Friday, September

28, 1945

THE "JEWISH NEWS

Congregational Activities

Special Ceremony PORT HURON
Yeshivah to Open
Kt Pr Children at Non-Jews Guests Annex Thursday
Beth El Sunday Of Dr. Auerbach Chaplain Shachter to Deliver

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Services for the concluding
day of Sukkoth (Shernini At-
zeret) will be held at Temple
Beth El this Saturday morning,
at 10:30. Dr. B. Benedict Glazer
will preach and the Temple
Quartet under the direction of
Jason H, Tickton will render the
liturgical music.

'The Religious School this year
will inauguarte a Consecration
Ceremony for the children of the
Kindergarten and First grades
which officially will signify their
entrance into the studies of
Judaism.

The ceremony will be held on
Sunday morning, Sept. 30, which
is known in Jewish tradition as
Simhat Torah. The children will
march down the aisles, carrying
miniature Torahs, a gift of the
Temple. They will mount the
altar in the Main Auditorium
and after a pledge to the teach-
'- ings of Judaism they will be
blessed by Dr. Glazer.

N.W. Congregation
To Hold Party for
Children Saturday

The Simhat Torah Festival of
Northwest Hebrew Congregation
and Center will be held at the
Bagley School, Curtis and Rose-
lawn, Saturday evening, at 6:30
p. n.A. The children will be given
gifts by the Sisterhood and will
enjoy the traditional flag march-
ing.

The evening will also be the
occasion of the installation of
newly elected officers, headed
by Ira G. Kaufman as president,
: Max Goldsmith and Sam Katkin,
vice-presidents; Charles Charlip,
treasurer; Meyer Rubin, secre-
t tart',
The officers will announce the
( membership of the new board
. of directors and plans for the
ensuing year.

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Young Israel Drive
For Center Now On

Set Aside Month of October
for Campaign for $100,-
000; Berris Is Chairman

During Sukkoth, leaders of
various religious faiths were en-
tertained in the Sukkah of Dr.
S. S. Auerbach in Port Huron.
On the second day of Sukkoth,
two classes of the Sunday School
of the First Congregational
church visited Rabbi Auerbach's
Sukkah, The Part Huron Minis-
terial Association and a group of
YMCA leaders also were guests
of the Auerbachs.
This Friday night, Dr. Auer-
bach will speak on "A Modern
Revival." Mt. Sinai synagogue
also will conduct Shemini Atzeret
memorial and Simhat Torah
services.
The congregation was ad-
dressed by Chaplain Herbert S.
Eskin who has returned from
Europe.
On Sukkoth, Sam Adinoff re-
ported on the recent good will
meeting.
On Sept. 21, Dr. Auerbach gave
a Sukkoth broadcast over the
Bliie Water Station.
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Port Huron Sarnia Lodge 1052
of Bnai Brith will install officers
on Octss2. New officers are: Sam
B. Young, president; Herman L.
Goldstein, vice president; Louis
C. Bergsman, secretary; Joe
Kertes, treasurer; Ben Field,
guardian.

`60,000,000 Jobs'
Rabbi Fram's Topic
At Temple Israel

HUC Professor Will Speak
at Men's Club Dinner;
Bless Children Sept. 29

Principal Address at Pro-
gram Marking Occasion

Next Thursday, at 8:30 p. m.,
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah will
celebrate the formal opening of
the new annex on the east side
of Dexter Blvd., between Cort-
land and Sturtevant. The guest
speaker will be Chaplain Her-
shel Shachter who is flying in
from Camp Bowie, Texas, where
he is stationed,

Rabbi Shachter is a graduate
.of the Isaac Elchanan Theolo-
gical Seminary and Yeshiva Col-
lege. Before enlisting for ser-
vice, he held a pulpit at Stanfort,
Conn. He was one of the first
Jewish Chaplains to enter Ger-
many, and his activities among
the survivors of European Jewry
have been widely acclaimed.
The program was arranged
by David I. Berris, Morris Kar-
bal, Max Weisberg and Louis
Tatken.,

The occasion will also mark
the beginning of the new school
year at Yeshivath Beth Yehudah,
with registration in all depart-
ments—Kindergarten, Day
School, . Intermediary Groups,
Afternoon Yeshivah, and Beth
Jacob School for Girls—already
reaching an all-time high.
A citizen's committe, consist-
ing of Louis Tatken, chairman,
Harry Kraft. Ben Lewis, Israel
Schwartz, Joseph Weisberg, Louis
Please. and Morris Gourwitz,
raised a substantial sum of mon-
ey among the residents of the
Russell Woods neighborhood as
an initial investment to purchase
the annex and the title was given
to the Yeshivah.
Six classrooms will be avail-
able by Oct. 4, 1945. They will
be used by the Intermediate stu-
dents, some of the Day School
classes, the Beth Jacob School
for Girls, and by the overflowed
classes of the Afternoon Yesh-
ivah.

