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Leon Jay Simon Named Chairman
of Beth Yehudah Schools Dinner
The annual dinner of the
Beth Yehudah Schools will be
held Nov. 11 at Cobo Hall, it
was announced by Leon Jay
Simon, chairman of the affair.
Simon's selection to head the
event was made as a tribute for
his efforts as a member of the
LEON JAY SIMON
Beth Yehudah's Businessmen's
Council.
Other key members planning
the dinner are Max Biber, gen-
eral chairman; Nathan I. Goldin
and Morris Karbal, co-chair-
men; Daniel A. Laven, treas-
urer; Joe Lee, secretary; Jack
Korman, reservations chairman;
Al Green, arrangements; Irvin
Name I. I. Katz on
UHC Commission
Dr. Arthur T. Jacobs, admin-
istrative secretary of the Union
of American Hebrew Congrega-
tions, announces that Irving I.
Katz, executive secretary of
Temple Beth El, has been
elected a member of the newly
established commission on syna-
gogue administration, a joint
commission of the Union of
American Hebrew Congrega-
tions and the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis. This
honor was conferred upon Katz,
according to Dr. Jacobs, "in
recognition of his unique quali-
fications in the field of syna-
gogue administration and his
personal dedication to Reform
Judaism."
Katz' new book "Successful
Synagogue Administration," co-
authored with Myron E. Schoen,
director of the commission on
synagogue administration, will
be published this fall by the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations. This work, con-
sisting of 14 chapters and cover-
ing the entire field of syna-
gogue administration, is the
first of its kind in the United
States.
Katz has been invited to
speak next month at the con-
ventions of the National Asso-
ciation of Temple Administra-
tors in Houston, National Fed-
eration of Temple Brotherhoods
in Baltimore, and Great Lakes
Council of the Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations in
Springfield.
U.S. Prayer Books
Used in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia,
(JTA) — Hebrew prayer books
used for years at Temple Israel
in Miami during the High Holy
Days arrived in time for use by
a congregation of 30 Jewish fam-
ilies on duty here.
Death Valley in California
still holds the record for the
highest temperature officially
recorded in the United States.
On July 10, 1913, the mercury
climbed to 134 degrees.
I. Cohn, David Goldberg, Judge
Nathan Kaufman and Allen B.
Kramer, honorary chairman.
The annual dinner, which was
initiated 13 years ago, is the
main fund-raising event of the
school.
The Beth .Yehudah Schools
were founded in 1916. Operating
a network of day schools and
afternoon schools in the metro-
politan areas, they have as their
goal intellectual, moral and re-
ligious growth.
According to President Wolf
Cohen, graduates are presently
teaching in a number of syna-
gogue Hebrew schools and in
the various branches of the
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah. Others
have achieved distinction in
teaching posts in the public
schools and at the college level,
he said, while still others have
as a result of their education
become "informed and inspired
laymen" in secular pursuits in
the' community.
Yom Kippur Quiz
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright, 1962,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Why are the Torahs re-
moved from the ark and held
in hand during the chanting
of Kol Nidre on Yom Kippur
eve?
There are various reasons of-
fered for this practice. Some con-
tend that the public display of
the Torahs makes the congrega-
tion mindful of the seriousness
of the occasion. Others say that
seeing the Torahs, the congre-
gants are reminded of their fail-
ure to observe the 613 command-
ments required of them through-
out the text of the Torah. It is
also maintained that the Sifre
Torah are held because promises
and vows are annuled at Kol
Nidre. Since many promises and
vows are made over the Torah,
over which one swears, the Torah
is held at the time the vows are
annuled. Some claim that the
presence of the Torah being held
publicly brings to mind the unity
of the people of the congrega-
tion. Sin causes disunity and
diversity. On Yom Kippur, we
seek the integration of the Jew-
ish Community and it is through
the Torah that all Jews are
united—not only in the particu-
lar congregation but throughout
the world.
