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Friday, July 30, 1943

THE JEWISH NEWS

Congregational Activities

Rabbi Fram to Discuss
`The Religion of Gandhi'

Rabbinical Assembly
Of America Tells
Decision on Agunot

Rabbi Lymon Talks
on 'Four Freedoms'

Rabbi Leon Fram will deliver
the fourth in his series of read-
ings from the religious literature
of the world at the Sabbath Eve Rules Made Public In Regard
services of Temple Israel next
To Contingency Divorces
Friday night, Aug. 6, at Temple
By Men In Service
Israel Meeting Hall, 14 Boule-
vard Bldg., 3076 E. Grand Blvd.
The Rabbinical Assembly of
His subject will be "The Re- America this week informed The
ligion of India" and he will read Jewish News that couples now
from the classic literature of appearing before its members for
Hinduism and Buddhism and marriage are asked to sign a
from the writings of India's con- document authorizing a commit-
temporary religious leader, Ma- tee of responsible rabbis to act in
hatma Gandhi.
their behalf in affecting issuance
Rabbi Fram has been devoting of a Jewish divorce (Get) in the
the summer services of Temple event the husband is lost while
Israel to a consideration of those in the armed forces. This action
great religious thoughts which is taken to prevent injustice to
are common to all religions and Agunot, women whose husbands
which form the spiritual link disappear and cannot remarry
uniting all faiths and all peoples. without the Get.
Rabbi Boaz Cohen, chairman of
This Friday night, Rabbi Leon
Fram reads from the classics of the Rabbinical Assembly's Com-
the religion of Islam or Moham- mittee on Jewish Law, informs
us that the following advice on
medanism.
procedure has been issued to
Rabbis and Chaplains: .

Yeshivah Receives
Book Collections
For Its Library

At last week's meeting of the
staff of Yeshivath Beth Yehudah,
presided over by Dr. Samson R.
Weiss, it was decided to inaug-
urate a collection of Hebrew and
English books for the school's
pupils. This project will be
launched at the beginning of the
new school term, Aug. 30. Rabbi
Abraham Zentman will be in
charge of cataloging and circu-
lation.
The Library of the Yeshivah,
founded four and a half years
ago in memory of the late Rabbi
Samuel M. Fine, now includes
a large variety of rabbinical
works. To the original collec-
tion of Rabbi Fine's books there
was added the library of Con-
gregation Mogen Abraham which
now occupies the Yeshivah Syn-
agogue; the Hebrew collection of
the late Rabbi William Schos-
tak, donated by his wife and
children, and a set of the Tal-
mud presented by Mrs. Peter
Vass in memory of her late
husband. Last week an addition
was made by the Hebrew schol-
ar, M. Schwartzberg of Dear-
born, wild turned over to the
Yeshivah a part of the library
of his father, the late Rabbi of
Lipno, Poland.
Gifts of books in Hebrew,
Yiddish and English, will be
properly acknowledged. Dona-
tions may be made on the oc-
casion of weddings, Bar Mitz-
vahs, birthday anniversaries,
etc., and in memory of departed
relatives. For information, call
the office of Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah, Dexter and Cortland,
HOgarth 7990.

Judge Rules It's Kosher
Even if Sold on Sabbath

NEW YORK (JPS) — New
York Orthodoxy was thrown in-
to a furore as a result of a de-
cision by Magistrate William
Klapp which ruled that meat ad-
vertised as kosher did not be-
come unkosher merely because it
was sold on the Jewish Sabbath,
a ruling held to be completely
contrary to Jewish tradition.
The New York Department of
Markets, which has charge of
administering the kashruth laws,
had brought a complaint against
Leo Laskowitz, a kosher butcher
in the Bronx. The penal law
states that selling non-kosher
meat in a butcher shop that ad-
vertises strictly kosher meat con-
stitutes a violation of the law.
Laskowitz was accused of hav-
ing sold meat on the Sabbath.
The rabbinical interpretation
was ignored by Judge Klapp who
said that no evidence had been
offered that the meat Laskowitz
sold was not prepared according
to the Jewish ritual. In dismiss-
ing the charge against Laskowitz,
Klapp said that he had consulted
rabbinical authorities.

