People Make News

Dr. JULES BACKMAN, econom-
ist, author and educator, has been
chosen to head the 1966-67 cam-
paign of the Reform Jewish Ap-
peal. His appointment as general
chairman was announced today by
Irvin Fane, chairman of the board
of trustees of the Union of Amer-
ican Hebrew Congregations, and
S .L. Kopald, Jr., chairman of the
board of Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion.

Lauri Rubin Marries
H. P. Lowen of Seattle

MRS. HOWARD LOWEN

Lauri Donna Rubin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Max Rubin, 18242
F a i r f i el d, and Howard Philip
Lowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Lowen of Seattle, were married
Sunday in a ceremony at Shaarey
Zedek.
The bride wore an Empire-
styled gown and coat ensemble
of silk organza appliqued with
jeweled motifs of re-embroidered
Alencon lace with a high neck-
line and horn sleeves. The deep
Watteau folds in back of the
sleeveless coat swept into a full-
length chapel train. A matching
jeweled lace band held the full
tiered veil of imported silk
illusion.
Carol Sue Rubin, sister of the
bride, served as maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Ahuva Edelman
of New York, Janice Lowen, sister
of the bridegroom, Susan Taylor
and Barbara Rosenthal.
Douglas Arensberg of Bellevue,
Wash., was best man. Gary Cone
of Seattle, Bruce Reis of Bellevue,
Steven Loewenthal of Highland
Park, Ill. and Richard Rubin, broth-
er of the bride, were ushers.
The couple took a wedding trip
to California.

Histadrut Unable to Solve
Woe of Naming Controller

TEL AVIV (JTA) — The cen-
tral council of the Histadrut,
Israel's labor federation, held a
two-day meeting without being
able to reach a decision on the
controversial issue of electing a
controller and left the issue for
later action by the Histadrut ex-
ecutive council.
Delegates from Mapam, former
Premier David Ben-Gurion's dis-
sident Israel Workers Party (Rafi)
and of Gahal, the Herut-Liberal
alignment, had opposed such a
post which had been urged as a
means of more effective control
of Histadrut enterprises.
Under pressure of the dominant
Mapai-Ahdut Avoda alignment,
Mapam delegates withdrew their
a dam ant opposition. However,
every party was divided on both
the proposal for a controller and
on means of electing one.
Aharon Becker, Histadrut secre-
tary-general, stressed the Hista-
drut's growing concern over grow-
ing joblessness in Israel and said
a special session of the Histadrut
executive would consider unem-
ployment and government eco-
nomic policy.

Confidence in an unfaithful man
in time of trouble is like a broken
tooth, and a foot out of joint. —
Proverb 25:19.

CHARLES I. JACOBSON, presi-
dent of Midwest Fire Adjusters,
14744 Fenkell, has been elected
president of the National Associ-
ation of Public Insurance Adjus•
tors.
* * *
Two Birmingham men have
earned their company's top pro-
fessional honors in recognition of
their outstanding sales records
for 1965-1966. As the leading agent
in New York Life's North Central
Region, RUDOLF LEITMAN, 1400
Trailwood has been named vice
chairman of the advisory board of
directors of the company's Top
Club. The second ranking agent,
LOUIS I. ZUCKERMAN, 5167
Corners, has been named honorary
regional vice president in the Top
Club. Both men also are members
of the company's President's Coun-
cil, according to Lester L. Schoen-
berg, general manager of the De-
troit general office.
* * *
RABBI DAVID JESSEL of Tem-
ple Beth Am will speak Tuesday
for the Detroit House of Correction
pre-parole program, a series of
orientation sessions for inmates
about to be paroled. Rabbi Jessel,
who has served for 21/2 years as
Jewish chaplain at the Detroit
House of Correction, will speak on
"The Jewish View of Sin, Reward
and Punishment".
* * *
ALLAN D. EMIL, an attorney
prominent in philanthropic, educa-
tional and cultural activities, has
been appointed campaign chair-
man of the 1966-67 appeal of the
Federation of Jewish Philanthro-
pies of New York, it was an-
nounced today by Samuel J. Sil-
berman, federation president. The
campaign will open officially on
Sept. 21. Emil will hold the post
of campaign chairman for the sec-
ond consecutive year.

meekly Quiz

By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright, 1966 JTA, Inc.)

