THE DETROIT JE WISH NEW S — Friday, August 22, 1958- 12
Brochure Traces
Synagogue's Tale
The synagogue, as the oldest.
continuous democratic institu-
tion, is chronicled and described
in a new booklet published by
the Joint. Commission on Infor-
mation about Judaism of the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations and the Central
Conference of American Rab-
bis.
Written by Dr. David Jacob-
son, rabbi of Temple Beth-El,
San Antonio, Tex., the brochure
is entitled "The Synagogue
Through the Ages." It traces
the probable origins of the sy-
nagogue back to the Babylonian
captivity of the Jews in 586
B.C.E. when the exiles sought
to preserve their faith in a
manner different than that
which prevailed in the temple
in Jerusalem.
Gradually, Jews replaced the
practice of animal sacrifice as
a means of adoring God, with
prayer, music and good deeds.
After the dispersion by the
Romans, local synagogues were
established not only for liturgi-
cal purposes but also as gather-
ing places for fellowship, study
and communal charity. Dr. Ja-
cobson describes the synagogue
as an "extended family".
The impact of the synagogue
on Christianity and Mohammed-
anism is described in the book-
let. The first churches, the au-
thor declares, were synagogues
and "followed a Jewish pattern,
including worship without sac-
rifice, but consisting primarily
of prayers, Scriptural reading
and sermon. Many church pray-
ers were taken over from Jew-
ish liturgy, particularly psalms
and other portions of the Bible."
As for the Gregorian chants of
the Catholic Church, they "are
of Jewish origin", and the "chief
Christian church holidays that
derive from Judaism are the
Sabbath, Easter and Pentecost."
Similarly, writes Rabbi Jacob-
son, "Islam was molded by two
peoples of the Book, Jews and
Christians. Mohammed presum-
ably adopted synagogue practice
when he prescribed that the ser-
vice of the mosque consist of
prayer, reading from the Koran,
and an address."
In other sections of his mono-
Jacobson describes
the sacred articles used in syna-
gogues, stresses the democratic
character of the government of
the synagogue and points out
that most American synagogues
are federated into three nation-
al voluntary organizations, one
Orthodox, one Conservative and
one Reform.
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House Bill Urges FBI Intervention
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The
chairman and ranking minority
member of the House Judiciary
Committee joined in introducing
bi-partisan legislation to bring
about intervention by the FBI
in such cases as the recent bom-
bings of synagogues in the
South.
The chairman is Rep. Eman-
uel Celler, New York Demo-
crat, while the ranking minority
member is Rep. Kenneth B.
Keating, New York Republican.
In a statement explaining the
bill, Reps. Celler and Keating
emphasized the need for coor-
dinating Federal-State jurisdic-
tion to deal with the bombings.
Their new legislation would
make it a Federal crime to ship
dynamite across state lines "for
such evil purposes."
They described it as essential
that the FBI be given "not pri-
mary but coordinate responsi-
bility" for investigation of reli-
gious and racial bombings. "It
is the aim of our bill to confer
that authority on the Depart-
ment of Justice in order to en-
able the FBI to intervene
promptly in the event of future
dynamitings," they stated.
Circle School Opens
Fall Registration
Catholic Priest Is Millionth
Visitor at Israel Pavilion
Until the opening of the new
air - conditioned Workmen's
Circle building, scheduled for
Oct. 1, the WC Schools will con-
tinue holding classes at 18225
Seven Mile and at the Rose Sit-
tig Cohen Bldg., 13226 Lawton.
Classes begin on Sept. 3, and
registration is now being ac-
cepted. -
Workmen's Circle schools em-
phasize the teaching of Jewish
literature, history, language and
culture. Older children are
taught Hebrew. Classes are held
for children aged 6 through 13.
For information or to register
your child, call KE 7-5440.
BRUSSELS — The millionth
visitor to the Israel Pavilion at
the International Exhibition
here was a Catholic priest,
Father Viseur, whose visit was
made the occasion for a special
ceremony in which he was 'pre-
sented with an all-expense free
trip to Israel.
The priest, who is preparing
a PH.D. thesis on Hebrew phil-
ology and who is a warm friend
of Israel, expressed his joy at
the realization of an "old dream
of visiting the Holy Land and
seeing the revival of modern
Israel."
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Registration
of your children for
the new
Sunday School Year
5719 (1958-1959)
Classes for nursery, kindergarten,
Confirmation and all grades.
Register in person Sunday, September 7,
9:30 A.M. to 1 P.M. at the Synagogue,
Israel Chief Rabbi Nissim
Denounces Luxury Simchas
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi
Isaac Nissim, the Sephardic
Chief Rabbi of Israel, de-
nounced luxury spending, in-
cluding elaborate Bar Mitzvah
and wedding feasts, which he
said were on the increase in
Israel.
In a public appeal to writers
and rabbis to exercise their
moral influence, Rabbi Nissim
said that on the eve of the
month of Elul, preceding the
High Holy Days, it was the duty
of such spokesmen to urge the
Jews of Israel to prepare for a
"spiritual inventory."
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Dr. Llelyveld Named
Brickner's Successor
Dr. Arthur Llelyveld, former
national director of the Bnai
Brith Hillel Foundations and
for the past three years execu-
tive vice-president of the
America-Israel Cultural Foun-
dation, has been elected Rabbi
of t h e Cleveland Fairmount
Temple, to succeed the late Dr.
Barnett R.. Brickner.
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