i E!Jllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll! 1011111111111u111n111111i11111~11mmtu!""ffll 1· NOTHING • I ~ IS BETTER Tf1AN e aGht atommrntator § A STERN .. GIRL El Official Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshiva College §= . .--:I . I= l,111111111,11111111,1111111111111,11111111111,111,111111111111 iilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllo. . . i Vol. LXIII YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1966 [ . No. 1-4 Bailey Appointed Edi!or; Mike Mal'lsfield To SpeaJ<· RosmanNamedAssoc,~te At YU Cornrnencerne·11t··1 by Barry Herman · · · · . ! Stephen Bailey '67 was elected by Howard Klein nia Institute of Technology and Lubin and Avruilck Editor-In-Chief of THE Co~1- Senator Mike Mansfield, Majo- at Princeton University where he Joseph I. Lubi~·; 'seriior mem- ~IENTAT0R for the follO\ving year rity Leader of the U.S. Senate, also taught on the faculty. her of Eisner and Lu*!¼) Gerti- at the annual election held Thurs- will deliver the keynote addres.s Dyson and Silver fied lublic. Accountants, , a. mem- day, ~lay 12, Howard Rosman at the 35th Annual Commence- Dr. Dyson, an internationally ber ·.of the Board of ! Overseers '67 and Sidney Kalish '67 were ment exercises of Yeshiva Uni'jer- known English-ho,.,; physicist has and honorary chairman /of tlie So- chosen to be Associate Editor and sity, Thursday, June 16, and will • been a professor at the Institute ciety pf Founders at Albert Ein- Senior Editor, respectively. receive an Honorary Doctor of for Advanced Study at Princeton"' stein College of Medidne, is best The Editor-In-Chief, a psy- Law degree. Six others will be known for · his civic ahd · philan- • chology major attending TB·I similarly honored. thropic activities, which include served in the capacity of Com- As :\Iajority Leader since 1961, the opening of tlie new<'Rehabilita• posing Editor on this year's paper. he has been instrumental in the tion Center at Einstein ,tifrough ~Ii. Bailer is on the Dean's List passage of many New Frontier a '$1,300,000 grant. He is also a and is a member of the English and Great Society measures. He trustee of several 'institiitions, honor society (Sigma Tau Delta) has served in Congress for 23 .treasurer of the Uni~ed. Jewish and the psychology honor society years, first as a member of the •Appeal . · and · Joirit . Oisti:ibuting { Psi Chi). House of Representatives from Committee, and ·a mrniber of the A pre-med major in TBI, 1943 to 1952 and, since then, as New York' _Stat~ Pension' .. Com- Howard Rosman was this year's Editor Steve Bailey a member 'of the Senate. He was mission. Copy Editor. He is a member of va~Stern CoUege Lecture Series. professor of Latin and Far East- Spiritual leaderofAgiidasAchim the Pre-Med Honor Society and Burton .. Rabinowitz '68, the ern Historj· at ~fontana State Synagogue of Hartford Conn., is on the Dean's List and the TIM other Contributing Editor, was University from 1933 to 1943. Rabbi Avrutick ' is .a meniber of Student Council. l\.Ir. Rosman is Assistant Editor of Ko.' this vear. Slate Degree Awards Senator Mike Mansfield the Board ·oLthe Union of'Ortho- also a member of Yeshiva's fencin g A pre-med major, he ·is the" sec- Dr. Gaylord P. Hornwell, Dr. dox Jewish Congregations, of Pub- team. retary-elect of the pre-med honor Freeman J : Dyson, and .'\Ir. since• 1953· He war, a fellow at lie Affairs of the Religious Zion- Former ~ews Editor, Sid Kalish society and a member of the var- Joseph I. Lubin will be given Trinity College of ·Cambridge ists of America, and has also held is pre-med major and a student sity tennis team. He ;s a student Doctor of Humane Letters de• University and a Commonwealth every office . in ·. the Rabbinical in RIETS. He will be chairman of in Rav Gor~lick's shiur. grees; Justice Edward S. ·silver Fellow at Princeton and at Cor· Council of America. In addition next year's election committee, a The new Feature Editor, Gary will receive a Doctor of Law nell where he also served on the he has organized and· serve!l.'. on member of pre-med honor society Rosenblatt is an English major and degree and Rabbi Abraham N. faculty. Currently he is a fellow. various institutions·• in° . Connccti and captain of the fencing team. was President of his sophomore Avrutik and Rabbi Morris 'Max of the Royal Society of London .cut. A former' president o(' the Mr. Kalish was also Vicc-Prcsi- class. Last year he was Assistant will recei\'C Doctor of Divinity and a member of t~e American· 'University's Rabbirtic' 'Aluninii he dent of his sophomore class. Feature Editor. This year's News degrees. Ph}·sics Society. · was awarded the institution's Dis- Other members ~f the Govern- Editor, Richard 'Chaifetz, is a Poli- President of the UniversitL_nrnf Justice Edward S. Silver, the tinguished Alumnus · Award -in ing Board are: Louis Katz '6i, tical Science lHajor and is a stu- Pennsylvania, since 1953, ~ Surrogate of Kings County, was 1965. ' Executive Editor; Ted Miller '67, dent in RIETS. Chaifetz was Hornwell joined the University 1n District Attorney of Brooklyn Rabbi l\1orris ' lVIax ~ho is Contributing Editor; Burton Ra• As.sociate News Editor of this 1938 ·and served as professor of from 1954 to 1965 after having · presently spiritual leadeC: 'i>f. the binowitz '68, Contributing Editor; year's paper. physics, chairman of the physics been Assistant District Attornt!y Queens Jewish Center,. lias ' pre Richard Chaifetz '68, News Edi- A member of the Pre-:'\Ied Hon- department, and director of its for eight years, from 1946 to 1954. viously had pulpits in several other rnr; :\like Goldsmith '67, Copy or Societ,·, :VIichael Goldsmith, Randal ~Jorgan Laboratory. Eari- He has also served in the U.S. cities. He is vice president of Jl-/i,: Editor; \Villiam Brustein '68, Copr Editor, attend RIETS, i& on lier he had been a National Re• Attorney's Office and with vari- rachi Hapoel H«!"ir.,:achi, a mem- Copi· Editor; Allan Friedman '68, (Continued on page thirteen) search Council Fellow at Califor1. ous commissions. ber of the National Executive ).lake-Up Editor; Howard Bocl- ' • · Committee of the Jewish National ner '68. Sports Editor; and Garr J • ,; s i k' At YU s •1 o· Fund, .and has ,held the offices of Rosenblatt '68, Feature Editor. a VJts pefl, S . c1e, nee __ .. . )TIO er;· secretary; vi~e'r)residerit and presi- A pre-dent major in TIM, Ex- ~ 1 dent of the RCA. He is also the ecutive Editor Katz is a member Con!.._ Nat,1•o!i author of ~umerous booklets in- of the Pre-:\Ied Club, was Ex- Urges ~ pul· sory nal ·servi·ce eluding iWarriage and· Home and
change Editor of this year's paper, 1 ·The Torah's Jlfethod i of Prayer. and was president of his TI junior Senator Jacob Javits has urged of special skills essential to the · · · : class. the adoption of a system of ci,m- national interest, must serve. And, Jsssc·Establishes Two Contributing Editors pu\sory national service. Speaking 3, serv.ice in the non-military ac- . . ·. . .. I Ted :\1iller is a psychology at a YU Science Center dinner, tivities should be open to all who Morasha Schol~rship major and a student in JSS. He )lay 22, Senator Javits endors~d a are qualified. , ..•• was Chairman of the Joint Yeshi- plan of far greater scope tiian In concluding, I\lr. Javits con- JSS Student' Council 'tnet' on Secretarv of Defense Robert :\•le- demned current draft laws as. dis• Monday ,night, May 'L .Among Namara;s recent proposal. At the criminatory. Thi~ is particularly the last actions of the :l965•1966 Council Holds same time, the Senator deplored so in the case of those who are Council ~as the allocatirin of $400 the Administration's "flight from unable ·to cope with or a fford a for a' learning schola~hfp at Camp Final Session; this [Mr. !HcNamara's] plan." college education. He feels that Morasha · for JSS students, ·the He stated that while he likes pr~ference for the col.lege student proposal of . a JSS li~rary, l!nd Reviews Year ~Ir. l\1cNamara's plan, that l all over the gasoline station attend ant a ,:motion · to buy a new,·· gavel · for The final meeting of the 1965- voung Americans serve the nation i, not the American way, and that · th. e counci.1 president. . A .. motion 1966 YCSC was held, l\'lay 19, in ·for at least two years in either· a under the present law the nation to hold ·· future JSS elections · in Rubin Dorm. The minutes of the civilian or military capacity :· at is not ·making the best use of its classrooms was defeated.!, · last two meetings, which were held home or abroad, he feels that such manpower resources. A system of ' After President . Jac6bson ad- February 18, were read. Petitions a voluntary plan would be doomed compulsory national service is the journed the meeting, ne,vly-elected for the 'formation of Photography, to failure. The Senator said that best way to eliminate existing in- President : Fred N. ag· Jer:, and Senator Jacob Javil8 the Yeshiva Student Committee for he will propose in Congress a equities and provide the manpower 1966-1967 Council · met. ; In its Peace in Viet Nam, and the Zion form of compulsory service · for rain three new provisions: 1. Serv- necessary for civilian and military first action · Mr. Jacobson was ist Youth Clubs were presented. young men which will offer them ice in the Peace Corps, VISTA, projects both at home and abroad. unanimou~ly voted hcino1¥ry presi~ Only the Photography Club was the option, within permissable cate- the Public Health Service, etc. Senator Javits does agree with dent. A motio_n to have\ the Stu• approved. gories, of choosing what form such would be adequate substitutes for current practice which calls up dent-Faculty Committee ,look _into service would take. He also stated military service. However, the bachelors before married men and ,. :\felvin Lerner '67, Secretary · the _problem_ ofJSS finals ru_ rinin_._g_ Treasurer, then presented the bud t'hat young women should be en- · armed services "must have priori- takes note -of college attendance. 1 get report. Total income was couraged to undertake suitable na- ty" when·· manpower requirements College students would not be · into YC_finals was p~d, wh.ile·, $19,297 while only $14,851 was tional service tasks. so ne~itate. 2. All men between drafted while in coJlege, but rather a motion to allow the JSSSC pre-· spent. However, an additional More specifically the Senator 18-26, except the handicapped and they would be allowed to com- sidcnt to 'spend up to $25[00 with• (Continued on page nine) urged legislation which would con- those specifically exempted because ·plete their studies before serving. out cotindlapproval was ~e(eated. I r PAGE TWO THE COMMENTATOR Thursd~y, June 2, 1966
tirely unwarranted. Some say that it serves as a deterrent for needless program altera tions, but, in the final analysis, it only penal Letters To The Editor 500 West 1!5 Street, New York, NBY Yort· ,can, lO S-5560. . PubUahed. bl-Weekly during the . academic year by the izes unjustly those students who have dis Yeah.Iva College Student Council at Diana Press Co. The covered an error in judgment. To the Editor : is an area which Halacha doesn't · vtews expreued . In these columns are those of THE COM Furthermore only last month, Mr. Shel I am sure that more than one adequately cover. However, Hala ·, MENTATOI Only and do not neceuarlty reflect the opinion ·~ of · the faCUlfy ·,df the -• adm.!nlstratlon of Yeshiva College. don Socol, director of Student Finances open eyebrow has been raised over Rab cha does not consider sex per SI! but ly expressed his desire to see a withdrawal bi Greenberg's article on the pages as part of love and marriage, two of THE Col\ll\lENTATOR. His pro· terms so conspicuously absent from GOVERNING BOARD of the charge, since it creates snags in of. lice operations and increases red tape. vocative comments cover many Rabbi Greenberg's paragraphs. Kc STEPHEN BAILEY areas, almost all of them of a con dushn and. Tzniut are integral l\11oreover, few or none of the private Editor-In-Chief troversial nature and ,vorthy of parts of the man-woman relation colleges in the Metropolitan area have such lengthy comment. Permit me but ship and sex is not considered ex . HOWARD ROSMAN SIDNEY KALISH a fee, thereby remonstrating that a system Associa1e Eartor Senior Edilor a few remarks within the confines cept in their context. is workable without it. And so, since the of a letter to the editor. It is simply not sufficient to LOUIS KATZ GARY SCHIFF charge is only a source of student discon I do not know of a monolithic make an assertion that sex is one Executive Editor . Man;sglng Editor tent and unrest, we strongly urge that it be Orthodox position on Viet Nam. experience which Halacha doesn't :TED MILLER BURTON RABINOWITZ can·ceJed. However, if "the bulk of today's adequately cover. Rabbinic litera· Contr~utlng · Editor Con~ibuting Editor Orthodox Jews back President ture. both ancient and n10dern. Johnson's policy," it is not because emphasize in detail the high re WIWAM BRUSTEIN MICHAEL GOLDSMITH Listing Teachers of "the un-Jewish t("ndency to gard and cons ideration rhat a Jrw .· · CopT Editor Copy Editor rt'nder unto Caesar \\·hat is Cae must have for his wife. It is not . "GARY ROSENBLATT RICHARD CHEIFETZ Most departments of· Yeshiva College sar's." It sterns froth an applica a prohibition of n,·giflh based upon Feature Editor New• Editor fail to see the advantage associated with tion of the h~lachic principle of a tr,chnical ludacha that deter ALLAN FRIEDMAN HOWARD BOD~ER listing teachers and courses to give students "one \'-·ho comes to destroy you mmrs the relationship bet,veen MakfHIJ> Editor Sport• Editor the opportunity to properly plan the sched may be killed first." i.e. self-de man and woman but rather a sy, ule most beneficial to them. fense. rr:-111 of morali ty ,vhich sanctifib ASSOCIATE BOARD \Ve commend Dr. Joseph Dunner and ::\lore than any other people, rhis relationship and enhances ir typing Editor: Arthur Levfngllclc; Jhzslne11 Managers: Wilbur the Political Science department of Yeshiva Jews. particularly the Orthodox with depth and beauty. - Reinfeld. Sheldon Weinreb, Michael Palkln; Excllaag• Edi· Jew, know the cruel hand of Com I am certain that Rabbi Green ·tor: Melvin Haller; Pb·otograpby Edlton: James · Szmidt, College for its farsightedness, initiative, and munist tyranny. The same force berg meant to confine his remarks · Leonard Presby, Israel Stein; ClraalaUon Editor: Leon Lan. good sense in _posting such a list. Students dau; Israel Correspondents: Earl Lefkowitz. Jeffery Roth. that has waged a rele'ltless war to the marriage relationship even Sheldon · Koenig; Re1!9'rfte EdHors: Morton Landowne. Harry will now have time to determine which . Weisman;· Assistant. Copy Editors: Gary Eps1e1n, Jacob against the Jews of the 5'.lviet though ht' does not say so. E·;r•1 Adcerman; Assistant Foatu,. Edllon: Edward Abrafflson, courses could be the most interesting and Union for almost 50 years is en in such a frame of rrfrrence. hi, Samuel ...... Kapu.stln, .Sim Gordman; AssJstallt News Edllon: essential in their studies. couraging and prolonging the war rern1 "experiencing a ,voman Barry · Herman, Raymond: Ref ch, Howard Klein; Aubtaat Nue--ap _EdJfor: Michael Stein. David Savitsky; Assistant There is no doubt that the rapid de in Viet Nam. Syrian arms shoot seems to me to be alien to Jewish sports. Edlton-: Brtice Splnowitz, Kenneth Koslowe. velopment of the Political Science depart ing at Israel settlements come from thinking. One can not believe thar . STAFF ment will be enhanced because of this pro the same factories as those killing this is one of the new values Rab Pltologl'aplly: Irving lesser; Copy-: Joel Meyors; News: Americans in Viet Nam. hi Greenherg would have the Pos ·J~mes . Mond; Sports: Norman Bertram. cedure. The other departments must follow suit. The Viet Cong has attacked kim introduce. It degrades women Israel as a tool of imperialism and and is contrary to the Jewish openly sided with Israel's enemies. concept of the ideal man-woman Teacher Training Program Advanced Talmud Classes Communist China not only spews relationship. endless hostility at the Jewish Jewish tradition clearly deli Teach~.t~~fostitute for -Men has as one Recently the Senior Y Class of JSS in State despite Israel's recognition of neates the difference between the of its edu(-1_t@~al purposes the training of ,·ited Dr. Belkin to attend their Sil-um on its sovereignty but . pushes anti holy_ and the profane. .The v,en· qualified -·peWoimel for positions of leader the sixth perek of Gitlin. Dr. Belkin: who in Semitic• propaganda in its frenzied Posl:im of whom Rabbi Greenberg ship in Jewish education. Its program also turn invited the class to celebrate .in his suite, wooing of the Arab countries. is so critical have exalted the mar Yehuda Hale,-i expounded the riage relationship and enriched ir provides a rich background of Jewish stu was greatly ii-Tlpressed by the progress made principle that a way to judge a with and through religious experi di_es for. those who do not intend to enter by these boys in such a short time. the field .of education; nation's characteristics !? in its re ence and sanctity. For various reasons-bureaucratic as much · For· the prospective teacher, TIM of- lationship with the Jewish people. :\ly own observations from tht' as educational-many of these boys will he day I entered the Yeshiva as a fers a complete .series of· studies necessary The Viet Cong and its sponsors unable to go on to RIETS next year. Thus, have made their attitu-des quite high school student, as a chaplain. . for- his field. These studies, whatever one clear and one wonders how any as a tearhe-r, as camp ditector, and might think of them, provide the serious stu JSS will have a RIETS style class for its most advanced students. The Rosh Haye committed Jew with a feeling for as a ral,bi in a large congregation. dent with an excellent basis for his career Jewish history can not but support lead· me to come to exactly the in teaching.