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62 Friday, September 22, 1978

THE DETROIT JEWISHMS,

Canadian Survey Cites Religion
Awareness Decline Among Jews

MONTREAL (JTA) — A
poll of 500 Jews in
Montreal, Toronto and
Winnipeg has indicated
that third generation
Canadian Jews are aban-
doning traditional religious
practices at a much higher
rate than did their parents,
but maintain a strong sense
of a Jewish "cultural" iden-
tity nevertheless.
The statistics were com-
piled from an uncompleted
study now housed in the
Canadian Jewish Congress
archives.

the latter mostly immig-
rants to Canada.

Cultural identification
with Jewishness drop-
ped less sharply or not at
all, or rose. Percentage
preferences for living in a
Jewish area were: 53.2,
54.5 and 51.3. Choosing
Jews as close friends:
64.6 percent, 83.8 percent,
and 82.8 percent.

Percentages of belief that
a strong bond unites Jews
were: 85.4 percent, 85.5 per-
cent and 86.1 percent; view-
ing Israel as a cultural cen-
They showed a massive ter for Jews: 55.6 percent,
63.5 percent drop in such 58.8 percent; 75.3 percent.
The survey found that the
religious practices as keep-
ing kosher and attending third generation reads
synagogue services among Jewish periodicals least and
the 500 Jews compared with the reading of books by
their parents, compared to a Jewish writers also has
16 percent drop in the sec- dropped among members of
ond generation, compared the third generation.
A majority of the third
with the first generation,

SURPRISED??

generation — nearly 60 per-
cent — said they would be
unhappy or very unhappy if
their child married a non-
Jew. But more than 75 per-
cent of the second and first
generations expressed that
view.

New York Cites
Kashrut Violators

ALBANY, N.Y. (JTA) —
Ten establishments in New
York state serving
kashrut-observant consum-
ers were given notices of
violations of the state's
kosher labeling law during
June and July, according to
the first report on such cases
issued by the Kosher Law
Enforcement division of the
Department of Agriculture
and Markets.
The establishments ac-
cused of violations were a
food caterer, store units of
two food chains, two kosher
restaurants, a meat jobber,
a coffee shop and three]
kosher hotels.

By MOSHE RON

TEL AVIV — Every
Tuesday, Dr. Jean
Ashkenazy from Tel Aviv
takes his Mercedes and goes
50 kms (31 miles) south
from Beersheba to the little
town of Yerucham. He is ac-
companied by his wife Ruth.
Dr. Ashkenazy treats the
inhabitants of Yerucham,
for free. "I do this job volun-
tarily and nobody owes me
anything for it," he said.

"I read in the newspap-
ers that a child died in
Yerucham because there
was no doctor. I went
there and announced my
readiness for work. The
mayor wanted to arrange
a reception for me, but I
told him: without cere-
monies."

The Israeli Health Insur-
an'Ce (Kupat Holim) didn't
like the private initiative of
Dr. Ashkenazy. It refused to
give him any help. The in-
habitants of Yerucham like
the "crazy doctor from Tel
Aviv," who gives them med-
ical help without any pay-
ment. He works under very
hard conditions, in a small
room of the first aid station.

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MIAMI — A U.S. Appeals
Court has overturned a Dis-
trict Court decision and con-
firmed the demotion of a
black supervisor at Jackson
Memorial Hospital who
made anti-Semitic remarks
to a Jewish employee.
The court ruled that
anti-Semitic remarks are
not protected under the
First Amendment's guaran-
tee of freedom of speech.
The supervisor was de-
moted two ranks, but was
later reinstated. She sued
the hospital, however, to re-
cover back pay.

LOUIS ACHTMAN, 85,
16396 Harden Cir. N.,
Southfield, died Sept. 17.
Survived by two sons,
Joseph of Miami, Fla., and
Jack; four daughters, Mrs.
Manny (Kathleen) Lax of
Hollywood, Fla., Mrs. Betty
Fischer of Florida, Mrs.
Martin (Gladys) Rabinowitz
and Mrs. Herman (Edith)
Fershtman; a sister, Mrs.
Zena Berman; 21
grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
* 5 *
RUTH BAND, 65, 30236
Southfield, Southfield, died
Sept. 16. Survived by her
husband, Hyman; two sons,
Jerry and Frederick; three
daughters, Mrs. Allen
(Phyliss) Seel, Mrs. Sheldon
(Beverly) Scharg and
Sherry; a brother, Edward
Persin; two sisters, Mrs.
Louis (Bertha) Supian and
Mrs. George (Dorothy) Lel-
chook; and seven
grandchildren.

Medical Parley
on Holiday Hit

NEW YORK (JTA) —
The American Jewish Con-
gress has protested the "in-
sensitivity" of the National
Institute of Health in
scheduling a national con-
ference on medical research
principles on Oct. 3, the sec-
ond day of Rosh Hashana,
and asked that the date be
changed.

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We saw a young woman of
23 standing in the line to be
received by the doctor. She
is a mother of three chil-
dren. Some months ago she
lost her balance and had
difficulties in walking. Her
eye sight weakened. She
was told an operation was
needed, but she turned to
Dr. Ashkenazy. After seven
injections her condition im-
proved considerably.
In the line is a man of 40.
He is a chronic alcoholic and
suffers from epilepsy. Dr.
Ashkenazy has convinced
him to reduce his drinking.
A third patient has received
medicines, but did not know
how to use them and Dr.

Ashkenazy explains their
use.

There are some cases of
epilepsy in Arad and Dr.
Ashkenazy treats them.
Kupat Holim refuses to
provide medicines to
such patients, but Dr.
Ashkenazy helps them to
get the necessary
medicines.

