Jane Hessel Marries
L awrence Mendelsohn
MRS. LAWRENCE MENDELSOHN
Jane Ellen Hessel, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Hessel of
Concord Ave., Huntington Woods
was married recently in a cere-
mony at Temple Israel to Dr. Law-
rence Victor Mendelsohn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Max Mendelsohn of
Prairie Ave.
The bride wore an Empire gown
of English net with pearl and lace
accents and chapel train. A match-
ing circlet held her silk illusion
veil.
Jennifer Hessel, the bride's sis-
ter, was maid of honor. Brides-
maids were Barbara Canvasser,
Laura Katzman, Jill Kraft, Rita
Forbes, Carol Cohen and Mrs. Rob-
ert Lane.
Dr. Allan Mendelsohn, brother
of the bridegroom, was best man.
Ushers were Dr. Robert Elliott,
Lawrence Zamzok, Sheldon Gor-
don, Jerrald Gottlieb, John Moura-
dian, Souren Hovsepian and Neil
Fink.
The newlyweds are honeymoon-
ing in Hawaii.
Servicemen's Religious
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In order to meet the growing
need of religious aid to Jewish
men in the armed forces due to the
stepped-up pace of conscription,
Agudath Israel of America has re-
established its Jewish Service-
men's Religious P -Teau. During
the last World War, the Jewish
Servicemen's Religious Bureau had
helped thousands of Jewish soldiers
with their religious problems.
The program of JSRB includes
counseling service before induc-
tion, coping with the problems of
kashruth and Sabbath observance,
the arrangement of contacts with
local communities and other agen-
cies, and the provision of suitable
Orthodox Jewish literature. JSRB
headquarters are located at 5
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Case Study in Divorce Closes
Midrasha Institute Lectures
When a man taketh a wife, and
marrieth her, then it cometh to
pass, if she find no favor in his
eyes, because he hath found some
unseemly thing in her, that he
writeth her a bill of divorcement.
—Deuteronomy 24:1
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•Divorce from then till now was
the subject of a case study in
"Halachic Development" by a pro-
fessor of Talmudic literature Wed-
nesday evening at the closing lec-
ture of the 10th annual Midrasha
Institute. Theme of the series was
"The World of the Pharisees."
Dr. Meyer S. Feldblum, on the
staffs of both the graduate school
and seminary of Yeshiva Uni-
versity, cited biblical and Tal-
mudic sources to illustrate the
evolution of rabbinic law, show-
- ing how rights of women have
been broadened in divorce law.
The talk was the fourth in the
Mina and Theodore Bargman
Memorial Lectures, sponsored by
the United Hebrew Schools at
the Esther Berman Building.
Rabbis who wish to legislate in
any area today, said Dr. Feldblum,
must • take their proof from some
part of the Torah or Prophets "to
identify themselves" with those
earlier authorities.
Modern changes in Jewish law
to conform with the times aren't
wrong, he added, but it takes a
"bes din hagodol" (supreme court)
of each generation to make the
proper interpretation.
He said rabbis so qualified today
are few and far between, that the
approval of new legislation depends
on its acceptance by a community
of "observant Jews concerned with
God's law."
The evolution of the law can best
be seen in the laws of Israel's rab-
binate, Dr. Feldblum said. In that
country alone, does the rabbinate
have full jurisdiction over such
matters as divorce.
There is some conflict over
that very area in Israel. A di-
vorce approved by an American
rabbi, for example, is not con-
sidered valid in Israel unless he
can prove his "knowledge of Jew-
ish law," said Dr. Feldblum.
Complaints against the rabbi-
nate's control, he said, come from
"those who have no knowledge,"
and he predicted "when the en-
mity between religious Jews and
nonreligious Jews stops," religious
law will be acceptable to all.
Dr. Feldblum pointed out that
there is a legal concession — "a
temporary suspension" — if Tal-
mudic sources do not happen to al-
low for an "important issue of a
national nature." In such a case,
he said, "we can suspend the law
if we feel it is important."
Dr. Feldblum stressed that in
Jewish law, justice is paramount,
that the evolution of divorce laws
since biblical times is a reflection
of this.
Dr. Feldblum was introduced by
Rabbi Hayim Donin of Cong. Bnai
David, a classmate who was or-
dained with him at Yeshiva Uni-
versity in 1951.
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In his discussion of "The Jewish
Sources of the New Testament,"
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Jessel and Barmore at Bond Dinner-Dance
The champagne dinner-dance the affair. Barmore will return to
hosted by the Shaarit Haplaytah Israel after three years in his post
and co-sponsored by the United in America. Joe Goldschmid is the
chairman of the affair.
March 24, Dr. Samuel Sandmel Jewish Social Club, will be held
delved into the legacy of Judaism 8:15 p.m. Saturday at Cong. Shaarey
inherited by Christianity.
Zedek. George Jessel will be the
Dr. Sandmel, provost of the Heb- guest star. Jacob Barmore, consul
rew Union College and author of general of Israel for the Midwest,
several works on the Old and New will make his farewell appearance
Testaments, pointed out that while in Detroit, as the guest speaker at
Christianity has been bitterly op-
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or rabbinic, literature, it neverthe-
less benefited from the "Pharisaic
impulse" in Bible interpretation.
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Sandmel said, had the early Chris-
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scripture. In reality, the Jews
looked upon this body of oral law
as God-given, not man-made as
the Christians said.
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Pharisees, "I don't think we have
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of hypocrisy," he said, adding that
"frailties" of Christians should be
recognized along with those of the
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"Actually," Dr. Sandmel said,
"the Pharisees were criticized in
the New Testament, not because
Jesus was far from them, but be-
cause he was so close."
Dr. Sandmel urged his audience
not to forget that the Old Testa-
ment is as much a part of Chris-
tianity's holy books as is the New
Testament. "Only the history of_ its
interpretation and understanding
is different."
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will have the authority to change?
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laymen . . . and in its main direc-
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ed, the branches of Orthodox and
Reform will come closer in their
mode of living.
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den, chairman of the Midrasha
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Fleischer, guard. A party is being
planned at the D. J. Healy Home.
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