· shi·i:a' s praise at the Si yum is to the crc:dit of Rabbi Besdin who has persevered in striv those who seek to stem aggressors opposite conclusion that Rabbi The culmination of a student's stay in Greenberg arrived at. It is not ing for a curriculum that will impart to his who have already singled us out. TIM is the time :spent student-teaching. Dur THE Co:..nrn:>:TATOR is not a Orthodoxy which must create new students the· greatest facility and breadth of ing . this . month, the· student undergoes one proper forum to discus.s sex but value in this area; it is the sick of the most rewarding experiences of his material. We wish Rabbi Besdin and the since the issue has been raised, one modern American society which ·- life• . H~ ·_gains his first personal training JSS students the best of luck in further ad must strongly concur with Rabbi desperately requires our traditional and participation, in the field of Jewish edu vancing Torah education. Greenberg that the Tanach does one. cit;ion. This system·· of student-teaching can- not regard sex as evil and perhaps Rabbi Louis Bernstein not be surpassed- · even with his main thesis that it (Continued on page eleven) There is, however, one part of the pro- Cleaning Clatter . gram that can be improved. At the_end of A rather deplorable situation that has the month spent in the· yeshiva keranah, a come to our attention ·is one regarding clean supervisor comes to see how well the stu ing operations in Furst Hall. Far too often, dent can conduct . the class. We feel that lectures held late at night are disttirbed by · mstead of th.is supervisor, who is a com- weird noises emanating from clanging gar . plefe stranger to the student-teacher, the in bage cans- and floor-polishing machines. structor who lectured: on pedagqgy should Thus, distinguished professors and instruc supervise the prospective teac;her. The in tors are needlessly harassed, and numer structor kriows whatfnethods he taught and ous students are deprived of an education. -will therefore · be able to ascertain whether \Vithout _ doubt, the proper time for the · student is teaching ~ffectively. cleaning is after· classes. But, since our dual program is ncit conducive to having early Change Of Program Fee college sessions, we advise that all room as signments for late classes be designated to : . : Registratipn with all its ramifications are one floor. Consequently, maintenance men ·pererihial problems. For even at the termina would be free to tidy up the rest of the pre :tion of a school year one is quickly remind mise prior to a specified hour. At that time, ed that in only a few short months he wjil they might begin to work on the one iso - again be. confronted with the troublesome lated floor aJready evacuated by those few process. Thus, one blatant difficulty tliat now tardy classes. I( .comes into focus is the five dollar charge Inde"ed, it is time for Mr. Blazer to meet for a change of pfpgram. with the Registrar and remove these annoy · · Besides· being •:Cxcessive, the fee is en- ances to higher learning. , _ . . ~ Thursday, June 2, 1966 THE COMMENT A TOR PAGE THREE
.------Political Science News------Professor Reflects / nif ia I Coffee Clotch Held Dr. Brayer Surveys Condition Of YU By Political Science Club After Serving Here For Eighteen Y~ars
. B 0 bl . d ... chance be given for personal iden teac hmg 1 e inI various. 1v1s10ns The Political Science Club held be based on what policymakers Editor'& Note: Dr. Mennchem tification as is biblically required °1ff YU, I always found a lack of its first Coffee Clotch Sunday Brayer, associate professor of ( Isaiah 30 :20), "Thine eyes shall an integrative approach and true think it ought to be. Bible at YU nnd COnsultnnt see thy teacher," and a full incor~ · scholarly maturit)'. One would like afternoon, lVIay 15, in the Student America's first foreign policy, psychologist at YC, has served poration of such personna. Unfor to place the bla.;,e on the low qual Lounge. Before the discussion, club isolationism, ,vas laid do,vn bv the students of t.he Uni~nity Vice-President Joel Poupko, '67, George \Vashington. It attempted f-or the past eightee'i' yea as tunately, this problem ;till remains, ity and lack of Hebraic acumen of announced that the club's journal. to keep the young and weak coun both teacher and friend. c e\'en after so many years, an un the newly enrolled YU student. following is a sumDlary o a answered questi(III. However, this isjust a poor excuse Palis, to be published soon, would try out of entangling alliances. discussion on hie reflecti ns be dedicated to Dr. Joseph Dun- This policy was .maintained during about the University with Ho Expansion for those who teach Bible with an ward Rosman, associate edi It is perhaps presumptuous, if inem-, stereotyped and medieval ap tor of The Commentator. not naive, to boast of megalomanic proii'ch. Th~y afc completely un and horizontal growth, often at the a,,·are c:tf so much that has been .. expense of vertical religious and in happening for th~ past few decades Sin'ce YU claims to promote tellectual magnanimity. Perhaps and of the vast ahd ever increasing Torah U'll1adah, it w9uld b~ only this is the meaning of the Misnah literature in th{ field of Biblical natural to expect those who repre- in Pirkei A bat 3 :22 "To a tree · research. i - sent our members and educators as How can a sporadic course do well as those who are ihtellectually justice to the basic need for schol disciplined and recipi~nts cif such arlv exploration.:.....traditionally in dual knowledge to be ihtellectualh• spi~ed yet sci~ntifically ~pproached integrated and emotionally weil for a true, i:neatiingful, and. con , balanced personalities. lt would be temporary tinde'~standing · of the · ethically and academic~lly danger Book of Books? For· centuries. ous, if not prematuie, to fully Christian schol1rs have availed boast of such an ideal tombination. ·themselves of th~ insightful- and in In order to prepare wliolesome valuable commentaries of' our me traditionalists imbued ,~ith the Sin- dieYal · exegetes, ~uch as Rashi, lbn aitic Divine revelation in being a fa:ra, Kimchi, and others mamlechet Kohanim ,/gay kadosh, Outda~ Method "a kingdom of priests I and a holy yet we have been using the very nation," one must follow a goal narrm~ and m.!chanically limited directed and purposeful path in his ·path of teachingiBible anvas done intellectual and spirituAI· crescendo. in the Gheder. lrt such a constrict Is such a crystallized goal evident ed • fashio~, under th~ ·'ephemeral Dr. Menachem Bra~er. and clear enough in the minds of garment of tran~parent religiousity Yeshiva University's academic pro that has many branches and fe,v' and false pret.;nse of· obsessional grammers? A distinct definition roots ..." This may be said of rituaiism, · we · have ignored the ON FOREIGN ~OLICY: Dr Jooeph Dunner at Coffee c1J1ch. and a tangible example of such mall.v areas of our intellectual· en..: multiphask wci,,lth and ·. colorful ner, Petegorsky Professor of Poli the 19th century. By 1914, the goal-mindedness is still to be• ex dea;ors and, even ~ore so, ~n the exegesis of such! g~~nts as _the Span tical Science. U.S. n·as strong enough to partici pected. field of Hebraic studies, specifically ish, Provencal !and even more so, Dr. Dunner began the an pate actively in world affairs. One cannot speak psychoanaly Biblical studies. northern French Peshat exegetes as nounced portion of the program (Continued 011 page thirteen) tically of an Ego-Ideal, unless a During my. eighteen years of Joseph Kara,; Bfchor Sho~, Elier:er with a brief speech on American of Beaugency-and many others. In Opinion------, foreign policy. He said that for My Wh~t about !.the rich· compara eign policy must be formulated on tive Targumic I Hterature of the a theory based upon the ordering Utopianism Jewish Sty1e Bible--'the earliest versions, such as of historical facts. A theory may the traditional 'o nkelos; Jonathan, and Jerusalem Aramaic Targ~mim use facts as guidelines, viewing IL.------'------b; Ted Miller ------' the world as it really is, or it may as ,veU as the Septuagint, Samar At a recent lecture, Dr. Charles recurring theme of give and take. bi Greenberg himself fears 'that itan ··and Peshit~" , translations? Leibman described the increasing For example, Rabbi Petuchowski the tradition may not encompass What about thJ 'study of ,the ear Wohlgelernter Talks barriers being erected between the is willing to accept halachic cate them. liest interpretatii>ns of the Talmu various Jewish religious instrtutions. gories like kashrmh, hut expects The symposium is most flexible, dic arid ilf'edr~ic' literature? On Image Of Rabbi In light of the growing sectarianism, his Orthodox co-religionist to fore- however, in approachi~g the chal There is no~v~ great literature The final Oneg Shabbat pro-· it is encouraging to read in the go quantitative measures-e.g., lenges to Jewish unity raised by {Continued o\age eleve7:) gram of the season was held in latest edition of Judaism a serious the number of hours one waits be non-halachic marriage and.:aivorce the Rubin Dorm shul on :\lay I 3. symposium on Jewish religious fore eating dairy after meat-in procedures. The non-O~thodox Dr. :\'Iaurice Wohlgelernter, -as unity. The four participating rab matters of personal observance. leaders, willing to compromise Sophs Att~nd sistan t professor of English at YU, bis, drawn from-'-but not neces Rabbi Siegel is willing to ac~ept their ideological positions in de ,poke on the theme, "The Image sarilv representing - Orthodox, "concept-experiences" -such as G-d, manding traditional ceremonies, Mock Senate of the Rabbi in Contemporary Con~ervative, Reform and Recon Israel, and Torah, but demands simply ask Orthodoxy in turn to Jeffrey Roth . '68 and. I van Literature.'' structionist n1ovemcnts realistical the right to interpret these terms "make this ki~d of procedure both Schaeffer '68 participated in a New Rabbi \Vohlgelernter centered Iv deny the present possibility of freelv. To the extent that Ortho acceptable and respectable." A York State Mock Senate held at his discussion on four currently i;1stitutional unity; instead, each doxy· can enter into this give· and sensitive Orthodox response, like Albany, April 28-May .1. This is popular works: The Rabbi by outlines his conception of the ideo take process without detroying it that of · Rabbi Greeiiberg, recom the first time that students from 0 :'.'loah Gordon, Friday The Rabbi logical foundations for future Jew self there is hope for a religious mending improvement of the Bet Yeshiva have participated; Slept Late by Harry Kemelman, ish religous unity. unity that will follow traditional Din system and the possible par Mr. · Schaeffer was chosen ·as The Conversion of the Jeu·s by The path that these men un Judaism. ticipation of ··non-Orthodox clergy Majority Party Whip and· Chair Philip Roth and The Magic Bar dertake to project-leading from In the symposium, Rabbi in the ceremony could close' the gap man of the· Transportation . Com rel,,<.by Bernard :\Ialamud. One the present state of religious divi Greenberg proposes that Ortho benveen the groups, and help pre mittee. He was also appointed to of 1he main characters in each siveness to the Messianic goal of doxy can enter the '.~ve and take serve the chezknt knshruth of the a' .position of the Senate Steering of these pieces is either a rabbi a united Israel--is charted on the dialogue without actually com Jewish people. C'ammittee, the first· student from or a Yeshiva student. blank wilderness of yet unwrit promising itself; he•hopes that by Granting the complete inade outside of Albany ever to be so According to Dr. Wohlgelern ten history. Some of these think remoulding itself with the ongo quacy of some of the ideological selected. Mr. Roth taped a tele,·i ter, these books reflect a notable ers, like Seymour Siegel and Mor ing hafochic process, Judaism will approaches to the problem of re sion program, that was later broad trend in literature against the tra decai Kaplan of Jewish Theolo not only become more relevant ligous unity and the probable cast, cin "Narcotics on Campus.'' ditional view of the rabbi. The gical Seminary, appear unable to to practicingJews, but will also in futility of others, I nevertheless Yeshiva sponsored a bill to per treatment of the rabbinical figure disengage themselves from the cidentally accomodate the search feel that th4 symposium had great mit those convicted . under the Smith. Act to obtai~ NY drivers' by each of these authors is largely old institutional positions we find ing non-Orthodox Jew. Without value. Not only did it deal posis so divisive; whereas, Jacob Petu licenses. l.t was subsequently superficial. Mr. Hemelman's short questioning the value or legality lively with the essential and int~ chowski of Hebrew Union Col _of . Rabbi Greenberg's proposed passed; The delegation was also mystery was the "only one which mediate problem 0£- Jewish civil even touched upon 'important is lege and Irving Greenberg of reform, I doubt that any merely able to amend Skidmore College's law, but it aclcnowledgffer rr~re time or plishments may be unfamiliar ( tht experience. This "understood" blame for which rests with this
