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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, June 1, 1962 —

Long. Beth Aaron Confirmands

Shavuot Notes in Light Vein
Given by Writes Blumenthal

Annual confirmation services of Cong Beth Aaron will take
place Sunday. At home receptions Nv ill be held that afternoon
and evening for the following Beth Aaron cuntirmands:
HEIDI GAYLE EIZELMAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Eizel-
Editor's Note: Mr. Blunzen-
man, 17549 Pennington, a brunch at 12:30 p.m., reception
that, well known former De-
3-5 p.m.
troiter
who now makes his home
JANIS RUTH GOLDMAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hy Goldman,
in Los Angeles and is engaged in
18500 Strathmoor, 2-5 p.m.
literary and communal activities,
is the author of "Jewish Ques-
tions and Answer Book." The
following is an appendum he has
written to that book, in lighter
vein, on subjects dealing with
U.S. Senator Kenneth B. autics and Space Exploration. Shavuot, which will be cele-
Keating. Republican from New
Reservations for the James brated this year on June 8 and 9.
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York, will he guest speaker S. Gilmore-Michael L. Harris
44immacw&iaz testimonial dinner and informa-
at the Israel
By
Bond Testi- '''17:7-,4r.- 7 tion concerning State of Israel WILLIAM R. BLUMENTHAL
monial Dinner
Bonds can be obtained by call-
When
is the birthday of
to be held
ing Dr. Ben A. Appel, FIreside Judaism? On Shavuot.
in honor of
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On Shavuot the people of
James S. Gil-
IIerald Lando is ticket chair- Israel received the Law. What
more, Jr., and
man of the dinner.
did they give in return? A
Michael L.
promise that they would "do
Harris, it was
and listen."
announced by
Shavuot, which celebrates the
Dr. Ben A.
Giving of the Law, is an exten-
Appel, chair-
sion of what holiday? Pesach,
man of the
which celebrates the Birth of
Kalamazoo Is-
Freedom .
rael Bond
For an understanding of Com-
Since the establishment of
Committee.
munist doctrines and Russian the Third Commonwealth of
The dinner
attitudes, it will be necessary to Israel, what is the renewed
tribute to the
read the works of the leading significance of Shavuot? The
two men, "in
Keating
Jewish writer
return of the Jews to their own
recognition of their inspiring in the USSR—
soil and to the agricultural fes-
leadership as chairmen of the Ilya Ehren-
tival which Shavuot once was.
1961 Kalamazoo Israel Bond burg.
Why was Shavuot known as
Committee," will be held 6:30
Ehrenburg
the "Day of the First Fruits"?
p.m. June 16 at the Harris has been an
The first crop of the wheat har-
Hotel.
exile from
vest was given as an offering
in accord with the Biblical corn-
Keating has served as the Russia, he has
mand to bring: "The first fruits
ranking Republican on the been among,
of thy labors which thou hast
Senate Judiciary Committee, as t h e Commu-
sown in the fields."
a member of the Joint Congres- nist leaders,
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he
is
said
to
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A pagan woman embraces
sional Committee for Immigra-
have
escaped
Judaism
and she becomes an
tion and National Policy, and
death
miracu-
ancestor
of the second king of
currently serves on the Select
IfrOg`4
Israel. What Biblical book bears
House Committee on Astron- lously during
her name? Ruth.
the Stalin
purges.
Why is the Book of Ruth read
Institute to Hold
on Shavuot? Shavuot originally
Now, on his
Ehrenburg
70th birthday,
was an agricultural festival.
Shashua Day Camp
numerous of his works again The Book of Ruth tells the
. The Sholem Aleichem Insti- are appearing, and an auto- story of Ruth the Moabite
tute announces that it will again
gleaning in the field of Boaz.
is due this year.
sponsor its day camp, Camp Sha- biography
Knopf has just reissued two Ruth and Boaz marry, they pre-
shua, during the coming sum- of his works, "The Thaw," and sumably live happily ever after,
mer. The program is designed
and their great grandson be-
for children from the ages of 31/2 the related story, "The Spring," comes David, King of Israel.
through 10. and will be centered both of which make a complete
Three of the Five Megilot
novel. It is recommended as a
in the air-conditioned building.
new collective work describing contain stories about women
The camp will be under the the new climate in Russian life and love. Which are they? Song
supervision of Irving Zeitlin. The and as such it assumes literary of Songs, Esther, and Ruth.
camp season will extend from significance.
In terms of American his-
June 25 through Aug. 17. For
In this new work, Ehrenburg tory, Pesach is Independence
information a n d registration, again emerges as the master Day. How can Shavuot be thus
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storyteller. There is poetry in considered? Constitution Day.
Jewish holidays do not me-
Isis prose. and his narrations are
Only Pennsylvania has de- unexcelled.
morialize persons but events.
clared Flag Day (June 14) a
"The Thaw" was translated If they did memorialize per-
legal holiday.
by Manya Harari and "The sons, what would Shavuot be
Spring" by Humphrey Higgins. called? Moses Day!
What did the Great Law
Giver ask the Jews to choose?
He asked them to choose "Life."
(Deut. XXX-19).
M OH EL
Why can Moses be considered
Since
1941
....
EXCLUSIV (
ty
most wicked? He broke all the
in Detroit
Hospitals i Homes
commandments at one time!
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What is the "Akdamut"? A
poem of medieval origin read
May 19 -- To Mr. and Mrs. in the synagogue on Shavuot
Stuart D. Taub (Rhoda Leach), morning. It begins with the
Recommended by Physicians
a son, Dale Richard.
thought that if the heavens
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were parchment, all the trees
May 15 — To Dr. and Mrs. pens, the waters of the seas
Stanley Levine (Sylvia Udow), ink, and the inhabitants of the
Expert Mohel
21321 Kenosha, Oak Park, a earth writers. even then the
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daughter, Lori Sue.
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the Creator could not be
May 10 — To Mr. and Mrs. enumerated
Bernard Guggenheim (Janet
The Kotzker Rehhe, it is said,
Certified Surgical Mohel
Sosin), 19700 Steel, a son, asked why Shavuot is called
Rabbi
Steven Dale.
the "Time of the Giving of the
law." Why not the Receiving of
May 8—To Mr. and Mrs. Mau- the Law? His reply: Receiving
rice
Otis
(Diane
Warren),
23071
FE 4-4149 FE 4-8266 Eastwood, Oak Park, a son, depends upon the mind and the
ability of the individual.
Serving in Hospitals and Homes
David Todd.
Shavuot is called "A mil-
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chiger Yom Toy." Why? in
May 7 — To Mr. and Mrs. honor of the Torah which is
REV.
Larry Schwartz (Esther Brown) likened by the rabbis to the
of Livonia, a daughter, Sharon. "honey and milk" mentioned in
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the Song of Songs: IV-11.
MOHEL SPECIALIST
April
17
—
To Dr. and Mrs.
During the night of Shavuot,
Serving at Homes and Hospitals
Irving Melcer (Arlene Lee a collection containing the first
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Glassman), former Detroiters and last chapters of the Five
now living in Park Forest, Ill., Books of Moses, the Prophets,
a son, Allen G.
the Mishna, the Gemara. and
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RABBI CHASKEL
the Zohar are read by extra
April
15—To
Rabbi
and
Mrs.
pious Jews. What is the collec-
GRUBNER
Erik
Lehmann
(Ursula
Lea
tion
called? Tikkun Lel Sha-
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Sitzman), formerly of Detroit vuot.
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If a secular chapter were to
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Maier Simchah.
would include thoughts of Eu-

