The Suburban Community
Young Rabbis Discouraged
by Overburdened Colleagues
By the Oak-Woodser
Last week, in his column "Be
tween You and Me," Boris
Smolar, editor of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency asks why
graduates from rabbinical semi'
naries are not entering the rab-
binate.
Especially baffling to many
who may ask the same question
is the fact that, on the whole,
rabbis are paid extremely Well
for their services, and receive
other remunerations from wed-
dings, bar mitzvahs and the like.
But the ever-present duty
But rather than enter the
of sermons every Friday and
rabbinate, many qualified, or-
every Saturday, conduct of
dained rabbis have entered religious schools and adult
teaching, social work or the education programs, attend-
business world, Smolar says.
ance at special programs in
Finding a solution to this the Jewish and general com-
problem may not be simple.
munity persist.
But the cause of the dilemma is
Is it a wonder that the young
there for all to examine.
rabbi, having tried to adjust to
It stems mainly from a a pace of life that even the most
relatively new concept that successful businessman is not
the rabbi not only is expected expected to meet, looks else-
to be the spiritual and educa- where for his livelihood?
tional leader of the congrega-
Somewhat paradoxical is the
tion but the social leader, as present trend toward religious
well.
emphasis — the constant
Custom dictates that a rabbi seeking to bring new people
officiate at funerals, minister into the fold of Judaism which
the needs of the bereaved fami- makes the rabbi's task harder
ly, officiate at weddings and not easier.
sometimes even teach the Bar
One of the main obligations of
Mitzvah boy.
the individual, we would think,
This, in itself, is a job and would be to make less demands
a half for any rabbi whose con- on a rabbi's time. Like a family
gregation consists of 250 to 500 doctor, few rabbis will refuse
families. But today, many con- to see a person, but they can't
gregations have close to, or over, charge for an office call.
1,000 families in their member-
ship.
The burden becomes more O-W Young Israel
pronounced when we add to Names Dinner Committe
A special committee has been
those neatly-defined obligations
others that are imposed on him, organized by Young Israel Cen-
such as: 1) communal responsi- ter of Oak-Woods to plan the
bility; 2) interfaith programs; congregation's second annual
3) attendance at affiliate events; dinner, states David Feldstein,
4) solicitation of funds for new chairman of the board.
Morris Novetsky has been
buildings or additions; 5) sale
of advertisements for a year- named overall dinner chairman.
book; 6) preparation of publici- The project is expected to raise
ty for newspapers and periodi- $15,000 to aid in expansion of
cals.
the synagogue and its class-
Many of these new obliga- room facilities. Committee mem-
tions have, in a sense, become bers include Mesdames Erry
vital adjuncts of the synagogue, Loewenthal, Morris Novetsky
with high pressure business and Joseph Rodd.
techniques being adopted in
Sabbath services this week-
order to succeed and progress. end will be held at 5 p.m., to-
The question then becomes day, and at 9 a.m., Saturday.
is it fair to place the onus of Rabbi Yaakov I. Homnick will
preach on "The Father Who
Never Died," and the Bar Mitz-
vah of Michael Novetsky will
be observed.
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responsibility on the rabbi who
already is overburdened with
work?
We were given to think that
one of a rabbi's main duties was
to advise members of his con-
gregation who were in need of
guidance. Today, some of our
rabbis, on the point of nervous
breakdowns, are seeking guid-
ance from their psychiatrists.
And the advice they get is
always the same— slow down,
don't try to do so much.
Slate Teen, Tween
Events at Center
Teen and tweens at the 10
Mile branch of the Jewish Com-
munity Center will have a full
schedule of winter vacation ac-
tivities, beginning - with a three-
day Camp Tamarack holiday
from Dec. 23 to 25. Registration
is limited to 40 teen-agers.
One-day trips to Tamarack
are planned for Dec. 24, and
are available to both teens and
tweens. Another vacation event
is a trip to the Cranbrook Plan-
etarium at 12:30 p.m., Dec. 26.
Other events include a des-
sert supper and sports night
program at 7 p.m., Dec. 27, fea-
turing a celebrity from the
sports world; and a toboggan
party at 12 noon, Dec. 31, at
Rouge Park.
Registration for all activities
must be made with the Center,
LI. 7-6161, in advance.
Nazi-Seized Archives
Returned to Yugoslavia
BELGRADE, (JTA) — Ar-
chives of a number of pre-
war Yugoslavian Jewish organ-
izations seized by the Nazis
and later f o u n d by Russians
have been returned to .Yugo-
slay authorities, the Federation
of Yugoslav Jewish Commu-
nities has been informed. The
Federation has asked the Yugo-
slav Government to return docu-
ments important to the commu-
Yugoslav Mechanic Given *
Two-Month Sentence
BELGRADE, (JTA)—A Yugo-
slav mechanic has been sen-
tenced to two months imprison-
ment in the city of Subotica for
making pub lie ant i-Semitic
statements.
The defendant, Kovac Lukac,
was convicted of violating a law
forbidding.. incitement of nation-
al and racial intolerance
Early Deadlines
for Holiday Time
By
DAVID
MARCUS
South
Oakland
County
A suburban branch of AZA
for boys 15 to 19 is being estab-
lished by Harry Fox, a member
of the Oak WoOds Bnai Brith.
All those interested may contact
him at LI. 6-7263.
* * - *
The student council of Oak
Park High School is sponsoring
a dance Dec. 21 themed "Fare-
well to '5-6."
* * *
Dennis Silber, vice-president
of the student council of Oak
Park High School, announced
that the council-sponsored can-
ned goods drive for distribution
to the needy, brought in a total
of 1,000 cans.
* * *
Douglas Cohen, p r o g r am
chairman of the Key Club of
Oak Park High School, revealed
that at its coming meeting
next week, the club will be
lectured by an FBI agent.
* * *
The Varsity Club of Oak
Park High Dec. 17 dance, en-
titled "Double Dribble," is in
honor of the basketball season.
Tickets will be sold at the door
states Alan Scher.
* * *
Mr. Harry Weberman's senior
Oak Park High School civics
class will be going on , a field
trip to the Federal Building,
for the purpose of observing
naturalization processes in the
Federal Court.
* *
Dr. Seymour C. Smelsey,
chairman of the scholarship
committee of the Oak Park
High Parent - Teacher - Student
Association, advises that the
Francis V. Baad Scholarship
Award Fund has just been set
up. The scholarship is named in
honor of their high school
principal. Deserving students of
the first graduating class of
June 1957 are eligible.
Beth Shalom Commences
Adult Study Program
Cong. Beth Shalom began a
series of adult education pro-
grams Thursday, in the C wing
of the Oak Park High School.
The series will continue at 8:15
p.m., on successive Thursdays.
The evening is divided into
three areas of study: elementary
Hebrew and prayer book; ad-
vanced Hebrew and philosophy
of Judaism. The community is
invited to participate.
For information or to reserve
courses in the series, call Mrs.
Max Dobrowitsky, LI. 5-0286, or
Mrs. Robert Lewin, LI. 6-4150.
The occurrence of both
Christmas and New Year's
Days on Tuesday necessitates
advancing the deadline for
all material for editions of
The Jewish News of Dec. 28
and Jan. 4.
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the Jewish News' offices by
9 a.m., Monday, Dec. 24 for
the issue of Dec. 28; and by
9 a.m., Dec. 31 for the Jan. 4
edition. Photographs must be
in the preceding Friday for
both editions.
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classified display advertis-
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both week at 4:30 p.m., Mon-
days. The liner classified ad-
vertising deadline will not
change, remaining at 11 a.m.,
Wednesday.
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