Sabbath Driveway Closing Explained by Rabbi H. Donin Seth El Exhibits Early Jewish Documents THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 16—Friday, October 14, 1966 I first meeting of the Jewish Chau- The library committee of Tem- diming through Oct. 23. The exhibit can be seen at the tauqua Society in Atlantic 'City in ple Beth El announces a two-week exhibit of early American Jewish Franklin Social Hall of the Temple 1883. The photograph will be on documents from the famous Ameri- week-days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. can Jewish Archives, going back and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. exhibit at the convention of the rational Federation of Temple to the American Revolution, con- The exhibit will begin Sunday, 10 a.m., with a coffee hour, after Brotherhoods in New York City in Rabbi Hayim Donin of Cong. I Katz executive November at the Americana Hotel. vi w hichrng I. Bnai David, frankly tackling the secretary of Temple Beth El and charge of "hypocrisy" because l historiographer of the Jews of Shaarey Zedek to Host the synagogue driveway is ordered Michigan. will speak on "General closed on the Sabbath, issued one Lewis Cass and His J e w i s h Regional Men's Clubs of his circular letters in which hz Friends" — commemorating the The Great Lakes Regional Con- admits that people arrive on Sat- GRACE YOUR FAMILY centennial of the passing of a dis- ference of the National Federation urdays for services by auto and he Beth Aaron Synagogue will pay tinguished American statesman of Jewish Men's Clubs will be host- explains his position as follows: CELEBRATIONS I have on occasion confronted a formal tribute to Bernard Panush whose outstanding monument is ed this year by Cong. Shaarey Ze- • Birthdays • Anniversaries charge of "hypocrisy" from individuals dek Nov. 4-6. • Weddings who learn of the fact that our syna- and Dr. Marvin Last at a testi- the State of Michigan. gogue is closed on the Sabbath and monial brunch 9:30 a.m. Oct. 23 • Other Family Occasions Abe Katzman, conference chair- The library committee of Beth BY . . . Holy Days, necessitating on the part El is headed by Mrs. Arthur R. man. and T. Murray Jacobs, presi- of those who drive a circutous route to in the social hall. Planting Trees reach the parking area. "You know dent of the region, are assisted by Panush will be honored for 18 Bloom, with Theodore H. Kaplan that a good many of your people arrive Filling Your JNF Box by auto," they will say, "and the park- years of service to the synagogue as co-chairman. Mrs. James D. committeemen Leonard E. Baron, ing area is used, so what do you Abraham Satovsky, Dr. Davis A. Redeeming Dunams of Land Williams is the librarian. achieve by this act of piety? It's just as its religious school director, Inscription in the Golden Book Invitation is extended to the Benson, George Parzen, Howard hypocritical." And since I am responsi- and Dr. Marvin Last will be hon- ble for setting these standards. I try community to attend the opening Danzig and Rabbi Irwin Groner. Inscription in the Sefer Hayeled to convey to such individuals exactly ored for serving as the syna- Two functions open to non-dele- Inscription in the Sefer what I think is achieved. gogue's chairman of the school of the exhibit as well as to see gates will be the oneg Shabbat I do not deny that ideally auto en- the exhibit during the two-week Bar-Mitzvah trance or exit to any section of prop- committee for the same period of period. There is no admission service, at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 4, and erty under Synagogue jurisdiction years. a buffet-supper dance Nov. 5, open should not be permitted on Sabbaths charge. The testimonial committee plan- 18414 WYOMING and Holy Days, because it does consti- It also was announced that Katz to all Shaarey Zedek Men's Club tute a violation of the religious norms ning this tribute is headed by Phone UN 4-2767 guests. established by Jewish law, even if it is has donated to the Jewish Chau- members and their widely disregarded. There were a num- Joe Sulkes, chairman, and in- tauqua Society, educational arm of of reasons why our present arrange- be ,- ment came to pass, not the least of cludes Sam Loberman, president, the National Federation of Temple which was the fact that Southfield zon- Charles Jacobson. Harry Green, Brotherhood's, a photograph of the ing ordinances demanded that parking facilities be provided at all times. The Max Lieberman, Max Nosanchuk, Police Department as a matter of fact, I Max Silverman and Mesdames even makes sure to enforce prohibited parking on all nearby streets when Albert Kaplan, Morris Ginsberg, they expect overflowing crowds. The Hyman Zalenko and Sol Docks. reasonableness of such local ordinances, * * * We will fill your tank with Standard designed for the safety and life and - Bernard Pannsh D . Last to Be Cited at Beth Aaron welfare of the inhabitants, so so that routes are not blocked up, o that traffic hazard are not multiplied, can- not be challenged even from a religious or moral point of view. • • • The adult education committee Anyway, since this constituted the reality of a situation over