The Suburban Community —I

Honor Reporter
for Brotherhood

Of Hit Plays and Culture;
47: Of Trees and Valentines

By the Oak - Woodser
! on Feb. 14. in the year 270 C.E.,
Should hit Broadway plays when he was beheaded
r.F.,
;17 he adapted into Hebrew and
We refer -here to St. Valen-
presented as cultural contribu- tine. the date of whose death
tions to the life of our corn- corresponds this year with
munity? Hamisha Asar b'Shvat.
This is the question raised
Yet. with the exception of a
in a recent exchange in The few Zionistically -inclined
Jewish News' letter box column. groups, many Jewish organiza-
With no intention of enter- tions and their members will
ing into the controversy. we forget that there is romance in
wish only to point out. at this the notion of trees.
I n s t ea d, Valentine cards,
time. that all had but one goal
in mind—the striving to achieve boxes of candy and flowers,
progress in the area of Jewish baubles and trinkets will be
education and culture. sent by the scores, and our
They are agreed, we are groups will hold dances and
certain. that all our students parties in honor of a patron
shall learn about Hamisha saint of the Catholic church.
In fairness. it should be
Asar b'Shvat — the New Year
stated that the observance of
of the Trees.
And while we haven't check- Valentine's Day long ago lost
ed with any of the institutions its religious connotation: that
they represent. we are certain today it is acknowledged the
that their faculties are not pre- holiday has little to do with
occupied with teaching about a St. Valentine. The hearts and
Roman Catholic priest who be- arrows and Cupids that have
came a martyr for the church been adopted as symbols stem
-- from the ancient pagan feast
of Lupercalia and have merely
been transferred to St. Valen-
i tine's Day.
But why in the name of Jew-
, ish organizational planning do

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Cupid above the visionary, poe-
tic beauty of a happy. joyous
and significant holiday.
The meaning of Hamisha
Asar b'Shvat will be clear to
thousands of happy youngsters
and grown-ups in Israel this
weekend as they trek through
the oozing earth to plant
saplings that eventually will
make their country as firm and
strong as the trees themselves. I

Walter Fuller, fraternal edi-
tor of the Detroit News, will be
the eighth recipient of the
' Brotherhood Award. sponsored
by Oak-Woods Lodge of Bnai
Brith.
The veteran newspaperman
will receive a plaque and a cita-
tion for his reporting "in the
spirit of Brotherhood" at sab-
bath services of Cong. Bnai
Moshe planned for 8 p.m.. today.
Rabbi Moses Lehrman and
Cantor Louis Klein will conduct
the services of worship, after
which Mrs. Charles Solovich,
national women's president of
Bnai Brith. will present the
award to Fuller.
Civic and religious leaders
from various denominations will
attend the service and presen-
tation ceremony, which is being
planned by Ben J. Davidson,
Traffic Court Referee. and Oak
Park Municipal Judge Burton R.
Shifman.
Fuller. a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Michigan, has been
with the News since 1924. He
has been active in the Masonic
organization, the Boy Scouts,
Kiwanis Club and numerous
other organizations.
In 1959, he was named "Citi-
zen of the Year" by the Knights
of Pythias. and holds numerous
other distinctions as a writer
and for his work in civic and
communal groups.
The public is invited to attend
the service and award ceremony.
according to Dr. Sidney Z. Leib,
president of Oak-Woods Lodge.

Suburban Synagogues
Join i i n Merger of
And while here we can't Adult
Study Program
very well plant trees, we can

Unification of the adult pro-
grams of Young Israel Center
of Oak-Woods, Young Israel of
Greenfield and Cong. Mishkan
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Israel. was announced this week
by Rabbi Samuel H. Prero fol-
This is the meaning of lowing a meeting with Rabbi
Hamisha Asar b'Shvat—the Isaac Stollman and Rabbi Yaa-
New Year of the Trees. Its mes- kov I. Homnick.
Rabbi Stollman. spiritual
sage is to plant trees—through
the Jewish National Fund—and leader of Mishkan Israel, was
to appreciate the re-birth of named chairman of the merged
spring. study program, which will meet
Its message to us also might as follows:
Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 23.
be that we have much to re_
learn about the significance of 8 p.m., Rabbi Stollman will
our Jewish festivals—even if teach Talmud at Mishkan Is-
, we have to translate Joyce rael; Wednesdays. 8 p.m., Rab-
hi Homnick will instruct in Bi-
I Kilmer's poem into Hebrew
ble at Young Israel of Oak-
J accomplish that goal.
Woods; Thursday evenings.
Joshua Sperka will teach
Greenfield Young Israel a Rabbi
class in early prophets in
Organizes Sisterhood , Jewish history at the Green
A new suburban women's field building.
group. the Sisterhood of Young' On alternate Friday evenings.
Israel of Greenfield, emerged a class in Bible and common-
from an organizational meeting taries will rotate between -VI
held last week at the home of of Greenfield arrl 0a1:- 1.7rids.
a and Flom-
Mrs. Joshua S. Sperka, of Oak with Rabbis S
nick •on:lucting the class, and
Park.
Mrs. Joseph Grossman was on Alcinday evenings, a class in
named first president of the begirplers Hebrew and interme-
group. She will be assisted by diate Hebrew will be taught by
Mesdames Philip Golob. vice- Mrs. Homnick.
president: Abbe Snow, treas- ' A series of lectures on Is-
urer: Alex Kuhn, secretary; • rael, its government and ideol-
and Lou Harris and Ben Wein- ogy will begin March 3, with -
; the first program given by
stock, telephone chairmen.
informa-
In addition to the elected Rabbi Homnick.
officers, members of the organi- tion. call Rabbi Prero, TE
zation committee include Mes- 4-4145.

recognize that in Israel it is
spring; the buds and blos
soms are starting to sprout
on flower and tree, the verd
ant green is beginning to
poke through the soil.

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Ventura a Candidate
for Livonia Council;
Held Post Two Years

dames Ray Gellman, Helen
Leon, Clara Krakowitz, Lottie Scout to Receive Award
Tanzman, Sylvia Kohn, Joshua at Bnai David Service
Sperka and Wolf Gold.
I First Class Scout Sheldon
; Wolberg will be presented the

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Mrs. Martin Sclar. chairman Scmiting on Saturday by Rabbi
of the library committee. and Hayim Donin and _Cantor Hy-
Mrs. Herbert Brower, both of man Adler, in behalf of the

Cong. Emanu-El, participated in Bnai David Synagogue Men's
a Church Library Workshop re- Club, sponsors of Sheldon's
cently. sponsored by the public troop 135.
libraries of nine suburbs. Libra-
Sheldon is the son of Mr. and
rian Mrs. Rebecca Kellman, of Mrs. Loyed Wolberg. of North-
the Jewish Community Center, field Blvd., Oak Park. His scout-
was also present. ; master is Irwin Ratner.

A former Livonia Council-
man, who seeks to regain his
seat in Monday's primary elec-
tion, is currently conducting an
extensive campaign aimed at
holding the present tax line.
He is Peter A. Ventura, of
9106 Middlebelt, a Livonia resi-
dent for 22
years.
Ventura
gseeks to keep
taxes from
rising by more
efficient man-
,: agement. He
also has called
for street
lighting (Li-
vonia has
Ventura
none) and ad-
ditional recreational facilities
for children.
Married and the father of
three children, Ventura served
on the Council previously for
two years. He also was chair-

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year as trustee.
Active in the Boy Scout
movement and a past president
of the Lions Club, Ventura is

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