Intensification of Studies About Christianity in Temples PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — The National Association of Temple Educators called upon Jewish teachers to intensify their studies of Christianity and other faiths to meet the growing demand for knowledge of various religions from religious school youngsters. The educators from the 664 Re- form Jewish synagogues of the Union of American Hebrew con- gregations in the United States and Canada, concluding their an- nual convention here, indicated Play by Youth Group Will Honor Temple Israel's 25th Anniversary Temple Israel Youth Group Theater Guild will present Tuesday and Wednesday the popular Broadway musical "The Boy Friend," a musical of the 1920s written by Sandy Wilson and presented by arrangement with Music Theater International of New York. Direct- ing this production, which is being presented to honor Temple Israel's 25th anniversary celebration, is Elliott Siegel, 1'7-year-old student director at Cass Technical High School. Tickets are available at the Temple office. Showtime is 8 p.m. at Temple Israel. The cast includes (from left) front row, Rick Oppenheim, Sheryl Silver Marshall Goldberg, Lisa Bunrstein, David Fink and Nancy Polen; second row, Susan Jacobstein, Barbara Solomon, Muriel Nathan, Lynn Frank, Lauren Schwartz, Barbra Reder, Bob Neshkes, Elliott Siegel and. Nadine Levin; third row, Steve Raskin, Mike Katz, Larry Stewart, Rick Gilbert, Rick Brenner, Wayne Mitz, Buddy Seyburn and Glenn Gradis; top row: Norman Treneck, Laurel Lipsitt, Janice Schaefer, Barbara Schlaff, Margo Bloomberg, Ellen Meistrich, Judy Hahn, Carole Tobias, Bob Handler and Steve Trepeck, TYG president. that this was necessary because "in this ecumenical age the fre- quency of communication between the church and the synagogue has increased." They reelected Max Frankel, of Temple Emanu-el, Denver, as president. The convention adopted a reso- lution calling on Reform congre- gations "to expand our participa- tion in cooperative institutes, sem- inars, and workshops for religious school teachers involving religious institutions of all faiths and de- nominations in the community, and to share information and broaden interfaith understanding to make more effective the teach- ing of comparative religion." NATE members adopted a statement encouraging greater contact and communications be- tween youngsters of Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Juda- ism through social, religious and organizational programs. The educators felt the need not to neglect a broader understand- ing by the young men and wo- men in the religious schools of the various schools of Judaism while, at the same time, gain- ing a greater insight into Chris- tianity and other religions. Bnai David Adult Education Program Has Course in Yiddish Conversation Con. Bnai David is inaugurating its adult education program Wed- nesday at the synagogue. To run for 15 weeks, the first session, 8:15 p.m., offers a choice of four courses; Hebrew reading for beginners, refresher course in Hebrew reading, conversational Hebrew and conversational Yid- dish. The course in Yiddish has been introduced in response to many requests for such a course. During the second session 9:30 p.m., the choice of two courses is Jewish laws and customs and the history of Zionism and modern Israel from 1880 to 1965. For registration, call the syna- gogue office, EL 6-8210. There is a nominal fee for non-members of the synagogue. Rabbi Hayim Donin, Rabbi Charles Rosenzweig, Cantor Hyman J. Adler, Movas Goldoftas and Mrs. David Spinner will constitute the faculty. TO WORK - TO STUDY - TO LIVE IN ISRAEL For all people who desire information regarding professions, retirement programs, Ulpan program of study, kibbutzim, housing and more Shmuel Werzberger, Director of the JEWISH AGENCY— AMERICAN SECTION, INC. ALIYAH DEPT. ISRAEL ALIYAH CENTER, INC. will be in Detroit on January 13th and 14th - Appointments may be had to meet with him privately by calling Diamond 1-0669, Chaim Greenberg Institute, 19161 Schaefer Highway All other inquiries may be made to regional office of Jewish Agency, 13947 Cedar Rd., Cleveland 18, Ohio 321-0757 Detroit Jewish Folk Chorus 28th Annual Mid-Winter Concert Abraham Segal, Philadelphia, newly appointed director of teach- HARVEY SCHREIBMAN, Conductor er education of the Union of Amer- ican Hebrew Congregations in Presents a New York City, announced that CHORAL DRAMATIZATION his department would prepare ed- CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ucational materials on compara- MODERN JEWISH LITERATURE tive religions in a curriculum for teacher certification. Narrator: ZALMAN YACHNES Dr. Louis Lister, chairman of Guest Artist: MENASHE OPPENHEIM the NATE resolutions committee AND THE YOUTH CHORUS and professor of education at He- Yiddish-English and Hebrew Folk Songs brew Union College-Jewish Insti- tute of Religion in New York, said there had been an increased popu- SUNDAY EVENING, JAN. 16th-8 P.M. larity in courses on comparative at the Jewish Community Center religion in the religious schools of Meyers Road at Curtis Reform congregations. He indi- cated that such courses were be- Tickets From All Members of the Chorus ing supplemented by visits to Mrs. R. Baron, 341-9231 or box office the evening of performance churches and institutions repre- Harabonim Bulletin to inform the senting other faiths, so that young- community of activities and func- sters could