Severe Shortage of Rabbis Is Getting Worse
of Religion. As of last June, the year, but that some 150 fulltime
pulpit requests were not filled
commission had placed 85 Reform
for lack of candidates.
NEW YORK (JTA)—Hundreds rabbis in pulpits during this year.
The RAA said that the number
of congregations throughout the
The Commission cooperates with
United States will start the new the World Union for Progressive of students in rabbinical classes
Jewish year this month without Judaism. Fourteen of the place- at the Jewish Theological Semin-
rabbis as the chronic shortage of ments were overseas, including the ary had been increasing, but that
Jewish spiritual leaders continues pulpits in Ireland, Britain, the the number of pulpit openings in
to get worse, a special Jewish Tele- Phillipines and even one in Fin- the expanding Conservative con-
gregational movement had been
graphic Agency survey reveals. land.
The 85 included 23 who were growing still faster.
While the shortage is universal,
The Orthodox community had
the JTA found, its degree of sev- newly-ordained this year and who
a similar report. Orthodox rabbis
erity is related directly to the were taking their first pulpits.
A CCAR spokesman said that are placed through the Community
size of the Jewish community
where rabbis a r e sought. The student rabbis help to fill the gap Service Division of Yeshiva Uni-
smaller the community, the less for the High Holy Days. If demand versity, whose Rabbi Isaac Elc-
the possibility that a - rabbi-hunt- continued, a d v a n c e freshmen hanon Seminary is a p r i m a r y
ing congregation will have any would be assigned to meet such source of Orthodox rabbis. The di-
success. requests. If demand still con- vision received a total of 144 re-
The shortage is unrelated to the tinued, the practice is to ask re- quests for fulltime rabbis in 5725,
as compared with 98 such requests
denominational divisions in Ameri- tired Reform rabbis to fill in.
The source told the JTA that in the prior Jewish y e a r. The
can Judaism. Whether the con-
gregation is actually or nominally student enrollment at the Re- spokesman said that 40 Orthodox
Orthodox, Conservative or Reform, form seminary was about five per- congregations were still unfilled
if it is seeking a rabbi for the cent higher this year than last. for lack of candidates.
The information provided by The trends in rabbinic place-
first time or has lost its rabbi
through retirement or choice of the Rabbinical A s s e m b 1 y of ment, he added, indicated that a
America (Conservative) was continued increase in establish-
another pulpit, it will have trouble
keyed to the theme that "the ment of Orthodox congregations
finding a replacement. The farther
situation gets worse every year." in suburban and metropolitan
it is from a major metropolitan
The RAA reported that it had areas would assure a continued
center, the more trouble it can
filled requests for 60 Conserva- shortage, even if the number of
anticipate.
five rabbis for the new Jewish I rabbinical students rose markedly.
The religious needs of Jews
By BEN GALLOB
Michigan holds the record for
milk produced by a single cow.
In a 365-day period during 1951-
52, a seven - year - old HolStein,
"Green Meadow Lilly Pabst" of
Green Meadow Farms at Elsie in
Clinton county, produced more
than 21 tons of milk.
(Copyright, 1965, JTA, Inc.)
in military service automatically
makes the situation more diffi-
cult because the armed forces
have priority. Able-bodied semin-
ary graduates who have not had
previous military service are ex-
COPENHAGEN .(JTA)—A cam- from Nazi a n n i h i 1 a t i o n, was
pected to serve a tour of duty
paign to raise $1,000,000 in the announced here.
as military chaplains.
The announcement was made by
Placement of Reform rabbis is United States as a permanent en-
$1,000,000 'Thank You Fund' to Provide
Scholarships to Scandinavian Students
handled by the Rabbinical Place- dowment fund to provide scholar- Richard Netter, New York lawyer
of "Thanks to Scan-
ment Commission of the Central ships for students from Denmark and president
dinavia,' , a New York organiza-
Conference of American Rabbis,
the Union of American Hebrew Sweden, Norway and Finland, in tion, who said that the organiza-
Congregations and the Hebrew appreciation of the efforts of tion already has about $150,000,
Union College — Jewish Institute those countries in saving Jews plus substantial pledges. Victor
Borge, the Danish Jewish come-
dian is national chairman of the
fund-raising campaign, Netter
announced.
Each scholarship will amount to
about $1,500 a year, supplemented
in some cases by board and lodg-
ing provided by Phi Sigma Delta,
a national college fraternity in the
United States.
Among United States groups and ,
from
agencies endorsing the project,
Netter said, are the Department of
State, the American embassies in
the Scandinavian countries, the
American Jewish Committee, the
Union of American Hebrew Con-
leader in the manufacture of kosher delicatessen
gregations and many individual
meat products.
Jewish congregations. Representa-
tives of the Norwegian, Swedish
and Finnish governments also
hailed the project.
Rosh Hashanah
THE CALL
OF THE SHOFAR
Awake, ye slumberers, from your sleep, ex-
amine your deeds and humbly return to God,
the source of justice and truth. All ye who
are absorbed in foolishness and forget your-
selves, ye who pass your day in emptiness,
remember your Creator, look into your soul,
and amend your ways. Forsake your impure
thoughts and your wicked deeds, and follow
kindness and righteousness.
— Maimonides (1135-1204)
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To The Entire Community and Our Many Friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Hermelin and Family
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Hermelin & Family
13625 W. 8 Mile Rd., Detroit
Greetings
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We begin our 73rd year of providing Kosher Meat
Products to the Jewish families of America by
once again resolving to:
SAFEGUARD — the religious heritage of KASHRUTH.
MAINTAIN — the Wilno standards of highest %Muff;
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Bronx Aged Home Started
NEW YORK (JTA) — Ground-
breaking ceremonies were held
here for the construction of a
new fives-gt0-ry -infirmary building
for -- the Hebrew Home for the
Aged, in the Bronx. The new
structure will be the first of a
$3,000,000 expansion program to
add accommodations for the in-
stitution which is now housed in
12 buildings with 415 residents
and staff personnel.
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From Our Esteemed Rabbi and Mashgichim
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WILNO KOSHER
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60607
SALAMI • FRANKFURTERS is CORNED BEEF • BOLOGNA
We wish all our relatives, friends and fellow-
workers in the causes we are engaged in —
Happy 5726.
We especially greet our co-workers in the
Allied Jewish Campaign, the Friends of Bar-
llan University, the Mizrachi - Napo& Ha-
Mizrachi, our fellow-Zionists, the sponsors of
elders, and the Jewish Welfare Federation,
and pray for successful continuation of ef-
forts for these great causes.
Americans call it "Indian Summer,"
possibly because this spell of fine
weather during autumn once gave
the Indians a chance to make more
attacks on the early settlers. In
other parts of the world, however,
this period is known by such names
as "All Hallow Summer," "God's
Gift to Poland," and "Old Wives'
Summer."
SOURCE: WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA,
Distributed in Detroit and Michigan by:
JULIUS POLLAK, 7522 Fenkell, Detroit Tel.: UN 2-5820
community for a year of joy and contentment.
educational programs for our youth and theft
Rabbi Ben Zion Rosenthal
Rev. Chaim Kaufman
Rev. Yehuda Laib Dicker
TO ALL JEWRY
IN AMERICA, ISRAEL AND ELSEWHERE
A HAPPY, HEALTHFUL, PROSPEROUS
AND PEACEFUL ROSH HASHANAH
Our hearty greetings go forth to the entire
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
24—Friday, September 24, 1965
May 5726 be a Very Happy Year for
The Stollman Family
on,