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April 4, 1941
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
• ENGAGEMENTS
The New Haggadah
27
March Bride
R US S EK S
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Moravnick of 2072 W. Philadelphia Ave.
By PROF. MORDECAI M.
announce the engagement of their daughter, Libby, to Gilbert Ga-
KAPLAN
briel Golaner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Golaner, of 3887 31st
1448 WOODWARD AVE.
Editor,
Reconstructionist
Street.
Magazine
Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Stern, of McQuade Ave., announce the
engagement of their daughter, Florence Thelma, to Harry Armin
The Reconstructionist Founda-
Wiesel, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Wiesel of Dexter Blvd.
tion has just issued a new ver-
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Wold of Sturtevant Ave. announce the sion of the Passover Haggadah.
engagement of their daughter, Florence, to Joe Bard, son of Mr.
This represents the first attempt
and Mrs. Peter Bard of Gladstone Ave.
of the Reconstructionists to bring
a liturgical text of long standing
into line with their philosophy of
Judaism. The purpose of this
article is to set forth the consid-
April 5—Miss Esther Goldberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mor- erations which moved them to
cis Goldberg of 1743 W. Euclid Ave., to Leo Stein, son of Mr. and undertake this task, and the spirit
Mrs. Alex Stein of Pasadena Ave., at Lachar'si on Cass Ave. Rabbi in which they carried it out. (The
Joshua Sperka officiating.
n , w Haggadah is published by
April 5—Miss Irene Block, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Behrman s Jewish
Book House,
A. Block of 3224 Calvert Ave., to Herman Ginsburg, son of Mr. New York City.)
Robert Ginsburg of Cortland Ave., at the Knights of Pythias
It is generally conceded that
Hall, Rabbi Joshua Sperka officiating. The ceremony will be fol-
the Passover Seder is inherently
lowed by dinner and a reception.
April 5—Miss Esther Goldberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mor- a fascinating religious observ-
ris Goldberg of 1743 W. Euclid Ave. to Leo Stein, son of Mr. ance. Yet when we note the way
and Mrs. Alex Stein of Pasadena Ave., at Lachar's on Cass Ave. in which it is conducted, we can-
—Thos" by J. J. Clarke.
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka will officiate. not help feeling that our people
MRS. MILTON ROSE
April 6—Miss Rose Klein, daughter of Harry Klein of 3808 fail to make the most of it.
(Miss Zelda Dorothy Rycus)
Tuxedo Ave.. to Asher Berlin, son of Mrs. Chaya Rachel Berlin, Viewed at close range, the Seder
at Congregation Beth Tefilo Emanuel, Taylor and Woodrow Wilson. is the kind of ceremony which
Miss Zelda Dorothy Rycus was
Special Sabbath services at Young Israel Synagogue, 2691 Joy arouses great expectations and
Road, with kiddush following. ends in small fulfillment. There married at 6 p. m. on Sunday,
March 30, at the home of her
April 6—Miss Florence Albert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. can be only one explanation. The
Bernard Albert, to Samuel J. Kaplan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isadore traditional Haggadah, which parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ry-
cus of 17376 Woodingham Drive,
Kaplan of Chicago, Ill. Rabbi Harold N. Rosenthal, uncle of the should invest the entire proced-
to Milton Rose of New York.
bride, will officiate. ure of the Seder night with an
Relatives and close family
April 6—Miss Goldie Kersch, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Kersch aura of the beauty of holiness, friends from Toronto, Detroit
of 3258 Clements Ave. to Bernard D. Davis, scat of Mrs. Rose Davis 1—ks the proper formula for our and New York attended the re-
of 18015 Ohio Ave. Reception from 6 to 9 p. m. at the Davis day.
ception.
residence. No cards.
After a honeymoon in Florida,
No
one
can
deny
that
the
tra-
April 6—Miss Violet Chulock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo ditional Haggadah possesses Mr. and Mrs. Rose will make their
W. Chulock of Maywood, Ill., to Jacob Rycus, son of Mr. and Mrs. charm and quaintness, and that home in New York.
Goodman Rycus of Detroit, at 12 noon, in the Covenant Club, it is, in parts, even stirring. The
Chicago, Ill.
