THE DETROIT JEW ISH NEWS — !Way, June 5, 1959- 14

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The Suburban Community

The Urging of the Children
and Observance of the Law

Should a child attending pub
By the Oak-Woodser
Shavuot is celebrated in many lic school not demonstrate in-
ways—as the festival of the first terest, not bring home good
fruits of the season, as the feast grades - or not achieve promo-
of harvest or as the feast of tion, we would want, as parents.
to know the reason why.
weeks.
Its major significance. at least
A much simpler solution in
to Jews in this country, is the
the Sunday school or the
observance of the holiday as
week-day religious school is
the revelation of the Law to
to assume that the program
Israel on Mount Sinai.
is not important anyway, that
Because the revelation of the
the child is not interested,
Law was not originally men-
that maybe it would be best
tioned in connection with Shav-
if he just didn't go to reli-
uot, many legends have sprung
gious school — or that he go
up about its acceptance by the
through Bar Mitzvah or con-
Jewish people.
firmation or consecration and
One story has it that Israel
then forget about his Jewish
was chosen to receive the law
responsibilities.
only because all other nations
The message of Shavuot is
to whom it was offered refused
it, while Israel joyfully sub- that the Jew is constantly dedi-
cated to the study of the Law
mitted to its rigors.
The story continues that in — as a youngster, as a teen-
spite of the readiness of the ager, as an adult.
Many of us, having found
Israelites to accept the Torah,
God asked for security. After other pursuits in the business
several offers were refused, world, the social whirl and like
the children were offered. endeavors, have turned away
from both study and observance.
And, with one accord, the
children undertook to urge
Our youngsters see us violat-
their parents to observe the ing many of the tenets they
laws of the Torah.
have learned in religious school.
Today, we find ourselves in a Their natural question is: "Why
similar situation. For. like the us. but not you?"
children in the legend of old.
If we can look to onr chil-
it is today's youngsters who are dren again for example and
asking their parents to show follow their lead and give them
them the way in observing the encouragement in their efforts
Law.
—as the legend is told—then
Our young people are grad- the celebration of Shavuot will
uating from synagogues and not be hollow.
community schools this month
in record numbers. Yet, we are
concerned at the amount of Elect Mrs. Simon to Head
David Sisterhood
Jewish knowledge they have ab-
sorbed during their years of
Formal installation of officers
of the Bnai David Sisterhood
study.
will be held Monday evening.
Chairman will be Mrs. Harry
Koltonow and installing officer
Mrs. Roy Chatlin. Refreshments
will be served. All members
and friends are invited.
New officers are Mesdames
Morris Sisnon, president; Meyer
Berman, Louis Beigler. Joseph
Greenberg, vice-presidents; Irv-
- I
ing Berson, treasurer; Sam Perl-
stein, Jack Bilsky, Milton Her-
man, secretaries; Charles Shere,
chaplain; and Joseph Baker.
sergeant-at-arms.

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Beth Shalom
to Install Officers

Oscar Kanat, newly-elected
president of Cong. Beth Sha-
lom, will head the slate of offi-
cers to be inducted at the sev
enth annual installation dinner-
dance of the synagogue on June
17.
Other officers are Seymour
Tarnoff, executive vice-presi-
dent; Edward Gordon and Rob-
ert White, vice-presidents; Wal-
ter Nussbaum, treasurer; Mil-
ton Brand and Mrs. Joseph
Gallen. secretaries.
Trustees include Herman
Brodsky. Alan Feuer. George
Gaynor. Joseph Hornstein. Louis
Lawson, Mrs. Irven Leider. Wil-
liam Pankin and Asher Tilchen.
The installation event will
begin at 6:30 p.m. with a cock-
tail hour. followed by dinner.
the swearing-in ceremonies and
dancing to the music of Pan
chito and his orchestra.
Reservations for the program
may be obtained from Mrs. Es
telle Lewis. LI 6-4150. Friends
are invited.

