Friday, October 25, 1963—THE DETROIT JEWIS H NEWS-16
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Northwest Young
Israel Opens Adult
Education Program
Rabbi Samuel H. Prero, Spir-
itual Leader of Northwest Young
Israel, announces the opening of
the winter sessions of the adult
education program at 17376 Wy-
oming.
A class for women on "Inter-
pretation of the Prayer Book" is
given 1 p.m. Tuesdays by Rabbi
Prero. On Wednesday evenings,
classes are offered on "Bible
and Commentaries," Rabbi
Prero; "The Prophets," Rabbi
Abe Zentman; "Conversational
Hebrew," Rabbi David Zwick;
and "Talmud," Rabbi Ernest E.
Greenfield.
These classes are in addition
to the Monday evening class in
"Advanced Talmud," given by
Rabbi Leib Bakst, and the series
of classes on Saturday after-
noons, taught by Rabbis Isaac
Paneth, Morris Carmen, Isaac
Kaplan, Sam Shoenig and Israel
I. Rockove.
All the groups are open to
non-members as well as mem-
bers of Young Israel. For infor-
mation, contact the Young Israel
Wyoming office, UN 1-7691.
Yeshiva University
Establishes Pioneer
Home Study Program
To enable teen-agers to ac-1
quire a better understanding .,
and appreciation of Judaism,
Yeshiva University's Commu-
nity Service Division has estab-
lished a pioneering home study
program, it was announced by
Rabbi Morris H.. Finer, direc-
tor.
The program "Home Studies
in Prayer," w ill continue
through June.
The 20-lesson course will ex-
plore the philosophy and the
Halacha of the Siddur and of-
fer supplementary background
material from the Bible, Tal-
mud and the various Codes.
All source material and a
question sheet will be provided
by mail and returned with the
next lesson marked and with
suitable comments.
The "Authorized Daily Pray-
er Book," by Dr. Joseph H.
Hertz, and the Bible will be the
required text. A certificate of
achievement will be awarded to
those who complete the course.
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Weekly Quiz
Rabbi Jessel
Installed at
Temple Beth Am
BY RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
Kent Rabbi Jessel
Technically, there is no direct
mention in the Bible of a com-
mandment of visiting the sick.
Some authorities consider this
to be a Biblical commandment
and say that it belongs to a
group of commandments that
come under the general cate-
gory of what the Bible refers
to as "walking in the ways" of
the Almighty. Some consider
this practice as a Biblical com-
mandment to be included under
the category of those command-
ments that are referred to by
the Biblical command to "cling"
or to "attach one's self" to the
Almighty. The only way in which
a man can either walk in G-d's
ways or cling to Him is to fol-
low His example.
It is demonstrated that the
Almighty himself visited the
sick when He sent the angels
to see Abraham after he had
circumcized himself and was re-
covering from ,surgery. There
are some authorities (the Sha-
loh, for example) who claim that
the commandment of "visiting
the sick" is inferred in the Bib-
Rabbi David Jessel was in-
stalled as the first Rabbi of
Temple Beth Am during Sab-
bath services attended by 350
congregants and guests of the
Temple. He is shown above with
Lewis Kent, president of the
Temple. Keynoting the evening
was an address by Dr. Richard
Hertz of Temple Beth El. Those
present included Mayor Harvey
Moelke of Livonia, Isadore So-
beloff of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, Rev. Coulton of St.
Andrews Episcopal Church in
Livonia, and Mr. and Mrs. Irwin
Cohn.
Yeshiva U. Dean
Cites Problem of
Isolation for Jews
Dr. Morton r. Teicher, dean
of Yeshiva University's Wurz-
weiler School of Social Work
who spent a year and a half in
Africa, feels that the small Jew-
ish community in that vast con-
tinent suffers from the same
problems that small Jewish com-
munities face in the United
States — little opportunity to
meet other Jews.
Dr. Teicher, who spent his
time in Lusako, the capital of
Northern Rhodesia, where he
helped establish the Oppen-
heimer College of Social Serv-
ice, said only 250 persons out
of a population of 80,000 are
Jewish. He added that although
there is a synagogue for wor-
ship, there is little opportunity
to mingle with other Jews and
parents are concerned over the
possibility of inter-marriage.
"This is basically the major
problem in small communities
throughout Africa," said Dr.
