Friday, August 14, 1942
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Eleven
Congregational and Other Religious News
i mill Extend Synagogue
'Activities in Michigan
Rabbi Lymon Gets
Smaller Communities to Get Aid; Rabbi Levi Named Execu-
tive Director of Vaad Hayeshivoth; Dr. Auerback
to Make Outstate Survey
The quarterly meeting of the Michigan Synagogue
Conference, held Sunday at Congregation Beth Abraham,
was attended by members of the Detroit Congregation,
and by representative of out-state communities represent-
ed on the board of directors.
After the morning service and a breakfast served by
the host congregation, the busi-•
ness session opened with re-
marks of Morris Mohr, president
of the Conference, and greetings
by Rabbi Joseph Thumin of Con-
' gregation Beth Abraham. David
Berris, vice-president of the De-
troit region and chairman of the
board, presided.
OUTLINES O.C.D. PLANS
Dr. A. M. Hershman of Congre-
gation Shaarey Zedek, member of
the Church and Synagogue Pro-
tective Council of the O.C.D.,
outlined measures to be taken by
synagogues as a precaution
against possible air - 'ds during
In Lighter Vein
The Week's Best Stories
FRENCH ARE NOT DUMB
A Paris doctor happened to
tell his lodger, a German officer,
that he had received a letter
: from some friends in England.
The next day the doctor was
summoned to the Paris Gestapo
headquarters and fined 500
francs for communicating with
enemy territory.
The doctor silently took out
600 francs and handed it to the
Gestapo official.
"But the fine is only 500
francs" said the Nazi.
"That's all right," replied the
doctor, "the extra 100 francs are
for the children in Germany.
Poor dears, my lodger told me
of the terrible poverty prevail-
ing in your country."
Needless to say, the lodger
failed to return home.
SS*
CHURCHILL'S FAULT
This story comes from Prague.
A Czech peasant woman was
. complaining bitterly in a tram-
i,- car:
"He is responsible for all our
sufferings. He is starving our
countr y, impoverishings the
Czechs, etc., etc."
The crowd in the tram listen-
ed to her attentively, nodding
their heads in agreement. Sud-
denly a Gestapo agent sprang
to his feet, made his way to the
- - woman and hissed:
"What do you mean by com-
plaining likerthis? Who are you
`referring to?"
Our peasant woman eyed the
i,, rogue naively, as only Czechs
I can, and replied: "Churchill, of
i -course. Who did you think?" . .
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;POTENTIAL STORM
' 'TROOPERS
At a press conference in Ber-
-lin before the war, Goebbels
"whispered to a distinguished
',American journalist:
"If your President Roosevelt
only had a man like Hitler to
I help him, you'd have no more
gangsters in your country."
"Indeed, Excellency,"_ replied
- the American politely, "they
G would all have been Storm
Troopers by now.
•
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BRAYER FOR HITLER
I
A Jew was traveing in the
train from Berlin to Frankfort.
:In the opposite corner of the
compartment sat a Nazi Storm
f: Trooper.
! "Long Live Hitler! Long Live
Hitler!" murmured the Jew con-
Ii, tinuously.
1, "Swine of a Jew!" suddenly
I. burst in the Storm Trooper. "Not
1: so long ago you Jews were
shouting 'Long Live Rathenau!' "
"Quite so," replied the Jew
t unperturbed, "and did he live?"
r
Educational Post
At Temple Beth El
The board of trustees of Tem-
ple Beth El and Dr. B. Benedict
Glazer, spiritual leader of the
congregation, have announced
the appointment of Rabbi Her-
schel Lyrnon t o
the post of Min-
ister of Religi-
ous Education.
. Rabbi Lymon
holds a Bache- .
for of Arts , de-
gree from the
University of -
Cincinnati, and
was ordained as
rabbi at the He- Rabbi Lymon
brew Union Collegelast June, re-
ceiving at the same time his
degree of Master of Hebrew Let-
ters. During his stay at the He-
brew Union College, Rabbi Ly-
mon took a special interest in
Jewish education, and .has re-
ceived an intensive training at
t::e Department of Religious Ed-
ucation. He served as chairman
of the Literary Society at the
Hebrew Union College, and for
a number of years was associate
editor of the Herbrew Union
College Monthly. He is co-author
of a book on programming of
youth activities, to be published
this fall. He was the first sem-
inary student to be assigned the
directorship of the Bnai Brith
Hillel Foundation at Ohio Uni-
versity, where he served from
1940 to 1942, and as such was the
youngest director of a HMO
Foundation.
Rabbi Lymon comes to Beth
El highly recommended by the
Hebrew Union College for his
scholarship and especially for
his qualifications in the field of
religious education and youth
work. Under the direction of Dr.
Glazer, he will supervise the
eligious School of Temple Beth
El, the College of Jewish Studies
and youth activities, and will
also assist Dr. Glazer in a num-
ber of rabbinic duties. He will
assume-his position here on Aug.
17.
the High Holydays. This sub-
ject was elaborated in the dis
cussion which followed and in
two films shown.
