THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
A Dynasty of Rabbis Change Asked in Law to Guard
Rights of Sabbath Observers
ily, or dynasty, than in any
other family in history.
(A Seven Arts Feature)
Descendants of eight in-
Some families are noted
credibly majestic brothers,
for the fact that red hair who themselves were the
runs in them, or blue eyes,
offspring of one of the Baal
or whatever. In the Twersky
Shem Tov's followers. One
family religion runs. There of the most brilliant, Rabbi
have probably been more Isidore Twersky, is at Har-
rabbis in the Twersky fam- vard, in the seat long oc-
cupied by Dr. Harry
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scholar.
Another family famous
for rabbis is Hecht. And you
probably know many other
-niishpakhot which sprout
rabbis.
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A fascinating modern
cluster of rabbis are
those associated with the
Perelmuters. Three rab-
binic brothers, originally
from Canada, are H.
Goren Perelmuter of
Chicago; Bernard of
Trenton, N.J. and Martin
(renamed Perley) of
Louisville.
A son of H. Goren is Rabbi
Mayer Perelmuter, and he
is married to the daughter
of Rabbi Joshua Haberman
of Washington, D.C.
Another Haberman daugh-
ter is married to Rabbi
David Forman.
Mrs. H. Goren Perelmu-
ter is the niece of Rabbi
Hirsch Cohen, of Canada. A
brother-in-law of Rabbi
Martin Perley is Rabbi
Herman Sanger of Au-
stralia.
The members and officers of
Detroit Businessmen's Group
City of Hope
ask you to rejoice with them
in the blessings for a
NEW YORK — Nine na-
tional Jewish organizations
called for an amendment to
the Equal Opportunity
Employment Act that
would require major
employers to prove "undue
hardship" — beyond an in-
crease'in production costs —
before they could dismiss an
employee who refused to
work on his Sabbath.
The organizations were:
American Jewish Commit-
tee, American Jewish Con-
gress, Anti-Defamation
League of Bnai Brith,
Jewish Labor Committee,
Jewish War Veterans, Na-
tional Council of Jewish
Women, Rabbinical Assem-
bly of America, Union of
American Hebrew Congre-
United
gations and
Synagogue of America.
The amendment was
proposed in their name by
Leo Pfeffer, special counsel
of the American Jewish
Congress, in testimony be-
fore the Federal Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission on religious
needs of employees as they
relate to the scheduling of
work.
Pfeffer also urged that
the commission adopt
changes in its regulations
to correct "widespread
misapprehensions" that
accommodating the
needs of Sabbath obser-
vers was no longer re-
quired by law.
These misapprehensions,
he said, stem from the U.S.
Supreme Court ruling in
TWA vs. Hardison, which
exempted TWA from ac-
commodating a Sabbath ob-
server on the grounds of
"undue hardship" — that is,
increased production costs.
Pfeffer said his proposed
amendment to the Federal
Sunday Burials
Ordered in NY
NEW YORK (JTA) —
The Cemetery Board of New
York State has issued a di-
rective to all cemeteries
with designated religious
sections that they be avail-
able for grave openings and
interments six days a week,
Sunday through Friday,
where immediate burial is
required by religion.
This action was taken at
the request of the Gover-
nor's office after complaints
from families who were re-
fused permission for burials
on Sundays.
Esmail Decision
Is Due in June
TEL AVIV— The conclu-
sion of the trial of Michigan
State University student
Simi Esmail on charges of
being a member of the Popu-
lar Front for the Liberation
of Palestine has been post-
poned until June 7.
One of the three judges in
the case will reportedly be
out of the country, forcing
the delay.
Both the prosecution and
the defense were ordered to
submit their final
arguments in writing.
Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Act (Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964)
was both practical and feas-
ible.
Noting that the proposal
was not limited to Sabbata-
rians but also encompassed
employees who for religious
reasons would not work on
Sundays, Pfeffer 'said:
"Larger corporations
usually have an adequate
pool of employees to
maintain operations
seven days a week with-
out interruption. The
best evidence of this is
the fact that many large
corporations continue to
employ Sabbath obser-
vers notwithstanding the
TWA decision."
of several cases of firings
of Sabbath observers by
major corporations
within the last several
months.
"Other than the decision
in Hardison, we know of no
factor that would explain
this phenomenon," he said,
adding:
"We believe that it is im-
portant and urgent that the
Commission make it clear
that nothing in the decision
in Hardison permits such
dismissals."
Pfeffer said the additional
cost to large employers of
making accommodations to
the needs of Sabbath obser-
vers would be "small and
manageable."
Pfeffer told the hearing
that since the decision in
TWA vs. Hardison, "many
employers now appear to be-
lieve there is no longer any
obligation to accommodate
the religious practices of
their employees."
He said the organiza-
tions had been informed
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