Teicher. "In South Africa,
where the Jewish population is
116,000 and the South African
Board of Deputies is the only
group coordinating Jewish af-
fairs, the problem is fear rather
than anxiety. Many are worried
about the future of the country
since the racist policies that
usually follow independence are
contrary to Jewish morality.
This is especially difficult to
many Jews since they have "a
rich, comfortable life and are
reluctant to move from an area
that has been their home for
many generations."
Dr. Teicher went to Northern
Rhodesia under a grant from
the United States Agency for
International Development.
Bnai David Couples
Plan Square Dance
Cong. Bnai David Mr. and
Mrs. Club will hold a square
dance 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the
synagogue. Admission is free to
paid-up members.
(Copyright, 1963,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
What is the origin of the
practice of visiting the sick?
Reform Rabbis Urge
Freedom in Israel for
lical description of the demise
of the followers of Korach who Progressive Judaism
did not die normally (as when
they had been visited during the
sickness — Numbers 16:29) but
suddenly. Whatever the text
proof of this commandment is,
it has been regarded by the
Rabbis as a commandment of
limitless value and importance.
Why is it customary for the
one who takes out the Torah
to follow the procession which
bring the Torah to the read-
ing platform.
.
Simply taking the Torah out
of the ark and then not follow-
ing the procession that brings it
to the reading platform gives
the appearance of disinterest in
its content and disrespect, since
the obligation is to accompany
the Torah wherever it goes until
it is in its final place for what-
ever purpose it is taken out
(usually to read from it). The
respect displayed to the Torah is
symbolic of man's respect to
G-d and to his fellow man. Gen-
erally speaking human etiquette
and reverence to Deity are al-
ways parallel functions of the
human race in its responsibility,
to G-d and man.
Rabbi Posner to Open
Lubavitcher Center's
Education Program
Mishkan Israel Nusach H'Ari
—Lubavitcher Center, 14000 W.
Nine Mile, Oak Park, will launch
an adult education program.
Rabbi Zalman I. P o s n e r,
author of many books related to
Chasidus, will talk on "Chasidus
—Ancient Doctrine in Modern
Setting," 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
Rabbi Posner is head of Cong.
Sherith Israel in Nashville,
I Tenn. He is also a member of
the Rabbinical Council of
America executive board. An
open discussion and refresh-
ments will follow.
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Birmingham Temple
Schedules Services
The recently organized Birm-
ingham Temple will hold its
weekly service 8 p.m. Sunday at
the Eagle School, Middlebelt and
Fourteen Mile.
Rabbi Sherwin Wine will speak
on "Honest to God," a radical
new thesis by a British clergy-
man.
Rabbi Wine, presently serving
Windsor Temple, will be con-
ducting services in Birmingham
on Sunday evenings until next
fall, when he will hold regular
Sabbath services on Friday eve-
nings and Saturday mornings.
The adult study group of the
Birmingham Temple will hold
its bi-monthly discussion on
Nov. 5. The topic will be "What
Are Our Goals for Jewish Edu-
cation?"
NEW YORK, (JTA) -- At a
meeting of its executive board,
the Central Conference of
American Rabbis noted with
satisfaction the recent dedica-
tion of the Hebrew Union Col-
lege Biblical and Archaelogical
School in Jerusalem.
The leaders of American Re-
form Judaism declared there is
a need in the State of Israel for
the growth of a native Israeli
form of Progressive Judaism
and expressed the hope that
such a movement would quickly
flourish.
The rabbis deplored "the cur-
rent impingement on the relig-
ious liberty of non-Orthodox
Jews in the State of Israel by
Orthodox Jewish leaders' as be-
ing contrary to the true nature
of historic Judaism. The execu-
tive board, while net presum-
ing to suggest what ought to be
the relationship between the
State of Israel and Judaism
called Israeli attention to the
successful American experience
of complete separation between
church and state.
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FOR A GROUP OF MEN OR AN ORGANIZATION
to affiliate with a men's club of thirty years' standing
which is chartered by the Federal and state governments
as a non-profit organization, having for its purpose good
fellowship; presently occupying well-furnished, finely ap-
pointed clubrooms in the Third-Six Mile area.
On Any Mutually Advantageous Reorganized Basis.
Contact Secretary at UN 4-7355 for information.
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