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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, Oci.ober 15, 1943

Activities in Our Synagogues and Schools

Temple Beth El, Built in 1922,

Free of Mortgage Obligations

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Membership Drive Started

Plan Campaign
To Aid Religious
Pioneers in Zion

By United. Hebrew Schools

Dr. - Glazer MakesHisfoi-ic AnnOUnCernent at Kol Nidre
Detroit • Committee Elects Well Known Detroiters Speak Over W.1L8 on Protlem
Services that Mortgage Burning Ceremony Will Be
Dr: Hershman Chairrnein;
of Education of Children; Registrations
ObserVed by Congregation at Later Date
Shetzer Treasurer
Still Being Taken at Schools

For the first time in 21 years, Congregation Beth El wor-
. shipped on Yom Kippur Eve in an edifice that was about to
become free of debt.
This historic announcement was made to an enthusiastic
. congregation of 1,800 who, filled every available pew in the
Main Auditorium of Temple Beth El, at Kol Nidre services

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last Friday evening,. by Dr.
Benedict Glazer.
Dr. Glazer stated that his im-
_portant announcement was made
possible as a result of the loyal
and generous response of mem-
bers of the congregation to the
recent appeal for funds to liqui-
date the mortgage on the Temple.
It was further announced by
Dr. Glazer that the mortgage
burning ceremony will be observ-
ed at a congregational gathering
at a later date.
The campaign to retire the
mortgage was initiated last month
under the leadership of Dr. Gla-
zer, Dr. Leo M. Franklin, Joseph
M. Welt, president of the congre-
gation; Meyer L. Prentis, chair-
man of the special gifts division;
Leonard T. Lewis, vice-president
of the congregation and chairman
of the general gifts division; and
-Irving I Katz, executive secre
tary of the congregation, who
were assisted by a Campaign
Committee of more than 100
men and women.
The present classical structure,
built in 1922
. by the late Albert
Kahn, is recognized as• one of the
finest Jewish religious edifices
in this country. Temple Beth El
is today among the five largest
Reform Jewish Congregations in
America.

DR. B. BENEDICT GLAZER

Detroit committee for the
League of Religious Labor in
Palestine met last week at the
home of Dr. A.
M. Hershman to
plan for this
year's campaign
in behalf of the
religious pion-
eers of Pales-
tine. Dr. Hersh-
man was elect-
ed chairman
and Isaac Shet-
zer treasurer.
David Zeitani,.
t h e Palestine Dr. Hershman
representative for the League,
reported on the work of the
religious labor movement_ in
Palestine and the efforts in be-
half of the League here in Am-
erica. He presented facts about
the 26 colonies and the two
youth settlements conducted by
the Torah V'Avodah movement.
He brought out that the Yishuv
looks with admiration at the
work of the 25,000 religious pio-
neers.

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Bnai David School
Observes Succoth

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Bnai David Religious School
will meet this Sunday morning
at Congregation Bnai David,
Elmhurst and 14th Ayes for a
special Succoth program.
The children will visit the
Synagogue Succah, where each
*child will be given the oppor-
tunity to make the blessing over
the Esrog and Lulay.
Arrangements have been made
for participation by the children
at Hakofoth, Thursday evening.
On Friday afternoon, Simchat
Torah, there will be a party for
the children of the religious
school. Tickets of admission will
be the attendance- of another
child who does not attend a He-
brew School or another religious
school. There will be songs and
a play by the dramatic group of
the school. Refreshments will be
served by the Sisterhood of
Bnai David.
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka_ipoke
on the first day of Succoth, on
"The Essence of Succoth." On
Friday morning, he will preach
on "The Symbols of the Succah,"
Cantor Irving Ringel is officiat-
ing at services.

Bnai David Sisterhood
Sets Anniversary Fete

Mrs. David J. Cohen is chair=

man of the 10th anniversary cel-

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ebration of the fOnndirig Of the
Bnai David - Sisterhood,.',to .take
place in the Synagogue Social
Hall next Monday evening.
Rabbi Joshua Sperka will be
guest speaker. Cantor Irving.
Ringel will give a group of vocal
selections. An original drama-
tization entitled "A Decade of
Progress," written by Mrs.
Sperka, will be enacted by chart
er members of the Sisterhood.
Sidney Alexander will be the
speaker.
Mrs. Dan Otis is chairman of
the annual donor luncheon to
take place Nov. 17, at Jericho
Temple. Mrs. M. Sandubrae is
co-chairman. Mrs. Hyman Miller
is chairman of the program
book.

