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. PLANNING A PARTY FOR HOME or OFFICE? Make it 'JACK'S' for the tastiest hors d'ouvres, meat and dairy trays delivered to you ! 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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. All local copy must reach 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. Display advertising and classified display advertis- ing should be in our offices 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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