JC ARCHIVE: Mixed dancing controversy sparks heated debate
Dancing issue burns on
That the controversies surrounding synagogue microphones and mixed dancing are sources of urgent interest to the intellectual strata of Anglo-Jewish youth was made clear when the London Jewish Graduates Association held a “Forum on Religion” at the Allied Circle, 46 Green Street. W.I, on Monday. For these two topics occupied a large part of the evening’s discussion.
The principal speakers were the Rev. John D. Rayner, of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St. John’s Wood, the Rev. Michael Leigh, of the West London Synagogue, and Mr. Philip Morgenstern, a member of the Graduates’ Association, who presented the Orthodox view-point.
Both ministers, however, joined forces to condemn certain letters printed in The Jewish Chronicle from an Orthodox rabbi who had declared that illegitimate children were a direct result of mixed dancing.
Ways to combat intermarriage
Family difficulties and the importance of bunging up children in a Jewish atmosphere were stressed by Dr E. Silver, when a question on the means to counteract intermarriage came before a forum, held by the NewcastIe branch of the World Jewish Congress last week. Education and the home had a vital part to play in developing a child, said Dr Silver. Mr Peter Taylor said than when a marriage was impending it was then usually too late to do anything. The difficulties facing one who took such a step must be pointed out to young people.
Cairo: Britain “a brazen hussy”
“A crime against the Arabs” was the official Egyptian description of the shipment of British tanks to Israel. Cairo Radio stated: “Britain was mainly responsible for the creation of Israel and now she commits another crime so soon after relations between the United Arab Republic and herself have been raised to ambassadorial level. Press reports referred to Britain as, amongst other things, “a brazen hussy.”