OUTGOING STUDENT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ,,CANDID SHOT: The inevitable end of lo~, ~Id, we~ night,, of blood and toil--for a {int-rate Commentator. Joseph Berlin ...... President David Eisenberg ...... • ...... Vice-President _sity's cxpansi<>n; The short supply of faculty, teach G-d. As late as last week, students in the Dean's Melvin Lerner ...... ," .,. .. Secretary-Treasurer ers; cou,;-scs, and physical facilities was underscored office for various reasons have been lectured on that SENIORS iii this regard. great evil deed. I find such behavior odd, very odd. Yitzchak Halberstam ...... : ...... • ...... • . . . President In other editorials, we broughtaip ~Id com l have not seen the Dean since February. Stanley Fischman ...... • ...... Vice-President plaints (guidance) and commented on student af. The Dean, of course, was able to do much more William Berkowitz . . . • .•...... Secretary-Treasurer fairs. One· major editorial <:al.led for a menahd in than vocalize his dissatisfaction. He didn't hesitate JUNIORS RIETS,· som~thing it desperately needs. Our edito- to make use of several forms of retribution. But Larry Ciment ...... • ...... President Wally Oavidowitz ...... Vice-President . :rials are supposed to r~isc issues, stimulate thought what really disturbed me was a comment he made Rubin Cooper ...... Secretary-Treasurer and induce favorable action. Whild I believe WC to a ~tudent while he was explaining his wish in SOPHOMORES aimmplished the first two of these, we failed often Febru~ry never to speak to me again. He said he Gary Rosenblett ...... President · on the third. · didn't' think I should be on the debating-team tour, Including your June issue, we will have put Yitzle Pogrow . . . . . • . ... • ...... • ...... • . ! . . . . . Vice-President for I didn't represent YU. Ronald Gross ...... • ...... Secretary-Treasurer out I 4 issues, three more than last year. Thanks to Steve, have attended YU for eight years a top-notch ·copy department, we cut costs for the I FRESHMEN • firsi: 11 issues by $1,4-00 from last year. I-ain proud longer than the Dean. One of my brothers is a fresh Sheldon David •. . . . . • ...... • ...... • . . . • • President man in YC, another a freshman in YUHS-1\1. My David Franlcel ...... • ...... Vice President of ~t;:as well as of: our first-place award in the Joseph Fruchter ...... ; ...... • • . . . . . Secretary-Treasurer Newspaper 9uild _contest. But I am well aware father graduated YU HS, YC, and gained semicha that we could have done much better. from -RIETS. My grandmother used to feed the · .i was· glad to print so many letters-to-the-edi hungry YU boys in Washington Heights who had campaign promise I honored in newspaper) , and to present a com tor from st).ldents, faculty, and alumni. We covered no money for food in the .'30's. I love YU, Steve, full. In return, I faced adminis plete list at this point would be many vital. topics extcnsively.,..-Viet Nam, synthesis, and my criticism only was meant to improve it. I trators, faculty, students, student unwise. A few are: I. Printing of expansion; athletics; Bible -criticism, socials, etc.-,. hope you understand that, even if the Dean docs not. leaders, and Roshti HayeshiYa, a Mr. Parker's price list 2. Arrang and · it showed that people were taking an interest His comment hurt deeply, and it_ still does. political world with political aspi ing a final schedule without finals The Board rants with whom I felt justly un after graduation 3. Showing 11 D~partments As for "my bo,·s," I don't have the space to comfortable . and among whom I movies (3 more than last year) 4. Our ·feature department :was varied ~nii · orig- (Contin~ed on page ten) I could easily be considered an in- (Continued from page eleven) Thursday, June 2, 1966 THE COMMENT ATOR PAGE FIVE
Over the years a lack of coor council's achievements are mini In past issues I have written feature articles • generated by opposing, but equally intelligent and dination within council has re- mized and " issues" repeat them which were, for the most part, tongue-in-cheek. The logical views. In other words, he has two standards 1luced its efficiency. THE CoM selves over, a cycle, a fact which sole purpose of my writing was to entertain; there which, by their very nature, arc in opposition. Thus \IENTATOR and council sometimes can be de'monstrnted by reading was no intent of serious content. In my present posi- · the student has no specific guidelines to , follow see fit to work together but com through old newspapers or by tion, however, I do not wish to amuse or entertain he can never be sur.e of his direction. · mittees, clubs, publications, and speaking to alumni. . but simply to provoke r~sponsible students and ad This brings us to the third approach which, I even other students: councils fail The unusually early Student ministrators to think about a few of our many press believe, is' the only answer to our problem: the re to cooperate w ith schedules, dead Council elections this year has ing problems. action -where a+b:::::c,'a formation ·of a totally.new lines, procedures etc. The needed put me in a most fortunate posi One of the most critical problems we face is substance. The very fact that -ive are a _unique Uni timing which is lacking results in tion. I have been able to have a the complex, almost mystifying, question of what versity 'lrith a unique program makes· it dear 'that much wasted time and effort, and maximum amount of contact with policy or philosophy Yeshiva University abides by. we ought to have a unique approach. · Instead of rhe desired results do not mater the outgoing members of Student In the past many people have offered various opin merely combining Torah _and Madah we have to ialize. In the past; members of Council which normally would ions but most .solutions were more confusing than integrate the two'. to produce · a new philosophy ~tudent Council, with few excep not have been possib,1e. Their help the original problem. With this in mind, I would which keeps within the bounds of Jialachah but yet rions, approached their duties in has been invaluablf The initia like to offer my opinion using dear-cut, simple lan .is amenable to. unprecedented policy. · tion of the new Scqdent Council, guage and ideas so regardless of whether you agree, Let me illustrate this idea by using an incident a process which ordinarily carries you will at least know what I am saying. which occurred a few months ~go. All of you, I am over into the Fall tepn, has almost It seems to me that there is a striking parallel . sure, remember the furor raised over the Dean's Re been completed. Tf!s year's Stu between some simple laws of ch!'mistry and our ob ·: ception. One faction held that there .was something dent Council has [~ft us with the struse question of "what is Yeshiva?" In. elementary lzalachic/y wrong with the social aspect of the Re most complete recqrds on file in chemistry we learn that among the various reactions ception. · A se~ond factio.n believed tJ;at not only student council's history. This will possible when two substances are mixed are: forma there was nothing against halachah, but also that a enable next years' council and tion (a+b=c) , combination (a+b=ab} and no Dean's Reception was an integral/ ~art of _college future councils to be aware of the reaction ( a+ b=a+b). It is my contention that each life. A third group, the majorit:g( was simply con- past, its methods, its mistakes, its successes and failures. \Vith · this setting we can hope to striH for mo;e worth-while catnpus activities, a better under standing in curriculum, guidance opportun1ttes. physical facilities and the like. Among the projects which will receiYe priority is the big-brother program already being workt-d 011 . the bv-la\\· revisions, a cooperatiYe untl;rtaking of two student councils which will soon be comple-red. operation of the ra dio station which has been set up, a changr in the college absence Prei,idcnl Mu~y Jacobson policy. an(I mt intramural program a most laclrn d,1tisicai manner. The including ches_,, bridge. debating, pettiness of Sci,dent Council mem and "college bowl" matches. The bers must be overcome before we spead reading course now spon can hope for succc;ss. sored bv student council should A lack of continuity from one be offer~d by the college. The fall ...:ouncil to thr: next h~.; dampened semester this past year ,vitnessecl the effectiveness o( Student Coun the hest Co-op in YC history. cil. In any given year the council both price and service-wise. The members and Iead~rs set goals for Univrrsiry at presc.ant is consider ing the Co-op problem and the rhemsrlvrs and ,voi-k toward con1- NEW BOARD: Michael Golde~ith, Hoivard Roeman, .Stephen Bail~y, Allan ·Friedmao, Richard. Chaifetz, Bill pleting certain ~rojects. which long awaited University Book Dru.stein~ Howard Bodner, Gary Rosenblatt. Ted Millet",~Louis Ka~ Burton ~blnowi~. ~Using: Si~ey Kali11h. more often than not, meet with Store may be realized sooner then of these reactions has a counterpart in a philosophy fused and waiting for someone to make a .decision . onlv partial success'. If a significant many of us ,,,q,ected. Issues such . ' of Tora/, and Madah. · Even after it was concluded that ·there was nothing The "no-reaction" reaction ·where a and b do asur about the Reception per. ·se, the f. actions still ' not mix at all is the attitude of those who hold that argued. ab~ut· whether ·or not it was '·'nice" for Ye- INCbMING STUDENT COUNCIL Torah and Madah are totally incompatible. Either shiva to sponsor a social affair. . one devotes bis time completely to "learning" or Ail bt ~e debatin'g, confusioh and name- EXECUTIVE COUNCIL he disregards "learning'' entirely and delves into calling; that.. resulted is understandable if we real- Murray Jacobson /...... President the vain ·search for secular knowledge. There can ize that. the students . were operating· under a "no- Wally Davidwitz ! ...... Vice-President Ronald Gross ... : ...... ·: ...... Secretary-Treasurer be no concession; there can be no compromise. This raction'!· or !'combination" philosophy. If, however, "attitude was adopted by the great yeshiYot of Eu- the prevalet1t •. policy bad been that we have the SENIORS rope and has been carried on by such centers of right to a _µnique · approach,: the· problem would Jay Kimmel . . .. . J...... President Sol Lerer . . : Vice-President learning as the Yeshiva of Lakewood. have been quickly resolved. Once it was established .... : •h· · • · • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · • • • • • · • • • ·s·~~retary-Treasurer Michael Goldsm,t ...... • • • • • • • • • • A second group would say that Torah and Ma- t!.tat die Dean's ..Re~eption was in the bounds of JUNIORS dal, form a combination reaction: a+b=ab. This halachah, a.nieeµng of the student leaders repre- Harvey Werblow;ky ...... • • ..... • • • • • · · • • • · • · · · President view is .the most popular and is commonly referred • senth:]g the :various· divisions would be be1d and a Arthur Rosenbaum ...... Vice-President to as "smthesis." The chief characteristic of this majority V(?\e determined. It sounds simple'-'-it is. Isaac Tuchman ...... Secretary-Treasurer scheme is that th$ Tora/, world and the secular Until tbe /ipper echel~ns·came'~ut with a state- SOPHOMORES world are rclativety compatible and when approach- ,rrient . of policv (,vhich is. unlikely) it is' u1rto the Lazar Fruchter ...... • • •. • • · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · Preside11t ed in the correct frame of mind produces a sophis- -/responsible .'st~dents to decide wha~ policy is. And David Savitsky ...... , ...... Vice-President ticated ta/mid clwchom. In· such an approach, how-· this can oniy be done with the attitude. that.we are Aaron Kinderlehrer ...... Secretary-Treasurer ever, the person must compartmentalize his mind not bbund' to precedent either from other yeshioot into a Torah category and a Madah category and or other colleges. Only if we have enough courage call forth the appropriate response to different situa- to think f~r ourselves and , act upon our decisions accomplishment is realized the as the Dean'., Reception must be tions. will we· be·.able to make a succesnif ·our Yeshiva project is soon forgotten by the handle-! in a manner in which the The Yeshiva College student who adop_ts the College experience, .. next year's council or by the one contro\'er;:y cl,,,, not lead to ani after that. \,Vhen significant gains mo5lty. t'no-reaction" approach finds that his needs are un- It :is with this philosophy that I undertake are made, momentum is lost over I trust that council will con satisfied. The boy that is looking for.European- the editorship of THE COMMENTATOR. If the summer or by laclc of commu tinue to be active and will acom type yeshiya with its corresponding atmosphere there shoulRabbis Opportunities in college and local television station and publish secondary educatio11 journalism, the city's newspaper. The most Those who think that Western thirteenth century. His most re 1 '.\fr. Norman B. Abrams, Ad and advertising await the qualified lucrative field for journalism 'civiliiatio~ is based on the Greco- cent worl., entitled Urban Civili- ministrative Director of the Rabbi English major according to three majors, according to '.\fr. Trump, , Roman tradition :ire due for a zation in Pre-Crusade Europe, Isaac Elchanan Theological Semi teachers in these fields who spoke is p~lic rdarions. Nevertheless, severe shock. According to Dr. Ir- deals with the growth of cities in nary, has announced that tractate 80% of Columbia's g:raduates be ving Agus, ·professo;. of Jewish his- the early part of the Middle Ages, at a Sigma Tau Delta (English) Shevuot or Pesachim will be stu meeting, April 19. The three were gin their careers in ne\vspapt"r tory at-Y esbiva, "practically every especially the presence of demo died next year. work. idea that . is worthwhile today, cratic institutions in European Dr. Julian Roberts, professor of Several changes will be made education at Ferkauf; Dr. Irving Judaism had thousands. of years communities. in the RIETS faculty. Rabbi Linn, professor of English at ago." With charai=teristic clarity To illustrate his views, Dr. Bnei Akiva Club Aaron Soloveichik who is leaving: Yeshiva; and :\Ir. Christopher and precision, Dr.! Agus outlined Agus discussed an example from At the last meeting of the Bnei to assume a position at the Hebrew Trump, assistant to the Dean at for this student a few of the theo- his latest book. "The concept of ,J kiva Club, officers for the acade Theological Coll'1gf, Skokie, Illi Columbia's School of Journalism. _ries regarding the i positio~ of the freedom and democracy which is nois, will be replaced by'"Rabbi mic vear 1966-1967 were elected. Dr. Roberts showed the need for J~h people in1 history with erroneously attributed to the Noach Borenstein who is present The; are: Bernard Berkovits, '67, qu,alified English teachers in sec which he has SQ often startled his Greeks by the ignoramuses teach ly teaching a sophomore shiur. Pres-idem; Howard Feldman, '67, ondan· schools, particularly 111 classes. · ing in high schools and colleges," Rabbi Michael Katz, in tum, will Vice-President; and ·:Moshe Soko urban- areas. The English teacher he said, '\,,as really taken from move from his freshman post to low, '68, Secretary-Treasurer. can share with his students his sen the Jews of the tenth and eleventh replace Rabbi Borenstein. Two After the meeting Bernard Ber sitivity for language and literature centuries." Historians have always new Rabbeim, Rabbis Yehuda kovits stated that he would con and impart to him the value sys been puzzled by the fact that these Parnes and Y ankelowitz, have tinue the policy established this •tems that he has gained form his ideas ,vere utilized by Europeans been added to teach freshman year of inviting provocative speak experience in the humanities. much before they were readily shiurim. ers on topics relevent to religious available to them when Constan The new freshman shiur will. Dr. Linn underscored •·the im Zionism. portance of a grounding in the tinople fell to the Turks in 1453. according to '.