Bnai Moshe Plans
Succoth Services

Ely Culbertson
Felt Lash of
Czar's Soldiers

Congregation Bnai Moshe will
begin the observance of Succoth
at sundown Wednesday evening.
Morning devotions Thursday and
Friday will begin at 8:45. Pray- Author of World Peace Plan
ers will be led by Cantor David Who Speaks Here Oct. 25
Katzman.
Lived in Russia
Rabbis Moses Fischer and Ja-
cob J. Nathan will alternate in
Ely Culbertson, author of the
delivering the sermons. Succah
Plan for a World Settlement,
has been erected on the lot ad-
who will appear here Monday,
joining the synagogue.
Oct. 25, under the auspices of
the Men's Club of Temple Beth
El, is a man of versatile genius
and international background.
His father, an American min-
ing engineer, founded the Rus-
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer will re- sian oil fields of Grozny in the
sume his annual book review Caucasus; his mother was the
course under the auspices of the daughter of a Cossack general.
Temple Beth El Sisterhood on His early years were spent in
Nov. 4, it was announced this Russia.
While still in his teens he felt
week.
Rabbi Glazer's course will be the knout of the Czar's soldiers,
presented on five consecutive and was locked in a death cell
Thursday . mornings, 11 to 12 from which every day a new
o'clock, in the Chapel of the batch of his fellow revolution-
Temple, Woodward and Glad- aries was taken out to be shot.
Here he learned the religion of
stone.
These meetings will be open humanity; here also he learned
to play cards with concentra-
to the public without charge.
tion and with skill.
Though known to millions all
Kagan Re-: Elected
over the world as the originator
Beth Tikva Head
and dramatizer of a system of
contract bridge, Ely Culbertson
Jerome Kagan was re-elected
president of Congregation Beth thinks of cards as his hobby,
Tikva at a special election, Mon- and the by-product of his real
day, Oct. 11. Abraham Levin vocation, which is the field of
mass psychology.
was re-elected vice-president;
He has studied at six universi-
M. Levenberg, treasurer; _ Louis
Sklar; • finahcial secretary; Al ties, and attended the little red
Schwartz, re-elected . recording schoolhouse of three forlorn
secretary; and M. DVorin, Gab- revolutions.
Mr. Culbertson considers his
bai, and Mr. Frederick was
elected chairman of the ceme- life work to be concerned pri-
marily with the development of
tery committee.
It was reported at the meet- a world-wide system of justice
ing that Cong. Beth Tikva had and peace.
.His. Plan for a World Settle-
sold $50,000 worth of War Bonds
ment calls for the establishment
during the • High Holy days.
of a Jewish State in Palestine.

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Dr. Glazer Resumes
Book Review Course

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AtierbaCh . Conducts
Portiuron Services

Dr.. S. S. Auerbach is conduct-
ing services during Succoth in
Port Huron.
On -Rosh Hashanah "and Yom
Kippur, Dr. Auerbach conducted
services in Petoskey.
The Michigan Synagogue Con-
ference has announced that
Rabbi Auerbach may be engaged
for permanent state field work.
In our issue of Oct. 1, it was
erroneously stated that Dr.
Carlebach was to conduct these
services. We wish to correct this
error.

Additional Religious
News on Page 13

Beth El Services on
Sabbath EVe, Oct; 22

Sabbath Eve services at Tem-
ple Beth El will be held on Fri-
day, Oct. 22, at 8:15 o'clock. Dr.
B. Benedict Glazer will preach.
The Temple Quartette, under
the direction of Julius Chajes,
with Jason Tickton at the organ,
will render the music from the
Sabbath Eve liturgy. A social
hour, under the auspices of the
Temple Sisterhood, will be held
in the social hall following the
services.
Sabbath morning services are
held from 11 to 12 o'clock •

Seventeenth annual Education
Month of the United Hebrew
Schools was launched with the
beginning of the month of Tishri.
Addresses dealing with the
problem of education of children
were delivered in synagogues by
rabbis, local educators and lay
leaders. The radio facilities of
WJLB, of which Hyman Altman
is the sponsor, has been utilized.
Each Saturday evening and
Sunday noon brief talks are de-
livered over this station. Address-
es were delivered by Bernard
Isaacs, Rudolph Zuieback, Rabbi
Morris Adler, A. J. Lachover and
Mrs. Nathan Spevakow.
This Saturday night, Joseph
Haggai will be the speaker. On
Sunday morning, Maurice H.
Zackheim, chairman of the Board
of Education, will deliver'a brief
address.
Meetings Planned,
The management of the United
Hebrew Schools, headed by its
president, Rudolph Zuieback, is
planning a series of meetings,
and is starting several activities.
The first meeting will be in the
form of a get-together, to take
place Tuesday evening, in the
auditorium of the Rose Sittig
Cohen school.

