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Friday, December 12, 1947

DETROIT JEWISH. CHRONICLE

rage Fourteen

Rabbinical. Tales
Both New and Old

A Drowning Rabbi
Uses Some Ingenuity

By ELYEII NATIIANS

A"'

Pakistan Foe

Upon discovering who it was,
however, they pretended ingnor-
ance and started to retreat.
The Rabbi was no slouch. He
immediately begah to cry, "Down
with the Czar. Hurrah for liber-

delegates will perform the du-
-

ties of the council in coordinat
Silber President
ing the program of AJC.
of New AJC Unit k

Albert Silber has been elected Hannan Real Estate
president of the newly-forme d Made Fidelity Agency
American Congress Council.
Appointment of Hannan Real
Other elected were vice-presi-
Estate Exchange, Inc., as loan
dents, Harry Nathan, Morris
correspondent in the Detroit met-
Lieberman and Mrs. Samuel ropolitan area for Fidelity Mu-
Green; secretary, Mrs. Harry
Co. of Phila-
Frank; and treasurer, Eugene tual Life Insurance announced by
delphia has been
Franzblau.
pres-
H
N. Johnson,Hannan
The three divisions of Ameri- Henry
ident. Johnson, with his associ-
can Jewish Congress in Detroit, ates, Robert A. Taggart and
the Detroit section, the Business
J. Porter, has been reor-
and Professional group, and the Frank
ganizing the Hannan exchange
women's division, have ratified r under their new management.
the council constitution. Thei

t

y ''
The
The gendarmes were so in-
censed that they immediately res-
cued him and dragged him down
to the police station.
—o—

THE YOUNG GRADUATE
TWO YESHIVAH students took
Rabbi at long last proposed to
the girl of his affections. "I now an oath never to marry on the
have a position in a small com- grounds that they were already
tnunity," he said "and it would wedded to the Torah. After an
be fitting if I were to go there interval of time, however, one of
them fell in love and confided
accompanied by my wife."
"But," she argued, "How can I this fact to his companion.
marry you when I don't even
The companion was angered
know how to cook."
and made loud protest. After
"Don't let that bother you," he wrangling for several hours they Speaking before the UN's
shrugged. "On the salary I'll get decided to consult the head of the General Assembly committee
Mohamed
there won't be anything for you seminary.
on Palestine, Sir
m
to cook."
After hearing their story, the Zafrullah Khan, head of the
—o—
Rabbi declared: "As you both delegation from the new Mos-
A STRANGER arrived in the vowed that you were already lem state of Pakistan, attacked
Synagogue on a Sabbath and told married, this meant that you Jewish aspirations in the Holy
Land.
the Rabbi that this was his looked upon the Torah as a wom-
Yarhrzoit time.
an. Since you recognize such a
"Would you like to perform the marriage, then you may—if you
services?" he was asked. He said wish—marry a second time. Keep Jewish Agency Raises
that he would.
in mind," he added with a twin- Mogen David in London
After services the Rabbi asked kle, "that you can never get a
LONDON (JTA)—The Jewish
him if he was a shoichet.
divorce from your first wife."
Agency building last week raised
The stranger was amazed. "How
—o—
the Jewish flag, which was also
could you tell?"
flown by many Jewish homes in
A
POVERTY-STRICKEN
Rab-
"It was easy," the Rabbi an-
the Jewish-populated East End.
bi
gloomily
compared
Ernest
Be-
swered modestly, "I just watched
In Buenos Aires, enthusiastic
you slaughter the Hebrew lan- vin to his own wife. "It's this celebrations continued until the
way,"
he
explained.
"Bevin
ad-
guage."
early morning hours as Argen-
vises the English workers to eat
—o—
tine Jewry celebrated the an-
less
and
work
more.
My
wife
tells
IT HAPPENED in Czarist Rus-
nouncement of the UN decision.
me
the
very
same
thing."
sia. The Rabbi was drowning. He
started to shout for help.
Two constables were passing
nearby. When they heard his
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