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chasing of guns by suburba-
nites in the wake of the 1967
tragedy. Certainly, it marked
Lobenthal as a target for the
eternal wrath of the right.
Yet, many of the goals and
achievements of Lobenthal
are indistinguishable from
those of the ADL. "That's one
reason why I never left ADL,"
he explains. "I have been com-
fortable (here) because in-
stitutionally and philosophi-
cally the ADL has been close to
my goals as an individual. It is
--the place where I feel I've
realized these goals, whether
it be social action in a nar-
rowly defined civil rights con-
text or in a larger, broader
definition."
Lobenthal is married to Dr.
Judith Kovach, a psychologist
in private practice. They have
four children: son Joshua of
Birmingham, Alabama; an-
other son, Adam; daughter
Lisa Beth, a student at the
University of Michigan; and
daughter, Deborah, who
attends high school. Thanks to
Joshua and his wife, Lobent-
hal recently became a proud
grandfather. The Lobenthal
children range in age from 22
(Joshua) to 14 (Deborah). The
family lives in Huntington
Woods.
Lobenthal is somewhat fond
of a phrase from the recent hit
Broadway musical, The Man
of LaMancha. He says that if
he were to write "a line I would
want on my tombstone, one
that would come close to the
way I think of myself, it would
have to be: 'The greatest folly
is to live in this world as it is —
instead of as it should be.' I've
always believed in a world
that exists as it should be, and
that there is an obligation for
all of us to work toward
achieving that world."

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Montreal (JTA) — Pope John
Paul II, the first Pope ever to visit
Canada, met for 10 minutes with
a delegation of 10 Jewish leaders
who urged him to have the Vati-
can extend official recognition to
Israel.
The Pope's response to this and
other statements by the Jewish
leaders, headed by Alan Rose,
executive vice president of the
Canadian Jewish Congress, was
not disclosed on an understanding
that the Pope's comments would
not be made public by the delega-
tion.
Also represented by the delega-
tion were the Allied Jewish
Community Services of Montreal
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he is heard regularly on
WDET-FM speaking on civil
rights issues and is a member
of the Michigan Advisory
Commission of the U.S. Civil
Rights Commission.
Indeed, Lobenthal's back-
ground is in civil rights as well
as social work. As he explains,
"I was always involved in so-
cial action from my pre-college
days. After graduation, a
friend, who was the chairman
of the New York Human
Rights Commission, the
foremost private civil rights
commission in the country,
told me about the ADL. They
offered me a job, but they
wanted a two-year commit-
ment and I wouldn't give it to
them. I said I'd give them a
year. We decided to leave that
question open and see what
happened." That was 25 years
ago.
Prior to joining the ADL,
Lobenthal was director of a
residential treatment pro-
gram for emotionally-
disturbed adolescent boys, and
was affiliated with social work
doyens Drs. Bruno Bettleheim
and Carl Rogers. He was also a
United States Representative
to the United Nations Educa-
tion, Scientific and Cultural
Organization's (UNESCO.)
cultural exchange program
during the halcyon days of
that now-tarnished agency.
Born in New York, he was
the youngest of four children.
He has two brothers and a sis-
ter. He is a graduate of New
York University and is co-
author (with Dr. Gregory
Squires) of the 1977 book, Af-
firmaive Action: A Guide to the
Perplexed.
Among Lobenthal's other
notable achievements are his
service as a consultant to the
Kerner Commission on Ra-
cism, a stint as then-North
Carolina Governor Terry San-
ford's consultant on race rela-
tions, hate and extremist
groups and the Ku Klux Klan,
and having been burned in ef-
figy in Detroit's Kennedy
Square by the radical right-
wing Breakthrough group.
Many of Lobenthal's
proudest accomplishments are
in the field of human rights.
And many of these things
happened only because of
ADL. After the 1967 riots, Lo-
benthal was a co-founder of
- the Rumor Control Center, the
first such operation in the
United States. He was also a
prime force in the establish-
. ment of M.U.S.T. — Men
United for Sane Thinking,
which created a series of un-
forgettable and effective ads in
response to the increased pur-

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