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VOL.65   NO.27
JULY 2,1987-TAMMUZ 5
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Nazi-Destroyed
Jewish Cemetery
Will Be Rebuilt
BONN (JTA) - The Adass
Israel cemetery in East Berlin almost completely de-'
stroyed by the Nazis, will be
rebuilt at the direct orders of
East German leader Eric
Honecker.
More than 100 persons,
including survivors of the
original Adass Israel congregation, attended ceremonies
last week rededicating the
burial ground. They were
told by Klaus Gist, the minister in charge of religious
affairs, that his government
is committed to perpetuating
the memory of Jewish life in
Germany.
Honecker's attention was
drawn to the cemetery by
Mario Offenberg, an Israeli
who has recorded the history
of the local Jewish community.
Heinrich Fink, an East
German theologian, said students of the Von Humboldt
University in East Berlin
have volunteered to do maintenance work at the cemetery once it is restored.
The Orthodox Adass Israel
congregation has been criticized by the larger Jewish
community in East Berlin
for going directly to the
government to rehabilitate
the cemetery.
Nationwide Celebration Planned in
U.S., Israel For Israel's Anniversary
Newly elected JFS officers are (1. tor.) Herbert Solomon, treasurer; Howard Burnett, vice president;
Kathy Worly, secretary; Henry Epstein, president;
Rabbi Harold Berman, senior vice-president; and Randall Arndt, vice-president.
Epstein Elected President
Of Jewish Family Service
Henry L. Epstein was
elected president of Jewish
Family Service at its recent
annual meeting. Other officers elected were Rabbi
Harold J. Berman, senior
vice-president; Howard Burnett, vice-president; Randall
Arndt, vice-president;
Kathy Worly, secretary and
Herbert Solomon, treasurer.
The 79th Annual Meeting
recognized the outstanding
work of outgoing President,
Ronald Blank. Henry Epstein stated that Ron "...
had seen the agency through
the final stages of the development of the Victor
Weinstein Shalom House, the
newest JFS program and
Jewish Groups Hail Court Ruling
Against Teaching Of Creationism
NEW YORK (JTA) -Jewish organizations hailed the
Supreme Court decision last
week that prohibited the
teaching of creationism in
public. schools, ending a
10-year dispute.
Thue 7-2 decision overturned a Louisiana state statute which gave equal classroom time and equal space
in textbooks to the teaching
of evolution and creationist
theories. The court ruled
that creationist teaching in
public schools was unconstitutional because it was construed as teaching for religious purposes.
Arkansas had a similar
statute which was struck
down, and at least 12 other
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states have at one time defeated bills to allow creationist teaching in public
schools. "The ruling sends a
clear signal to public school
officials that they have an
obligation to maintain the
secular nature of the school
system — they can't make
their own religious agenda,"
said,Marc Stern, American
Jewish Congress director of
legal affairs.
AJCongress, the American
Jewish Committee and Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith all filed amicus curiae
(friend-of-the-court) briefs
urging the Supreme Court to
, ban teaching of creationism
in public schools, ADL national chairman Burton
Levinson called the ruling "a
tremendous victory for
separation of church and
state." The decision reconfirms the First Amendment
prohibition on religious
instruction in public schools,
Levinson said.
The losers in the Supreme
Court decision, said Stern,
are primarily segments of
the Evangelical Christian
movement who have founded creationist think-tanks in
department."
In his final remarks as
President, Ron Blank reminded the board that "...
the agency had grown
remarkably in the past four
years." He stressed that
"... the number of people
served has multiplied, "but
that the staff had not grown
rapidly enough. Staff
productivity had increased
which had allowed for more
people to be served,"
Epstein accepted the challenges of growth in his presidential' acceptance speech.
He challenged all funding
sources as well as the Board
"... for the need to examine
a long range plan of resource
development." He went on
further to emphasize that
"JFS can no longer be seen
as the little agency in a corner of the Melton Building,
but with its growth in clinical
and vocational services, as
well as the development of
Shalom House, JFS is now
part of the 'big four.' on the
Jewish community campus,
the Federation, the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center and
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The 40th anniversary of the
establishment of the State of
Israel will be marked by a
year-long celebration in Israel and the United States
starting in September. "The
birthday celebration of Israel will be the biggest, largest birthday party ever,"
Asher Nairn, Minister for
Information at the Israel
Embassy here; told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Nairn spoke excitedly
about the plans which he is
coordinating to include
every Jewish federation, organization, synagogue and
Jewish school, as well as the
non-Jewish community.
