Friday, January 10, 1964—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S- 14

Dr. Adler Hall Named by Shaarey Zedek
Honoring 25th Anniversary of Its Rabbi

The auditorium area adjacent
to the sanctuary of Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek has been
named the Morris Adler Hall,
in honor of the 25th anniver-
sary of Dr. Morris Adler's min-
istry with the congregation.
David M. Miro, president of
the congregation, announced the
unanimous decision of the syna-
gogue's board of directOrs at
the "Tribute to a Teacher" cere-
monies Saturday night, in the
Shaarey Zedek.
Leaders in government, labor
and industry and community as
well as congregational spokes-

Ahavas Achim Plans
Synagogue Weekend

A synagogue weekend is plan-
ned by Cong. Ahavas Achim, the
sisterhood and youth group.
Lahav USY will present its
annual Sabbath service 8:30
p.m. Jan. 17. Participants will
be members of the youth
group and the hazzanim who
have been trained by Cantor
Bermanis.
Featured will be talks by the
four delegates to the national
convention of United Synagogue
Youth. An oneg shabbat will
follow.
The sisterhood will conduct
its monthly oneg shabbat in the
social hall 2 p.m: Jan. 18.
That evening, at 8:30, the con-
gregation will conduct a
m'lavah nialkah, _titled A Night
in Israel.
The Israeli dance troup, di-
rected by Gloria Burns, will per-
form, also leading the audience
in community singing. William
Hordes will speak on hiS re-
cent trip to Israel. Refreshments
will be served.

! men participated in the pro- men. Louis Berry, who headed
gram.
the committee that arranged
Emphasizing the "Tribute to the testimonial evening, pre-
a Teacher" theme, Rabbi Irwin sided and gave the opening
Groner read a selection from address, paying honor to
Rabbi Adler's literary works Rabbi Adler's numerous serv-
on "The Torah."
ices to Jewry and America.
Rabbi Groner, who also led
Other participants included
the gathering in responsive Sid n e y Shevitz and Hyman
readings, gave the prefatory re- Safran, who spoke for the Jew-
marks to the Havdalah cere- ish Community Council and the
mony at the commencement of Jewish Welfare Federation; Dr.
the program, with synagogue Max Arzt, Provost of the Jew-
youth marching to the Bimah ish Theological Seminary of
with lighted candles.
America; Judge Wade H. Mc-
Headed by Governor George Cree and Dr. Henry Hitt Crane.
Romney, who recalled Rabbi Prayers were read in the course
Adler's services in behalf of of the program by Samuel C.
effective collective bargain- Kovan and Dr. Samuel Krohn,
ing between labor and man- treasurer and secretary of the
agement; and Walter Reu- congregation.
ther, who, in his commenda-
In his expression of thanks
tions of Dr. Adler's coopera- for the honors accorded him,
tive efforts as a leader arbi- Rabbi Adler urged the gather-
trator, took occasion to report ing that the tributes of the
enthusiastically on his recent evening should not be the solo
trip to Israel; the program to himself but that some of
included liturgical selections them should be reserved for
by the synagogue choir, led the tradition in behalf of which
by Dan Frohman, with Can- he labored all his life. He con-
tors Jacob Sonenklar and cluded with a benediction in
Reuven Frankel as soloists, which he blessed the large ga-
and the community spokes- thering.

Rabbi Kohaneman Inspires Detroit
Interest in Reconstructed Yeshivot

One of Israel's most vener-
able leaders, who has effective-
ly pursued the task of recon-
structing destroyed Yeshivot,
this week described the results
of his efforts to several Detroit
audiences, during a brief visit
here as the guest of Mr. and
Arthur Selmar, 17207 Cherry-
lawn.
Rabbi Joseph Kohaneman, of
Bnai Brak, told how the old
Ponevezh Yeshiva now func-
President Johnson
tions in the orthodox Israeli
Attends Synagogue
community, providing for hun-
Dedication Ceremony dreds of students, t r a i n i n g
AUSTIN, Tex., (JTA)—Presi- young men according to Jewish
dent Johnson, addressing the traditions.
dedication ceremony of the new
Mrs. Kohaneman, who is here
Agudas Achim conservative syn- with her husband, joined him
agogue here, reiterated the in his efforts by describing, in
need for brotherhood among all an illustrated lecture, at a tea
Americans.
on Thursday at the Selmar
Fulfilling a promise made home, how the Ponevezher Yes-
while he was Vice-President, hiva functions in Bnai Brak as
Mr. Johnson flew here from his one of the largest Jewish semi-
Johnson City ranch. He spoke naries of its kind in existence
of the need for spiritual leader- today.
ship as well as of the • heavy
Rabbi Kohaneman addressed
obligation and responsibilities several small groups here and
of the Presidency. Explaining on this Sabbath will be the
his views on religion, the Presi- guest of Rabbi. Samuel Prero
dent told members of the con- at the Young Israel services.
gregation that it was "wise to
Rabbi Kohaneman was the
separate church and state but only Lithuanian rabbi to sur-
men of government should not vive the Nazi terror. He is a
divorce themselves from reli- former member of the Lithu-
gion." - anian Sejm (Parliament), hav-

BY HENRY LEONARD

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"lt always comes clown like this when he
preaches on Noah and the Flood."

