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\0 _;11-LIAM G. eRAuoE 1-1aRAR'f I "-" £,\ ~ 029Qb OF. TEMPLE BETH•E~ tf"~ e,n\,C> f'l\'I.' a .o e r,_'1 e • ~ 'J O Q"t'cn?.Sli \ · C C> t\• ~ ., . J ~r o"\(\et\ - ' ,.... ) AJC Asks End Of Military Chaplaincy; " Replacement By Civilian Chaplains j' RHOD·E. i MIAMI - The American believe must certainly be no less Jewish Congress, an advocate of ind e pendent , ' ' the resolution i. '\ ISLAN:D church-state separation, called added. today for termination . of the In an interview, Leo Pfeffer, military chaplaincy system and the organization's special counsel THE ONLY ENGLISH-JEW/SH WEEKLY IN R. I. AND SOUTHEAST MASS. its replacement by civilian and an authority on church-state chaplains paid by their respective law, said the Supreme Court had faiths. never decided the question of the VOL . Lil, NO. 13 FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1968 15¢ PER COPY 16 PAGES F iv e h u n d r e d delegates c o n s tit u t i o n a lit y of m Uitary unanimousl y approved a chaplains. The reason for this, he resolution on this issue at the said, is that taxpayers seeking to organizatlon•s national biennial challenge the practice in the convention~ at the Doral Country courts have been held to be Club. without legal standing to sue. The resolution asked the He noted that the Supreme National Council of Churches, the C our t was now considering National Confer ence of Catholic whether taypayers had the legal B i s ho p s and the Synagogue right to challenge an expenditure Council of America - the of Federal funds on th€ ground r e pres e nt a ti ve body of the that such spending violated the rabbinic and congr egational arms principle of church-state of the three branches of Judaism separation. - to ask the Administration for Mr. Pfeffer, a professor of "an orderly termi nation" of the constitutional law at Long Island ] present chaplaincy system. University, said the use by the "Religion," the resolution state of priests to bolster the said, "must always r emain the moral of soldiers in war went guardian· o f t h e nation's l back to ancient. times. He noted cons cience and the moral judge of that the Book of Deuteronomy tts actions. It cannot fulfill that contained a reference to it. He s acred r esponsibility if it is at noted also that the Biblical the same time the handmaiden of prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah had gov er nm ent." strongly opposed the military Th e · action r eflected an policies of the state. inc r e asin g discontent among "It is this confiict between t religious groups with the idea of s up port of the state and AT GJC DINNER: At the head table of th General Jewish Committee Initial Gifts dinner held on Wednesday spiritual leader s serving in adherence to conscience that evening were, seated, left to right, Samuel Medoff, chairman Initial Gifts, Woonsocket; Joe Thaler, Initial uniform ln the Vietnam war, represents the dilemma of many Gifts chairman; Robert A. Riesman, general campaign chairman, and Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, guest which m -a ny clergymen oppose on military chaplains," Mr. Pfeffer speaker. Standing, left to right, ,are Joseph Galkin, executive director of the GJC; Philip Macktez, chairman, moral grounds. The Christian said. "They feel a sacred Woonsocket campaign; Harry A. Schwartz, chairman Initial Gifts committee, Pawtucket; Ben Sinel, chair Century, a leading Protestant obligation to minister to the man, Pawtucket campaign; Judge Frank Licht, GJC presient, and Merrill L. Hassenfeld, honorary president. weekly, has urged church groups rel i gious needs of soldiers to reconsider their position on engaged in battle. But they can the chaplaincy question. effect this only by accepting a General Jewish Committee Raises Recently the student bodies of mllltary rank, military pay and the rabbinic training school at military discipline from the $903,000 At Initial Gifts Dinner Yeshiva University, which is political state. Implicit in this is Orthodox, and the Jewish the obligation to support the ~, \ "Noboctv raised money last peace ... The total Arab strength arms , personnel and equipme nt to ,··: Th e olog ical S e minary of military policies of that state." ~~, year, you just poured it out," i s now higher than lt was I ast Egypt. America, Conservative, ended ~ ~aid Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman May," he said, "and Israel is Rabbi Friedman ended by their self-imposed draft of newly r at the General Jewish Committee much· weaker than it was last saying, "You stretched ln 1967. o rd a i n e d r ab b i s into the Claim Desecration " Initial Gift s dinner held June. Israel