THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 10, 1967-17 Community-Wide Testinionial Dinner Planned for Rabbi Benjamin Gorrelick Beth Aaron Synagogue will honor Rabbi Benjamin H. Gorrelick, its spiritual leader, at a community- wide testimonial dinner April 9, it was announced by Sam Lober- man, president of the congregation. Rabbi Gorrelick recently re- RABBI BENJAMIN GORRELICK ceived an honorary doctor of divin- ity degree from the Jewish Theo- logical Seminary of America, con- ferred upon him for his 34 years of service as a rabbi and for his contribution to Judaism and to the communities which he has served. Rabbi Gorrelick, ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, served congregations in Boston and Albany and was director of edu- cation at Shaarey Zedek before as- suming the Beth Aaron pulpit in 1950. During World War II he served as chaplain of the U. S. Army in the European Theater and was engaged in rescue and reha- bilitation work with displaced per- sons. An organizer of Hillel Day School, Rabbi Gorrelick is chair- man of the Leadership Teachers' Training Institute of the Midrash and has headed the Synagogue Adult Institute. He is on the boards of the United Hebrew Schools, the Zionist Organization of Detroit and the Jewish Community Council. Jerome Silberman is the dinner chairman with Morris Ginsberg as dinner co-chairman. The dinner is being sponsored by the congrega- tion, the men's club, headed by Joe Medwed, and the sisterhood, whose president is Mrs. Morris Ginsberg. A cocktail reception will precede the dinner, and dancing will follow. For reservations, call Beth Aaron, UN 1-5222, or Dr. Mar- vin Last, UN 2-4464 or 356-4461. JNF Planning Purim Appeals The Jewish National Fund has called upon the synagogues of De- troit and out-state again to con- duct the traditional Purim appeal for Shalakh Monos to the JNF for land reclamation and the planting of trees in Israel. The call, ad- dressed to the spiritual and lay synagogue leaders, was issued by Phillip Stollman and Harry Cohen, co-chairmen of the JNF religious groups committee. Purim this year will begin with the reading of Megila Esther in all synagogues Saturday evening, March 25. The Megila reading will be repeated Sunday morning, March 26. Rabbis have already in- formed the JNF that they will dedicate their Saturday morning sermons preceding Purim to the work of Jewish National Fund. They will also make the special appeal to their congregants before the reading of the Megila Satur- day evening. 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M IC UMN, Isaac Leeser—Pioneer in Establishing A Rabbinical Seminary in America • ezuza is Soviet Officer's Gift to Israel Museum • The rare silver mesuza which had been in Germany during World War II was now presented to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem — in the name of a high Soviet officer. , The officer headed one of the Soviet army columns which en- tered Berlin at the end of the war. At a museum in the German Capital he discovered a beautiful Silver mezuza. He took it with him and tried for years to send it to Jerusalem. The mezuza arrived flow at the Israel Museum after wandering through many coun- tries. The silver mezuza had been Made in Russia nearly a hundred years ago, in 1873. Its measures are extraordinarily large, being nine inches (25 cm) long and two inches (5 cm) wide. The parch- ment roll in it has a big and clear writing and is undamaged to this very day. The mezuza has two shutters closing on a little window and it is decorated with pillars, vases, birds and a crown. At the Israel Museum it was placed near other 18th and 19th century me- zuzot—the most peculiar of them being one made of porcelain in Germany 200 years ago. According to a statement in its most recent catalogue, the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is "the first successful rabbinic school in America." However, while the college-in- stitute, founded in 1875, is the oldest permanent school of its type in the country, Miamonides College, founded 100 years ago in Philade- lphia by Isaac Lesser, actually represents the first attempt to es- tablish an American Jewish theol- ogical seminary. Numerous documents at the American Jewish Archives on the Cincinnati campus of the HUC-JIR deal with this project. In 1867, worn and haggard from a life of vigorous service to Ameri- can Jewry, Isaac Lesser, hazzan of Philadelphia's Beth-El Emeth Con- gregation, began to devote his last energies to the creation of an American Jewish theological seminary. The school was to be called Maimonides College, and Leeser, who had worked so hard and with such ingenuity to build an affirmative Jewish life with e United States, was to be its pro- vost. As early as 1864, he had stimulated prominent Philadel- phia laymen like Abraham Hart, Moses Dropsie and Isidore Bins- wanger to labor "for the purpose of founding a college for the education of youth for the Jew- ish ministry." The Rev. Mr. Leeser knew the needs of American Jewry. As early as 1843$ he fathered the first significant American Jewish peri- odical, The Occident, and he also wrote and translated numerous textbooks for Jewish education. His translation of the Hebrew Bible into English emancipated American Jews from dependence on Christian versions. Through his magazine and his books, Leeser sought tirelessly to reach even the most isolated Jews and to make Jewish knowledge available to all. Leeser's dream of Maimonides College proved to be rich in dis- appointment. When the school opened in the fall of 1867, it was immediately beset with problems. Finances were far harder to come by than Leeser had hoped, nor did the new institution arouse suf- ficient student interest. Organization troubles smoth• ered Leeser's pioneering effort, and by 1873 the lights of Mai- monides College had gone out. Still, through his attempt, Leeser had paved the way for the Hebrew Union College, which, under the guidance of Isaac M. Wise, would shortly become, in 1875, the first lasting American Jewish theologi- cal seminary. Max Lerner to Speak at Bnai Moshe March 21 The Jewish News regrets it er- roneously listed the date of the speaking appearance of Max Ler- ner at Cong. Bnai Moshe. Lerner will speak on "Is American Civili- zation Healthy or Sick" 8:30 p.m. March 21 in the synagogue audi- torium. 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