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Francis Salvador was the
first Jew in America to give
his life for his country. He
was also the first Jew
elected to office, as rep-
resentative to the First and
Second Provincial Congres-
ses. Salvador was killed in
action on Aug. 1, 1776.
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Lutherans' Proselytizing,
Stereotyping of Jewry Hit
Synagogue Gambling Blasted
ST. LOUIS—The Ameri-
can Jewish Committee has
sharply criticized the spe-
cial missionary campaign of
the Lutheran Church-
Missouri S y nod that seeks
tive witness to Jewish
people" and to "encourage
especially those congrega-
tions located in or near
Jewish communities to
,
reach out-to the Jews and
to convert the
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Jewish people
share our faith that Jesus of
to Christianity. The Synod, Nazareth is the promised
at its 1977 convention, pas- Messiah."
Rabbi A. James Rudin,
sed a resolution committing
itself to "a two-year goal of the AJCommittee's assis-
persuading 50 percent of tant national director for in-
our congregations to pre- - terreligious affairs de-
clared: "By singling out
pare themselves for effec-
Jews for intensive pro-
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has, in effect, branded
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Judaism as an inadequate
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and incomplete religion. By
to the U.S. on April 30 for a
undertaking this program,
two-week tour of American
the Missouri Synod has
Jewish communities, it was
sadly revived the medieval
announced in Jerusalem
image of the Jews as a
Wednesday.
theologically deficient
The Begin visit will be
people.
primarily to assure solidar-
"The resolution is a moral
ity in American Jewry for
affront to the Jewish people
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Israel, it was stated. Plans
and
to 40 centuries of
American Society of
for another visit with Presi-
Jewish religious life and
Interior Designers
dent Carter are premature,
theological
self-
(A.S.I.D.)
it was stated.
understanding."
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MONTREAL, Quebec —
Robert L. Adler of Chicago
has been elected president
of the National Jewish Wel-
fare Board at the organiza-
tion's 1978 biennial conven-
tion in Montreal, Quebec.
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and turned a retreat into a
victory at the Battle of the
Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
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gambling." He added that
Judaism "has always re-
garded games of chance not
only as unproductive but as
harbingers of depravity and
has always sought to dis-
courage gambling in all of
its guises."
He warned also that
Jews should be honest
and face the fact that a
"Las Vegas Night — or
bingo for that matter —
as part of our institu-
tional life is decidely not
a form of harmless recre-
ation." He declared that
recent press reports
"only confirm what we
have long known: these
games are frequented to
a large extent by compul-
sive players to whom
such activities are hardly
an innocent pastime."
He added that the games
themselves, in New York,
are often held at locations
far away from the
synagogue or institution
supported by their proceeds
and "They are often de-
signed to attract members
of underprivileged groups
and to prey upon the weak-
ness of those who can ill af-
ford the losses they incur."
He drew a distinction be-
tween the use of bingo by
day schools "to cover a sig-
nificant portion of their de-
ficits." While he called this
"deplorable," he added he
could not condemn "out-
rightly" the educators who
find it necessary to resort
"to these methods to keep
their institutions solvent."
JWB Parley Names Robert Adler President
Quebec Jewry and Family Ties Discussed
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ded, it could not be seri-
A leading talmudic scho- ously argued that such
lar has asserted that all activities should be
forms of gambling for funds abandoned in favor of
for synagogues conflict with gambling.
the synagogue "as a symbol
Declaring that he did not
of all the values and teach- consider playing games of
ings Judaism seeks to imprt chance the greatest of sins,
to its adherents" and that he the scholar said, "There are
doubted that "in our many other matters in
affluent society," there were which the synagog-up is re-
many congregations "whose miss which are far more
members cannot raise the serious." What troubled
necessary funds in a dig- him, he reported, was the
nified and decorous man- implication that synagogue
ner."
policies "are to be deter-
Rabbi J. David Bleich, as- mined only on the basis of
sistant professor of pragmatic considerations"
philosophy at Stern College and that "the end does jus-
for Women, issued his de- tify the means."
nunciation in an issue of
He said his objections to
"Jewish Life," the quarterly fund-raising by gambling
publication of the Union of was not necessarily predi-
Orthodox Jewish Congre- cated on halakhic (Jewish
gations of America.
