America 'apish Periodical CeNM. CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO _ page Five DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle r friday, December 27, 1946 4 - MAN CIF TFir W1EEIK IN A MOVING CEREMONY that left tears of joy in the eyes of many in the congregation, a father chanted the solemn and gracious words of the ancient priestly blessing over the bowed heaa of his son and inducted him as rabbi of Congregation Beth Aaron, Sunday, Bnai Moshe Charts Discussion Group Amity Leaders' Speak on 'Atomic Age' 10 Meetings are Listed Dec. 22. To the father, the distinguished and learned Rabbi Reuben Wein- Beginning on Jan. 5 stein of I3uffalo, N. Y., the event was indeed auspicious, for this was his second son to be installed as a rabbi in Israel. And to the son, the young and An adult discussion group will i enthusiastic Rabbi Chaim Wein- be launched Jan. 5 at the Bnai stein, this was the culmination of Moshe Synagogue. It will meet a childhood ambition to follow in from 11:30 in. to 12:30 p. m. on the path of his elders and the re- Sundays and leading Detroit per- ward for years of study, of train- sonalities will appear Walter Farber, director of the ing and devotion. The junior Rabbi Weinstein has religious school, has organized the no intention to rest on his laurels first 10 meetings at which Rabbi —and they are many. He told his Eliezer A. Levi will act as moder- congregation in inspired language ator. Following is a list of the what he means to make of his speakers and their subjects: calling and what he feels his duty SPEAKERS LISTED is to it. Jan. 5, Oscar Cohen, director of "The efforts of your rabbi," he said, "will be bent toward the re- the Jewish Community Council, dedication of the adults as well "Communal Order Versus a State as their children. Classes will be of Confusion;" Jan. 12, Gaorge organized to teach rudimentary Weiswasser, editor of the Jewish Hebrew, of course, but forums and Chronicle, "Jews In Newspaper lectures for the parents will also Work;" Jan. 19, A. C. Lappin, me- be presented to recall the history diator of the State Labor Board, and lessons of our rich Hebrew "The Role of a Jew as a Mediator of Labor Disputes." lore. Jan. 26, Fred Butzel, "Detroit • • * "THE RETROGRESSION of Ju- Jewry 20 Years from Today;" RABBI CHAIM WEINSTEIN daism in the past three genera- Feb. 2, Herman Jacobs, director tions was partly due to the lack of understanding between the Yiddish of the Jewish Community Center, speaking parent and his American-born English speaking child. Ig- "The Center: A Rallying Point for norance of the values of Judaism threatened its very existence. Only All Segments of Detroit Jewry." through the medium of participation in and discussion of themes of DR. TUMIN TO SPEAK Jewish interest can the Jewish life of parent and child be brought Feb. 9, Laurentine B. Colling, closer. director of school community re- "With the renascence of Judaism in America we have reason lations of the Board of Education, to believe that a new chapter has begun in the life of the Jew. "Forward, All Together;" Feb. 16. From the smoldering ashes of the European continent have come Mettie Baron Golub, director of the House of Books, review of sparks of Jewish "Avultahs" which flamed in the Torah-centers of Lublin, Meer and Slobotka. The streams of Jewish tradition and three books. observance will flow again the natural course, springing frOm the Feb. 23, Walter Farber, "Anti- Semitism, Root and Flower;" fountain of Jewish learning and practice. "For this generation who tread so gingerly around the edges of March 2, Dr. Melvin Tumin, of Judaism, the Midrash has sound advice: (Do not pray in the porch Wayne University, "Intercultural of a synagogue, but inside the synagogue itself.) We must go back Observations;" March 9, Goldie into the synagogue; we must go back to the schools of Jewish learn- Goldstein, director of the Child ing—too long have we stood at the entrance fearing to embark into Placement Bureau, "Detroit DP's Readjusted." the synagogue proper." * * RABBI WEINSTEIN IS the scion of a rabbinical heritage that is traceable to the Toldoth Yaakov Yosef, famous Chassidic rabbi who was a contemporary of the saintly Baal Shem Tow. His parents are natives of Palestine, but they have been residents of the United States for a quarter of a century. Their son was born in Chambers- burg, Pa. Chaim's first inclination toward the rabbinate came very early when at the age of eight he delivered an extemporaneous address at the Bar Mitzvah of his brother. Later he won a speaking con- test while still in grammar school by reciting from memory one of the lengthy letters that Aboabanel sent to his father while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In 1940 he left home for the Mesifta Torah Vodaas in New York before entering high school. Illness forced him, however, to return to Buffalo to complete his schooling. He continued his Hebrew studies under the supervision of his father and brother David (now in the pulpit of the Batavia, N. Y. congregation). In high school he con- tinued to win honors In forensics and dramatics. * HE CAME TO DETROIT in 1943 to enter the newly-founded Ye- shivath Chachmey Lublin, and has been a student there ever since. He attended Wayne University in the evenings to fill in the require- ments in secular studies. He is continuing to attend the sessions at the Yeshivah to com- plete his training for higher ordination. Rabbi Weinstein first conducted services and occupied a pulpit in Braddock, Pa. in 1944. Later he conducted services in McKeesport, Pa. Last year, he was in the pulpit of the Bnai Abraham Congrega- tion, one of the largest in Buffalo. Active In organizational work in Detroit while still