Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn to Open
Musical Drama-Wing David' to Be Presefited at Temple Israel
"King David," given its first U.
musical drama, "'King David" the Michigan State Council for
Series at Temple Israel, 'Crucial Issues' by A Arthur
S. performance in 1925, was scored
Honegger, will be pre- the Arts.

Temple Israel will open the fall —Why We Need Jewish Educa-
semester of its adult education tion."
series Monday night with a lecture
The lecture series was arranged
program and classes in Bible, Jew- by Leo Salt; chairman, and mem-
ish theology, Reform Jewish prac- bers of the temple's adult educa-
tice and Hebrew.
tion committee.
Preceding the lectures, Rabbi
Fram will teach a course in "Jew-
ish History—the Biblical Period;"
Rabbi Syme in "The Jew and the
Christian Predicament;" Cantor
Harold Orbach in "Modern Prac-
tices of Reform Judaism;" and
Cantor Arthur Asher, newly-en-
gaged educational director of
Temple Israel, in "Hebrew for Be-
ginners."
All sessions are open to mem-
bers of the community for a nomi-
nal charge. For information, call
the temple office, UN 3-7769.

sented at Temple Israel 8 p.m. Sun-
day under the direction of Cantor
Harold Orbach.
Participating will be the 65-
piece Dearborn Symphony Orches-
tra, conducted by Nathan Gordon,
the Kenneth Jewell Chorale and
three soloists, Cantor Orbach,
tenor, Carolyn Grimes, soprano,
and Elsie Inselman, alto. Hal
Youngblood will be narrator, and
Evelyn Orbach will portray the
role of the Witch of Endor.
This program is sponsored by
the Men's Club of Temple Israel.
Free tickets may be obtained from
the temple office.
The chorale's appearance is
made possible by a grant from

McGill Due Thursday

Two newspaper men and a De-
troit city official will debate the
question whether "Man is a Captive
of His Environment" with Pulitzer
Prize-winning author and publisher
Ralph McGill 8:30 p.m. Thursday at
Cong. Bnai Moshe.
McGill will be the final guest
lecturer in the Bnai Moshe series,
"Pathways Through Modern
Thought."
Querying McGill will be Mrs.
Roberta Hughes, Detroit Commis-
sion on Children and Youth execu-
tive, Jack Hamilton, Detroit Free
Press Feature writer, and Sheldon
Hochman, editorial writer for the
Detroit News.

originally for small orchestra, but
its success caused Honegger to re-
write the work for chorus, solo
voices and large orchestra.
The work relates the career of
King David, his role as a shepherd,
his victory over Goliath, his pur-
suit by Saul, his life as king, lover,
penitent and his death, and the
coronation of Solomon.
Olin Downes, reviewing the work,
said "there is something for every
taste. The music combines what is
barbaric and archaic with all the
ingenious devices that harmony,
tone, color and eclecticism can
bring to bear."
The men's club will be host to
the audience following the per-
formance at a reception in the
social hall.

RABBI ROLAND GITTELSOHN
Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn, spiri-
tual leader of Temple Israel of
Boston, will be first lecturer in
the 9 p.m. series, which has as its
theme "Crucial Issues Confronting
the Jew Today."
The topic of Rabbi Gittelsohn will
be "Can We Believe in God—A
Naturalist Approach." Other speak-
ers who will enlarge on this sub-
ject will be Rabbi Eugene B. Boro-
witz, speaking on "Can We Be-
lieve in God—an Existentialist Ap-
proach," and Rabbi Jakob J. Pe-
tuchowski, talking on "The Tradi-
tional Jewish Belief in God."
Other lecturers will be Rabbi
Leon Fram and Rabbi M. Robert
Syme on "Intermarriage and
Assimilation," Dr. Abraham Kap-
lan on "Is There a Future for
Judaism?" and Rabbi Alexander
Schindler on "Jewish Illiteracy

Fire Damages
Beth Aaron

Fire and police department in-
spectors are investigating the ap-
parent arson that caused $25,000
in damages to Beth Aaron Syna-
gogue Thursday morning.
The fire originated in combusti-
ble materials in the storage room
at the northwest corner of the
synagogue building and spread to
the hall and vestibule. There was
smoke damage in the entire build-
ing.
Capt. Marshall Robinson of the
Detroit Fire Department said
there would have been no evidence
of arson had it not been for the
ransacking of the building. The
extent of the ransacking was not
immediately known.
The fire was report from a
street alarm at 3:57 a.m. Thursday.
Sukkot services had been held
the night before. They were held
Thursday on schedule.

Rabbis Petition Bonn
to Restore Cemeteries

NEW YORK (JTA)—The World
Center of European Rabbis will
send a rabbinical delegation to
Bonn to seek indemnification from
the West German government to
permit the restoration and repair
of some 500 Jewish cemeteries in
East Europe which had been des-
troyed by the Nazis.
A rabbinical conference in Jeru-
salem, the World Center reported,
had filed claims with the West
German government for the recon-
struction of 2,000 cemeteries.
On July 31, the West German
government informed the organi-
zation that it could not grant the
request because of budgetary diffi-
culties.
The delegation will ask Bonn,
meanwhile, to provide funds for
500 cemeteries "where our great
rabbis and scholars are buried,
which are over a thousand years
' old and are shrines."

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, October 27, 1967-17

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an Oldsmobile dealership?

Allen Charnes
Vice president

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that you'll decide to send your son to medical school.

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