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ing served . during the era
when there was Jewish au-
tonomy in Lithuania.
During the war, when Russia
still was an ally of Germany
Rabbi Kohaneman was given
permission to leave his country
on a diplomatic passport. In
1941 he traveled through Ger-
many with that passport and
was given all the diplomatic
courtesies, although on the
trains he was handed newspa
pers with flash headlines prop
agating the destruction of Jew
ry. He still was able to speak
with his family, which was soon
to perish, on the telephone from
Trieste. Soon thereafter came
the break between the Nazis
and the Communists, and the
destruction of the entire Lithu-
anian community followed.
Instead of going to the United
States, Rabbi Kohaneman pro-
ceeded to Israel, and there be-
gan the work of rescue, saving
many youths who became stu-
dents in the Yeshiva he estab-
lished in the - name of Ponevezh,
and cooperating with Youth Ali-
yah in providing sustenance for
young people and training for
their future life as free Israelis.
"When I came to Bnai Brak
24 years ago," Rabbi Kohane-
man said, "there were 5,000
residents there.
"Now there are 60,000. It is
a thriving community and a
blessing to our traditions."
Now Rabbi Kohaneman has
undertaken to reconstruct other
Yeshivot. He is re-establishing
three in Ashdot, the new port
city.
In - addition, he has under-
taken to rescue lost documents
that are as old as a century,
and to be able to reproduce.
them in permanent .volumes he
is also establishing printing
plants for orthodox youth.
The devout leader is modern
in many respects. His wife is a
linguist and he himself is steep-
ed in worldly knowledge. He
disapproves of the extremism
in Israel. "Stones," he said, "are
for the building of Israel, not
to be hurled at opponents." He
was referring to the actions of
the Neturei Karta. But his pri-
mary aim is to assure the per-
petuation of the basic princi-
ples of Judaism, and through
his re-established Yeshivot to
strengthen Jewish devotions.
He has enlisted aid for his
movement in South Africa, in
England and in this country, as
well as in Israel, and many De-
troiters are among his staunch
supporters.

Temple Emanu-El Sponsors Performance
of "Julius Caesar" at WSU's Theater

Temple Emanu-El Men's Club,
is sponsoring a single perform-
ance of "Julius Caesar" by the
Wayne State University Thea-
ter Repertory Company on Jan.
18, at the Classic Theater, Cass
at Hancock, Detroit.
The company was organized
especially for the Theater's
opening "Shakespeare 400" sea-
son, commemorating William
Shakespeare's 400th Birthday.
Its 33 members were selected
from 250 applicants across the
nation on the basis of experi-
ence, recommendations and au-
ditions. Theater Director, Leon-
ard Leone, and Associate Direc-
tor, Richard Spear, held final
auditions in Detroit, New York
and Chicago.
The title role of "Julius Cas-
ear will be taken by Detroiter
David Meneghel, who has per-
formed in radio, television and
films, as well as the theater.
Brutus will be played by Alan
Becker, a New Yorker with ex-
tensive Shakespearean training.

Becker was associated with
the Shakespeare Festival in
Stratford, Conn., in 1961 and
with the New
York Shake-
speare Festival
in 1962. In the
summer of
1963, he per-
formed with
the Columbia-
Barnard Sum-
m e r Theater,
appearing as
Becker Angelo in
"Measure for Measure,' and
Mauler in Berthold Brecht's
"St. Joan of the Stockyards."
Becker, who holds a Bachelor
of Arts degree from the City
College of New York, is work-
ing toward a Master of Arts
degree in speech at Wayne in
addition to his Classic Thea-
tre activities. After graduation
from CCNY, he taught English
in New York City junior high
schools and attended the Amer-
ican Shakespeare Academy and
Youthful Grand Rabbi Kling the Dramatic Theatre Academy,
of Lyons, France, is an avid where he studied with Sanford
sports enthusiast.
Meisner.

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JEWISH FOLK CHORUS

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