TilEperRorr,lEmsa ARON ICIA3 and CHANUKAH, FEAST OF DEDICATION A Complete Plumbing and Heating Repair Service CHORD OF JUDEA REVEALS TALENT WHAT'S IN A NAME? (Continued from preceding page.) spoils of the victory went to the (Continued from Preceding Page) Jews. The next battle was fought with tion, his own people grew more Talmudic period, not only would people name their children after confident in him as he gained more Lysias himself. In the autumn of victories. Judas Maccabeus' sue-1 165 B. C. Lysias advanced from Concert Last Sunday Showed departed ancestors, but even at- ter living parents and relatives cess was due to his methods in the South, expecting to obtain aid Remarkable Improvement warfare. He would make unex- from the Idumeans. The Jewish as well. By Orchestra. army met Lysias' men at Beth-Zur, Which of the grandfathers was pected night attacks, and also re- favored in naming the grand- peated small skirmishes. In this a town south of Jerusalem, and on Chord of Judea Symphony Or- the road to Hebron. Judas, although '. child, we cannot state definitely. manner would he gain the advan- much weaker, gained a brilliant chestra, under the able direction of There are no regulations about ; tages over the enemy. In the year 168 B. C. Antiochus victory. His men, when they saw William P. Bliznick, appearing in this in the Talmud, but it seems Herbed H. Warner Epiphanes caused to be set up at the might of the Syrians, would concert last Sunday evening at to have been the general custom the altar of burnt offerings in the have retreated, but Judas exhorted Northern High School, scored an to name children after the pater- Temple of Jerusalem, a pagan al- them on with prayer and inspira- unusual triumph when the aduience nal grandfather. As to Hebrew EQUIPPED SERVICE CARS tar, and ordered sacrifices to be tion. So it befell, that urged on by that filled the auditorium cheered and non-Hebrew names, there offered to his idol, which he called idealism, they compelled the Syr- the young musicians for their ex- I was in Talmudic times no real the "Zeus °lymph's," (the abomin- ians to retreat to Antioch. Judas cellent presentation of the well- distinction made in practice. A ; good Jew could well have borne ation of desolation). Two years Maccabeus then entered Jerusalem. chosen program. Having recovered the Holy City So marked was the Improvement a foreign name, and we find, later, in the year 166 B. C., An- and the Temple, Judas ordered that shown by the orchestra over its pre- even among the rabbis themselves tion tiochus undertook an expedi into Persia. Ile needed money to the Temple be cleansed. The pol- vious concerts that this concert many whose names were non- luted altar was destroyed and a helped greatly in placing the group Ilebrew. meet the war-tax which the Romans were then imposing on the Syrians, new one was built. New holy ves- in a position of importance in this I NAMING SON AFTER FATHER sels were made. A new fire was community. A volunteer group of and Antiochus did not have much In post-Talmudic times some money at that particular time. The kindled on the altar, the lamps of young men and young women, each changes took place in the people's No Job Too Large Judean tax-income was being in- the candlestick were lit, and on the interested unselfishly in musical attitude towards names. As re- i n andny , ta ntn t a njye t w i m s n e gards most of these changes we , n io o f them No Job Too Small terrupted by the disturbances of twent y-f ifthday of 18 eV, C., the altar was dedicated to God. to participate Judea Maccabeus. must distinguish between the two For hdedication events, the Chord of Judea is a main groups of Jewry—the Sep- Lysias, a man of the nobility, celebrated with song and sacrifice. was left in charge of the govern- As a memorial of this dedication, colorful group of which Detroit herdic and the Ashkenazic. Among the former, there was ment. This Lysias conceived the Judas Maccabeus, his brothers, and Jewry had reason to feel proud Cut Your Gas Bills no fear or hesitancy in naming idea of advancing on the Jews, con- the elders of the Congregation of last Sunday night. Naturally, high honors must go a child after a living person, in quering them, and selling them as Israel decreed that this celebration slaves. The money to be subse- to be an annual event, always to to the group's director, Mr. Him- fact, many sons were called by quently received would be used to be accompanied with mirt hand joy. nick, who is working untiringly to the name of the father, even perfect the orchestra's efforts. when the father was still living. meet the war-tax of the Romans. The lights are probably symbolic Four numbers especially thrilled This may have