David Silver Is
Elected President of
Cong. Ahavas Achim

Cong. Ahavas Achim has
elected David Silver as presi-
Representatives of many local dinner which is tendered to
dent at the 48th annual meeting
congregations a n d organiza- him.
held recently. He succeeds Abe
tions will join with spokesmen
"The difficulties of financing Friedman.
for Orthodox Jewry Tuesday in Jewish education are well-
Other officers are Sol Lefton
honoring Rabbi Levin at the known. In the long run no ed-
testimonial dinner to be given ucational system can subsist and Sanford Gordon, vice presi-
him at Sha- without general public support. dents; Leo Korn, Jerome Ettin-
are y Shoma- This is true of our great na- ger and Morey Patrick, secre-
y i m , Oak tional institutions and maybe taries; and Jack Karbal, treas-
Park. even more so of local schools urer.
Paying trib- which must do their indispens-
Elected to the board of trus-
.,.
u t e to the able work without the glamor tees were Merle Bronstein,
eminent Or- and prestige that national Harry Ellenson, Harry Eskin,
thodox leader, agencies can muster. It will Dr. Manuel Feldman, Richard
David J. Co- therefore be an adled source Goldsmith, Larry L. Gutten-
hen, a promi- of gratification to all those at- berg, George D. Kent, Barney
n e n t layman tending Tuesday's dinner that, Levine, Louis Topor, Harry Wil-
who has been in paying tribute to a great son, Samuel J. Wilson and Ar-
active in con-1 communal figure, they will also thur Weintraub.
g r e gatio nal be aiding the scholarship pro-
circles and in gram of the Beth Yehudah
behalf of Ye- Schools. The man and the Ambassadors' Council
shivath Beth cause, which is so clear to him, Formed by Yeshiva U.
Yehudah, took deserve o u r enthusiastic re-
Yeshiva University recently
Rabbi Levin occasion to ex- sponse. Let us be sure to give
plain the importance of the it in the most emphatic formed a Council of Ambassadors,
headed by former U.S. Senator
Yeshivah schools in behalf of manner."
Herbert H. Lehman, "to advance
which Rabbi Levin has espe-
the aims and aspirations of high-
cially dedicated himself.
`Agadah' Is Non-Legal er education."
Cohen's statement follows:
The Council, of which Stanley
"The paramount problem of Rabbinic Literature
R. Broff. president of the Stan-
Jewish life in our days is the By RABBI SAMUEL
ley
Broff Corporation, is chair-
J. FOX
survival of our Jewish
man, was inducted at a reception •
values (Copyright, 1962, JTA)
in these times of caleidoscopic
at the Park Lane Hotel, Man-
Agadah" is the term given to hattan
change. In a world of flux there
.
is an understandable tendency that part of the Rabbinic litera-
At the same time, the univer-
impatiently to turn one's back ture which is non-legal in char- sity honored more than 400 Dia-
on the legacies of yesteryear. acter. The expression comes from mond Jubilee Ambassadors, pre-
The wisdom of the fathers, the a Hebrew root meaning "to tell" senting them with its 75th an-
restraints of the past, may seem or "to narrate."
niversary award. The leather-
to make little sense to the new
Intersposed in the Talmudic bOund scrolls cited the Ambassa-
generation, and so they are dis-‘ literature, for example, we find, dors "in recognition of service
carded bit by bit, until Judaism 1 narratives, homilies. ethical say- to our youth. higher education
is emptied of the meaning it ings, tales, folk-expressions, etc. and the Jewish Community
has held for three thousand These parts form what we came through leadership as a Diamond
years. to know as the "Agadah."
Jubilee Ambassador."
"This coming Tuesday eve-
This kind of discussion or dis-
hing, at a testimonial dinner course was not as much meant Tarnoff Heads Slate
tendered by the Synagogue for legalistic purposes as it was
Council of the Beth Yehudah meant to stir the h
earts them for Ccng. Beth Shalom
Schools, Detroit Jewry is called listeners and to incline
The semi-annual general meet-
to pay tribute to a man who towards the proper attitude and ing
of Cong. Beth Shalom. Oak
has been an outstanding leader path in life.
Park, will be held 8:30 p.m. Wed-
in the struggle for the perpetu-
nesday. Officers will be elected.
ation of Jewish life in our corn- Some claim that the expres- The slate includes president, Sey-
munity and, indeed, on the na- sion was originally "Hagadah" mour Tarnoff: vice presidents,
tional scene. Rabbi Leizer Levin and that it was later changed to Edward Gordon, Hal Eisenberg
has served our city for over 30 another form of the verb "Aga- and Arnold Mundell: treasurer,
years. As executive chairman dah" so as not to confuse this Ralph Freeman: secretaries. Ed-
of the Council of Orthodox general classification of litera- mund Kahn and Mrs. Fred
Rabbis he has played a leading ture with a particular book called Krauss; trustees, Donald Ain-
role in all efforts for the sane- the "Hagadah" which referred binder, Paul Baer. Irving Baron,
tity of the Sabbath, Kashruth, exclusively to the Passover eve Milton Brand, Jerome Brown,
Jewish family life, and all other ritual. during which Rabbinical Howard Kraus, Mrs. Irvin Leider
aspects of organized Jewish tales and narratives as well as and Burton Shiffman.
living. homilies are employed in dis-
"But Rabbi Levin has always cussing the Exodus from Egypt
BAIL MITZVAHS
understood that it is not enough and its ramifications.
to speak up for the maintenance
This type of literature is as
of our religious institutions and old as Hebrew literature itself,
beliefs, practices and traditions coming from the oldest times.
they must be explained, in- Regarding the "Agadah" of the
terpreted and made meaningful Rabbinic period, it is generally
to the contemporary Jew. The assumed that the "Agadah" orig-
tendency to belittle the wisdom inated in Palestine where in the
of the ages is born from a lack development of Talmudic litera-
of understanding and knowl- ture it is more prevalent than
edge. It follows that it can only in the Babylonian centers. Three
be countered by teaching. "A reasons are offered for the preva-
little light dispels a great dear, lence of "Agadah" in Palestine
of darkness." As spiritual leader more than in Babylonia.
of his congregation, as a friend
First, the Palestinian Jews
and adviser to uncounted fam- were pressed more for debates
ilies in our community, Rabbi and forced into Polemics. Nam-
Levin has been the teacher par lives and wise sayings are more
excellence. Above all, however, prevalent in such conditions.
his clear understanding of- the Secondly, our poetry and artistic
needs of our community has literary forms were at first more
driven him to dedicate himself 'prevalent in Palestine, the well
fullheartedly to the work of
the Beth Yehudah Schools of inspiration and the homeland
which he serves as chairman of of the people. Thirdly, the Pales-
tinian center was under oppres-
the Board of Education.
"The unique mission which sion and attack from the Roman
the founders of the Beth Ye- rulers in the early years, and
hudah Schools undertook was to the use of narratives and homi-
create a synthesis — to demon- lies were convenient means of
strate the possibility of stand- escape from reality plus a means
ing foursquare in the twentieth of buoying up the spirit of the
century, equipped with all its populace which was smarting
cultural and scientific riches, from the various difficulties and
and at the same time master- needed some relief in the form
ing and perpetuating the full- of a lighter literature because it
ness of our Jewish heritage. could not concentrate as much
LODGE EXPRESSWAY
The success of this bold en- on heavy legalistic texts alone.

