THE DETROIT JEWSIH NEWS 18—Friday, January 5, 1968 Sam Levene to Be at Temple Israel Expo Judaism Pavilion Gives Film to Ottawa Library MONTREAL (JTA)—A filmstrip His World" based on a Talmudic on the Pavilion of Judaism at Expo saying: "Upon the Tora, upon wor- '67, produced by the Canadian ship and upon love for man, is the Jewish Congress, is part of a col- world based." lection of Judaica being given by pletely restored at the expense of (Direct JTA Teletype Wire the congress to the National Li- to The Jewish Newsl the municipality. brary in Ottawa in observance of During the occupation, the Nazis NEW YORK — Rabbi Herschel Canada's centennial. removed from the synagogue 500 Schacter, president of the Reli- The filmstrip, produced by Dr. liturgical objects made of copper, gious Zionist Organization of Samuel Grand of New York, con- silver and gold, wrecked the Ark America, was installed Wednesday tains 54 frames of color photos of and inflicted structural damage on the major areas of the pavilion. the building. The synagogue and ■ Emphasis is on projection of the religious objects have now been message of Judaism for "lian and restored in every detail. The Maas- tricht Synagogue was completed Yeshivoth Beth Yehuda in 1290. It is exceeded in age only 53rd YEAR by the Old-New Synagogue in Prague, Czechoslovakia, which was CALL built in the early part of the 13th Pioneer of the Centtiry. But the remnants of the historic Jewish community here is Day School Movement small. Also but a fraction of its former in Detroit size is the Jewish community of Edam, where a monument was un- veiled its memory of the Jews who 15751 W. 10 1/2 Mile were deported by the Nazis during the occupation. 353-6750 or 862-0963 Classified Ads Get Quick Results Adult Study to Focus RABBI HERSCHEL SCHAL1 677-Year-Old Synagogue Gutted by Nazis Restored to Jews by City of Amsterdam AMSTERDAM (JTA)—The 677- year-old Maastricht Synagogue, the second oldest in Europe, which was looted and partially destroyed by the Nazis during World War II, was returned to the surviving Jew- ish community here Sunday, corn- Rabbi Schacter Heads Conference of Presidents —TRAVELING— YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH on Values, Campus Sam Levine, starring in "The Impossible Years" at the Fisher Theater Jan. 8-Feb. 3, will be a special guest at the Israel 20th anniversary dinner sponsored by Temple Israel Jan. 14. ■ • iiI • 11 Of II II ME NI MA ■ SLATKIN'S ■ • • ■ IR DEXTER CHEVROLET "TOPS IR • II ■ • a ■ FOR YOUR BEST DEAL ■ ■ si • ■ THEM ALL" • SEE US : 1 • a a a KE 4-1400 1 u * 20811 W. 8 Mile Rd. Between Southfield Telegraph L "2 Minutes from • X n if Northland" l 11, !i i a I . JO . ii illi ili . i I • SHARE IN FREEDOM Sign up for U. S. SAVINGS BONDS, FREEDOM SHARES Bnai Moshe School of Adult Study, will hold registration for the second semester of classes 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the synagogue. Guest lecturers will discuss such topics as "Problems Affect- ing Us," "Psychiatric Views on Values in a Rapidly Changing Society," "The Disaster Area in Our Colleges" and "Explosion on the Campus." Rabbi Issac Pan- eth will continue his course on "Great Books of the Bible and Words to Live By," in the first hour. Courses in elementary Hebrew, elementary conversational Hebrew and advanced conversational He'1 brew will be given the first. hour only. Classes meet every Tuesday at 8:15 and 9:15 p.m. There is a nom- inal registration fee. The public is invited. Supreme Court Pressed on Church-State Issues NEW YORK—(JTA)—The U. S. Supreme Court is under increas- ing pressure to rule on the thorny constitutional nroblem of govern- ment aid to church and synagogue schools involving hundreds of mil- lions of dollars. according to a year-end survey of church-state litigation announced here by the American Jewish Congress. The survey listed 30 cases now pending in state and federal courts, 17 of them on the issue of whether tax-raised funds may be used in support of religiously-affiliated schools. Seven of these cases have been taken to the Supreme Court in recent months, the report noted. Three have been rejected, three are pending, and one has been ac- cepted by the court on the issue of rights of the taxpayer to challenge the constitutionality of p u b 11 c grants to religious schools. CONGREGATION B'NAI MOSHE Announces its 1968 Town Hall Series Opening on Sunday, January 14, 1968, 8:30 p.m. With DAVID BRINKLEY N.B.C. News Commentator On "America and World Politics —As Viewed from the Nation's Capital" In the Main Auditorium 10 Mile Rood at Kenosha, Oak Park Three Subsequent Events Including Concert March 3. Guest Artists An Evening With Harry Golden, September 10 Admission for the Entire Series (4 events) S6 per couple Individual tickets $1.50 per person Available at the Synagogue Office, LI 11-901111 as chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. He succeeded Dr. Joachim Prinz who served in the post for two years. Rabbi Schacter is rabbi of the Moshulu Jewish Center in The Bronx. A reception in honor of Dr. Prinz on his retirement as presi- dent highlighted the installation ceremonies. In a telegram to Dr. Prinz, Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, said, "Due to your splendid leadership, the Presidents Conference is progressively gain- ing status as the recognized and representatives body of American Jewry in international Jewish affairs." The Presidents Conference is composed of the heads of 21 na- tional Jewish organizations with a collective membership of about 4,500,000, and acts as a coordinat- ing body on issues affecting Jews abroad, including Israel. PHARMACIST-DRUG HELP TOP NOTCH ONLY, FOR TOP PAY AND BENEFITS HAMMERSTEIN DRUGS 13651 W. NINE MILE ROAD, OAK PARK Arlazaroff Branch 137, Farband L.Z.O. 34th ANNUAL VICTORY DINNER SUNDAY, JANUARY 14th-6 P.M. At The Schaver Auditorium of The Labor Zionist Institute 19161 Schafer at 7 Mile Rd. CANTOR SAUL MEISELS of Temple Heights, Cleveland Guest Artist Chicago Rabbinical Body Issues Manual on Divorce CHICAGO (JTA)—A manual on Jewish divorce laws has been pre- pared by a Chicago rabbi for dis- tribution to the 1,700 members of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers here to instruct them on the pro- cedures involved in drawing up a religious divorce. The manual, entitled "A Reli- gious Procedure in Obtaining a Jewish Divorce" was written by Rabbi Moses Mescheloff of West Rogers Park Congregation and presented to the lawyers by the Chicago Rabbinical Council. The manual states that Jewish law re- quires a religious divorce when- ever a Jewish man and woman have lived together as husband and wife and then wish to sever their marital status, whether the couple is religiously observant or not. 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