12 Friday, August 3, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS PURELY COMMENTARY RETURN ALBERT A. Continued from Page 2 KRAMER Democrat As Your State Representative 67th District (Oak Park, Huntington Woods, Royal Oak Township, Berkley and Ferndale) EXPERIENCE COUNTS! • Three-term member Michigan House of Representa- tives • Legal Counsel, Michigan House of Representatives, Committee on Insurance • Special Assistant Attorney General • Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association • Mediator, Circuit Court • Graduate Wayne State University, LLB. 1949. Prac- ticing Attorney, 35 years • Former public member of the Executive Managing Board of Directors of Blue Shield • Former Member of Vocational Rehabilitation Plan- ning Committee — a United Foundation Agency RATED "Well Qualified" Civic Searchlight, Oakland Citizens League • Former Bnai Brith ADL Board Member • Member Jewish War Veterans • Former Vice-President, Zionist Federation Met- ropolitan Detroit • Member & Former Officer, Cong. Bnai Moshe • Married to Sydell Kramer • Jewish Home For the Aged • Hadassah • Pioneer Women • National Council of Jewish Women Family of Three Children Maxine, Rhonda and Matthew WE SUPPORT & ENDORSE ALBERT A. KRAMER *Partial Listing Only Ray Abrams Bernie Adelson Janet Adelson Mary Adler Edie Albion Marcia Anstandig Ron Anstandig Iry Ashin Irving Barit Nita Barit John Barsdorf Marion Bates Milton Bates Dr. Herbert Bean Judy Beitner Bess Berris Barbara Berris Charles Berris Karen Berris Marvin Berris Morris Berris Max Biber Pearl Biber Jack Bindes Susan Bindes Dr. Aaron Blake Ruth Blake Sidney Blitz Arthur Boschan Doris Boschan Sidney Brand Ann Brand Matilda Brandwine Betty Brown Dave Brown Dr. Joseph Carp Bess Carp Gloria Chadwick Irving Chadwick Jean Climstein Joe Climstein Anna Curtis Ted Curtis Irving B. Davis Ralph Davis Eve Dishell David Dombey David Dystant Pat Dystant Charlott Edelheit Philip Edelheit Freida Faigen Dolores Fishman Marcia Fligman Arthur Frohlich Harriet Frohlich Shirley Ginsburg Harry Glassman Margarie Glassman Jack Goldfarb Helen Goldin Steven Goldin Aaron Goff Evelyn Goff Michael Grand Rosalie. Grand Ike Grodsky Lee Grodsky Leonard Gurwin Martha Gurwin Maxine Gutfriend Sander Gutfriend Louis Gutter Marilyn Gutter Martin Hackelman Mary Belle Hackelman Maimonides pledge more in keeping with modern times and free of outdated concepts contained in the oath of Hippocrates. When medical school Dean E.M. Papper gave the students a choice of reciting either of the two oaths at their graduation, the vote was unanim- ously in favor of the "prayer" composed by Rabbi Moses Ben-Maimon, a Spanish Jew who lived from 1135 to 1204, and practiced medicine in Morocco and Egypt. Therefore, the accepted principles enunciated by Maimonides, who was as much physician as he was philosopher and theologian in the modern sense, should be shared with the generations. Re-printed here are the texts in Hebrew and the English translation. Such is the remarkable Maimonides record that is being perpetuated, with a renewed interest during the Maimonides Year that has become a long period for re- newed studies in the philosophies, medical lore and theol- ogy expounded by one of the greatest figures in Jewish history. That's what emerges from observing an anniver- sary. Sydney Harris Aaron Katzman Archie Keltz Saul Kirzner Billie Kramer Jack Kutnick Pearl Kutnick • Elaine Lacoff Gerson Lacoff Dr. Sidney Z. Leib Marion Leib Bess Levin Irving Lipson Bess Lipson Leon Lucas Hilda Lucas Mildred Madven Dr. Theodore Mandell Yvette Mandell Gloria Michelson Harry Michelson Anetta Miller Roberta Milner Ellen Modell Jerry Modell Dolores Paul . Dr. Howard Parven Marcia Parven Belle Platt Sam Platt Henry Politzer Helene Politzer Doreen Raskin Eliot Raskin Selma Raskin Seymour Raskin Betty Rath Norbert Reinstein Marianne Reinstein Alice Ross Ben Rothstein Charlotte M. Rothstein Rose Ann Sachs Mollie Sayles Henry M. Scharg Pam Scharg Dr. Benjamin Schwimmer Al Selter Belle Selter Hy Shebowich Donn Shelton Isadore Shrodeck Leah Shrodeck Erwin Siporin Ruth Siporin John Small Shirley Small Morris Smith Bertha Strauss Harold Strauss Rose Ann Swerdlen Mitzi Traurig Edward Traurig Barbara Wachler Norman Wachler Leonard Wagman Lee Wagman Bernard Weisberg Helen Weisberg • Regina Weiss David Wolock Ida Zabel Joyce Zack Robert Zeman Magdaline Zeman Carol Zumberg Mort Zumberg EXPERIENCE COUNTS! • VOTE FOR • ALBERT A. KRAMER Tuesday, August lth (Primary Day) Paid for by the Committee to Elect Albert A. Kramer State Representative, 14711 LaBelle, Oak Park, Ray J. Abrams, Treasurer. OP-ED JAPs and Jewish mothers Continued from Page 4 their accomplishments, and high expectations that were in earlier years considered attributes have now been caricaturized into the American Jewish Mother, that guilt-producing, over-protective interfering force to be dealt with as long as her child shall live. While these good "Jewish" qualities were taken and twisted to create the Jewish mother, a different dynamic was at work in the creation of that most negative of stereotypical images of Jewish women — the Jewish American Princess. There, with help from some Jewish novelists, negative traits were blended together and affixed to Jewish women. As a result, today a young Jewish woman may be caring, serious and conscientious, but if she is even minimally well-dressed and well-groomed, chances are she will be labeled — by Jews and non-Jews alike — as a JAP. That implies she is a spoiled, self-centered, materialistic and shallow creature — a manufactured product that somehow got a Jewish label. Of course you don't have to be Jewish to be a JAP or a Jewish mother, but these are images that floated in our society with a distinct Jewish tag. It is ironic that the Jewish community, which has worked for years to fight the destructive stereotyping of minorities in this country, are so passive about raising their voices against negative stereotypes of Jewish women. Clearly, it is time to end the proliferation of Jewish mother and JAP "jokes," and we need to apply the same energies to fight this stereotyping that we have used for others. • NEWS Archive seeks mementos Tel Aviv — Beth Hatefut- films will be used for histor- soth, the • Nachum ical research of the period Goldmann Museum of the and. will make up a bulk of Jewish Diaspora in Tel the exhibit. Aviv, is planning an exhibi- Senders should label the tion in 1985, the 40th s an- niversary of the liberation back of each photo with the of Europe from the Nazi re- name, address an telephone gime. The exhibit will re- number of the sender, the count the story of the many year the photograph was Jewish refugees who sur- taken and a brief descrip- tion of the subject matter. vived the Holocaust. In preparing for the Persons who have such event, Beth Hatefutsoth is materials should send them collecting photographs and to the Holocaust Survivors films from around the world Documentation Campaign, which relate to the sur- Beth Hatefutsoth, P.O.B. vivors. 39359, Tel Aviv 61392; Is- The photographs and rael.