Friday, June 13, 1 947
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'A Religious Picnic'
Rabbi Kaufman Describes Thrills
Page Twenty-one
THE JEWISH NEWS
N. Y. Baritone to Be Star; Bnai Brith Offers Film,
Of Clover Lodge Seasonl Activity Calendar for Use
Of Men's, Women's Units
of Lag B 'Omer Trip in Palestine
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sixteen
millimeter prints of the full-
length film "This is Bnai Brith"
are now available for showings
at Bnai Brith meetings, Maurice
Bisgyer, national secretary of
the order, announced.
The 25-minute sound movie
portrays the work of the Anti-
Defamation League, Hillel Foun-
dation, Bnai Brith Youth Organ-
ization, Vocational Service Bur-
eau, the "Adopt-A-Family-Abroa
eau, the "Adopt A Family
Abroad" project, and the various
service functions and philan-
thropies of the organization.
An annotated 12-month cal-
The positive side of Palestine life, seldom reported in
the non-Jewish press, is revealed dramatically and colorfully
in a series of letters from Rabbi and Mrs. Jay Kaufman, who
are studying toward their doctorates at the Hebrew Uni-
versity in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Kaufman served as summer rabbi at Temple
Beth El in 1946 and Mrs. Kauf-
man, the former Aviva Goot- choreography, perfect rhythm,
man, was head of junior ac- pulsating music. The heat from
tivities at the Jewish Com- a thousand churning bodies rose
munity Center. Rabbi Kaufman
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram like a blast from a furnace to
the balcony from which we
Kaufman of 17375 Monica.
In a recent letter, Rabbi Kauf- watched. Then, as if by a signal,
man describes the Palestinian the groups began to merge,
celebration of Lab b'Omer in "peyahs" flew in wild whirling
which they participated, a "re- horas, Arabic melodies accom-
MAXIM BRODYN
ligious picnic" or pilgrimage to panied Hasidic dances, a kib-
Special evening programs, Sat-
the tomb of Rabbi Simeon ben btttznik clasped an octogenar-
urday night Mlave Malkes and a
Yochai, legendary hero of the ian's hand and followed his slow,
trained sports director from the
graceful steps."
revolt against the Romans.
University of Michigan will be
"Roar of Hatikvah"
Excerpts from the letter fol-
features of the guest entertain-
low:
One taught the other, one
program at Lesser's Clover
The building housing the bomb learned from another, weird ment
lies on the top of one of the hun- combinations arose, the songs Lodge in Ornena, Mich., this sea-
dreds of high, cylindrical, identi- and laughter reached a dizzy son.
Stars of the evening programs
cal hills that cover the Galeel
pitch — and then, ten o'clock
Our truck stopped at the bot- struck and the huge bonfire will be Maxim Brodyn, baritone,
tom of the hill and we walked filled with oil-soaked rags and Zelda Zlatin, pianist. Bro-
up the long, winding trail. What brought along especially heaped dyn s recent Carnegie Hall recital,
a sight that was! We could only upon the two posts that rose at which Miss Zlatin was his ac-
think of the Exodus from Egypt from the tombs, burst into night- companist, was acclaimed by New
as we saw the
tight-packed blasting blaze. The whole court York critics as a brilliant and
throngs moving slowly, in a solid —the dancers, the spectators gratifying musical experience.
Situated 1,600 feet above sea
Eilck phalanx, up to the hill- were cast in a garish light and
top.
fantastic shadows. The singing level, the Lodge offers complete
Exciting Scene
grew louder, the dancing faster, summer recreational facilities, ex-
The tingling excitement, the spectators were stamping, thump- cellent food and healthful cli-
many-throated songs, the multi- ing in irresistable accompani- mate. For reservations and infor-
colored dress, the crescendo of ment.
mation call UN. 3-8650.
voices, set our hearts pounding
Then the black night beyond
and whipped our enthusiasm to a the light of the campfire was
screaming pitch. There is no de- split open by the roar pf Hatik- Fetter's Book Pleads
scribing the scene at the tomb. vah and rows and rows of
For New Type of Jew
Suffice to say there were thous- ,torches, marching two by two
ands of people, much less than in serried symmetry. The youth To Fight for Rights
usual, we were told, because of from the many orthodox kib-
the road curfew and the general butzim that had made the pil-
Rabbi Leon I. Feuer of Toledo,
situation.
grimage moved along in pre- who is well known to Detroiters
The ,Sefer Torah already had cisioned ranks, carrying their for the stirring addresses,.he has
arrived on its ceremonial jour- torches high, making patterns delivered at Zionist rallies and
ney from Safed to Meron and against the night, then joining for his sermons in local Temples,
people were spreading their bed- hands in a giant circle. flinging is the author of "On Being a
ding and readying themselves for their torches together to make Jew," which just came off the
the night's festivities. We en- another huge fire. and singing, press of Bloch Publishing Co.
tered the large building that dancing, stamping in sympathetic
Major experiences in Jewish
housed the tombs of Rabbi Si- accompaniment to their elders life in our time are reflected in
meon and his son, Rabbi Eleazar, in the courts. On and on into this interesting series of essays.
pushed and squeezed our way the night. the dancing, singing, Rabbi Feuer deals with Jewish
through the mob and found our- flinging, flaying continued. Where and non-Jewish reactions to anti-
selves in a high-domed broad the energy came from, where Semitism, with the basic Jewish
white-washed room.
the strength, the songs, the steps, religious ideals and Zionism.
