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- Plan Testimonial Dinner Sept.29
For -LZOA Leader Harry Schumer
Harry Schumer, head of the
General Linen Supply Co. and
a leader in civic and charitable
organizations in Detroit, will be
guest of honor at a testimonial
HARRY SCHUMER
dinner at Statler Hotel, Sept.
29, arranged by leaders of the
Labor Zionist Organization of
Detroit.
Attaining success in true
American tradition, Schumer
came to the United States as a
penniless 15-year-old immigrant
from Chestowa, Poland, to be-.
come president of the Michigan
Linen Supply Board of Trade,
besides heading his own con-
cern.
During World War II, he re-
ceived a citation from Secretary
of the Treasury Henry Morgen-
thau, Jr., for selling over $1,000,-
000 in U.S. Bonds. He is pres-
ently serving. on the Mayor's
Committee on Youth Problems.
An active member of the Labdr
Zionist Movement for 20 years,
he is president of Arlazaroff
Branch of Farband-LZOA and
co-chairman of the Labor Zion:
ist Committee for Israel Bonds.
He is also active in the Allied
Jewish Campaign, Histadrut and
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Jewish National Fund.
At the Schumer testimonial
dinner, Reuven Dafni, Consul of
Israel in California. will speak
on Israel's present-day mission.
David Kiisevitsky, Cantor at
Temple Emanu- El, Brooklyn,
N. Y., will present a selection of
ancient and modern hymns.
The dinner committee, under
the chairmanship of Morris L.
Schaver, includes Maurice Bak-
er, Isadore Brown, Morris Ches-
nick, Sol R. Colton, William
Gayrnan, Peter S. Goldstein, Phil
Goldstein, Joe Greenbaum, Ben
Harold, Berl Hearshen, William
Hordes, John Isaacs, Mrs. Harry
Kay, William Klafer, Mrs. Philip
Kutnick, Benjamin Laikin, Mor-
ris Lieberman, Nathan Linden,
Harry Mondry, Harold Nelson,
Larry Nichamin, Herbert Pincus,
David Rosin, Morris Sandler,
Max Schmuckler, Mrs. Jacob
Schreier, M o r r i t z Schubiner,
William Schumer, Sidney Sitev-
itz, Sam Simmer and David Sis-
lin.
.Reservations for the dinner,
which will observe dietary laws,
can be made by calling TO.
8-3073 or WO. 2-5091.
Harry "Madison Is First Detroiter
Named as JWV National Commander
The election of Harry T. Mad-
ison as national commander of
the Jewish War Veterans of the
United States marks the first
choice fo a Detroiter for this
high post in the 58-year history
of the veterans' movement.
Madison, a member of Detroit
Post. .No. 135, JWV, is a past
commander of the Department
of Michigan. He has served in
other JWV capacities, and for
two years was a national vice-
commander.
A native Detroiter, Madison is
a veteran of World War I. En-
listing in 1917 at the age of 16,
he was one of the youngest vet-
erans of that conflict. He later
attended the University of De-
troit. He is one of the founders
and is currently president of the
Jewish War Veterans Memorial
Home Association which oper-
ates and maintains the Jewish
War Veterans Memorial Home
as a tribute to Detroit and Mich-
igan Jews who fell in. World
War II.
He is a member of the George
Washington Post No.. 88 of the
American Legion and of Temple
Israel. He has been a Jewish
Community Council delegate for
several years and is a member
of the board of governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation., He
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is one of the charter members
and a founder of the Depart-
ment of Michigan, Jewish War
Veterans. His interest and ac-
tivities in community affairs
won him a citation from the
Mayor and Common Council of
Detroit in 1951. He resides with
his family at 16179 Parkside.
Another local JWV leader hon-
ored at the convention is Ber-
nard L. Hoffman, immediate
past commander of the Depart-
ment of Michigan who was se-
lected to the national executive
committee.
Fasting on Wedding Day
The custom for the bride and
groom to fast on their wedding
day is mentioned by the famous
Rabbi Isserles (Rama) in the
Jewish Codes. A number of rea-
sons are advanced for this
practice. Some compare this day
to the Day of Atonement in the
sense that it is claimed that the
sins of the bride and groom are
forgiven on their wedding day
and they thus observe a minor
type of Atonement Day by fast-
ing.
Others maintain that this cus-
torn was instituted to prevent
the couple from becoming in-
toxicated before the wedding in
order to preserve their full Men-
tal capacity for the marriage
ceremony. A well-known com-
mentary maintains that it was
a custom of the early Chasidim
to fast before the performance
of a mitzvah which they were
fond of doing. Marriage is, of
course, a cherished mitzvah to
the bride and groom and they
thus fast before the marriage as
a symbol of their desire to do
the mitzvah.
Another approach is mention-
ed by. still another source which
traces this custom to an earlier
custom of placing ashes on the
head of the groom before the
ceremony as a reminder of the
destruction of the Temple of
Jerusalem. Since the destruction
of the Temple is remembered
during the year by special fasts
it was considered possible that
the fagt of the bride and groom
likewise reminded them of the
destruction of the Temple, per-
haps making them aware of the
fact that were the Temple still
in existence their happiness
could have been even greater.