Dr. Ashkenazy came from
Romania six years ago. He
was the director of the
neurological department in
the Municipal Hospital in
Bucharest. The Romanian
authorities made it difficult
for him to go to Israel. When
he arrived, he worked for
some time in the Municipal
Hospital of Tel Aviv. After-
wards he moved to
Beersheba. He visited vil-
lages and settlements in the
Negev to give volunteer
medical help.
There is a constant fight
between the Kupat Holim
and Dr. Ashkenazy. Dr.
David Ronen, the chief doc-
tor of Kupat Holim in
Beersheba told us that if
there is a need for a
neurologist in the small
town of Yerucham, the
Kupat Holim would send
one. But it cannot accept the
system of private enterprise
and a private, voluntary
clinic.

Backer of Israel

HOUSTON (ZINS) —
Former Chairman of the
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Adm. Elmo Zumwalt, re-
cently emphasized the im-
portance of Israel as an
American ally against Rus-
sia.
He said Israel must rely
on her own strength and not
on outside security guaran-
tees, and added that he does
not see how Israel can main-
tain her security if she re-
turns the administered ter-
ritories to the Arabs.

DR. MERLE M. BE-
RMAN, 47, died Sept. 18.

He leaves two daughters,
Betsy and Rebecca; a son,
David; and his mother, Mrs.
Carol Berman.

* * *

SADIE HOBERMAN,

91, 25336 Kingshire, South-
field, died Sept. 19. Sur-
vived by a daughter, Mrs.
Earl (Betty) Shipper; six
grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
5 5 *

HAROLD KESHNER,

62, died Sept. 14. He leaves
three sons, Marvin of Cam-
bridge, Mass., Laurence and
Glenn; and two sisters, Mrs.
Joseph (Joan) Shapiro of Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs.
Irving (Esther) Goldstein of
Miami Beach, Fla.

* * *

JACOB KLONEL, 79, of

Highland, Ind., died Sept
12. Survived by his wife,
Jeanne; three sons, Neland
of Oak Park, Dr. Ronald
and Dr. Allard of Lowell,
Mass.; and seven
grandchildren. Interment
Indiana.

* * *
ELLA KOMMEL, 78,

former Detroiter of North
Hollywood, Calif., died
Sept. 4. Survived by a son,
Dr. Richard M. of Hun-
tington Woods; a daughter,
Mrs. Murial Fife of Van

Court Rules
on Nazi Claims

JERUSALEM — The Is-
raeli Supreme Court re-
cently overturned a ruling
of the reparations
authority, and stated that
Jews --who fled across na-
tional boundaries from Nazi
tyranny are equally eligible
for reparations as people
who suffered directly at the
hands of the Nazis.

West German courts have
give the opposite ruling.
Observers believe that Is-
rael may have to pay some
of the reparation claims
under the ruling if West
German reparations do not
cover all claims.

Nuys, Calif.; sisters in New
York; six grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Interment California.
* * 5

JACOB MICHAEL
KRAFT, 58, died Sept. 14.

He leaves a son, Charles H.;
and a sister in Russia.
* 5 *
MORRIS LANTZ, 69, of
New York City, died Sept.
14. Survived by three
brothers, Julius, Irving and
Sidney of Southfield; and a
sister, Helen of Florida.
Interment New York.
* 5 *
GEORGE MARX, 65,
former Detroiter of
Lauderhill, Fla., died Sept.
16. He leaves his wife, Sara;
two sons, Gary of San Ra-
mon, Calif., and Dr. Michael
of Arlington Heights, Ill.; a
daughter, Mrs. Arnold
(Roslyn) Katz; six brothers,
Ruben, Edwin, Herman,
Martin, Irving and Louis;
and eight grandchildren.
Interment Detroit.
* 5 *

HELEN RUTH RUBIN,

74, died Sept. 18. She leaves
a son, Norman J.; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Melvin (Paula)
Menuck; two brothers, Bert
L. Smokier and Ned
Smokier; three sisters, Mrs.
Edith Moss of Spain, Mrs.
Jean Fleisig of Toronto and
Mrs. Bernice Miller; and
one granddaughter.

* * *

L.
BETTY
SCHLESINGER, 54, died

Sept. 18. She leaves her.
husband, Eugene M.; two
sons, Ira of Redondo Beach,
Calif., and Stanley of Santa
Ana, Calif.; her mother,
Mrs. Israel (Hilda)
Feldman; and two sisters,
Mrs. Samuel (Marcella)
Roth and Mrs. William
(June) Denenberg.

* * *

SCHUL-
AARON
DINGER, 77, 15075 Lin-

coln, Oak Park, died Sept.
17. Survived by his wife
Sadie; a son, Seymour; a
brother and a sister in Is-
rael; and three
grandchildren.

* * *

LOUIS B. SHAW, 27592

Kingsgate Way, Far-
mington Hills, died Sept.
18. Survived by his wife,
Eva; a son, Jerome M.; a
daughter, Mrs. Phyllis
Waze; a sister, Mrs. Rose
Glass; and four
grandchildren.

* * *

CLAIRE SHIPPER, 78,

died Sept. 16. She leav ,
two sisters, Mrs. Joh.
(Edith) Lurie and Mrs.
Ethel Rosenthal.

SHIRLEY STEIN-

. HARDT, 50, former De-
troiter of Northridge, Calif.,
died Sept. 11. Survived by
her husband, Al; a son, Dan;
a daughter, Mrs. Stacy
(Carol) Goodman; her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli
( Miriam) Freeman of Oak
Park; a brother, Joseph
Freeman; a sister, Mrs.
Stanley (Adall) White of
Great Neck, N.Y.; and two
grandchildren. Interment
California.

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