Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1966-09-09

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Vol. 44, No. 36
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1966 — 24 ELUL S726
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Lurie Speaks Formnds'On Yom Kippur
Robert Lurie of» St. Louis, promtaent figure In the fields of adviertisiiig and public relations, renowned radio and television writer,^, director, producer arid actor anilKiititstaridtag Amesrican Jewish conuinuiial leader will be the guest speaker- at ' Agudas Achim, Beth Jacob and Ahavas Sholom Synagogues on Yomi Kip¬ pur in behalf of State of Israel Bonds. ¦ -A.,/';:'.¦-'.-.¦ ¦''¦>^'
As a resiilt of numerous trips to Israel and his compreHensive knovy:ledge of that land, Lurie has the reputation as an out¬ standing-authority- on Israel's external and internal affairs. He is the Missouri.State Chairman of the State of Israel Bond Or¬ ganization and a member of the Midwest Board of Directors. From 1951 to 1954, he was Man¬ ager of its St. Louis and South¬ ern Illinois area.
The State of Israel Bond Is¬ sue is the central Source of in¬ vestment capital for Israel's h's- toric program of economic devel- ot>ment. Proceeds dervied through the sale of Israel Bonds are making possible the buUding (of permaneiit homes, the growth of industry and agriculture, the expansion of irrigation, the con¬ struction of roads, harbors and rattways, the increase of elec- trdc power, and the exploitation bfnaturtil resources. - ::;;2-«;:iN-,3liGC)BPXING;;^the^siiton "¦^'MfWMiii^iOireiieiJsce^
High Holiday Aiipeali Mr. Scho- enbaiuti said, ''This year we are celebrattag the 18th anniversary of the State of Israel. In He¬ brew the letter 'Chai' which stands for 18, also liieans life. Isreiel Bonds also mean life.
''The dollars which we Ameri¬ can Jews tavest in Israel Bonds make up a major part of Israel's economic life. The Israel Bonds we taVest ta bring life to the parched   Negev    through    the
Shxyikr SoitiiMls,-Tlie Clarion Call
The World's Week
Compiled from JTA and WUP Ropofh  \
Throughout the world the sound of the shofar tells. Jews that the New Year Is once
Icle^Ske8"tlUe [bpportnnlty to wis
yours a'lieaiithy, happy and prosperous New
Year. Symbolic of the ushering in of the New Year the Yemenite Jews In the photograph gather on the sacred ground of Mount Zlop
"In'^^rSiitearTES^ sounds.
White House Extends New Year's Greetings
PBESIDBNT JOHNSON        VIOE-PBESIDENX IBnOMPHRBY
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buUding of the National Water darrier. Israel Bonds supply life to thousands of immigrants by providing education and jobs for them. Israel Bonds bring life to (mrtlnutd on paga A)
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —The White House released the foUow¬ tag message from President John¬ son:
"On the eve of Rosh Hash¬ anah and the High Holy Days, I am pleased to extend to my feUow Americans of the Jewish faith my warm greetings for a Happy New Year.
"THESE ARE XHB days when we are remtaded that the perfect society is one which v/e must work to create and fashirai ta this world and ta our own time.
"The prophets taught the |Jew- ish people never to falter in the world-wide search for the better¬ ment and peace of manldnd and never to leave the conflict against the forces of discrimination and poverty.
"THESE ABE precepts which were inherited by our forefathers from those who received them at Sinai.
"They are beliefs which have been given new and forceful ex¬ pression ta the State of Israel, (conflnuad on pag*   4)
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—"Mrs. Humphrey joins with me ta ex- presstag greetings to aU of our fellow citizens of the Jewish faith ta celebration of Rosh Has¬ hanah.
We recall so many pleasant memories with dear friends and their famUies, observtag the Jew¬ ish New Year in times past. We Icnow their hearts are fuU with the approach of the High Holy Days.
AS THBOUGHOUT her an¬ cient history, Judaism's message is universal — each and every tadividual is responsible before a just and merciful C3od. In the sacred traditions of the Ten Days of Penitence are lessons for all mankind and for aU reUgions. The blowtag of the ram's hom is symbol of God's sununons to the people for self-judgment, self- improvement and atonement.
Who among us, whatever his faith, can fail to be impressed by the insphlng prayers, the hal¬ lowed melodies which will usher
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Chronicling The News
Editorial 2
Real Estate 4
Society 6, 7
Shopping Guide     8
Synagogues    8, 12
Sports      13
Teen Scene  14
LONDON, (JTA) — The Chief Rabbinate in Commis- , sion, which administers the Chief Rabbinate of Britain's , United Synagogue until the new Chief Rabbi takes office, expressed "profound regretlLrOver plans by the Federation;, of Synagogues to set up its own marriage licensing author-- ity. Earlier this year, the Federation embarked on a cdittse of estrangefment from the United Synagogue when It an¬ nounced that it was establishing its own Beth Din religious court. Both synagogue groups are Orthodox.
BUBNOS AIRES, (JTA)—A two-day conference on Jewish Identity in Cordoba City appealed for deeper reli¬ gious commitment on the part of Jewish inteUectuals, who were described as absent from Jewish life In Argentina. Problems of Jewish education also were considered. The conference was attended by 27 university professors, mem¬ bers of the Argentine judiciary, former Congressmen arid a number of leading Jews from all parts oif the country. The event was sponsored by the Latin Americcan office of the American Jewish Committee, the Hebraicc Society of Cordoba, and the Cordoba chapter of the Women's Inter¬ national Zionist Organization.