been motivated Lysias gent three men, namely Ptol- of the liberty which the Jews ob- emy, Nicanor and Gorgias, all ex- tained on the day which marks the the audience. Special mention by the belief in the suggestive by installing our External perienced warriors, to Judea, wi th beginning of the Chanukah cele- must be given to Mr. Blunt& s own power of the name, which would Hot Water Heater to your an army of 40,000 infantry and bration. Talmudic sources attribute composition, "Liebeslied," which make the child grow up and be 7,000 cavalry, and they went as the origin of the eight days of fes- was well executed by the violinist, like his father. present heating system. far as Emmaus. So assured were tival, with its custom of illumine- Albert Goorwitch, and which did Among the Ashkenazic Jews, SPECIAL FOR 30 DAYS— the Syrians of victory that they , ting the house, to the miracle said honor to the composer-director. however, the general practice Another interesting number was was not to name a child for a even had their slave purchasers to have taken place during the with them. Meanwhile the Jews dedication of thepurified Temple. Luck's "The Mill." The composer, living parent or relative. They assembled in Mizpah, an old place This miracle was that the Ilasmon- Arthur Luck, is librarian and in- would be afraid lest when the " of worship, where they observed a ean priests, when they entered the atrumentalist of the Detroit Sym- time came for the older person to and up, installed. day of prayer and repentance in Temple, found just one small cruse phony Orchestra. He was present die, the angel of death might, by sack clothes and ashes. There are , of consecrated oil that was not de- at the concert, was introduced to mistake, take the life of the conflicting stories of the number filed. It has been sealed and hid- the orchestra and himself directed younger person of the same of men that Judas Maccabeus had. den away, and when found, had this number. name. And besides this, there According to one story, Judas had I enough oil to last only one day, but Most inspiring on the program was a fear lest sickness or any only 3,000 men scantily armed, and instead, lasted for eight days, un- was Lehar's waltz "Gold and Sil- other punishment that might be that he had no cavalry at all. There til new oil coul dbe prepared for the ver" and Offenbach's "Orpheus in decreed against the older person, were scarcely any helmets and lamps of the holy candlesticks. der Untervelt.' The latter was espe- might be inflicted upon the child swords for his force, yet his men cially well done, and gave the best bearing his name. For the angel Services are held the morning were well-diseiplaned. Another each of the eight days. "Haller of is proof of the orchestra's improve- of death is not the only one story relates that Judas had 9,000 recited, a portion of the Penta- ment. Miss Belle Kessler, flutist, among the angels that is stupid men. In either case, Judas' men teuch is read, and a paragraph that played the solo part. and careless. The other heavenly were a mere handful compared to briefly sketches the story of Chan- Albert Goodwitch, first violinist, 3957 Grand River Ave. the Syrians. did well as concertmaster as well ukah, is also read. The Pentateuch Yet the victory belonged to the readings are taken from Num. vii, as soloist. OUR FILM FOLK Nights, Sundays and Holidays, Jews. Judas, by stratagem, gained the chapter relating to the gifts of Call Longfellow 7351 an advantage over Gorgias, over- the twelve princes of Israel on the (Continued from Preceding Page.) coming both him and Nicanor.'The occasion of the dedication of the EDUARD BERNSTEIN altar of the tabernacle in the wild- as soon as his New York CALLED BY DEATH ward erness. On the eighth day, the engagement permits. verses Num. VII, 54—VIII 4, are (Continued from Page One) Wishing All My Jewish Friends and Patrons a Very Joyous read, the last four verses referring And there's a movie director in Chanukah to the lighting of the holy candle- jolly old England whose tag is Jan. 6, 1850, in Berlin, a member Anatol Litvak . . . Oh, my I It's stick. In the evenings, waxen can- dles or oil lamps are lit. Rabbin- of a family of 15, the son of a the juxtaposition that kills. ical law attaches a great deal of locomotive engineer. • • • In a statement to the Jewish importance to the kindling of the The world premiere of Ed- Chanukah lamp, yet the real ob- Telegraphic Agency on the occa- SCIENTIFIC REDUCING ject of lighting the lamp was to sion of his eightieth birthday, Herr ward Robinson's "Silver Dollar" Mineral Vapor Baths Masseuse — Cabinet Baths illuminate the house without, for all Bernstein net forth his views on was the biggest thing