16—Friday, October 21, 1966

SYNAGOGUE

A Call to Jewish Learning .

THE NEW TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today at Birmingham Uni-
tarian Church. Rabbi Conrad will lead the discussion on "Is There
a Jewish Point of View in Politics?"
YOUNG ISRAEL OF NORTHWEST DETROIT: Services 5:25 p.m. to-
day and 9 p.m. Saturday Rabbi Prero will speak on "The Migrat-
ing Jew."
TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Rosenbaum
will speak on "Where Have Jews Gone?" Donald Blair Maisel,
Bar Mitzva. Services 10 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Rosenbaum will
speak on "Blessings You Can Bring." Bruce Daniel Rubinstein,
Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Syme will speak
on "Counting Members—And Members Who Count." Debra Mar-
lene Cassel, Bat Mitzva. Services 11 a.m. Saturday. Douglas Scott
West, Bar. Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 5:15 and 8:15 p.m. today. Rabbi Lehr-
man will speak on "Striving for Maturity." Nancy Gutterman, Bat
Mitzva. At 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Marc Silver and Kenneth Pepper,
Bnai Mitzva.
CONG. SHAAREY SHOMAYIM: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Goldman will speak on "The Mission of Abra-
ham." Earl Keith Bogrow and Eric Matthew Citron, Bnai Mitzva.
TEMPLE BETH AM: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Jessel will speak
on "Poor Abraham! He Faced Quite a Lot."
CONG. BETH ABRAHAM: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 8:40 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Halpern will speak on "Our Responsibilities to
Each Other." Martin Gene, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Dr. Hertz will speak on
"The Fixer" and "The Beiliss Case." Mark Alan Perlmutter, Bar
Mitzva. Services 11:15 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Kanter will speak on
"Priest or Prophet: Who Was Right?" Richard S. Feen, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI JACOB: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Rabbi Isaac will speak on "Abraham Our Father.'"
CONG. MISHKAN ISRAEL: Services 5:25 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Satur-
day. Rabbi Kranz will speak on "Evaluation of Environment."
John Rofel. Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH TEFILO EMANUEL TIKVAH: Services 5:30 p.m. today
and 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Levin will speak on "True Faith."
Elimelech Mauthner Cohen, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH HILLEL: Services 5:30 p.m.. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Steven Segal, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH MOSES: Services 5:35 p.m. today and 8:45 p.m. Satur-
day. Gary Joel Katz, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI DAVID: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
Robert Gold and Michael Goldberg, Bnai Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Armand Rothschild, Bar Mitzva.
ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Services 6 p.m. today and 8:40 a.m.
Saturday. Paul Bloom and Martin Zeman, Bnai Mitzva.
BETH AARON SYNAGOGUE: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m.
Saturday. Arnold Beresh, Bar Mitzva.
YOUNG ISRAEL CENTER OF OAK WOODS: Services 5:30 p.m. to-
day and 9 a.m. Saturday. Howard Burlak, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Satur-
day: Larry Alan Boone and Howard Wright, Bnai Mitzva.
CONG. BETH SHALOM: Services 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
Charles Keeps, Bar Mitzva.
LIVONIA JEWISH CONGREGATION: Services 9 a.m. Saturday. Kevin
Barach, Bar Mitzva.
Regular services will be held at Downtown Synagogue, Cong.
Beth Isaac of Trenton, and Cong. Ahavas Achim.

Singapore Dying Jewish Community

By J. I. FISHBEIN
Editor, Sentinel, Chicago

(Copyright, 1966, ,TTA, Inc.)

SINGAPORE — No one who has
ever read the mysteries and adven-
tures of the Orient can approach
that exciting "city of sin" called
Singapore without being affected
by the aura of anticipation that
pervades the very air. Located just
75 miles north of the equator
astride the sea lanes linking India
to the Far East, it has for centu-
ries been among the most impor-
tant ports and colonial outposts in
the world.
A little over a year ago Singa-
pore was given its independence,
and is today sell-governing. A mix-
ture of many races, its peoples are
about 70 per cent Chinese. Euro-
peans, seeing the handwriting on
the wall, are beginning to leave —
and this has begun to change the
character of the Jewish community
as well.
There are approximately 70
Jewish families, or roughly 300
persons left. Most of them work
in government offices, small
shops, professions, etc.
The Jewish community began to
dwindle in 1935, at which time
there were several thousand Jews
here. In 1905, Menasseh Meyer
built a beautiful synagogue, which
is still in use. It is referred to as
the "rich man's synagogue" being
supported by funds from Meyer's
estate. He had three sons named
Reuben, Isaac and Jacob, all of
whom carried on their father's
work, but are no longer alive.
The Talmud Tora across the
street has a bima in the cen-

