Friday, January 3, 1958—T HE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-1 0
The Suburban Community
Asks Reform in Conformity
to Start Off the New Year
New York Parley
Draws OP Rabbi
.
social pressures—because it is
By the Oak-Woodser
of them.
The advent of a New Year, expected
That handy word, conform-
we suspect, will again bring a
rash of predictions and resolu- ity. People will say, "Well, look
tions to the fore—the former at the synagogues, filled—not
probably to be proven - false to capacity but filled—and it's
and the latter to be ignored.
shabbos, not Rosh Hashanah.
But it's still in the realm of Isn't that indicative of a real
fun to speculate on what the reawakening of the spirit?"
coming year will bring to the
It could be. But then you
world and local scenes, and it's see the throngs of people sur-
often interesting to see how rounding the Bar Mitzvah fam-
long one can keep the resolu- ily. They aren't members of
tions he makes in a rash mo-. the congregation; they're mem-
ment around the first of Janu- bers of the Bar Mitzvah family
ary.
—or friends. •
Some months ago we at-
We have given up resolu-
tions many years ago—for obvi- tended a wonderfully inspir-
ous reasons, yet we've still ing evening honoring one of
enough of the adventurous our great local leaders. The
spirit left to venture this one banquet hall - was crowded
with people who came to do
prediction:
him honor. After the speeches,
During the year 1958 we
which told how saintly a life
will witness a continued in-
this gentleman had led, every-
crease in synagogue affilia-
thing he taught was tossed
tion; we will see members of
out the window in one wild,
congregations become more
impolite rush to get to the
active in synagogue and com-
checkroom.
munal work; we will view a
At another event, people
rise in enrollment in Jewish
educational institutions both came to honor a cause, know-
ing full well the length of the
for adults and children.
At the same time, as part of program before they came.
this all-encompassing predic- Yet, while they struggled
tion, we will see much of this through speeches upon
they were rude to
spirituality, this hard work and speeches,
the evening's guest artist, talk-
educational advance completely ing
and chattering and table
wasted.
If this sounds like a paradox hopping during his short inter-
instead of a prediction, we re- lude.
• Try to collect money for a
fuse to apologize because basic- campaign,
a worthwhile and
ally this is the age of the par- even vital cause.
You'll prob-
adox of conformity.
Our rabbis—at least some of ably get your contribution, but
them—will say that the age of not by stressing the need or
reawakening to religious values the purpose. You'll get it when
is genuine: that we had placed you say that Jake Schwartz
our faith in the atom and sci- gave so much, and if Jake
ence but we were proven Schwartz can give so much, you
wrong. So now we are turning can do better.
That nasty word, conformity!
back to our fundamental con-
So, as we address another
cept of religion and the law of
New Year, we find ourselves
God.
And, of course, they are in the position of belongers,
but not believers; joiners
partly right. Yet, a majority of
and not doers; understand-
people, we feel certain, have
joined synagoguges because of able people without under-
standing.
Nothing would give us
A New Year's Gift to You greater pleasure than to strike
off the second part of a New
Year's prediction and to give
due respect to a perfectly good
word—"conformity."
Rabbi Mordecai S. Halpern,
spiritual leader of Cong. Beth
Shalom, Oak Park, will leave
this week for New York as the
Detroit representative to the
Advanced Seminar in Foreign
Policy.
be
Among the subjects,
presented and discusse are:
"International Responsibility
and Our Religious Heritage,"
"Critique of U.S. Foreign
Policy," "Ethics, Security, Edu-
cation and the Free Society in
a Thermonuclear Age" and
"Ethics and Foreign Policy."
Upon his return to Detroit
from the conference, which is
being held Monday to Friday,
Rabbi Halpern will discuss its
deliberations at services to be
held at 8:30 p.m., Jan. 10, in
the • synagogue. The 80-member
confirmation class of Christ
Church, Crahbrook, will be
guests at the service.
This weekend, services are
planned for 6 p.m., today, and
at 9 a.m., Saturday. The Bar
Mitzvah of William Arthur
Handelman will be observed.
Schools to Offer 'OakParkFollies'
Students, their teachers and
parents are pooling their efforts
to produce the "Oak Park
Follies," a show to be spon-
sored by the PTA organizations
of the junior and senior high
schools of Oak Park.
The show is scheduled - for
performances at 8 p.m., Tues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday
in the senior high school audi-
torium. Tickets may be ob-
tained at the door.
Participants in the show will
include Vicki Green, pianist;
Terry Abrams, Dennis Taisch,
Eddie Simon and Paul Dawes,
mimes; Marcia Weingarden,
Joyce Golden, singers; -Phyllis
Plotkin and Rhoda Hammer-
stein, dancers; and Myra Ehrl
lick and Elaine Seffenger, elo-
cutionists.
Others are Betsy Savine and
Ilene Aaron, singers; Barbara
\ Minkow and Elyse Guttentag,
Bernie Kirznue, Bob Baneck,
and Rita Sloan and Phyllis
Balamut, accompanists.
Young Israel Expands
Program for Youth -
Expansion of its youth depart-
ment is planned by Young Is-
rael Center of Oak-Woods fol-
lowing a series of weekend con-
ferences with Stanley W. Schles-
sel, national director.
According to Ernest Citron,
chairman of the board, the con-
gregation already has named
Johnny Bodzin, Myra Cohen and
Larry Loewenthal to serve as
sponsors of newly - formed
groups.
The Saturday afternoon oneg
shabbat, limited previously to
special occasions, is now to be
held regularly at 2:30 p.m., each
Saturday. Children 4 to 10
will participate in the singing
and story hour sessions.' The
sabbath groups are directed by
Mesdames David Dombey, Sis-
terhood ,president, Seymour Ri-
biat and Louis Fein.
Other youth activities include
sabbath services for the young
people, under the direction of
Morris Goldenberg, and a Bar
Mitzvah and post-Bar Mitzvah
Club, directed by Rabbi Yaakov
I. Homnick.
Sabbath services this week-
end will be at 5:05 p.m., today,
Suburban Mizrachi
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and at 9 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi
Sets Program of Games Homnick will speak on "Closing
THIS COUPON
Oak Park Chapter of the a Life and a Book."
IS WORTH
Women's Mizrachi Organization
will hold a mah jong party Mon-
day evening, in the home of Oak Park JWV Post
Mrs. Donald Nitzkin, 21661 Installs First Officers
Ridgedale, Oak Park.
Officers of the newly-formed
Also planned is a discussion
Towards
on the inauguration of a cul- Oak Park Post of the Jewish
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