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Workmen's Circle School Opens Branch in Northwest

The Workmen's Circle School,
which is now affiliated with the
United Hebrew Schools, is open-
ing a branch, to be housed in
TEMPLE ISRAEL: At 8:30 p.m. services today, Dr. Leon Fram the new Circle Center, located
will preach on "The Book of Deuteronomy," the first in a at 18825 W. 7 Mile, near South-
series on Books of the Bible.
field.
CONG. BETH YEHUDAH: Sabbath services at 7:30 p.m., today.
The Schools, which have been
At 9 a.m. services Saturday, Rabbi Joshua Spiro will speak in existence since 1921, will
on "Tisha b'Ab and the JNF Appeal."
continue to serve the Dexter-
YOUNG ISRAEL OF DETROIT: Sabbath services at 7:30 p.m. Linwood area from the Rose
today; at 9 a.m., Saturday.
Sittig Cohen Bldg., 13226 Law-
YOUNG ISRAEL OF NORTHWEST DETROIT: Sabbath services ton.
at 7:20 p.m., today; at 9 a.m., Saturday. Tisha b'Ab services
Saul Maltz, director of the
at 7:30 p.m., Monday; at 7 a.m., Tuesday.
WC Schools, in making the an-
CONG. BNAI DAVID: Sabbath services at 7:30 p.m., today; at nouncement, stated that Mrs.
8:45 a.m., Saturday. Auxiliary services at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Miriam Gornbein, formerly with
at 24446 Martha Washington, Southfield Township.
the Sholem Aleichem Institute,
ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Sabbath services at 6 p.m., will be in charge of the North-
today; at 8:45 a.m., Saturday.
CONG. GEMILUTH CHASSODIM: Sabbath services at 7:30 p.m.,
Halt Restitution Funds
today; at 9 a.m., Saturday. Tisha b'Ab services at 8:15 p.m.,
Monday.
for Romanian Jews
CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Sabbath services at 6 p.m., today; at
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Robert
8:45 a.m., Saturday.
M. W. Kempner, former Amer-
TEMPLE BETH EL: Vesper services at 5:30 p.m., today. Sabbath ican deputy chief prosecutor at
services at 11:15 a.m., Saturday.
the Nuremberg War Crimes
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Sabbath services at 7 p.m., today; at 9 Trial, took issue with a ruling
a.m., Saturday.
by the provincial office for re-
CONG. BETH JOSEPH: Sabbath services at 7:30 p.m., today; at stitution in the Rhineland-Pala-
9 a.m., Saturday.
tinate ordering temporary halt-
CONG. SHOMREY EMUNAH: Sabbath services at 7:30 p.m., to- ing of all applications for re-
stitution from persecutees who
day; at 9 a.m., Saturday.
suffered damages in Romania.
The order affects a large num-
ber of Romanian Jews.

Jews Contribute
$7,600 to Church

Lamentations

By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright, 1957, JTA, Inc.)

NEW YORK, (JTA)—A Pro-
The Book of Lamentations
testant minister revealed that
is read on the eve of Tisha
75 Jews have Contributed at b'Ab (occurring this year on
least $7,600 toward the refur-
Monday. night).
bishment of a church adjunct
The Book of Lamentations
in the Gramercy Park section
of this city.
constitutes the prophet Jere-
The Rev. G. Clare Backhurst, miah's lament over the fate of
rector of Calvary Episcopal Judea and Jerusalem which
Church, a 140-year-old edifice, were captured by the Babylo-
announced, that most of the nians. This resulted in the de-
gifts were actually made in struction of the Temple of Jeru-
June, at the annual dinner of salem. The fast of the Ninth of
the Printers and Publishers di- Ab, being the anniversary of
vision of the UJA, in token of the destruction of the First and
friendship to William R. Rogers, Second temples respectively
head of a magazine distributing could therefore have had no
firm and a vestryman at Cal- more fitting Biblical text as-
signed for reading on its data
vary Church.
Rogers had asked Joseph than this Book of Lamentations
Ottenstein, a Washington mag- which expresses the spirit of
azine distributor, for advice on mourning and lament over the
soliciting people in the vicinity tragic events which brought
about this catastrophe.
of the church. He mentioned
Some congregations darken
that Calvary had lost most of
the synagogue for the services
its parishioners through being
located in a predominantly on the night of Tisha b'Ab.
business district.
This custom is based upon an
Ottenstein gave more than account in the Midrash (Mid-
advice. He made a $100 contri- rash R a bb a 11, Lamentations,
bution to the church fund and Chapter I) where the Lord asks
so did 74 other Jewish business the Ministering angels: "What
friends of Rogers when they does a human .king do when
heard about the church's cam- mourning the fate of his be-
paign. Checks totalling $7,100 loved son?" The angels re-
were waiting for Rogers and plied: "He extinguishes the
Rev. Backhurst at the United lamps." The Lord then is said
Jewish Appeal dinner, and $500 to answer "I will do likewise."
more was pledged on the spot. This brings us to understand
that dousing the lights is a dis-
play of mourning and regret.
Be Fair To Yourself . . Thus, on the eve of Tisha b'Ab
we darken the synagogue as a
symbol of our mourning and
that of the Almighty who does
likewise over our loss. Some
consider this a sign of missing
the Menorah which used to be
lit in the ancient temple.
Some Jews customarily put
ashes on their heads on Tisha
'TILL YOU GET A DEAL FROM
b'Ab.
The ashes are a sign of de-
struction and mom- ning. Some
comment that the ash is put on
he head to show that we are
1 ike ash in the hands of the
Lord—both powerless and use-
1 ess. Others claim that it was a
WORLD'S LARGEST
means of remembering the sac-
rifice of Isaac who was ready
o be reduced to ashes through
b ecoming a burning sacrifice,
1 had not the Lord seen fit to
pare him. The ash on our
DEALER
h eads indicates that we too are
r eady to offer the supreme sac-
1/4
r ifice; but ask the Lord to spare
3
s like he did Isaac. The ash is
p articularly put on the place
CONVENIENT
w here the Tefillin are placed on
LOCATIONS
t he head, indicating that where
• 3000 FENKELL
piritual beauty once stood
t here now is ashes. The Tefillin
East of Livernois
m ay represent the Temple
• 7 MILE ROAD
w hich was our spiritual beauty
Just East of James Couzens
a nd the ash represents what has
• WOODWARD AT LOTHROP
become of it through the act of
One Block North of Grand Blvd.
estruction.

Kempner pointed out that
he investigated the persecution
of Romanian Jews and that in
his judgment—which is based
on official documents—there is
no doubt that the Nazi author-
ities were instrumental in or-
ganizing anti-Jewish acts in
Romania.
He expressed the hope that
the decision of the Stuttgart
court will soon be overruled
by a higher court in Germany.

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The WC Schools, part of a
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