that has hit Denver since Buffalo Bill passers-by to see. Consequently, Jewry and Judaism as follows: Physical Culture HOLIDAY lamps were placed outside the doors "When I left the Jewish Com- blew in from the prairie . . . SPECIAL: i nc l u d e . Steam or Electric Light leading to the streets.. If a house munity, I did no in order to pre- and the film press is lauding • Cabinet; Epsom Salt 10 TREATMENTS had many doors, lamps yere placed serve Socialist Party discipline young Jewish lad, Jerry Zig- Glow; Alcohol Rub FOR $10.00 in front of each door. And the cus- which at that time was recom- mond, for the effective and orig- tom was to kindle as many lights mending its members to leave inal exploitation. 'Scull* the COlumbia 5894 244 Farnsworth St. as there were persons in th ehouse. their religious communities as a chest expansion . he's • kids In times of persecution the lights protest against the anti-Semitic •nd kin. • were placed indoors. Fanatical race hatred which was then being 0 medieval oppression, and Persian preached by the notorious Dr. Alexander Leftwich, Patricia fire-worshippers forced the placing Stoecker, the Court Chaplain of Ellis' peppy, who for 25 years was of the lights indoors. Despite all the time, who was a founder of a Broadway stage director, has the terrific storms that have raged the German anti-Semitic move- succumbed to the wiles or wilds against Judaism through the ages, (depending on how you use it) these lights continue to be kindled ment. "As a Jew who was a leader of of Hollywood ... he'll megaphone on Chanukah. pictures on the Radio lot. the Socialist Party, and engaged • • • The lights being Intended only in preaching to my Christian com- Herman Msnkiewicz, pet scrib- for the purpose of illumination in rades that they should leave their honor of the festival, reading or churches, I had to be consistent bier of the Marxes, tells us about working by them was formerly and leave the Jewish community, a fellow who was no Jewish that prohibited. A prayer for the first although much to my regret and in a heart balm suit, his girl had evening is here quoted in part: with a great deal of grief. Today to sue him for "ali-alienation of "Throughout the eight days of I could in no circumstances leave affections." • • • Chanukah these lights are sacred, the persecuted and oppressed Jew- nor are we permitted to make use ish community. I have always The critica said that Gregory of them, but simply to make con- fought for Jewish rights and I am Ratoff's accent In "Under-Cover templation of them, to the end that working now to assist in the up- Man" was so thick that it even we may thank Thy name for Thy embarrassed the movie execs. 0, miracles, Thy salvation and Thy building of a Jewish home in Pal- Mr. Sirovich, it's the critics again. • • • wondrous acts." Women particu- estine which, however, most not larly were enjoined not to do their be a national state constituted on Did you know that Eddie with work by the light of the Chanukah chauvinistic lines in any way in- Cantor rates as the Number One lamp and games, riddles, and other jurious to the Arab population. personality on the •ir7 A re- amusements for Chanukah evenings I am fighting together with the cent check-up Is that eight• Peale Zion for the realization of were substituted, instead. their ideals and I declare myself ten million people, including his Women, by the way, are asked to in every way to be • Jew in the wifes relatives, lend him their ears of a Sunday night, and participate in the kindling of the positive sense of the word." Chanukah "ficht," since Jewish On his seventy-fifth birthday, . . . well, that's practically ■ legend connect the heroic deed of Herr Bernstein described his early capacity audience. • • • Judith with the Maccabean epic. Jewish environment in an article An "Assyrian" army, the legend Howard Green one of our Is- the Jewish Telegraphic tells us, made a hostile advance raelitish scenarists, has ■ small into Palestine, but was checked at Agency. son. One night, thinking to give Interested in Palestine. the Jewish city, Bethulia, (probably the child a treat, his grandmother "My parents were both Jewish," the city of Shecliem). The people Extend to their Friends and Patrons took him to the picture show. But of Bethulia were able to prevent the he wrote, "but members of the inside the theater the little fellow advance, due to the geographical Ref o r m community, observing began to cry with ever-increasing the Compliments of the Season situation of the city, which occupied Sunday as their day of rest and gusto. "What's the matter?" the narrow pass that was the en- they were not bound by the Jew- asked Grandma. "Whath the pic- trance into Judea. The