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Extracts from 4 tThe Graphic History
of the Jewish Heritage." Edited by
P. Wollman-Tsamir. Published by
Shengold Publishers and Foundation
For A Graphic History of Jewish
Literature.
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VAYESHEV Zir 1
The brothers strip Joseph
and throw him into the
pit. A caravan of Ish.
maelites is seen in the
background.
"And it came to pass,
when Joseph was cm*
unto his brethren, that
they stripped Joseph of
his coat" (Gen. 37.23).
Vayeshev — Jacob and his sons dwelt in the land of Canaan as
shepherds. Of all his sons, Jacob loved Joseph best. His obvious
favoritism produced hatred and jealousy among the brothers.
Joseph's brothers sold the hated favorite to some Ishmaelite
merchants, who took Joseph to Egypt with them. There, Potiphar,
an officer of the Pharaoh and captain of his guard, bought
Joseph as a slave. The Hebrew lad quickly rose to a position of
responsibility in his master's household. However, Joseph rejected
the advances of Potiphar's wife; she slandered him, and he was
imprisoned. But in prison, too, God was with Joseph, and he won
the confidence of the jailers. He became known as an interpreter
of dreams by correctly reading the significance of the dreams of
Pharaoh's butler and baker when they were his prison-mates.
VAYISHLAH 11 127'+1
Rachel's
tomb.
"And Rachel died, and
was buried in the way to
Ephrath — the same ;s
Bethlehem. And Jacob
set up a pillar upon her
grave" (Gen. 35.19-20).
Vayishlah — Approaching the boundary of the land of Seir where
his brother Esau dwelt, Jacob prudently sent messengers ahead
to inform Esau of his coming and of his wealth. The messengers
returned with the news that Esau was advancing toward Jacob
with 400 men. Terrified, Jacob divided his camp into two sections,
so as not to lose all in the event of an attack. He sent gifts to
Esau and prayed God to save him from his brother. Jacob crossed
the stream of Jabbok with his camp. There, as he stood alone,
an angel approached and wrestled with him. At the end of the
struggle, the angel declared: "Thy name shall be called no more
Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God and with men,
and hast prevailed" (Genesis 32.29). Thus encouraged, Jacob met
Esau, whom he treated with the utmost deference. Embracing,
the two brothers kissed, wept, and were reconciled. Jacob jour-
neyed on to Shechem. There the rape of Jacob's only daughter,
Dinah, by the prince of that city, led to the vengeful destruction
of Shechem by two of Dinah's brothers. Proceeding to Beth-el,
Jacob kept the vow he had made to return thither. On the way,
Rachel gave birth to Jacob's last and youngest son, Benjamin.
But Rachel died in childbirth, and Jacob buried her on the way
to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
Beth El to Co-Host Religious Parley
Philadelphia Rabbis
Split on State Bill for
Busing of All Students
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — A
State Senate bill to provide busing,
for children attending public, pri-
vate and religiously sponsored
schools continued to evoke con-
flicting stands from Jewish spokes-
men.
A group of 50 Philadelphia
rabbis issued a statement support-
ing the measure, a move which
has not been endorsed by the
Board of Rabbis of Greater Phila-
delphia. The board has announced
publicly it is not taking any stand
on the matter.
At the same time, the Jewish
Labor Committee announced its
opposition to the bill. Previously,
the local Community Relations
Committee had testified against
the bill in Harrisburg.
The rabbis' statement urged the
State Senate "to act promptly to
move for enactment of a school
bus law that will provide safe
transportation and protection for
all the school children of the state
in public, private and parochial
schools."
Fifteen of the signers are Ortho-
dox rabbis; 17 serve Conservative
congregations but are considered
to be personally Orthodox; 14 are
full-time teachers and four are
retired.
The Jewish Labor Committee, in
a letter to State Senator Preston
Davis, chairman of the Senate
Education Committee, said ap-
proval of the bill would "impair
the constitutional principle of
separation of church and state."
