Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1962 — Page 14

The National Jewish POST and OPINION

Friday, January 5, 1962

British Fear Breach As Ultra-Orthodox like A Tar 9 e ' a1 " 1 spn»9i»«ni.

Hold Fast Against Liberalization Moves

First Lady" Serves Community

The powerful leftward tugivital but less responsible of-

against ultra-Orthodox elements fices.”

adamantly opposed to liberaliza- D r _ Jacobs is considered to be tion threatens to split British Jew- ^he outstanding example of the ry- > , I younger leadership; said to be esThe matter is coming to a head S ential to evolvement of British

on the matter of whether Jews’ College is to have a man such as Dr. Louis Jacobs at its head — or

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whether Chief Rabbi Dr. Brodie’s agreement with ultra * Orthodox elements that Dr. Jacobs’ views are not sufficiently traditional will keep him from the post. Actually, Dr. Jacobs has already resigned the Jews’ College job from which he was to have stepped to its leadership. He had been appointed to a lesser post three years ago with the under-

Judaism into 20th Century forms. It is these very liberalizing views said to be the cause of Dr. Brod ie’s disapproval of Jacobs. Some of the trouble is in the fact that Jews’ College was founded in the first place to further traditional Judaism. In its academic areas, it is affiliated, also, with London University. The Chief Rabbi has the power to veto any appointment to leadership of the College. Because of the fear that he might do just that, the majority of the College’s directors, as well as quite a few of the faculty, have indicated they’ll quit, too, if Dr. Jacobs’ resignation is permitted to take effect next spring. Further deepening the controversy is a companion one — just how far can a pious traditional Jew go in opposing the Chief Rabbi? Mr. Montague gave a hint when he firmly declared it is no one’s business if a member of the United Synagogue is also involved with the more leftward Liberal

Judaism.

The prestigious London “Jewish Chronicle” gets into it, too: “The issue at stake is not merely who shall be the next principal of Jews’ College. It is whether the Orthodox Establishment in this country will successfully negotiate the transition to 20th Century Western Ufe while maintaining Judaism’s spiritual vigor, relevance and com-

God-centered and basically democratic Judaism into a spiritual dictatorship.” mm m I "

Dr. Jacobs Jewish Art Exhibited In Chicago The Chicago Art Institute has on permanent exhibit Todrots Geller’s seven woodcuts, “Jewish Motives;” Marc Chagall's “Mein Leben;” and Ben Zion’s eighteen etchings on “Biblical Themes.”

In “The Jewish Spectator”, Florance Elster Berkowitz answers the question posed as “Who is a Rebbetzin?” Mrs. Berkowitz, wife of Rabbi William Berkowitz of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, New York says: “A Rebbetzin is a Rabbi’s wife. She is a Jewish woman, only more so! Perhaps the outstanding quality making for the inner poise expected of the Rabbi’s wife is her ability to understand that she is different things to various people and, Jewishly, all thinps to most congregants. Each person with whom she comes in contact as the Rabbi's wife projects his owu values, fantasies, hopes, aspirations, antagonisms to Judaism, to Jewish life or life in general on the scoreboard of their relationship. She is a target and a springboard. This is inherent in the symbolic part of her role. To be the rabbi’s wife is one thing; to be a Rebbetzin is something ellse. To be true to herself and to her standards and ideals - these roles may or may not be mutually compatible.” Mrs. Berkowitz likens the rabbi’s wife to the wife of the Presi-: dent of the United States as both fulfilling the dual role of First Lady, in addition to being a real woman and a person in her own right. She feels that just as the First Lady of the land is symbolic

in one sense, the Rabbi’s wife serves as an example of Jewish womanhood at Us best. Florance Berkowitz goes on to answer the complicated question, “what standards should guide the Rebbetzin and the laity?” First on her list of musts is care of the Rabbi and responsibility as the mother of children. In respect to training, she believes that if the Rebbetzin does not possess a special educational background, it is a must that she try to “fill in the gaps;” moreover, she emphasized the importance of an on going process of intellectual and spiritual development for all Jewish women, which can be helped to achieve by reading, the result being a knowledgeable and informed individual. The Rebbetzin’s role in the Synagogue poses another important problem. At the top of this list, according to Mrs. Berkowitz is a good attendance record at Sabbath and Yomtov Services. She quotes a Rebbetzin as saying: “At least my husband knows he has my support and loyalty and interest.” Stressed heavily is the kiea of the Rebbetzin being a good public relations aid to her husband whereby she can “help create an image of the Rabbi which will com and the congregants’ respect.”

standing he would succeed as munal unity. The alternative is to

principal Dr. Epstein, who has now

retired.