Yahrzeit Candles Blage
The author, who has written
no one could tell.
The two tombs were ablaze
a widely distributed book "Why
Wait for Messiah
with fire from the scores of
a Jewish State?" devoted an im-
At two o'clock the youth group portant chapter in his book to
Yahrzeit candles that had been
lit on them, for Lag b'Omer was hiked to the highest peak in the the "Importance of Nationalism."
stone
natural
the day that Rabbi Simeon died. area where a
"Jewish Palestine," he states,
We stared into the new white- chair called the Kessey Eliyahu "would mean that there is a home
washed candle-lit cave and were (Elijah's chair) is perched atop for Jews who need a home. It
lost in reveries. Here, according the hill for all to see for miles would bring back to earth and to
to tradition, Rabbi Simeon had around. At 4 a. rn. the elders root at long last a people which
their dancing a n d for centuries, to use Leo Pinsker's
written the Zohar, the Bible of stopped
Kabbala, of Jewish mysticism climbed the narrow. rocky trial classic description. has been more
Looking out from the cave at the to the nearby tomb of Rabbi of a collection of ghosts than a
slipping afternoon sun, at the Jochanan Sandlar, and sat star- people ... We Jews f the United
splash of color spilled across the ing from that indentation in the States, and let us hope after the
sky and dripping onto the hill- hill to watch the sun rise through war the Jews of most of the
tops, one felt impelled to soar two mountain peaks, waiting to world, will not physically need
mentally, mystically into the see if the Messiah, who will such a home. But the best guar-
great spaces of the unknown . . choose this path and day to en- antee that we shall not need it is
Night fell, the day's excitement ter Palestine, was 6Dming this that there it is for us. That is why
ebbed, we felt
relaxed and year . . .
nationalism must be one of the
We were back at Safed next intimate concerns of every Jew.
peaceful and could almost feel
the quiet that closed in on us. morning, toured the ancient syn- It answers so many of the un-
Intoxicating Dances
agogues that date back 800 years answered questions of Jewish
In the broad court of the main and more and then went to the life."
building, the festivity h a d ancient cemetery that holds the
Rabbi Feuer's thesis is that
reached its pitch. Everyone who bones of ancient Jews and also what is needed today is "a
could squeeze in was standing, those of new Palestine. killed in straight-backed Jew, a staunch
or rather swaying, in time to the the riots of '29 and '36. We also and self-respecting Jew worthy
songs that were rocking the very went to the grave of "The Four" of the free world of tomorrow, a
pillars. Three huge circles were already become a legend. Only Jew who will strike a blow for
spinning in the weirdest dance a common pit covered with loose his own freedom in that world.
circles we have ever seen. In stones marks the resting place of You can become that new Jew.
one corner the Sephardic Jews Dov Gruner and the three boys A new type of Jew is emerging
were dancing and swinging in hung with him. But everyone in Palestine. A new 'type of Jew
solo or couple (men only) pir- travelling in the vicinity comes must be born in the Diaspora.
ouettes; Hasidim, in another to look, to utter a prayer, to pay Together they can make a new
life for Israel."
circle, were swinging and slowly homage .. .
gyrating, knees high, white stock-
Safed brought us back, swiftly
reality
ings flashing, "peyahs" flying; kib- and abruptly, to the grim
butzniks, some from orthodox of today; tore us cruelly from
kibbutzim, others with white the soft, haunting embrace of
handkerchiefs over their heads Meron and the Lag b'Omer pil-
indicating the rarity of head grimage. Jews suffer the world
covering, were reeling off the over, but Jews know the delights
fast strong intoxicating dances of of their faith and in the "valley
6r Jlre -9)(1/II in e
of the shadow" they can find
the new Palestine.
For hours they kept on, eager ecstatic joy in Judaism, its he-
awe/ - (;) delliei
feet pressing in to replace the roes and its God!
weary; men of 60, 70, 80 years,
Nineteen Red Feather agencies
showing old, nigh-forgotten steps,
examples of grace and talent that of the Community Chest are
would have made any ballet com- available for service on family
pany stare with envy; intricate problems.
-
endar encompassing national and
Jewish holidays and patrotic ob-
servations has been issued by the
Americanism-Civic Affairs-Vet-
erans Department of Bnai Brith,
for use by Bnai Brith lodges and
women's chapters.
CHILD DELINQUENT?
Not My Children
"They are I - ept busy with Dancing.
Dramatics, Piano and Singing," says
Mrs.- Nicholas Vitale
DON'T WAIT, ENROLL NOW, OUR
CLASSES ARE FILLING
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