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 ***************************** Wolfson, the non-pareil scholar. Another family famous for rabbis is Hecht. And you probably know many other -niishpakhot which sprout rabbis. By RABBI SAMUEL SILVER * * * Fee Ve:444 * * * * * 76L Ocelt * * • '7freeace4 awe * * * * * P at,ra#14 * * i" * * * felyard4 ddoziet * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TEL TWELVE MALL * 353-4949 PONTIAC MALL * 682-5920 ***************************** 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." 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