at the Yeshi- vah, he has 'wiped set up Young Israel Sabbath groups and led the final David branch for a year. Recently he organized the Beth Aaron branch of Young Israel. He joined the faculty of Yeshivah Beth Ychudah here in the fall but was forced to leave upon his election as rabbi at Beth Aaron In the Northwest area on Wyoming at Thatcher. Frain to Evaluate 1947 in Sermon I n Memoriam YESHIVATH BETA YEHUDAII Oneg Shabbat to Follow Northwest's Service Rabbi Jacob Segal will speak on "How Much of a Jew Are You Willing to Be?" at the late Friday evening service Jan. 3, of the Northwest Hebrew Congregation. Max H. Goldsmith will chant the service, which will be followed by an Oneg Shabbat. JERUSALEM (ZOA) — The in- come of Keren Hayesod for the fiscal year September 1945—Sep- tember 1946 reached a new high of $14,636,000. This represents an increase of 56.1 per cent over the previous year's income. 52.73257_7252525 THE JUNIOR SERVICE GROUP , of the JEWISH WELFARE FEDERATION presents its JANUARY JAMBOREE bi Rosenblum, a graduate of the Hebrew Union College, is the spiritual leader of one .of the ' 340 reform Jewish congregations affiliated with the Union of American HebreW Congregations. Evasions of Rite RABBI BERNARD SEtiAL nas been appointed to the newly- created post of executive vice- president of the Rabbinical As- sembly of America, national or- ganization of the conservative rabbinate. Ile will be concerned especially with, solving problems of the current manpower short- age in the rabbinate. Rabbi Se- gal was the first rabbi to volun- teer for a chaplaincy in the United States Army and served in this country and overseas for five and a half years. " Rabbi William Rosenblum, Tem- ple Israel, New York, was elected president of the Synagogue Coun- cil of America to succeed the late Dr. Isaac M. Landman.Rab - the immortal faith of Israel. It therefore must be performed with devout religious feeling and the recital of stirring prayers. "2. Under no circumstances must parents allow the performance of the Brith, against the explicit Bib- lical commandment, before the Statement Deplores eighth day. A Brith before the eighth day does absolutely Invali- Brith Miloh Abuses date the holy act. "With the hope that Jewish par- ents, the descendants of Abraham, The Detroit Council of Orthodox will heed our solemn warning, we rabbis, in a statement to the De- extend the blessings of God and troit Jewish Chronicle, deplores Israel upon parents and children." what is described as abuses and evasions of the rites of circum- cision and urges parents not to deviate from tradition. The state- ment follows: "The rabbis of Detroit have learned with great apprehension that irreligious and irreverent practices and abuses — many of Rabbi Leon Fram will speak on them invalidating the holy rite of Brith Miloh and leaving the Jew- "1947—Promise or Menace?" at ish boy in the status of an un- Temple Israel's first Sabbath Eve circumsized son of Israel—have en- service of the new year at 8:30 tered in the performance of the p. m. Friday, Jan. 3, in the lec- ture hall of the Detroit Institute sacred covenant of Abraham. "Great rabbinical authorities and of Arts. This will be the second of two synods have repeatedly declared that without Brith Miloh, the sermons which Rabbi Fram has child does not belong in all re- been delivering on a review of spects to the Jewish community, 1946 and an appraisal of 1947. The and is excluded from many of his services will be followed by a so- privileges and rights. cial hour sponsored by the sister- "We beg to emphasize two hood and a symposium and dis- cussion by the youth group. points: The religious school will resume "1. That parents must engage a religious qualified Mohel to per- Saturday morning, Jan. 4 at Hamp- form the Brith Miloh, and not a ton School. Rabbi Fram will greet physician or surgeon as the Brith the pupils and will present a mo- is more than mere surgery. It is, tion picture of current Jewish in- the first and most sacred act in terest entitled, "Home are the the Jewish child's initiation into Hunted." • 1-1 IRWITY4C1 Oriftemiii-ii * * Council President Aids Conservatives RABBI MORRIS ADLER of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, who as an Army chaplain saw the effects of Bier atomic bomb fission at Hiroshima, was one of three speakers who discussed "Atomic Age Alternatives" at a recent luncheon meeting of the Detroit Round Table of Catholics, Jews and Protestants at the Detroit-Leland Ho- tel. Left to right, Rabbi Adler, Dr. Henry Hitt Crane of Central Methodist Church, who has conferred with leading atom scientists, and Fr. Michael J. Ahern, S. J., senior scientist of Weston College, Weston, Mass. Saturday, January 4, 1947 Fountain Ballroom, Masonic Temple Featuring RAY GORRELL and his Orchestra Admission: $1.50 per person, incruding tax Dancing 8:30 to 1 The following Yahrzeits to be observed at YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH this coming month December 30th—Mr. David W. Diskin Mrs. Zelda Kleiman DI. Joseph M. Berris Mr. Israel Schlussel December 31st—Mr. Sam Siegel Mr. Israel Lubow Mrs. Rose Levy Mr. Muisch Oldscheeler 1st—Mrs. B. Charlip-Schwartz January Mr. Aaron Natinsky 2nd—Mrs. Anna Roth January Mr Sol Levin 5th—Mr. Tzvi Grossman January 8th—Mrs. Rose Ingeroff January Mr. Chaim Holtzman 11th—Miss Sadie Lafer January 12th—Mr. Max Chersky January 14th—Mrs. Ida Boesky January Mr. Shimon Gold Mr. Arya Leib Damen 16th—Mrs. Anna Diskin January 18th—Mr. Jacob Sukenic January Mr. Joseph Wetsmo.n 23rd—Mrs. Fanny Briskin January 27th—Mrs. Sarah Mendelsohn January 29th—Mrs. Leah Siebner January Mrs. H. T. Diamond Mr Peter Vass 31st—Mr Ychudah Levin January Mrs. Ethel Fidler Mr,. Bessie Goldfarb