Remnant of Israel
By DANIEL L. TICKTON
There exist no greater friend-
ships and feelings of together-
ness than among the shearit
Yisroel (remainder of Israel) in
the neighborhoods where Ne-
groes have just about taken over
all the residences, with only an
occasional sprinkling of a Jewish
family here and there.
These' are usually elderly
people, their children married
and gone. These people often
can not afford the prohibitive
costs of moving, the expenses of
new furnishings, of new-fangled
gadgets and innovations. Theft
homes are now filled with
scratched tables, shaky, uncer-
tain chairs, faded rugs, and mis-
shapen sofas.
So, on the Sabbath afternoon,
after a peaceful slumber to rest
their spirits, you can come across
an elderly couple or a confirmed
bachelor walking slowly to visit
some other Jewish friends in
the neighborhood who still re-
side there. A kettle is always
kept on the range filled with
boiling water so that one can
have a glass of tea and some
mandel-kichel (nut cake) to nib-
ble on, to be followed by some
grapes or the other fruits that
may be in season. •
With Reubin, a confirmed
bachelor, an employe of Dodge
factory, a real shoer Shabbos
(Sabbath observed), winds his
handkerchief around his wrist,
for he does not carry anything
in his pockets on the Sabbath.
Neither does he answer the
phone or ring the door bell, be-
cause it is a connection of elec-
tricity. He recites a blessing
before and after meals, prays
three times c:aily; a yarmulke
(skull cap) is always. to be found
in his possession. He was a pious,
observant. devout individual.
It is Sabbath, and Reubin
gently knocks at my door, kisses
the . rezuzzah (door post ritual
amulet) when he enters, and
boisterously wishes me a good
Shabbos. A firm hand shake fol-
lows. He wipes the 'trickles of
perspiration from his forehead
and makes himself comfortable
on one of my lounging chairs.
"Come," I tell him."have
glass of tea and a cookie."
He helps himself to a glass of
tea . from the heated tea kettle
on the gas range, and I place
before him some mandel-kechel.
I then hear a blessing and the
crunching sound of the kichel.
"Excellent, excellent, a me-
chayeh” (very tasty), he says.
Then he blows on the hot tea .
and begins to cautiously sip it.
He finished his tea; we talked
humorously about things in gen-
eral. Then a serious timbre came
to his voice.
"What I have to say now is
very confidential." A pause. "For
years I didn't have a care. After
years and years of rooming with
Reb Leib, I now have to find
myself new quarters."
"So what?". I interjected.
"Look in The Jewish News want
ads; there are many rooms to
rent, all over the city."
"Sure, certainly. Rooms every-
where, with television, f a n c y
wash rooms, newly decorated,
plush, exquisite, furniture, and
so on. Doesn't mean a thing to
me. I want a small room at a
strictly kosher family with my
own kitchen privileges to do my
own cooking; I want the use of
the refrigerator so that I can
prepare my own meals, use my
own pots, buy my• own challeh
(bread of fine white flour) for
my meals for the Sabbath, pre-
pare my lunches to take out with
me to the factory."
"Up to August a year ago I
was the happiest person in the
city. Observed each Sabbath at
the corner synagogue, which was
only four minutes' walk from
my house. I thought life would
remain thus. Chaikeh, my land-
lady, was herself a pious woman,
happy to receive my weekly
rent, a woman in good health
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"You got me all wrong, Sam. It's not that I want
to loin .. it's that I want the RIGHT to REFUSE"
Copr. 1963, Dayenu Productions
and greatly admired by her hus- Cong. Bnai Israel
band, Reb Leib the Pious.
Re-Elects Jacobs for
"You know him. He's a good
davener Earn omid" (leader be- 8th Term as President
Charles Jacobs has been re-
fore the pulpit) "at the shul,
he's got a voice which can be elected to serve his eighth con-
...........< secutive term
heard loudly from all over the
"`l as president of
synagogue and even in the base-
Cong. Bnai Is-
ment there. Well, my landlady
tael of Pontiac.
suddenly became sick. She got
up nights and coughed. It used
offi-
Other
to be once a night, then twice,
cers are M.
three times, until she could
Bletstein, E.
hardly sleep at all. It got so that
Blumeno and
I couldn't sleep; and when I
M. Ressler,
worked in the factory things
vice - presi-
were hazy before my eyes. Be- dents; D. -Fox-
Jacobs
man, A. Wine,
lieve me, it was terrible.
"The night before Rosh Ha- secretaries; B. Monson, treas-
shono she quietly passed away, urer; R. IVIerkovitz, I. Prizzant,
and her body was sent to Israel S. Toby, D. Utley, M. Kampner,
for burial. May she rest in peace S. Merkovitz, S. Newhouse, M.
and have a heavenly sleep! One Simon, J. Jacobson, L. Sirlin,
thing is sure: I'm now too get- M. Blumeno and L. Hershovitz,
ting my share of sleep! So we board members. Utely is also
both are getting a night's good parliamentarian.
sleep. But she's gone; the syna-
gogue around the corner's gone; Livonia Congregation
many of the old timers are gone. Will Hold Bar-B-Q
Life's changing; things aren't for Paid-Up Members
like they used to be.
