New Bible Published in Jerusalem Stamps Issued
Is Acclaimed by Orthodox Leaders by JNF for High
A one-volume edition of the and in the first Jewish printings,
Bible, published in Israel by the the "shin-sin" appeared in all its Holiday Tickets
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Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, is
now being distributed in this coun-
try by the Jerusalem Tenach, Inc.,
250 W. 57th, New York.
Noted Orthodox scholars have
hailed the new work, and the late
Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog
called it "remarkable for the beau-
▪ ty of its complete and meticulous
characters and its careful punctua-
tion."
Printed on Butten paper, bound
in maroon Fab-leather, all the books
of the Old Testament are incorpo-
rated in the impressive work.
The merits of the new Bible
as evaluated by the publishers in-
clude the following:
The type is designed on the
basis of ancient and most cor-
rect sources; but scientific re-
search on easy reading of the
type has also been taken into
consideration; the type has been
adopted to the present-day con-
cept of style.
The vowels ("nikkoud") and the
accents ("taam") are exactly un-
der the letters, over them, or be-
tween them, strictly according to
rules and tradition.
The letter "lammed" appears
always in its correct form, in con-
trast to other editions where the
"lammed" is often maimed, and
only sometimes correctly printed.
When Hebrew texts began to be
printed in large numbers on a
commercial scale, the publishers
were interested for reasons of
economy is crowding the maximum
amount of print into one page, and
thus save paper and printing costs,
and increase profits.
The "lammed" with its tall neck
demanded by its very nature double
spacing between the lines. This
problem found a double "solution";
either the upper part of the
"lammed" which is characteristic-
ally thrust upward, was folded
back and flattened, without any
justification; or whenever an ac-
cent was placed over the
"lammed", it was beheaded and
only its lower part was printed.
Another striking example of neg-
ligence is the letter "shin-sin". For
its six variations there are only
three combinations of letters and
signs; a point on the right, a point
on the left, a point each on the
left and on the right. In the last
case mentioned, the reader has
to guess what the points mean,
and in the other cases, when the
letter is followed or preceded by
a "holam," the latter disappears.
However, in all the manuscripts
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variations correctly with its "nik-
koud". The Koren Publishers have
renewed this tradition, and have
given to the letter in question its
legible appearance.
The "holam" vowel is always
in its proper place in the Koren
Edition; thus the confusion which
often exists elsewhere between
"o" and "vo" when "vav-holam"
is concerned (the point on the
"vav" means the sound expressed
by "vo") can be avoided.
The "patch ganouv" (for in-
stance in the word "ru-ah") is at
the right and thus does not appear
directly under the letter (in the
case mentioned it is the letter
"heth") for then the reading could
be erroneously "ha".
The melodic accents "pashta"
and "kadma" which are identical
elsewhere, and also the "mahpah"
and the "yetiv" have undergone
a delicate differentiation in the
Koren Edition. Thus all those who
are interested in "taamim" (melo-
dic accents) will be able to chant
them with exactitude.
The Name of the Lord is
printed without vowel-points.
A perceptible improvement has
been achieved in what concerns
the "kri" and the "ktiv", for in
this respect misunderstandings
have accumulated during the cen-
tries. The "ktiv" is the form in
which words are written, and
"kri" is the form for reading pur-
poses. For this reason, in the
Koren Edition, the words in whose
form there are differences, are
printed in the text in the correct
"ktiv" form without vowel-points,
but in the margin of the same
line such words are reprinted and
this time in the form in which the
word has to be read, and with
vowel-points. In most editions, the
error has been made to print such
words with vowel-points in the
"ktiv" form; thus such words are
read incorrectly. For example, in
the current printings of the Bible,
in the Book of Esther, the word
"beomram" is printed with vowel-
points in the text, and is thus read
"beomram". The correct reading is
however "keomram". The "kri"
"keomram" appears in other edi-
tions, with vowels, in small type
at the end of the page and is
therefore unclear.
The arrangement of the text
conforms strictly to masoretic
rules. For the first time, Koren
Publishers give the numbers of
the "seder" (the Jewish cycle of
lessons for each week, drawn up
for three years).
The type and the system of
vowel-points for this edition of the
Bible have been worked out by
Mr. E. Korngold.
Congregations in Michigan again
will follow the tradition of preced-
ing the High Holidays by cooperat-
ing with the Jewish National Fund
land program in Israel through the
purchase of High Holidays JNF
stamps by their members, it was
announced by Dr. Israel Wiener,
JNF president.
Synagogue ticket committees are
requested to utilize the special
JNF stamps sent to them to dec-
orate their holiday admission tick-
ets. Each stamp is to be issued
as a receipt in acknowledgement of
a fitting contribution to the cause
of "Geulath Ha'aretz," the JNF
program of land reclamation.
In their appeal to synagogues,
Phillip Stollman, Harry Cohen and
David Silver, co-chairmen of the
religious groups committee, stated:
"The Jewish National Fund still
provides the land foundation for
settling and rehabilitating Jewish
immigrants in Israel. In the last
16 years, the JNF paved the way
for the establishment of more than
600 colonies, including 400 located
on Israel's borders. It now has the
important task of securing these
borders by increasing the number
of settlements. Among the newer
areas now being reclaimed, are Mt.
Gilboa, Korazim, and Gadot-Mish-
mar Hayarden.
"Now that the Jewish National
Fund has become the sole agency
authorized by the Knesset to de-
velop, reclaim, and afforest all the
lands in Israel, we are confident
that the leaders of Jewish religious
life appreciate the need of con-
tinuing assistance in tasks con-
fronting the Keren Kayemeth Le'
Israel."
