Friday, February 17, 1918 13 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Jewish Divorce Rate Is High HASBROUCK HTS., N.J. (JTA) — The head of the Rabbinical Council of America expressed concern over the widespread break- , '-- down of the Jewish family which, he said has reached catastrophic proportions. Rabbi Walter S. Wurzburger, president of the Orthodox rabbinical or- ganization, made his re- marks at the Council's spe- cial three-day Torah convo- cation at the Sheraton Heights Inn in New Jersey. He cited statistics of a -ecently-concluded national rvey of the Rabbincial ourt of America (Beth Din) which indicated that alarm- ing numbers of Jewish mar- riages are being dissolved and in some areas of the country is approaching the "shocking" rate of four out of 1& marriages. "It behooves us to con- front the problem boldly and to acknowledge it as a threat to the vibrancy and durability w,hich has always characterized Jewish family life," he .said. ,, Wurzburger noted that "until a decade ago divorce was such an unusual occur- ence among Orthodox Jews that it was considered something of a scandal." But now, he noted, the gen- eral rising tide of divorce in this country has also of-. fected the Orthodox Jewish community. vi Black Pro-Israel Group Started NEW YORK (JTA) — A new organization has been set up, Black Americans for Peace in the Middle East, to provide educational mate- rial about Israel in the black community, Bayard Rustin, the noted civil rights leader, said. Rustin, who is director of the organization's parent group, BASIC , - (Black Americans to Support Israel -Committee), said that BASIC will devote itself to political activities in sup- port of Israel in Congress and at the United Nations. Rustin said the new group was formed after the Inter- nal Revenue Service denied BASIC a tax exemption last year, saying its work was not education but "advo- cacy." Black Americans for Peace in the Middle East will distribute pamphlets, provide - speakers, organize tours to the Mideast and en- gage in other educational- - -type work, Rustin said. O HIAS to Honor Migration Official NEW YORK — James L. Carlin, deputy assistant secretary of state for re- fugee and migration affairs, will be honored at the 94th annual meeting of HIAS, March 12 in New York. He will receive the or- ganization's Masliansky Award "for his outstanding efforts and coopelation in facilitating the admission of refugees to the U.S." BAH Travel, nc. 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