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

ter. Like most Jews in this
part of the w or 1 d, they use a
Sephardic prayer book. The rabbi
is an Orthodox scholar from Ro-
mania. Encased in the Holy Ark
are 16 beautifully ornamented,
metal-covered Tora scrolls of an-
tique origin.
Since the synagogue seldom has
a minyan — but less than 100 wor-
shipers even on the High Holy
Days — most activity takes place
in the Talmud Tora.
Singapore also has what is known
as the "poor man's synagogue,"
which has a distinctly- Oriental
flavor. Many of the old people
earn their keep by serving as a
minyan for those who need to say
kaddish and cannot find one at the
"rich man's synagogue" except on
the Sabbath. The signs of decay are
every-where.
Singapore has official relations
with Israel, and many Israelis are
employed by the government in ad-
ministrative and advisory capaci-
ties.
The community maintains an old
peoples' home and takes care of
its indigent.

Depends on the Book

David Elazar, librarian at the
United Hebrew Schools, tells on
a friend who, naming his newborn
son in accordance with Jewish cus-
tom, passed up the "American
name" Daniel as "too goyish" and
instead gave the boy a "good,
Jewish-sounding name," Steven.
Daniel was an Old Testament
prophet. Stephen was an apostle of
Jesus.

THESE ADULT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
ARE AVAILABLE NOW

For more detailed information on any course or lecture listed
below, please contact the individual synagogue or school.

Congregation Adas Shalom

7045 Curtis-864-7474

Adult Jewish Studies
Tuesdays, beginning November 15
First Hour: 8:15-9:10 p.m.
A Beginners Study of Hebrew
Mrs. Leonard Cahan
The Life Time of a Jew
Mrs. Tzvi Berkal
Hebrew—The Second Step
Rev. Larry Vieder
Pathways Through the Prayerbook
Herbert .4inster
Basic Tora Gems
Rabbi Leonard S. Callan
Second Hour: 9:15-10:10 p.m.
The Ten Commandments and Modern Man
Rabbi Jacob E. Segal
Auxiliary Programs
Tuesdays, Beginning November 1, 10:30 a.m.
"Politics in Ancient Israel"
Rabbi Leonard S. Cahan
Sabbath Lecture Series
Saturdays (half-hour before sundown)
"Ethics of the Fathers"
Rabbi Jacob E. Segal
Rabbi Leonard S. Cahan
Herbert Amster

Congregation Ahavas Achim

19190 Schaefer Highway-864-6428

Women's Institute
Tuesdays ,,p7
(through
b si ”March 7)

Rabbi Milton Arm, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
"Problems of Contemporary Judais"
Rabbi Milton .4rni, 10:45-11:45 a.m.

Congregation Beth Aaron

18000 W
' yoming-861-5222

October 25
"The World of Shalom Aleichem"
November 1
"Jewish Survival and Assimilation"
Speaker: Rabbi Morton Goldberg
November 15
"The Synagogue in. American Life
and Its Future"
Speaker: Rabbi Benjamin Gorrelick
November 22
"Jewish Film Evening"
November 29
"The Cultural Creativity of American Jewry"
Speaker: Rabbi Harold S. White
December 6
"The Unity of the American Jewish
Community"
Speaker: Dr. Samuel Krohn
December 13
"The State of Jewish Education"
Speaker: Panel of Educators
December 20
"An Evening of Jewish Music"
Guest Artist: Cantor Moses Serensen
All Programs Begin at 8:15 p.m.

Congregation Beth Moses

19160 Evergreen—KE 5-4470

Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m.
Prayer Book (Siddur)
Saturdays, 9:50-10:15 a.m.
Pentateuch (Humash)
Saturdays, 4:40-5:25 p.m.
Talmud (Gemara)
Sundays, 10:15-10:45 a.m.
Lecture Series (topics to be announced)

Congregation Beth Shalom

14601 W. Lincoln Rd., Oak Park, 547-7972

Fall Series
October 25, November 8—December 13
8:30 -10 p.m.
Beginning Hebrew
Rabbi Mordecai Halpern
Reading and Background Comprehension
of the Sabbath Prayer Book
Sol Schimmel
Introduction to the Talmud
Sidney Selig
Learn to Chant a Haftora
Cantor Ruben Erlbaum
Making of a Modern Jew (part 1)
Dr. Joseph Fauman

Birmingham Temple

Robert Frost Jr. High School (Oak Park)

Mondays—October 3 to December 5-8 p.m.
"Humanism As a Philosophy of Life:
Testimony of Eight Great Humanists"
Rabbi Sherwin Wine