The annual - 'membership en-
rollment project was launched at
a meeting . held Tuesday evening.
The membership enrollment
work is headed by Dr. A. E. Bern-
stein, chairman, Morris Fishman
and Julius Berman, associates. A
large group of men and women
have 'expressed their desire to
work on this membership project.
Open for Registration
Registrations at the various
branches of the United Hebrew
Schools is still going on. The of-
fices are Open for 'registration of
pupils for beginners to the most
advanced classes.
The work of the school is now
centered around the holiday Sue-
coth, with Simhat Torah as its
climax. Pupils are taught the
prayers of the holiday, the his-
tory, customs and everything
pertaining to this joyous festival,
and in each branch a special Sim-
hat Torah party with Hakofos is
being arranged. This Hakofos
ceremony will take place on
Thursday, the eve of Simhat
Torah. The children will gather
in the auditorium and synagogues
of the Hebrew schools together
with the teachers, parents and
friends and will celebrate this
Torah festival.

Mid-West Parley Temple Israel
of Young Israel Revives Ancient
Ritual on Oct. 21
In Cincinnati

Jack H. Isbee, president of the
Mid-Western Council of Young
Israel and treasurer of the local
group, has issued an invitation
to members of the regional ex-
ecutive and active leaders of
constituent branches to partici-
pate in a week-end meeting at
Cincinnati, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, Nov. 5, 6 and 7. Ben
Berkowitz, president of Cincin-
nati Young Israel, is in charge
of preparations for the confer-
ence.
In addition to the business
sessions Sunday is one of the
downtown hotels for the discus-
sion of inter-branch problems,
delegates will participate in a
Friday evening forum at the
Bureau of Jewish Education.
Sabbath services and meals will
take place at the Knesseth Is-
rael Synagogue, where Rabbi M.
J. Wohlgelernter of Detroit will
deliver • the sermon Saturday
morning.

HaPoel HaMizrachi
Holds Succoth Meeting

Detroit chapter of HaPoel Ha-
Mizrachi will hold its Succoth
meeting Saturday night at the
home of Miss Zelda Rosenthal,
2479 Blaine Ave. This Succoth
program will take the form of
Simchas Beth HaShoevoh.
A report will be given of the
annual convention of HaPoel
HaMizrachi held Sept. 17-19 in
New York City. Rabbi Morde-
cai Paretzky and Joseph Koller,
the Detroit delegates, • will ren-
der a report of accomplishments
and future plans of the organ-
ization.
, David Zeitani, Palestine rep-
resentative for the' League • for
Religious Labor in Palestine,
here to head the campaign for
members of HaPdel HaMizrachi
Kvutzoth, will speak.

Shemini Atzereth
Rites at Beth El

Services for the concluding day
of Succoth (Shemini Atzereth),
Thursday, Oct. 21, will be held
at 10:30 a. m., in the Main Aud-
itorium. Dr. B. Benedict Glazer
will preach and the Temple
Quartette will render the music.

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Rabbi Fram to Bless Young
Children on the Last
Day of Succoth

Reviving the ancient cere-
monial of the Blessing of the
Children of the Synagogue, a
traditional feature of the observ-
ance of the last day of Succoth,
Rabbi Leon Fram will greet the
children of the ages of 4 and 5
who are enrolled in Temple Israel
Religious School. He will give
them his blessings during the
service on Thursday morning,
Oct. 21, at 10:30, in the Lecture
Hall of the Detroit Institute of
Arts. The children will be
brought to the services by their
parents and will place flowers
at the altar while being blessed
by Rabbi Fram.
An exhibit of the most beauti-
ful examples of the building of
miniature Succahs by children
and their parents will be shown
at this service.
The subject of Rabbi Fram's
sermon at the Sabbath Eve serv-
ices Friday night, Oct. 22, will
be "The Legends of Creation."
Temple. Israel high school has
organized its youth choir and its
debating club. The choir is to
sing on special occasions at Sab-
bath Eve services. The debating
club will engage in debates with
high school groups from other
cities. The high school is open
to all young men and women in-
terested in the study of Jewish
history and religion.
This Friday night, Rabbi Fram
will preach on the special read-
ink ' prescribed for the Feast of
Succoth, "The BOok of Ecclesi
astes." Every Friday night a
social hour, sponsored by the
Temple Israel Sisterhood, follows
the services.

Downtown Synagogue
Holds Succoth Services

Downtown Synagogue, 1205
Griswold St., will hold services
in observance of • Succoth for
eight consecutive days begin-
ning Wednesday evening, Oct.
14, at 5:15 p. m., Rabbi Herman
Rosenwasswer announces. Morn-
ing services will begin at 8 a. m.
Yizkor services will be held
Thursday, Oct. 21, beginning at
9 a. m. until 12:30 p, m.