Atid, Synagogue College Youth,
Schedules National Encampment

Stanley Rosenbaum, 1217 Wil-
lard, Ann Arbor, has been named
national publicity agent for this
area by Atid, the college organ-
ization of the United Synagogue
of America.
Announcing a program of study
groups and encampments on na-
tional, regional and local levels,
Rosenbaum called attention this
week to the second national en-
campment to be held June 10-17
at Camp Hadar in Clinton, Conn.
The theme for discussion will be

Rosenbaum is taking reserva-
tions for the encampment in this
area. His address is 1217 Wil-
lard, Apt. 3, Ann Arbor.
Atid was formed over a year
ago by Jewish college students.
The Conservative organization
proposes to fill the gap between
teen groups and the adult role.
Aims of the organization in-
clude the observance of Sabbath
and dietary laws, the pursuit of
Jewish learning and the use of
Hebrew as the language of prayer.
"Our Biblical and Talmudic The group's motto is: "Our Gen-
Heritage."
eration Will Grow with Torah."
Dr. Simon Greenberg, Rabbi
Mordecai Waxman, Dr. Abraham
If you are thinking of retir-
Heschel and other noted scholars ing soon, get in touch with your
will be on the program.
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17 - THE DETROI T JEWI SH NEWS — Fri day, May 11 , 1962

Rabbi Levin Testimonial Dinner
Next Tuesday; David J. Cohen Pays
Honor to Detroit Orthodox Leader

