New Terms of Oxford Dictionary
Miss- IVeiss Carries
Rare Vial at Iredo'ing Described by Jerusalem Writer

Loretta Beresh Wed
to Gerald M. Cooper

The new terms in the fifth edition of "The Concise Oxford
Dictionary" and a comparison with the earlier edition that appeared
13 years ago, showing "The evolution of Semitic semantics," have
been described in an article by Geoffrey Wigoder in the Jerusalem
Post. Wigoder wrote:

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The fifth edition of "The Con-
cise Oxford Dictionary" has just
appeared—thirteen years after the
previous version. A comparison of
the two volumes provided a wealth
of evolution of Semitic semantics.
Thus there has now been time
for specific contributions arising
out of the creation of the State of
Israel.
Countries generally are not list-
ed, except where the name of the
country is used in a more general
context. So Israel can appear as
"the Jewish State established in
MRS. GEORGES WAJNBERG
Palestine in 1948" by virtue of its
An antique vial used for 400 inclusion as "The Jewish people;
years to hold the bridal bouquets God's elect." "Jerusalem" is a
in the royal Hapsburg family was "city in Israel," not the Capital it
carried by Barbara Carolyn Weiss is true, but then not in Jordan at
for her marriage to Georges Wajn- all.
berg of Paris.
"Jordan" comes off poorly all
The ceremony, held here Satur- round being only defined as "a
day, was solemnized by Rabbi chamberpot (with the unimagin-
Sherwin Wine. The couple are the ative comment "origin unascertain-
children of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence ed").
Weiss. 19929 Warrington. and Mr.
Other specific ISrael contribu-
and Mrs. Henri Wajnberg of Paris.
tions include "knesset'' and "kib-
The bride wore a gown of im- butz" (but not yet moshav).
ported ivory Brussels lace and
The Dictionary has its own con-
silk peau de soie. The fitted
bodice featured a high neckline, tribution to make to the problem
and the sleeves were three-quar- of "What is a Jew?" In 1951, he
ter length. The controlled, bell- was a "person of Hebrew race";
shaped skirt had a full, chapel- now, he is "One of the Hebrew
or Jewish people, or one who pro-
length train. Her head piece was
a petite crown that held a match- fesses Judaism. The secondary de-
finition of "usurer, driver of hard
ing Brussels lace mantilla.
bargains" still appears but has
Maid of honor was R.uthe Seigel, been demoted from "colloquial"
and bridesmaids were Janine to "vulgar slang." The phrase "rich
Brown, Elaine Weiss, Adria Brown, as a Jew" has disappeared in the
Penny Schiller and Rita Stillman. overall affluent society and
Attending his brother as best man
the
was Jaques Wajnberg of Paris. another missing is "tell to
Jew" for "an unlikely tale" (which
Other brothers of the couple , Vic-
for Wajnberg and Ronald Weiss, however remains under "ma-
rines").
were ushers, together with Steven
The verb "to jew" as "cheat,
Gorelick, Joel Brown and Emery
overreach" has also disappeared.
Weiss.
is probably more a tribute to
The couple left on a honeymoon This
Jewish public relations agencies
trip out west.
than to the non-usage of the

phrase. Others are less fortunate
and "to welsh" is still "to de-
camp without paying" (although
the editors claim "origin unknown,
perhaps overlooking the popular
At a dinner and reception, Mr.
nursery rhyme commencing "Taffy
and Mrs. Ted G. Wolf of Hunting-
ton Rd. announced the engage- was a Welshman, Taffy was a
ment of their daughter Amy Lau- thief"). "Scotch" by the way, has
ren to Lewis James Lautin. son of never been admitted as pejorative.
"Yid" and "goy" both make
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Lautin of
Brooklyn, N.Y. Miss Wolf will at- their first appearances—the latter
tend the New York School of In- as "gentile," the former as "A Jew
terior Design in the fall. Her fian- who speaks Yiddish" (although in
effect the term is used without re-
ce attends Brooklyn College.
gard for the linguistic limitation).
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Moglov- "Sheeny" continues to appear as
kin of Eastwood Ave., Oak Park, "Jew" (derogatory) but "kike" has
announce the engagement of their not percolated. "Christian" by the
daughter Risa Ann to Kenneth way, continues to be synonymous
Alan Lawton, son of Mr. and Mrs. with "a decent, civilized person."
Martin Lawton of Meyers Rd. The The Arabs come out less success-
future bridegroom is a graduate fully as the edition introduces the
of Wayne State University and is word "wog" (still unrecognized in
currently working on his master's 1951) as "Native of a Middle East-
degree in finance at the University ern country, especially Egypt."
of Detroit. An August wedding is (The origin is again unknown; my
own theory is that, based on dark-
planned.
er skins, it was short for "golli-
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Mr. and Mrs. Al Kaye of Strat- wog"; others suggest it is an ab-
ford Ave., Oak Park, announce the breviation f o r "wily Oriental
engagement of their daughter, Max- Gentleman," or "workers on Gov-
ine, to Donald Weingarden, son of ernment service.")
Many Hebrew terms of religious
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Weingarden of
San Juan Dr. An August wedding significance are included, such as
Tora, Mishna, Gemara, Talmud.
is planned.
"Kaddish" apparently is the "mag-
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nificat of the synagogue service."
The engagement of Lorraine While "rabbi" is "Jewish doctor
M.
Marilyn Shepherd to Lawrence
of the law," "Chief Rabbi" is very
Goldberg is announced. The bride-
elect is the daughter of Mrs. Mor-
rey H. Shepherd of Sorrento Ave. Sephardic Group Airs
and the late Mr. Shepherd. Her
Picnic Plans, Officers
fiance, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
The Sephardic Community of
Harry Goldberg of Greenview Ave.
Greater Detroit will hold its an-
attends Walsh Institute.
nual picnic July 26 at Kensington
Park.
Ruzhiner Picnic Slated
At a recent general member-
Ruzhiner Progressive Farein will ship meeting, Abe S. Abraham was
hold its annual picnic noon Sunday elected president. of the group for
at Palmer Park. Guests invited. In a two-year term. Assisting him will
a case of rain, the picnic will he he Sheldon Nachman and Mrs.
Etta Moss, vice presidents; Mrs.
held at Cong. Beth Joseph.
Regina Ishbia, treasurer; and Rose
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Quen and Mrs. Mary Papo, secre-
Friday, July 10, 1964
taries.
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8ngagements

