THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, August 26, 196 0- 14
Sept. 9-11 Weekend of Ceremonies Mark
Dedication of Bnai Moshe Synagogue
A weekend of special events
and ceremonies to commmorate
the dedication of the new Bnai
Moshe Sanctuary and Educational
Center, in Oak Park, will take
place on Sept. 9, 10 and 11.
Stephen Lanyi, president of the
congregation, announced that
among the notables to greet the
congregation will be U.S. Sena-
tor Phillip A. Hart, who will be
the principal speaker at the dedi-
cation banquet on Sunday, Sept.
11.
The dedication weekend will
open with late Friday evening
services on Sept. 9, at 8 p.m.,
featuring a processional, dedica-
tion of the Torah, presentation
of colors and special dedication
prayers. Rabbi Moses Lehrman
The formal dedication and con-
secration of the entire sanctuary
is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 11,
11 a.m., and the weekend festi-
vities will close with the formal
banquet at 6 p.m. on that day.
Members of the community are
invited to attend these events.
Four past presidents of the
congregation who have been de-
Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Historical Footnotes
C o 1. R. Meinertzhagen's
Middle East Diary is still hold-
ing our attention . . . His en-
tries are as up-to-date as 1958.
. . . Of the now famous Suez
episode in 1956, the outspoken
British Colonel has this to say—
and it is really too bad that not
enough Englishmen felt as he
did ... Under date of Oct. 29,
1956, the Colonel wrote: "Israel
has launched an offensive
against Egypt, penetrating into
Sinai, reaching Nekhl and is
will deliver the consecration ser- now within easy striking dis-
mon. He also will dedicate the tance of the Suez Canal . .
Harry Rosman Social Hall at the Well done, Israel! . . . I am de-
close of the service.
lighted and thrilled . . . At
There will be a special Sabbath last the talk has stopped and
service Sept. 10, in the course of action has stepped in . . . We
which the school building will be and the USA will protest and
dedicated and "Keys to Learn- threaten intervention . . . But
ing" will be presented by con- I hope Israel will go forward,
gregation elders to youngsters of occupy the Canal Zone, inter-
the religious school. Saturday nationalize the Canal and not
afternoon the men of the congre- desist until some form of inter-
gation will be guests of the Guns- national police can take over
berg family at Sabbath eve meal, the Canal Zone . . . Very few
and at night the congregation people in this country realize
auxiliaries will host members and Israel's peril in being surround-
ed by heavily-armed Arab
friends at a dance.
States, who might attack her at
any moment and consider it
Bnai Moshe Appoints
wrong that she Should forestall
such an attack . . And the
Samuel J. Rosenthal
loss of the Suez Canal to West-
Executive Director
ern Europe is little understood
Samuel J. Rosenthal is the in America, or, if understood,
new executive director for is ignored and perhaps wel-
Cong. Bnai Moshe on W. Ten comed . . ."
Mile Rd.
The next day. Col. Meinertz-
Rosenthal, for the past six
years, was executive director hagen wrote: "Eden has sent a
of the Fair Lawn Jewish Com- note to Egypt and Israel, an-
munity Center of Fair Lawn, nouncing his intention to send
N. J. Prior to that, he was British and French troops to
the assistant executive director occupy the Canal Zone and ask-
of the Jewish Community Cen- ing both Countries to withdraw
ter of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and to ten miles from both banks
was also associated as a cam- of the Canal . . . Meanwhile
paign supervisor for the Jew- Israel has occupied almost the
ish Community Council of whole of Sinai and the Egyptian
army, in spite of Russian tanks
Newark, N. J.
Rosenthal is a member of and personnel, has just cleared
the National Association of Jew- out without a fight . .. Israel
ish Center Workers, the Na- will certainly conform to Eden's
tional Association of Communal wishes, but Nasser will refuse.
Service and the National Asso- . . . So we shall prevent Nasser
ciation of Synagogue Adminis- from being annihilated by
Israel and at the same time we
trators.
He lives with his wife, Lottie, shall be fighting Nasser on the
and three children at 24640 Canal — a ridiculous situation.
. . . Speed is essential. I trust
Seneca, Oak Park.
we shall s u b j e c t Egyptian
troops on. the Canal and. aero-
Oak Park Group Seeks dromes to an intense bombard-
ment from the air and then, at
Acceptance of Carver
once,
drop paratroops. . ." •
Kids in School District The fighting
Colonel is really
A group of Oak Park citizens mad about the silly procrastina-
has organized to plan- action to tion of the British command.
have the city's school board "How I wish I were out there
admit some 20 students from instead of sitting in North Nor-
the Carver school district who folk with a gale blowing from
have been told they won't be the north." . . . Later that same
accepted in the fall term. • day after listening to the radio,
David Zubrin, spokesman for the Colonel wrote: "Egypt has
the group, said that the "moral said NO and Israel has said Yes
problem involved outweighs all to Eden's ultimatum. • . Splen-
other considerations." Those did, but I should have preferred
interested in the group's efforts to let Israel occupy the Canal.
can call Zubrin at LI 7-6158.
. . . I cannot help feeling that
Eden has acted quickly for fear
that Israel should occupy the
10 DAYS OF FU
Canal Zone. . . . In any .case,
Israel's quick victory over the
Egyptians has made it very easy
for us and Eden should be duly
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grateful to Ben-Gurion. . ."
The next day, Oct. 31, Mein-
ertzhagen is delighted with the
news that British planes are
bombing airfields in Egypt. .
