Biblical Selections and Declaration
by Heschel in 'Book of Prayers'
"The Seventeen Book of Prayer,"
an anthology compiled by the
editors of Seventeen Magazine,
published by the Macmillan Co.,
manages splendidly to incorporate
the inspirational thoughts of re-
ligious leaders of the three major
faiths.
While the contents are over-
whelmingly by Christians — and
naturally so—there are many prose
and poetic works by Jews in the
Jewish sense of inspirational lit-
erature.
There are introductions by
Catholic, Jewish and Protestant
representatives, and the Jewish
declaration, under the title "The
Divine Margin," by Rabbi Abraham
Joshua Heschel, follows:
"To pray is to take notice of
the wonder, to regain a sense of
the mystery, that animates all
beings—the divine margin in all
attainments. Prayer is our humble
answer to the inconceivable sur-
prise of living. It is all we can
offer in return for the mystery
by which we live.
"Prayer is an invitation to God
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Time: 8 a.m. Sunday.
Station: Channel 4.
Feature: "The World of Martha
Schlamme," a one-woman show
starring the versatile folk singer,
will include such numbers as
"Freilach" and "Tumba Tumba,"
Yiddish songs of Eastern Europe,
and "Dodi Li" in Hebrew. Other
songs in English and German will
be featured.
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to intervene in our lives, to let
His will prevail in our affairs; it
is the opening of a window to
Him in our will, an effort to make
Him the Lord of our soul. We sub-
mit our interests to His concern,
and seek to be allied with what
is ultimately right.
"The focus of prayer is not the
self. A man may spend hours
meditating about himself, or be
stirred by the deepest sympathy
for his fellow man, and no prayer
will come to pass. Prayer comes
to pass in a complete turning of
the heart toward God, toward His
goodness and power. It is the
momentary disregard of our per-
sonal concerns, the absence of the
self-centered thoughts which con-
stitute the art of prayer. Feeling
becomes prayer in the moment in
which we forget ourselves and be-
come aware of God.
"Prayer is a crucible in which
time is cast in the likeness of the
eternal. Man hands over his time
to God in the secrecy of single
words. When anointed by prayers,
his thoughts and deeds do not
sink into nothingness but merge
into endless knowledge of an all-
em bracing God. We yield our
thoughts to Him who endowed us
with a chain of days for the dura-
tion of life."
The poetry of Edna St. Vincent
Millay, Robert Frost, Walt Whit-
man, H. W. Longfellow and many
other world literary notables is
represented in this volume. The
preface is by Enid A. Haupt, editor-
in-chief of Seventeen Magazine.
Among the longest biblical se-
lections is a three-page compila-
tion, "God's University," from Job
38, 39, 41.
And there is a special chapter,
"A Carillon of Psalms," with selec-
tions from Psalms 8, 19, 23, 46,
114, 117.
There also are selections from
the Jewish prayerbook and a poem,
"There Is No Death," by Rabbi
William F. Rosenblum.
HEAR OUR VOICE
Time: 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
Station: WCAR.
Feature: A new series on great
cantors, starting with "Renditions Temple Israel Dinner
by the Celebrated Cantor Gershon for Bonds on Sunday
Sirota," his recordings and his
At the Temple Israel Bond Din-
story, will be presented by Cantor
Harold Orbach of Temple Israel. ner 6 p.m. Sunday, Elliott Roos-
The first cantor to record his voice evelt, mayor of Miami Beach and
econd son of
on phonograph records, Cantor
'kFranklin Delano
Sirota was widely acclaimed
and Eleanor Ro-
throughout Europe and conducted
osevelt, will be
High Holy Day services in the
the guest speak-
Warsaw Ghetto in 1941. He per-
er, and Lew Nor-
ished in the ghetto uprising two
man, will be the
years later.
guest artist. Na-
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thaniel H. Gold-
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stick will be the
Time: 9:15 a.m. Sunday.
toastmaster.
Station: WJBK.
Dr. Leon Fram
and
will give the
Time: 9:45 a.m. Sunday.
tribute to the past
Station: Channel 2.
presidents a n d
Feature: "Let Us Go Up to Jeru-
the incumbent
salem," the second in a series on
president w h o
Jewish music, will present Cantor
are being hon-
Reuven Frankel of Cong. Shaarey
Mrs. Silver ored at this af-
Zedek and Mrs. Reuven Frankel
fair. Rabbi M. Robert Syme will
with the folk music of Israel.
give the invocation. The program
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will include selections by Cantor
CLASSROOM
Harold Orbach, with Bella Gold-
Time: 6:30 a.m. Thursday
berg as the accompanist.
Station: Channel 4.
For reservations call Mrs. I.
Feature: "Mr. Feinberg: Mr.
Whitman," will present Detroit Walter Silver, ticket chairman,
businessman Charles Feinberg dis- UN 1-7072, or the temple, UN 3-
cussing the aims that motivate 7769. The general public is invited.
him to spend all his free time col-
lecting the works of Walt Whit-
man.
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MESSAGE OF ISRAEL
Time: 6 a.m. Sunday.
