Friday, May 29, 1981

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Boris Smolar's

`Between You
. . . and Me'

27

Peace Support
Unified Orthodox Activities YIVO Volume
GENEVA (JTA) — An
Honor
Acclaimed at Dinner of Vaad Takes
association of Swiss Friends
NEW YORK — "History

In major addresses deliv-
ered at the 52nd annual
dinner of the Vaad
Harabonim, the Council of
Editor-in-Chief
Orthodox Rabbis, at the
Emeritus, JTA
Plaza Hotel in the Renais-
sance Center Tuesday eve-
(Copyright 1981, JTA, Inc.)
ning, Rabbis Leizer Levin
UJA INNOVATIONS: The United Jewish Appeal, and James Gordon
which held its four-day annual national conference May acclaimed the progress
14-17, is now quietly introducing some changes in its cam- made in unifying the Or-
paign methods. It always held its national conference in thodox functions here. They
New York, bringing Jewish leaders from all over the coun- expressed gratitude that
try to the conclave. Last year and this year it held the the highest goals in Jewish
gathering in Washington. It reported very successful re- traditions were being at-
-u.lts for its 1981 campaign.
tained and the objectives of
The UJA fundraising drives are usually concluded at the Vaad were progressing.
the end of the year when the goal for the coming year was
The occasion marked the
announced. Now the UJA goal for 1982 was proclaimed introduction of a kosher,
more than seven months before the new year starts.
Vaad-supervised kitchen
Other changes in the UJA methods have taken place. aimed at permanence at the
One of them is giving up the huge dinner in New York, Plaza Hotel for kashrut-
usually attended by some 2,000 people from all over the observed functions. While
country eager to see prominent Israeli statesmen and to such services commenced at
listen to their addresses. Now the UJA leadership believes the November sessions of
that smaller gatherings produce more effective results for the Council of Jewish Fed-
the fund-raising campaigns; they are also less expensive.
erations General Assembly,
But the most important innovation of the UJA cam- the kosher services com-
paign system is the policy of emphasizing the needs not menced in the fullest at
only of Israel but also of the American Jewish community.
Tuesday's Vaad dinner.
"PROJECT RENEWAL" FOR U.S.: Two years ago,
The program featured
in 1979, the Jewish Agency in Israel proclaimed its "Project tributes to three prominent
Renewal" campaign for the rejuvenation of 300,000 people members of the Nusbaum
— about 200,000 of them children — who live in slums in family under the title
conditions of physical and social distress. The UJA has "Three Brothers Remem-
committed itself to raise $400 million for this five-year bered." Rabbi Gordon paid
project with contributions to be made by American donors
over and above their giving to the regular UJA-federation
drives. Some 200 Jewish communities in the U.S. are al-
ready participating in the project.
Now the UJA is advocating a "Jewish Renewal at
Home" for the American Jewish community. It stresses
Burt is a young boy with a
that the structure of American Jewish life is undergoing problem. However, it is not
changes and creating new realities and needs. The new era through the eyes of adults
of Jewish Renewal which started now in Israel must be that we learn about his
extended also to meet newly created Jewish communal situation, but from his
needs in American Jewry, the UJA urges.
perspective, that of a late
The UJA emphasizes that "Jewish Renewal at Home" elementary-school-age
means increased regular campaign fundings of the federa- child.
tion to increase services and stabilize and strengthen
This unusual story is told
Jewish family life; that it means larger contributions for in "Burt" by native De-
improved services to provide the Jewish elderly with the troiter Howard Buten, who
total at-home and institutional support they need, as well has made a name for him-
as for the productive and self-dependent lives they want to self as comedian-
lead; that it means providing more funds to make Jewish entertainer "Buffo." The
education a vital force in the communities and Jewish author is the nephew of
identity a matter of affirmation; also to enable the com- communal leader Paul Zuc-
munities to give increased support of youth trips to Israel. kerman.
To UJA, a program of "Jewish Renewal" in the United
The novel tells about the
States also means helping the Jewish federations to assist thoughts, dreams and fan-
Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union to adjust them- tasies of the young boy, but
selves to their new freedom.
something is troubling him
UJA-CJF RELATIONSHIP: The "Jewish Renewal and his unstable emotional
at Home" policy urged by the UJA is, no doubt, due to the status drives him into an
new quality relationship between the Jewish federations unfortunate situation in
and the UJA following the bringing of the Council of which he hurts — physi-
Jewish Federations into full partnership in the supreme cally and emotionally —
leadership of the UJA.
another child.
The vital and close working relationship between the
UJA and the CJF brought a concept of comprehensive cam- Evangelicals Buy
paign planning by the CJF, and a new dimension. A goal of
$1 billion campaign achievement instead of the $500 mil- Jewish Station
NEW YORK — (JTA) —
lion raised annually by the UJA-federation drives was de-
cided upon by the CJF which looks forward to reaching this The Coalition of Save
goal gradually by 1985 to meet the human requirements WEVD, a group of Orthodox
facing the American Jewish community locally, nationally Jewish organizations, has
abandoned an 18-month
and overseas.
legal battle to prevent the
sale by the Forward Asso-
ciation of the AM band of
station WEVD, which has
NEW YORK (JTA) — United States began in 1972 broadcast Jewish pro-
The 14 women scheduled to when Sally Preisand was gramming in the New York
be ordained this month and named first woman rabbi in area for more than 50 years,
in June as Reform rabbis American history by the to a corporation dedicated to
and the four who became Hebrew Union College- Christian evangelical pro-
Reconstructionist rabbis Jewish Institute of Religion gramming.
this month bring to 47 the (HUC-JIR), the Reform
The Forward Association,
total number of women higher education and rab- which publishes the Jewish
designated as Reform and binic school.
Daily Forward, the only
Reconstructionist rabbis
Yiddish-language daily in
since 1972, according to an ADL Director
the United States, retained
annual Jewish Telegraphic
control of the station's FM
NEW YORK — Anne F. band. The Salem Media
Agency survey.
The 47 include 37 Reform Glauber has been appointed Corp. reportedly paid $1.2
and 10 Reconstructionist director of the New York million for the AM band.
State regional office of the
woman rabbis.
No one is a slave whose
The process of ordination Anti-Defamation League of
will is free.
of women rabbis in the Bnai Brith.

