General As-
sembly's anti-Zionist reso-
lution, will launch a new
program of tours to Mexico
in September.
The Bnai Brith leader
said he met with President
Luis Echeverria who told
him that from now on the
Mexican delegation at the
UN will abstain rather than
vote for any anti-Zionist
measures.
Blumberg said Echeverria
stressed that his country
supports Security Council
Resolutions 242 and 338 as
well as the right of the Pa-
lestinian people to have
their own state. But Echev-
erria also said that Mexico
will continue to maintain
friendly relations with Is-
rael.
husband and wife. The rela-
tionship between the two
women strengthened to the
point where the husband
was largely excluded as a
sexual partner. Mrs. M. told
the agency caseworker that
she leaned toward leaving
her husband and setting up
a household with her two
children, ages four and six,
and the other woman.
In the treatment, Mrs. M.
began to understand that
her lack of fulfillment came
more from "lacks within
herself" than from the rela-
tionships. The report on
Mrs. M. concluded that "she
continued to struggle to dis-
cover which type of 'marital
relationship' would bring
greatest fulfillment."
Ms. Harris reported that
discussion of the case re-
vealed "the many value con-
flicts" of the caseworkers.
Such situations were not
"handled easily by thera-
pists whose primary orien-
tation is to family treat-
ment."
Another troublesome
problem was that of how
open the caseworker
should be about her own
values. The caseworker
assisting Mrs. M. had a
bias which made it diffi-
cult for her to accept group
marriage. Another trou-
blesome question for
which answers in conven-
tional case work practice
were lacking was about
the effects on the children
of both the group marriage
and the breakup of that
marriage.
Ms. Harris said that the
possibility that the match-
ing of client and them –'^t
living similar lifestyle
helpful to treatment rai„A
the question of how ready (
such an agency as hers was
to "change our self-image."
A specific issue, she de-
clared, was whether, "if we
expand our services to
clients involved in new life-
styles, do we thereby limit
our availability to clients
living the traditional life
style?"
Single Jewish Parent Project
Finds Men Won't Participate
BY BEN GALLOB
(Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.)
A wide-ranging program
in Queens to meet the needs
of divorced, widowed, sepa-
rated and unmarried young
parents, the first in the his-
tory of the Gustav Hartman
YM-YWHA in Far Rocka-
way, is meeting those needs
but only for women; men
have failed to show up, ac-
cording to a Y official.
Michael Edelstein, a spe-
cial program assistant at
the Y, who is coordinator of
the singles program, said
the purpose of the group
was to "strike a balance be-
tween the social and rap ele-
ments, while maintaining a
strong sense of Jewish cul-
ture and ideritity."
He said the single parents
program had two phases.
One is counseling for the
problems which often afflict
single parents. For mem-
bers of the Y group, all of
whom are women, who are
usually granted custody of
the children, child-raising
often presents problems for
which counseling is needed.
It is provided by the Jewish
Community Services of
Long Island. The JCS, like
the Y, is an affiliate of the
Federation of Jewish Phi-
lanthropies.
The other phase is to
provide opportunities for
socializing, Edelstein said.
Single women parents
have great difficulties in
finding opportunities for
normal social life.
Another problem for
some women is getting a
Jewish divorce (get), for
which referrals are made to
the Rabbinical Council of
America. Edelstein said
four such referrals had been
made since the program was
started. Help also is pro-
vided for parents seeking a
Jewish education for their
children. For those needing
financial help, the Y directs
them to agencies providing
such help. There are no Y
fees for these services.
He said a special effort is
being planned to bring sin-
gle male parents into the
program. One technique is a
social event, the first for the
group, in July or August,
which will probably be a
wine and cheese party at the
Y. Flyers announcing the
event and inviting single
male parents are being pre-
pared to be posted in apart-
ment buildings throughout
the heavily Jewish Rocka--
way section.
Another action, he said,
was a decision to open mem-
bership in the group, now
comprised entirely of single
parents in the 25 to 35 year
age group, to single men and
women 25 to 40 years old,
whether they are single par-
ents or not.
Edelstein, asked if there
was any information to
account for the lack of
male response to the serv-
ices of the Y for single par-
ents, said that the Rocka-
ways are widely
considered a family-or-
iented community.
Men, having more finan-
cial resources than women,
and therefore more mobil-
ity, tend to move away -
the break-up of their
riages. Women, less finan-
cially independent and ac-
cordingly less mobile —
apart from the fact that
they are generally awarded
custody of the children —
tend to stay, attracted also
by relatively low ren
the area and services
able to them from Jew h
social agencies.
Trade Aid Sought
JERUSALEM, (JTA) —
Israel has asked the EEC to
help cut the $1.2 billion
trade deficit it has with Is-
rael.
A man should not speak
one thing with his mouth
and another with his heart.
—Baba Metzia 49.