20 Friday, August 19, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Conservative Men's Club Parlye Ends With Education Emphasis
MONTREAL — The 48th
annual convention of the Na-
tional Federation of Jewish
Men's Clubs of the Conserv-
ative movement closed last
week with a strong com-
mitment to the advance-
ment of Jewish education
among its membership.
The convention adopted a
campaign to give first prior-
ity to the development of
programs of education for
every adult in all Conserva-
tive congregations in the
U.S. and Canada. The
major thrust of the cam-
paign will be to encourage
the learning of Hebrew,
both reading and speaking.
Dr. Morton R. Lang, a
Montreal dentist, became
the first Canadian to be in-
stalled as president of the
federation. In his address,
Lang emphasized the need
to work with the world
movements of Con-
servativism and Zionism.
He especially stressed the
need to stamp out Hebrew
illiteracy among the men's
club members.
The convention heard the
keynote address given by
Dr. Gerson D. Cohen, chan-
cellor of the Jewish Theolog-
ical Seminary of America,
who spoke on the impor-
tance of showing "the rele-
vance and mandate of the
moral principles of , the
Bible and the rabbis."
Chief Justice Samuel
Freedman of the Manitoba
Supreme Court was
awarded the highest honor
of the National Federation
of Jewish Men's Clubs, "for
outstanding service to
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was presented by I. Murray
Jacobs of Birmingham,
Mich., honorary president
of the federation.
MORTON R. LANG
A series of breakfast
workshops were conducted
to encourage lay leaders to
greater participation in
areas of Jewish life. The
workshops also discussed
methods of weaving Israel
into the fabric of club and
synagogue life.
The convention featured a
number of guest speakers,
including Rabbi Wolfe Kel-
man, executive vice presi-
dent of the Rabbinical As-
sembly, who led a seminar
on the qualities of Jewish
leadership.
Alan Rose, national execu-
tive vice president of the
Canadian Jewish Congress,
and Arthur J. Levine, na-
tional president of the
United Synagogue of Amer-
ica, also led seminars.
Joseph Sisco, president of
the American University in
Washington, D. C., and for
mer under-secretary of
state, was the featured
speaker at the third eve-
ning session of the confer-
ence.
Sisco stated that settle--
ment of the Middle East
conflict is to the United
States' benefit, for in-
stability only serves the in-
terests of the Soviet Union,
and he insisted that equal-
izing of forces in the Middle
East is the major way to
avoid a new Arab-Israeli
war. Regarding the position
of the PLO in negotiations,
Sisco said that it would be
premature to judge the posi-
tion they would take.
Kissinger Aide
Awarded Dollar
in Wiretap Case
WASHI NGTON—Moroton
Halperin, one-time aide to
former Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger, was
awarded $1 in damages last
week in a suit against
Nixon Administration offi-
cials for a 21-month wiretap
on his home.
Magen David. Adorn Recognition
Supported. by Red. Cross Leader
NEW YORK—The world-
wide efforts to have the
Magen David Adorn Society
of Israel recognized by the
International Red Cross re-
ceived a boost with the re-
cent publication of a state-
ment made by the Hon. Al-
exandre Hay, president of
the International Corn-
mittee of the. Red Cross in
Geneva.
In reply to a resolution
passed by world-wide Jew-
ish groups calling for the ad-
mission of the Israeli so-
ciety by the International
Red Cross, Hay declared
that he deplored the fact
that the universality of the
Red Cross movement would
not be achieved for as long
as the Magen David So-
ciety, which has given
proof of its effectiveness
and humanitarianism, con-
tinues to remain excluded
from the international or-
ganization.
Rabbi Rubin R. Dobin, in-
ternational chairman of Op-
eration Recognition, the
group which has spear-
headed programs calling
for MDA recognition, is
now drawing attention to re-
newed efforts on behalf of
the Israeli public-health or-
ganization, • because a
major drive for world-wide
support is now being inaugu-
rated in advance of the 23rd
International Red Cross
AMPAL Declares
Six-Month Dividend
NEW YORK — AMPAL
— American Israel Corpo-
ration at its board of direc-
tors meeting July 28, de-
clared a mid-year dividend
of 5% on its 4% participat-
ing preferred shares of $5
each and its Class "A" com-
mon shares ,of $1 each to
stockholders of record as of
August 5, 1977, payable on
August 5, 1977, payable on
August 16, 1977.
"This mid-year dividend
reflects a departure from
the customary Ampal prac-
tice of paying final divi-
dends annually and was
made possible by increased
profits in the first six
months of 1977," said Ralph
Cohen, president.
Conference scheduled for
Bucharest this October.
Rabbi Dobin reported
that national sections of Op-
eration Recognition are
now functioning in 35 coun-
tries with new additional
sections being formed in
many areas. United States
Sen. S. Jacob Javits and
Abraham Ribicoff are Na-
tional co-chairmen of a com-
mittee of world leaders and
statesmen supporting
Magen David Adorn recogni-
tion.
A new Operation Recogni-
tion kit has been prepared
which contains all the latest
facts and information about
the MDA issue. For infor-
mation, write Rabbi Rubin
R. Dobin, Operation Recog-
nition, 124 Richmond Pl.,
Lawrence, N.Y. 11559.
Revisionists Pick
National Chairman
NEW YORK — Attorney
Harry S. Taubenfeld has
been elected chairman of
the board of the United Zi-
onists Revisionists Organiza-
tion of America.
Taubenfeld has been an
active Revisionist since the
1940's. He was counsel to
the Betar Youth Movement
and is a vice president and
counsel for the Inter-
national League of Repatria-
tion of Russian Jews. He
also is a founder and secre-
tary of Youth Towns of Is-
rael.
Israeli Firm
YORK—Share-
NEW
holders of IDB Bankholding
Corp. Ltd., at the annual
general meeting of share-
holders held last week in
Tel Aviv, approved the dec-
laration of a 25 percent
stock split as recommended
by the board of directors.
As a result of the split,
one ordinary share will be
issued on Aug. 19, 1977 for
every four ordinary and/or
"B" shares outstanding of
record July 8. The addition-
al shares will be entitled to
any dividend. declared in re-
spect of 1977.
MORTON HALPERIN
The suit was filed against
Kissinger, former Attorney
General John Mitchell, and
former Nixon aid H.R. Hal-
deman.
U.S. District Judge John
Lewish Smith Jr. ruled the
wiretap illegal, but said
that Halperin could not
prove that he or his family
had suffered any actual
damages.
Halperin's attorneys said
they would appeal the dam-
age settlement.
ORT Convention
Chairmen Named
NEW YORK—Mrs. Reese
Feldman, of Tenafly, N.J.
and Mrs. Gert White, of
Springfield, N.J., have been
named co-chairmen of the
forthcoming 24th national
convention of Women's
American ORT, marking
the 50th anniversary of the
organization, to be held
Oct. 23-27, in Jerusalem.
Interweaving Roots
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—A
project to provide learning
materiels to both public -
and private schools on the
interweaving of Jewish --
"roots" with those of other
ethnic groups has been
launched at the Los Angel-
es School of the Hebrew
Union College-Jewish In-
stitute of Religion through
a grant from the National
Endowment of the Human- .
ities (NEH).
The project, which will
combine all of the school's
educational resources to out-
line the Jewish experience,
is Museum Utilization for
Student Education.