\1r. Abrams. help At this meeting. a resume of Thus, they must have sprung from alleviate the crowded conditions humanities for all English teach the vear's activities took place. It an internal SQUrce. Dr. Agus which now prevail in the first ers. Surveying the various oppor was ~greed that the programs which strives to prove that they did, not year classes. Entering students, he tunities of college level teaching. were held were successful, how arise spontaneously in the minds said need "more attention, more Dr. Linn suggested that the pro ever, more such activities should of early city dwellers, but were hashkafah, more orientation" than spective ins~_ructor consider a new have taken place. area of grm~h. the junior college, borrowed from their Jewish neigh they are now receiving. RIETS Bnei A kiva is the religious which combines some of high school bors. is expecting enrollment to reach Chalutz youth organization of the teaching's best conditions with col Dr. Agus explained how the about 500, an increase of 10-15%. Religious Zionists of America, and lege teaching's rewards. principles- of freedom ,vas firmly There will be a summer shiur the members of the Bnei A kfoa Dr. Irrinc . Agus rooted in both Jewish tradition program again this year. Rabbi Mr. Trump distinguished be Club are students on campus with Long known . for his criticisms and literature. "On the one hand," Shmuel Faivushevitz, a Rosh Ye tween two approaches employed the same ideals. by graduate schools of journalism, of those who minimize the Jewish he maintained, "the human being is shiva in YUHSB will instruct a Bernard Berkovits also stated completely free to act as he wishes, pre-high school, preparatory class as exemplified by Stanford and the contn1rutions to ·civilization, Dr. that anyone who wishes to take while, on the other, he is bound in gemarah. Rabbis Scheinberg and University of l'viissouri. The for Agus emphasized the unique record an active part in the running of by any vows or oaths might Lichtenstein will give shiurim in mer emphasizes theory of commu of the Jewish people in the last & the club next year should contact make, :which can only be btolcen in Sukkah at the high school and col nication, while the latter stresses twelve hundred years. "We have any of the officers. been able," he said, "to increase particular situations. The Jew is, lege levels, respectively. The classes the mechanics of journalism. The our ;;umbers a thousand-fold, for {Continued on page ten) are free of charge and open to all. students at :Missouri operate the outstripping the rate of the rest of Pre-Med Honor Society the world.." In addition, the ap Student's Struggle Against Procrastination The Pre-'.\frdical Pre-Dental proximately ten thousand Jews Honor Society presented two films who were. alive for example, in Thursday, May 12. The first the year -900, were far different Requires Tight Schedule To Thwart Straying showed an appendectomy and the from previous generations. . Since The SPECTATOR, a periodical of magnified in a school like YU and studying for R 1ETS final: say second sho,ved a coarctation of th~ - tjiey had been able to survive till the early eighteenth century pub- especially just before finals. Ye t'hillim aorta. then, they represented the best of lished by the famous team of shiva students are notorious pro 8: I 0--go to Pollack Library to The procedure in the first oper 1 the-Jewish nation ' and were cul Joseph Addison and Richard crastinators and school work has look u'p sources for Philosophy ation involved pinpointing the ap turally superior to their neighbors Steele, was well known for its a way of catching up with us at term paper ( due tomorrow) pendix, making an incision, clam in every . country." This theme satirical essays concerning contem- about this time every year. Some while-i:here. find out if Pollack is ping surrounding blood vessels, concerting the inherent· capabili porary social life. One· excellent students have found that a helpful reallv the world's onlv library that moving aside the abdominal mus ties of the Jewish nation is perhaps article was a young lady's diary way to get through the day is to cautions: "Please Sou-nd Hom" at cles, and finally removing the · the most prevalent in all of- Dr. which . cleverly depicted a major malce a tight schedule for them entrance. {C-0ntinued on page thirteen) Agus' lectures arid writings. __ .:.. · · vic€ ·of :the aristocratic neo-classi- selves with the hope that, in this 8 :21-back to dorm to write cal period: idleness. ,way, at least some of the work A graduat~ o(New Yori/Uni I Philo. paper versity, Dr_ Agus recei\-ed his Things have changed since then will get done. A typical student's 8 :44-finished Philo. paper, Dr~ Dunner 'and today, in the riventieth cen-· evening schedule at this hectic · doctorate in Jewish history from check for typing mistakes Dropsie College · ~'Philadelphia. tury, one of our society's major stage of the semester might look Gets Nod He is the author of a number of problems is the fact' that we are something lilce this: 8 :57.:_pract,ice dissection on roommate for Sunday's lab prac books ~d articles, including Rab constantly busj'. Maily'iimes we : 3 p.m.-really have to get to For Congress bi Meir of Rothenburg, a history .feel that there just aren't enough ._-orlc today - · don't allow any tical , of the Jews of Gern:iany .in the hours. in the day. This problem is distractions. 9 :03--borrow floor counselor's Republican party leaders in First Aid kit· :-lew York's 19th Congressional 7-baclc from Bimbo-,call 9:09-(sorry ~bout that)-;;ay District have unanimously nomi .home--need money-find out if some more t'hillfin nated Dr. Joseph Dunner, Pete· Change~, In. ·Requirements got any. mail from Selective Serv 9: 18-'applv for new roommate gorsky Professor of Political ice-check up on local gossip- Science, for the U.S. House of apologize for being too busy to 9 :28--take' a break jFor Physical Education Representatives. If he does accept, write--wish lVIom a belated ,Hap 9 :29½-back to work-ask he will face either the incumbent, Dr: Isaac ,Bacon, Dean. of Ye ; · dent will take one hour of Hygiene py :\fother's Day s·am when Math final is-was it shiva · Colleg~, has. announced the and cine hour · of some physical hard ?-check in office tomorrow Rep. Leonard Farbstein, or Coun 7 :07-talce time off for snack ·'-· following .· cliang~ in the. physical education activity a!;ld receive one about make-up exams cilman Theodore Weiss in the 0 a·t the "Spoon" November elections. education curriculum:· ·credit each semester: THose' ex 9 :43--check on semester's work -F~eshman· year: Two hours of cused •from Hygiene will take .an 7 :25-go to the bathroom in En'glish-find out all work Dr. Dunner recently joined the activities· wili be required each se0 additional hour of physical train 7 :28-find out entire term's we're responsible for-who is Jef Planning and Development Com mester for half credit each. In the ing, and get half credit. work covered in Art 77 i rey Chaucer? mittee of the Institute for Amer• first term all students will be re Fou~th year: The fourth year ican Strategy. The committee 7 :30-study intensively for to 9 :57-back to Iibrary-photo quired to take Ori~ntation for one will be. elective. Any student who which is composed of several other morro_w's Art final stat all of Larry's Bible notes for hour, in·. the second- term first Aid wishes may take two hours of an well-known educators will super• the ,vhole semester-borrow the for one hour. Unless excused on activity for half credit a semester. 7 :3r;:_finished Art practice vise and operate a new graduate three dimes the basis of health ~r by pas:;ing an Students are now required to final debate for Speech in front school for American foreign policy. examination, each student will also talce four credits of Physical Edu of mirror-,. ~ar new tie--put ·on 10: 1.8--time out for a phone call The graduate school, located at · take swimming for one hour. ' cation and two credits of Hygiene, plenty of cologne, he'll like it-· 1 :07 a.m.-back to work-find Boston, Va., was establi~ed by Second year: .Unless excused a total ·of six. The new minimum . better yet, .try sister's perfume, out what to wear for Dean's List the presidents of variou!jl;itniversi from the book course on the basis requirement will be four cr~its · he'll like it more , Dinner ties ·· and govemors and members of a written examination, each stu- combined. 7 :52-begin final phase of 1 :07½~(fell asleep.) of Congress from both parties. Thursday, June 2, 1966 THE COMMENT A TOR PAGE SEVEN Rav Lichtenstein Writes Letter To DriGr_eenberg liistory, both are clearly deficient. Of portions of the article therefore contained bein adam lacliavero, an obligation to a course, I oversimplify-there are all sorts explosive implication.s. Let us remember, reader or listener as well as to. truth. By of intermediate shadings-but I'm sure moreover, that a number of key state "the proper exercise of language'' I do not Editor'• Note: The following is an open you'll recognize these as two directions ments were so vague or misleading that a mean simply the use 'of clear and logicnl letter from Rabbi Aharon Lichterutein. which a rather substantial number of stu great many people, neither intelligent nor statements a la symbolic logic but· the evo Rabbi Lichten11tein, a rash yeshiva in RIETS dents are inclined to take. malicious, regarded your second statement cation of the whole range qf e~ects, im and a former pro/easor of Engliah at Stern The need for some authoritative Hala as more of a volte-face than an explana plicit as well ·as· explicit, connotative a:-. College, haa 11emicha from YU and a chic and philosophic guidance is therefore tion. Personal friendship clnd basic decency well as denotatiVe,. emotive as Well as in doc.torate from. Harvard University. Thia clear and present. However, precisely be prevents me from suggesting this inter tellectual, through whfoh language exerLs letter concludea thia year'• aerie• o/ di•• cause tins is so vital and so sensitive an pretation, but the fa,;t remains that a. com its powerful influence .over us. · Thus, 1 cuaaion on YU and iu 11chooh. It will be area, handling it requires the greatest pos parison of the two articles could support take exception not only to. ,the apparent continued in the fall. sible care. And here I must take issue with it-and this is damning enough. How.could substance of the original sectioil' on revela both your precept and your practice. You one know, for instance, that "the definition tion but to the suggestion implied in the contend that "there must be leeway to of a Jew"-perhaps the mo.st crucial state juxtaposition of the two adjectives in the make statements wide of the mark if we ment in your article--does not refer to a statement that· "what we_ mean .by Dh·inf' are to develop the precise formulation. revelation' inay be less external ·or mecha There must be leeway for exploring views nical than many Jews now think." A:re we Dear Yitzchak: which may ultimately be rejected." This to· assume that external revelation is ipso It really wasn't very cricket of you to is a nice nineteenth century notion and it facto mechanical? Or · again, I originally have written and/or superintended your has a pleasant liberal ring about it. More objected not only to the Halachic' implica 0 "Basic problems 3hould be diacruted. A tions of the section ori sex but also to a article-text and commentary-for some over, with'in certain limits, it is perfectly Torah-Halachic Weltanschauung f1i&-a-r,i1r eight months while leaving barely eight valid and thoroughly Jewish. But is it rele sentence iike "Tanach . doesn't look upon contemporary problem• doe& need )o be sex as an evil." Is there no suggestion tha1 days at year's end for any reply. There is vant to the present situation and is its sup /orfulated and expre&aed." obviously no time now for a full and pro posed manifestation in your article conso with Chazal it was different? And doesn't per response. So please coraider this as nant with the proper discharge of our driving this sort of wedge between the just an expression of personal reaction , responsibility? Anyone who undertakes to two have extremely serious· potential" rallier than a thorough reply, much less discuss an issue publicly, if he takes that Mind you, I am not suggesting that thes<' the formulation of an alternative position. issue seriously, assumes a double obliga nuances were consciously 'intended. I mere Given the gravity of the issues involved, tion: of inquiry and expression. He is mo minimal Jew in tile Halachic sense (for· ly point out that they are tb:ere, perhaps my opening complaint may seem a bit tri rally bound both to come as close as possi then it is far too narrow) nor, as you told by accident' ra.th.er than· design, and that vial. In a sense, it is. I mention it, however, ble to the truth and to be as accurate as me orally, to the ideal and maximal Jew in ..an article such as this they probably because it is peripherally related to a possible in communicating that truth. Not (for then it would be too broad) but to oughtn't be there. genuinely basi'.! issue. I do not refer to any just as possible for him. As possible for (I believe these were your words) "a Jew The caution requisite· to any responsible of the substantive points you've raised but persons who, given the difficulty or the who deserves to be regarded with respect discussion of basic issues becomes doubly rather to the fundamental posture impli gravity of the issue, can genuinely be said as a religious person?" From your printed important when the medium employed is citly assumed throughout the article and to be reasonably competent to discuss it. comment I gather a slightly different ex the printed word. Scripta . manent. There explicity described in its exegesis. ~s I With all du~ respect, there are matters planation, that the Jew in question was are liberties one·. may , allow oneself in understand it, you sought, perhaps prima about which "you and I have no business the ideal Jew after all but that the phrase thought or speech which personal discipline rily, not so much to present yo':11" own view-s issuing manifestos altogether. And of "taking tlie covenant seriously" :means should reject in print. There is a finality on a number of issues, but simply to stir course· the more serious the problem, the keeping all the mitzvot. I do not question about publication th.at, even· in age in up discussion of them, to rescue tb:em from greater the responsibility to be precise- either interpretation nor, honestly, am I which publisli~or-perish has glutted the the tundra of obscurity to which a con or, if need be, to remain silent. Where the concerned about their difference. But I scene with so Ifiuch intellectual tz:ash, make spiracy of apathy and silence bad con reality of error is genuinely regarded as must simply ask: Don't you, in the light Rav Yosef Ber's comment still apt: "Not signed them. And unless I sorely miss the a disaster, its possibility will be neither of your comment, take away with the left all that is thought should be spoken, not a 11 \ightly regarded nor easily dismissed. How what you give with the right? If your dis that is spoken should be written and n,,t much margin for error is allowed on the cussion was confined to such Reform and all that is written should be p_rinted.'" Gemini flights? Conservative Jews as keep or at least sub scribe to all the mitzvot, th'en isn't your I am not unaware of objections which As regards our particular problem, I trumpet call to ecumenism and tolerance may be· raised to this position.: It will be "To place the full burden of integral• think this is the crux of the matter. A muted to an appeal for acceptance of a argued that. it tends to· authoritarianh,rn: ing two worlds upon the indir,idual student leading Conservative scholar once told me few rare individuals? I simply point out that it limits popular discussion;., that ,1 i• neither fair to hini. nor in the best in how he had been struck by the manner in that it makes for internal inconsistency rests upon an abiding sense of insecurity: terest of Halachic ]udai•m-'' which he observed the Brisker Rav, zatzal, so that the article was, in this sense, mis that its stress upOn caution arid resPonsi approach a Halachic question. "Reh Vel leading. bility leads to ·an,insistence upon definitin vel," he said, "pondered a sh~eyla as if it truth which bars valuable tentative insights were a medical question." Precisely. His Or again, what are we to understand by from the public arena; that it forecloses commitment.to Halacha and his conviction "the fact that Orthodoxy has lost all ( my the . whole· process of . groping discussi,m of its truth was such that any pronounce .italics) connection with modern life." I mark, I very much suspect that, despite through which truth is gradually dis ment concerning any aspect of it assumed don't ask whether this is true or false. I covered; that, finally, it stifles not only the furor and the attendant unpleasantness, the character which mniddah that can be Then, there are a few matters of tactics encouraged. Now that my mistake has been or emphasis. While agreeing that we need orally before rushing .into print. "Negative corrected, however, I confess that . I don't cltanged (assuming that the basic concept capability"...:....in one sense, it was basic to would be retained) so as to wipe away to place greater stress upon the social and understand the tenor of your discussion political application of Halacha especially _Rav .