The week-end of Jan. 23-24 has been designated a “Sabbath of Concern” by the Rabbinical Commission of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit. It is intended to express Jewish concern over recent American proposals on the Middle East regarded as inimical to Israel’s security and to prospects for peace in the region. Rabbi Max Kapustin, co-chairman of the Rabbinical Commission and Lawrence Gubow, president of the Community Council, said the “Sabbath of Concern” would be an expression of solidarity with Israel and support for the National Emergency Conference on Middle East Peace, a gathering of American Jewish leaders which opens in Washington, D.C. Jan. 25. The Detroit Jewish News reports that the Rabbinical Commission has asked all rabbis in the Detroit area to devote their sermons next Friday and Saturday to the current Mideast situation and the dangers to Israel posed by American suggestions for a peace settlement. The commission is composed of rabbis from the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox branches with congregations in Detroit and other communities.
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