Congregational News

Young Israel Intensifies Recreation
Program for Youth in Dexter Area

PROPOSED YOUNG ISRAEL BUILDING, DESIGNED '
BY LOUIS G. REDSTONE ARCHITECT

The Young Israel Youth Center,
deSigned by Louis G. Redstone,
arcbitect, .now. under ,.construc
tion at Dexter and Fullerton,:will
be the most modern building of
its type in the community, - Sam,
uel W. P,latt, vice chairman of
the building committee stated
this 'week. With favorable weath-
er conditions, construction can be
completed by the middle of
spring, he added. "Young Israel
of Detroit realizes that a youth
center, which will have recrea-
tional and athletic facilities, club
rooms, arts and crafts, a library,
and accommodations for social
functions, is most urgently need-
ed in the Dexter area," Platt de-
clared.
Until the Center is completed,
Young Israel has launched a pro-
gram to organize youth groups in
this section. These groups will
meet temporarily at Yeshivath
Beth Yehudah, Dexter and Cort-
land, or in private homes.
The building committee, head-
ed by David I. Berris and Platt,
and including Harry L. Blitz,
Mrs. Hyman R. Cohen, Solomon
B. Cohen, Charles T. Gellman,
and Abbe A. Levi, urges the gen-
eral community to lend support
to this project.
The Hanukah youth carnival,
presented by all youth groups of
Young Israel, will take place at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, at
Bnai Moshe. The program in-
cludes Palestinian movies and
slides, comedies, Hanukah plays,
games, choral groups, and re-
freshments.
The first form of Young Israel
Institute of Jewish Studies, meet-
ing Tuesday evenings at Central
High School, will end Jan. 18.
The institute committee already
is at work planning additional
courses which will be offered for
the spring term, scheduled Tues-
day .evening, Feb. 1.
Courses now offered are.- basic
Hebrew ; contemporary conversa-
tional Hebrew; Eretz Israel, its
history, geography and central

Bnai Moshe Starts
Netv Members' Drive

Congregation Bnai Moshe will
launch a membership campaign
, on Jan. 2.
The membership class will be
named after the late Jacob Gelb-
man, who was a prominent offi-
cer an4member of the congrega-
tion for many years prior to his
death in 1943.
Morris Direnfeld, a member of
the board, will be chairman of
the drive, with Andrew Iczko-
vitz, chairman of the membership
committee, as co-chairman. Cap-
tains are: Irwin Tamler, Eugene
Brumer, Milton Weisz, Eugene
Weiss, Theo. Curtis, Alfred
Deutsch, Harry J. Gunsberg, Ar-
nold Rosman, Sigmund Jaulus
and David Levi.
Sam Freedman, congregation
president, announces that pub-
licity for the drive will be
handled by a committee composed
of Sol Grand, Sam Freedman,
Eugene Weiss, Harry Gunsberg,
Theodore Curtis and N. L. Welch.
Rabbi Moses Lehrman will assist
this committee.
Certificates of merit will be
awarded to those who obtain the
largest number of members.
The campaign will continue
until March 31 and will be con-
cluded with a victory dinner on
April 10, when new members
will be initiated.

THt JEWISH NEWS--9

Friday, December 3:, 1948

Jildaisnif; Talmudic
position •
literature ."Ay.4-1 YaakoV," and
eighteen .centuries . .of .Galut: Ten-
tative - additional courses - will be:
.applied Judaism, - family and soc-
ial: probleMs, and survey in Jew-
ish literature.

Secretary of Israel
Mission to Speak at
&mi. David Service

Hon. Arthur C. A. Liverhant,
secretary of the Israeli Mission
to the United States in Washing-
ton, D. C., will be the guest
speaker on Friday, Jan. 7, at 8:30
p.m. at Congregation Bnai David,
to mark the opening of the win-
ter season of Friday night gath-
erings.
Mr. Liverhant will speak on
the subject "The State . of Is-
rael." He is an outstanding per-
sonality, a splendid orator, and a
recognized leader with a fine
background of service to the Jew-
ish people in Israel.
Rabbi Joshua Speika will in-
troduce the speaker, Cantor Hy-
man Adler and the Bnai David
choir under the direction of
Harry Siegel, will lead the sing-
ing of appropriate Sabbath songs.
Members of the -Board of
Trustees of the Synagogue will
act as ushers, and members of
the Bnai David Sisterhood will
be hostesses at the social hour
which follow the program.

