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Adaptable Dinitz
WASHINGTON (ZINS)—
Israeli journalists in Wash-
ington say Israel Ambassa-
dor Simha Dinitz showed
remarkable adaptability
after Israel's elections.
Even before the results
were announced, Dinitz
foresaw the Likud victory
and changed .a banquet
speech to a far more mili-
tant and uncompromising
a tone.
Conservative Conversion
Schools Functioning in U.S.
marriages has reached
"alarming proportions,"
Rabbi Derby reported, Con-
Ten schools for converts servative and Reform
are functioning under Con- rabbis have decided it is not
servative auspices through- a violation of their prin-
out the United States, ciples to convert "the non-
according to a report by a Jew involved in a marriage
New York rabbi who directs or a prospective marriage
one of the schools.
with a Jew.'
Rabbi Joshua Derby of
Schools for conversion
Rego Park, indicated that have been developed in
the development of the Rego Park; Brooklyn; in
schools, under auspices of Long Beach for the Nassau-
local regions of the Rabbi- Suffolk area; Miami, Mon-
nical Assembly, the associ- tclair, N.J. ; Philadelphia;
ation of Conservative Washington, D.C. - ; Detroit;
rabbis, was a response to Chicago, and Los Angeles.
the increasing pressures on
Rabbi Derby said a com-
the time and availability of plete course in the schools
the rabbis stemming from runs from 12 to 16 weekly
the growing number of can- sessions of about two hours
didates for conversion.
each, covering the entire
Reporting on the devel- range of Judaism. The cost
opment in the current issue to the prospective convert
of the United Synagogue he described as "nominal,"
Review, Rabbi Derby adding that the Jewish part-
asserted that until recent ner is required to attend the
years, "rabbis of all course, at no added charge.
branches of American The course is given twice a
Jewry" continued to con- year so that couples con-
sider conversion to Judaism templating marriage are
as "highly undesirable" and not discouraged by a
the prospective marriage of lengthy wait in starting the
a Jew to a non-Jew who conversion process, he
wishes to convert as "a per- added.
He called the schools
sonal tragedy and a commu-
nity disaster" which they "highly successful" because
made "strenuous efforts" to instruction is "thorough and
prevent. The Review is the regular." He declared that
quarterly publication of the of more importance was
association of Conservative "the encouragement, the
added spiritual strength,
synagogues.
Because social contact and the positive motivation
between young Jews and which the students acquired
non-Jews is a fact of the from the knowledge that
open American society and there are so many others"
because the rate of mixed planning to become Jews.
BY BEN GALLOB
(Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.)
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Nazi-Imitating Army Officers
Suspended Pend ng Hearings
BONN — The West Ger-
man armed forces sus-
pended 11 army officers
who were accused of giving
the Nazi salute and taking
part in a mock Jew burning
ceremony as part of a
drinking party.
Naval Capt. Kurt Fischer
of the defense ministry said
the officers have been
stripped of their uniforms,
barred from army activity
and confined to their posts
until disciplinary hearings
which could mean dismissal
from the army.
Government sources said
it was certain some if not
all of the officers would be
thrown out of the army.
The officers were sus-
pended after an
investigation at the Bun-
deswehr (armed forces)
military college in Munich
by Lt. Gen. Ruediger Von
Reichert, deputy com-
-
New Fund to Aid
Israeli - Indigent
JERUSALEM (JTA)—
Leon Dulzin, Jewish Agency
and World Zionist Organiza-
tion treasurer, told the WZO
Executive that an emer-
gency relief plan designed
to alleviate the plight of
45,000 Israeli families pres-
ently living in slum condi-
tions will be launched soon
following its approval by top
United Jewish Appeal and
United Israel Appeal
leaders.
mander of the armed
forces.
Fischer said Reichert
reported that his
investigation largely sub-
stantiated press reports on
the Feb. 16 incident, news of
which was suppressed by
college authorities' until it
leaked out last week.
But Fischer added, "The
investigation made clear
that no basic anti-Semitic
feeling motivated the
actions."
Trials Delayed for
Killers of 19,500
BONN (JTA)—Three for-
mer SS officers have offi-
cially gone on trial in Han-
nover on charges of murder
and complicity in the mur-
ders of at least 19,500 Jews
in Cracow, Poland between
1942 and 1944. But chances
are that the defendants will
be brought to justice are
slim. One of the accused,
Rudolf Koerner, 70, was
granted a separate trial
after he failed to appear in
court for alleged reasons of
health.
His co-defendants, Kurt
Heinemayer and Max Olde,
both 69, claim they are med-
ically unfit to stand trial.
More than 100 witnesses
have been called and if the
trial ever gets under way it
could last more than two
years.
Two things can't be
bought: charm and luck.
Friday, October 7, 1977 53
Conservatives Oppose Combining
Holocaust, Tisha b'Av Observances
NEW YORK—The com-
mittee on resolutions of the
United Synagogue of Amer-
ica, congregational repre-
sentative of North Ameri-
can Conservative Jews, has
taken a stand against the
proposal that Holocaust and
Ghetto Uprising Day—Yom
Hashoa—which is presently
observed on 27 Nisan, be
held on Tisha b'Av.
The committee, maintain-
ing that a separate
Holocaust observance is
essential "in order not to
blur its distinctive charac-
ter," will call on delegates
of the United Synagogue
Biennial Convention to • join
Reform Join AZF
NEW YORK (JTA)—At a
specially convened meeting
of the American Zionist
Federation national board
Sunday, the Association of
Reform Zionists of America
(ARTZA) was officially wel-
comed to the ranks of the
AZF by a vote of 40-19 with
six abstentions.