Center Aid Program
Asks Teen Volunteers

Ten Mile Branch of the Jew-
ish Community C-nter will con-
duct a Training Volunteer Aid
program for teen-agers, begin-
ning June 22. The program is
limited to 10 teens who will be
in the 11th grade by September
and can be available for eight
hours per week.
For information and registra-
tion. call Gloria Pankin at the
Center, LI 7-6161.
The Branch is also conduct-
ing a play group for pre-school
children of both members and
non-members. Outdoor and in-
door activities will be held un-
der the supervision of trained
nursery personnel.
The play group season will
run from June 29 through Aug.
14 in three and four week per-
iods. Morning and afternoon
sessions will be conducted. For
information, contact the Center.

Hold First Commencement

Cong. Beth Shalom. Oak Park,
will hold its first graduation
exercises at 10 a.m., Sunday.
Anyone may attend.

Dr. Sidney Leib Heads Oak-Woods
Bnai Brith; Fourth Brother to Be
President of a Detroit B. B. Lodge

Dr. Sidney Z. Leib will be dent of District 6 of Bnai Brith.
WIII Give You a 1-IfItI installed as president of Oak-
Samuel W. Leib, who will
have returned from Israel by
Woods
Lodge of Bnai Brith, at
There's no need to swelter over
a
buffet
dinner-dance
at
Sam-
June
16, as one of the dele-
housework this summer when you
gates to the Bnai Brith tri-
can have the cool comfort of my's Avalon Room, in Oak
Park, Monday evening, June 15.
ennial convention, will install
Westinghouse Air Conditioning in
his brother and the other
your home for just a few dollars
Dr. Leib is the fourth of the
Oak Woods officers.
each month! You'll find house-
Leib brothers to be president of
work a pleasure. You'll relax in
Dr. Sidney Leib held every
a Bnai Brith lodge in Detroit.
"mountain resort" air all around
office in his lodge before be-
the clock.
coming president. He was last
year's fund-raising chairman
3-Ton Unit with Blower
and as membership chairman
he enlisted a record number of
new members.
The other new Oak-Woods
Plus Installation
Lodge officers are:
John Demunter. Ronald El-
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DR. SIDNEY Z: LEIB
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RICHMAN-MILLER

Southfield Candidate L ists City's Needs

In stating the need for a
"better working relationship be-
tween the school board and the
community-at-large, attorney Sol
Siegel announced his candidacy
for a fou.r-
year term on
the Southfield
Board of Ed-
ucation in
1111111.Vi
Monday's elec-
tion.
He called
for an expand-
ed curriculum,
adoption of a
"vigorous pro-
gram" to re- Siegel
cruit top teaching personnel and
; urged extension of school plant
and grounds for a "comprehen-
sive recreation program and
adult education classes."
Siegel. a World War II vet-
eran of four years with the U.S.

Air Force, holds a BA and LLB
degree from Wayne State Uni-

versity and its law school. He
was admitted to the M:chigan
StaHtee
B
isartrienaslu 95
r e1r. of the Wash-
ington Village Civic Ass'n.,
secretary, Detroit Business

Men's - Group, City of Hope; and
a member of Perfection Lodge,
F.diA.M.; Harry Truman Chap-

ter, Farband; McKinley School
PTA and WSU Law School

Siegel resides at 19455 Addi-
son, together with his wife,
Lillian, and sons, Warren, 7,
and Yale, 31/2. He advises new
residents of Southfield to call
him at EL. 6-1100 for informa-
tion on registration and voting.

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Dr. Seymour Smelsey, Oak
Park chiropodist. is a candidate
for the Oak Park School Board
in Monday's school election.
Active in numerous city
groups and committees. Dr.
Smelsey was the first PTA
l iaison officer to the school
board. aided with formulating
curriculum for the schools and
organized the high school schol-
arship fund and award.

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