Congregation Bnai David

24350 Southfield Rd., Southfield, 444-1510

"Hebrew Reading for Beginners"
(10 Week Course)
Sec. 1—Mondays, 8 -9 p.m.
Sec. 2—Sundays, 9:15 -10.15 p.m.
Talmud Class
(conducted in English)
Tuesdays, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Congregation Bnai Moshe

14390 W. Ten Mile (Oak Park)-548-9000

1st Semester (Through December 6)
Tuesdays, 8:15 - 9:10 p.m.
Analysis and Interpretation
of the High Holy Day Liturgy
Cantor Louis Klein
Understanding Current Events
Seymour Kaplan
Elementary Hebrew
Mark Eichner
Conversational Hebrew
Morris Nobel
Lecture Series
Tuesdays, 9:15 - 10:10 p.m.
Part 1: Rabbi Moses Lehrman
Part 2: Guest Lectures
(Topics to be announced)

Midrasha, College of Jewish Studies

18977 Schaefer Highway—DI 1-3407

Fall Quarter
Tuesdays, 8-9:30 p.m.
"The Philosophy of Maimonides
Tuesdays, 8-9:30 p.m..
"A History of Jewish Ideas"
Tuesdays, 8-9:30 p.m.
"The Bible and Western Civilization"
Wednesdays, 8-9:30 p.m.
"The Spirit of the Jewish Legal System"
Wednesdays, 7-8:45 p.m.
"Modern Jewish History"

Congregation Shaarey Shomayim

14200 W. Ten Mile, Oak Park—LI 1-9769

Daily (Sunday-Friday)-7:45 a.rn,.
Mishntlyos
Saturdays, 5 p.m.
Humash—Ethics of our Fathers
Mondays
Jewish History & Philosophy of Judaism

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

27375 Bell Rd., Southfield-357-5544

1st Semester
Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. through December 13
Hebrew Reading for Beginners
Aaron Grossbard
An Introduction to Spoken Hebrew
Dov Parshan
Audio-Visual Method for Hebrew Speaking
Abraham Rosenblatt
Learning to Play the Hain
Mrs. Reuven Frankel
A New Look at Genesis
Dr. Joshua Weinstein
The Great Jewish Writers of the
19th and 20th Centuries
Dr. Lawrence I. Berkove
The New Translation of the Talmud
Dr. Max Kapustin
Lecture Series
Tuesdays, 9-10 p.m.
October 25
Giants in Art
Speaker: Dr. Milton Coven.sky
November 1
Dramatic Presentation—"One World"
Center Theater of Jewish Community Center
November 8-December 6
"1966: Change and Challenge"
Five lectures and discussions co-sponsored
by the American Jewish Committee
December 13
"Giants in Art"
Speaker: Dr. Bernard Goldman

Temple Beth Am

31840 W. 7 Mile, Livonia-474-4319

(United Hebrew Schools Bldg.)
Adult Hebrew
Mondays, through December 12
Beginners-8:15-9:15 p.m.
Intermediate-9:30-10:30 p.m.
Bible
"The Book of Genesis: Its Meaning Then
and Now"
Fridays, (Oneg Shabbat) 10-11 p.m.

Temple Beth El

8801 Woodward-875-8530

"The Major Prophets"
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Deutero-Isaiah
Tuesdays (through December 13) 11 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Richard C. Hertz
Annual Scholars Series
November 7, 14, 21 and 28
(Topics and speakers to be announced)

Temple Emanu-El

14450 W. Ten Mile, Oak Pork, LI 7-5015

Lecture Series 8:30 p.m.
November 1
"Art and the Jew"
Speaker: Alfred Werner
November 22
"Christian-Jewish Confrontation in Israel"
Speaker: Devorah Wigoder
February 7
"The Jews in Europe, Present & Future"
Speaker: William Frankel
March 7
"Sources for the Source"
Speaker: Immanuel Ben-Dor
March 28
"Can Judaism Contribute to Your Mental
Health?"
Speaker: Dr. Henry E. Kagan
Discussion Series 8:30 p.m.
Conducted by Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum
October 25
"Establishing a Jewish Home in
a Secular Society"
November 15
"Jews as an American Minority"
November 29
"Negro-Jewish Relations"

Temple Israel

17400 Manderson-863-7769

College of Jewish Studies
Mondays (through December 12) 8-9 p.m.
"The New Testament: A Jewish and
Ecumenical Interpretation"
Dr. Leon From
"The Bible as Reflected in the
Works of Shakespeare"
Rabbi M. Robert Syme
"Hebrew for Beginners"
Mrs. Harold Bobroff
9 -10 p.m.
"Art and the Great Religions"
Dr. Bernard Goldman

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