YETZ-COHEN AUXILIARY will
Station: WXYZ.
Feature: "Highlights of the San meet 8:30 p.m. Monday at the home
Francisco Assembly of the Union of Goldie Nelson, 20551 Hunting-
of American Hebrew Congrega- ton Road. Rose Feinberg, chair-
man, announces that cancer pads
tions" will be presented.
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will be sewn.
ETERNAL LIGHT
Time: 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
Cleveland to Build Home
Station: WWJ.
CI ,EVELAND ( JTA ) —A capital
Feature: "Watchman, What of campaign for the construction of
the Night?", a drama based on a $5,950,000 building for the Jew-
"Collected Poe
ms of Isaac Rosen- ish Orthodox Home for Aged just
berg," unfolds the heroic deeds of entered its final stage. General
the poet Rosenberg as a soldier solicitation, which is due to ton-
during World War I when he was tine until Dec. 31, has a quota of
killed.
$900,000 to complete the campaign.
J WV Activities
Barbara Smelsey to Wed.
Murray M. Shanbaum
MISS BARBARA SMELSEY
At a family dinner party, Dr.
and Mrs. Seymour C. Smelsey of
Burton Ave., Oak Park, announced
the engagement of their daughter
Barbara Louise to Murray M.
Shanbaum, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Shanbaum of Kildare Rd.,
Windsor.
The bride-elect is a graduate of
Detroit Business Institute. Her
fiance is a graduate of Western
Ontario Institute of Technology.
The couple plans a fall 1966
wedding.
St. John's 'Roll
Jordan Roll' Gets
Highest Ratings
Many reviewers and a number of
religious leaders have given high-
est rating to "Roll Jordan Roll,"
the latest work by Robert St. John,
published by Doubleday.
Dr. Bernard Mandelbaum, pro-
vost of the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, commended
the book as follows:
"Robert St. John has fashioned
a sparkling, historical necklace.
The Jordan River is the thread
that strings together the pearls of
history, legend, folklore, old and
new adventures. In his usual lucid
style, Mr. St. John manages to
make it easy and even compelling
to read through the endless facts
of the human adventure from pre-
Biblical days to our own times."
"There is grandeur and tragedy
in the story of the Jordan, and St.
John, known both as author and
foreign correspondent, has cap-
tured both," Associate Editor W.
W. Baker of the Kansas City Star
stated.
"During my childhood in Poland
I dreamt about the Jordan. After
living in Israel it became a reality
to me. The dream and the reality
are mirrored wonderfully in 'Roll
Jordan Roll,' " Haim Zohar, consul
of Israel, declared.
Men's Clubs
with the family in marking the
unusual occasion.
Mr. Brasch was born in Cologne,
Germany. He came to Detroit in
1890. Prior to his emigration, he
was married and he brought his
wife and one of the young children
here with him. Mrs. Brasch died
in 1959, just prior to their 60th
wedding anniversary.
Active in real estate here, Mr.
Brasch retired in 1932 and lived
in Florida until 1962, when he
again began to make his home in
Detroit.
Besides Mrs. Papineau there is
another daughter, Mrs. Cullen
(Lillian) Kenedy, and two sons,
Jerome and Robert. Another son,
Abraham Ralph Brasch, who was
the first advertising manager of
The Jewish News, died nine years
Sen. Mondale Spurs
ago. Mr. Brasch also has eight
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grandchildren and four great-
LANSING — The danger of grandchildren.
deepening division between Jews
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of European ancestry and Jews
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from Moslem areas was described
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as one of the most serious threats
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Sen. Mondale said that to bring
these Oriental immigrants into full
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housing, education, training in
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friends of Israel throughout the-
world will be essential."
Isidor Brasch holds a great dis-
tinction: he is a centenarian, one
of the very few Detroiters to have
reached the age of 100.
Marking his
100th b i r thday,
which occurred
last Friday, his
children, grand-
children and
friends gave him
a party Sunday
at the home of
his daughter,
Mrs. Edmond
(H e e n) Papi-
neau, with whom
Mr. Brasch
he now resides at 56 W. Bethune.
There were more than 150 on hand
to congratulate him and to join
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BETH ABRAHAM MEN'S CLUB
will hold its first breakfast forum
of the season 10 a.m. Sunday at
the synagogue. Speaker will be
Dr. Julien Priver, executive direc-
tor of Sinai Hospital, who will
discuss Medicare. Ladies invited.
Other speakers in the series are
Circuit Court Judge Benjamin
Burdick; Lawrence Gubow, U.S.
attorney, Eastern district; Harold
Schachern, religious editor, De-
troit News; and Dr. Wayne Buell,
president of Lawrence Institute
of Technology. Planners of the
series are arrangements chairman,
Sidney Schlaff; speaker's chairman,
Rabbi Israel I. Halpern; and tic-
ket chairman, Theodore Scholnick.
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MAIMONIDES MEDICAL SOCI-
ETY will hold a dinner-meeting
8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek. Guest speaker will
be Karl Haas, of station WJR,
moderator of "Adventures in Good
Music." Cocktails will precede din-
ner.
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