THE JEWISH NEWS

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Dr. Hershman's Work on Maimonides Friday. September 30, 1949
Published by Yale University Press
Temple Beth El
lowed
in
the
case
of
plotting
Dr. A. M. Hershman, Rabbi
Fetes Harry Grant
Emeritus of Congregation witnesses. The Treatise on Reb-

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Bennett Cerf, Leo Schwarz Appear
At Hudson's Book Festival Next Week

Two noted Jewish authors —
Leo Schwarz, whose latest book,
"The Root and the Bough", is
attracting wide attention, and
Harry S. Grant was honored Bennett Cerf, Jewish News col-
by Temple Beth El on the occa- umnist — will appear at the J. L.
sion of his 70th birthday at the Hudson Co. during the book fes-
Standard Club, Thursday, Sept. tival which will start on Monday
22. The luncheon was attended • and will have as its theme "A -
by the rabbis, officers and board Week with Books and AUthors."
of trustees of the Terrnle, Mrs.
During his stay here, Mr.
Harry S. Grant, ane'Mr. and- Schwarz
will address Hadassah
Mrs. Samuel Rands, Mr. Grant's leaders at the Variety Club, next
son-in-law and daughter.
Thursday. That morning, he will
Tributes were paid by Dr. B. appear on the Hudson Radio
Benedict Glazer; Nate S. Sha- program, which also will feature
pero, president of the Temple; Mr. Cerf on Tuesday.
and Joseph M. Welt and Leonard
Others who will appear at
'T. Lewis, past presidents. A
message of tribute was read
from Dr. Herbert I. Kallet, im-
mediate past president.
Grant was presented with an
embossed scroll, bound in
leather, which read:

