Friday, October 5, 1945

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Fifteen

Temple Beth El of Detroit Helped. .G L. K. Smith's Sense of Smell Gets
Rebuke From GI in the Audience
Organize Hebrew If
College

Gerald L. K. Smith's un
Executive Secretary of the Temple Reviews Detroit's Participation in Creation of WorId- earned publicity, which resulted - read in its entirety will demon-
strate the soundness of Wil-
Famous Institution of Learning; Late Simon Heavenrich, Then Beth El President,
from his having been given the liams' contentions.
right to hold a meeting at
Attended Initial Meeting July 14, 1874
"Williams believes in elim-

Northern High School on Sept.
inating the superstition from re-
27, served to place him in the ligion
and extracting the moral-
limelight
again
and
to
"air
him
Executive Secretary of Temple Beth El
ity which he adapts to present
out" on numerous issues.
day social and economic condi-
In connection with the 70th an- capacity. Dr. Kaufmann Koh- relations with. outstanding
For instance, he was typical tions, so that faith can be recon-
niversary celebration of Hebrew ler served as president, Dr. Christian seminaries, through
of
rabble-rousers
of
his
kind
in
Union College, it is interesting
Heinrich Zirndorf was profes- which provision is made for an- affirmations of good will to- ciled with logic.
to note that Temple Beth El sor of history and literature, nual exchange of lectures:
"Williams indicates the trend
wards labor, Jews and Negroes.
was among the first to assist in and Dr. Louis Grossman serv-
The 70th birthday of the col- He only opposes the Commu- of the modern clergy, which
seeks to restore the initial vigor
ed as professor of thgology and
nists in these groups, he told his of religion as a propagator
of
as principal of the Teacher's
audience
of
500,
of
whom
it
is
Institute.
necessary social changes instead
believed that about 20 per cent of an impediment to them.
Of interest also is the fact
were onlookers who dislike him.
that the Central Conference of
"This modern approach de-
Smith went so far as to invite serves something better than
American Rabbis, main body of
those in the three named cate- obscurity and slander. Thanks
Reform rabbis, was organized at
to
gories to join his ranks.
Temple Beth El here in July,
G. L. K. Smith, Williams has
1889, and that conventions of the
Serviceman's Answer
been spotlighted. Let's keep him
C.C.A.R. were held here in 1899,
At his meeting, he referred to illuminated; let's hear more
1903, 1914 and 1929.
the hundreds of pickets outside about him; let's have the Rev.
As the oldest rabbinical sem-
the school as being people who Williams lecture at Wayne."
"smell." Whereupon a service-
inary in the world, Hebrew
Union College has a distinguish-
man arose and shouted back
'Charm Chat' Series
"you stink."
ed history. Since the days when
Isaac Mayer Wise and one as-
Smith stated in advance that Opens on Wednesday;
sistant gathered a few Bibles and
servicemen would not be touched
prayer books to establish the
at the meeting but that there To Last for 6 Weeks
college in the vestry rooms of the
were enough mothers of service-
"The Hair Raising Truth" is
Cincinnati Reform congregation,
men among his followers at the
the college has graduated 475
meeting to take care of such the topic of the first of a series
rabbis.
uniformed men who may choose of "Charm Chats" to be present-
ed by the Jewish Community
Situated in Cincinnati, the col-
to disturb the metting.
Center, Wednesday, Oct. 10 at
DR. B. BENEDICT GLAZER
lege today has. 11 active pro-
Three
Detroiters,
Pfc.
Harold
LATE SIMON HEAVENRICH
8:30
p. m. in Butzel Hall. Miss
fessors,
one
professOr
emeritus,
Berry, Bob Chapin and -Norman
the creation of this world-r e
Jane Haley, manager of Anto-
lege will be observed in Cin-
nowned institution of learnin g- and nine special instructors. Its cinnati on Oct. 16,. 17 and 18, and Katz, after attending the Smith ine's at -Saks Fifth Avenue,
will
meeting, made a statement to
On July 14, 1874, a delegatio n