Rabbi Adler to Speak
To Northwest Women

Rabbi Morris Adler will be
quest speaker at the meeting of
the Northwest Sisterhood Wed-
nesday evening,, Jan. 5. His topic
will be "An American , Jew
Speaks His Mind."
Ruth Rosender,. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rosender
will present piano selections. The
Men's Club of the congregation
and husbands of sisterhood mem-
bers will be special guests.
The Sisterhood's annual donor
luncheon is scheduled for Feb. 9.
Tickets may be purchased from
Mrs. Herman S. Avrin, UN.
2-6981; Mrs. Charles H. Charlip,
UN. 2-8485, or Mrs. Sol S_lomo-
vitz, UN. 1-7107.
- A pre-donor rally at 8:30 p.
Wednesday, Jan. 12, will feature
.a play "Don't Tell a Soul" to be
presented by the Sisterhood Dra-
matic Group under the direction
of Mrs. A. Ross and Mrs. I. Feld-
man.

Rabbi -Frani Previews
New Year Prospects;
Invite Church. Women

Concluding his series of two
New Year sermons on the retro-
spect of the past year and the
prospect of the New Year, Rabbi
Leon Fram will devote his ser-
mon of Friday night, Jan. 7, in
the lecture hall of the Detroit In-
stitute of Arts, to the subject
"1949 in Social Promise."
Kenneth Rhodes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Rhodes, will
celebrate- his Bar Mitzvah.
- Sessions of Temple' Israel Re-'
ligious School will be resumed
Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 8
and 9.
Sisterhoods o f neighboring
churches will be guests of Tem-
ple Israel Sisterhood Monday
afternoon, Jan. 10, to hear a book
review by Rabbi Leon Fram on
Irwin Shaw's "The Young Lions,"
in the lecture hall of the Insti-
tute. At 12:30, a dessert luncheon
will be served in the Romanesque
Hall.
Among the church- sisterhoods
participating will be First Con-
gregational Church, Church of
Our Father, Brewster Pilgrim
Congregational, Trinity, Metho-
dist, Central Woodward Chris-
tian and North Woodward Con-
gregational Church.

Beth Yehudah Ladies
Sponsor Film Program

Ladies of Yeshivath Beth Yehu-
dah will present two motion pic-
tures at 8 p. m. Wednesday, Jan.
5, at Central
High School.
The program
will include
"Yiddish King
Lear" and
"Dream of My.
People," featur-
ing the late Can-
t o r Rosenblatt,
according to
Mrs. H. Rotten-
berg, president.
Mrs. Rottenberg Proceeds will
be used for the Yeshivah kinder-
garten and Beth Jacob School for
Girls. Tickets may be purchased
at the door or by calling TO.
5-1171.

Services in Our Synagogues

CONG. MOGEN ABRAHAM, Dexter at Cortland: Friday evening

forum at 8 p.m.. Dec. 31. Discussion on the theme of the Haf-
torah, "Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit." One.'
Shabbat following at the home of Rabbi and Mrs. M. J. Wohl!
gelernter, 4301. Fullerton.
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CONG. BNAI DAVID, Elmhurst at 14th: Services at 4:45 p.m. Fri-
day, Dec. 31; 9 a.m..Saturday, Jan. 1, Rabbi. Joshua Sperka will
preach on "The Miracle of Modern 'Hanukah." Chumosh -class
at 3:15 p.m.; Mincha at 4:15, followed by Sholoss Seudess.

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CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK, Chicago at Lawton: Services at 4:45 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 31; 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 1. Rabbi Morris Adler
will preac,. on "A Teacher of Teachers," in honor of the 75th

birthday of Prof. Louis Ginzberg of the Jewish Theological
Seminary. Jr. Cong, 930 a.m.; children's Cong., 10:30.

