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The Ewish One Dollar ELUL, 5738 I SEPTEMBER, 1978 VOLUME XIII, NUMBER 5 THE EWISH ONE DOLLAR CHOOSING THE REPRESENTATIVES M:1'l'i!:> OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY­ By Election or Selection? n~,nni -a symposium, featuring presentations n:iiu by Bernard Fryshman and Nathan Lewin PIETY, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, AND PARENT POWER - an analysis by Dr. Jacob Mermelstein GROWING UP IN BRISK: REMEMBERING REB CHAIM ""~T - a reminiscence by Rabbi C.L. Ba/gley STRICTLY A MATTER OF PRINCIPlE - a report by Ezriel Toshavi ,q I SECOND LOOKS ' POST SCRIPTS LETTERS THE JEWISH BSERVER • THE JEWISH OBSERVER is In this issue published monthly, except Julv and August, by the Agudath !sra~I of America, 5 Beekman Street, New York, N.Y. 10038. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y. Subscription: $7.50 per year; Choosing the Representatives of the Orthodox Jewish two year<:., $13.00; three years, $18.00; outside of the United Community - by Election or Selection? States, $8.50 per year. Single copy, A JO Symposium, featuring presentations one dollar. Printed in the U.S.A. by Bernard Fryshman and Nathan Lewin ........................................ 3 Piety, Psychopathology, and Parent Power, RABBI NISSON WOLPIN Or. Jacob Mermelstein ................................................................. 13 Ediror Growing Up in Brisk: Remembering Reb Chaim, Editorial Board as recalled by Rabbi Chaim Leib Balgley ....................................... 21 DR. ERNST L BODENHEIMER Chairman Strictly a Matter of Principle, Ezriel Tosha vi ....................................... 27 RABBI NATHAN BULMAN RABBI JOSEPH ELIAS Second Looks at the Jewish Scene JOSEPH ERIEDENSON Close Encounters of a Wireless Kind ....................................... 35 RABBI MOSHE SHERER Brave New Heroes I .................................................................. 39 Soviet Jews and Political Reformers, THE JEWISH OBSERVER does not assume responsibility for the an interview with Hermann Branover, by Daniel Wall .................. 41 Kashrus of any product or service Brave New Heroes 11.. ............................................................... 45 advertised in its pages. An Exchange of Words ............................................................. 47 Copyright 1978 Post Scripts "Identity Crisis?" "Si, Senor," SEPT., 1978 VOL. XIII, NO. 5 Nahama Consuela Nahmoud ....................................................... 48 Typography by Compu-Scribe Letters to the Editor .......................................................................... 51 a1 AnScrol! Studio_s, Ud. Choosing the Representatives of the Orthodox Jewish Community by election or selection? A symposium on a timely - even urgent - topic, featuring the vzews of two seasoned advocates on behalf of the needs of the Orthodox community. Bernard Fryshman Nathan Lewin A Vote For "Hesh" The Time Has Come is a Vote For - "Hesh" To Vote For 11Hesh" We are beginning to see Orthodox Jews runn­ Anti-Shechita: A Near Miss ing for public office in ever-increasing numbers. A little item that appeared in a Sunday morning This is undoubtedly a natural outgrowth of the edition of The New York Times in mid-June 1978 heightened sophistication and professionalism of alerted the observant Jewish community to an in­ our people. In spite of the dangers politics holds sidious effort to chip away at legal protection for for the personal religious life of the individual. shechita (ritual slaughter). The Agriculture Com­ there are Orthodox Jews who have held political mittee of the United States House of Represen­ office and continue to do so while remaining com­ tatives had quietly approved legislation to extend mitted to Torah life. We can thus expect ever the federal Humane Slaughter La·w enacted in more Orthodox individuals seeing politics as a 1958 - which had covered only meat purchased road toward personal advancement, as well as a by the federal goverment - to all meat shipped in 1neans of serving their fellows. interstate commerce or imported from abroad. d This has definite implications for the Orthodox The 1958 law had a double layer of protection for Jewish community. for (continued on page 3 J kosher slaughter, shechita, as well as handling °'in i connection with" it, were found to be humane; I and a concluding pro- (continued on page 8) DR. BERNARD FRYSHMAN is associate professor of physics at the New York Institute of Technology and executive director NATHAN LEWIN, a pr01ninent Washington attorney, is the o,f tlie acrreditation commission of the Association of Ad­ scion of a family with a distinguished history of Shtad!onus, vanced Rabliinical and Tabnudic Schools. He also serves as a11d lias hinrself been active in corn1nunal endeavors. He is a cfwriman of the Co1nn1ission 011 Legislation and Civic Action 11atio11al vier-president of COLPA, and has argued cases 11f­ of Agudath Israel of America. ffe is a frequent contributor to fccti11s, tl1e Orthodox Jewish community before the U.S. these pasJ'S. Supreme Court. The Jewish Observer I se,Jtl.'1nber, 1978 3 These ties may allay the natural suspicions a A Vote for "Hesh" sophisticated electorate should harbor in evaluating any political aspirant, since the result can be the election of is a Vote for - "Hesh" an Orthodox Jew who satisfies all the irrelevant con­ siderations noted above, but who may lack the ability to properly represent Orthodox Jewry. (continued from page 3) we are surely affected by the kind of Orthodox Jewish individuais elected to public There are, for example, individuals who consider office. Our relationship with other constituencies such themselves "politicians who happen to be Orthodox," as government and other ethnic groups will perforce rather than "Orthodox Jews who happen to be in change as a result of the fact that our leadership may politics." We can visualize such people using their now be viewed as emanating from the political process, Orthodoxy to become elected, but once in office, find rather than solely from the age-old method of selection their efforts directed towards building a constituency by Torah leaders with strong controls and guidance among other groups. In such a case, would we not be from within. far better off with a representative from another ethnic group who understands that his chances of re-election One might well argue that having our own political depend upon his cultivating the Orthodox Jewish com­ representatives can only be to our benefit. After all, not munity? Hopefully, we are knowledgeable enough to having to turn to outsiders for intervention on our own realize that one need not be a member of a group to behalf has undisputable appeaL And indeed, were there represent the interest of that group and to be sensitive Torah communities so populous as to be able to elect a to its concerns.* substantial number of legislators to any given body, the thrust of this piece would be significantly different. There is another danger in supporting a candidate The realities are, however, that our numbers are impor­ who is Orthodox, simply because he or she is tant in only a few select areas in New York City, so that Orthodox. A non-Orthodox, or Gentile incumbent who there is no legislative body anywhere in the United has been accessible to the Torah community and has States where the Orthodox Jewish community can con­ worked to meet its needs has a right to expect that his trol more than a miniscule number of seats. That being efforts will result in electoral support. Should this the case, we must evaluate Orthodox Jewish political prove not to be the case, should we support an oppo­ representation within a framework that dictates that nent who is Orthodox just because he is Orthodox, the our political representatives can accomplish something lesson will be clear to all other candidates, and especial­ on behalf of the community only through compromise, ly to the defeated incumbent's political allies. We are far negotiation, and political accommodation with other too small a community to risk antagonizing our friends. groups, Those Orthodox Jews who do aspire to public office should be encouraged to enter only those races where This question reduces itself to one of tactics. Are the there is no incumbent who has been sympathetic to our benefits of having elected Orthodox Jewish political interests. Defeating a friendly, non-Orthodox incum­ representatives outweighed by very real risks involved bent can have very serious, adverse consequences. in such a situtation? The author of this piece will sub­ mit the thesis that the conventional time-tested reliance In our community, the ultimate goal of political ac­ upon internally selected representatives (Shtadlonim) tivity is to ensure passage of bills vital to our concerns, poses far fewer dangers for the Orthodox Jewish com­ and defeat of measures that threaten us. Neither is pos­ munity, and in most respects is more effective as well. sible without a close, sympathetic working relationship with the legislative leadership, Supporting a candidate The "Voting for Hesh*" Phenomenon only because he/she is Orthodox can antagonize that To begin with, let us consider the process whereby leadership and mark the Orthodox community as the observant Jew seeks election. The Torah com­ "enemy camp" to both parties. Indeed, if there is a munity is a tightly knit one, most Orthodox Jewish can­ perception among political leaders that we support only didates have close ties with large segments of the com­ our own, crucially important contacts will no longer be munity, and therefore expect assistance and votes for open to us. reasons totally unrelated to the community's needs. Finally, we must recognize that whenever an Synagogue affiliation, yeshiva work, and personal Orthodox candidate runs for political office our entire friendships are but a few of the considerations which community stands to lose. Many outsiders believe that will be used to exact support. Furthermore, the com­ an insular community such as ours always supports its munity at large will have a tendency to support" one of own. Yet a poor showing at the polls is always possible, its own," no less than Blacks, Irish, Italians, and other *Those who do not agree are welcome to plumb the depths of a identifiable ethnic groups do.
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