He writes: "America is furious
and impotent, Gaitskell and the
Labour Party continue to split
the country in two while our
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ummerrirrirms, soldiers are fighting. . . . Rus-
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signated as chairmen, are: Harry
J. Gunsberg, immediate past pres-
ident, for Sept 9; Eugene Weiss,
for Sept 10; and Ben F. Goldman
fa: Sept 11. Alfred Deutsch will
be toastmaster at the banquet.
Prominent civic leaders,
government officials and religious
dignitaries will take part in the
dedication ceremonies.
sia is slaughtering Hungarians
and actively supporting Egypt
and the Arab StateS and the Se-
curity Council is floundering in
a welter of resolutions and ut-
terly impotent for lack of any
instrument with which to en-
force decisions. . . . My esti-
mation of Eden has gone up."
"Meinertzhagen speculates
further: "I would like to ask
Gaitskell what he would have
done if he had been Prime Min-
ister. . . . Would he have •relied
on the United Nations to en-
force peace. . . And to protect
the Canal which is vital to our
interests and the happiness and
prosperity of England, would he
have allowed matters to drift
until Russian troops and planes
arrived in the Middle East?"
After the collapse of Eden's
action, our Colonel is, of course,
furious. . . . He enters in his
Diary these sad words: "Never
in my life has a Prime Minister
and a Government made such a
criminal mess of a situation
which could have been solved
by firmness and common sense.
.. . The only result of Eden's
impotence is to lay bare the im-
potence of the United Nations.
. . . The collapse of the Western
Allies has given Russia a free
hand and if Russia became
more aggressive and threatened
a hot war, she need fear no
united Western Front. . . .
Eden's folly has been made
worse by the action of- the
United States who was more
intent on crippling us than
standing up to Russia. . . . The
Suez Canal remains in the hands
of the defated (by Israel) Nas-
ser who is now dictating to the
United Nations. . . . Never has
Britain sunk so low; never has
Britain been governed by such
imcompetence."
Co-op Nursery in OP
Elects New Officers
The Oak Park Summer Co-
operative Nursery at a final
business meeting for the
season elected Mrs. Raymond
Greene of Parklawn Ave. as
chairman for the 1960-61 term.
Assisting Mrs. Greene will be
Sidney Goldstein as recording
secretary; Mrs. Sidney Silver-
man as treasurer; Mrs. Herbert
Miller as corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Raymond Zimberg as
mother's participation chair-
man; Mrs. Herman Goren as
orientation chairman; and Mrs.
Allan Silverman as member-
ship chairman. The group held
a social luncheon recently to
close the season.
Refugee Problem Acute
Church Council Says
LONDON, (JTA)—The Central
Committee of the World Council
of Churches issued a warning
that the refugee problem re-
mains on a tragic and dangerous
level despite World Refugee
Year.
The department of inter-
church aid of the Council re-
ported that "multitudes of refu-
gees have not yet been helped
and their plight is made worse
because of disappointed expecta-
tions." The report warned it
was imperative that all agencies
of assistance, including the
United Nations, should continue
their efforts to aid them.
Orthodox Congregations Form Union in India
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A
Union of Orthodox Jewish Con-
gregations of India, represent-
ing two-thirds of the 27,000
Jews in that country, has been
established there, it was re-
ported by Rabbi Charles Wein-
berg, president of the Rabbini-
cal Council of America. The
Union of Orthodox Jewish Con-
gregations in the United States
will send a rabbi to India to
serve as spiritual leader to the
Jewish populace, he said.
Rabbi Weinberg announced
the formation of the Indian
Orthodox Union following his
return from that country, where
he addressed the convention
of the new organization. He
said that the Indian Jewish
group known as Bene Israel,
numbering 21,000 persons, had
"maintained itself as a distinc-
tive community in India for
more than 2,000 years and had
remained • unshakably devoted
to traditional Judaism." , The
new Union also represents a
group of Indian Jews known
as "Iraqis," who came to India
from Iraq 250 years ago.
A committee of five leading
members of both Indian com-
munities was chosen by the
founding convention to serve
as a council to which all religi-
ous questions and communal
problems will be brought, Rab-
bi Weinberg reported. He said
the council will refer all mat-
ters requiring authoritative re-
ligious decisions to recognized
religious authorities in Israel,
the United States and Britain.
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Congregation Dovid Ben Nuchim
12837 Dexter
TU 3-1441 or WE 3-1557
Announces High Holy Day services in its
completely redecorated air-conditioned synagogue
CANTOR JOSEPH BORENSTEIN
Will Officiate
RABBI CHASKEL GRUBNER
Will Deliver the Sermons
The ticket committee will be available evenings
from 4 to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 9 to 11 a.m.
and 4 to 9 p.m.
Enroll Your Child Today !
CONGREGATION
B'NAI MOSHE
SUNDAY SCHOOL
10 Mile and Kenosha
Oak Park
All classes meet in our beautiful new school build-
ing. Pre-Kindergarten (Age 4) through Grade 10
(Age 16).
Curriculum includes—Bible, History, Ceremonies,
Hebrew, Dramatics, Arts and Crafts.
Classes Begin September 18
We suggest you register your child today—Final
Registration week of September 4th. Call Syna-
gogue office for registration and membership in-
formation: LI 8-9000 or JO 4-6452.
High Holy Day Services will be held in our beautiful new
air conditioned Sanctuary. A limited number of tickets
for non-members available after September 1st.
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