Assyrians ish dietary lawn. I had a cousin, ture. You shouldn't cry . . . this did not force the pass, but block- Aaron Bernstein, a great man is one of papa'r stories." "I don't 4111=21211112211.211102229RE .21=1211229:21211721112i21221111W aded the city instead, and cut off whom I always regarded with im- cane," he bellowed, "I'd rather its water supply. In the distress mense awe and affection. lie was have a ice-cream cone!" that followed Judith of Bethulia a founded and for many years ed- • • • bewitched the Assyrian captain, itor and chief leader and writer A Happy Chanukah! Holofernes, and was the means of of the Berliner Folkszeitung. He CHANUKAH GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES having his head cut off. Thus also wrote scientific works which Judith, the heroine of Bethulia, won the admiration of scientists Georges Miquelle, Soloist, at brought about the deliverance for of the rank of Alexander von Next Symphony Concert. her city, and consequently the de- Humboldt. Ile was a practical liverance for all of Judea and Jer- scientist. In politics he was one Georges Miquelle, eminent first usalem. of the leaders of the German of the Detroit Symphony, The Trendle is like the Put and Democratic movement and one of 'cellist be presented as soloist at the Take top in that it is a small revol- the first champions of the Jewish will seventh pair of subscription con- ving top of four sides, each side emancipation campaign in Ger- bearing a Hebrew letter. The He- many. In literature he wrote certs, next Thursday evening and Friday afternoon, in Orchestra brew meaning of the four letters poems and novels which achieved Hall. Ile will be heard in the mel- 'is, nes gadal hayah sham,—"a great popularity in their time. But odious Haydn Concerto for 'Cello great miracle happened there." A his chief interest was in the Jew- "For People Who Care" German meaning for the inscription ish Reform Community of which and Orchestra. Oabrilowitsch, who returns °nip is as follows: nicht, ganz, halb, he was one of the founders. He Eastern engagements to di- shtell, —"nothing, all, half, put," was for many years its preacher from CADILLAC 8300 indicating losses and winnings in and he and Dr. Stern were the rect this pair and also the subscrip- 1210 BOOK TOWER playing the top. authors of the Prayer Book adopt- selected tion concerts Jan 5 and 6, has for the of forthcoming events The story of Chanukah may well ed by the community. He was the familiar and much admired, lo- be called an epic, for it is a narra- a fluent Hebrew writer and Bib- cally, Fifth Symphony of Beethov- tive of heroic deeds. And the lical exegetist and he exercised • en. Detroit audiences have always ceremony of lighting the candles is tremendous influence upon the indicated intense approval of Ga- a simple one, yet in the flare of course of my life. brilowitsch's interpretation of this the candle light may be visualized "I never forgot that I was a masterpiece. thin procession of bravery, this Jew," he declared. The novelty on the list will be In the spirit of the succession of events that prevented For the greater part of his life, the tone poem, "Semiramis" by the the obliteration of Hebraic rituals, Herr Bernstein took no part in well known Chicago composer and season we extend sin- the Maccabean epic. Jewish affairs. He was 74 years music critic, Felix Borowski. The old when for the first time he overture to Wagner's "Tannhaus- cere wishes to all the took his stand on the platform of er ' will open. The popular concert to be given a Jewish meeting organized by the More Trees Planted in Jewish people for a Committee for Promoting a Work- New Year's Eve, in Orchestra Hall, Palestine. ing Class Palestine. The building will be director by Victor Kolar, joyous Chanukah. up of Palestine, he declared then, who ban arranged a stunning pro- Mrs. Eli Sachse reports the fol- is a symbol of the progress of gram of familiar selections. He lowing trees planted through the mankind and must be safeguarded will open with the Nicholai over- —Harold C. Robinson. Jewish National Fund in Pales- against possible failure. Since ture "Merry Wives of Windsor" then he gradually came very clone and close with the stirring "Lea tine: Preludes" of Liszt. In between Purity Chapter plants trees in to Jewish life and addressed many will be Ilresented such popular and Jewish meetings. enjoyable numbers as Rubinstein's memory of Abraham Kaufman, Melody in F and the same compos- father of Mrs. Dams Sachs, in NORTH END CLINIC er's "Andoulouse;" Kreisler's '7he memory of Mrs. Fannie Steingold, Old Refrain" and "Tambourin mother of Bessie Steingold. Trees In 1932, to September, 900 pa- Chinois;" "The Strauss Waits, are planted