Why is it customary, when
dedicating a new Sefer Tora,
to leave a number of letters un-
written and to have them filled
in by the scribe in the name of
individuals who pledge charity
for the Tora for this privilege?
According to the original re-
quirement, every Jew is obligated
to write, or to have written for
for him, a Sefer -Tora. Obviously,
this is not feasible because of the
cost involved which many cannot
afford. A way was developed,
therefore, in which to make it
possible for anyone to have some
share in a Sefer Tora-. This is
accomplished by having a letter
written in to the Sefer Tora for
them. The Rabbis like to consider
each Jew as a holy letter in the
Sefer Tora. The Jewish people
as a whole, then, make up the
holy scriptures as a body of living
letters in an eternal text.
Why is it that in some syna-
gogues only seven people are
called to the Tora reading while
in others a number of additional
people are called up as well?
Basically, the requirement is
that seven people be called to the
Tora on Saturday morning (be-
sides the additional reading which
is combined with the prophetic
reading called "Maftir"). This is
certainly the minimum. In small
congregations where there are not
too many worshipers, this could
indeed serve as a maximum and
does, as it did in the Beth Hami-
dresh of the Gaon of Wilno, of
Blessed Memory. However, in
larger congregations should this
number be considered the maxi-
mum it would be impossible for
each worshiper to fulfill the tradi-
tional obligation of being called
to the Tora at least once a month.
Furthermore, in larger congrega-
tions, there are often occasions
where many guests assemble on
Saturday morning to celebrate
some happy event in the family.
Thus additional people are called
up to the Tora under such cir-
cumstances.

Tessler-Friedenbeig
Rites Are Held Here

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, August 26, 1966-27

Brazilian Author Appeals to Moscow on Bias

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) —
Paul de Castro, a well-known
Brazilian writer who is known
also as friendly toward the Soviet
Union, has appealed to the USSR
to stamp out anti-Jewish discrim-
inations in Russia.
Writing in Correio da Manha,
one of the leading dailies in this
country, De Castro summarized
criticisms of Soviet bias against
Russian Jewry, voiced recently at
the plenary assembly of the World
Jewish Congress in Brussels.

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He lauded the "restraint" shown
by some critics in regard to Soviet
bias against Jews, saying that reci-
tation of facts without anger was
"the right way to proceed." Then
he stated: "It is crucial for the
Soviet Union to reexamine this
problem, since the present situa-
tion does, to a large extent, harm
the reputation of the Soviet gov-
ernment in the entire world."

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MRS. PAUL TESSLER

In an evening ceremony at Tem-
ple Emanu-El, Tess Elizabeth
Friedenberg became the bride of
Paul Martin Tessler. They are the
children of Dr. and Mrs. Martin
Friedenberg of Lake Crescent Dr.,
Bloomfield Hills, and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Tessler of Burton Ave., Oak
Park.
Rabbi Rosenbaum officiated at
the ceremony.
The bride's gown was of silk
mist. The bell-shaped skirt had
an apron formed of Alencon lace
and seed pearls. In the back, at
the waist, was a small, three-
tiered bustle with a silk fringe
trimmed in Alencon lace and
seed pearls and ending in a mo-
dified chapel train. She carried
a prayer book with a cascade
of butterfly roses and lily of the
valley and ivy.
Maid of honor was Julia Ann
Friedenberg, sister of the bride,
and Linda Kay Friedenberg, an-
other sister, was bridesmaid. The
brother of the bridegroom. Rich-
ard Jay Tessler, was best man.
Robert Chapnick was usher.
Following a honeymoon in Ber-
muda and New York, the couple
will reside in Royal Oak.

Irish Jews Plant Forest
in Tribute to DeValera

TEL AVIV (JTA) — A delega-
tion of Jews from Ireland dedi-
cated a forest near Nazareth being
planted as a tribute to President
Eamon De Valera by Ireland's Jew-
ish community.
The delegation
was headed by
Prof. Marvin
Abrahamson, a
fellow of the
Royal College of
Surgeons in Dub-
lin, acting as per-
sonal representa-
tive of DeValera.
Others attending
were representa-
tives of the Jew-
ish National
Fund, which is
planting 15,000
trees on JNF
land.
The ceremony
De Valera
took place in
rock-strewn foothills a few miles
from Kfar Hanna. A message was
read from Premier Levi Eshkol in
which he declared that he saw in
the planting a "fitting expression
of the traditional friendship be-
tween Ireland and Israel, which
have so much in common."

2 Area Couples Co-Chair
Oakland U. Theater

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Z. Neder-
lander and Mr. and Mrs. Alan E.
Schwartz have been named co-
chairmen, along with the Benson
Fords and two other prominent
local couples, of the newly or-
ganized Meadow Brook Theater of
Oakland University.
Chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Charles
F. Adams will direct the com-
mittee.

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than great riches,
A good reputation than silver and
gold.
— Proverbs

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