which we of the Beth Aaron Synagogue an- had no control. we did the next best nounces a series of eight pro- thing. A closed driveway is not a hypo - critical act of piety, for I do not de- grams. "Jewish Life in America ceive myself as to what the situation —Realities and Problems for the is. It is becasue I am fully aware of the situation: because I am keenly sensitive Future." to the fact that the spirit and the ob- The first preSentation 8:15 p.m. servance cf the Shabbat is so totally absent from the lives of so many, it is Oct. 25 will be "An Evening of because I am aware that the Sabbath Jewish Music" with Cantor MoseS has become just another weekday or week-end day even for individuals who Serensen as guest artist. do not show up at a synagogue for , services; it is because I am aware that The presentation will be fol. - no revival of Jewish life can take place unless the Sabbateh is restored to its lowed by a series of seven public rightful central role—it is because I am lectures , a film evening and a fully aware of all this that I insist varied cultural evening. • upon a "siman," some mark, some out- ward sign that will call the attention Guest speakers for these lec- of those who come—be they regular worshippers or the many invited guests tures will include Dr. Morton —to the fact that the day is the Holy Goldberg, spiritual leader of Tem- Shabbat; that their driving, however they rationalize it to themselves as a ple Bnai Israel. Toledo: Rabbi means of coming to synagogues, does Harold. S. White of Ann Arbor: Dr. constitute one of many areas that needs to be corrected if ever the total ob- Irving - Panush: Rabbi Simon Mur- servance of the Sabbath, with its full ciano; Walter Farber; and Harry measure of sanctity, is to be achieved. It is precisely because I am aware of Goldstein. what's going on that I want the young The synagogue committee on child who is brought by auto to ask his father or mother when coming upon adult education is headed by the closed driveway: "Ma nishtanah havom hazeh mikol hayomim?' `°Why is Thomas Tannis, chairman, and• this day different from all the other Harry Goldstein, co - chairman. days?" I want his parent to try to ex- • plain that difference, even if it means to admit to a compromise which they I , 1 - have wrought in their personal lives. The sought-after goal must not be lost — I sight of .. . The fact that religious knowledge, PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Police observance, and sensitivity has gone from bad to worse in the case of indi- detail has been assigned to watch viduals doesn't justify the reduction of standards on the part of a congregation Congregation Shari Israel here, or a community, nor should it de-ter after six incidents of vandalism by our hope that a return to spiritual corn- mitrnent is always nigh. Nor does the neighborhood youth were reported fact that it isn't the way it really during the past two years. should he justify inaction on our part to do whatever little can be done. In In the incidents, the last of which an age where Jewry is drowning in a occurred four weeks ago, bands torrent of secular culture and non- religious criteria, we grasp at every of youth pelted the synagogue straw to keep our spiritual selves above building with stones during and water. 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CITRIN FUEL OIL CORPORATION Call me at 868-0005, or evenings at my home, 863-6787 Ph•ladelphia Synagogue Vandalized 6 Times (A Baltimore synagogue h a s established a practice of "selling" its parking lot over the Sabbath to the caretaker and "buying it back" after Sabbath, thereby exon- erating itself from the guilt of breaking the Sabbath by permit- ting parking to those who are driving on Saturdays.) Brazilian Cemetery Wrecked by Vandals (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) between prayer services. In some cases, the building was broken into. Harry Beitchman, secretary of the 100 member congregation, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that, although prayer shawls were found strewn about the sanctuary on those occasions when the building was broken into, there was no evidence of desecration. - He said the intruders evidently ransacked the synagogue in search RIO DE JANEIRO—Almost all of money or valuables. Police Capt. Michael Rotman, the tombstones in the Jewish cemetery in Curitiba, capital of th'i commander of the Civil Disobedi- Brazilian province of Parana, were ece Squad, said that a tactical pa- found smashed Wednesday but po- trol had been assigned to the syna- lice believe vandals, rather than gogue for this year's holiday serv- neo-fascist elements, were respon- ices, and would remain on duty until further notice. sible for the desecration. Osias Algauer, Curitiba chief of police, stated that 390 out of the 70 of 536 Athletes 400 tombstones were broken. He added that according to informa- Asked Kashrut in Brazil tion available to the police, no In his review of the Pan Ameri- neo-Nazi groups existed in Brazil can Maccabia Games held in Sao that could have perpetrated the Paulo, Brazil, the JTA spOrts crime. 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