· Chaim•s clpproach ( ufun a kashe altogether . ..Today," you tell us, ''the pos popular objection? Isn't it the basic concept shtaTbt men . nit")-can be fruitfully ex as regards Eretz Yisroel. I do not think th'at kim should recognize that there is nothing we should immerse ourselves in American ercised in more fluid. ·forms of inquiry and wrong witli sex per se, and should pro- discourse . (although. even then with cau society to the extent y0u seem to advo mulgate a ne\v value system and corre- cate. Our primary goal must be tlie more .. tion). before · encasing our gropings in the sponding new halachot about sex." With hard cast of print. Before we start "shak- selfish,-yes selfish--one of surviving as reference to a marital situation, I ·am at a a viable tradition; and I simply cannot buy • ing i.tp the kids" (to use a term you've loss to understand the statement and its "Within du, e:ruting Balachic /rame- kicked · around: Yavneh let us remem implications. Is it conceivable that poslcim. work, concerning marital life, there i• lit- your thesis that this can be better done ber we· are dealing with human lives and by and large, have heretofore not recog- tie in the way of ab•olute norm• 1t:1hich by much greater involvement in American nized "that there is nothing wrong with could be changed •o u to produec the political life. The concept of priorities and sex per se?" Were they so obtuse as to a.riological •hi/t you ad11ocate or tahich of an axiological hierarchy must be our overlook the fact that even when conce,f>- could really toiden acceptance of the Hala- guiding principle. I would similarly dis tion is impossible, onah; periodic marital--~ chic approach in thU ar~a." agree with your tactical approach towards Conservative and Reform Judaism. (I relations, is obligatory mid'oraita? Indeed, "The ca.iaion requbite to any re.1poruiblP speak now o! your clarifying statement, if one should bethroth a woman on the con- diacauiOn o/ lHuic i#RU• become$ doubly the apparent import of the original state dition that he not be bound by this obliga- iinport~nt w:hen. the ~dium einployed i• ment I reject entirely) . Of course, I agree tion, the kiddushin is valid but the sti• th, print~ ·word." that there are individual Reform and Con l . pulation is void inasmuch as it violates a s~rvative Jews wb'Ose religious experience, Halachic precept so that he is a masneh rather than any of the H atachic details L: al mah shekasuv batorah. And did most of which people resist? viewed as a subjective phenomenon, must -i be regarded seriously as a genuine striving them forget, for instance, that the Halacha Anyone reading the original article, for Jcedusha which therefore has value. specifically singled out shabbat and 110111 which is much vaguer than the comment tov, periods of holiness, as occasions on For that matter, the same is true of many their spiritual destinies. Were you a medi and with almost no !tint of the thrust of which the mit...,.,,a of onah must be espe Christians, Moslems, or others, for whom cal-rather than. as my Mosheh calls its. a the latter, would naturally have assumed their religion serves as a vehicle for at cially observed, inasmuch as this would ."study''-gemara very much in place, and I am inclined authority to. interpret his. works (literary to in Erubin pretty~ much speaks for itsell. agfee with most of the specific positions Finally, I must really object to the stri critics have debated th'e point heatedly) cer "Rav Bruna said in the name of Rav, 'who you take in this area, especially as regards dent tone of much of the critique of con tainly no moral judgment of him as a per ever sleeps in a room in which dwell a poverty and consumption. I also think that temporary Orthodoxy and some of its son can disregard Iris interpretation. But man and his wife, of him the posuk says. you.- diagnosis of the current state of YU Halachic leaders. In this respect, the article :as long as· the article seemed plainly to "The wives of my people you have driven is generally sound, although, if past dis -as well as other Cassandra-like public out of the .home of her (sic) pleasures."' cussions are any index, I would disagree denunciations you'v e made on other occa sions-seems strangely out of keeping with' It would have been rather difficult there with your remedies. On the other h'and, there is much which I must reject. I omit your citing Rav YiSToel SalanteT about fore for anyone to have construed your justifying tbe world and criticizing 'oneself. original remarks as ·referring to marital mention of your discussion of revelation because, although I would have reserva Aren't one's fellow Orthodox Jews part of .· "Xbi, appral for the interm"'e and ex relations as this would have left you fight the world? u;..[jj;, appllaaion of Halacluih- to du, •o• ing a straw man. (The thesis against which tions concerning things you've said· about cuil ·an,1 political realm i,, rery mum in you argue in your clarification is rather this on other occasions, I'm not precisely But all this requires full discussion and .. place. ·•· . . ,. different; those remarks I understand per sure of what you mean here. But thlere are I must come back to my original plaint. fectly, and, I might add, I've thought about other points. The implied thesis which, I It can't really be done in a working week. this mysell). Similarly, with regard to the believe, you have made explicit on other I've merely ticked off areas of agreement ..new halachot" which you want promul occasions. that whatever areas of Halacha or disagreement rather than defined at gated. Leaving aside the question as to are not relevant to the contemporary scene tituds. Perhaps when time permits and my are, broadly speaking, not relevant at all, whether ·and how this can be done, once thinking on some of these problems bas present what you yoursell subsequently de is wholly untenable. I , believe-again, in one learned that you were referring to a ripened, od chazon lamoed. In the mean scribed. as . objectionable position, I don't .. the light of previous discussions--that I marital state, it became difficult to see time, I hope that you'll read tlns as it was see why its i:ritiq; should be faulted. · just wh'ich changes were desired. Even after would challenge your analysis of the ex written-not as an attempt to castigate or your clarification, I'm -still not too sure. I tent and the mode of the insufficient appli Of course, "at ~ one bas a rigbt to excoriate but as a plea, albeit at times a assumes· ~ marital state"--except when the surmise that you are referring to a few cation of Halacha in certain areas, as well punget plea, for a more careful and more context clearly · ,dictates otherwise. The · nebulous halachot-they are not set down as, and more crucially, the reasons for this .· opening paragraph of that section speaks of· as definitive norrn,;-concerning modes of and therefore tbe remedies for it. Further responsible approach to the public discus "a girl" .rather than a woman (again, con and approaches to coitus, or, that you are more, I suspect that you greatly overesti sion of basic Halachic and theological is notation is important) and it explicitly dis thinking not of revising old halachot but mate the extent to which the "right" lib sues. cusses a supposed prohibition against un- . rather of establishing new ones, in hitherto eral solutions could be arrived at ' by in uncharted territory. In either case, the creased Halachic effort and that you cor With best personal wishes, ·married girls' undergoing t'vilah. More-, Sincerely, over, · is ·the fuss and · fanfare only made problem would be primarily one of attitude respondingly underestimate the possible real conflict between traditional and mod- Aharon serise as long .as one assumed that you and hashkafah, of stress and focus, rather Thursday, June 2, 1966 THE COMMENTA TOR P~GE NINE Berlin Quarrels With His Antagonists ·Marshall Airs .Views During His Speech At Final Meeting On Supreme CotJrt (Continued from page one) Marvin Welcher '66 and Henry his review of the year's happen by Arye Gordon after two years the long ·hours just $4,700 expenditure has been au Horwitz '66 challenged several ings. He began by urging a thor EdHor's Nole: The followilur in grew longer. ' items. It was asked why had Stu terview was made :possible' with thorized for the remainder of the .ough overhaul of Student Council the help of Mr. Nathan Lewin "In law schools around the coun year. President Berlin pointed out dent Council purchased an F:\l by-laws, which he feels are totally YC '57, Harvard Law '60, and try the word was _that if you made that there would be a budget sur radio and why had $15 been spent inad<"(!uate at present. In response presently assistant to Mr. Ma:rsball; it the .first , nfo years, you didn't plus because all the money author for a speeding ticket. Expenditures to the criticisms that budget allo The Justice Department in have to worrv about the third. So ized would not be spent. of $500 and $100 to the Raido cations were made by one person, Washington, like other Govern the faculty ~t Howard made it Heated Discussion on Bndgel Club and Soviet Jewry Club res he said that the charge was un ment buildin~s, is a si~ple gray their business to disprove . this be Heated discussion on several pectively and of $176 for hench,-rs true. However, he did say that he stone structure. To many it is the lief. One test rail for over six points in the budget flared up be- were also challenged. considers himself the most com home of the FBI and the' Attorney hours. Mv class of 38 dropped to petent. General. It is also, however, the 6!'-' . He commended Dr. Greenberg's home of Thurgood ;\,larshall, the Civil Rlghts . recent article in COMMENTATOR country's 33rd {and first Negro) It was in l;w school that Thur for raising many necessary issues. United States Solicitor General. µ:ood '.\Iarshall worked on ch·il Ar the same time, '.\·Ir. Berlin Who is Thurgood Marshall? right ·cases. After graduating m«!l· Why is he so importaflt? These criticized the Roshei Ha yeshiva for are questions that, as an inquisitive having isolated themselves from reporter, I .,earched for the an contemporary issues. s,vers. He noted that COMMENTATOR The Solicitor General, who is exceeded its budget by $300. How the third highest official in the J us ever, three tnore issues \\"ere print· tice Department, ( after the Attor ed this year, than last year, in the ney General and his Deputy), de face of a $500 reduction in its cides :di government litigation be budget. fore the United States Supreme Berlin Thanks Feinerman Court. Since the government is' a He closed by thanking Tobias party in more than 50% of the F einerman '66 for the invaluabk court's cases, he is a frequent visit services which he extended to Stu or hefore the court. dent Council. He asserted that Impressive Office Student 2ouncil could hardly ha,·e Thurgood :\Iarshall's office is functioned without him. Tlw impressive. The walls are- lined meeting was then adjourned. with massive volumes of Supreme Solicito~Cenenil '.l'hu;.'good Th~ first meeting of the 1966- Cou~t decisions. A leather chair is ' Manhw:. burdened with government briefs. 1967 Student Council was then na CUl/l Laude .in .·'33 from Howard, called to order by President wlur The desk is cluttered with more he practiced law in Baltimore, br ray Jacobson. The members intro hriefs. Brightly color~d curtains came assistant counsel for the duced themselves, and then pro lend cheer to the comfortable office, NAACP and in '39 was . elected ceeded to appoint the chairmen oi giving no hint of the momentous director-counsel · of the NAACP\ the various committees. THE CoM decisions made here. Legal Defense . ana'. Education ~IEN'rATOR's new Gove r n in g This is the workshop where Fund. Board; the co-editors of lVI a.smid Thurgood Marshall, and his small ; It was in this capacity thal 1 staff of ten elite lawyers, pour over · EXECUTIVE BOARD : Ronald Gross, Murra~- Jacobson and Wally '67, Richard Kaufman and Robert a thousand governmi,nt appeals, Thurgood i.vlarshall became known Davidowitz. Pick; the Corresponding Secreta arg;ue over its merits and .decide its as the country's top constitutional ries. Howard Klein and Israel tween ;Vlr. Berlin and his antagon CouncU Members Comment future. 'lawyer. In . May of 1954 the Su- Farka~; Club Co-ordinator, Wal ists. Jonathan Helfand '66, Presi Following · the budgetary dis From behind his desk, the big preme Coun's. decision that "in the lace Davidowicz, and other com dent of the Debating Society, cussion the members of Student man smiles, rises _to greet. us and field of public education the doc mittees were appointed. claimed that $500 was authorized Council commented on Student waves to us to be seated. He picks trine of'separate but equal' has no for the Society but that it had only Council during the year. The at a comfortable armchair for himself place'.'':(Brown. vs. Board of Edu been given $200 ; and when it re titude of most members was TISC and Faculty and then he is ready to talk. Hi~ cation), the present Solicitor Gen quested the remainder, it was summed up by Ronald Gross '68 warm manner is infcctuous. He· era! was a chief architect. As his denied. As a result, the Debating who briefly said that it was a Discuss Grades· tells of his undergraduate · days at record shows, of the 32. civil casr, "tremendous experience working that he has argued before the Su- Society is now $300 in debt. How Teachers Institute S t u d e n t L(ncoln University of Pennsylva- ·· re Court he h:tS ·won 29 ni iu Council this year" and express ever, Mr. Berlin claimed that he Council recently met with a faculty ma where he first tn;d dentistry,_ P me . • ed his best wishes for next year's th had been told t-hat the $300 was sub-committee to discuss the trans dropped that for the school's debat- •· em. . . · Council. Isadore Halberstam '66, ing team and after graduating In 196.