The Synagogue Chant

By CANTOR J. H. SONENKLAR I which can be opened by song
The Psalmists' exhortation to alone''—is a well known Kabalis-
"worship the Lord in the beauty of tic saying.
holiness" was taken literally and
Indeed, the Jewish conception
earnestly by the ancients. Through- of the relationship between Divinity
out the ages, there was always and the art of music is as old as
that quest for "beauty in holi- Israel. No wonder that a people
ness."
cherishing such a conception was
What should be destined to occupy a distinguished
the purpose of place in the world of this divine
sacred music? It art —the art of the synagogue
must create a re- chant.
ligious mood and
raise the wor-
Harold Josephson Heads
shiper to a high
spiritual level by Beth El Married Group
its musical sub-
At the annual election meeting
stance and per- of the Married Group of Temple
formance.
Beth El, the following officers and
The human directors were elected:
soul, which ex-
Harold Josephson, president;
presses itself in William Lichting and Gary A.
religious beliefs Taback, vice presidents: David
and customs, Kahrnoff, treasurer: Mrs. Herbert
finds medium for M. Saperstein and Mrs. Robert
the utterance of Tell, secretaries: Mr. and Mrs.
varied im- .Harvey Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Shel-
Cantor Soneklar pressions in mu- don H. Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Joel D.
sic also. Moreover, even its nour- Behrmann, Mr. and Mrs. Morton
ishment. the human soul itself, A. Chonoles, Mr. and Mrs. Paul J.
receives from these two attributes, Dizik, Dr. and Mrs. Carl Heifetz,
religion and music.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Levitin
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simon, di-
There exists, therefore, in the
rectors.
human mind, from time imme-
morial, a strong and inseparable
A native Detroiter, Josephson I
bond between Divinity and the
graduated from Wayne State Uni-
art of music.
versity and the American College
Today, we give expression in of Life Underwriters in Bryn
words, or confide to a book sensa- Mawr, Pa. He is president of the
Oak Park Jaycees and a member
tions such as infinite s a d n e s s,
of
the Chartered Life Underwriters -
acute suffering, contempt or ex-
Association and the Detroit Gen-
ultation. Not so the ancients. To
' eral Agent and Managers, Associ-
express themselves, they had to ation.
become poets and musicians at the
same time. The poetry of the
Hebrews was sublime, as if all Rabbi Waldenberg
their aesthetics energies were con-
centrated in it; it was a religious of Windsor to Study in
poetry. It was a prayer.

Israel on Fellowship

Special glorifying hymns are
added to some psyams in the Sab-
bath morning services. We read
them: With song shall be glorified
thy name 0 our King, in every
generation." The prayers for Sab-
bath eve likewise commence with
a psalm (95) referring to song and
praise. The first verse begins with
the words, "Oh, let us sing unto
the Lord."

Rabbi Shelley Waldenberg, spir-
itual leader of Temple Beth El of
Windsor, is the recipient of an
American Friends of the He-brew
University fellowship to continue
graduate studies leading to a PhD
degree at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Waldenberg received his
bachelors degree from' New York
University and his MA from the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish In-
stitute of Religion, where he was
ordained. He departs for Israel
this summer.

We see that the Jews used music
to approach their God, not only in
usual prayer, but in. all events,
whenever they desired to be re-
membered by Him.
David became the illustrious Rabbinical College Plans
King of Israel and by virtue of his
psalms and musicianship, the Jew- to Mark Its 70th Year
ish folklore titled him the "Sweet
MONTREAL (JTA)—The Rab-
Singer of Israel."
binical College of Canada has
The inseparable bond between
launched a 26th annual mainte-
God and the art of music is ex-
nance fund campaign for $298,000
and the 70th anniversary of the
pressed time and again in the
founding of the original Yeshiva
whole vast post-Biblical litera-
in Lubavitch.
ture, such as the Talmud, the
The school was founded here in
Midrashim, the Piyutim, and
especially the Kabalistic a n d 1941 when a group of nine students
arrived after wandering through
Hasidic writings.
"The gates of song precede the Russia, Japan and Shanghai.
Since its founding, nearly 100
gates of repentance," said a Has-
idic saint, Rabbi Pinhas Koret- students have graduated as rabbis,
teachers, ritual slaughterers and
zer.
."The temple of song is the other religious -functionaries.
nearest to the source of holiness,"
said Rabbi Nohman Bratzlower, Mark 50th Anniversary
another Hasidic sage.
"There are gates in Heaven of U.S. Air Mail Service
The U.S. Air Mail Service was
50 years old on May 15, and a
Moscow Rabbi Confirms
special luncheon to commemorate
Intention To Visit U.S.
PITTSBURGH (JTA) — Rabbi this Golden Anniversary of air-
Bernard A. Poupko told the Jewish born mail will be held that day
Telegraphic Agency that Rabbi at the Detroit General Post _Of-
Yehuda Leib Levin of Moscow had fice„
Sponsored jointly by the Detroit
told him in a telephone conversa-
tion that he intended to visit the Post Office. the Greater Detroit
United States in the near future. Board of Commerce, the Motor
The Moscow rabbi said that he had City Airmail Society, and the
recently undergone surgery and, as various mail-carrying Airlines, the
a result, his movements would be luncheon will highlight a full day
restricted. But he said, according of celebration, honoring the pio-
to Rabbi Poupko, a personal friend neers of the early days of air-
of many years' standing, that "I mail. In recognition of the mile-
am coming to K'lal Israel, to the stone, Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh
entire Jewish community of Amer- has declared May 15. 1968 "Air-
ica in the interest of world peace mail's Golden Anniversary Day in
and universal human brother- Detroit."
Principal speaker at the function
hood."
Rabbi Levin has accepted an in- will be John Hart, of Chicago,
vitation to address a conference in nationally known Airmail expert
New York of the American Coun- and airline consultant on postal
cil for Judaism sometime before matters, who will speak on "Air
the middle of June.
Mail's Golden Yeacs..'

Re-Elect Phil &oilman ,THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 17, 1968-21
Oak-'roods President

Phillip Stollinan was re-elected
president of the Young Israel of
Oak-Woods at the congregation's
annual meeting.
Elected with him were David I.
Berris and Samuel Ginsburg, vice
president: David S. Bodzin, treas-
urer; and Manuel Levitsky and
Wilbert Simkovitz. secretaries.
Newly elected board members
are Hyman Beale, Meyer Green,
field. David Herczeg, Alex Joseph,
Isaac Knoppow, Sol Lessman, Mel-
vin Merzon. Cyril Servetter, Mil-
ton Superstine and Peter Weiss.
Installation exercises will be
held June 5.

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