Tercentenary Committee Announce's
Plans for Nationwide Celebrations

Geared to the theme. "Man's In cooperation with the Jewish
Opportunities and Responsibili- Theological Seminary of Amer-
ties Under Freedom." plans for ! lea, a series of 13 "Eternal
a nine-month series of national , Light" programs will be devoted
events to highlight Jewish to the Tercentenary on the Na-
participation in American life tonal Broadcasting Company
through the past three centuries radio network. This series will
were announced by Ralph E. begin on Sept. 12.
One of the major projects
Samuel, chairman of the Amer-
ican Jewish Tercentenary, 270 of the Tercentenary, Mr.
Park Ave., New York. Mr. Samuel pointed out, is the
Samuel heads a national corn- preparation of a 10-volume
mittee of 300 American Jews documentary history of the
Jews of the United Ctates, as
which is organizing the cele-
a lasting memorial to the ob-
bration of the 300th anniversary
servance.
of Jewish settlement in the
United States.
President Dwight D. Eisen-
hower, in a recent message to
The observance will be
Mr. Samuel, stated:
launched with a public din-
ner at Hotel Waldorf Astoria,
"The Jews of America, gen-
New York, Sept. 12.
eration upon generation, have
The dinner will be preceded brought to the task of building
by a reconsecration service at this great Nation in freedom, a
the Spanish and Portuguese special gift. It is that deep and
Synagogue, New York. oldest abiding faith of their fathers,
Jewish congregation in the that vital element of Judaeo-
country. founded by the 23 Jew- Christian civilization kept glow-
ish settlers who came to New ingly alive by Jews throughout
Amsterdam in September, 1654. the ages, from the time of the
The celebration will be brought ancient prophets of Israel. Upon
to a close with an outdoor reli- the moral truths of this whole
gious ceremony, May 29, 1955, ancient heritage, our Nation was
at Carter Barron Amphitheater, founded and has ever lived."
Washington, D. C.
The American Jewish Tercen-
Mr. Samuel said that procla- tenary has issued a program
mations of the Tercentenary as policy statement, "Scope and
a period of thanksgiving and Theme," which offers a serious
rejoicing will be issued by lead- consideration of the implica-
ing rabbinical bodies, congrega- tions and meaning of The forth-
tional organizations and rabbi- coming anniversary.
nical seminaries. A Tercentenary
Also published was "Every-
Sabbath will set aside to be man's Guide to the American
marked by all Jewish congrega- Jewish Tercentenary," which
tions. On Thanksgiving Day, summarizes the historical basis
Nov. 25, a special ceremony will for the celebration, and "Jew-
be held at Touro Synagogue, ish Roots in America," by Dr.
Newport, R. I., oldest existing Bertram W. Korn, which seeks
synagogue building in America, to stimulate the writing of lo-
consecrated in 1763.
cal Jewish histories around the
A Tercentenary W o m e n's country.
Committee of representatives of
In connection with the ob-
national Jewish women's organi- servance, the American Jewish
zations has been established un- Historical Society is conducting
der the chairmanship of Mrs. a historical essay contest, open
Frederick Heimerdinger.
to university students on the
The Tercentenary program graduate and undergraduate
calls for exhibits, concerts, pre- levels.
paration of programs and mate-
The Yiddish Scientific Insti-
rials for schools, pamphlets, tute-YIVO plans publication in
newspaper stories, magazine ar- English of a four-volume "His-
ticles, books, and other projects. tory of the Jewish Labor Move-
ment in the United States." The
1955 edition of the American
Jewish Year Book, published by
the American Jewish Commit-
tee and the Jewish Publication
Society of America, will be dedi-
cated to the Tercentenary. A
volume of the Yiddish Encyclo-
pedia will be devoted to 300
years of Jewish life in the
United States. McGraw-Hill will
publish an interpretative history
of the Jews in the United States
by Oscar Handlin, 1952 Pulitzer
Prize winner in history,- asso-
ciate professor of history at
Harvard University.
Funds for the celebration are
obtained by individual contribu-
tions and by grants from foun-
dations, Jewish welfare funds
and federations in cities
throughout the country.

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Beth Aaron School

Box Supper Planned
By Young Marrieds

To Open New Term

The successful conclusion of
the first term of the Beth Aaron
Religious School will be marked
with assemblies on sunday in the
social ball of the synagogue.
The program will feature a
a play under the direction of
Mrs. S. Braver, remarks by Rabbi
Benjamin H. Gorrelick, the
chorus under the supervision of
Cantor Judah Goldring and the
award of certificates by Dr. M.
Last, educational chairman.
Bernard Panush, school direct-
or, advises that the second term
will start on Jan. 30, at which
time a limited registration will
be taken for kindergarten and
the regular classes. Sessions are
conducted every Sunday at 9:15
and 11 a.m., in the school build-
ing. In addition to the standard
curriculum, the children of the
seventh, eighth and ninth grades
attend two midweek sessions for
Hebrew study.