~ President.John F. _Kcn - nor needed. fer of credit to the college and the cum President of the Senior class, pre laude in 1929 he turned to law. nedy nominated Marshall for Judi;c- processing of marks. sented his own critique of this As a stud;nt librarian at Ho- of ·· the Second Circuit Court oi Cantor Nulman year's Student Council. He criti It was agreed that the present ward Law School, he spent his Appeals_- His nomination· confirm cized the paucity of meetings this transfer system should be retained. working hours reading ·law books. ed, his remaining. days as · a jud~r They also recommended that the To Head CTS semester, CoMMENTATOR's attacks But law school wa$ no picnic. Even appeared most fittmg. However, in on Council members, and the Registrar's office do its , utmost · the summer of_'65, President Lyn- to process TIM mark rapidly and Cantor ~lacy Nulman will suc shameful conduct of some persons don B. Johnson appointed Judi,- accurately. Thirdly, they suggested • A jt·1·v·11·1es ceed Dr. Karl Adler as Director regarding the Dean's Reception. Al umn1 C · ::viarshall United States Soli,itor that if it is easier for the IB}I of the University's Cantorial Secretary-Treasurer, ::He! Ler machines to handle all instead of General. Important .Job Training School in September, ner thanked his two Corr-,spond .Name Rothchild some Tl'.\I courses, then credits 1966. Dr. Adler will continue to ing Secretaries, Paul Fuchs '68 \Vhy give;up a lifetime appoint from all courses should be made \Villiam Rothchild has been ap serve as head of the :\II usic De and Ivan Schaeffer '68, for their ment as federal judge for the tem transferable. pointed Assistant Director of porary posit.ion of Solicitor Gen partment. invaluable aid. He then criticized Alumni Activities, announced Rab eral? His rep!)• was simply stakd : Cantor Nulman has been a President Berlin for doing too ~!embers of both the old ann new Tl :\f Student Council were bi Yaakov Zev, Director_. He as "The job is · very important, and member of the YC faculty since much of the work himself and sumed his new post on J Jne l. 1951 and has served as Assistant "keeping everybody in the dark." present. Ors. Grinstein, Carmilly. . many a judge or lawyer would :\fr. Rothchild .received his B.A. give his right arm fo_, the position. Director of CTI since 1958. He Herskovics, and Zimmer and Rab • Vice-President David Eisenberg his Kreiser and I. Wohlgelernter from Yeshiva College in• 1961 and But," he add~d, "every. job you is presently a cantor at Congrega criticized student apathy, but he represented the faculty. his Master of Soci1I \Vork from have is important, and you should tion £tr; Chaim in Flatbush and noted that in this respect Yeshiva the wJrzweiler School of Social do your best· in whatever •it is. As has authored.a number of cantorial is not as bad as most other schools. \Vork in .1963. In that year, he a lawyer I . w~ once asked what hooks including Ma'ariv Chants He. too, criticized '.'vi r. Berlin for became the Director of Teenage my most impor~ant case ,va...... to and Wedding Servicr. In 1962. doing all the n;ork himself. Acti,·ities at the Jewish Commu which I replied,- 'It's the one I'm he was honored by the Cantorial Berlin Reviews Year nity Center of Youngstown, Ohio. working on now.' That's. how it Council of America for his achieve President Berlin then presented There, he also served on the edu should be.'' ments. cational staffs of Temple Emanuel And so·t it• is.· For even aftrr and Congregation Children Of ch~sing the government appeals ro JOE'S BARBER SHOP 'BYE GUYSH Israel. He is a member of the Na argue, rewr_iting sometimes com· 00 tional Association of Social \Vork --,pec1.. Att..U- 10 An MIRVIS pletely .a _) g9vernment agency's lUJ Amolerd- AH. al , ... llrMI ers, National Conference of Jew brief, there is the often decisin HAIRCUTS - YU DISCOUNT AND ish Communal Service, and Na oral : argument that must be pres WA MDI LARRY CIMENT , tional Associatiori of Jewish Center ented with great care. It is a cause &CROii ROM YDHIY& Work:ers. ( Continued on page ten) PAGE TEN THE COMMENTA TOR Thursday, June 2, 1966 The Merits ·Of Studying ~For A Year In Israel In Retrospect (Continued from page four) junior year, and we ne~ded another junior on the by J elfery Roth he comes from. But e\'en ior him. adequately thank them. Johnny possesses one of the hoard. 1 remembered your name from a poem you Droves of students will be leav these actions rend to be abstract clearest-thinking minds I've ever encountered. ,\-len wrote a year or t\vo ago. I had never met you, nor ing Y ~i:a for Israel later this and symbolic, detached from the d\' was alwavs at m,· side, keeping up my spirits, yet had any of my friends. But that night, by chance, vear. Those thfr remain behind mainstream of life around him. often offeri~g soun·d advice. :\Iarv was efficiency I sa,v you at a ma'ariv service. I ,vatched the ,vay ~re probablyasking: "',\'by leave A year .in Israel makes it pos personified, and he gave four devoted years to the you circulated among your friends, tile ,vay you ap the - i,~·-covered . arid dome-topped ~ible to concrerize this experience. paper. Larry's columns were excellent, and his in proached· the bimah to be the ba' al tefila and the h;.i!.s' of Y cshii.-a's alien society?" telligence and personality gave class to the paper. sincerity of your prayer. 1 decided then, without On its most elementary level, Aid.Ing incoming freshmen .-\rH came to be a close companion, and his knowl having met you, that I wanted you to apply for the the answers are quite simple. To In acclimating themselves to ed~e of the American Jewish scene proved invaluable position of editor in J unc. lfter I sneaked you in and all, there is the . opportunity of Yeshiva is the aim of a "Big to me. :'l·I non ran a much better department than J.!ave you that strange title, you won the admiration tra,·_el abroad, perhaps for the first Brother" program recenUy his predec~ssor, and his columns were better each of the entire board. You mere unselfish, respectful, time.-Those working on l:ibbutzim introduced by Rabbi Jacob i;sue. Howie, your associate editor, ran the best de patient, honest, and devoted. You crificized when will contribute to the actual up Rabinowitz, Dean of Men. Under the plan, all fresh parrment on the paper, and his kno\\·ledge of thr p ;u felt it necegsary, and you didn't offer extraneous building of the land. Others learn men will be assigned to one technical aspect ah,·ays impressed me. Dave, of comments.when none were called for. It pleased me ing in yeshfriot or attending classes of the eighty juniors and ccurse, wal "Outstanding:. and much of the praise ,.~,..e immensely to watch the way you worked for the seniors ·who have volunteer at uni\·ersitics mll partake of the received was due to his efforts. Sid performed admir paper. intdlectual and ;,.,itural currents ed to participate In the pro gram_ ahh· under difficult circumstances, and his voice will It means a great deal to me, Steve, that you · that pen'ade the_country. Tbe big brothers will con he important on next year's board. I was- also happy hothered to come to my room or seek me out in the But subtlv and much less centrate. their activities in more that Henn· kept an interest in the paper, and was hall to discuss this issue, to ask questions, or simply · ccinsciously, . the idea of studying three areas. They will at always " ·iiling to discuss religious topics ,vith me, to relate information. I sincerely appreciated these in . Israel is intriguing: spending tempt to orient the fresh men to the University's phy from which I benefited greatly. acts of courte.s,·, and it .strengthened my . belief that a year: in a · country no older than sical fitness facilities, help In dealing with Student Council, l only hope you will succe~d greatly next year. I hope you count oneself; a society' born. of the same in the· solution of small that if your president rooms next to you, he will me among your many friends. tradition and · heritage that· nur problems, and refer major communicate " ·ith you orally, not hr letter or memo. problems to the proper staff As I re-read this, I ~ue:-.s many ,viii say it i:- tured hfui: Arri\-ing in Israel i., Ve! membus.. t,:ornv and trite. I 'm :,.orry I couldn't come up with meeting an alter ego. Evaluating There are many friends I could thank. l'vr Rabbi Rabinowitz Intro anrthing better for my laTorah Study For All (tape deck, F:\I tuner, & turntable) Unlike the Brahmanic law, the quainted with its use," said Mon- assume a greater sense of respo:i thro,vn in rhe river to make ,vaves ches~ & checkers, table games ( now Torah was given to all Jews and taigne. · sibility, particularly since it is one which can only be ignored and being installed for the future) there is no cat monopoly on its It is expected ofthis unique bea of the f ,w , ollegiate papers with s, naive tion Dialogue 13 . 4 dramatic pre was the attitude of the "antih which see min}'an and girls in the nuum-the Oral Law-before em- faith, believing that here they will sentations 14. Revision of the in Dean's Reception war monger$. lounge as the major problems fac can only be understood and prac be able to !find the answers to all complete, inadequate By-Laws I 5. Again the Roshei HayeshiYa (in ing the American Jewish Commu barking on interfaith discussions. those problems preoccupying their Expansion of the \Veek-End pro dividually and collectively) dis nity, and everybody's ulterior mo Since we firmly believe in the ever inquiring mind. Can these stu gran1 to out-of-town communities played their indifference in deal tives. Advice based on experience old Hebraic dictum-/eit mi/a delo dents, after their course of training 16. Acquiring of more bulletin ing with their talmidim ( this is is easy to give. remiz:a beOrayeta ( there is no is in the various d~partments of Jew board space necessitated by all these criticism; not malignation.) First, Two people merit special men sue which is not hinted at in the ish lea~iting ·rea\Jy walk out from activities 17. Twice the number the pseudo-t!(«/ikim (students) tion. A student leader approache~ Torah). It is therefore incumbent their alma inatier -~'fully equipped of clubs as last \'ear 18. 2 Ski Trips who seek to purify the Yeshiva the administration, ( a generally upon our modern r~ligious educa and .completely imb ed with Yirah 19. A School Theater Party and are little more than impudent ( a vague and meaningless term , tors to present the . great eart of Shamaim and dark h shel Torahr outing to Shea Stadium 20. Block category in which I sometimes with caution. There is due cause learning Torah in a way which discount rickets 21. Used Book find myself). Their naivite is ex for this, and besides, he has been would project the various intrica How ,much In~itlon mo e of an ·advant- Exchange enabling students to sell ceeded only by their pettiness. so trained. Soon, however, l cies and answer the problems we ageou; inteilectu lugga~e . and old books at fair prices 22. Student Furthermore, Dean's Reception learned that Mr. Blazer and Mr. encounter daily. Thereby they academic · achievt ent could have 1 nformation Center and publishing critics who cried loudest were least Socol were honest and well mean would make it a really living To- been the ·lot of j students, if a of the Y,·shiva Y,nte, a bi-weekly qualified to speak on the matter, ing (and undoubtedly qualified). rah. . .. concerted·, effort: . r all .discipline., calendar of events 23. Student never having attended one. The I could always depend on their The Yeshiva student is by · the taught -would; b< /orient'ed, towards Faculty College Bowl 24. Start RaY, it should be remembered, cooperation and advice. Thank nature of his religious and cultural the integptive'. at,;proach of what is ing and equippin{': baseball team never cited what exactly w:ls you for everything and especially position faced with a dichotomy. 'taught i11 the ea~1y mQrning T:i~mrs· 25. Athletic equipment bought wrong with it. Indeed, . nothing the lessons you taught me. He is instructed to· pursue his tra and concluded, sometirde polarical for use on the campus 26. Speed was wrong with it as was clearly Many contributed to the success ditional heritage and to translate ' ly, in the l~te afternci6n? A h~p reading course "27. Dorm Lecture and emphatically stated by Dean of this year's council, and the few this morashat Y aakov into func of ill ;chosen erµdition i and colic<\ Series and Hashkafah Series 28. Bacon at th.e dialogue. Finally, we T shall here single out stood as tional palatabl~· deeds. Concomi rive intellectuaj·Jnaval gazing lack-\ Petition for a negotiated settle- should be concerned with dealmg (Continued on page twelve) tantly, he is clashing with a con- ( Continued !~n page twelue) .' ·. . . //' 1nent in Vit"t ~am 29. Ne\v Year's /,. Cards sent to all parents and fa . . , , ;i culty 30. Printed Student Direc ! tory in the fall semester 3 I. Letters To Th e Ed- ,t~fr , ·' Grade cards so that grades are rt'ceivecl ,vithin a · ,veek of finals I 32. Tutorial Service for all those (Continued from page two) realiy employing our resources imple'?entation oti, a succ~fll~ . /. top-fiight studentl , ~ - well. requesting it, and straw polls, personal plane, to mr family. But and capabilities to the best ad athletic program could have f~ 2) If we are to reap the fullest field trips, and a balanced budget just now. I c.an't. vantage? Have we been willing reaching effects. Naturally, having benefits from this program ( for the first time in at least three Theo-is..'> h1, until n,,.-rntly. enjo;·ed charis Rabban Gamliel wpuld not per Summary -coinplishments. To imple ccmduct of their ,faih· li,-e-. nuti>: SUJ'l"lrt. ::\Ir. Gaffney, echo mit unchecked political license. :.\ly final argument, ::\fr. Fund, ment this, a full time spons 2) Yeshi,-a will find i; ~r mg \"ic,,.-Prr,.id ..nt Humphrey, Constant evaluation of our leaders is a summary of some of these publicist; versed in the in ro raise iund., The U\\.2;,."<' '1.'-:'\lm<'S this unch:illehged validity and their actions is es.sential to the moral responsibilities which you tricacies of communications of Ye,J.rni w:11 ho..""-"n(' :1 in a,h-ancing his argument-that democratic principle. neglected to mention. The prin ··media shoulcl be retained as hous.-hold .-roru m ,l:,."!'211~ fighting in ,~ie-t Nam is necessary But let's leave dominoes for the ciple of self-determinatiim is in ~ell as. the sen-ices of the J=i;;J-, ho.,1CS. The n1nd to pr=rve unrestricted interna moment. :'\Ir. Fund "grants" that ternationally accepted and respect• Public Relations, department. ;.,.i.ser will no loog,.-r h:n"t' tional political and religious free an "undetem1ined amount of Viet ed. \Ve do nor have the right to Student ·Athletes ro ;pmJ h:ali h:!' appe:u in dom: "Nobody ... can doubt namese are not opposed to the forcp den,ocracy or even freedom 5) Torah-true. Judaism• stanif-~ e.'Cpl:mmg wlm Yeshi~-a Communist aims. Were the U.S. Viet Cong." He adds. "'Ve are on anyone. Even Ha'. Bo Le'Ta for the highest. ideals of con University is. vanquis~d, the future of ~vorld not iighting to uphold a corrupt mei. Poschin Lo. Ft!rthermore, u·e .duct and stature. The stu I am nor so presumpruous as to ]e\,·ry· would be in grave danger." military regime." Indeed. \Ve are are morally responsible for self dent-athletes whom u-e mil ~ that m~ arn,""\"\""er i5 an,- ~ttcr ( From the context of his letter, it not fighting to uphold any regime. preservation. Sacrificing oneself is try to. recruit mll be young. th~ Dr. Belnn's or the ,,;embers' is clear that ::\Ir. Gaffney is re James Reston went a step further not an easy or simple thing to do. impressionable;.