Originally only one Torah was
taken out, (Tur, Orach Chayyim
619). Technically, only one is
really required. Some take out
two Torahs to give the impres-
sion that the Torahs are two
witnesses who testify to our
guilt. Others take out three to
remind both ourselves and the
Almighty of the three patriarchs,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, by
whose grace we beseech the Al-
mighty for our lives. Some take
out seven either to represent the
seven times we proclaim "The
Lord—He is G-d" at the end of
Yom Kippur, or to remind us of
the seven circuits around the
wall of Jericho before it came
tumbling down, hoping thus that
the wall of sin, which separates
us from the Almighty, will like-
wise be broken down. Those who
take out all the Torahs claim
that it is not prop0 to remove
some while embarrassing the
others, as a demonstration to
the public that even inanimate
objects should not be subjected
to embarrassing discrimination.
In some congregations, the honor
of holding these Torahs was auc-
tioned off—obviously more hon-
ors could be passed out or sold
if all the Torahs were taken out.
Rabbinical Court to Open in Chicago
CHICAGO, (JTA) — The
Orthodox Chicago Rabbinical
Council announced it will open
a Jewish religious court, the first
such tribunal under Orthodox
rabbinical supervision in the
area, after the High Holy Days.
The court will hear cases deal-
ing with divorce, Jewish dietary
laws, conversion and other re-
ligious matters.
Chief Justice Warren and
Dr. Finkelstein studying sec-
tion of Jewish law at seminary
in 1957.
Justice Warren
to Take Part in
Seminary Study
Chief Justice Earl Warren
will participate in an all-day
study session at the Jewish
Theological Seminary of Amer-
ica, Sunday, Nov. 11, it was
announced by Dr. Louis Finkel-
stein, chancellor of the insti-
tution.
Chairman of the day will be
former Federal Judge Simon
H. Rifkind, vice-chairman of
the Seminary's
Board of Di-
rectors. T h
study program
will take the
form of a col-
loquy on the
subject, "The
Law Beyond
the Law," with
discussion
being related
to moral
standards i n
our time. Par-
ticipants will
include mem-
Judge Rifkind b e r s of t h e
Seminary faculty, selected rab-
bis and a limited number of
scholars and men of affairs.
The session -will begin at 10
a.m., continue through lunch
and end in the late afternoon.
In the evening, the Chief
Justice will be the guest of
honor and principal speaker at
a dinner at the new Americana
Hotel of New York, under aus-
pices of the National Patrons
Society of the Seminary.
Chief Justice Warren, who
recently returned from Israel,
where he visited the American
Student Center in Jerusalem
and the Schocken Institute for
Jewish Research, both of which
are adjunct institutions of the
Seminary, last visited the Semi-
nary in New York five years
ago. At that time he spent a
weekend with Dr. Finkelstein
and other faculty members in
the study of Talmud and Jewish
law.
Synagogue Offers Aid
to Church Congregation
SAN FRANCISCO, (JTA) —
Congregation Emanu-El has of-
fered full use of its facilities
"for as long as they may be
needed" to the congregation of
St. Mary's Cathedral after it
was destroyed by fire.
Rabbi Alvin I. Fine and
President Samuel Jacobs made
the offer in a letter to Arch-
bishop Joseph McGucken, in
which they also extended
"heartfelt sympathy" on the de-
struction of "a great religious
and historical landmark of our
city."
Beth Abraham Couples
to Hold Board Meeting
A board meeting of the Beth
Abraham Couples Club will be
held 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Katz, 20542 Rosemont.
Chicago Temple Asks
Rabbi to Turn Over
Fees to Congregation
CHICAGO, (JTA) — The
South Shore Temple of Chicago
has approved a policy under
which payments rendered to its
rabbi for services to congregants
will be turned over to the syna-
gogue.
The arrangement provides that
the funds be turned over to the
synagogue with the consent of
the congregant who receives- the
rabbi's services. The custom
generally is for a rabbi to retain
such payments as part of his
rabbinical income.
Rabbi Herman L. Davis, presi-
dent of the Rabbinical Council,
said the court would have three
rabbis as judges. The court will
be housed in a hotel, the Sher-
man House, which made facili-
ties available as a public service.
Rabbi Davis said that the author-
ity of the Jewish tribunal here,
as in a few other similar Jewish
courts in the United States, was
dependent entirely on voluntary
acceptance of its jurisdiction by
both litigants.
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