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Conference Seeks to End Polarization of Judaism
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dishists, Marxists, non-
Marxists and the major
religious movements in
Judaism. Dr. Rackman
noted that it will not be a
"massive" conference.
Among the scholars and
rabbis expected from West-
ern countries are Eliezer
Berkowitz, J. David Bleich,
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Dr. Rackman ex-
pressed the hope that
from the conference a
body would emerge that
would meet periodically
to issue policy statements
and perhaps a journal.
"There is no reason for us
to be so concerned with
ecumenism between
Jews and non-Jews but
not with ecumenism
within the Jewish com-
munity," he declared.
Dr. Rackman asserted
that the Jewish community
must "discover the means of
respecting diversity" so that
it could formulate an action
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Rabbi Rackman urged
an immediate halt to this
"in-fighting," which he
said caused "alienation
and a weakening of
Jewish values."
Polarization is also preva-
lent within each movement,
Dr. Rackman observed. He
referred to the "bloodshed"
resulting from disputes
among various Hasidic
sects and the "notorious
feuding" within Agudath
Israel, a group viewed as
monolithic by the non-
Orthodox.
Dr. Rackman scored the
"attitude of certitude that
too many Jews have as-
sumed. Until an attitude of
tolerance to the religious
beliefs of other Jews is de-
veloped," he said, "the
Jewish community will con-
tinue to suffer from internal
strife.
"Tolerance and, indeed,
the encouragement of dif-
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"The stress of the
liturgy is not akhdut Yis-
rael (Jewish unity) but
ahavat Yisrael (the love
of all Israel)," he re-
marked, adding, "Diver-
sity must be tempered by
the need for a measure of
unity and consensus that
can come about only
when people respect
each other."
The Jewish community --
Dr. Rackman urged, must
work toward "programs in
the interest of the common
good so that the forces of
polarization can be over-
come. We won't find the an-
swers unless we listen to
each other," he said.
Bar-Ilan Friends Honor Dr. Fill
Dr. Leon Fill will be -the
Born
Poland in 1914
guest of honor at the annual and raised in Canada, Fill
dinner of the Detroit has been a Detroit area
Friends of Bar-Ilan Univer- resident since his pre-
sity to be held at Cong. medical school days at
Shaarey Zedek on Sept. 29, Wayne University in the
it was announced by Dr. mid-1930s. He completed
Martin Hart and Norman his post-graduate work at
A. Pappas, dinner co- the University of Michigan
chairmen.
and began his practice in
Dr. Fill's association with obstetrics and gynecology in
Bar-Ilan began in 1973 Detroit in 1950. In the U.S.
when he served as its De- Army Medical Corps. dur-
troit dinner chairman,. a ing World War II, Fill re-
position he held through tired with the rank of cap-
1975. In 1976 he became a tain after being wounded
member of the American and hospitalized at length.
Board of Overseers of the He participated in three
university. He is presently a amphibious invasions in
member of the Global Board Italy.
of Trustees.
While Fill, who lives with
Fill takes pride in the his wife, Clothilde, in Hun-
multifaceted aspects of tington Woods, has close
Bar-Ilan's educational pro- ties to Bar-Ilan, he has also
gram, which span such di- held leadership roles in the
verse areas as cancer re- Allied Jewish Campaign -
search and committing Israel Emergency Fund, in-
Jewish legal and religious . cluding the 1976 chairman-
sources to the computer's ship, and is on the Board of
memory. He also boasts that Governors of the Jewish
it is the only unviersity in Welfare Federation. He is a
Israel which requires that member of the board of the
25 percent of each student's Detroit Service Group, of
the Capital Needs Commit-
course-load be in Judaica.
"I feel if we're going to tee, several committees of
have a Jewish Israel, you the United Jewish Appeal
have to have the back- and was co-chairman of the
ground of traditional Regional V National Cam-
education," Fill stated. paign Cabinet.
Fill serves on the board of
"That's why I'm in-
the Jewish Community
volved."
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An active Democratic
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tion in 1964.
Fill has close affiliations
with local and state univer-
sities. He was vice president
of the Michigan State Board
of Education and is pre-
sently a member of numer-
ous county and state medi-
cal, health and civic asso-
ciations.
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call the Bar-Ilan office,
398-7180.
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bedded in Jewish tradition,"
Dr. Rackman said, noting
that the Talmud allots "as
much space to dissenting
opinions as to the majority
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broad communal consensus.
Decrying the "sniping of
Jew against Jew," Dr.
Rackman said: "The au-
thentic Jewish point of view
— the voice of moderation
— must be heard alongside
the voice of extremists in all
camps."
Dr. Rackman, who was
president of the Rabbinical
Council of America and the
New York Board of Rabbis
before assuming his post at
Bar-Ilan five years ago, did
not lay the blame for polari-
zation on any one group.
While conceding that there
was "intolerance and in-
transigence" within Israel's
Orthodox extablishment, he
criticized non-Orthodox
leaders who, he said, had
been "threatening repri-
sals," such as not giving to
UJA or to yeshivot, if their
groups were not granted-
recognition in matters af-
fecting marriage, divorce
and conversion in Israel.
Shown at the recent Bar-Han planning meeting
are, from left, Sharon and Dr. Martin Hart, Robert
Naftaly, Phillip Stollman (seated), Norman Pappas
and Emery Klein.
TEL AVIV (JNI) — There
were several anti-Israel
demonstrations,-- at the
Stoke-Mandeville Games
for the Handicapped ir
Great Britain.
Twenty-four handicapped
athletes from Israel partici-
pated, as well as teams from
Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait and 30
other countries.
Israel's Zippy Rubin, a
36-year-old mother of two,
won the javelin title for an
unprecedented 18th time
and also won the shot putt.