· · and at the of the Board of Directors. This f errin'g to ''vanquished" in Vif"t when he noted that we have no ::\!iss Fisch is correct, I am afraid most forma~-e stage's of proposal is not Jhe "be-all" and Nam, not in general.) In other right to interfere with South Viet of death. l am willing, neverthe their Ii.es. Ofttn thev will · "end-all." but it. is m,· true feel words. since the "domino theory·" namese internal politics. \Ve m·ust less. to die for my country in come from irreligious ·homes ing that if it were ~plemented is correct, there i-" an imminent only wait and hope, with only defer>se of absolute truth. I am and will have no background and administered properly. it could danger to the future of world doubtful political support. :\1ean willing to extend the H rler of what:sOeYer in Yiddishl:eit. shed. new light on an old problem. Jewry. while. Americans die in an unde Rodeph to a national basis, bur If thev are to become our Artie Aaron '64 ·Hon•f"ver, n1any experts, most clared war on an ·undetermined first I must be, <:ertain that my emissaries to the . outside Former Captain recentlv Richard Goodwin. for enemy (I cannot forg,:,t a horrify nation's physical or spiritual ~x . _"'.Odd,; and, indeed, help us Basketball Team mer ''think man" of the Kennedy ing account by a Times r;orre~ · . to win the battle for the istence is in morttal danger. and Johnson administrations. hm•r spondent depicting Am'erican mil ::\fr. Gaffney, I am sure you non-committed Jew, we must doubted this theory. And even if itary strateg~·. We cbnquer. a realize that a 19th century French first imbue them with Torah Who Am I? it were true, the existence of the village, gloat over a seem,in~ vic rabbinical assembly could not com principles. This can oitl)(...be To the Editor: Viet Cong in a fourth Vietnamese tory and leave for other", battle prehend the complexities of the · done through · the employ in Congress, they'd call me a government would c e r t a i n I y fields. Then the Viet Cong ~eturn, .. ment of ·teachers and coaches dove. Were I not one, Carol Ann current situation. And until to threaten the internal security of point to the uprooted palm\ trees, ,.who themselves represent the · Fisch might think I am a coward. dav's relil!ious leaders ( with the that and therefore the other Asian the destroyed rice paddies. the highest forms of these prin l\'.lyer Fund would question my. en~ouraging exceptions of the governments. They too know the ciples•. sponsibilities." Thang the Lord ruined houses and the dead pea, clergy concerned about Viet "domino theory." Their interest ants, and. having convinced the Nam) emerge from their unex If we can effect this program, that Aaron Gaffney, at least, re- in immediate negotiations signifies people that all this is due the plicable silence to prescribe the a scholarly evaluation of the situa Americans. they successfully recru proper ha/achic interpretation of -_ Brayer Caustically Reflects tion, an evaluation that minimizes it scores of new guerillas. Yet we our moral responsibilities. 1 take the dangers of dominoes and em keep insisting, "Their morale is this stand: I would willingly de ·Mter:•Chai Years At Yeshiva phasizes our only declared aim in weakening.") \Vhom are we fight• fen ti and die for my country if I Viet Nam-that of securing a ing? South Vietnamese. For whom could justify my death to G-d. without inspiring the student with (Continued from page elev'en) democratic peace-time govem·ment, are we fighting? South Vietna on a rlwol•.f'ical plane, and, on a ing the whoieistic cohesion, is no a desire to learn is hammering on then leaving. The problem of an mese. Not participating in a civil personal plane, to my family. But thing but a routinized and !)Id fash cold iron." . / ultimate Communist takeover of war does not "alter our respon· just now, I can't. ioned echo of an antiquated .teach- It is imperative that our. classes that government has not even been sibilities." It is one of those re- Theodore Grossman '69 1'. fog ·which cries for revision. be kindled ,vith enthusiasm and in 'From whom else, .if not ,,ell spired with interest by those who · equipped and courageous educators, impan knowledge so that the mo Berlin Cites Council's Achievements; and where else, if not in this great tivation be a natural response of .Jewish institution cif l~aming, can the student. The best reacher is on.,,expcct to. graduate not an· in the one who suggests rather than Says Commentator Is lrrespons·ible tellectual· schizophrenic, not a ne dents-wit!Mhe wish to teach them (Coniinued from page eleven) Rabbi Groff. Dr. P!eskin, Rabbi who passes through this mill, who shamak' artilai (lost soul), but a dogmatizes, who inspires" his stu• Edelstein, Mr. Zeides, Dr. Feld sits in the classrooms, eats in the ·wholesome· human being and a selves. Jewish education is the only piliars of strength and inspiration. man (for his encouragement) Dr. cafeteria (if the line is less th..;, proud Jew who is ready to end his force to sustain us in a stormy sea · Each seems to have taken on an Grinstein ( who always respected an hour's wait} uses the library true place io G-d's universe. of cultural assimilation. If we are «ttribute described by his Hebrew the other point of view) ; Rabbi and the city school gyms. . The-Talmud (Yuma 72b) re to restore it to its. true· historical name: Nissim ::Vlezrachi who never Besdin, Prof. Silverman, Dr. Lain . quests of us to-,iomed Torah beta- meaning, .we· must piepare our fu• failed to offer his miraculous c6m \Ve have reached a plateau in off, Rabbi Rackman, Dr. Dunner harah" (learn Torah in purity). ture spiritual leaders, rabbis, edu promissing suggestions; Sim cha No the fight :igainst apathy where ( for widening the lens through This .is a requirement not only of cators and community leadei:s. with voseller who saw the brighter side peoP,le are interested enough to which I see the world). Doc Hur the. stdent but even more so of the a much more intensified and real of every situation and took pleasure writ~ letters to the ,i:ditor and witz; to Dr. Levine who taught teaclier• ."He .should possess all tlie isticallv meaningful program of in helping others; Tzui Fenig whe THE CoM~IENTATOR- real qualities of a tT!Je rebbi, the · per stt!dy. With,such an educatio~ they : who answered every call to service me to be pragmatic; to Coach izes that the opinions of. others sonification of intellectual honesty will becom~ better equipped for . with the speed for which his animal Tauber who represents personal also merit printing once in a while... · and human integrity; one with their difficuit task amidst the ever .name~ke is noted; Tuuia Feiner attention and concern; to Dr. Murray,--hav~ the courage <,; whom · the student· will be more drifting and value shifting Jewish man whose dedication insured that Herskovics, Nlr. Knudsen, Dr. back your convictions. Be .a lead than• proud to be.identified. community. all was ki tau; and Shalom Tess Linn,Dr. Fleisher, Dr. Greenberg, er, don't be pushed by mob rule. tcllectual curiosity and· questioning Flowery slogans and neon crying ler whose logic and humor guar Dr. Rosenberg, and Dr. Reuger Wally,-open yours eyes, read anteed peace and harmony·in every for their interest; to Dr. Sar and Intellectual ·Curiosity phrases. of accomplishment can be the files, past Commen_tators an~ Judaism was never. afraid of in iodeed · dangerous and arrestingly endeavor. Truly, I shall never be Miss Cahn for their sanity, to Mr. Masmids. Remember, though. ycu minds. No true inteilectual censor- satisfactory impairing the fulfill able to repay, their devotion. Hartstein for what he tried to came to college to get an ·ec:1uca- . ship was ever instituted and sanc ment of eVen higher inspired goals. Goodbye and thanks to· all the teach me. tion. This educa_tion may ~e tioned by our rabbis. "Ein beit YU must- consider its past achieve secretaries, pa rt i cu I a rly Mrs. Congratulations to my -pa.rents various forms but academic medrash ·beli chidush," says the ments onlv in ternis of an initial Streich; to Mrs. Phillips, Cole for "'weathering. the storm. acnievement. ·is primary. Ronnie, Talmud. To knciw how to suggest springboa;d · from which the true man, Pablo. Charlie; and George Many ac;l!Jllinistrators spoke of -you obviously have your sights is the art of teaching. his a fore goal and aspiration of . a· great Kent; to all the guards, portc;,,'\, the complexi~es of Yeshiva Uni• . set hig~er and will therefore strive most commandment in Jewish tra yanroa~ can be envisioned;' There, ·electricians, plumbers and chamber · -~ersi.ty __in te~ of a pie" ,wh,i.cb . to· quickly fulfill some campaign dition· and cla.imed bv our rabbis higher religious education can be maids whose help .vas invaluable; various peop~e _see pa~ <;>f, tif(''p~. Haste sometimes makes >"gatlol Talmud ham~i 1itlu ma imparted wholesomely. as lts basic to Mr, Brightstein, Mr. Heis higher your rank the', mr.>i'.e se,c· . waste. Be moderate. Remember, . • ·aseh" (Megilah 26a). Or in .the functi.onand then· successfully com ler, Mr. Par'ker, Rahbi Furst, tions you suppl)SCdly' SC!'- Bi. y.;ur platform was written before words of Horace J\.fann, "The bined. with secular knowledge ,for Rabbi Zev, Rabbi Avrech, Mr. aware, then, tha'.( ,ther~ are vital yrn,t have had any experience. teacher who.is attempting to teach true Tora!, im derech ere/r:. · Oshins and ;\fr. Co~en of :PR, p<>rtions seen only ey the student •., -C~uncil :nembers, - walce up. Thursday, June 2, 1966 THE COMMENTATOR • PAGE THIRTEEN Dorm -Students Journey To See Dodger Pitcher Club-Corner Yeshiva University dorm stu severance was rewarded as, in {Continued from page six) was elected Treasurer and M'ichael was then appointed Editor-in-Caief dents are noted for many things, honor of their presence, Sandy appendix and sutu.ring the cut Friedman was .elected Historian. of next year's Chemistry Journal. but sanity is obviously not one of Koufax won and the Dodgers stole ti~ues. The Chapter announced a spring them. A new addition to the list six bases. Although they were Coarctation of the aorta, which Chemistry Elections .membership _drive, urging all of dorm activities which includes stoned ( with soda cups) by the is a cons_tricting of the aorta so as chemistry majors to affiliate with the Senior Sewer Club (YCS loyal Philadelphia fans, all the to limit circulation to the lower At the last meeting of the year the American Chemical Society. SC) and the Committee for the boys agreed that the trip was wort]) parts of the body, is a condition of the YC Student Affiliate Chap Chapter President Marvin Wel Erradication of 1l1inyan Bells, is it. which can cause complications such ter of the American Chemical So cher '66, noted that the. fall meet, the Sandy Koufax Fan Club. This as a ruptured aorta and cardiac ciety May 19, James Mand '67 ing of· the ACS will be held in in itself is not a real sign of in failure. The operation to correct defeated Shalom Rackovsky '67 for New York and asked that students sanity, 1iut the Yeshiva dorm stt.1- Commentator this entails cutting out a rib, col President. Paul Fuchs '68 and interested in working at the ·meet dents were not satisfied just to lapsing the lung, dosi.;g off at Yisrael Isaacson '69 were elected ing ,contact him, (ND :S19) as worship their hero from afar. they Editors Named tached blood vessels and then cut vice-president and secretary-treas shoilld those interested in Student had to see him close up. Conse ting out the constriction and sutur urer, respectively. l\Jr. Rackovsky Affiliation. querttly, five hardy members of the For Next Year ing the aort/l· club decided to go see Koufax {Continued from page one) At a subsequent meeting held pitch. This, again, does not ·seem the Dean's List, and is Sec'y-Treas~ on Thui§day May 19, the initia ~trange, unless one calls driving to · urer of his senior class. tion of new members and the elec Philadelphia to see a baseball game \:Villiam Brustein, Copy Edita!'., tion of officers took place. Robert strange. However, as noble as ·their attends JSS and is a Political Pick was elected President; Phil Parting Words intention might have been. fate was Science major. He was a member lip Friedman was elected Vice against the Koufax Fan Club, as of JSSSC in his freshman and President; Burton Rabino,vitz ,vas the game ,vas rained out. sophomore years. elected Secretary; Harry Weisman - : I These, though, were no ordinary Make-Up Editor, Allan Fried '------By Myron lteld . fans; they were Yeshiva boys. man, is Political Science majo~, As I reflect upon my experierices in . the past year and the recent Therefore, they proceeded to re who is a member of JSS Student Dunner Speaks· debate centering about recruiting and athletics, one basic fact becomes serve thirty tickets for the game Council. [ On U.S. Policy glaringly apparent 'and clear to me: the Yeshiva University Athletic the following night. On the next Howard Bodner, Sports Editot', Association, has no guiding principle or visible goal. It seems as though night the fan club was out in full is a Political Science major and athletics have become a toy of the administration, ~e~rcif - force. as sixteen boys spent four In ·Club Session attends TD·I. He is on the TBf and forgotten and viewed with the tender favor one'would show· to an hours traveling time to see a two Director's List and a member of {Continued from p~ge three) unwanted stepchild. ' ·-·" -· and a half hour game. Their per- the Political Science Club. President \Voodrow \Vilson at Communication between the athletic office and college. officiais tempted to keep the U.S. out of is spasmodic. In such a crucial policy issue as the ~dmissioti of ~thletes, \V\VI, but failed. After the .War, the athletic office has no existing guideline which they. can use in eva Study 0-f Jewish Youth the public was disillusioned by the luating the chances (for admission) of a specific case apcl the subse European powers' greed, and a pe quent overtures to be applied to the subject at hand. This problem is riod of neo-isolationism set in. just one of the many facing Mr. Sarachek and his department. ,_. · Shows Lack Of Identity This isolationism disappeared with · ·.This overall shabby situation seems to manifest itself in a lack of the attack on P_earl Harbor. Thus In a study of Jewish adolescents study, girls indicated more concerh 1 pride and interest in the -welfare of athletics at YU. High officials" of made by the \Vurzweiler School than boys about world tensions, in began a total reversal in U.S. the YU family are not interested in athletics, nor do they, concern them of Social \Vork, boys and girls security about the future, mondy policy. selves with its progress. I am sure that few· among the high. echelon were found to be most concerned problems, prejudice, and famih Immediately following WiWII, know the name of the league in which the bowling team competes. I - ,about admission to college and lack illness, and conside~ed marriag~, the U. S. viewed Sov.iet Ru'jSia as am convinced that no administrator knew that,the_wccer team Tic0n its 01--,populilrity among their peers. love, popularity, and vocational a friend. But President Tr'uman only match of the campaign prior to reading. this ,COMllfENTATO!_l; Un A srn:iilar study found Jewish ado success important. The boys, on put an end to wishful thinking in fortunately, I .am equally certain that no school dfficial realizes that the lescents lacking a coherent sense the other hand, placed a higher I 947 by denouncing the Commu iHighty :\,lites may cease to e~t next year. of their Jewish identity. ,·alue on wealth. nists. A hard-line policy was in A recent shameful example of .this apathy is the ease of ~90pster The findings were based- on . Few Kno;.. of ·.Judaism stitutea7at_that--rime--and h=-been ~tem-Sa_m, ~~f'the._"';tter fwis~•_ballplay~ ~ the n;.