THE DE TROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, February 20, 1959—e
Rabbi Bamberger Speaks on Amos' Eban Sends Dulles
Ideals Before Midrasha Institute
Sympathy Message
"Justice and Mercy — Man's
Relation to His Fellow Man,"
dealing with the Book of Amos,
will be the topic of the address
to be delivered next Wednes-
day evening by Rabbi Bernard
J. Bamberger, of Congregation
Shaarey Tefila, New York, at
the third lecture in the current
series of the Midrasha Institute.
This series of discussion
meetings is held at the Esther
Berman Branch of the United
H e b r e w Schools. Discussion
leaders have charge of the ques-
tion period that follows the
niain lecture.
Rabbi Bamberger, a native of
Baltimore, received his A. B. at
Johns Hopkins University, with
Phi Beta Kappa honors. He
was ordained Rabbi at Hebrew
Union College in 1926. For the
three succeeding years he was
rabbi of Temple Israel, Lafay-
ette, Ind., and simultaneously
held a fellowship at Hebrew
Union College from which he
received the degree of Doctor
of Divinity in 1929. From
1929-1944 he was rabbi of Con-
gregation Beth Emeth, Albany.
In 1944 he accepted a call from
Congregation Shaarey Tefila,
New York City. '
He was president of the
Sgnagogue Council of America,
1950-51, and is currently vice-
president of the Central Con-
ference of American Rabbis.
In June, 1950, Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Re-
ligion conferred on him the
honorary degree of Doctor of
Hebrew Letters.
He is the author of "Pros-
elytism in the Talmudic Era,"
1939; "Fallen Angels," 1952;
"The Bible—A Modern Jewish
Approach," 1956, and "The
Story of Judaism," 1957.
Editor of "Reform Judaism
Essays by Alumni of the He-
brew Union College," he was
contributing editor of the Uni-
versal Jewish Encyclopedia and
has written many articles and
reviews. He is a member of the
committee preparing the new
translation of the Bible for the
Jewish Publication Society of
America.
Prof. Irwin's Address
The second lecturer in the
series, Prof. William Irwin, of
Southern Methodist University,
spoke last Wednesday on the
subject, "Human Suffering —
Man's Relation to Adversity,"
dealing with the Book of Job.
Prof. Irwin was introduced
by Prof. Shlomo Marenoff, Dean
of the Detroit Midrasha Col-
lege, who was a pupil of the
guest lecturer.
The deep interest shown by
the registrants in the Insti-
tute was attested to by the
large number who came to
the lecture with their Bibles,
to be able to turn to the
source during the discussions
that followed "buzz periods"
after the lecture.
The great lesson in Job, Prof.
Irwin said, is that "our life
takes on meaning through trust
in God." The greatness of the
book's contribution, he said, is
its dialogue out of which' de-
velops the idea that the suf-
ficient answer to suffering is to
be patient and all will come
out well.
Another lesson in the book,
the lecturer said, is that suffer-
ing is divine and that it is a
challenge to us.
It is Prof. Irwin's contention
that the old transcript of the
Book of Job was defaced, that
only a few of the fragments are
left in the book and that the dia-
logue as it is now available in
Job is incomplete.
In Job, Prof. Irwin said, the
explanation of suffering is that
it is brought about by wicked-
ness and that righteousness
brings happiness. The book's
superb poet, developing the
theme of the rebellion against
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Israeli Ambassador Abba S.
Eban has sent a personal
message of sympathy and
good wishes to United States
Secretary of State John For-
ter Dulles, who has under-
gone surgery at Walter Reed
Hospital here. In the mes-
sage, Eban wished Dulles
"full and speedy recovery."
WJC to Invite
Russian Jewry
RABBI B. J. BAMBERGER
God, assumes that life is neither
bad nor good, that it is an
amazing admixture of both, he
stated.
"Love doesn't enter into great
emphasis there." he said. and
he pointed out in answer to a
question regarding the absence
of the word love in the book
that in Job the word used is
"hesed," loving mercy, rather
than "ahava," love.
Much discussion revolved
around the speaker's com-
ments regarding "an inter-
mediary" between Job and
God. Dr. Irwin defined his
term "intermediary" as "the
redemptive forces in the uni-
verse."
At the outset, Prof. Irwin
paid tribute to "our Hebraic
heritage" and he defined the
Book of Job as "magnificent
poe ry
A Bert Elazar, superintendent
of e United Hebrew Schools
presided during the question
period.
JERUSALEM (WTA)—"Lead-
ers of the World Jewish Cong-
ress have decided to invite
representatives of Russian Jews
to the Plenary Assembly of the
World Jewish Congress in
Stockholm next August," Dr.
Nahum Goldmann, president of
the World Jewish Congress, de-
clared in a recorded interview
broadcast by the Israel home
service.