Rabbi Leizer Levin of the Da-
vid W. Simons Synagogue re-
ported on the work of the Vaad
Hayeshivoth. He stressed the lo-
cal efforts in behalf of the Vaad
Hahatzalah (Emergency Com-
mittee for War-torn Yeshivoth
and Refugee Rabbis), which has
thus far brought in nearly $5,-
000 for the Polish-Lithuanian
group of scholars stranded in
Asiatic Russia.
Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter of
Congregation Beth T e f i I o h
Emanuel, chairman of the Re-
ligious and Educational Commit-
tee, recommended that field-
work be undertaken to minister
to the religious and educational
needs of the smaller communi-
ties throughout the state. Rabbi
Wohlgelernter reported on the
recent convention of the Union
of Orthodox Jewish Congrega-
tions of America with which the
'Michigan Synagogue Conference
is affiliated.
BUDGET DISCUSSED
There followed a debate on
methods of raising the budget,
and those present gave immedi-
ate response to the wider pro-
gram by subscribing as individu-
al patrons.
A special committee, headed
by Rabbi Joshua Sperka, con-
ference secretary, presented can-
didates for executive director and
for field work. Rabbi Meier Levi
of Phillipsburg, Pa., was chosen
executive director of the Vaad
Hayeshivoth office. He is a for-
mer student of the Yeshivoth
of Slobodka and Telshi in Lith-
uania, and succeeds Rabbi Jacob
Cohn who has been named Tal-
mud Tora director in Seattle,
Wash.
Dr. Selig S. Auerbach, rabbi
of the Rodeph Sholom Congrega-
tion in Rome, Ga., was invited to
survey the outstate congrega-
tions.
Rabbi Auerbach and Rabbi
Levi will operate from the office
of the Michigan Synagogue Con-
ference, 8917 12th St., TY. 7-7585.
ESCORTED 200 CHILDREN
Dr. Auerbach, a graduate rab-
bi with a Ph.D. degree, came to
this country from England,
where he had held various po-
sitions in the Anglo-Jewish min-
istry. His last place was in
DR. DAVID PHILIPSON
Northampton, where he directed
the religious and educational
Last Sunday, Dr. David Phil-
work for the many hundreds of
war evacuees from London. He ipson, rabbi for more than 50
came to this country as escort years of Rockdale Ave. Temple
to about 200 children from of Cincinatti, observed his 80th
bombed cities.
birthday.
After a short stay in New
Dr. Philipson is the only living
York, Dr. Auerbach assumed the
position of rabbi of the Rodeph member of the first graduating
Sholom Congregation in Rome. class of Hebrew Union College
He is the author of "The Rab-
binical Assemblies of the Rhine of Cincinnati.
Communities During the 13th
A special service in honor of
Century," "Halacha Tables" and his birthday was held Saturday
a rabbinical booklet "Dine Be-
morning at Temple Beth Israel,
racha b'Issure d'Achila."
Atlantic City. Addresses will be
It is necessary to the happiness delivered by two of his former
of man that he be mentally H. U. C. students—Rabbis Louis
faithful to himself. — Thomas Wolsey of Philadelphia and Jo-
seph Narot of Atlantic City.
Paine.
Temple Israel Opens
School Registration;
Cantor Tulman Back
Cantor Robert S. Tulman has
resumed his duties in the Sab-
bath eve services of Temple Is-
rael after a six-weeks' vacation
spent in the east.
Rabbi Albert Gordon of Tem-
p
- le Israel, Paducah, Ky., con-
ducted the services on Aug. 7,
and will continue to substitute
in Temple Israel's pulpit on Aug.
14.
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The Sabbath Eve services are
being held during the summer
in the Prayer Room at 611 Boule-
vard Bldg., Woodward at Grand
Boulevard, at 8:30 p.m.
Parents are invited to prepare
their children for registration in
the school. Miss Anna Oxen-
handler is on duty in the office
and can be reached at TRinity
1-5110.
Rabbi Leon Fram, spiritual
leader of Temple Israel, who is
vacationing in the Berkshires,
will be back for the Sabbath
eve services Aug. 21. Those who
wish a rabbi's services should
communicate with the office
where such arrangements may
be made.
Your Word is Only
As Good as Your War Bond
Special Holyday
Services Planned
By Shaarey Zedek
Rabbis Hershman and Adler
to Alternate in Delivering
Auxiliary Sermons
Special supplementary High
Holyday services will be held
this year at Congregation Shaa-
rey Zedek, officers of the syna-
gogue announced this week.
Dr. A. M. Hershman and Rabbi
Morris Adler will alternate in
delivering the sermons at the
supplementary services. Rev.
Jacob Silverman will again act
as cantor for these services.
Tickets for the supplementary
services on Rosh Hashonah and
Yom Kippur are already avail-
abl't at the office of Shaarey
Zedek, Chicago and Lawton
Ayes., or by calling the office of
the synagogue, TYler 4-6200.
We hear that Al Jolson is en-
route overseas . . . but where,
is a military secret until he
lights at destination. Jolson has
signed for an ether show in Oc-
tober for a soap company. Par-
yakarkus is also in the cast.
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