Hanukah Celebrations Mark 8-Day Festival in Community
Men's Club will hold their latke
party 8:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the so-
cial hall. Entertainment will be -
provided by "The Mrs. Three,"
Doris Coleman, Mayme Lawson
and Lois Ack. For tickets, call
the synagogue office, HE 5-4470.
Cong. Gemiluth Chassodim, to-
gether with its Sisterhood, Men's
Club and Young Married Club, will
hold a Hanukah Festival Dinner
6:30 p.m. Dec. 6. A cocktail hour
will precede the evening, featur-
ing a candle-lighting ceremony by
Cantor Joseph Birnholt z, full-
course dinner, orchestra and hu-
morist Max Sosin. Part of the pro-
gram will be the induction of
members who have recently joined
the congregation. Rabbi Joel Litke
will be installing officer.
The Men's Club of Beth Aaron
Synagogue is sponsoring a festival
celebration 8 p.m. Dec. 5 in the
social hall. Main feature will be
a candle-lighting service, including
Cantor David Bagley and the
Zymria Chorus. Rabbi Benjamin H.
Dr. Goldmann Praises
Gorrelick will comment on the
Statement on Jews by
holiday significance. There will be
the Ecumenical Council
dancing. and latkes will be served.
Related Stories Pages 10, 11.
The program is under the chair-
LONDON (JTA) — Dr. Nahum manship of Joe Medwed. For in-
Goldmann. president of the World formation, call the synagogue, UN
Jewish Congress. expressed satis- 1-5222.
faction on the adoption by the
The fourth annual Hanukah Con-
Ecumenical Council of the state- cert of Cong. Bnai David will be
ment absolving the Jews of guilt 8 p.m. Sunday. Five leading can-
for the crucifixion of Jesus.
tors will join Cantor Hyman J.
Addressing a press conference, Adler, including Shabtai Ackerman
Dr. Goldmann praised the docu-
ment for its clear and unequivocal
contents, and hailed the fact that Eichmann Aide Knew
a vote was finally taken on it. He
also noted that the majority was All About Auschwitz,
such that one could hardly expect Witness Says at Trial
any significant amendments to the
VIENNA (JTA)—The claim by
document when it comes to a final
Franz Novak, former SS officer
vote.
Dr. Goldmann said that he and transport officer under the
shared the view of Rabbi Joseph late Adolf Eichmann, that he did
B. Soloveitchik, of Boston, that it not know that the Auschwitz con-
was not necessary for various Jew- centration camp had been in fact
ish groups and individuals to try a death factory for the murder of
to exert pressure in Rome on this millions of Jews, was disputed in
matter, and that there was no the court where Novak is being
room for a theological dialogue tried on charges of aiding the mass
between the Roman Catholic murder of hundreds of thousands
church and the Jews. But this of Hungarian Jews.
did not mean, he said, nor did Dr.
The witness, who told the court
Soloveitchik intend it to mean, that Novak could not have been
that the political and practical as- ignorant of the fate awaiting Jews
pects should hot have been men- at Auschwitz, was Elli Linger, of
tioned or discussed between re- this city, who had been an inmate
sponsible Jewish leaders and those at Auschwitz in 1943.
responsible for Vatican policy.
He assured the court that
The Jewish leader announced
"every SS man, from the lowest
that he would be going to Bonn
rank to the highest, knew what
and Berlin toward the end of the
happened to Jews at Auschwitz."
month for meetingS with West
"It is impossible," he said, "that
German Chancellor Ludwig Er-
this man, who transported
hard and with other German lead-
4,500,000 people to a place where
ers, including Berlin Mayor Willy
there was room for only a half
Brandt. He said he would discuss
million, did not know what hap-
problems of indemnification and
pened to the rest."
the statute of limitations for Nazi
A n o t h e r. witness, Alexander
war criminals, and possibly also Brody, who was a member of the
the question of West Gelman sci- Hungarian Council of Jews in 1944,
entists working on Egyptian arms testified that Novak reversed an
development.
order from Admiral von Horthy,
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the Hungarian dictator, who had
Israel Chief Rabbi Welcofies
ordered a trainload of Jews des-
Ecumenical Council Statement
tined for Auschwitz to be brought
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi back to Camp Kistarcsa.
Brody said Novak came to the
Isser Unterman, . chief Ashkenazic
rabbi of Israel. "warmly welcom- camp and ordered the train to con-
ed" the action of the Ecumenical tinue its trip to Auschwitz, despite
Council., which adopted on first the von Horthy order. He said also
reading a declaration absolving that Novak knew Jews were being
the Jews of special blame for the gassed at Auschwitz. Novak, how-
crucifixion of Jesus and condemn- ever, insisted in the court room
ing anti-Semitism.
that he had never been at Camp
"The fact that the great Catholic Kistarcsa.
church has come to the conclusion
that its attitude toward the Jewish Eshkol Confirms Plan
people needs revision is warmly
welcomed by us," he stated. He to Meet With Erhard
also expressed tie hope that the
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime
church will "view sympathetically Minister Levi Eshkol confirmed
the growth of the State of Israel plans to meet with West German
as a historical event which, in our Chancellor Ludwig Erhard in the
firm belief, is a, fulfillment of the near future. He said, however, that
divine promise mentioned in Holy no date or place have as yet been
Writ."
fixed.
