Rabbi - Morri Adier: Tribute
On Fifteen Years of Service

By CHARLES RUBINER

Holiday Festivities
On Home's Calendar

Several special events will be
featured this month on t h e
agenda of the Jewish Hbme for
Aged. Hanukah will be the theme
of many of the programs.
The holiday season was in-
augurated this week with the
lighting of candles and evening
prayers. Cantor Ernest Green-
field and his choir led the serv-
ices, and Rabbi Max J. Wohlgel-
ernter spoke on the Hanukah
celebration.
A party for residents w a s
given Thursday by the Music
Study Club, and gifts were dis-
tributed by the Women's Auxil-
iary.
The Shaarey Zedek Girl Scout
Troop, directed by Mrs. Melvin
Gerson, will provide entertain-
ment at the Home's monthly
birthday party on Wednesday,
and will present gifts made by
the Troop.
On Dec. 16, Mrs. Samuel Le-
vine will read to residents from
Yiddish literature; on Dec. 23,
Rabbi Samuel Prero will address
residents on "The Spiritual Sat-
isfaction of Old Age;" and on
Dec. 30, in honor of Jewish Book
Month, Wolfe Snyder will speak
on "The Poet Mani Leib."

Bnai David Men's Club to Honor Rabbi Sperk*

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The Men's Club of Cong. Bnai
David will celebrate • Hanukah
with its annual party, to be held
at 8 p.m., Thursday, in the syn-
agogue social hall. Rabbi Joshua
S. Sperka will, at this time, be
presented with a scroll making
him an honorary life member.
At the candlelighting cere-
mony, all past presidents will be
honored. Entertainment will be

provided by Cantor Hyman Ad-
ler and the combined choral
group of the Sisterhood and
Men's Club which will present a
medley of holiday songs.
Traditional refreshments will
be served. For tickets, call Ben
Gorrelick, chairman, TO. 6-9737.

