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Non-Orthodox Trends'
Acceptance Mooted
Jerusalem (JTA) — A lead-
ing Orthodox rabbi hinted
Sunday night that some recog-
nition might ultimately have
to be accorded to institutions of
the non-Orthodox trends in
Judaism, particularly on the
issue of conversion.
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein,
head of a yeshiva in the Etzion
bloc of settlements south of
Jerusalem, suggested that Or-
thodox conversion courts
might have their decisions ap-
proved by a Conservative in-
stitution as a way to break the
present impasse. Israel's Or-
thodox establishment has al-
ways insisted that only conver-
sions performed by Orthodox
rabbis are valid. Conservative
and Reform Judaism are de-
manding recognition in Israel.
Lichtenstein, who is the
son-in-law of the American Or-
thodox scholar, Rabbi J.B. Sol-
oveitchik, offered his proposal
at a forum of the National
Religious Party which is con-
sidering the problem posed by
the case of Shoshana Miller, an
American who immigrated to
Israel but was denied citizen-
ship because she was converted
to Judaism by a Reform rabbi.
The Supreme Court, acting
on Miller's appeal, ordered the
interior ministry last month to
issue her an identity card as a
Jew, without qualification.
Interior Minister Yitzhak
Peretz of the ultra-Orthodox
Shas Party, resigned rather
than comply.
Shas is now threatening to
quit the unity coalition gov-
ernment. Premier Yitzhak
Shamir, who took over the
interior portfolio temporarily,
has postponed issuing an ID
card to Miller as long as legally
possible. The fact that she has
gone back to the U.S. and is not
certain when she will return to
Israel to claim her card, gave
Shamir time to seek a solution
to the problem.
The cabinet decided to con-
vene a special ministerial
panel to consider the matter of
registering converts. It is
chaired by Shamir and has
given itself six months to con-
sult with scholars and others
here and abroad before it takes
recommendations which, hope-
fully, will be unanimous.
Other members of the panel
are Vice Premier and Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres, Minis-
ter of Energy Moshe Shahal
and Minister of Immigration
Yaacov Tzur, all Laborites;
Tourism Minister Avraham
Shahal and Minister-
Without-Portfolio Yitzhak
Modai, both of Likud; and
Religious Affairs Minister
Zevulun Hammer of the Na-
tional Religious party.
Peretz would be a member if
he decides to return to the
cabinet. But Shas sources indi-
cated Monday that the decision
to set up the panel was not suf-
ficient inducement.
Shas, which holds only four
seats in the Knesset but is a
political factor in the delicately
balanced unity coalition, is
demanding that Labor and
Likud support legislation that
would permanently bar Re-
form converts from receiving
status as Jews. Such a law
would by-pass the Supreme
Court's decision.
Secular Coalition
To Award Two
The Michigan Coalition of
Secular and Humanistic Jews
will give the coalition's Lead-
ership Awards to Prof. Harold
Norris and Dr. Irving Panush
"in recognition of their contri-
butions to the community."
The awards will be pre-
sented at the third annual Co-
alition Day, to be held, 9 a.m.
Saturday, at the Birmingham
Temple. The coalition is a joint
undertaking of the Ann Arbor
Jewish Cultural School and
Society, the Birmingham
Temple, the Jewish Parents
Institute, the Sholem
Aleichem Institute and the
Workmen's Circle.
Dr. Panush has been in-
volved throughout his adult
life in many educational and
cultural enterprises of the De-
troit Jewish community.
The keynote speaker will be
Prof. Phillipa Strum, a faculty
member of the City University
of New York, and president of
the American-Israeli Civil
Liberties Coalition.
Reacting to Prof. Strum will
be Edwin Shifrin, a long-time
member of the Workmen's Cir-
cle and Sholem Aleichem Insti-
tute.
There is a charge. The price
includes lunch. For reserva-
tions and information, call the
Birmingham Temple, 477-
1410; or Mark Cousens, 353-
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Rabbi Barred
New York (JTA) — An old
man who was the practicing
Chief Rabbi of Lodz from the
late 1940's to about 1979 wants
to return for occasional vists to
his home, but the Polish gov-
ernment won't let him.
Rabbi Zev Moreino, who now
lives in Brooklyn and has a
small congregation, says he
doesn't know why the Polish
government will not allow him
and his wife to return.
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