Fr iday, Nov. 29, 1963 -- THE DETROIT JEW ISH NEWS — 10

Seminary Envoy Visits Bnai Moshe Thuzzan' Tour of Newport s I . i
to Plan 'Year of Dedication' Events Synagogue Impressed Stiles

International Figures
to Be Honored at Brandeis
WALTHAIVI, Mass.—Brandeis
University will be host to the
recipients of honorary degrees
awarded since its founding in
1948, at a dinner Dec. 15, at the
New York Hilton Hotel.
More than 50 men and women
prominent in international rela-
tions, the creative arts, science,
academic and civic life will be
honored at the dinner to be at-
tended by more than 1,000
alumni and friends of the uni-
versity throughout the nation.

In December, the oldest ex- cious sovereign, King George the
g,s Family.
taut synagogue building on the polnra, oudtoallallthtehe King's
cc'uo ni
North American continent, will cellars, and to the High court
the secrets of wisdom;
celebrate its 200th anniversary. Parliament,
direct their consultations to the
and welfare of the whole
It is the lovely Georgian struc- safety Empire.
Lord, preserve them;
ture which Peter Harrison de- British
and grant that we may in our
signed for the Yeshuat Israel days behold 'how beautiful upon
mountains are the feet of him
Congregation in Newport. R.I., the
that bringeth good tidings; that
now better known as the Tour() publisheth peace; that bringeth
Fl a p i a ivdait itt)T1; otfh agt osoad; e that poub2iios nh
Synagogue and as the national ei good
thi,LoGrodd l reetivestli' be (Isaiah
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52:7).
historic site.
will.
The Touro whose name the
Touro's prayer had been
synagogue bears was not wit- voiced in the midst of the Stamp
ness to its consecration on Dec. Act and Non-importation agita-
2, 1763. According to sources tions, and the years that fol-
available at the American Jew- lowed would bring no "internal
THE FARBAND
ish Archives on the Cincinnati peace in this land." When war
LABOR
ZIONIST
campus of Hebrew Union Col- broke out between England and
lege-Jewish Institute of Reli- America ten years later, Touro
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gion. Judah Touro, early Ameri- showed that his prayer for King
and you can also get
can Jewry's leading philanthro- George and the British Empire
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post, was born only in 1775— had not been at all perfunc-
nearly a dozen years after the tory. He refused to renounce
Call
synagogue to whose upkeep he his allegiance to the King, and
Saul
Seltzer
contributed so liberally had in 1782, when he appealed for
opened its doors. Still, though aid to the British General Carle-
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Judah Touro played no part in ton, he spoke feelingly of "the
the opening of the synagogue, distresses which your petitioner
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another Touro did have a key suffered from persecution for
role in the proceedings—Judah's his attachment to (King
father Isaac, a young Dutch im- George's) Government" and ex-
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migrant, who was the syna- plained that he had folind it
gogue's first spiritual leader and necessary to flee Newport "with Ladies' and Men's Tailors
conducted the building's im- his Majesty's troops." Already
Sales Experience of
pressive dedicatory exercises. he had designated himself "late
Any Kind
Thus. the Touro name has been Rector of the Jewish Synagogue
connected with the Newport at Rhode Island," but the name Call Mr. GREENSPAN
synagogue from the very begin- Touro was not lost to the house
JEWISH
ning.
of worship he had served; his
VOCATIONAL
Isaac Touro had been in son Judah would see to that.
America only three years
SERVICE
Prof. Jacob Rader Marcus is
when the Newport synagogue director of American Jewish
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was dedicated. He had been Archives.
elected minister of the Yesh-
uat' Israel Congregation in New-
port. No rabbi, of course—
American Jewry had no or-
dained rabbi until Abraham
Rice came to the United
States in 1840 — the young
Touro, nevertheless, impress-
ed the Rev. Ezra Stiles with
his leadership qualities. Stiles,
then a Congregationalist cler-
gyman in Newport and later
a president of Yale College in
New Haven, mentioned Touro
several times in his diary. In
one entry, he referred to him
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as the "Chuzzan"—hazzan-
and, in another, as "the Jew
priest." Stiles attributed to
Touro "a certain grandeur of
utterance, and a . . . bold and
lofty sonitus verborum." Tou-
ro's conduct of the new syna-
gogue's consecration service
reminded Stiles of "the maj-
esty . . . of the ancient Jewish
worship mentioned in Scrip-
ture."
The Christian diarist had been
much taken with "the order and
decorum, the harmony and sol-
emnity of the musick" as the
Torah scrolls were carried into
the synagogue and deposited in
the Ark.
Newport Jewry's "Chuzzan"
must have been a liturgist of
some capacity, as is evident in
"a prayer composed and deliv-
ered by the Reverend Isaac
Touro, in the Jewish Synagogue,
in Newport, Rhode Island, on
Thursday the 28th day of No-
vember, 1765, being the day
appointed, by his Honour the
Governor's proclamation, for a
general Thanksgiving in this
Colony." Translated from He-
brew and printed in the New-
port Mercury of Dec. 2, 1765—
exactly two years after the syn-
agogue's consecration — Touro's
prayer reads:

