8 Friday, April 1, 1977

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Fettman Founds Hebrew U. Chair

The 1'vlargaret and Joseph
NEW YORK—Dr. Max
M. Kampelman, president Fetttnan Chair, named also
of the American Friends of ill memory of Fettman's
the Hebrew University, an- late wife. will be devoted to
nounced that a new chair in
Jewish history is being es- the subject of Central Eu-
tablished at the Hebrew Uni- ropean history with empha-
versity of Jerusalem by Jo- sis on Austro-Hungarian
seph Fettman of New York. Jewry.

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On April 20. 1977, we ob-
serve the 200th anniversary
of what I believe to be the
most important and. hence.
most valuable Jewish docu-
ment in America. This anni-
versary celebrates the adop-
tion of the New York State
Constitution, ratified by the
New York Constitutional As-
sembly at Kingston.
It is ironic that among all
the millions of historical
documents in possession of
the American Jewish Ar-
chives in Cincinnati, most
specifically concerned with
or mentioning Jewry, none
should equal a document
which does not even contain
the word "Jewish." In fact,
none are equal to the Bill of
Rights, which guaranteed
to the Jew, as it did to all
Americans, freedom of reli-
gion. One might argue that,
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Rights which is the most im- was the greatest parade the
American people had yet
portant Jewish document.
Why do I believe the New witnessed and thousands
York Constitution to be the thronged the streets.
most important document
It was then they wit-
in American Jewish his- nessed a sight that they
tory? Because for the first never dreamed they would
time since the dispersion, be privileged to see. They
when the Jews left their an- saw the clergy of the city; a
cient homeland in Eretz Yis- rabbi. a Catholic priest, and
rael, a commonwealth, a Protestant pastor. march
New York State in this in- arm-in-arm through the
stance, emancipated its City of Brotherly Love.
Jews, guaranteeing them
It took a considerable
equality in every sense of
amount of time before all
the term.
It - was not until April 20, 13 states emancipated their
1977, that the legislators of Jews. It was a long process
the new state of New York, which was not con-
in exile because the British summated until 1876, when
were in possession of New New Hampshire finally
York City, finally finished granted its Jews complete
work on their first con- political equality. Thus, it
stitution. Article XXXVIII was a whole century after
declared that the free exer- the adoption of the Declara-
cise and enjoyment of reli- tion of Independence before
gious profession and wor- the Jews in the United
ship, without discrimination States were given all rights
or preference, shall forever and privileges in the 13 orig-
hereafter be allowed within inal states of this country.
the state to all mankind.
To commemorate the
This is clear and unequivoc- adoption of the Constitution
al.
of the state of New York in
Eleven years later, the 1777, the American Jewish
new federal Constitution Archives has prepared a
was adopted by the major- multi-colored poster, de-
ity of the states. This was scribing this important
in 1788. It should be noted, event. The poster is
i avail-
however, that the American able at no charge. For
C,onstitution, which guaran- copies, write the American
teed . freedom to all free Jewish Archives, Hebrew
people, regardless, of reli- Union College, Clifton Ave.,
gion, really had very little Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220.
authority over the 13 sover-
eign states.
Jews, Church
Nevertheless, the people
of the United States believ- Meet in Geneva
ed, in 1788, that the adop-
GENEVA (JTA)—Repre-
tion of this new national or-
ganic statute was a great sentatives of the Orthodox
event in history, and were church and of world
determined to celebrate. Judaism . met for a two-day
Therefore, they held a Fed- seminar in Luzern recently
eral Parade in Philadelphia to review theological mat-
on July 4 of that year. This ters and possible coopera-

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The Most Significant Document
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NEW YORK — The
third and final increment
of a $115,900, three-year
grant has been awarded
to Yeshiva University's
Belfer Graduate School of
Science by the National
Science Foundation, in
continued support of on-
going research conducted
by Drs. Charles A. Berger
of Piermont, N.Y: Lewis
A. Coburn,.. formerly of
Ann Arbor, and Arnold
Lebow, formerly of De-
troit.
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search project, entitled
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Functional Analysis,"
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for the solution of dif-
ference equations in -sev-
eral variables with non-
constant coefficients.
Such equations arise in
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application, notably in
fluid dynamics.
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first such meeting to be
held and the participants de-
cided to meet again.
The meeting was organiz-
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International Jewish Com-
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NEW YORK—Rabbi
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leader of Cong. Knesseth Is-
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N.Y.', will receive the Na-
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