It is interesting to note that
some Jewish sects never seemed
to have accepted this custom.
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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 18, 1953
Old -Yom Kippur
Customs Observed
In ancient _days Yom Kippur
was , a holiday of rejoicing a.
well as fasting. The Talmud re-
lates that on that day it was
customary for the youth to make
merry and to ccgregate in vine-
yards for meeting destined
mates. Remnants of that cus
tom are still retained by Cauca-
sian Jews whose daughters and
sons gather in the streets and
dance to the tune of fifes and
other native instruments played
by pre-arrangement by non-
Jewish, musicians.
In Tripoli it. is customary for
youngsters between the ages of
nine and twelve to gather in the
synagogue Yom Kippur after-
noon and to dance to the tune
of wedding songs. The dancing
custom still exists among Jews
in Abyssinia, but there both men
and women participate, separ-
ately of course. The custom of
youthful rejoicing and dancing
on Yom Kippur once • prevailed
in some Jewish communities in
Romania, but it was abolished
on rabbinic decree. During the
Middle Ages it was customary
for children and adults to play
games of nuts, a device designed .
no doubt, to ease the burden of
fasting.
In ancient days it was custom-
ary to wear white robes on Yom
Kippur, since the color white is
symbol of rejoicing. This cus-
tom ,is still retained, though in
most communities it is only the
cantor, the rabbi and the ex-
tremely pious who wear white
kaftons, or kittels. In extremely
0 r o d o x synagogues, most
women wear white dresses or at
least white shawls.
During the years of the Sec-
ond Temple the new month
would be announced by messen-
gers who kept watch over the
moon in Jerusalem. Messengers
would then be sent to the Jew-
ish communities "chutz l'aaretz"
to advise them of the approach-
ing holidays. Because it was re-
alized that the messengers might
arrive too late the practice de -
veloped among the outside com-
munities to add a day to the
holidays, a practice which still
exists in Jewish comniunitieq
outside Israel. This custom,
however, was never applied to
Yom Kippur, probably becausi,.
it. involves fasting on two days.
Yet the Talmud records that
there were in fact many pious
Jews who observed Yom Kippur
two successive days.
The two-day custom was ob-
served by many Jews in Ger-
many during the Middle Ages,
and there are distant Jewish
communities today still adhering
to that practice.
18 Women's Groups Pledge to Join
In Supporting Bond Fashion Show
'Mrs. Bernard Osnos.
Hugh McDonald; young econo-
mist and Haganah fighter, was
guest speaker at Monday's meet-
ing. Report on sales and collec-
tions of Israel bond commit-
ments were made by Mesdames
Irving' Lipson, Norman Brode,
Bess Greenwald, Samuel B. Dan-
to, Philip Helfman, I. B. Dwor-
man, Philip Cutler, Joseph New-
Greater Detroit Council of Bnai Brith man, Samuel Green and Jo-
Women, Mrs. Charles Makie: American seph Ka tchke.
Jewish Congress, Mrs. David Fuller;
Hadassah, Mrs. Joseph HorWitz; Miz-
Reservations for the fashion
rachi, Sisters of Zion. Mrs. Rose Singer;
rachi. Fannie Gluck Chapter, Mrs. revue may be made by calling
Samuel Eicoll; Pioneer Women, Mrs. the Women's Division for Israel
Harry Kay; Infant's Service Group,
Mrs. Norman Brode; Hebrew Cultural Bonds. WO. 2-5091.
Eighteen local organizations
pledged their participation in the
Detroit bond women's "Round
the Clock" fashion revue, sched-
uled for Oct. 6 in 'the Scottish
Rite Cathedral of Masonic
Temple, during a report meeting
last Monday at Young Israel.
Mrs. Harry Kay presided.
The organizations and their
bond chairman are:
Society, Mrs. Julius Ring; Jewish Na-
tional Fund. Mrs. Max Stollman; Ladies
Auxiliary, Jewish War Veterans, Mrs.
Luba Lupiloff; Adas Shalom Sisterhood,
Mrs. Charles Gellman; Shaarey Zedek
Sisterhood,,, Mrs. Benjamin Laikin; Bnai
David Sisterhood; Bnai Moshe Sister-
hood; Temple Israel Sisterhood; Temple
Beth EI Sisterhood; Jewish Women's
European Welfare; and the League of
Jewish Women.
Three prizes,valued at more
than $1,000, will. be made avail -
able to workers, who sell a $50
Israel bond or more as admis-
sion to the fashion show. S. An-
drew Cardinal is supplying the
creations of 11 top designers for
the revue.
Fashion revue co-chairmen
are Mrs. Milton Mahler and
David 0. Selznick will embark
on a new series of co-production
deals with foreign producers
and will co-star his wife Jenni-
fer Jones in most of them.
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`Omnibus' to Have Musicals
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commission the writing of at .
least two original musical come-
dies for presentation on the
"Omnibus" series tentatively
entitled "Excursion." It will be
the first time that musicals
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