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to attend
A "YEAR OF DEDICATION"
TRIBUTE DINNER
Friday, January 10, 1964
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S-20
ear of Dedication" ...Detroit's Lin
Ole &tire e
unity
Monday, January 20, 1964
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield
Honoring Detroit's Senior Alumni of
the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
For Their One Hundred Years of Rabbinic Service
Alfred L. Deutsch, Chairman
For reservations call 961-6970
A prominent roster of Detroit
notables, including May or
Jerome Cavanagh and Gov.
George Romney and the lead-
ership of the Conservative com-
munity, will spearhead plans
for the "YEAR OF DEDICA-
TION" dinner honoring the 100
years of service of this city's
senior alumni of the Jewish
Theological Seminary, on Mon-
day, January 20th at Shaarey
Zedek. Alfred L. Deutsch, gen-
Dr. Louis Finkelstein, eminent Chancellor of the Seminary, is
shown as he explained a portion of the Talmud to Earl Warren, Chief
Justice of the United States, when the latter spent a weekend of study
at the Seminary.
"YEAR OF DEDICATION"
Statement of Purpose
The American Jewish community is heir to a rich legacy. Generations of our
ancestors have preserved, enriched and handed down to us a great spiritual inheri-
tance. Our immediate forebears created for us the institutions which have nurtured
this heritage, demonstrating the relevance of its wisdom and insights to contem-
porary society.
We have lived on this bounty from the past. From it has come our contribu-
tion to the pluralistic society in which we live. From it have come the values
and standards which strengthen our families and our personal lives.
But we cannot—if we are to survive as Jews—live forever on the foresight
of our ancestors. Although the Jewish tradition has so far proved an inexhaustible
reservoir, the institutions which are its conduits must be regenerated and adapted
to changing conditions.
The JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERCIA is one of these
institutions. As the heart of the Conservative Movement, it reacts to the alarm-
ing pulsation of the crisis which confronts Judaism today. The Seminary's
response is to launch a YEAR OF DEDICATION as a corrective to the perilous
apathy which is leading Judaism to self-destruction.
The YEAR OF DEDICATION is an appeal to outstanding leaders to take
effective action to avert this crisis. Today, when congregations are proliferating
throughout the country; when secular universities are establishing departments
of Jewish studies, and seeking scholars to teach in them, the number of rabbis
is decreasing.
The Seminary now turns to its many friends to help this institution revitalize
Judaism and give understanding and pm-pose to the lives of our people.
Associate Justice Arthur J. Goldberg of the United States Supreme
Court (left) was guest speaker on a recent "Eternal Light" radio show on
NBC. He is shown here discussing his talk with Milton Krentz, producer
of the "Eternal Light" radio and television offerings.
eral chairman of the milestone
tribute to Rabbis Morris Adler,
Benjamin Gorr e l i c k, Moses
Lehrman and Jacob Segal, has
announced the formation of a
city-wide structure, made up of
leaders from Adas Shalom, Beth
Aaron, B'Nai Moshe, Shaarey
Zedek and other Conservative
synagogues in the area.
Hosts for the dinner are Nor-
man Allan, Adas Shalom; Theo-
dore M. Curtis, B'Nai Moshe;
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.
Rabbi Morris Adler
Class of '35
Dr. Marvin A. Last, Beth Aar
and Walter L. Field, Shaa
Zedek. Honorary Chairmen
Louis Berry, Abraham Boi
Torn Borman, Mayor Cava
Sol Eisenberg, Nathan Go
Samuel Hechtman, John
Lurie, Governor George R
ney, Jack Shenkman and ,J
jamin Weiss. Co-Chairmen=
Phillip Chapnick, David Safr
Hyman S a f r an and Eug
Weiss. Seminary Chairme
Seminary's Concern: the World
Seminary Is t
Deeply rooted in the Jewish tradition, the Jewish
Theological Seminary encompasses the world in its con-
cern. While many of its problems are necessarily those of
the Jewish community it serves, its basic insights apply to
mankind as a whole. What is required of Judaism in our
world of confused values is to demonstrate the significance
of our lives as individuals, and to show how the Jewish
heritage can enrich our lives, and join us to the community
in a way which will add meaning to human experience.
In this vastly intricate undertaking, the Conservative
Movement is seeking to fuse yesterday and today; to ac-
commodate the indispensable truths of the Jewish heritage
to the demands of the 20th century; to nourish that amal-
gam and to transmit it enriched to generations yet unborn.
This is a colossal task. Its undertaking will mean that
wisdom has to be developed not only in schools and Ramah
camps, but in each home.
The number of students in the Rabbinical School, now
about 123, should in a short time be doubled, so that no
Jew in America will be denied spiritual guidance. The
number of students at the Teachers Institute should be
multiplied at least five-fold, so as to provide teachers for
all our children.
To instruct those future teachers, the number of pro-
fessors at the Seminary would likewise have to be multi-
plied many times. The Seminary, to absorb new students,
provide for new professors, undertake new research in the
application of Judaism to human life, will need additional
space. The Seminary's YEAR OF DEDICATION is the
opportunity for the lay community to contribute to its
growth.
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who viewed the world
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himself, his fellow-man,4
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whose personal and co
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of the accumulated wise
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oday.
This is why during
Seminary will need to
available resource. This
needs the wisdom and
will come from an exp
that will assume the ma
Miss Anna Kleban, coordinator of Field Activities of the Library o
the Seminary, exhibits one of the rare manuscripts to a group of visitin
religious leaders.