"The session will be held in
the Swedish Parliament. It is
certain that representatives of
Hungarian Jewry will partici-
pate, and we assume that rep-
resentatives of Polish Jewry
will come. It is possible that
representatives from other East
European countries will also be
present," Dr. Goldmann said.
"As for the USSR, the prin-
cipal difficulty is the fact that
Russian Jewry has no represen-
tation. Leaders of the Congress
and myself have had talks with
Soviet representatives in the
United States, and we made
proposals regarding the invita-
tion of representatives of local
Jewish communities.
"It is impossible to know
whether this will be accepted.
We are making every effort,
but one cannot predict whether
they will be permitted to travel
to Stockholm and who will
come," he concluded.
SEC Approves $300,000,000 Israel
Bond Issue; Drive Opens March 6
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice
president of the Israel Bond
Organization, announces that
the registration of a new $300,-
000,000 issue of State of Israel
Bonds has been made effective
by the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
The new issue will be form-
ally launched at. the 1959 Inau-
gural Conference for Israel
Bonds, meeting at the Fontaine-
bleau Hotel in Miami Beach,
March 6 to 8.
The registration statement
for the new Bond issue was
filed with the SEC after con-
sultations in this country and
Council Assembly
Set for March 2
Members of the Sisterhood of
Congregation Beth Aaron will
be hostesses at the social hour
following the Jewish Commu-
nity Council Delegate Assembly
to be held Monday, March 2,
8:15 p.m., at Beth Aaron. Mrs.
Albert Kaplan, Sisterhood presi-
dent, is in charge of the ar-
rangements.
Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein, of
KAM Temple, Chicago, a long
time leader :n efforts to main-
tain stability of neighborhoods
of changing racial composition,
and an authority on develop-
ments in the South, will speak
on "The Integration Issue and
the Jewish Community." A dis-
cussion period will follow the
address.
Boris M. Joffe, the Council's
executive director, will review
various phases of current Coun-
cil activities.
Israel between Finance Minis-
ter Levi Eshkol and officers of
the Development Corporation
for Israel, the organization re-
sponsible for the sale of Israel
Bonds in the United States and
other countries.
Abraham Feinberg, chairman
of the board of the Kayser-Roth
Corporation, is president of the
Israel Bond organization, and
Ira Guilden, chairman of the
executive committee of Loew's
Inc., is its national campaign
chairman.
Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
passed a bill last November to
authorize the government to
proceed with plans for the new
issue, officially designated as
Second Development Bonds.
A - total of $366,236,450 in Is-
rael Bonds was sold between
the inception of the drive in
May, 1951, and the end of 1958.
The new issue is the third Is-
rael Bond issue to be floated
in the United States. The first
was the Independence Issue
which paid 31/2% interest per
year, and raised $145,542,900
between May, 1951 and May,
1954. The second, known as the
Development Issue, paid 4%
interest, and raised $220,693,550
between May, 1954 and the end
of 1958.
The new issue of the State of
Israel Bonds—the Second De-
velopment Issue—includes 15-
year dollar coupon bonds, which
pay 4% interest per annum, and
dollar savings bonds, which
mature after 10 years at 150%
of the purchase price. The cou-
pon bonds are issued in de-
nominations from $500 to $100,-
000; the issue prices of the
Savings Bonds range from $100
to $10,000.
World Court Sets March 16 Date
on El Al's Claim Against Bulgaria
WASHINGTON (J T A) —
Hearings before the Interna-
tional Court of Justice at The
Hague on Israel's claim against
Bulgaria for shooting down an
El Al plane and killing 58 pas-
sengers, will start on March 16,
it was reported by U.S. Govern-
ment sources.
The U.S. has watched the
issue with interest because a
number of American citizens
were among the 58 persons
killed. The first hearing on the
case will deal with preliminary
Bulgarian objections to the
jurisdiction of the world court.
Proceedings were instituted
by the Israel government against
Bulgaria in October, 1957. Israel
told the world court that dam-
ages equivalent to $7,462,803
had been claimed. Israel re-
served the legal right to claim
moral and material reparation
at a later stage in the case.
The State Department is on
record as having denounced
Bulgaria and urged its govern-
ment to settle claims arising
from the incident. Cases filed
by the United States and Unit-
ed Kingdom against Bulgaria
are pending at the world court.
The U.S. filed a brief and
evidence on behalf of six Amer-
ican citizens who left Ameri-
can next-of-kin. America also
sought through its action to
protect freedom of the air.
The U.S. position is that even
if a plane accidentally strays
from its flight plan over a na-
tional boundary there is no jus-
tification for shooting it down
without warning and killing its
passengers.
Bulgaria at first promised to
make a financial settlement.
But this was before Bulgaria
gained admission to the United
Nations. Once the Communist
state was admitted to the Unit-
ed Nations, it arbitrarily re-
fused to admit responsibility,
holding that El Al was entirely
to blame.
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