While the World Union of
Progressive Judaism
already belongs to the
World Zionist Organization,
this is the first time that
American Reform Judaism
on an individual Zionist
membership basis will have
a voice in Zionist affairs.
The acceptance of ARTZA
to the AZF is expected to
precipitate applications by
other organizations includ-
ing the Conservative move-
ment and the American
Sephardi Federation which
is an AZF affiliate.
Justice Dept. Brief
in Bakke Case Hit
NEW YORK — The
American Jewish Com-
mittee, American Jewish
Congress and the Anti-Defa-
mation League of Bnai
Brith have attacked the U.S.
government's brief in the
Bakke case being consid-
ered by the U.S. Supreme
Court.
The AJCommittee
charged the government's
brief failed to face the fact
that the admission scheme
used by the University of
California is a quota system
and therefore (con-
stitutionally) uunaccep-
table.
The Bakke case will help
decide the legality of racial
quotas in college
admissions.
The AJCongress - said the
Justice Department brief in
the case was "the first step
toward a disastrous system
of proportional representa-
tion in education and
employment based on race
and religion."
The ADL said the brief
"deliberately waffles the
basic question and con-
stitutes and unfortunate
political push in the wrong
direction."
in universal support of the
measure when they meet at
the Concord Hotel in Kia-
mesha Lake, New York,
Nov. 13-17.
In addition to opposing a
joint observance of "the
saddest period in modern
Jewish history" with Tisha
b'Av, the committee is urg-
ing all congregations not to
postpone or change, but
rather hold appropriate
services and memorial pro-
grams on the Holocaust on
27 Nisan, (May 4, 1978) the
day proclaimed by the
Knesset in 1951.
Poet Shalom Shabazi Grave
Is Reported Razed in Yemen
JERUSALEM (JTA)—
The 1,000-year-old Jewish
cemetery in Taiz, Yemen's
alternate capital where the
Yemenite Jewish poet Sha-
lom Shabazi is buried, has
been desectated and totally
razed to the ground, accord-
ing to a report that reached
Yisrael Yeshayahu, speaker
of the last Knesset. The
report came from a highly
authoritative person who
recently returned from a
visit to Yemen.
Shabazi died about 300
years ago and his tomb was
considered holy. Masses of
Jews from Yemen and Aden
(South Yemen) once came
to it for meditation and
prayer.
The source wrote to
Yeshayahu: "With the aid
of the photographs you sent
me I tried to locate the Jew-
ish cemetery in Taiz and to
find Shalom Shabazi's tomb.
I was helped in the task by
a local resident who knew
his way around. The news
we had already had about a
road being laid across the
cemetery proved to be
correct.
"I travelled 'back and
forth along this road and
neither left nor right could I
see any traces of a ceme-
tery—not even a single,
tombstone. The appearance
of the surroundings gives'
evidence of their having
recently been relandscaped
to form houses and agricul-
tural terraces. There are
still signs of road building in
evidence such as piles of
earth...."
Since the establishment of
the state of Israel and the
mass influx of Yemenite,
Jewry, efforts were made to
transfer Shabazi's remains
to Israel but to no avail.
Plate, Medal Honor Hatikva
Composer Naphtali H. Imber
NEW YORK (JTA)—In
1886 Naphtali Herz Imber, a
Galician poet, wrote the
words of what was to
become the national anthem
of the Jewish people in exile
and, later, of the state of
Israel—Hatikva.
It was adopted as the
Zionist anthem in 1907 (See
The Jewish News, Sept. 30,
page 48). To commemorate
the anniversary, the Judaic
Heritage Society commis-
sioned twin projects, an
eight-inch commemorative
plate and a 1 1/2-inch com-
memorative medal, both
designed by Oscar Harris
and sculpted by Carter
Jones.
Israel Expels
Black Hebrews
_JERUSALEM—Israel
expelled several black
American men, women and
children this week who had
been in custody on charges
they entered the Jewish
nation with plans to settle
illegally.
The would-be settlers,
from Chicago and Detroit,
were part of a sect called
the Black Hebrews who
hoped to settle near the Jor-
dan River in the town of
Dimona.
Israel refused to recog-
nize the sect as being Jew-
ish and refused to grant
them the privileges—includ-
ing automatic citizenship—
it grants traditional Jewish
settlers.
The plate portrays King
David's Tower in the Old
City of Jerusalem, with the
words of Hatikvah in Eng-
lish set against a back-
ground of the Jerusalem
sky.
The reverse of the plate is
stamped with a replica of
the original poem in
Hebrew, written in the
poet's own hand. The medal
shows a portrait of the poet
and a facsimile of his hand-
written poem.
Talk of U.S. Base
at Haifa Is Denied
WASHINGTON (JTA)—
Talk of a possible U.S.
naval base in Haifa has
blown far out of proportion
the realities of such an
establishment coming to
pass, both United States and
Israeli sources agreed.
Some major newspapers
prominently reported
scraps of information from
the closed meeting Israeli
Foreign Minister Moshe
Dayan held with the House
International Relations
Committee Sept. 20 with the
implications that it was
Dayan's idea.
The State and Defense
Departments both said no
serious considerations are
being given to such a base.
The Israeli Embassy, not-
ing Dayan was responding
to a hypothetical question,
said Israel' has never asked
for military support from
any country and will not ask
for it.