~ori, w~s three-year ,tu dies conducted bv One-third of the respondents in retained with some variations since extended an 19Y1tatt_o11 .to JOtn_ the.-United. States, qwntet which will second-year students of the scho~l the second study indicated that then. Dr. Dunner ~tressed that participate in/the forthcoJning Jewish Pan:Amedc'an'"Games. This com and were published in the Journal they did· not know what being while the U.S. wants peace and petition is similar to the Macc:abiah Games (koshe~ foocf, etc.), however, of Jewish Communal Services. Jewish meant. Another third an a policy of "live and let live," each invited .athlete must secure his .own sponsor. If Sam were to Dr, Victor I). Sauna, associate swered that Judaism is simply a "peaceful co-existence']' is a hoax represent Yeshiva, much p_restige and _pl!hlicity would be heaped upon professor of social research at the religion while the final third indi and the U.S. must d¢vise an _5.£ our ilnage conscious university- To'date, Sam has exhausted nearly school, reported that in the fir,t · cated· that Judaism is something fective policy to stop ;Communist every possible ch1ruiel and is still seeking a sponsor. to be proud of. expansion. ,The present situation .is ridiculous and intolerable. In my four .. A vigorous question 'and answer In both studies the mean age yea.ls at Yeshiva, I have seen matters go from bad to worse. The physical COUNSELLORS of .the boys was 15.1 years and period followed. Most of the ques edl!~ation scheme is still. another, meaningless program;, The absence of the mean age of the girls was 14.1. tions had some relation to the a lieldhouse. and the loss of Eleanor Roosevelt' Jr. H. S. certainly do Viet Nam situation. Many, how npt alleviate matters. Yeshiva is seemingly like the Mets:-'~t!te only COLLEGE JUNIORS ever, were wide-ranging and cov ivay to go is up!" · · __ . Who's Whose ered such topics as tHe morality . For yea~ Tl!fCOMMENTATOR has alluded to these problems, or HIGHER of current foreign polfcy and the perhaps though, not in such brash terms. Conveniently (for the admin Engaged: relative national inter~sts of the istration) just as issues were ·becoming controversial and basic, ·the • Jay Schechter '66 to Sharon U.S. and Communist; China in school year would come to a close and the new governing .board would Large, well-established co Pfeffer Southeast Asia. not continue to criticize but would start from scratch. As a, result, what ever little was accomplished ..:as now lc,st. This lack of continuity is educational camps with a Dean Bacon Horyors Fellowship W/nners the failure of the present Student Government structure. fine Jewish cultural pro This year, I have tried to be as direct as possible in exposing some gram. 80 miles from New of these many vexing problems. This has caused controversy and some York City. action. I have been informep and it has just been. announced that a number of my suggestions on revamping th~ physical•· education plan have been adopted by a faculty curriculum committee. This represents • progress, but it is only a drop_ in the bucket. The immediate basic need Good Salaries of a fieldhouse is still being ign'ored and other shortcomings forgotten. Pleasant working No educational program can succeed without the proper physical ta conditions cilities. Mature staff associations Improvements will be forthcoming only if my successor, Howard Bodner and Spt>rts Editors after him continue to write.of this depfora6Te situation and maintain if not iriqease student pressµre. pventually a • day of reckoning will have to come. The athletic anii p~ysical educa WRITE tion programs will be reevaluated. Certain individuak migh~ even have to go. In the interests of progress and fairness. to sf:Uderits and the Jewish community,. such actions will be justified. A. new attitude -will ' ' CEJWIN CAMPS OVER BREAD. AND B;:eR: Dr. Isaac Bal'°" hosted a .dinner ,in have to be adopted. My fervent hope is that this will not belong in 31 UNION SQUARE WEST. honor of faculty members. who have recently published works and coming. senior winners of national a: rds. Also invited were those junior11 on NEW YORK 3, NEW YORK on the Dean"• List-the wir.inen of next year and the faculty mem• The CoMMENTAW~SportsAward winners for1965~66 are: Shelly bers,JJ.-die'l'uture.,,._,., Katz, Vic Kops, Howie Salob, Sam Stem, and Maurice Zauderer. ~~_..,..,,.....,..,..-.-.,...., 2-,~- ·,·~·..... , PAGE FOURTEEN THE COMMENTATOR Thursday, June 2, 1966 ·YU . Netmen Show Improvement Kahn leads Freshmen During Second Half OJ Season Tq i Victory Over Sophs ... . b( Bruce Splnowlb: - ping the last two 7-9 and 3-6. i\,1y with a 2-2 record. Sandy played In · Intramural basketball, the ter the score was knotted at twelve · · Yeshiva's varsity ne~en, began Polak: had the only victory the just one sinitle, due to an injured sophs and the frosh ended the sea apiece. The remainder of the first the second halfof.tfrec·season with entire mate.It, besides a forfeit. bacl:, and was victorious. son with identical 4-4 records, half was a scoring duel between ·. a 1-3 record. The · fact that thev With their record. at 2-4, the \Vith the return of Donald necessitating a playoff. The added Bauman ( H pts.) for the sophs, finJShed the .season ";th an ~- netmen finished the season with a Zisquit next year and the up and experience of the soph squad made and Kahn (21 pts.) for the frosh. pressive $-4 tally points to their com;ncing victory over Pratt In- coming talents of Eichenbaum, them the favorite going into the In the second half the sophs detenrunation. and dutcli playing. stitute, 6-3. The singles saw the Polak. and Berezin, we can be game. However, the freshmen at scoring was taken over by :\·!arty Clutch . playing is precisely what return of Sanford Moos, winning hopeful of a winning season in tacked their role as underdog with Eidenbaum ( I 8 pts.) as they \VOn the St. John's match, ~fay his sets 6-4 and 6-3. The fifth spring '67. relish. At the end of the first quar- started closing in on the freshmen . lJ. The singles were divided three_ clinching match was won by the They soon managed to reach with to three.·-The number one.doubles team of Kprnfeld and Moos 6-3 in I point with only three minutes and 6-1. Gellman and'-'\Vieder also YC Soccer Team Romps Over left. Then the freshmen, exhibit . won their doubles to mak:e the ing the type of teamwork they had . score 6-3.' Second String Macabee Squad lacked earlier in the year, man Team Flg.b.ts Back aged to stave of the soph 's rush In analyzing an entire season's Y eshi,·a's little-known soccer the end of this year's soccer season. to hang on to a 63-57 victory. accomplishments, one must look team romped over the second string Co-Captain Enrique Fenig be The . last remammg fencing beyond the won-lost record. In soccer squad of the celebrated Iieves the team could develop into bouts, in the epee division, were ·. three of the loses, the team was Macabee Club of Manhattan, one of the city's better teams if the also completed last week. The virtually bverpowered by its op beating them by the large margin legmen had a regular playing field fencing matches were similar to ponents. -These matches . were of 6-1, in May 15. In a game high and a full-time coach. With prac the basketball season in that they against Brooklyn, City and Kings lighted by fine defensive play, tice and guidance the team could also needed a playoff. The top Point, as Yeshiva was beaten by Yeshiva managed to coordinate its three fencers were: Frank 1\1an scoring attack into a smooth of scores of 0-9, and 2-7, respectively. The Commentator wUlhes del. Alex Zauderer and Sid Kalish. Therefore, in the remaining four fense that enabled the fledgling to express condolencea to :\fandel and Zauderer finished the matches the Epsteiners did excep squad to grab the lead at the start Rabbis I.reel and Maurice round-robin bouts with identical tionally well. and keep it through the game. Wohlgelernter on the )088 of iheir father. 4-1 records. In such a cas~. the In the team's three victories. al Yeshiva's soccermen, under the amount of touches that the fencer though the: scores were close, 5-4, leadership of Co-Captains Enrique May they be comforted has sustained determines the win 5-4, and 6-3; against Iona, St. Fenig and Thomas Friedlander, among the mourner• o/ Zion and /en,.alem, ner. This was not applicable here, John's and Pratt, respectively, anticipated six or .seven matches since both fencers had only 18 the - individual sets, when won, this season, including a chance to touches, so a playoff was needed. were won decisively. The team's avenge last rear's 3-0 loss to Hunt play in Manhattan's Collegiate In a well-fought match, l'v!andel strength was found in its determi er. Unfortunately, the team was Soccer League within two or three defe,,ted Zauderer 5-4, to finish nation, for that is exactly what unable to schedule any other years. in the number one spot with Zau they e..'Chibited each time they got matches this season and so will The outlook for next year is derer second and Kalish third. Netman Vic Kops •in action. on the court. It is this quality ~hat have to wait till next year to reta promising, as all of the team will The newest intramural sport, team.of Captain Victor Kops and. balanced their poor start \\;th such liate against Hunter. return e..xcept Co-Captain Enrique bowling, held its first•match of the . Joe Eichrobaum lost both sets, 5-7 a. fine finish . The legmen, who number about Fenig. Next year's captain, Thom year. In an exciting meet the sophs : 'and 1~. The srore- riow was 3-4, Individuals Star. twenty, presently practice on l\1on as Friedlander, with the able as toppled the juniors 2422-2302. bui: the team 0£ Herb Berczin a.11d Since tennis is an individual days and Fridays at a nearby park. sistance of part-time coach Gaby Willy Helmreich had both the ?Morty Lightmaii again tied it up, sport, the true analysis of any The squad has worked since the Regeur, will work with a squad high game ( 169) and high series · Jrinning their sets 6-1 · and 6-2. It squad lies in the record of; its mem start of the year to fuse their dif one year older in practice and ( 469) for the juniors, while :\1ikt· was Georgi Konifeld and Sandy bers. Captain Victor Kops had a ferent playing styles in soccer into experience. Hopefully then, the :'.\1iller had high game (I 60) and :Moos who fmally decided the tough season in singles but did one smooth attack. Last Friday, team will successfully oppose other Les Krieger had high series ( 459) match by beating their opponents, well in doubles, with a 2-3 record: their last . day of practice, marked colleges. for the sophs. ~ and 9-7. . His partner, Freshman ~£. Omdassed .1>7 .Kings Point Eichenbauni deserves much credit. , . !\-lay 16; the v~rsity men met In his first year of varsity tennis one ·of. their tcmiJi~r opponents, he not · only . doubled with the cap ,Kings Point Colle~ The matCf tain in the number one position, but singled·:every match 1n _either · the first or second _position.-His Sports MeRif-esto . ~. .. . The · Col,nmentator wishes,· . 2-7 record must therefore be con° ·to ·thank Neil Koslowe '.' for . invaluable assistance and ad-. _ sidered:an.accomplishment in light . -rice.. .And aho ·'to Min, . for·· · of the fact that he faced the best by Howard Bedner meriloriom '· 'liud eourageom players the opponents had to offer. 'aerrice abo-.e and beyond .ihe · :'.\foch can be expected of Joe. in Throughout the year, sports at have rivalry fermenting in them They wanted to know why proper call duty. . - .;£. the coming years. - Yeshiva College have been em from t_heir years in the Metropoli funds weren't allotted for equip Herb Berezin tallied a 2-4 rec broiled in controver5Y. Today's col tan Jewish High School League. ment and transportation for cer produced one' of the longest singles ord as a freshman varSity member. umn is not written as a defense of Therefore, in addition to class tain teams. If the maxim about . of the season. Dave.Shapiro played Tuly Polak:, playing his first year sports, but rather as a testimony teams, intramurals should be de the craftsman and his tools is true. . th.tee. sets, < fur . two and a half for the netmen, acquired the best to the strength of athletics at Ye signed to schedule teams composed then it is also true for athletes and · ho.'.irs; ~g one 6-3, but drop- average iri singles, excluding l\foos, shiva. It has withstood the on of the various high school alumni. equipment. Yeshiva College does slaught of criticism, ready ~o re The intramural program would have competent and respected turn, to another victorious season. then be purposefully expanded, and coaches. In fal!t, if a popularity 4-b~ff Leads Serious Effort Of course, improvements must be better competition achieved. The contest of the coaches were held, made. · spirit that is presently lacking I would not venture a guess as to ·· ,To /Organize Baseball Team Too few students realize that could be generated at such high the winner-only the loser. Bur . . Yeshiva College has an intramu school alumni events. expert direction is not enough. It ··Balmy spring weather has again of 25 players. ral basketball schedule. This pro Much debate during the athletic is not fair to the students or the · brought' an; ·attempt to organize a Those who attended tried out gram has been as triumphant in season centered around a certain coaches to have athletic achieve Yeshiva' College baseball • team. at different .positions and showed obtaining its objectives as have nonexistent word. Issues of reli ment stagnated, because of sur Unlike past years; .a serious effort their batting. abilities. The Student the other teams. Intratnurals as gion, finances, and the purpose mountable problems. to make,baseball a recognized var Council allocated funds for balls, sure (or should assure) any non of Yeshiva Uni-irersity itself arose Controversy is good because it .sity• sport· is being tried by captains bats, catchers' uniforms and other varsity basketball team member because of this word. A simple brings problems to the fore, and .R,iy Abo.ff and Alan Schur with equipment. an opportunity_ to play ball. To panacea, one · that would make it gives rise to alternatives and the support and .encouragement of : This spring, because of finals further this end, two innovations the controversy academic, would solutions. If there is controversy Doc Hurwitz~ . . . and the in-experience of the team, · should be instituted. Firstly, each be to appoint Mr. Marv Hershko there is interest, and if there is Tryouts have been held the past only intra-squad games will be class president should appoint a witz coach of one partic:ular team. interest, sports will always be a Instead of it being necessary to tw<> w~ks at 211th Street Broad held. Captain Aboff hopes that captain who will not only ''play part of Yeshiva College. way/at ~ beautifulballpark: which next year Yeshiva will play fresh-· ~ch for athletes adept at this to win," but will also consider his ·· Doc Hurwitz secured for this pur- man and club teams. If this works parti~ar sport, players of the classmates who wish t.; partici ARNOLD'S -. pose. About 30 people came down out Yeshiva will join a conference. highest level (in all areas) would PHARMACY to the first .tzyout and dose to 60 Practices will be heli on Fridays, pate. damor· for admittance to Yeshiva. ACROSS FROM YESHIVA .. were at the second tryout. At the Sundays, and once during the A second innovation, suggested · Perhaps the greatest amount of -tliird;" Captains Aboff and Schur week. Games will be played on this year, should certainly be im discontent, and righteously so, was DISCOUNTS .. pli!n to cut men and carry a team ,:Sunilays. plemented. Many students still among the athletes themselves. TO YU STUDENTS