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SYDNEY W. ROOS

Proclaim Tercentenary Period 'Time for Prayers Rejoicing'

NEW YORK — The American
Jewish Tercentenary, which be-
gins in September and con-
tinues through May 1955, was
proclaimed on July 5 as a per-
iod of "thanksgiving, prayer,
study, and celebration," at spe-
cial ceremonies at Cong. Shear-
ith Israel, 70th Street at Central
Park West, Manhattan.
A religious proclamation of
the Tercentenary w a s issued
from the steps at the congrega-
tion, founded in 1654 by the first
group of 23 Jews to settle in
what is now the United States.
The proclamation was signed
by Rabbi Simon G. Kramer,
chairman of the Tercentenary
committee on religious and edu-
cational participation; Dr. Bar-
nett R. Brickner, president, Cen-
tral Conference of American Rab-
bis; Rabbi Theodore L. Adams,
president, Rabbinical Council of
America; Rabbi Harry Halpern,
president, Rabbinical Assembly
of America; Max J. Etra, presi-
dent, Union of Orthodox Jewish

Cong. Shearith Israel, - read a
Between now and Sept. 12, officially launched, this procla-
Hebrew translation and Rabbi when the celebration of the mation will be re-issued in hun-
Simcha Levy, of Perth Amboy, 300th, anniversary of Jewish set- dreds of cities and towns
N.J., read a Yiddish, translation.
tlement the United Sta tes is throughout the country.
Also participating in the cere-
monies were Ralph E. Samuel,
national chairman of the Ter-
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centenary; New York state Su-
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Beth Aaron Opens
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Beth Aaron Synagogue is en-
gaged in a vigorous campaign
for new members, according to
an announcement made by Jack
Shenkman, president.
The drive seeks to enroll 150
new families into the congrega-
tion, bringing its membership
strength to a capacity of 600
which can be accommodated in
its auditorium during the High
Holy Days. It*
The drive, to, continue to the
High Holiday season, is under
the chairmanship of Al Stern,
with Norman Jafee and William
Liberson serving as co-chairmen.
Also on the committee are
Ben Drapkin, A. Fischer, H.
Green, J. Greenblatt, J. Klein, A.
Lubin, S. Lankin, M. Lieberman,
M. Meskin, A. Shapiro, R. Port-
ney, M. Teiltel and C. Tencer.

NEW YORK — The largest
metropolitan association of tern-
pies in America is headed by
Sydney W. Roos, of Rockville
Center, New York, w h o was
recently re-elected president of
the New York Federation of
Reform Synagogues. Comprising
71_ Reform congregations in the Congregations of America;
five boroughs of New York City, Charles Rosengarten, president,
Nassau and Suffork Counties in United Synagogue of America;
Long Island, and Westchester Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath,
County, the Federation is affili- president, Union of American
ated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations; and Dr.
Norman Salit, president, Syna-
Hebrew Congregations.
A former president of Central gogue Council of America.
Synagogue of Nassau County,
The text of the proclamation
Rockville Center, Mr. Roos is was read at the ceremony by
a member of the national exe- Rabbi Kramer. The Rev. Dr.
cutive board of the Union of David de Sola Pool, rabbi of
American Hebrew Congregations.
"All that we send into the
Director of Federation is Rabbi 8—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
lives of others comes back into
Daniel Davis, whbse office is in
our own."—Edward Markhain.
Friday,. July 9, 1954:
the House of Living Judaism-
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City's Fifth Avenue.

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Laven Enters 3rd Term
As Executive Committee
Chairman of Yeshivah

Daniel A. Laven, prominent
community leader, has been re-
elected chairman of the execu-
tive committee of Yeshivath
Beth Yehudah for the third con-
secutive term.
Serving with him on the com-
mittee will be David I. Berris,
David Goldberg, A. Howard
Bloch and Irving Raimi, of the
Businessmen's C o u n c i 1; Max
Carmen, Rubin Grevnin, Arthur
Klein and Alex Saltsman, rep-
resentatives of the Yeshivah
board; and David J. Cohen, Isa-
dore R. Cohen, Daniel Temchin,
Rabbi I. Stollman and Rabbi M.
J. Wohlgelernter, all past presi-
dents of the Yeshivah.
The executive committee will
meet at 8 p.m., Monday, at La-
ven's office, 15905 James Couz-
ens, to map plans for the Beth
Yehudah Schools during the
-oorning year.
The Yeshivah opened its sum-
mer sessions last week with a
record high enrollment of 300
students, stated Rabbi J. Elias,
school principal. Classes take
place in the morning, with af-
ternoons free for a day camp
program in which nearly 200 ad-
ditional youngsters participate.
The camp program, for which
registration is still open, fea-
tures outings, swimming, sports,
arts and crafts and other diver-
sified activities. For information,
call, Rabbi Goldstein or Rabbi
Weinberg, TU. 3-3700.
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah was
well represented among the win-
ners in recent Inter-Yeshivah
Student Union national con-
tests. Norman Lebow, a senior
student, won the top prize in the
photography division for his pic-
ture depicting school life, while
Deborah I.sbee, a seventh grade
student, won second prize in the
/essay contest, writing on "The
`Place of the Yeshivah in Jewish
Life."

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Evergreen Community Plans
Activities for '54-'55 Season

Evergreen Jewish Community,
serving the neighborjiood around
Evergreen and Seven Mile Rd. is
currently planning its activities
for the coming season. Persons
intetrested in the congregation's
program should contact David
Simon, president, KE. 3-0197;
Shy Magy, Sunday school and
Hebrew classes, KE. 1-3955; and
Sylvia Blumenthal, Ladies Aux-
iliary, KE. 2-9316.

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