26 Friday, May 1, 1981 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS BIG SAVINGS Volume on 'Love, Sex and Marriage: A Jewish HIS SUNDAY, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. PLAZA SUITE, Northwestern at 12 Mile By ALLEN A. WARSEN PLUS IN PERSON INVITATIONS BY HATTIE SCHWARTZ Rabbi Roland B. Gittel- sohn's book "Love, Sex, and Marriage: A Jewish View," Large selection of stationery i paper goods • Towing Equipment • Rebuilding • Complete Machine Shop SAFE-WAY AUTO SUPPLY Open: Sunday thru Friday .16 10610 W. 9 Mile Rd. 548-2850 A y' HONEYWELL BARBER SALON MICHAEL KELLY Proprietor Michigan State Hair- Styling Champion Ranked 6th Nationally Manicures Co 424-8466 for appointment The Jewish Community Center published by the Union of American Hebrew Congre- gations, is broader than the title indicates. It is a synth- esis of religion, morality, biology, psychology and sociology, and consists of 16 chapters. Some are titled: What Is Love?" "Love and the Family," "A Family Is More Than Two," and "Do All Religions Agree on Sex?" The text is instructive and inspirational and reve- als Rabbi Gittelsohn's pro- found mastery of the sub- ject. Especially captivating are his views on love. While differentiating between in- fatuation and love, he writes: "Infatuation is a purely physical experience . . Love is a consuming desire to share one's whole life both physically and spiritually with another person of the opposite sex." Rabbi Gittelsohn does not fully agree with sociologists who maintain that Jews have not been greatly af- fected by drug addiction and sexual immorality because of "the strength and beauty of Jewish family life." The opinion, he contends, applies only to Jews whose marital standards are based on Jewish ethics, but not to those who are unaware of Jewish moral ideals. was able to realize itself and its potentialities, to a greater degree than any of them could have done alone. "Here on the crudest, most elementary level of simple biology is nature's pattern for what later be- came human love." The chapter, "A Factnily Is More Than Two" explores the relationship between parents and children and their mutual obligations. Foremost is the parents' obligation to establish a firm, secure and harmoni- ous foundation based on love and consideration. Next is their duty to bring up the children properly. This includes, among others, discipline. To be effective, discipline, "must be (1) firm, (2) loving, (3) consistent and, as far as possible, (4) a natural con- sequence of the behavior it is meant to regulate," writes Rabbi Gittelsohn. Nevertheless, discipline will be ineffective if the par- ents set wrong examples. Our sages, remarks the author, expressed this idea as follows: "Every Jew shall so conduct himself that his son will rejoice to say: 'The God of my father.' " A hasidic rebbe expressed the same thought this way: "God treats a man in the same way that the man treats his children. Do not neglect your children, and God will not neglect you." Significant is the Rabbi Gittelsohn, the advocate of high marital standards, cites the Jewish belief in God's The Detroit Institute of Arts association with love. As an illustration he relates the story of the Roman woman who once asked a Arab Charge rabbi: "What has God of Harassment been doing to keep Him- self occupied since Crea- Is Mitigated tion was completed." The JERUSALEM k JTA) — rabbi replied, "God The military governor of" spends His time match- Hebron published a report ing couples for mar- claiming that recent press A Puppet S OW accounts of harassment of riage." The author sees a close local Arabs by Jewish association of nature with settlers were grossly exag- love. "We see this most gerated. - Sunday, dramatically," he writes, The report backed up the "in the relationship be- Jewish Settlers Council and May 3, 1981 tween cells." He points out the Kiryat Arba municipal 200 p.m. that the single, original council who contended that cells evolved into organisms there was no tension be- of millions of cells perform- tween Jews and Arabs in Members: $2.50 ing diverse functions. Hebron. Non-members $3.00 The press reports had For instance, "one group of cells undertook the re- prompted Premier Jewish Community Center sponsibility of digestion for Menahem Begin, in his OF METROPOUTAN DETROIT the entire organism . . capacity as defense minis- 6600 W. Maple Road another of reproduction ter, to order the military West Bloomfield, Michigan . . another of locomotion, government to make sure 48033 46 and so on . . . With this that the Kiryat Arba (313) 661-1000 ability each individual cell settlers no longer harass their Arab neighbors. Ear- lier, Deputy Defense Minis- ter Mordechai Zipori asked the Kiryat Arba residents not to walk the streets of Hebron armed or to attempt to restore order. The settlers claimed Five they carried arms at the Point instructions of the mili- tary government and said they would prefer not to as a demonstration FREE Estimate — FREE Analysis of their free presence in Call 977-8300 the Arab city. The settlers took urn- brage at the press reports. They said an investigation Licensed by the State of Michigan of their conduct would -prove the reports false and that parties_ spreading such rumors should be brought to ! 