will be attended by some of the The Jewish News praising the be the speaker.
from Temple Beth El, headed b y
The series will run for six suc-
outstanding rabbis and lay lead- activities of the Rev: Claude
Simon Heavenrich, president o f
cessive Wednesday evenings and
ers in America.
Williams who helped organize will include discussions on: hair-
the Congregation, attended th e
the pickets. The young men
First Council of the Union o
styling, make-up, fashions, man-
stated:
American Hebrew Congregation
ners and mental health.
"If Gerald L. K. Smith ac-
in Cleveland where it was decid
The schedule:.
complished anything at his . lat-
ed to establish a rabbinical sem
Oct. 10, "The Hair Raising
est
rabble
rousing,
poorly
at-
inary in the United States. (He
Truth", Jane Haley, manager of
tended, demagogic meeting, it Antoine's, Saks Fifth Avenue;
orew Union College was official
was to focus attention on a here- Oct. 17, "Guilding the Lily",
ly opened in Cincinnati, Oct. 3
tofore obscure fighter for De- Cynthia Galanot, manager Beau-
1875, with 17 students and tw 0
:eachers).
`Piano by Ear and Note'
mocracy—Claude J. Williams. ty Salon Make-Up Service,
J.
Temple Beth El responded t 0
Williams, a Presbyterian minis- L. Hudson Co.; Oct. 24, "Style-
Class to Open on Oct. 15
.he call cheerfully, as is evident
ter
and
founder
of
the
Peoples'
The class in "Piano by Ear
lize-Stylewise", - Peg Winthrop,
?,c1 by the following quotatio
and Note" will open on Monday Institute of Applied Religion, is Siegel's; Oct. 31, "Putting Your
:aken from the annual report o f
night, Oct. 15, 7:30-9:30 p. m., an exponent- of a religious view Best Foot Forward", Alice Red-
?.resident Simon Heavenric h
at the Jewish Center, Wood- worthy of the twentieth century. field Grigg, Detroit Conserva-
:Official Records, Sept. 20, 1874)
His Modern Concepts
ward at Holbrook.
tory of Music.
"One of the main objects of
"His biography, 'A Faith to
Nov. 7, "Mind Your Fs and
This class will enable the per-
the meeting was to have a
Free the People,' crystalizes his Q's", Mary Morgan, Station
son
who
doesn't
know
one
note
Jewish college established in
from another to play for his own modern concepts. By quoting CKLW; Nov. 14, "Awake and
this country, the aim of which
amusement.
It will free the per- passages out of context, Smith Live", Marion Lewis, psychiatric
DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN
is the education of our young
son
who
plays
only by note to distorted the meaning of the social worker.
men as teachers and ministers,
Admission is by the series only.
play
without
the
music and to book. By doing this, however, he
magnificent
library,
now
one
of
as well as to further the ad-
pick
up
tunes,
and
it will aid in also inadvertently created inter- The fee is $1 to Center members
the
three
largest
Jewish
libraries
vancement and prosperity of
est in the book, which when and $2 to non-members.
the Jewish religion in the in the world, contains approxi- memorizing music.
mately
100,000
volumes
and
2,500
The
last
quarter
of
the
period
United States. That such an
DISCUSSION SERIES
institution is needed is an manuscripts, all devoted to will be given over to "Sight
Judaica.
Singing." This is an adult class,
acknowledged fact, and as the
Now that Jewish life and open to the public, directed by
entire South and West is Alive
Discussions, cases, questions. Limited to parents, ,Five con-
and active in this behalf, it scholarship in Europe have been Mrs. Dorothy Steger, choral spe-
secutive Tuesday evenings, first session in October. Fee
behooves us not to stand idle, crushed and almost all the great cialist of the Department of
and all materials for the series, $12.50 per person.
but to go to work with a will rabbinical seminaries destroyed, Parks and Recreation.
Information may be had by
Registration card, details, by mail, from
and assist in raising and sup- the college has become a refuge
for eminent Jewish scholars, calling the Center office, MA.
porting such an institution."