The American Jewish
community is eager to.participate, .according to Nairn.
"The response everywhere
has been, 'Oh yes, let's do
the best,' " he added. "I'm
so happy."
Howard Squadron, former
Chairman of the Conference
■b'jf! Presidents'■', of Major
American Jewish Organizations, is head of the U.S. National Committee for the 40th
Anniversary, which is under
the auspices of the Presidents Conference, the National Jewish Community
Relations Advisory Council
and the Council of Jewish
Federations.
The 40th anniversary will
be a major "milestone" "in
Israel's history since "40
years in Jewish tradition is a
generation," Nairn noted. He
pointed to the wandering of
the Jewish people for 40
years in the Sinai before they
could go to the Land of Israel. For this reason, the
celebration is particularly
aimed at those 40 and under,
who were born and brought
up after the establishment of
the Jewish state, Nairn said.
The year-long celebration
of the anniversary will stress
that "Israel is not like any
other country, it has a message, a purpose," Nairn said.
"Israel is today, more than
the Jewish religion, the unifying factor for the Jewish
people." "No matter if we
sometimes falter, if we
make mistakes," Israel still
seeks to achieve the principles set forth in its Declaration of Independence, Nairn
said.
In Israel, the anniversary
will be marked by a "recommitment" to the Declaration
of Independence. All Israelis
will be asked to sign the
Declaration, so that particularly the 40 and under generation there will feel part of
the principles enunciated by
their parents, Nairn
stressed.
Another major goal is to
bring the largest number of
American tourists ever to Israel. Nairn said most American Jews have not visited Israel, and this is particularly
true of those 40 and under.
Israel wants to stress
three major themes during
the anniversary celebration
in the U.S., Nairn said. "The
first and foremost is" the increasing connection between
'Am Yisrael' and 'Eretz Yis-
rael,' between the Jewish
people and the Land," he
said. "The Land could only
have been redeemed when
the Jews came to the Land.
The Jews could be redeemed
only by the State of Israel."
Secondly, "we want to
show what Israel has
achieved in the last 40
years," Nairn said. "We believe we have achieved
miracles," the. ingathering
of Jews from throughout the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE .11,
Tifereth Israel Appoints
Rabbi Leonard Gordon
Dr. - L. Robert Polster,
president of Congregation
Tifereth Israel, announces
that Rabbi Leonard D. Gor-
V0A Station Signals Deeper Ties
Between U.S., Israel: R. Reagan
ment of Israel much gratitude" for allowing the relay
station to be built in the
Arava section of the Negev,
south of the Dead Sea.
The President spoke only
in general terms about the
U.S.-Israel relationship as a
result of what he called "Israel's fine gesture." Yaacobi
was more specific in his remarks as he noted that the
U.S. and Israel have been
able to solve their occasional
differences "in a way which
increased our mutual commitments,"
"Let us depart from the
immediate shadows that
cover the horizon," Yaacobi
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
President Reagan and Israeli Communications Minister Gad Yaacobi stressed
the growing partnership of
the United States and Israel
last week as the two countries signed an agreement
for the building of a Voice of
America relay station in the
Negev. "With this signing
our special historic relationship will be given another
dimension," Reagan said
after the White House signing ceremony.
Yaacobi declared that the
agreement "will open a new
page to higher stage of
friendship and partnership
between the United States
and Israel." Reagan said
said.i"Let us raise our eyes
jtyi^d'tiie future maintain-
Rabbi Leonard D. Gordon
don will assume the post of
assistant rabbi on a part
time basis for the congregation beginning July 1, and
will serve as interim rabbi
for the synagogue between
July and December, 1988.
During the comming year,
Rabbi Gordon will add lectures and educational programs to the synagogue
schedule, will assist Rabbi
Berman and substitute in his
absence and will participate
in special educational programs.
Rabbi Gordon, a graduate
of the Jewish Theological
•Seminary, has been part of
the adult education staff of
the synagogue since September, 1986. He serves as chaplain for Jewish students at
Kenyon College in Gambler,
and also serves on the
faculty of Kenyon.
Celebrate July 4th
U.S.A. Independence Day
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College, Rabbi Gordon holds
masters' degrees from the
Jewish Theological Seminary, from Brown University and from Columbia. He
is presently a doctoral candidate at Columbia University.
Recipient of many awards
and prizes in his undergraduate and graduate education, Rabbi Gordon has
won the respect of his teachers and his colleagues as a
scholar and as a rabbi. He
has been guest speaker at
Tifereth Israel on many occasions during the past year
in addition to teaching a
course in American Jewish
history.
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