Yeshivah Leader:s Spur Holy Day
Emergency Building Fund Campaign

A breakfast meeting of the
executive and building commit-
tee of Yeshivath Beth Yehudah,
held last Sunday, received en-
couraging reports on the pro-
gress of the five week special
campaign among Rosh Ha-
shanah and Yom Kippur syna-
gogue worshippers to raise
$75,000 for the completion of the
new school annex on Dexter and
Sturtevent, and cover a current
operating deficit.
Sam Hechtman, chairman of
the building committee, presid-
ed, and Meyer Weingarden,
contractor, outlined the needs
still to be met.
Daniel A. Laven, chairman of
the Yeshivah executive, told of
plans for the stabilization of
fundraising., and David Gold-
berg, who directs the Nov. .21
annual Yeshivah dinner at Latin
Quarter, introduced Judge Na-
than J. Kaufman, who has as-
sumed the chairmanship of the
event.
Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter,
executive • vice-president, d e -
scribed the work of the schools
at the beginning of the new
year, with enrollment nearing
800.
Other Yeshivah leaders shown

on the accompanying photo-
graph are right to left: Max
Stollman, vice-chairman of the
building committee; Wolf
Cohen, president; Joseph Lee,
member of the board; Alex
Saltsman and David I. Berris,
members of the executive com-
mittee.
Seated around the table are,
left to .right, back row: Morris
W. Zack, treasurer; A. Howard
Bloch, member of the executive
committee; Rabbi Joseph Elias,
principal; Isadore R. Cohen,
former president; Morris Snow,
chairman of Synagogue Council,
and David J. Cohen, past presi-
dent. Front row: Louis Abble-
baum, Rubin Grevnin, Jacob
Nosanchuk, Julius and Sol
'Wainer and Phillip Stollman.
. The first synagogue to act in
response to the .appeal by Ye-
shivath Beth Yehudah was
Congregation Beth Aaron
Israel, Elmhurst near Linwood,
(known as the Stolliner Shol)
which is headed by Abraham
Feldman. A handful of worship-
pers at Selichot services de-
cided they would not wait until
Rosh Hashanah and immedi-
ately proceeded to raise their
self-imposed quota of $1,000.

1U--DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, October 1, 1954

Holtzman, Honigman
Head Citizens Group
For. Homer Ferguson

An independent Citizens
Group for Homer Ferguson has
been formed with Joseph Holtz-
man and Jason Honigman,
prominent Jewish leaders, as
co-chairmen.
The group, composed of inde-
pendents and voters from both
parties, plans to conduct a vig-
orous campaign for the re-elec-
tion of Senator Ferguson.
In forming the organization,
its sponsors stated:
"Senator Ferguson has lonz
been in the forefront as a true
friend of our people, regardless
of the party in power. Occupy-
ing as he does the key posts of
chairman of the Senate Major-
ity Policy Committee, member
of the Senate Foreign Relations
and Appropriations Committees,
he has served our country emi-
nently well by his constant de-
votion to the causes of democ-
racy and freedom for all peoples.
We intend that he should return
I to Washington as Michigan't
senior senator and continue this

Rabbi Chinitz Seeks to Maintain
Age-Old Excommunication of Spinoza

The current issue of "Ortho-
dox Jewish Life," official publi-
cation of the Union of Ortho-
dox Jewish Congregations of
America, contains an article by
Rabbi Jacob Chinitz, of Detroit,
in which strong objection is
taken to David Ben-Gurion's
recent plea that the excommu-
nication of Spinoza be revoked
and that the Jewish-philosopher
be readmitted into the Jewish
fold.
Basing his argument against
the acceptance of Spinoza as a
Jew among Jews on specific his-
toric records proving that Spi-
noza had a weakness for Chris-
tology and Jesus, Rabbi Chinitz
cites Silo Baron who made the
following reference to Spinoza
in his "Social and Religious His-
tory of the Jews":
"Forced carefully to scrutin-
ize every word with respect to
the Christian Gospels, his criti-
cism of the Hebrew Scriptures
was much sharper than that of
the New Testament. In fact, an
impression of leaning backwards
when speaking of Jesus and the
Gospels, while giving free reign
to his emotional rather than
intellectual opposition in dis-
cussing Mosaic legislation and
Hebrew prophecy, is unavoid-
able."
• Stating that "an interesting
parallel might be drawn be-
tween Spinoza and Jesus—both
looked for an inner essence of
religion," Rabbi Chinitz, holding
to his view that Spinoza was a
'Jesus-man," cites the following

SZ Young Marrieds League
Plans "Juke Box" Dance

The Young Married League of
Cong. Shaarey Zedek will hold
its first affair of the season—a
"Juke Box Night"—at 8:30 p.m.,
Oct. 16, in the synagogue social
hall.
Old and new tunes will be
featured, w i t h refreshments
served at tables which will be
set up. There are no reserva-
tions needed, and there will be
no admission charge.

Branch Libraries List

Teams Distribute City
Of Hope 'Little Banks'

Events of the Week

The following programs have
been arranged this week in
neighborhood branch libraries:
Hubbard Branch, 12929 W. Mc-
Nichols-8 p. rn., today, films,
"Land of the Long Day" and
Arabian Bazaar"; Tuesday, 2
p. m., Story hour for children
3-5, at 8 p. m., film, "What Is
Modern Art?"; at 4 p. m., Thurs-
day, children's story hour.
Parkman Branch, 1766 Oak-
man Blvd.-7:30 p. in., Monday,
meeting of High School Inter-
national Club.
Sherwood Forest Branch, 7117
W. 7 Mile—At 10 a. m.. Monday,
book reviewing class, sponsored
by Adult Education Department
of Board of Education. Meeting
first and third Mondays each
month for 12 weeks. Fee
charged: At 8 p. m., Monday,
American Heritage Discussion,
meets on alternate Mondays:
At 7:30 p. in., Thursday, film,
"The Quiet One."

City of Hope Cancer Fighters'
"Little BlUe Banks" will be dis-
tributed to members for place-
ment after Oct. 1. Already at
familiar sight in Detroit busi-
ness establishments, the Blue
Banks have become an integral
part of fund raising. To place
banks, call Chairman Eileen
Kirman, DI. 1-3024. Helen Levy,
co-chairman, heads a team of
seven captains who handle dis-
tribution of banks. The cap-
tains are: Sylvia Burg, Lee Cor-
man, Rosalie Dubin, Sylvia Ep-
stein, May Feder, Lorraine Kap-
lan and Dorothy Niskar.

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from the Amsterdam philoso-
pher's Tractate:
"A man who can by pure in-
tuition comprehend ideas must
necessarily. possess a mind far
superior to those of his fellow
men, nor do I believe that any
may have been so endowed save
Jesus. To him the ordinances of
God leading men to salvation
were revealed directly without
words or visions.
"The wisdom of God took
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ture. The old law was given
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follows that if Moses spoke with
God face to face, Jesus com-
muned with God mind to mind.
Jesus was sent to teach not only
the Jews but the whole human
race."
After quoting several such
passages from Spinoza's works,
Rabbi Chinitz sums up: "These
texts are not taken out of con-
text. Spinoza adopts the whole
mood of the New Testament, in-
cluding the implicit assumptions
that Christianity fulfills and
universalizes the narrower Juda-
ism, that Jesus was unique, that
the yoke of the law had been
removed."

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them would be nullified should
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successfully challenged."—
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