ls s tronger in This year the same ls required. chaplaincy service. They Wednesday evening at the home of conviction and support, and it has All the regular money is needed replaced it with a voluntary Of Moslem Shrines Max Alperin. better borders, but in terms of and a few million dollars more." program of mtlitary service as This year, Rabbi Friedman hardware, it is much les s A major announcement was UNITED NATIO:NS, N.Y, - A chaplains. docum 9nt containing photographs continued, Israel is stil 1 at war prepared.'' made at the meeting by Judge On the other hand, some and the same emergency exists Frank Licht, GJC president, that purporting to show evidence of Thus far, according to Rabbi Jewish spiritual leaders have Israeli desecreation of Moslem as did last year during the Six the United Jewish Appeal Friedman, "Israel has had 19 called it a "moral imperative" shrines and Christian churches Day conflict. years of armistice and one year age n c I e s of Pawtucket, for newly ordained .rabbis to Woonsocket and Newport had and cemeteries in the Israel of cease fire . The casualty serve as counselors to Jews in sector of Jerusalem since 1948 $903,000 has been raised thus merged with the General Jewish far by the General Jewish rate keeps mounting; there have the armed forces. was made public recently. been half as many casualties Committee of Providence to form In their resolution, the Committee in its 1968 campaign. "a total united committee for the The document, subml.tted by A mass meeting will be held by since the war as there were delegates said the nation's Jordan to Secretary Gen~ral U during it - mos of them State of Rhode Island." Newport, newspapers "can be the GJC at the Sheraton-Biltmore which has already run its Thant on April 19, was prepared Hotel on Thu~sday, June 6. military, some civilian. We have c o n s c i e n t i o u s and truthful bY - "The Institute for Palestine lost 10 aircraft in fighting. Do campaign, will run its next year's reporters of military events and ''Logically," continued Rabbi campaign with the other cities. Studies." _ you call that peace?" And he effective critics of military The Institute describes itself Friedman, executive vice added, firing on the Suez Canal Also speaking at the dinner policy because they are not chairman of the United Jewish were Robert A. Riesman, general as "an independent non-profit had started just the night financed by the Government and Arab research organization not Appeal, "you should pour out before." chairman of the campaign; Joe their reporters neither bear more money; emotionally, no. Thaler, Initial Gifts chairman, jl.ffiliated to any government, military rank nor are paid by the political party or group, devoted But one year_ later there is no The Russians, the rabbi said, and Merrill L. Hassenfeld, Government. peace whatsoever, nor any sign of are supplying more and more honorary president of the GJC. to a better understanding of the "Religion and chaplains, we Palestine problem.'' AT TEMPLE SINAI t Along The Yellow _Brick Road With Changes By CELIA ZUCKERBERG • • • There are about 70 of them, piece orchestra will play for the ranging in age from 6 up through production. the teens.- There is noise, there Mem'Jers of the cast include seems to be utter confusion. The Joan Segal, announcer; Janet adults shake their heads • • • it Roseman, Dorothy; Phil Sadler, doesn't look like anything other Strawman; · Scott Bander, Tin than maybe a teen-age sit-in. Man; Peter Fellman, Lion; Rob Particularly with some of the ert Morse, Wizard; Nancy White, costumes they're wearirtg. Good Witch; Lori Solinger, Bad But on Saturday, May 25 at Witch; Andy Segal, Mayor; Marc 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 26, at Berkowitz, Coroner. The leaders 2:30 p.m .•, at Pilgrim High School of the Munchkins are Sue Wexler, in Warwick, members of Temple Sue Gertz, Michael Abrams and Sinai's youth groups (the Rebels Alan S:idler. and Crafty), the members of the In charge of the dance ar temple Sunday school, and the rangements is Janice Abrams. adults of Tem~le Sinai, under the The dancers are Janice, Ann direction of Edward Davidson will Bender, .Margie Berko, · Stu Bla present what undoubtedly will be zer, Ellen Block, Sharon Jacobs, an extremely well-done and Ellen Halperin, Michael Nathans, . pleasant version of the Wizard of Robert Morse and Lois Roth. Oz ••• with changes. Jerry Gorden arranged the char According to Mr. Davidson, acter dances and Mrs. Wendy this Wizard of Oz is different Billig was the musical director than the ordinary _production. New for the "Munchkins. songs and dances have been added Those who woFked behind the as well as a corps de ballet.