Mindful of the extraordinary stress
to which Jewish marriages is exposed
in time of war, the Rabbinical Assembly
of America, at its convention in New
York on June 30, 1942, adopted the
proposal of the Committee on Jewish
Law made in consultation with Prof.
Ginzberg with reference to the Agunah.
It should be noted that the conven-
tion voted that every member of the
Assembly should be advised to present
and suggest the signing of the pro-
posal document, by every couple ap-
pearing before him, for the celebration
of their marriage ceremony during the
entire war period. The substance of
this proposal is as follows:
If, after three years, subsequent to
the general demobilization of the
armed forces of the United States.
there are clear indications that hope
no longer exists that the husband will
ever return, then the w ife
ire may apply
to the Central Beth-Din of the Rabbin-
ical Assembly for a Get, provided the
writ enclosed herein is duly executed
and deposited in the archives of the
Rabbinical Assembly. This writ may
be executed either at the time of mar-
riage. or at any time subsequent
thereto.
PRACTICAL PROCEDURE
•
With regard to the practical proce-
dure, the following is suggested:
1—If the writ is executed at the time
of marriage, the rabbi or chaplain ex-
plains the import and purport of the
writ to the bride and bridegroom be-
fore the wedding ceremony.
2—After the ceremony, the rabbi or
chaplain takes the groom and two
qualified witnesses aside. The groom
reads the writ in the presence of the
witnesses, then signs the English and
Hebrew parts of the document in du-
plicate. The witnesses affix their
signatures. Then the rabbi or chaplain
ratifies the writ. and finally the wife
subscribes her name for the purpose
of identification.
3—If a man who has been married
for some time desires to execute this
writ for the benefit of his wife, in her
absence, he may do so, whether he is
at home or is serving with, the armed
forces, by applying to a rabbi or
Jewish chaplain.
4—The rabbi or chaplain should im-
press upon the husband or groom that
this document is not a Get. but merely
an authorization to the Beth-Din of the
Rabbinical Assembly to execute a Get,
should a future contingency warrant it.
5—It should be noted that this Shetar
would not obviate the need for Halit-
zah if the missing husband should be
childless and be survived by one or
more brothers.
YIDDISH NAMES
6—Wherever possible, the Hebrew
names of the husband and the wife
and their respective fathers, as well as
the Yiddish names should be recorded
in the Hebrew writ.
7—In order to facilitate identifica-
tion later, it is desirable if the wife
or bride be present, that she also affix
her signature to the English. document.
8—Witnesses should be Sabbath ob-
serving Jews, but soldiers who per-
form work on the Sabbath in connec-
tion with the execution of their mili-
tary duties are not disqualified thereby
as witnesses.
9—The original document, after it
has been duly executed, should be
mailed to the Central Beth-Din of the
Rabbinical Assembly, 3080 Broadway,
New York, N. Y., and the duplicate
may be retained by the wife.
10—If the writ is executed - In the
absence of the wife, the rabbi or chap-
lain should retain the duplicate copy
until he makes proper arrangements for
delivering it to the wife, preferably,
through the medium of the local rabbi
where the wife resides. However, the
rabbi may use his discretion in this
matter.
11—For further information write to
the Central Beth-Din of the Rabbinical
Assembly, 3080 Broadway, New York,
N. Y.

CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Minnie
Talberg wish to thank their
relatives and friends for the
kindnesses shown them during
their recent bereavement.

During the summer months,
Sabbath morning services are
held in the main
auditorium of
Temple Beth E'
at 11 o'clock,
Rabbi Hers-
chel Lymon,
minister of Re-
ligious E du c a-
t i o n, officiates
at these services
in the absence
of Dr. B. Bene-
dict Glazer. Rabbi Lymon
This Saturday morning, Rabbi
Lymon will devote his sermon to
a discussion of the "Four Free-
doms" as enunciated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Everyone is invited to attend.

Vaad HaHatzalah
Drive Continued;
List Contributors

$3500 of the $25,000 Goal
Reported Raised for
War-Torn Yeshivoth

Detroit workers are continuing
their efforts to raise the Detroit
goal of $25,000 for the Vaad Ha-
Hatzalah, the Emergency Com.
mittee for War-Torn Yeshivoth,
Rabbis. Scholars and Lay Learl-
ers-
It is reported that $3,500 has
been raised thus far towards the
fund to send packages of food
and clothing for refugees in Si-
beria, Asiatic Russia and other
centers in the Far East. The pack-
ages are sent via Iran and Pales-
tine at $25 each.
During Shovuoth, appeals were
made in local synagogues, and the
following sums were contributed.:
Beth Tefilo Emanuel, $750; Young
Israel Joy Road Branch, $250;
Young Israel Linwood Branch.
$225; Philadelphia-Byron Talmud
Torah, $110; Cong. Beth Shmuel,
$75; Cong. Bnai Moshe, $150,
The local committee, of which
Irwin I. Cohn is chairman, also
announces the following individ-
ual gifts: David Goldberg and
K. Palman, $200 each; Irwin
Cohn, Sam Brody, Jacob Baker
and Louis Levin, $100 each; Mor-
ris, Mohr, Isadore Kaplan, Sol. B.
Cohen, Allan Slutzky, S. Littman .
Rabbi Wohlgelernter, Beth Abra-
ham Free Loan Assn., $50 eacn:
Berditchever Progressive Society,
$25.