The Livonia Jewish Congre-
„
Oh, well, I shall say good gation will hold a Bar-B-Q as its
Shabbos to you; I've told you paid-up membership affair 7:30
enough. It is getting late, and p.m. Sunday on the grounds of
I must go to the nearest syna- the synagogue at Osmus and
gogue for minchah (afternoon) Seven Mile roads, Livonia.
services. I must leave now; it's
Dues may be paid through to-
day to Sam Burnstein, 31171
a long walk."
Mackenzie, Garden City, or to
Abraham Reisen School Mrs. Tom Salmons, 17514 Deer-
. ing, Livonia, in order to attend
Open for Registration the event. Dress will be casual.
The Abraham Reisen Jewish
School of the Workmen's Cir- 3 Jews Sentenced
cle is now accepting registra- in Morocco for False
tions for the fall semester.
Children, 5 to 12, are eligible. Passports 12 Freed
CASABLANCA, (JTA) — The
The school, located at 18340
W. Seven Mile, includes in its court in Rabat sentenced three
curriculum the study of Yid- Jews to varying terms of im-
dish, Jewish literature, Hebrew, prisonment on charges of using
Tenach, Jewish holidays, dra- false passports with the inten-
matics, music, arts and crafts, tion of leaving the country.
Joseph Harrar was sentenced
Bar Mitzvah preparation. Trans-
to 18 months' imprisonment,
portation is provided.
The office is open daily (KE while Baba Cohen and Chava
Barchechat were each given
7-5440).
one-year prison terms. Twelve
other Jews involved in the case
German Suspended; Charged
were acquitted.
With Murdering Jews In Italy
BONN, (JTA) — The West Austrian Trial Starts
German Interior Ministry offi-
cial, Theodor Savaecke, charged for Pole Charged
with war crimes in Italy as a With Killing Jews
GRAZ, Austria, (JTA) — The
Nazi, was suspended from his
office. Disci plinary action trial of Franz Muerer, a 51-year-
old farmer charged with the
against him was started.
Savaecke was accused by the murder of 15 Jews in Nazi-
Jewish Documentation Center occupied Vilna, Poland, between
in Italy of ordering the shooting 1941 and 1943, opened here. His
of 16 Jews, including women victims included women and
and children, in Milan. He also children.
Muerer was condemned to 25
was accused of compelling Jews
in North Africa to perform years' imprisonment by the
forced labor when he was an SS Russians, but they released him
captain in that Axis - occupied after the treaty was signed giv-
ing Austria independence. He
area.
was arrested in Austria two
One without a conscience years ago. A number of Israelis
must not be pitied.—Sanhedrin are scheduled to testify during
the trial.
92.
Reform Rabbis Convention Issues
Plea for Jewish Ecumenical Spirit
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) —
The place of the American Jew
and the role of the American
Jewish Community in American
society was analyzed at the
four-day convention of the Cen-
tral Conference of American
Rabbis, the rabbinical arm of
the Reform branch of Judaism.
Rabbi Albert G. Minda of
Minneapolis, president of the
CCAR, told the convention in
his keynote address that "Prov-
idence and history" have com-
bined to permit the Jews and
Judaism "to carve out their
destiny" in America, in "this
ideological context inspired by
the genius of our faith."
Rabbi Minda expressed dis-
may that "inter-group relation's
in the American Jewish scene
are marred and distorted at
times with lack of confidence."
Referring to the current Chris-
tian concern with "ecumeni-
ity," he said that something of
the same sprit is long due on
the Amercan Jewish scene.
"Lack of communication and
separatist action account for
much of the confusion and
waste of energy and resources
which characterize many of our
organizations in the fulfillment
of their programs," he said.
"It is, indeed, high time that
we, too, catch something of the
ecumenical spirit. We must
learn to speak to each other
and to act together when com-
mon purpose demands."
The CCAR president also dis-
cussed American home and fam-
ily life and said that it is
"undermined" by seven factors.
He cited "juvenile delinquency,
sexual immorality, illegitimate
births, alcoholism, the divorce
rate, the deterioration of parent-
child relationships and the dis-
appearance of the home as a
sanctuary of religion." He de-
scribed as "alarming" the statis-
tics of illegitimate births, and
noted that the divorce rate also
included "marriages of teen-
agers."
"As rabbis," he declared, "we
have leaned too heavily on the
social worker and 'the psychia-
trist and their techniques which
often do not include the re-
sources of religion applicable
to the rehabilitation of the fam-
ily. Depth studies which they
have made frequently do not
include the depths of spiritu-
ality, which we as religious lead-
ers must tap and. use in this
realm of human life." .
Judaeo Persian Scholar
Wilhelm Bacher, Hungarian-
Jewish scholar and orientalist
who lived in Budapest in the
19th century, was a pioneer in
the study of Judeao-Persian lit-
erature. He was one of the first
to study the poetry and litera-
ture of the Jews of southern
Arabia.
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