Keating to Speak at Gilmore-Harris
Israel Bond Dinner in Kalamazoo

,„.

Ehrenburg's Two
Novels Reissued
as Related Work

Announcements

RABBI
LEO GOLDMAN

ISRAEL GOODMAN

Marshall L. Goldman

Scroll Finds Home
with Air Base Troops

ropean and American Gentiles,
which would I choose? (a)
Gotthold Lessing (17294781)
who said: "The Scriptures have
occupied the mind more than
all books: have enlightened it
more than all other books."
(b) Johann Goethe (1749-1832)
who said: "The Bible grows
more beautiful as we grow in
our understanding of it." (c)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-
1882) who said: "As a whole,
nations have derived their cul-
ture from a single book: the
Bible." (d) Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865) who said in a
speech on Sept. 7. 1864: "In
regard to the (Bible) I have
but to say, it is the best gift
God has given to man."
We Jews gave the Torah to
the world. What has happened?
Many of us have given it away!

Young Israel Marks
Its 50th Anniversary

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Sec-
retary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara paid tribute to the
National Council of Young Is-
rael for its community service
programs "w h i c h exemplify
Americans at their best."
The event was part of a series
of celebrations to mark young
Israel's Golden Jubilee event.
Earlier in the day, organization
members—who had flown here
from New York aboard a char-
tered plane — took part in a
special wreath-laying ceremony
at the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier in nearby Arlington
National Cemetery. Retired
Rear Admiral Morris Smellow
of Annapolis, Md., speaking at
the ceremonies, traced the his-
tory of Jewish contributions to
the defense of America since
the founding of the New Am-
sterdam colony in 1657.
A Young Israel delegation,
headed by Rabbi David H. Hill,
president, presented a menorah,
rescued from Germany, to the
White House. Special Presiden-
tial Assistant Myer Feldman
accepted the gift on behalf of
President Kennedy.

TUCSON, (JTA) — A "peri-
patetic Sefer Torah," has found
at least a temporary residence
at the Davis-Monthan Air Force
Base, near this city. The story
was told by Air Force Captain
Burton Jay, chairman of the
Jewish congregation at the
base .
=Recently, Jay informed his
mother, Mrs. Joseph Jay, of
Oceanside, Long Island, that
there is a "Jewish military con-
gregation here with 71 mem-
bers, but we have no Sefer
Torah." Mrs. Jay, formerly
chairman of the Central Nassau
County Armed Services Com-
mittee of the Jewish Welfare
Board, recalled that residents
of her community had brought
a Holy Scroll several years ago
for Jewish military personnel
at Mitchel Air Force Base. near
her home.
When that base was closed by
the Air Force, the Torah was
turned over to the Jewish Wel-
fare Board for safekeeping.
Jay reported that his mother
had made the propert contacts,
and the JWB sent that Holy
Scroll here. JWB made only
one condition. The Scroll is to
be returned to JWB if the con-
gregation at Davis - Monthan
should be dissolved for any rea-
son, so that the Scroll may be
used by other Jewish service-
men elsewhere.

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