NORTHWEST HEBREW CONG., Curtis at Santa Rosa: Sabbath

services at 4:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31; 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 1.

Rabbi Jacob E. Segal will preach on "So Shines a Candle in a
Naughty World. - Jr. Cong., 9:30 a.m. Late Sabbath eve services

at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7.

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CONG. BNAI MOSHE, Dexter at Lawrence: Sabbath eve services at
4:30 p.m. Friday. Dec. 31. Late service at 8:15. Rabbi Moses
Lehrman will preach on "A New Hanukah." Sabbath morning

worship at 9 are. Rabbi Lehrman will preach on the Sedrah.
Weekday services at 7:15 a.m., 4:45 p.m. Adults study classes
at 11 a.m. and at 8 and 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3.

CONG. BETH ABRAHAM, Linwood at Sturtevant: Sabbath serv-
ices at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31; 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 1. Rabbi
•Thumin will preach. David Shkolnick will chant the prayers.

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TEMPLE EMANUEL, Grand Rapids: At Sabbath eve services Fri-
day, Dec. 31, Rabbi Harry Essrig will preach on "The Great
Teacher Who Teaches Nothing."

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TEMPLE BETH EL, :Woodward at Gladstone: Sabbath eve services
at 8:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31. Dr. B. Benedict Glazer will preach
on "How to Be a Little More Happy—A Thought for the New
Year." Liturgical music by the Temple quartet under the direc-

tion of Jason H. Tickton."

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TEMPLE ISRAEL, Lecture Hall, Detroit Institute of Arts: Sabbath
eve services, Friday, Dec. 31, 8:30 . p.m. Rabbi Leon Fram will
preach on "1948 in Human Progress."
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CONG. BNAI ZION, Humphrey at Holmur: Services at 4:45 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 31. Junior congregation discussion group, 8:30 pan.
Services at 9 a.m. Saturday; junior congregation, 9:15 a.m. Rabbi
Solomon H. Gruskin will preach. Ain Yaakov class, 3:30 p.m.
Minchah, 4:30 p.m. Arthur Sheldon Wall, son of Mr. and Mrs.
, Morris Wall, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah.

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Eternal Light to Mark
4 Freedoms Anniversary

To mark the conclusion of the
Festival of Hanukah and the
eighth anniversary of the defini-
tion of the Four Freedoms by
President Roosevelt, the Eternal
Light will present "The Seven
Who Came Home" by Sigmund
Miller Sunday, Jan. 2.
It will be heard at 12:30 p. m.
on station WTCB, Flint, and will
be transcribed by station WWJ
for rebroadcast at 8 a.m., Sun-
day, Jan. 9.

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Bnai David Maintains
Highest Cage Standing

Bnai David retained its top
standing in the inter-synagogue
basketball league by whipping
Temple Beth El 29-23 Dec. 20.
In the other game that eve-
ning, Shaarey Zedek beat North-
west Hebrew Cong. 21-12.
The Jan. 3 games will see
10th Century B. C. City Shaarey
Zedek vs. Temple Israel
Discovered in Israel
and Northwest vs. Temple Beth
El. Gaines are played at the Beth
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The rem- El gymnasium.
Standings in the league are as
nants of a Jewish city dating
back to the 10th century, B.C., follows:
Team
L Pct.
which was a thriving community Bnai David
4 O 1.000
from the period of the first Israel Shaarey Zedek
3 1 .750
Israel
2 2 .500
kingdom until the destruction of Temple
Northwest
1 3 .250
the First Temple in the year 586, Temple Beth El
0 4 .000
B.C., was discovered north of the
River . Yarkon. The city was pop-
ulated by thousands of inhabi-
tants.
for
At the same time, the traces
Weddings. Bar Mitzvahs
of an ancient fortress were dis-
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ary. Indications are that the site
of Tel Aviv was once the seat
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The discoveries were made by
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UN. 3-1541
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Hebrew Archaeological Associa-
Cong. Beth Aaron
tion, who holds the first license
Synagogue
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