in the George Wash- tients had 3500 x-rays taken at "Enjoyment of Life;" Massenet's North End Clinic, whose deficit Scenes Neapolitan; the ballet mu- ington Forest by Mrs. Esther Wald- stein, in memory of her mother, the Community Fund pays. Sixty- le from Goldmark's "Queen of nine per cent of patients were Sheba;" and two charming "Sere- 410 FILM EXCHANGE BLDG. Deborah Fanny Kaplan, and in memory of her husband, Max Katz, free. The average amount re- nades,' one by Pierne, the other by Phone Cadillac 6475 Mouworgsky. ceived was 18 cents per film. Katz. Day & Night Service 2/ 3 $16. Temple 2-4720 C. LINDSKOG Julius Rubiner Meyer Steinberg • • THE LEGAL CHRONICLE Raymond A. Rosenberg J. S. Bache & Co. Penobscot Bldg. Pittmans & Dean Co. CAOL f3 ICE Film Truck Service I SOL LEVIN TO SPEAK OVER RADIO SUNDAY officers are not much smarter and no more careful than he. But throughout the Middle Ages, and up to modern times, the older practice of naming chil- dren with reference to some event continued, both among the Sep- herdic and Ashkenazic groups, alongside of the custom of nam- ing them after grandparents or relatives. But the majority of people, whether giving their children names after departed relatives, or with reference to some occas- ion or event, have been and con- sciously, still are influenced by beliefs as to the possible influence of the name upon the child, or its effect upon the one after whom it is named. BOYS' AND GIRLS' NAMES As these beliefs or supersti- tions are not shared by all peo- ple in a like degree, there devel- oped among different people cer- tain restrictions upon the selec- tion of names, which may have been accepted and heeded by some, but ignored and desregard- ed by others. The following are a number of such restrictions: Some authorities object to the practice of giving to a boy the name of a girl and vice versa. Some people would refrain from naming a child after a person who was killed by non-Jews for fear lest the sa dfate of the for- mer bearer of that name befall the one named like him. The same fear prevents some parents from naming their child after another child of theirs who has died. Some authorities would declare it prohibitive to give a child the name of any Biblical personage prior to Abraham. And there are a few authorities who would object to non-Hebrew or non-Jew- ish names. As a result of the belief that the heavenly authorities know and can Identify a person only on the basis of the description of his full name, there developed in the course of time a whole sys- tem of tricks by which to hide the person from the heavenly agents. (fence the practice of changing a person's name when he is sick became widespread. Bbt there is still another danger threatening the person even after his name has been changed, and this is that the angel of death might be look- ing for him not under his own personal name, but merely as the child of his parents. To meet this danger, the parents were changed • This is done by giving the child other parents, as it were. The real parents give away or sell their child to another couple, to people against whom, judging from the fact that their own chit- dren are all alive and healthy, there seems to be no charge on the heavenly records, This trans- action absolutely confounds the angel of death. Another method of safeguard- ing the life of the child was not to give it any name at all, or when a name was given, to keep it a secret for a time so it was not registered in the heavenly records. As to who should give the child a name, there has never been any inflexible rule or fixed regulations. In Biblical times, it was usually the father who gave the name to the child. The child, in Biblical times was gen- erally given Its name immediate- uy at its birth. In Talmudic times the male child at the cir- cumeision'on the eighth day after its birth. This has become the practice even up to this day. In the case of girls there has been no uniformity of practice. There have, however, never been any definite laws or uniform regulations on these questions. It was all a matter of custom and usage which were not uniform. Since customs are governed by ideas and beliefs which not all people share in the same degree, it is not strange to find that the customs themselves differ so. Some people are more supersti- tious, some more rational than others. Hence, while it is but proper to follow the customs es- tablished by the community or group, it actually makes no dif- ference what names we give to children. For no matter what name a person is given by others, what ultimately counts is only the name which he makes for himself by his actions and his conduct. 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