observe ritual and ;' 21 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ME tions of the Vaad, as well as ques- other practices. tions on kashrut and other basic Rabbi Alexander M. Schind- community interests. Three Talmud Scholars Will Address Convocation Here This Weekend A special convocation, to be addressed by these Tal- mudic scholars, will be held 8:30 p.m. Sat- urday at Young Kamenetsky Israel of Oak Woods. This is part of the larger pro- gram of cultural activities sponsor- ed by the Vaad Harabonim. Lec- tures had been arranged on hala- cha and rituals prior to every major holiday. In addition to the daily study of Talmud (Daf Yomi) at the council headquarters, 8 p.m., the Vaad is publishing the Vaad Israel Acquires Fragment of Dead Sea Scroll Which Contains Parts of Psalms JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has acquired a fragment of a Dead Sea Scroll containing por- tions of the Psalms and belong- ing to a larger scroll, part of which is owned by the Jordanian government, it was disclosed by Dr. Yigael Yadin, Hebrew Uni- versity archaeologist. Dr. Yadin, who announced the acquisition at a Bible study circle at the home of President Zalman Shazar, said that the Israeli frag- ment contains three complete Psalms in addition to the 38 Psalms in the Jordanian manu- script and some missing verses of a Psalm in the larger scroll. The new Israeli fragment was presented by an American who asked not to be identified. THE VAAD HARABONIM INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR Three Eminent Talmudic Scholars RABBI JACOB KAMENETSKY of Torah Vodaath RABBI DAVID LIPSHITZ of Yeshivah University RABBI MEYER COHEN Menahl of Agudath Harabonim the United States and Canada of SATURDAY NIGHT, JAN. 8th at 8:3• P.M. at Young Israel of Oak Woods 24061 COOLIDGE, OAK PARK MrJave Molke Refreshments Will Be Served ler, UAHC national director of education, called for a radical revision of the approach to Jew- ish education to conform with the pervasive changes in the American Jewish community. He said the present program of re- ligious education, promulgated decades ago, has become largely irrelevant, and "fails to cut into the current of our children's deeper needs." He called for a change of emphasis in Jewish education from an "ethnic to a religiously centered curricu- lum," explaining that "the younger generation views Juda- ism in strictly religious terms, and finds unintelligible the stress placed by their parents on a cultural, national and de- fense-oriented Judaism." Rabbi Schindler spoke of the "loosening of the ethnic strains" which once bound the American Jewish community and of the "compensating reinforcement of the religious bonds expected to serve as a unifying force in the stead." He stated that the "secu- lar culture or nationhood envis- aged by many Jews of a previous generation has proved illusory, in- capable of fulfillment on the American scene. The community has become a communion, bound by belief, turning primarily to re- ligion to define its 'nature and to justify its continuity." As a first step Rabbi Schindler announced that the commission on Jewish education has directed its curriculum committee, under the chairmanship of Rabbi Samuel Glasner, of Baltimore, to "summon a conference of Jewish theologians of diverse convictions not neces- sarily to forge a unified Reform Jewish theology, but to agree on what we should teach our children in the realm of belief." THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 16—Friday, January 7, 1966 ADAS SHALOM • ADULT STUDY INSTITUTE Lecture and Discussion Series Moderator: Rabbi Jacob E. Segal MORALS, MAN AND THE GOOD SOCIETY Tuesday Evenings • January 11 through March 15, 1966 9:15 - 10:30 o'clock JANUARY 11 FEBRUARY 8 DR. MILTON COVENSKY MR. MARVIN KARPATKIN Professor of History Wayne State University Subject: "IS ANOTHER MORAL REVOLUTION POSSIBLE?" JANUARY 18 FR. JOHN C. SCHWARTZ Pastor, Gesu Parish Subject: "THE TEENAGER, THE FAMILY AND THE GOOD SOCIETY" JANUARY 25 RABBI HAROLD S. WHITE Congregation Beth Israel Ann Arbor Chairman, New York Council American Jewish Congress Subject: "JEWS AND CIVIL RIGHTS" FEBRUARY 15 BISHOP RICHARD S. EMRICH Episcopal Diocese of Michigan Subject: "NO NEW MORALITY!" MARCH 1 HON. JEROME P. CAVANAGH Mayor of the City of Detroit SUBJECT TO BE ANNOUNCED Subject: MARCH 8 "MORALS ON THE CAMPUS" RABBI JACOB E. SEGAL FEBRUARY 1 Subject: "JUSTICE AND JUDAISM" DR. FRITZ REDL Distinguished Professor of Behavorial Sciences Wayne State University Subject: "HOW MUCH ANGER CAN WE AFFORD" MARCH 15 HON. WADE McCREE Judge U.S. District Court Subject: "IS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE EVER JUSTIFIED?" Registration open to all Men and Women University students are especially welcome. You may register for entire series on Tuesday, January 11 from 8 to 9 p.m. For information call the Synagogue Adult Education Office, UN 7-7474. All sessions will be held at the Ados Shalom Synagogue Social Hall, 7045 Curtis. 11111111111111 11111111111 11111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Rabbis Jacob Kamenetsky, rosh yeshivah of Torah Vodaath, New York; Dovid Lipshitz, known as the "Suvalker Ray" of Yeshivah University Theological Seminary; and Rabbi Meyer Cohen, director of Agudath Hara- bonim of Amer- ica will be guests of the Vaad Hara- bonim of Metro- politan Detroit pa. this weekend. Ffillunininininuunimmuniumummininumuniiimminunimumumniumnintimiiiiminnuminunumit