invocation, the four questions, the
Did you over hear of Captain
April 6—Miss Bernice Cohen, daughter of Mrs. Julius Cohen opening statements of the answer
of Hamilton Ave., to Sol L. Konikow, son of Mrs. Rose Konikow to them—all give promise of a Samuel Samuels? . . . Neither
of Pingree Ave., in the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. treat message to be enunciated. did we till just recently, which
and Mrs. Herbert Reinheimer of Virginia Park. A reception from But, before long, we find our- shows you how ephemeral fame
7 to 10 o'clock will follow. No cards. selves entangled in legalistic dis- can be. For about 80 years ago
Captain Samuels performed one
cussion, whether a certain por-
tion of the Shema, a should be of the greatest feats in maritime
read only during the day, or also history. . . . His ship had lost
at night; or whether the duty of her rudder in a terrific gale
March 9—To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Friedman (Edith Pukof of teling the child about Passover somewhere in the Atlantic—but
New Orleans), of 2714 Monterey Ave., a daughter, Linda Rochelle. should be carried out from the he saved her by steering her
March 14—To Mr. and Mrs. Sol Manheimer (Janice Epstein), first of Nisan, or is limited to back to the Azores by manipulat-
of 2738 Elmhurst Ave., a daughter, Michelle Lois.
the festival. This is followed by ing the sails so that she followed
March 17—To Mr. and Mrs. H. Chernick (Lillian Sheri.), of a labored rabbinic rendition of a backward course for 182 miles.
Waverly Ave., a son, Allan William.
the lofty confession of faith which
March 24—To Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heavenrich, twin daugh- the Israelite would pronounce
ters, Nancy and Mary.
when he brought the first fruits patina from an antique." This
March 25—To Mr. and Mrs. Irving Rubin of 2551 W. Euclid to the Temple. In the course of nostalgia for the old, regardless
Ave., a daughtens Lucille Sharon.
that rendition, the 'attention is if what it means, is actually
Very Special at
March 26—To Mr. and Mrs. Irving B. Ackerman (Feige Gold- focussed on the 10 plagues, the nothing more than a form of
economics by which they can be spiritual inertia.
berg), of 2911 Monterey Ave., a daughter, Judith Ann.
The Reformists, with their
March 26—To Mr. and Mrs. Morris Berman (Janet Sloman), remembered, and the arithmetic-
al progression by which they Union Haggadah, have taken a
29 95
a daughter, Barbara Jean.
mount up to two-hundred-and- great step forward. But unfor-
March 29—To Dr. and Mrs. James R. Rogin (Lillian Meret- fifty. By the time the partici- tunately that Hagaddah is viti-
Glamour for your Easter
sky), of 2514 Edison Ave., a daughter, Ann Maxine.
pants in the Seder get to this ated by the Reformist theology
March 29—To Mr. and Mrs. Gershon Levy (Naomi Stone), of point, the solemnity of the service which still operates with the mis-
outfit, with these soft
Dundee Rd., Huntington Woods, a daughter, Kathryn Alice.
is gone; the spell is broken. Their sion idea as a substitute for the
supple, silken stoles. They
March 30—To Mr. and Mrs. Milton Miller (Rose Koffman), mood reaches a low from which age-old faith in the ultimate re-
arc generous in size and
a daughter.
it cannot be raised again, despite establishment of Palestine as a
beautifully flecked with
March 31—To Mr. and Mrs. David Bernstein, of 3826 Pasa- the lofty key of some of the sub- Jewish commonwealth. Moreover,
dena Ave., a son, Samuel Isaac.
sequent passages, including the by merely omitting archaic con-
white. Luxury at low
Hallel.
tent from the Haggadah, and
price.
How is it that we Jews man- putting nothing of a Hebraic
September, 1939, he was serving aged to get along with the Hag- character in its place, little more
Fur Salon . . . Second Floor
his seventh year as Corporation gadah till now? As far as our is left of the old Hagaddah than
its
skeleton.
This
defect
is
not
ancestors
of
pre-modern
times
are
Counsel of the City of Detroit.
He is past president of the Mich- concerned, the answer is that compensated for even by the in- AN ■ 111=111111 ■
igan
Association of City Attor- they lived in the same universe of teresting archaeological essays
Raymond J. Kelly, former Cor-
neys
and past president of the discourse as did the Sages, who which make up a goodly part of
poration Counsel of Detroit, and
Institute
of Municipal Law Offi- first formulated the text con- the Union Hagaddah.
Pest National Commander of the
The Reconstructionists, on the
cers,
the
national organization of tained in the traditional Hagga-
American Legion, is a candidate
other hand, have not only ex-
"Infinitely more precious
dah.
city
attorneys.
