activities in Society
Edith Morris to Wed
Dr. Lawrence Hoffman
Cong. Bnai David is represented at the national bienniel con-
vention of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
by a delegation consisting of Rabbi Hayim Donin, Jack. J. Kraizman,
synagogue vice president, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sherizen, and Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Rotenberg. The convention is being held at the Shoreham
Hotel, Washington, D. C., through Sunday. At the Thursday evening
session, Mr. Rotenberg was among 16 honorees to receive a community
service award for his services to the synagogue and the Jewish
community.
The Sherman Family Club will meet 8:30 p.m. Sunday for a Han-
ukah party at the home of Abe Sherman, 18234 Manor. Co-hostess will
be Mrs. Ray Rosenberg. Grab-bag gifts will be exchanged.
Mrs. Rebecca Frohman will present Barbara Usas in a piano recital
3 p.m. Sunday • at McAuley Auditorium. The 14-year-old pianist will
present a program of works by Handel, Respighi and Carpenter, hith-
lighted by Beethoven's 2nd Concerto in B Flat Major.
Tracy Freeman of E. Jefferson Ave. is vacationing in the Bahamas
after returning from a month's trip in Russia, Poland, Bohemia and
adjoining countries.
So Wisdom Comes With Age?
3 Little Girls and the Rambam's Tomb
By CHARLOTTE HYAMS
orange juice for me at Dana's;
Chana's mother wanted me to
A funny thing happened on the
way to Tiberias.
have an apple; and such flowers
came from Yael's garden!
I'd almost forgotten it until a
brief article in the Hebrew Corner
"Now, where can we go?" Chana
flipped a switch in my memory ... asked with an excited giggle. By
The "Peltours" bus was jogging then, my sneakers were passing
along the Galilee road, and I kept terse little messages to my feet,
jogging our gUide: "But, Moshe, it and the armful of flowers felt as
says in this book that Maimonides' though it were taking root in my
muscles.
tomb is in Tiberias."
"I know!" Yael shouted. "We'll
Moshe winced. "You don't be-
lieve everything you read in that show her the Rambam's tomb!"
"Whose tomb?" I shouted back.
book, do you? Every city thinks
they have Maimonides' tomb." And • "The R a m b a m. You know,
that was that. Moshe returned to he's—"
his favorite Israeli refrain. "Let's
"But someone told me he's not
Do the Twist Like We Did Last here at all."
Summer." And I crossed off the
"Oh, everybody knows he is."
Rambam's tomb from my list of Yael sniffed with disdain for my
Things To See In Tiberias.
misguided guide.
It's a fascinating city (to the
And so, we marched back uphill
first-time tourist, what Israeli city to the burial place of the great
is not?), small yet deceptive in its Maimonides.•
winding, steep roads.
Such expectations! The antici-
pated sightseeing wonder was al-
Early the next morning, before
ready back on my mental list of
my comrades were up, I set out
Things To See In Tiberias.
on a self-guided tour of just-
awakening Tiberias. Alone I
Such disappointment. What
descended the hill into one of
was there? A wire fence enclos-
the poorer "shicunim," -or neigh-
ing a small plot of ground, and
borhoods.
three "tombs" within — for the
teacher and two disciples at
Suddenly, I was not alone; in my
either side. Why, they looked
path stood three girls of about 10.
like three oil drums! •
chattering like animated Hebrew-
speaking chipmunks.
A bearded old gentleman who
"Shalom!" It was like an abraca- had met us at the gate now
dabra. The stranger's magic wordr(- shuffled up behind us (the initial.
opened their mouths into wide shocked reaction to our motley
grins. In seconds the triangle had troup apparently had worn off) and
been widened to a rectangle, taking held his palm out before me.
in the American tourist. They
Ghana intercepted it and
seemed pleased that I should want dropped in•a dirty, tinny coin she
to converse in their language, and had dug out of her pocket;
they patiently — no, eagerly — the good sage said a, quiet, quick
helped me over the rough spots.
blessing that made her smile with
Soon, the one called liana, who pleasure. Had that prutah been
came from Morocco, ventured for a glass of milk?
But the rich American tourist
boldly: "Would you come to my
house?"
didn't even have a prutah on her.
No hesitation was allowed; I was Dare she ask if they honor trave-
propelled down an alley-like side lers checks at MaimOnides' tomb?
Afterward, when I related the
street to Dana's house—and then
morning's adventures—and the
Chana's house—and Yael's.
view of Rambam's tomb—to my
Was I some visiting dignitary,
envious company, I noted a su-
or long-lost relative, that I
perior smile creeping onto
should be so treated? There was
Moshe's lips. They formed no
words, yet their meaning was
clear: "Rambam's tomb, indeed.
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Yeshiva Kollel Formed for Talmud Research •
Anyone with a basic knowledge
of Talmud study is invited to par-
ticipate in the recently formed
Yeshiva Kollel, an institute of
higher learning and Talmudic re-
search, that meets 6- p.m. daily
at Cong. Bnai Jacob.
Although before World War II,
there were such colleges of Tal-
mudical studies in every major
European city, there are few in
the United States outside the East
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Besides research, adult education
and a special department to answer
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Mr. and Mrs. Max Morris of
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son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hoff-
man of Audrey Ave.
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Wayne State University. Her
fiance attended Wayne University
and the University of Michigan
College of Medicine, where he was
affiliated with Phi Delta Epsilon
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