However, another leader in the fight for liberalizing British Judaism also resigned — but returned.

lapse into narrow, dogmatic rigidity which must inevitably bring about disunity and decline ... “It is no secret that in this, as on other issues, the Chief Rabbi

He is Ewen Montague, a lawyer, allows himself to be guided by the who quit as president of the United ; extremists of the right. . . Their

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Synagogue. He permitted himself to be re-elected, however — reportedly after urgings which included entreatment from Dr. Brod-

ie himself.

Mr. Montagu returned to office, however, with the warning that he has “great fear for the future of tills infinitely complex organization” if it should fail to recruit “keen and able young men in the

opinions are neither in theory nor practice acceptable to the majority of thinking Jews . . . From a kulturkampf against Reform, our extremists have passed to heresyhunting within Orthodoxy, hence the opposition to Dr. Jacobs’ ap-

pointment. . .

“To argue that the Chief Rabbi should not be opposed even when he is patently wrong is to turn

TOWN HALL, January 13, 1962 at 8:30 PM Joseph Beinhorn and Charles Re-Pascal Present NEW VOICES FROM OLD TESTAMENTS YAFFA THE SHLOMO YARKONI DUDAIM CARIEBACH Prices: $3.50, 3, 2.50, 2, on sale at Box Office 2 weeks before concert - Mail Orders accepted - write Joseph Beinhorn 119 West 57th Street, NY 19, call JU 6-3707

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Dramatic readings, songs and scenes from the life and works of “Bertolt Brecht”; Dane Clark appearing in a full scene frem “The Jewish Wife” at the Theatre de Lys, 121 Christopher St., N. Y. C. Admission: Eve. performances, Tues. through Thurs. & Sun. mat. $2.90, 3.45, 3.95 & 4.50 — Fri. & Sat. Eve. $3.45 4.15 St 4.95 at box office. Jan. 13 — “New Voices From Old Testaments” at Town Hall, featuring Yaffa Yarkoni, The Dudaim, Shlomo Carlcbach: tickets available at J o s e p h Beinhorn, 119 West 57th St. or Call JU 6-3707. Monday, Jan. 8 — Rosh Hodesh Luncheon sponsored by The Women’s I n s t i t ute of Jewish Studies of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, at the Seminary’s Dining Hall, 3080 Broadway, 1:30 p.m. EXHIBITS “The Yad V’as hern Exhibition” a pictorial panorama of Jewish existence during the Nazi holocaust includes 41 paintings ere ated by Jewish artists in the Ghettos and camps, at the Jewish Museum, 5th Ave. & 92nd Street, N. Y. C. will remain open through Feb. 1st. Free. Figurative Expressionist Paintings by Jan Doubrava, at Cousins Gallery, Penthouse, 340 West 86th Street, N. Y. C. Hours: Wed., Fri;, Sat. & Sun. 1-6 p.m. Free. Exhibition of Israeli paintings by Zvi L i v n i, from the Artists colony in Safad, Israel. On view at Herzl Institute, 515 Park Ave. Free. LECTURES St SYMPOSIA Sunday, Jan. 7 — “SPANISH JEWRY — THE GOLDEN AGE OF CULTURE” lecture by Dr. Irving Agus, Herzl Institute, 515 Park Ave. at 3:15 p.m. Free. Sunday, Jan. 7 — “THE EAST SIDE STORY IN JEWISH LITERATURE” Dramatic reading by Heidy Mayer. Herzl Institute, 8:15 p.m. Free. Monday, Jan. 8 — “Vocational Education: The Development of Israel’s Human Resources” an illustrated lecture by Paul I. Bernick, Executive Director, Amer-

ican ORT Federation. Herzl Institute, 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 — “Jewish History of the 17th Century: Rabbi, Scholar and Man About the World” by Rabbi Herbert Parzen Henl Institute, 8:15 p.m. Free. Wednesday, Jan. 10 — “Talmud Study in Eglish” by Rabbi Eliezer Kirzenr. Herzl Institute, 8:15 p.m. Free.

Wednesday, Jan. 10 — MIDWEEK FORUM — “Can There be a Credo for an American Jew?” Discussion by Rabbi William Berkowit and Rabbi Gilbert Rosenthal. Kerzl Institute, 8:15 p.m. Free. Thursday, Jan. 11 — “A Review of Jewish Art and Architecture: Paris” illustrated lecture by Dr. Alfred Werner, Herzl Institute, 8:15 p.m. Free.

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