Temple Beth El's interest in driven from their European 8400.
* * *.
le College was manifest from posts by the Fascist scourge.
1314 EATON TOWER, DETROIT 26
Prof.
Samuel
Waitfogel
The
college
maintains
an
le very beginning and led
institute
for
Jewish
religious
To
Address
B.
&
P.
Oct.
10.
ventually to the engagement of
Psychology and the Social
graduate of the college as its teachers and the Hebrew Union
College Press for the publica- Scene will be the subject of the
abbi.
Israel Aaron (graduate of the tion of experimental works in next meeting of the Business &
rst class of 1883) was the first religious education and Professional Discussion Group at
:ebrew Union College student to scholarly studies by members the Center. Prof. Samuel Walt-
rve here at the Holy Day Ser- of the faculty and its alumni. fogel of Wayne University's
ices in 1881, assisting Dr. Hein- It also conducts a Summer Psychology Department will be
ch Zirndorf, then rabbi of Beth Institute for graduate study, the guest speaker. The meeting
1. In 1883 and 1884, two other attracting rabbis from all over will be held in the Ginsburg
Lounge next Wednesday, at 9
.udents of the college, Tobias the country.
Hebrew Union College con- p, in. All are welcome.
chanfarber and William Ros-
* * *
lau, assisted Dr. Zirndorf dur- ducts seminars on Judaism for
►
g the Holy Days. When Dr. Christian ministers in co-opera- Select Social Club
irndorf accepted another posi- tion with the Union. The Col- To Meet Saturday Night
The Select Social Club, a
on in 1884, the Congregation lege also maintains co-operative
group of middle aged men ..and
ected Rabbi Louis Grossman, a
women, will have its fall open-
-aduate of the 1884 class of the IMPORTANT
ing meeting this Saturday eve-
ollege. Dr. Grossman was the
ning, at 8:30 p. m., at the Center.
st Hebrew Union College grad-
Once your doctor has writ-
Those who are. 40 or over will
ate to hold a rabbinical posi-
i.
ten a prescription, he de-
be welcomed as guests to come
3n here. In 1899, Dr. Gross-
and get acquainted, and to sub-
pends on the pharmacist for
an was succeeded by Dr. Leo
mit suggestions for a more suit-
Franklin (Hebrew Union
accurate compounding. That
able
name
for
the
club.
Allege graduate of 1892) who
* * *
It again becomes necessary for
is where we come in. Every
rved as active rabbi until 1941
prescription brought to us
►i is now Rabbi Emeritus. Dr. us to call the attention of our Mother's Club Calendar
Monday, 8:30 p. ni., Center
Benedict Glazer (Hebrew readers and contributors to the
is
filled with scientific ac-
regular deadline of The Jewish Mothers' Club, at the Center.
aion College graduate of 1926) News.
First
social
meeting
of
curacy—with
the best quali-
the
sea-
is been rabbi here since 1941.
All copy must reach the editor son.
ty drugs. Bring your pres-
The following assistant rabbis, before
2 p. m. on Tuesday—pre-
Tuesday, 1:30 p. m., Young
l graduates of Hebrew Union
criptions here with confi-
ferably in advance of this dead- Women's Study Club, at Jewish
)liege served here: Samuel S. line.
Center.
Installation
of
officers.
dence. We back your doc-
ayerberg, Henry J. BerkoWitz,
Photographs must- be submit-
tor.
on Fram, and the present in- ted for our consideration before All other meetings are held at
the Rose Sittig Cohen Building.
mbent, Herschel Lyinon, who 2 p. m. on Mondays.
Wednesday, 1:30 p. m., Wood-
on a leave of absence from the
Copy reaching us after the ward Study Club, at Jewish Cen-
ngregation, serving as a chap- deadline will be retained for use ter. Election of officers.
n in the Army.
the following week if it is con-
Thursday, 8:30 p. m., Davison
It is also interesting to note sidered timely. -
Mothers' Club, at Workmen's
iat three Temple Beth El
Deadlines for issues published Circle Educational Center, Lin-
Obis served the Hebrew during holiday periods are al- wood at Burlingame. First social
nion College in an official ways announced far in advance. meeting of the season.

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