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The Trial of God. The important
service thus rendered must be
welcomed with acclaim and deep
appreciation.
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Israel Goldstein:
A Giant Has Fallen
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'Moish' Pearlman
Dr. Israel Goldstein
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he headed the Keren Hayesod,
the major Zionist philanthropic
agency. It was a continuation of
the presidencies of the Zionist
Organization of America, the
Keren Kayemet — Jewish Na-
tional Fund, American .Jewish
Congress and its world affiliates
and a score of related move-
ments.
There is one great ideal for
which he must never be forgot-
ten. Dr. Goldstein was the foun-
der and for many years the
propagator, of the Jewish Con-
ciliation Court. Many cases were
resolved.
It is the idea he reintroduced
to respect and resort to a Beth
Din, a traditional Jewish court
of law leading to conciliation,
that was and remains vital. His
book and essays on the subject
are most important. They should
be used to revive his plans.
Especially now, when there
are so many obstacles to Jewish
unity, the Goldstein Beth Din
ideal should be given new life.
A giant has disappeared from
Jewry. His memory will always
be properly respected.
Few — if any — of the world
Jewish personalities of the
entire century had a record of
activism in 82 of their 90 years.
Dr. Israel Golastein established
that remarkable role in world
Jewry. His death in Jerusalem
last week, just prior to his 90th
birthday, removed a vertiable
giant from the Jewish fold.
What a career for a native-
born American who never de-
viated from commitments to his
people. He began such devotion
when he was seven or eight, and
his contemporaries then were
the pioneers in Young Judea
and in Zionism. As a child he
was already in the ranks —
with Gershon Agronsky — later
Jerusalem Mayor Gershon
Agron — and men like Louis
Levinthal who rose to a
Philadelphia judgeship; Hen-
rietta Szold, founder of Hadas-
sah; and soon the masters who
directed Zionism and Jewish af-
fairs on a world scale.
He was the creator of Jewish
youth and cultural movements
and was •a co-founder of Bran-
deis University. The volume he
wrote on the subject is among
his 15 noteworthy published
works. He was a leader in the
Conservative rabbinate and held
the pulpit of New York's Bnai
Jeshurun, one of the country's
oldest synagogues, for 52 years.
Dr. Goldstein was a co-
founder of the National Confer-
ence of Christians and Jews and
his contribution toward
ecumenism matched the labors
of the most dedicated in reli-
gious Good Will tasks.
When he settled in Israel with
his' equally devoted Gert, whose
marriage reached its 67th year,
Israel lost another distin-
guished personality in the death
last month of Moshe Pearlman.
There was always a deep af-
fection for him as "Moish." Em-
bddied in it was the 'recognition
of his genius as military leader
and adviser, as a power in the
media, having organized and
supervised Israel's radio.
Co-author of important histor-
ical records with his associates
and friends, David Ben-Gurion
and Moshe Dayan, his creative
and deeply-researched works on
the Bible and early Jewish his-
tory, as well as archeology
raised him to high ranks in Is-
raeli and world Jewish history.
To recall what he had done, and
the manner in which created
our and other friendships, is al-
ways to remember the name
Moshe Pearlman with pride.
May 4 Event
For Uprising
New York — The 43rd an-
niversary of the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising will be marked at
memorial services May 4 in
Madison Square Garden.
Benjamin Meed, president of
the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance
Organization and chairman of
the United Commemoration
Committee of Metropolitan New
York, said speakers will include
author Elie Wiesel, Israel Am-
bassador, Benjamin Netanyahu,
and New York Mayor Edward
Koch.
The service will include a
candle-lighting ceremony by
Holocaust survivors and their
children. Misha Raitzin, a con-
centration camp survivor and
member of the Metropolitan
Opera. Company, will chant the
traditional El Mole Rachamin.