Law) considerations. But,
He summarized the effect he added, many halakhic
of gambling under sponsor- authorities held that non-
ship of religious and charit- professional gambling,
able organizations as hav- while not a cause for dis-
ing led to "mad and unbe- qualification of a witness
lievable scramble by a before a rabbinical court, is
number of synagogues to "nevertheless sinful."
organize Las Vegas nights
He also argued that re-
and the like as widely as gardless of the halakhic
possible." He called it tragic permissibility for occa-
that those institutions sional or social gambling,
charged with moral leader- "it is perfectly obvious that
ship "are now by legislative Judaism never looked with
fiat granted a monopoly on favor upon this practice.
an activity of very dubious Not all which is forbidden is
morality."
laudatory. Jews have al-
Rabbi Bleich cited ways viewed gambling with
other forms of what he a definite odium."
considered undesirable
The scholar reported that
fund-raising, such as there are "recorded in-
"ostentatious banquets, stances of Jewish com-
embarrassingly exagg- munities which promul-
erated testimonials, gated stringent ordinations
gimmickry and pres- prohibiting all forms of
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Jewish Federations and a
board member of the Un-
ited Jewish Appeal. He is
vice chairman of the Union
of American Hebrew Con-
gregations and has served
as vice president of USO, of
which JWB is a member
agency.
The convention was occa-
sion to discuss the status of
Quebec's Jewish commun-
ity and the role of Israel on
strengthening family ties.
On Quebec Jewry,
Prof. Irwin Cotler of
McGill University said,
"We have arrived at a
juncture in history where
both French Canadian
nationalism and Jewish
nationalism are each
working out their sense
of themselves and each,
partly out of ignorance,
partly out of suspicion, is
insensitive to and unap-
preciative of the other's
legitimate aspirations
and fears."
"The Jewish condition in
Quebec must be of concern
to Jews everywhere..."
'I am a Zionist,' he is saying
something more than sim-
ply he is pro-Israeli. He too
is giving expression to a be-
lief system, a statement of
values, an organizing frame
of reference, a commit-
ment," Cotler said.
On Israel's role in
the future, revolutionary
universalism, despair
and radical indi-
vidualism." He warned
that "the memory and
values that Judaism im-
poses on a family through
various obligations are
being threatened."
strengthening family ties,
But, in Israel, according
Dr. David Hartman, profes-
to Hartman, "the focus is on
sor of sociology at Hebrew 'we,' the binding of a people.
University in Jerusalem There is no room for radical
said "Israel can be a coun- individualism."
tervailing force against
Hartman said also that in
those conditions that un-
dermine the modern family. Israel "histori cal commit-
ment and technology can
"The modern family is
challenged by technol- merge" and "society is built
ogy which emphasizes on the close ties ofa family."
General Amnesty Ruled Out
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel. The report recom-
Justice Minister Shmuel mended against a general
Tamir informed the Knes- amnesty, noting that 70
set that no general amnesty percent of the prisoners
will be granted on the occa- pardoned in 1967 after the
sion of Israel's 30th an- Six-Day War were eventu-
niversary celebrations as ally returned to jail for
has been the case in the other crimes.
pa
Faithful Friend
However, he proposed
that a special committee re-
A faithful friend is a
Cotler noted that "When view each case separately strong defense, and he that
somebody says 'je suis and decide whether the findeth such findeth a trea-
pequiste' (I am a Party prisoner is entitled to an sure.
Quebecois person) he is giv- easing of punishment.
ing expression to a belief
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system, a statement of val- with the recommendations weighing of his goodness.
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A faithful friend is the
reference, a commitment. ported last month on the ex- medicine of life.
Jew says tent of-organized crime in
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