Page Thirteen

10,000 Free Circus
Tickets for Buyers
Of Extra War Bonds

Nate S. Shapiro, chairman,
and Ralph E. Murphy, vice-
chairman, of the Wayne County
Retailers War Savings Commit-
tee, announced this week that
about 10,000 seats for the open-
ing performance
of Ringling
Bros. and Bar-
num & Bailey's
Circus are to be
given away, tax-
COMPLIMENTARY
free, to those
who purchasdi--
-
TICKETS
extra
Series
"E" War Sav-
U•S• WAR H:
ings Bonds, over
and above their
Until Aug. 7
at Retail Stores Only!
regular savings
program.
On the same
terms, a limited number of com-
plimentary seats will be given
away for the succeeding 18 per-
formances, except that there will
be an amusement tax charge.
Thus about 15,000 extra-bond
buyers will see the circus with-
out having to buy their tickets.
They must, however, buy their
bonds at any one of the 44 Re-
tail Merchant bond agencies in
Detroit and Wayne County.
Special Application
These merchants have a special
form of application to be filled
out when the bond is purdhased.
They will issue coupons which
must be presented only at Vic-
tory Bond Center, 1525 Wood-
ward Ave., and exchanged for
circus tickets. Postoffices and
banks do not have the circus
ticket application forms.
Each bond entitles the buyer
to a coupon good for one circus
ticket. The bigger the bond the
better the seat. No more than
one ticket will be given for each
bond.
10 Days In Detroit
The opening performance is
on the evening of Aug. 13. Mat-
inee and evening shows there-
after every day through August
22. The circus will be at Liver-
nois and Lyndon, Aug. 13, 14, 15,
16, and 17, and then moves to
the east side location at Harper
and Conner for Aug. 18, 19, 20,
21, and 22.
The distribution of compli-
mentary tickets will stop on
Aug. 7.

Fund Sef Up for Memorial
For Noted Detroiter
And Nephew

Albert Samter, prominent De-
troiter who made his home in
California for the past few years,
died on July 24 in Los Angeles.
His body was brought to Detroit
for funeral services.

For many years a member of
the board of directors of the
United Jewish Charities, he en-
dowed a room in memory of his
niece, Nellie Samter Taber in the
old Hannah Schloss Bldg. When
that building was abandoned, the
room was transferred as a me-
morial to the North End Clinic.

Two years ago, when his
nephew, Seymour Samter, passed
away, the latter's will set up an
endowment fund which will no -v
be used as a memorial to Sey-
mour and Albert Samter, through
a special fund willed to the
United Jewish Charities.
His Survivors
Mr. Samter's survivors are the
following nieces and nephews:
Mrs. Albert 'Cole, Miss Martha
Meyer, Herman Meyer, Louis
Fromberg, Ike Fromberg, Gus ,..au ►
Mayer and Sam Mayer, all of
Detroit.
Mrs. Leo Tabor, Mrs. Lou
Morris, Mrs. Morrey Goldstein,
Mrs. David Gross, Mrs. Isadore
Nesach, Mrs. Martha Fleishman,
Sidney Fleishman, Emma Yalom-
stein, all of Buffalo.
Mrs. Dave Ellis, Mrs. Max
Hirshberg and Clarence Fleish-
man, all of Los Angeles.

Nazis Ban Jazz Music;
Maybe Its 'War Jitters'
LONDON (JPS)—The German
Ministry of Education has banned
jazz music, which it labels "the
invention of degenerate Ameri-
can-Jewish composers," accord-
ing to reports reaching here.

Chachmey Lublin
Dedicates Kitchen

Yeshivath Chachmey Lublin
announces that its new kitchen
will be dedicated formally on
Sunday, August 15, at 1 p. m.
The program of the afternoon
will be marked by the cutting
of a ribbon before entering the
new kitchen.
The public is invited. A
luncheon will be served free by
the Ladies' Auxiliary.
On this occasion, Mr. and
One hundred and twenty-five Mrs. M. Yaker will present a
students from the Hebrew Theo- Scroll of the Torah to the Yes-
logical College of Chicago, in hivah.
ages of 16 to 24, have become
farmers for their summer vaca-
CARD OF THANKS
tion period in order to help the
The family of the late Rachel
agricultural man-shortage prob- Goldberg wishes to thank their
lem, on farms near DeKalb, Ill. relatives and friends for the
In order to make the boys kindnesses shown them in their
available for the maximum recent bereavement.
amount of aid to the War Man-
power Commission's U n i to d
States Employment Service, the
College extended the usual one
month's summer vacation to six
weeks.
In order to make it possible
for the boys to do the farm
work, the Hebrew Theological
College has provided its stud-
ents with facilities for kosher
food. The College cook is tak-
ing charge of the kitchen.

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