Stollman, Cohen and Silver have
asked ticket committees to call UN
4-2767, or write the JNF office,
18414 Wyoming, if they have not
received their supply, or if they
require additional stamps.
Israel Series Marks the New Year
The Jewish New Year 5725 and the sixth world congress of the
Israel Medical Association will be commemorated in stamps to be
issued by the Israel Ministry of Posts. The series of three (from left)
festival stamps depict ancient glass vessels of various periods, the
like of which were discovered in Israel. The stamp of 70 agurot
pictures an urn dating back to the 1st Century; the 35 agurot,
1st-2nd Century; and 8 agurot, 3rd Century. For first day cover,
send 40 cents plus 27 cents postage, prepaid to the Philatelic Serv-
ices, Jerusalem. The Israel Medical Association commemorative
depicts the emblem of the congress. First day cover is 35 cents plus
postage prepaid. Minimum amount of any single order is $1.
Educators, Sociologists Speak at SZO Educational Seminar
More than 25 educators, sociolo-
gists, authors and Jewish organiza-
tion leaders will speak at the spe-
cial community leadership training
seminar, sponsored by the Student
Zionist Organization, Aug. 6 to
28, at Hechalutz Israel Institute,
Hightstown, N.J.
Arnulf M. Pins, associate direc-
tor of the Council on Social Work
Education, will discuss "Group
Dynamics" with 35 student campus
leaders from the United States and
Canada attending the conclave.
Marshall Sklare, director, Divi-
sion of Scientific Research, Ameri-
can Jewish Committee, will speak
on "Organization of the American
Jewish Community."
Other speakers include B. Z.
Goldberg, author and lecturer, who
will talk on "Russian Jewry;" Prof.
Abraham Halkin, professor of
Hebrew at CCNY and professor of
Samuel Belkin, Meyer Berman, Isi-
dore Birnbaum, Philip Bolton, Morris
J. Brandwine, Philip Bricker, Hyman
Cohen, Carl Freedman, Joseph Gorman,
Joseph Hassal, Philip Horwitz, Harry
Koltonow, Benjamin S. Kott, George
Levine, Jack Lieberman, Meyer Must,
Bernard Nathanson, Max Ostrow, Mel-
ville J. Richman, Norman Richman,
Julius Rotenberg, Bernard Schneider,
Mrs. Henry Schore, Paul Sherizen, Men-
del Shifman, Max Simon, Harold Soble,
Max Sosin, Nathac Sosin, Jack Wasser-
man, William J. Weinstein, Loyed Wol-
berg, Herman Yagoda and Samuel N.
Zack.
Officers who serve on the board
in addition to Shere are Jack
Histadrut Drive Leaders J. Kraizman, Neil M. Kalef, Nor-
ton Rosin, Arthur J. Cole, and
to Be Trained in Israel Joseph Shifman.
A dinner honoring the new offic-
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The central
committee of the Histadrut, Is- ers and board is being planned for
rael's Labor Federation, approved the end of October.
a number of proposals for the an-
nual fund-raising campaign for the Catholic Church to Issue
Histadrut in the United States.
Statement on Jews Soon,
The proposals had been worked °
out by a campaign committee and Says Mexico Archbishop
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
officials of the National Committee
to The Jewish News)
for Labor Israel, the United States
MEXICO CITY — The Catholic
organization aiding the Histadrut. church will soon issue a declaration
The proposals were presented absolving the Jewish people of the
to the central committee by Dr. old charge of deicide and stating
Sol Stein, executive director of that the Jews are not cursed be-
the American Histadrut cam-
cause of the crucifixion of Jesus,
paign organization. It was Archbishop Sergio Mendez Arceo
agreed, among other things, that declared at . a press conference
the Histadrut would set up in Tuesday at his diocesan headquar-
Israel an institute to train cam- ters at Cuernavaca.
paign leaders for the United
"Both the Pope and the majority
States and Canada.
of the Catholic bishops want such
Aharon Becker, secretary gen- a declaration published officially
eral of the Histadrut, was host at as soon as possible," he stated.
a farewell reception for the Amer-
Dr. Mendez Arceo is known in
ican campaign leaders. He cited this country as a friend of the Jew-
the "enormous work" of American ish people and oflsrael. His state-
union leaders David Dubinsky and ment on the churchs forthcoming
Abe Potofsky for the Histadrut declaration was featured widely in
campaigns. He also mentioned the the leading Mexican newspapers.
help given by AFL-CIO vice presi-
dent Walter Reuther and other THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
labor leaders.
Friday, July 31, 1964
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TEMPLE ISRAEL
A Synagogue of Liberal Judaism
Announces the Opening
Cong. Bnai David Names
New Board of Trustees
Charles N. Shere, newly elected
president of Cong. Bnai David,
announced the new board of trus-
tees will consist of the following:
history at Jewish Theological Sem-
inary, "Messianic Movements;" Ab-
raham G. Duker, professor of his-
tory and social institutions at Ye-
shiva University and director of
libraries at that university, "Cur-
rent Attitudes Towards Zionism
and Israel."
of a Branch of Its Religious School
at the Lederle Public School
18235 West 9 Mile Road, in Southfield
FIRST SESSION ON SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER, 13, 1964
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Rosh Hashanah is to be observed early this year,
falling on the evening of Sunday, Sept. 6th.
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For children of pre-kindergarten (age 4) through
High School Graduation.
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HEBREW SCHOOL
Registration of boys and girls from the age of
eight is currently being accepted both at the
Temple and at the Clinton School in Oak Park
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BAS MITZVAH CEREMONIES
You and Your Family
Are Welcome at Our
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Every Friday Night
at 8:30
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activities for children, youth
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