honor to the memory of Max
Nusbaum, and the latter's
son Julian Nusbaum re-
sponded. Phillip Stollman
recalled the many services
of the late Abe Nusbaum,
and the latter's son Irving
Nusbaum responded. Rabbi
Levin honored the memory
of Sol (Shlomo) Nusbaum,
and the latter's son Joseph
Nusbaum responded.
There was a notable
deviation from regular
procedures at this event
chaired by toastmaster
David Hermelin. The
program was conducted
prior to the serving of the
meal.
Participants in the pro-
gram included Morris Platt,
David Silver, Cantor Shab-
tai Ackerman and Rabbi
Chaskel Grubner.
A new record for
attendance was set at this
dinner, with more then 650
participating, contrasted by
the 450 at last year's event.
Testimonial citations
were presented to the three
Nusbaum widows of the Or-
thodox leaders
memorialized during the
dinner program.

of the Yiddish Language"
(University of Chicago
Press), a translation of a
study of the work of the late
Max Weinreich, co-founder
of the YIVO Institute for
Jewish Research, was
named the winner of the
1981 Kenneth B. Smilen
Present Tense Literary
Award. The award is spon-
sored by the American
Jewish Committee.
The book was first pub-
lished in Yiddish by the
YIVO Institute in 1973. The
volume was translated by
Shlomo Noble of the Insti-
tute and Joshua A. Fishman
of Yeshiva University.

of the Jewish-Arab Center
at Haifa University has
been founded here to extend
financial support for peace
efforts between Jews and
Arabs at Haifa University.

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Young Boy's Troubled Mind
Focus of Detroiter's Novel

The story is unpleasant
and not recommended
for light reading. How-
ever, the reader may be-
come nostalgic when
coming across references
to "the old Jewish
neighborhood" along
Seven Mile Road near
Schaefer, a neighbor-
hood that saw its prime in
the 1950s and early 1960s.

Buten's references to
school "portables," air raid
drills, old television shows
and childhood experiences
offset some of the unpleas-
antness.
Published by Holt,
Rinehart and Winston,
"Burt" is recommended for
those strong of constitution
and long on patience. Psy-
chology majors would prob-
ably find it entertaining.
---H.P.

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June 15, 1981.

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