insularly presented as "Ecclesia-
stical head of British Jewish com-
munities." Some of the old preju-
dices remain. "Phylactery," after
being a small leather box, is also
ostentatious religious observance,
while the Pharisee is still "One of
ancient Jewish sect distinguished
by strict observance of traditional
and written law and pretensions to
sanctity" as well as being "a self-
righteous person, formalist, hypo-
crite." "Bar mitzva" by the way,
has yet to appear.
A number of Yiddish terms have
now been naturalized, including
"shinaltz" and "shemozzle" (but
why is one spelled with "sh" and
the other with "sch"? And what
happened to the first "1" of the
more familiar "schlimazzel"—from
the Yiddish "schlim mazzel"—ter-
rible luck)? In the literary heri-
tage "Moses" as "Jewish money-
lender" (presumably from Sheri-
dan's "School for Scandal") has
been eliminated. "Shylock" re-
mains as "hard-hearted money-
lender" but without any Jewish
connotation, for which we have
now the further testimony of
George Ainlsly.

MRS. GERALD COOPER

Gadna of Israel
to Open Masonic
Symphony Series

Detroit's Masonic Auditorium an-
nounces a spectacular symphony
program for the 1964-1965 Sym-
phony Series. It includes the ap-
pearance of three of the world's
greatest conductors: Sir John Bar-
birolli with the Houston Sym-
phony; Eugene Ormandy with the
Philadelphia Orchestra and Her-
bert Von Karajan with the Berlin
Philharmonic.
Opening the 19th annual Sym-
phony Series, Saturday evening,
October 24, will be the Detroit
debut of the Israel National Youth
Or chestr a Gadna comprising
some 95 brilliantly gifted young
players ranging in age from 16
to 20 years. Under the baton of
the distinguished young Israeli
conductor, S. Ronly-Riklis, the pro-
gram for the Gadna orchestra ap-
pearance is:

A recent ceremony at Beth
Aaron Synagogue united Loretta
Beresh and Gerald M. Cooper in
marriage. Their parents are Mr.
Beethoven
and Mrs. Myer Beresh of Hilton Overture to "Egmont"
Concerto in B minor,
Rd., Southfield. and the Abe Coop- Cello
Dvorak
Opus 104
ers of Gardner Ave., Oak Park.
Symphony No. 88 in G major Haydn
Ami
Maavani
Teamin
The bride's peau de sole
(Prize-winning work written
sheath had a bateau neckline,
especially for Israel National
Youth Orchestra Gadna)
elbow-length sleeves and a band
Suite from "The Firebird" Stravinsky
of embroidered Alencon lace at
the hem. An overskirt flawed
from the sides of the gown into
CALL
a chapel-length train.
Mrs. Kenneth Rochlen and Sally
Masserman were matron and maid
Pantomime Artist and M.C.
of honor, and Sharon Cooper,
And His Orchestra
Gayl Beresh and Priscilla Beresh
Mrs. Philip Fealk
FOR AN
were bridesmaids.
OUTSTANDING AFFAIR . .
Elected 2nd VP at
Best man was Herbert G. Gor-
don. Kenneth Beresh, Martin
BB District Parley
Stein, Herbert Diamond and Leon
At the recent convention for Silber served as ushers.
Bnai Brith Women District 6, in
The newlyweds are honeymoon-
Milwaukee, Mrs. Philip Fealk of ing in Mexico City and Acapulco.
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and his orchestra
of directors.
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Mrs. Leonard Sims, international
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New president of the district,
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which includes eight Midwest
states and four Canadian pro-
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Grand Rapids. She was installed
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Albert Einstein Chapter won a
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