He
has
also
had
for Circuit Judge.
cluded from their
Hagaddah
the distinction of serving as pres-
as the years roll by"—
As for our own parents and all the outworn New
Raymond J. Kelly is a typical id ,
material,
but
mt of the Detroit Lawyers' grandparents, who for the most
American story of a boy who rose
have also added rich but hitherto
from humble surroundings to Club, of being the secretary of part no longer cherished hopes unused material. Besides center-
the
Detroit
Bar
Association
for
of
that
kind,
how
did
they
man-
positions of responsibility through
ing attention upon the meaning
sheer, personal pluck, determina- several terms, and he is a mem- age to be satisfied with the Hag- of freedom and the duty of dedi-
ber
of
the
bar
of
the
United
gadah?
For
them
Jewish
life
was
tion and ability.
Supreme Court. In 1930 still full and substantial. They cating ourselves to its attainment,
In his ambition to acquire an States
he was appointed General Coun- could well afford the Passover to it introduces in Hebrew and Eng-
education, Mr. Kelly walked six sel of the Detroit Street Railways
lish the stories about Israel's
miles each day at the age of 12 by Mayor Frank Murphy, serv- be essentially an occasion for slavery in Egypt, and about
brightening
up
the
home
for
the
years,
to attend high school. big until 1933. He was appointed
Moses' youth, whch give to the
When he had won his high school head of the legal department of spring season, and for inner self- event of the Exodus both a
renewal after the long siege of human touch and a sagnificance
diploma, he went after a college
the City of Detroit in 1933 by
education with the same single- Mayor Frank Couzens, serving winter, with its short days and of universal range. The various
long nights, and frequent illness. texts in the Torah, which utilize
ress of purpose. He worked his
until his election as National
way through both the University Commander of the Legion in Sep- It did not matter what the Hag- the remembrance of Israel's ex-
Plus an 800
gadah said. The Kiddush, and perience in Egypt to motivate liv-
of Notre Dame and the Univers- tember, 1939.
Beautiful Oil Painting of
the
four
cups
of
wine,
the
child's
port Mit
ing on a high ethical level, are
ity of Detroit, graduating from
(older
Mr. Kelly was married in 1918
al!..ttucit.e oltroctl%e
law school in 1915 at the age of to a Detroit girl, Nora Evans, recitation of the MaNishtanah, woven into the ritual. The cup
ac
rol
6.10
oil
tolt‘l
Wu; .
and
the
hiding
of
the
afikomen,
, our
21, the younges. man in his law and is the father of six children, the cup of Elijah, and the Had- of Elijah, which in the tradi-
At A lova 6 proot4 s6166Itte41.
16•
I'l
class.
tional Haggadah is made the
three boys and three girls. His Gadya—these are all that count-
Open ...motloy It VI 3
The same will power that got oldest son, Raymond J. Kelly, Jr.. ed. Actually, the recital of the occasion for pronouncing a bitter
him his education over all ob- is a senior at the University of Haggadah was not registered as imprecation against the cruel
stacles also served to carry him Notre Dams, and his oldest daugh- anything more than a duty which heathens that devour our people,
ahead in his chosen profession ter, Winifred, is a sophomore at had to be performed, but from is here signalized by songs which
after he started the practice of Mundelein College in Chicago. The which no special jor or edifica- herald a better day for mankind
law in Detroit in 1915. When other four children attend Detroit tion was expected to be derived. and for Israel. By these and
similar innovations, the New
elected National Commander in
This is evidenced by the well- Haggadah seeks to articulate the
schools.
4 1.
known saying in Yiddish, to the prayer that is in the heart of
effect that "the main thing is
Australian Zionists Urge Creation not the Haggadah, but the every Jew, the prayer for a
world which is rid of all Phar-
kneidlach."
of Jewish Army
aohs, and in which God alone is
Those among us who are con-
SYDNEY, Australia (WNS)— servatively minded strongly de King.
A delegation of the Zionist Coun- precate tampering with the Hag-
cil of New South Wales has ap- gadah. They argue for retaining
proached Acting Australian Prime it in the form in which it has
Minister A. W. Fadden with a come down to us just because
proposal to organize an all-Jewish it is exotic. This makes of the
The
army comprised of non-British Haggadah a means of taking us
Jews to fight in Palestine or any into a world of make-believe,
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