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April 12, 1957 - Image 34

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1957-04-12

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Theological Semmary Gets Rare -Ritssitaii Microfihns

Holiday Best Wishes

ANTEEK EXCHANGE

Buying and Selling Old Glass, Chinaware,
Silver, Copper, Bross and Antique Furniture



Open Evenings by Appointnient Call TO 6-9222
.
10233 WOODWARD at CALVERT

NIM11.41



11tM10.

Greetings of the Holiday



CAMINO RESTAURANT

Fish and Chips

Pizza Pies

1289 Oakman Blvd,

Best Wishes on the Holiday

3D TELEVISION
ELECTRONIC SERVICE

Soles and Service—Antennas Installed
Pick Up and Delivery

8528 -WOODWARD

TR 1-2584

Best Wishes for a Joyous Passover

CENTRAL OVERALL SUPPLY COMPANY

7043 E. Palmer

..

.

Best Wishes for a Happy Passover

AMSTERDAM PRESS and
WHITE COLOR CARD CO.

Established 1890

467 Amsterdam



TR 1-0606

Happy Passover

CASTONE MICHIGAN
CORPORATION

NEW YORK—Microfilms of
nine Hebrew manuscripts from
the •ainous Guenzburg collec-
tion in Russia, haye • been .ae-
quired by the Jewish Theologi-
cal Seminary of America, after
a 42 year quett, according to
Louis Finkelstein, Seminary
chancellor.
Most important of the micro-
films it "Yalkiit Tahned Torah"
a nth century commentary on
the Book of Leviticns, previ-
ously unavailable in" the West.
Compiled by. Rabbi Jacob of
Sicily, it is an anthology of
Midrathim (scriptural interpre-
tations by famous Palestinian
and BabSrloilin 'rabbis).- Rabbi
Jacob extensively quotes the
Midrash, "Yelarnderin," several
versions of which he studied in
the Orient.
Other newly-acquired micro=
films include "The Diwan,"
poetry of Rabbi Moses ben Ezra,
famous Spanith philosopher of
the Middle Ages, several codes,
medieval Talmudic commen-
taries, legal documents, theories
of calendar regulati'o n and
Italian communal 1 a w s. The
Guenzburg collection is esti- :
mated to contain 1,500 rare He-
brew and Jewish books a n d
manuscripts expected to throw
much light on the lost books of
that. period.

Baron David Guenzburg, be-
lieved to have been the only
Jewish member of the nobility
in Czarist Russia, died before
World Wat I, and Professor
Alexander Mane, late librarian
of the Jewish- Theological
Seminary, negotiat e d with
Guenzburg'S widow for the sale
of -ale library, but his efforts
'were forestalled by the out-
break of war.
In 1917 the Hebrew National•
Library bought the collection,
but never received it, since it
was soon expropriated by the
new government of the USSR.
After World War II, with the
aid of the Harvard Astronomer
Professor Harlow Shapley, Dr.
Franz Pick and members of the
U.S. State Departm e n t, t h e
Seminary's chancellor, Dr. Louis
Finkelstein , jre-opened c o r r e-
spondence to obtain the micro-
films.
In the - summer of 1956, rep-
resentatives of the New York
Board of Rabbis, visiting Rus-
sia, s a w the collection and
learned that it was finally being

New Light on Israel

catalogued. Rabbi' Morton Leif-
man of Congregation. -Beth El,
Montreal ; obtained nine - Micrb-
filmS during his stay in Russia
and dOnated them to the Semi=
nary Library .Where `they are

part Of the Professor Louis
Ginzberg Microfilm Collection.
Coincidentally, the familieki
of the late Professor Ginzberg
and Baron Guenzberg 'were

related during the 13th "centuiy.

Holiciay Good Cheer

ELSA 1.06ISE TEA ROOM

DeliCious, Home-Cooked Food and Pastries
Lunches 11:36 A.M. - 2 •P.M.
Dinners 5 - 8:30 P.M.

15954 WOODWARD, Highland Park

TO 6-9490.

.Passever Greetings

KAY-D COMPANY

3200 Bellevue

WA 3-1800

Holiday Greetings

ERIK ANDERSEN

Landscape Gardener -

9929 Chenlot

WE 4-8400

Holiday Greetings

Lawyer's Title Corporation

Detroit's Branch Office

151 W. Congress

WO. 2-2724

Best Wishes for a

Happy Passover

The
_Evans-Sherratt
Company ,

Beautify your home with Cast-O-Stone
LIFETIME GUARANTEE

OPEN SUNDAY — JO 4-5704, LI 7-2233
PONTIAC: FE 2-9421
13751 W. 11 MILE RD., OAK PARK

GREETINGS FOR PASSOVER

BONDED
GUARD
SERVICE

As Passover approaches the
people of Israel continue to
work toward economic self-
.sufficiency. Ainong the many
plants, aided by investment
capital from Israel Bond sales
in the fight for economic free-
dom, is the Jerusalem Light-
Bulb factory.

PLANT PROTECTION SPECIALISTS

24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE
Uniformed Guards
Patrol Service

441 E. Grand Blvd.

LO. 8-4150

Greetings On the Holiday

SAM HABER of

LONG TRANSPORTATION CO.

To and From:

CH I CAGO
NEW YORK

3755 Central

CLEVELAND
PITTSBURGH

DETROIT
TOLEDO

VI. 2-3000
Steel Division, 6837 Wyoming, Dearborn

Algiers Paper Reports
on Tunisian Population •

LONDON ( WJA ) — Inform a-
tion Juive, the Jewish periodical
of Algiers, publishes estimates
of the Jewish population which
settled in Southern Tunisia, the
region extending from Gabes to
the frontier of Libya.
The number of Jews in this
area is estimated at 5,870 as of
Jan. 1, with the largest Jewish
concentration at Gabes (2,300),
Djerba - Hara - Kebira (1,250),
Djerba-Hara-Seghira (600) ;and
Zariis (550). In another . ifour
localities, the , number of Jews
is in the region of 300 eaCh.
"It is as well to recall," adds
Information Juive, 'that
total population in this area at
the conclution of World: War II

was about 12,000/' •

16619 WYOMING

Best Wishes for a Happy Passover

FULLER

SUPPLY COMPANY

Package Air Conditioners

Self Contained Air Conditioners

for Commercial' and Industrial Applicators

3-5-71/2-10-1 5 and 20 Ton Capacity

Wholesale Distributors

2600 CLIFFORD

WO 2-. 8550

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