On the other hand, Sephardic
At a Cabinet meeting the pre-
Chief Rabbi Itzhak Nissim de- mier discussed the text of Erhard's
clined to issue a statement about reply to his letter. While no details
the Ecumenical Council's action. were disclosed, it was understood
to deal mainly with the issue of
Nor may the transman demand West German scientists working
twice the amount of his debt, in in Egypt.
order that he may the more easily
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
recover the true amount.
—Shebuot. 20—Friday, November 27, '1964
The gay Festival of Lights, Han-
ukah, will be observed by syna-
gogue affiliates and organizations
during the coming week, with the
first candle to be lighted Sunday
evening.
Celebrations, many of them open
to the public, will be held by the
following during the eight-day
holiday:
Sisterhood a'nd Men's Club of
Cong. Beth Abraham will hold
their annual latke party Wednes-
day, 8:30 p.m. in the synagogue.
Rabbi Israel Halpern wil give the
invocation. and Cantor Shabtai
Ackerman will chant the candle-
lighting ceremony. Max Sosin,
humorist, will be master of cere-
monies with entertainers Sammy
Wolfe, Hal and Gertrude Gordon.
For reservations, call Mrs. Sidney
Schlaff, LI 3-5497 or Mrs. Sabina
Singer. UN 3-9532.
Beth Moses Sisterhood and
of Cong. Beth Abraham, David
Bagley of Beth Aaron, Louis Klein
of Bnai Moshe, Harold Orbach of
Temple Israel and Jacob Sonen-
klar of Shaarey Zedek. Max Sosin
will assist Cantor Hyman Adler in
"A Yiddishe Shindig," with Bella
Goldberg at the piano.
Bnai David Sisterhood and Men's
Club will hold a combined Hanu-
kah party in the social hall at 8:30
p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Jack Bilisky
and Neil Kalef, program chairmen,
announce entertainment will be by
vocalist Benai Willerrman. Re-
freshments will be served.
The annual Hanukah supper
dance sponsored by the Men's Club
of Cong. Bnai Moshe will be held
9 p.m. Dec. 5 in the social hall. A
buffet supper will be served. En-
tertainment will be provided, along
with a dance orchestra. Simon
Goldman, vice president of the
club, will be chairman of the eve-
ning, open to the public. For res-
ervations, call the synagogue of-
fice. LI 8-9000.
The Married Couples Club of
Bnai Moshe will have games, grab
bag. food and entertainment at
its party 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blauer,
14550. Leslie, Oak Park. For res-
ervations call Mrs. Blauer, LI
7-1287.
Akiva Hebrew Day School
Parent Teachers Association will
hold its first celebration, a "Han-
ukah Evening in Israel," 8:30
p.m. Dec. 7 at Oak Manor Cater-
ing. Original Israeli food and
entertainment will be featured.
Hostesses will be Mrs. Benno
Levi, chairman, and Mesdames
Morris Goldenberg, Leon Hersch-
fus, Leslie Hrakovits, Solomon
Rothenberg and Martin Wein-
stock.
A joint Mizrachi and Young Is-
S. African Jews Assured
That Reformed Church
Is Against Anti-Semitism
JOHANNESBURG (JTA) — A
declaration affirming opposition to
anti-Semitism in South Africa, and
pledging that the Dutch Reformed
Church in this country would never
aid anti-Semitism, was made in a
letter sent to the South African
Board of Jewish Deputies by the
Cape Synod of the church.
The letter was in response to
the board's protest against recent
articles in an unofficial church
publication. Anticon, which linked
South African Jews and world
Jewry with Communism.
"The Jews of South Africa."
stated the synod, "enjoy the free-
dom which belongs to every citizen
in this democratic state, and the
Dutch Reformed Church would
never support anti-Semitism nor
say or do anything which could
provide grist for anti-Semites."
The synod also approved the
board's attitude condemning sub-
version and political violence, and
stated that it is requesting the
office publishing Anticon to report
at an early date on its attitude to-
ward Jews.
reel Hanukah gathering will be
held 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Young
Israel of Oak-Woods. A film in
tribute to the late John F. Ken-
nedy will be shown, along with an
Israeli movie. Latkes will be served
by Young Israel Sisterhood. The
public is invited. For information,
call the Mizrachi office, DI 1-0708.
Young Israel of Greenfield will
hold its celebration 8:30 p.m. Sun-
day at the Young Israel building.
Refreshments will be served, and
prizes will be awarded.
Henry Morgenthau Lodge, Bnai
Brith, will hold a barn dance and
latke party 8:30 p.m. Sunday at
Sholem Aleichem Institute. Pro-
gram chairman is Bob Passman.
Guests invited.
Shaarit Haplaytah (Survivors of
1945) will hold a joint Hanukah-,
Thanksgiving Dance 9 p.m. Satur-
day at Beth Abraham. Synagogue.
"Hanukah Capers" will be pre-
sented by Louis D. Brandeis
Lodge, Bnai Brith, 8:30 p.m.
Dec. 8 at Sholem Aleichem In-
stitute. Entertainers at the dance
will include Hal Gordon, Donna
Wolfe and Dave Sekark. Jimmy
Saperstein will be master of
ceremonies. Latkes with all the
trimmings will be served. Pro-
gram chairman is Walter Cohen.
The public is invited.
Chaim Weizmann Society will
serve refreshments and present a
cultural program at its Hanukah
gathering 8 p.m. Monday at Cong.
Beth Yehudah. Joshua Joyrich and
Louis Rosenberg are on the cul-
tural committee.
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