54: , Friday; March 4, 1977
'TliEDETROIT' JEWISH NEWS
p Emanuel Rackman Elected
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President,
Bar-Ilan University
NEW YORK — Dr.
Emanuel Rackman of
New York City was
elected Wednesday presi-
dent of,\Bar-Ilan Univer-
sity at a special meeting.
of the board of trustees,
held at the campus of the
university in Ramat Gan,
Israel, under the chair-
manship of Phillip
Stollman. •
Phillip's sister-in-law,
Frieda Stollnian of De-
troit, was elected to the
board of trustees.
Rabbi Attacks NY Federation
on Jewish Education Aid Issue
was not in response to be responsible for the loss.
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Sherer's attack, noted that of thousands of Jews from
Rabbi Moshe Sherer,
"In 1970, federation pro- the Jewish faith simply be-
executive president of the
vided $1.1 million for the cause the dollars which
Agudath Israel of
support of Jewish -educa- should be spent to educate
America, has accused the
tion in Greater New York. them as Jews are being di-
New York Federation of
In the current year, feder- verted to less important
Jewish Philanthropies of
ation is expending $2.7 services."
"glaring insensitivity to
million for aid to Jewish -
The federation state-
the root causes of Jewish
education — an increase of ment noted that -of the
assimilation" by a
145 percent since 1970. -
current $2.7 million
"topsy-turvy sense of
Sherer claimed that budgeted for education,
priorities"
which
allo-
DR. EMANUEL RAO:MAN
"The Jew is dropping out $1 million is from the Pro-
cates only.a meager por-
Dr. Rackman received tion of its budget for
of the fold not because he gram Development Fund
his rabbinic diploma from Jewish education.
lacks hospitals or com- for Jewish Education es-
Yeshiva University and
munity centers but be- tablished in 1973. "Ap-
He called for the im-
cause he lacks the type of proximately 90 percent of
is a graduate of Columbia paneling of "a special
Joins Realtor Staff Law School, and Colum- commission of distin- Jewish education neces- this fund is distributed as
bia University. He is pre- guished Jews" to investi- , sary to enable him to direct aid to Jewish day
withstand the ravages of schools," the statement
sently rabbi of the Fifth gate the federation's
a secular society."
Avenue Synagogue in policies and priorities. ,
said.
He contended that
New York, professor of
"These funds are used
The federation, mean-
"during the past seven for scholarship aid to
Jewish Studies and con- while, put out a state-
years, a period when the children in 165 Jewish
sultant to the chancellor ment "to present the
federation has been pro- day schools and for build-
of the City University of *facts about the signifi-
fessing greater concern ing renovation and
New York on Jewish cant growth of its support
over Jewish education, it emergency repairs which
Studies, and adjunct pro- for Jewish education in
has increased its budget have kept a number of
fessor of Jewish Law at the Greater New York
for education by a Jewish day schools from
the New York Law Jewish community."
cumulative total of only closing their doors." The
School.
The statement, which
six percent." He said that statement added that "In
in 1976-77, the agency al- sum, of every dollar it
located "27.4 percent to disburses for community
community centers and services, Federation now
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$100,000 a year from
only 6.1 percent for edu- gives 10 percent to Jewish
• William Fir!bright, Saudi Arabia.
education as compared
cation."
one-time chairman of the
• The polling firm
Sherer
maintained
that
with
under five percent in
Senate
Foreign
Relations
headed by Patrick J. Cad-
Hilda Fershtman has
"With .Jewish assimila- 1970."
joined the staff of the Lat- Committee and now a dell, who worked for Pres-
tion on the increase, it is
The statement also ob-
hrup office of Cranbrook practicing lawyer, re- ident Carter during his
incredible that those who served that "federation
ceives
$25,000
a
year
from
campaign
and
became
a
Associates Inc., Realtors,
hold the purse-strings of assistance to Jewish edu-
28840 Southfield. She can the United Arab Emi- close adviser, has signed
the Jewish charity dollar cation takes many forms
an $80,000 contract to do
be reached for aid in pur- rates.
in New York City con- above and beyond direct
Frederick
G.
Dutton,
some
work
for
the
Saudis.
•
chasing or selling a home
tinue to display such glar- aid to Jewish schools." It
Among
the
numerous
once
an
adviser
to
the
late
by calling her at 557-3500,
ing insensitivity" to the listed support for Jewish
Robert Kennedy, receives pro-Arab propagandists
or 35-1-6:343.
problem.
education in children's
make the rounds in
1 who
He demanded that the residential institutions;
Washington and across the
federation "show that it in sleep-away and day
country are four anti-
has the courage to accel- camps; and in community
Zionist American Jews,
erate its' snail-like pace of centers where it offers
who have come to consti-
17515 W. 9 Mile Rd.
increase in funding for Jewish educational pro-
tute the tiny community of
Jewish education." grams for children and
American
Jews
who
Suite 865
Otherwise, he said, it "will adult's.
strongly oppose Israel.