Feldman Re-Elected
to Head Beth Moses
At a general meeting, Dr. Man-
uel Feldman and Benjamin Kin-
What, Why, Role of Re-
tions
ligion," by Rt. Rev. C. Kilmer
Meyers, of the Episcopal Diocese
of Michigan.
Rev. Donald F. Schroeder of the
Detroit Council of Churches, chair-
man of the Metropolitan Detroit
Conference on Religion and Race,
composed of representatives of the
Archdiocese of Detroit, Metropoli-
tan Detroit Council of Churches,
Council of Eastern Orthodox
Churches and the Jewish Com-
munity Council, will be the general
program chairman.
" T h e Religious Challenge of
1965—A United Detroit," will be
the theme of an evening and day
conference arranged by the Metro-
politan Detroit Conference on Re-
ligion and Race, Wednesday and
Thursday at the Rackham Memo-
rial Building and at Temple
Beth El.
Charles E. Silberman, senior ed-
itor of Fortune and author of the
best seller, "Crisis in Black and
White," will keynote the opening
meeting at the Rackham Audi-
torium, 8:30 p.m., Wednesday,
with an address on "Interdepend-
ence in Metropolis."
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A discussion panel will react to
Silberman's address. Members of
the panel are: Rabbi Richard C.
Hertz, Temple Beth El; Rev. James
Laird, C e n t r al Methodist; Rev.
Charles Butler, New Calvary Bap-
tist; and Rev. John C. Schwarz,
S.J., Gesu Church.
Gearing the program to what the
Conference leaders see as major
human relations problems of con-
cern to Detroit's religious and
community leaders, the all day
session at Temple El, Thursday,
will direct itself to "Religion and
Metropolitan Unity." Problems to
be considered are: police-commun-
ity relations, housing segregation,
equal educational opportunities
and the anti-poverty campaign. The
problems will be highlighted by
Rev. Nicholas Hood, Dr. Eleanor
Wolf, Dr. Louis D. Monacel and
the Rev. Louis Johnson.
A member of the Michigan Civil
Rights Commission, Rev. Theodore
LaIVIarre, will address the Confer-
ence on "The Need for Total Re-
ligious Involvement."
A luncheon meeting will feature
a talk on "Community Organiza-
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zer were re-elected president and
vice-president, respectively, of
Congregation Beth Moses.
Albert Saferstein was elected
treasurer; Samuel Wilner, record-
REUPHOLSTERING
ing secretary, and Harold Black,
trustee.
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An El Al Israel team consisting
of Capt. Sem Lewis and Rex Moss
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Royal Oak, Michigan
<%oucily announces
the Opening of its New Addition
Oak-Woods Center to Build Sanctuary
Young Israel Center of Oak-
Woods will hold ground-breaking!
exercises for a new school and !
sanctuary 11 a.m. May 16.
The new facility will house a
main sanctuary seating 400, a daily
chapel, club and meeting rooms
and an eight-classroom educational
center with library and school of-
fices. The present structure on the
corner of Coolidge and Alan Sts.
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will be remodeled into a newly
decorated auditorium, kitchen,
synagogue, office, rabbi's study
and nursery.
Religious and civic leaders of the
community will participate in the
ceremonies, to which the public is
invited.
Yeshiva U. Gets Grant
for High School Math
NEW YORK — Yeshiva Univer-
sity has received a National
Science Foundation grant of $95,-
800 for support of an "In-Service
Institute in Science and Mathema-
tics for Secondary School Teach-
ers" in 1965-66, it was announced
by Dr. Samuel Belkin, president.
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16—Friday, April 30, 1965
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direction of Dr. Abe Gelbart, dean
of the BeLfer Graduate School of
Science, will enable 250 public,
private and parochial high school
teachers of mathematics and
physics to continue advanced
studies in their specialities.
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