Shaarey Zedek, has been accord- els, after describing the primacy
ed the high distinction of being of the Great Sanhedrin, treats
selected as one of the outstared- of a sage who defies a ruling
given by that body: - a son or
daughter who curses or strikes
a parent; the duty of honoring
and revering parents; and con-
cludes with the law touching a
stubborn and rebellious son.
The Treatise on Mourning dis-
cusses the laws of mourning,
and the Jewish practice with
regard to the dead and their
interrrient. The Treatise on
Kings and Wars has as its
themes the rights and preroga-
tives of the king, and the re-
strictions designed to curb his
'powers and passions; optional
and obligatory wars; the law of
the captive woman, the Noa,hian.
laws; and the Messianic Era.
"Throughout the translation
the main objective has been to
A testimonial of appreciation presented
render the meaning of the He- to Harry S. Grant on the occasion of his
seventieth birthday by the rabbis, officers
brew te(t into precise and un and trustees of Temple Beth El,.. Detroit,
22. 1949: Harry S. Grant, af-
derstandable - English. The Mish- - September
DR. A. M. HERSHMAN
with Temple Beth El since 1912,
naic, Talmudic, and other filiated
has consistently exhibited qualities of
and devotion to the interest and
ing American scholars to pre- sources from which the legal loyalty
growth of the 'congregation. For many
pare a volume for the Yale propositions are derived are in- years he has rendered exceptional service
in assuring the financial stability of the
Judaica Series published by Yale, dicated, and technical terms are Temple.
As trustee, as treasurer, as
explained.
University.
chairman of the ways and means commit-
"
'The
Book
of
Judges'
is
Vol-
tee, he has won our esteem and grati-
Rabbi Hershman has just
tude. These sentiments • a,re herewith_
Completed this work which will ume III in the Yale Judaica recorded as a permanent - expression of
Series,
which
will
include
a
appreciation.
come off the press the latter
part of this month. His book translation of the 14 volumes of
deals with "The Code of Mai- `The Code of .-Maimonides' to- Rabbinical Council Issues,
Monides: The Book of Judges." gether with a fifteenth volume. Seventh Sermon Manual
last volume willbe devoted
The' jacket' for this volume ex- The
to a critical appraisal of the
plains the books as follows:
Code in its entirety."
The Rabbinical Council of
"This volume offers the first
America, an organization of 400
translation ever made of all the
Orthodox Rabbis holding pulpits
treatises in Book Fourteen of Staffer Ballroom Floor
in 40 states, announce the pub-
`The Code of Maimonides.' Com- Reserved for Annual
lication of its seventh annual
piled in the latter part of the
Twelfth - century, this monu- ZOD Dance - on Nov. 5 Sermon Manual.
mental production of Maimon-
This year's Balfour Ball,. to be
ides is the most brilliant and
stupendous work of codification held Nov. 5, will be larger and
in the entire realm of rabbinic more spectacular than any pre-
literature. It represents the
culmination of over 15 centuries
of uninterrupted legal develop-
ment among a people for whom
the study of the law not only
served- intensely practical pur-
poses but was also a mode of
worship. The present book con-
sists of the following five
treatises :
"Laws concerning the San-
hedrin, Laws concerning Evi-
dence, Laws concerning Reb-
els, Laws concerning. Mourn-
ing, - Laws concereqng Sings
and Wars.
"The Treatise on Sanhedrin
deals with the j udiciary and
jurisprudence in olden Israel,
the constitution of the Courts,
and the substantive and pro-
cedural rules governing the ad-
ministration of justice. The
NATHAN R. EPSTEIN
Treatise* on Evidence is taken
up with the rules bearing on the vious ones, declared Harry Cohen,
examination of witnesses, the chairman.
grounds on which witnesses are
Dr. Philip Lachman, head of
disqualified from giving evi- the ball program, reported that
dence, and the procedure fol- the entire ballroom floor of the
Statler Hotel will be used - for
Formation of Clialutziut the dance. A cocktail lounge, a
large, well known orchestra and
Group Is Announced
a rhumba band will be featured.
"The response to our com-
Hersch Asner announces the bined ,appeal this year is very
formation of a new chalutz group heartening thus far," Harry Co-
in Detroit called the Hashavfm hen said. "Most of our workers
Circle. Members of the group are of pre,vious years are already
working on a two-year program, busy obtaining subscriptions,
which will culminate in their and many new members have
emigration to Israel, and affilia- become active in the effort this
tion with the national Labor year." Nathan R. Epstein is one
of the active workers for the
Zionist 'Chalutz organisation.
First meeting of the group ball.
Subscriptions to the ball can
will be held at 8:30 p.m., Friday,
Oct. 9, at the home of Cecile be secured at the Zionist office,
Levy, 18400 Stoepel. For further 1031 Penobscot Bldg. WO. 5-1484.
information thoie interested may
call Asner, WE. 5-7077.
Detroiter Wins Prize

At Young Judaea Parley
Beth Yehudah Students
Serve Two . Congregations
The developments of a corps

of dedicated young Jews rooted
in their heritage and dedicated
to service to their people, was
set as the goal of Young Judaea,
national Zionist youth organiza-
tion, at its national conference
at Emma Kaufman Camp, near
Pittsburgh. _
Theme Of the conference was
"OUr Fortieth Anniversary—
Year of Expansion."
Among the features of the
meetings was the distribution of
prizes in a creative writing con-
test, including one to Geraldine
Stashefsky of Detroit, winner of
Constitution
of
the
United
The e
States 'makes no mention of a the senior Young Judaea con-
test..,
Presidenns Cabinet.

Baal Krieh (Torah Reader)' at
o Ean
el dur-
Cong. Beth Tefilo
in 6 /
ing Rosh Hashanah services,
was 14-year old Walt r Rubin-
stein, 11-B student at Beth Ye-
Ituclah day school. He will read
at YOrn Kippur services also.
A former fellow-student, 17-
year old Robert Marx, Wayne
University student who -gradu-
ated from Beth Yehudah high
school this summer, served as
cantor at the Detroit Hebrew
Hungarian Congregation.

Hudson's during the music fes-
tival will include Pierre Van
Paassen, Whose new book', "Why
Jesus Died," is attracting na-
tionwide attention.
Forty noted writers will be
featured during the week. All
of them will be at Hudson's
Book Shop afternoons on days
assigned to them and will auto-
graph their books.

Newark School to Teach Hebetir
NEWARK—(JTA)—The Board
of Education of Newark has
agreed to_ establish. a class in
Hebrew at one of the local high
schools.

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