Hebrew. The wisdom of this
innovation is attested by the
fact that the synagogue contin-
ues to receive reservations for all
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Sabbaths four years hence.
Friday, December 4, 1953
'A Dedicated Soul'
Rabbi Adler nevertheless finds
time to exercise his trenchant
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pen. His book "Great Passages
From the Torah" was widely cir-
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culated and his weekly column
in the Recorder is frequently re-
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Dinner Sunday Evening printed. He is in national de-
OF FAMOUS FRENCH CLASSICS
mand
as
a
speaker
before
di-
in Rabbi Adler's Honor
Congregation Shaarey Ze- verse audiences on a wide vari-
Cid
dek will honor its spiritual ety of subjects.
His
criterion
is
only
"Is
it
leader, Rabbi Morris Adler,
right?" If it meets this test, his
for 15 years of devoted lead- time, his, energy—and frequently
9/to
ership, at a dinner at the sy- his means—are all available to
nagogue, this Sunday eve- the limit of his being. A leading
ning. Ben Mossman and Ben Methodist minister recently de-
eel in
Sidlow, co-chairmen of the scribed him to the writer as "a
Hanukah planning committee,
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soul."
have arranged the affair, dedicated
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Thus
a
grateful
community
which is open only to mem-
SEAT
rises to salute with affection
bers of the congregation.
and respect, a learned Rabbi, a
from
teacher in Israel and a warm
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From his first assumption of friend, and prays for his con-
rabbinical duties at Shaarey Ze- trilled strength and well-being,
Beautifully carved frames with a
dek. Rabbi Adler became the and for a life filled with years
lavish choice of exquisite
servant. of all who needed him, of service to his faith and his
in or out of the congregation, fellow-man.
brocatelles, patterned damasks
and today he belongs, indeed, to
and plain or brocaded satins.
Two Jews Win Judgeships
the entire community. Preacher
Open Daily 9 to 9
In
Philadelphia
Election
Rosenzweig
named
to the pious, teacher to the
thirster for knowledge, counselor Congress Show Chairman
PHILADELPHIA, ( J T A ) —
to the confused, -his dedication —
to the needs of his fellowman Abner Rosenzweig, fund-rals- Judge Leonard Michael Propper
won election as a Municipal
9605 GRAND RIVER AVE.
has brought him the profound ing chairman of the Michigan has
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The Store of Tradition and
respect of those who differ in Council, American Jewish Con- Court Judge, a position to which
Our Adjoining Store for Moderns at
he had been appointed last April
doctrine as well as of those who gress, has been
by Gov. John S. Fine.
5550 CHICAGO BLVD. WEST
agree, Jews and non-Jews alike. appointed gen-
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Maurice W. Sporkin, a former
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eral
chairman
All Look to Him for Aid
assistant district attorney, was
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For 15 years, interrupted only of the dinner
elected to the bench of the Com-
by a period of duty as an army dance and show
mon Pleas Court.
chaplain in the Pacific—landing to be presented
in Japan with McArthur—Rabbi ! next March 14,
Adler has followed a program of in the Latin
activities well calculated to tax, I Quarter, plans
if not exhaust, the energies of i for which re-
many men. The source of that cently got under
seemingly limitless endurance ' way.
has caused his _friends to wonder
Serving with Rosenzweig
—also to worry. Some 1500 fam- Rosenzweig will
Wes at his own congregation re- I be Mrs. Lester Miller, co-chair-
eeive his rabbinical, pastoral ! man, Mrs. Harry Shuman, ticket
and pedagogical ministrations;
Mor-
Federation
Mark
Kaminski,
Mor-
a. Welfare
on behalf
of its seeks
long his
list chairman.
ton Dermer,
Marshall
Brenner
labors
and Mesdames Henry Caplan,
of beneficiaries a and. a Commun- morton
_
Silberberg, Gerald Cohn,
ity Council clamors for his par- I Samuel Benavie, Philip Einstan-
ticipation in its calls
activities.
At dig, A. Chodoroff and M. Shore,
for • service
the same time
do not committee workers.
to the - larger community -
A box of Sanders candy is a gift
go unheeded. His city receives Vets' Hospital to Get
his acceptance of appointment
you can be sure will be happily
as a member of the Mayor's Equipment from the J-WV
received—and one you can he
Citizens Management-Labor
The Department' of Michigan
Committee; he serves on the
proud
to give!
Governor's Commission on the Jewish: War VeteranS and the
Gold
Star
Parents,
an
organiza-
Study of the Aged, the Children's
Center places him on its board tion consisting. of the parents of
of directors, as does a host of Jewish 'servicemen who fell in
other civic organizations. Recog- World War. II and in Korea, will
nizing an obligation to assist in present the Ann Arbor Veterans
bringing peace and understand- Administration: hospital with a
ing between differing religious portable piano, at 2 p.m. Sunday
groups, he has for 15 years The instrument can be moved
served on the board of the De- from ward to ward and will be
troit Round Table of Catholics, used for hospitalized veteran's
Fruits, nuts, apricot mallows,
programs.
Jews and Protestants.
nougats, caramels, and many other
JWV's
Sholom.tPost,
Robert
His Creative Efforts
Ratelson
Post,
Detroit
Post
and
with your choice of dark or
centers,
The creative mind of Rabbi
Eli Levin Post and their aux-
Adler is ever restless, never con- Lt.
milk
chocolate
coating. 1, 2, 3, and
directory
_ tent. Whether it is the establish- iliaries are presenting
hospital floor.
-
boards
for
each
5
pound
boxes.
Ment of a nursery school under
Following the presentation
traditional auspices at his syn- ceremonies,
organizations
agogue, which, since its incep- will sponsor the
a
reception
at the
tion has had a waiting list of hospital and will serve refresh-
children; whether it is the insti-
tution of an annual "kibbutz," ments.
Samuel Spolen is hospital
now in its sixth year, when he chairman for the Jewish War
men—doctors,
of
leads a band
Veterans. Arrangements for the
Lawyers, other professional peo- Gold Star Parents were made by
ple and laymen—in a retreat to a committee consisting of Meyer
a . lodge in Northern Michigan, Silverman, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron
Sanders finest chocolate-coated
where they devote themselves Canner, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Le-
fruits, nuts, creams, and novelty
for a week to Jewish study; or vine, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Leibo-,
whether it is the creation of a witz, Mrs. I. Rosenthal, Mr. and
centers. Your choice of dark or milk
combined Adult 'Education In- Mrs, Joseph Newmark, Mr. and
chocolate coatings. 1, 2, 3, and 5
stitute by the five Conservative Mrs, Louis Rosenberg, and Mrs.
pound boxes.
cOngregations of the city; or the Rebecca Cohen.
formation of a Young Marrieds
Group at the synagogue—what-
ever it may be, his thoughts are Dance Proceeds to Aid
always beyond the present and Ahavas Achim Library
tar into the future.
Quick to recognize the short- - William Hordes, chairman of
comings of the Bar Mitzvah and the library committee of Ahavas
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Conseoration rites from the Achim Synagogue,. announces
that
the
entire
proceeds
from
long-range point of view and
their inadequacy as education- the Hanukah Latke party and
al factors, he pioneered and dance sponsored by the men's
introduced the requirement that group of Ahavas Achim, Sunday
no boy may be honored with evening, will benefit the library
Bar Mitzvah and no girl with to be instituted at the syna,
Consecration at Shaarey Zedek, gogue.
32 Sunders Stores anti .8 National Super Markets
as admission
unless the ceremony is in each Contributions
is
ease preceded by four years of will b voluntary. The public
- ,et.
eaktgiotta education, inCluding tiA0J R

Deservedly, Rabbi Morris Ad-
ler this week receives the hon-
ors of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek upon completion of 15
years of service as its Rabbi.
Just as deservedly, however, the
tribute is from the entire com-
munity, for devoted labors far
beyond the call of congrega-
tional duty.

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