They are: Rabbi Elmer
Southfield, Mich. 48075
Berger, once head of the
NY Schools' Rental Policies
Anti-Zionist American
Council for Judaism and
Challenged by Agudath Israel
now the organizer and
leader of American
NEW YORK
"will turn back the clock
Jewish Alternatives to Agudath
Israel
of to an adversary relation-
Zionism; Norton Mez-
America has asked the
vinsky, a co-editor of New York City Board of ship between the public
and non-public school
Swasia, a news digest
Educatiofi to rescind its systems."
published by the National
recent unanimous vote
Council of Churches;
which prohibits the pub-
Rabbi David Grossman
Alfred Lilienthal, editor
lic schools from renting told the board of education
of Middle East Perspec-
unused space to non- that it was wrong to permit
tive; and Moshe Menu-
public institutions for "desperately needed edu-
hin, author-of JeWish Cri- educational purposes.
cational facilities to re-
tics of Zioni -sm, distri-
Dr. Bernard Fryshman main dark and unused,
buted by the Arab
said the new regulation rather than have their
League.
`sanctity' violated by chil-
Norman F. Dacey, a
dren whose parents have
non-Jew, chairman of the
chosen for them a non-
American Palestine
public education."
Committee, has also dedi-
JERUSALEM — Seven
cated a good part of his
archeological sites in Is-
Dr. Fryshman said
energies over the past rael have announced Agudath
Israel has re-
several years to the Arab
their need for either indi-
quested the National
cause. He has sponsored
viduals or organized Jewish Commission on
several full-page news- groups of overseas volun-
Law and Public Affairs
Paste in old label
paper advertisements at- teers during the summer
(COLPA) to take legal ac-
tacking Israel.
of 1977.
tion to have the regula-
Thus, the American
Volunteers must be at
tion rescinded if the
public can expect to be least 18 years of age phys-
board of education re-
hearing more and more
ically fit and capable of fuses.
from the combined and doing strenuous work in a
strengthened Arab lobby hot climate. Volunteers
in Washington. With vir- pay their own fares to and
tually unlimited petrodol- from Israel and are re-
lars at their disposal, the
sponsible for all accom- . TEL AVIV (ZINS) —
Arab states will try to win
modation and arrange- Gen. Ezer Weizmann,
new friends in America.
ments not connected with former chief of Israel's air
work
on the dig. Partici- force and election cam-,
• Alexander Lysima-
pants
work about seven paign director for the
chiUS, a leader of the
hours
daily, except Likud opposition bloc,
Jewish community in
says that President
Alexandria, Egypt, in the Saturdays.
Jimmy Carter should not
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information,
write
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Carter Warned
Sara Rubenfaer
Sara Rubenfaer, who
was to be honored Mon-
day at a dinner on behalf
of the Cheder Oholei
Yosef Yitschak
Lubavitch, died Sunday
at age 87.
The dinner, to take
place 6:30 p.m. Monday at
the Labor Zionist Insti-
tute, will be held as a
memorial to Mrs. Ruben-
faer.
Born' in Poland, Mrs.
Rubenfaer lived 56 years
in Detroit.,She was active
in efforts for Mizrachi, •
Yeshivath Beth -
Yehudah, Cong. Mishkan
Israel Nusach H'Ari —
Lubavitcher Center -
the cheder. She also
member of the Turo"\ ,-
Farein. She resided at
22041 Parklawn, Oak
Park.
Mrs. Rubenfaer is sur-
vived by a son, Benny; a
daughter, Mrs. Joseph
(Rose) Seindel; four
grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
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Yeshurun Keshet,
Israeli Writer
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is-
raeli writer and literary
critic Yeshurun Keshet
died Feb. 23 in Jerusalem
at age 84.
Mr. Keshet, born
Yaacob Kopelevitz, was
one of the last survivors.
of the generation of Is-.
rael's Poet Laureate,
Chaim Nachman Bialik
and was prominent in his
own right as a man of let-
ters. He was a recipient of
the Bialik Award, the
Tchernichovsky Award
and the Brenner Prize for
his poems, essays and
.f5r
books on literature.
- He translated many
European classics into
Hebrew, among them
works by Franz Kafka,
Romain Roland, Thomas
Mann and Winston Chur-
chill.
Judah Shapiro,.
Honored by Dror
NEW YORK — Dr.
Judah J. Shapiro, social
analyst and president of
the Labor Zionist Al-
liance, has been named
recipient . of "The First
Annual Dror Award," by
Dror, a Zionist youth or- /
ganization.
Shapiro is being hon-
ored for his commitment
and work in the field of
Zionism, and for his con-
tributions to the pioneer-
ing aspects of the build-
ing of the state of Israel.
General Zionis0
See Election Gaini
TEL AVIV (ZINS) —
Arye Dulzin, president of
the World Union of Gen-
eral, Zionists, predicts
that there will be a grea-
ter number of general -
Zionist delegates at the
29th World Zionist Con-
gress next year.
General Zionist rep-
resentatives predicted
increased numbers of
their delegates would be
elected in Australia, West
Germany, South Africa,
Argentina and other
countries in Europe.