JOIN

On a year's sabbatical leave as an emissary for Dr. Louis
Finkelstein to bring greetings to various parts of the country,
Dr. Louis M. Levitsky (second from right) recently met with
Cong. Bnai Moshe leaders to discuss plans for Detroit's participa-
tion in a "Year of Dedication" for the Jewish Theological
Seminary. From left are Norbert Reinstein, president of Bnai
Moshe, Rabbi Moses Lehrman and Benjamin Weiss. The spiritual
leader of Oheb Shalom Congregation, S. Orange, N. J., and a
practicing rabbi for 40 years, Dr. Levitsky is director of both
the Seminary School of Jewish Studies and the Women's
Institute of Jewish Studies at the Seminary.

Work Begun on New Cheseci Shel Emes

The cornerstone for the new Rockove is the executive direc-
Hebrew Memorial Chapel was for and Morris Dorn serves as
set in place in impressive cere- president of the Hebrew Benev-
monies held last Sunday. The I olent Society.
new chapel is the successor to
the Chesed Shel Ernes now 10- Rabbi Lehrman Will
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cated on Joy Rd. It is located Give
Lecture on
at 26640 Greenfield, near Eleven
Integration Issue
Mile Rd. in Oak Park.
Nathan Samet was in charge Dr. David Blum, director of
of arrangements and publicity. Cong. Bnai Moshe School of
Working with him were NathanlAdult Study, announces that
P. Rossen, Phillip Langwald andlRabbi Moses Lehrman will pre-
Sam Levine. Rabbi Israel I. I sent another of his special lee-
! tures on contemporary, contro-
1 versial subjects 8:30 p.m. Tues.
I day at the synagogue. The sub-
ject will be "The Jew and The
(Integration Problem."
Rated No. 1 in the U.S.A.
Come in and see why before
I As his thesis, Rabbi Lehrman
you buy
Quist
will have a modern interpreta-
Typewriter Co.
tion of the quatation from
Specialists
Since 1934
Amos IX:7: "Are ye not as the
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CONG. MISHKAN ISRAEL NUSACH WARI

Lubavitcher Center

14000 W. 9 Mile Road, Oak Park

Invites the Oak Park Jewish Community
to Memorial Services to the Late President

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

at Sabbath morning services
beginning at 9 a.m.

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CONGREGATION B'NAI DAVID

Presents

3rd ANNUAL

* CHANUKAH *
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Starring

* CANTOR HYMAN J.
ADLER
* Sisterhood CHORAL
GROUP
* B`NAI DAVID
CHOIR
* MAX SOSIN

Memorable Songs of Yesterday!
Truly A Great Musical Treat!

EXTRA

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HOOTENANNY"

With
Cantor Adler - Max Sosin

SUN. NITE, DEC. 8th

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RETIREES

- "Universal Lord! and Lord of
Lords, Great God, powerful and
tremendous, exalted above all Ex-
altation! We are this day assembled
in thy presence, to sing praises,
and to give thanks for all thy
mercies and goodness, which thou
bast bountifully bestowed on us, in
that the land hath yielded her in-
crease, and the trees of the field
their fruits.
"Wherefore, Lord our God, and
God of our fathers, extend thy com-
passion and thy mercy unto us, and
unto all who depend upon us. Suffer
not thy people to stand in need of
sustenance. Grant, we beesch thee,
that we may enjoy internal peace
in this land; and that peace may
subsist betwen all states and poten-
tates: that thy holy word, spoken
by thy prophet, may be fulfilled;
"And I will give peace in the land"
(L eviticus 26:6). Be graciously
pleased to grant, that we may hear
glad tidings of our. neighbors who
inhabit round about us.
"Save and prosper our most gra-

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