STARLIGHT, Pa., (JTA) — A group of 221 Jewish students participating in the annual summer Institute of the B'nal B'rith' Hillel Foundation here, was reported to be In general agreement that, while they accept the ex¬ istence of God, they have severe doubts as to whether the Supreme Being has any meaning for their own existence. The students from 129 American and Canadian colleges, dismissed the "God Is dead" debate as a "Christian con¬ troversy." The vlevrpoint of the student participants on the "God is d id" debate was summarized by a Princeton" University ju. ior who said that American Jewish under¬ graduates "are all believers, divided between those who think about it arid those who do not."-However, many of .„tliejtudMitpj|jj|sJ4,jH5(e^ it was posyble'to achieve a concept of Grod acceptable to both modern man and to Jewish tradition.
Rabbi's Study Compares Hillel,  ^Greelt   Students
Rabbi David Stavsky of the Beth Jacob Congregation here conducted an tatensive and detaUed study tavolving a com¬ parison of the HiUel student to the "Greek" or fraternity-sorority student ta his Master's thesis at Ohio State University.
One hundred and twenty Jewish coUege students, male and female, representtag two reference groups, Grgek and HUlel, were measured as to their responses on an attitude toward reUgion   scale   contatatag   one
Brandeis Dean To Speak At Dinner
Brandeis Dean Clarence Q. Berger will-be the guest of honor at a dinner celebrattag the 18th anniversary of Brandeis Univer¬ sity Sunday^ September 11, .at Wlndtag HMlow Country Club. Chairman of the group sponsor¬ ing the (dinner, the Columbus Friends of Bremdeis, is MUlard Cummins.
Head of the University's Plan¬ ning and Development, Dean Berger has been the strong right arm of Brandeis president A. L. Sachar from the beginntag. To¬ gether they developed and pur-
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hundred items. The study showed there were significant differences between the two groups in such areas as synagogue attendance, prayer, observance of Kosher diet, Jewish education and cere¬ monial observances. There was agreement between the two groups in their attitudes about the significance of the home as a source of religious tafluence, that college life tends to liberal¬ ize one's attitude toward reU¬ gion, that they speak out and Identify with Jewish causes, that although they may interdate, they would not tater-marry.
THE STUDY also substanti¬ ated the predicted hypothesis that most Jewish coUege stu¬ dents do not accept beliefs or attitudes which are of a funda- mentalistic taterpretation of re¬ Ugion. However, the study in^ dicated that HUlel students tend to be more fundamentalistic than Greek students. The study fur¬
thermore tadicated that there are no significant diferences be¬ tween female or male attitudes ta respective reference groups.
The question of socio-economic background was investigated as well as the religiosity of home life. A significant correlation was found to be present between high tacome and Greek group students, high income and Uberal attitudes toward reUgion.
Students tend to show that there is a break from the reU- giosity of grandparents, who were Orthodox) to the stu^eijts themselves (who consider them¬ selves to be Reform). However, there are a number of students who consider themselves to be Orthodox despite the fact that their parents are either Conser¬ vative or Reform. This supports the theory of present day sociol¬ ogists that many university stu- (conltnuad on paga 4)
The Ominous Disappearance Of Our Collective Jewish Memory
BY RABBI  SAMOEIi UMEN
"We Jews are a community based on memory. A common memory has kept us together and enabled us to survive . . . jTTiis expanding memory was hxore than a spiritual motif; it was a power which sustained, fed, and quickened Jewish exist¬ ence itself. "Much has disappear¬ ed from Jewry ta the past 150 years, but nothing is so ominous as the disappearance of the col- iective memory and the passion for handtag down." (From Israel and the World by Martin Buber, pages 147-48).
Jews ta our times are steadUy detachtag themselves from Juda¬ ism. They lack the imowledge, the passion, the wiU and the abUity to convey the feeltags which they received from pre¬ vious generations,"
TO BE SURE, the Jews of to¬ day often speak of theh: rich heritage with deep reverence and respect. They are proud of the values and ideals their fore¬ fathers promulgated and the great spiritual tafluence these values and prtaciples exerted on Westem culture. However, they view att this as somethtag of the
past.
In the present, the Jews do not feel a presstag need for religion. They do not feel the need for Judaism. AVhat t^ey do feel and beUeve is tJiat the world climate is such that they can manage thefa- Uves without reUgion. If they feel otherwise, there is no tadication of it on their part. They show no taterest in Jewish stud;^ — no interest in worship, no taterest in the observance of their festivals*
BUT WHAT OP the temples which they build, and support, one more expensive and more
lavish, than the other? What of the reUgious schools to which they send their chUdren for some kind of a Jewish education? Isn't this a nMuilfestatlon of taterest? It would' appear that it is if we took surfafce expressions serious¬ ly. The truth of the matter is, however, that these surface ges¬ tures are as empty and void of concern as all the other super¬ ficial practices that are notice¬ able ta the Jewish community. For if .Jews were really serious about tlieir buUding houses of worship, they would use them for the purppse they are intend¬
ed. If Jews wanted to leam about their reUgion, they would attend study classes. If Jews cared about their festivals, they would be properly honored. If Jews wanted theh: ChUdren to acquire a sound Jewish education, they would be involved ta its enhancement — through personal enlightenment, thus creating a bridge between themselves and their children. THE JEWISH education which the chUd is exposed to is not afforded the chance to flourish- outside the portals of his ^school. Aside from his teachers, he is deprived of the opportunity of
discussing what he learns with anyone and that, unfortunately, includes, his parents.
The environment outside of the home, which generally is Indif¬ ferent to the child's Jewish edu¬ cation, is such that it negates £md often undermines the prin¬ ciples and precepts which the ChUd has absorbed ta his relig¬ ious school years. Belief .is frown¬ ed upon. Religion is downgraded. God is pronounced dead. Stand¬ ards of conduct which are taught by Judaism in thp reUgious school are regarded as outmoded, old (contlnuad on pag« 4)