1 I justice. and present JOHNNY, PAU4 & DA L CALL. MEL SHUMAN For The Best Lawn and Tree Spray In Town ACCU-SPRAY PROGRAM "WE GET THE ROOTS" ACCU-SPRAY author's examination of the Christian and Jewish views on sex. He points out that "Jesus was never married. In order to di- vorce him from any possible taint of connec- tion with sex, Christian tradition even resorted to the belief that Jesus was born to a virgin." Paul, the real founder of Christianity, also viewed sex unsympathetically. He wrote this about marriage: "So that he who marries his betrothed does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better." St. Jerome, a Church father, said: "He who loves his own wife too ardently is an adulterer." In modern times, writes Rabbi Gittelsohn, Christian leaders "have moved away from the historic position of Christianity on sex and toward that of Judaism." What is the Jewish posi- tion on sex? It is both posit- ive and realistic. The Bible and the Talmud extol it. The "Song of Songs," though considered an allegory, con- tains "love songs." Nachmanides regarded the marital union as "holy an pure." Rabbi Gittelsohn con- cludes: "Judaism teaches that life is good and sex is good — if we accept it and learn how to control and use it for our advantage and richest growth." ARMDI Honors for Four Shown receiving the Heritage Award of the American Red Magen David for Israel are, from left, Sydney B. Wertheimer, Detroiter Joseph Handleman, Louis Rosenberg and, at right, Herman Quittman. The four were honored at a recent New York luncheon. Presenting the awards are Mrs. Nathan Goldman and Israel Consul Paul Kedar. Israel Will Denounce EEC Rep's Meeting With Arafat JERUSALEM (JTA) — Dutch Foreign Minister Christoph van der Klaauw is expected to receive a cool reception when he visits Is- rael May 12-14 and will hear vehement protests from Premier Menahem - Begin and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir over his meeting with Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir Arafat in Beirut recently. Van der Klaauw will be in Israel in his capacity as chairman of the council of ministers of the European Economic Community (EEC). He had met with Arafat and top PLO lieutenants in the same capacity, though he was ac- companied by officials of the Dutch Foreign Ministry: His visit to Israel will be his second to the Middle East within the course of a month to report on the current situation and the prospects of the European peace in- itiative to which Israel is adamantly opposed. The report Van der Klaauw submits to the council of ministers is expected to determine the course of the Euro- pean initiative in the months ahead. Israel ob- jects to the EEC initiative on many gounds, particu- larly its advocacy of PLO "association" in the Mideast peace process. Begin and Shamir are expected to tell the Dutch diplomat that his meeting with Arafat disturbedthe political process and re- duced the prospects for peace in the region. Van der Klaauw was in Egypt last weekend for talks with President Anwar Sadat and Foreign Minister Butrus Ghaii. According to reports from Cairo he told them that the U.S. is show- ing more understanding of the European initiative and that the U.S. and Europe are drawing closer on the is- sue. 3 Israeli Police May Be Tried TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Attorney General recom- mended that three -senior police officers should be put on trial for giving false evi- dence which led to the con- viction of a man now serv- ing a life sentence for the murder of a woman seven years ago. Amos Baranes-has consis- tently claimed that he was not guilty of the murder of Rachel Heller, a soldier. He has refused a pardon, say- ing this would indicate guilt, and demanded a ret- rial. The Attorney General's statement said the question of a retrial should be raised by the authorities only after the trial of the three police officers. If found guilty of giving false evidence at the time, the state could then re-open Baranes' trial. Meanwhile, he could himself apply to thc Sup- reme Court, the Attorney General,said. ti 11