At Sabbath Eve services of
Temple Israel next Friday, Oct.
5, in the Lecture Hall of the De-
troit Institute of Arts, Rabbi Leon
Fram will review Secretary of
Commerce Henry A. Wallace's
"60,000,000 Jobs."
A social hour in the Roman-
esque Hall will follow the serv- Margulies Re-Elected
ices.
Beth Aaron President
Cantor Robert S. Tulman and
Karl W. Haas, organist, will rend-
Congregation Beth. Aaron has
er Sabbath music.
re-elected Alex Margulies, found-
The Men's Club announces that er, as president.
Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, professor of
Others re-elected at the an-
history at Hebrew Union College,
Cincinnati, will be the speaker at nual meeting Sept. 12 in the new
its opening dinner meeting on synagogue, Wyoming and That-
cher are: S. Rubin and M. Sch-
Tuesday night, Oct. 30.
This Friday night, the Eve of neider, vice presidents; L. Lev-
the Feast of Conclusion, Rabbi in, treasurer; Benjamin Bagdade,
Fram will speak on the subject secretary. The board of trustees
"The Original Thanksgiving Day." consists of S. - Freedman, J. Har-
The congregation will be the ris, C. Krupp. The executive
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip board is composed of N. Reznick,
Stein in honor of the Bar Mitzvah M. Strasner, B. Silverman, G.
of their son, Robert, at the social Hecker, S. Seligson, G. Schnei-
der, H. Amernick, and S. Stern-
hour.
On Saturday morning, Sept. 29, field.
Officers will be installed Sat-
Temple Israel will observe the
Ceremony of the Blessing of the urday evening, Sept. 29. A Sim-
Children. The 4 and 5-year-old hat Torah party will be held the
pupils of the congregation will same evening.
come to the altar bearing flowers
and receiving the blessing. There
also will be the traditional Yizkor
or Memorial Services.

Under the chairmanship of
David I. Berris, the drive for
Youna Israel's center will be
b
pressed
during October. The
period will be used to acquaint
the community with Young Is-
rael's program, and it is expected
that at the end of the month
:considerable progress will be
'made toward the goal of $100,000.
Mr. Berris will be assisted by
a committee consisting of Charles
T. Gellman, Samuel. W. Platt,
David Berris, Morris Berris, Jack
Carmen, Herman Cohen, Hyman
Cohen, Solomon B. Cohen, Ar-
thur Gellman, Joseph Grossman,
Morris Kar, Hyman Moore, Leon
Mutchnick, David Novetsky,
(Abbe Levi, Morris Harris, Irving Bnai Moshe to Hear
Schlussel, Morris Subar, Max
'Temchin, Dr. Wiser, and Rabbi Chaplain E. A. Levi
M. J. Wohlgelernter, and by a
Capt. Eliezer A. Levi, Chaplain,
community committee outside the U. S. Army, will be guest speak-
Tanks of Young Israel.
er at Congregation Bnai Moshe,
at Shemini Atzeret services, this
Saturday at 10 a. m.
'Shaarey Zedek Men
Capt. Levi enlisted at the out-
To Hear Frazier Hunt
break of the war, was the first
Jewish Chaplain in foreign serv-
"Atoms-Peace-Russia" will be ice, and went through the New
the theme of an address by Guinea and Pampuan campaigns
Frazier Hunt, noted war corres- in the Southwest Pacific, return-
pondent and author, before the ing to the U. S. in 1944. He is
Men's Club of Shaarey Zedek in now serving at the Redistribution
the social hall of the synagogue Station, Hot Springs, Ark.
A native of Toronto, Capt. Levi
on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 8:30 p.m.
received his education in the
The Men's Club has arranged public schools there, and at To-
an outstanding program of ronto University. He is a gradu-
pea kers and entertainers for ate of the Jewish Theological
the season. Lecturers who will Seminary of America. Prior to
appear are Emil Ludwig, Dr. his entrance into Army service,
Solomon Grayzel, Dr. Judah he
served congregations at Birm-
Goldin, Dr. Max Arzt and ingham, Ala., Auburn, N. Y., and
notorn Spiegel.
Sydney, Australia.
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Page Seventeen

Beth Jacob School
Opens New Semester

An innovation this semester is
the inclusion of Yiddish in all
classes above second grade, since
it has long been felt that a
Girls' Branch of the Yeshivah knowledge of Yiddish would give
Includes Yiddish in Its
the Jewish daughter a deeper
understanding and appreciation
Curriculum
of the world and values of her
Detroit Jewish mothers are be- mother, and would serve to
coming conscious of the need of strengthen the continuity of Jew-
special \classes and instruction ish tradition.
for their daughters and many
The staff includes Mrs. F.
have been enrolled for the pres- Wasserman, Miss Helen Naiman,
ent semester in the Beth Jacob who has been specially brought
Religious School for Girls, main- from Toronto to teach at Beth
tained by the Ladies of Yeshivath Jacob, and Mis Shirley Klein,
Beth Yehudah.
an assistant teacher,
Special provision is made to
Classes meet each afternoon,
train and equip the Jewish girls 4-6 and 6-8, at Dexter Blvd., and
to make proper contributions to 9-11 and 11-1 on Sundays.
the commodity as they attain ma-
Application for admission may
turity.
be made at the office of Yeshi-
While proficiency in Hebrew vath Beth Yehudah, Dexter and
language, prayers, Chumash, etc., Cortland. For information call
are ,taught, the program stresses HO. 3821.
the laws and customs of the Jew-
A special holiday program for
ish home.
girls will be conducted by the
Beth Jacob School of Yeshivath Beth Jacob School at the Beth
Beth Yehudah comprises five Jacob building on Saturday
classes.
afternoon for girls 6 to 16.

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