Seminary to Present
Scroll to Station WWJ

Radio station WWJ will pre-
sent a special 15 minute pro-
gram at 1 p.m., Sunday, at the
conclusion of the weekly Eter-
nal Light radio broadcast in
commemoration of the 10th an-
niversary year of the Eternal
Light, it was announced this
week by Edward Wheeler, gen-
eral manager of WWJ.
The broadcast will feature the
presentation of a scroll to Sta-
ton WWJ in behalf of the Jew-
ish Theological Seminary, under
whose aegis the program is pre- !
I
pared.
The scroll, which will note
I WWJ's exclusive carrying of the
Eternal Light for all 10 years,
will be made by Rabbi Morris
Adler in behalf of the Seminary,
and will be accepted by Wheeler.
Participating with Rabbi Adler
in the presentation ceremony
will be Louis Berry, chairman
• of the Detroit Friends of the
Seminary, and David Safran,
Michigan chairman of the Eter-
nal Light committee.

Suburban Temple to Get
Charter from UAHC

Max Robert Schrayer, past
president of the Chicago Foun-
dation of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations and a
member of the UAHC executive
board, will be guest speaker at
8 p.m. services today at Subur-
ban Temple.
Schrayer also will present the
temple with its charter. T h e
presentation comes on the sec-
ond anniversary o f Suburban
Temple's founding.
Services, which will be held at
Burton School, in Huntington
Woods, will be conducted, inso-
far as possible, by the members
who conducted the original
services.

A box supper and evening of
games will be held by the Young
Marrieds Group of Temple
Israel at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, in
the temple's youth forum.
According to . Al Borkin, chair-
man of the evening, each box
supper will be numbered and
husbands will receive corres-
ponding numbers denoting the
supper they will receive. Bever-
ages will be supplied by the
group.
Borkin stated that prizes will
be awarded for the prettiest,
most original and heaviest
boxes, with additional awards to
be made in the program of
games to follow.
The social is closed to the
membership of the group, al-
though new memberships will
be accepted at the door.

CARE Sends Books
To Hebrew University

Today, with an enrollment of
2,600 students and 217 research
people, the Hebrew University
has reached a record peak. How-
ever, the half million volumes
in the Mt. Scopus library are
not available, and American
friends are currently working to
send new books to the uni-
versity.
CARE recently donated $1,000
in new books from its surplus
f u n d s (Savings accumulated
above operating costs by the
non-profit agency) and also has
sent to Israel the major portion
of $15,000 worth of new scien-
tific, technical and educational
books.
Contributions sent to CARE
Book Fund, 660 First Ave., New
York 16, N.Y., and designated
for the Hebrew University will
help bring the library to its
former size.

8—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, January 22, 1954

Beth Aaron Men's Club
Sponsor service Today

A late Friday service at 8:30
p.m., today, will be held at Beth
Aaron Synagogue, under spon-
sorship of the Men's Club. Rabbi
Benjamin H. Gorrelick -I:ill con-
duct the service, and Cantor
Judah Goldring and the syna-
gogue choir will officiate.
Lay participants in the service
will be Dr. Albert A. Schwartz.
whose sermon will carry out the
evening's theme, "Every House a
Temple of God," Phillin Chap-
nick, Dr. Lewis Cohen, Louis El-
lenson, Dr. Marvin A. Last, Mor-
rig Litvin and Harold Marshall.
A social hour, sponsored by the
Men's Club, will follow services,
and will feature a symposium on
"Religious Symbols in the
Home." in which Sidney M. Le-
vine, Emanuel Sulkes and Dr.
Louis Kazdan will take part. -
Sol Panush is president of the
Men's Club, and Dr. Schwartz is
chairman of the committee
planning the service.

-

Rabbi Adler Named on
National BB Committee
For Education Program

Rabbi Morris Adler .has been
named a member of the nation-
al advisory committee which in-
cludes leading scholars who will
plan a new adult education pro-
gram undertaken by Bnai Brith,
it was announced this week by
Philip Klutznick, Bnai Brith's
president.
The executive group of this
committee will meet in New
York Sunday to prepare for an
Institute of Judaism program.

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