THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 15, 1968-19
Profile of Rabbinical Students
Presented in Year Book Survey
NEW YORK—A prominent social particular, Dr. Liebman observes,
scientist has written the first corn- "expects to find in the seminary
prehensive profile of American solutions to problems troubling him
rabbinical students and their with regard to faith, the meaning
training in almost a century of and nature of Judaism, the Ines-
rabbinical education in America.
sage of Judaism in the modern
"The Training of American Rab- world and the role of the rabbi."
bis," a 110-page survey of the
"In a sense," Dr. Liebman con-
three major rabbinical seminaries tinues, "the JTS student has the
and their students, embodies the most serious cultural expectations
research of Dr. Charles S. Lieb- and makes more ambitious intel-
man, professor and chairman of lectual and religious demands of
the department of political sci- his institution than other rabbinical
ence at Yeshiva University. It students. And because JTS cannot
appears in the 1968 American Jew- always satisfy these demands, its
ish Year Book, jointly published by students are the most dissatisfied
the American Jewish Committee of all rabbinical students."
and the Jewish Publication Soci-
Hebrew Union College students
ety.
are primarily career-oriented and
In conducting his study, Dr. want to become congregational
Liebman questioned first- and last- rabbis. They have a desire to help
year students at the three major people and many also would be at-
training centers of American rab- tracted to careers such as teaching
bis: the Rabbis Isaac Elchanan and social work.
Theological Seminary of Yeshiva
University, Jewish Theological Alex Ungar Re-Elected
Seminary and Hebrew Union Col-
lege-Jewish Institute of Religion, re- by Shomrey Emunah
spectively, preparing rabbis for the
Cong. Shomrey Emunah has
Orthodox, Conservative and Re- elected Alex Ungar to the presi-
form movements. Included are de- dency for his second term-
tails on the socio-economic and
With him were
educational backgrounds of the elected Charles
students as well as parts of inter- Cohen and Ben
views.
Blau, vice presi-
Dr. Liebeman favorably rates dents; Gilbert
the Jewish seminaries and con- Miller and Sam-
siders them "superior in many uel L. Goodman,
respects to Catholic and Protes- secretaries; Leo
tant seminaries." However, he Laufer, treasur-
adds that "Christians have er; and Samuel
shown far greater concern with Byck and Emery ,
self-evaluation and criticism." Simon, gabbais.
He indicates that change has
At the meeting
characterized Catholic and Pro- it was empha-
testant seminaries, while the sized that Shom-
"hallmark of Jewish seminaries rey Emunah in-
Ungar
. . . are tradition and continu- tends to remain in the neighbor-
ity."
hood, and a membership drive has
In analyzing what motivated the been launched.
students to enter rabbinical school,
Dr. Liebman found that a number
New Temple, Host Church
of them at Jewish Theological Sem-
inary and Yeshiva were interested to Share Supper, Service
in academic careers after complet-
The third annual Joint Potluck
ing their studies and not in becom- Sabbath Supper Of the New Temple
ing congregational rabbis. At Ye- and the Birmingham Unitarian
shiva, many were motivated by Church, at whose building the Re-
"the opportunity to teach Tora." form congregation has held serv-
The Jewish Theological Seminary ices since its inception, will be 6:30
student, too, showed a high inter- p.m. today.
Following the meal, a Sabbath
est in teaching Tora, but he, in
ritual will be conducted at 8 p.m.
by Dr. Irving Friedman, cantorial
soloist for the New Temple. A brief
film on the electoral college sys-
tem will lead into a dialogue be-
tween the host minister, Rev. Rob-
ert Marshall, and Rabbi Ernst J.
Rabbi Moses Lehrman, spiritual Conrad of the New Temple.
Mrs. Herbert Grosberg is in
leader of Cong. Bnai Moshe for the
charge of arrangements for the
past 20 years, will receive an hon-
New
Temple.
orary doctor of divinity degree
from his alma
Bnai Israel Installs
mater, the Jewish
Theological Sem-
David Utley President
inary, at June
Installed as officers of Cong.
commencement
Bnai Israel, Pontiac, at a dinner
ceremonies, it
meeting of the congregation, were
was announced
David E. Utley, president; Ralph
Tuesday night.
Merkovitz, Daniel Allen and Joe
Dr. Bernard
Partney, vice presidents; Melvin
Mandel baum, Rabbi Lehrman
Goldman, recording secretary;
president of the seminary, made
Benjainin Monson, treasurer; and
the announcement on behalf of the
faculty and board of directors, at Milton Ressler, parliamentarian.
Newly elected to the board of
Bnai Moshe's school of adult study.
Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancel- directors are Stewart Allen, Ed-
lor of the Jewish Theological ward Avadenka, Bernard Toby,
Seminary, had notified Rabbi Dr. Daniel Foxman, Leon Sirlin,
Morris Bletstein, Norman Blu-
Lehrman of the honor earlier.
meno, Arnold Wine and Sol New-
In the letter, he said:
house.
"In conferring this degree, we
have in mind the distinctive serv-
ice you have rendered to the Jew- Yavneh to Ponder Topic
ish community ever since your of Crime and Rights
graduation from the Seminary. You
The Detroit chapter of Yavneh
have brought to the rabbinate, not
only deep insights and learning, announces its second event will
but great devotion and dedication. take place 7:30 p.m. Saturday at
"These, together with your fine Young Israel of Greenfield.
Attorney Shlomo Sperka will lead
gifts of mind and spirit, have made
it possible for you to render im- a discussion of "Crime, the Indi-
mense service to Conservative vidual and Society." Sperka will
Judaism and indeed to Judaism as use talmudical texts to deal a con-
temporary problem, "What can the
a whole.
"All of us are grateful for what individual claim as his personal
you have done, and the Seminary rights when faced by his responsi-
would like to express its apprecia- bilities to society?"
The community is invited. Re-
tion for your achievements through
freshments will be served.
conferring this degree."
Genghis Cohn Tale-A Humorous Expose of Nazism
time to forget, but it may inspire
Romain Gary has gained great
provide entertaining reading.
others in their-insistence that the
There is so much satire in this
popularity as a French novelist
cruelties should not be shelved
and he has to his credit also a list book that Germans reading it will
of popular books in the English squirm. Such a sense of guilt is
into forgetfulness.
language. He acquires special fame' aroused by it that descendants of
The Genghis Cohn story is so
with his newest addition to his the Nazis will never feel comfort- replete in its reminder of the Nazi
English collection, "The Dance of able either while reading this book terror that regardless of the faults
Genghis Cohn," a World Publish- or afterward. And the Dybbuk at the theme is immense.
play here threatens as a result of
ing Co., product.
There also is the matter of exor-
If it weren't so tragic in its re- such a story to be injected into the
hearts of
of many
cising
the dybbuks
and
in every
capitulation of the horrors
the neo-Nazis,
respect former
there
is satire
that
marks
Hitler era, it would be even fun- Nazis, those who are in danger of brilliant writing. Often there is an
nier. And it is a very funny book, being infected with Nazism. injection of poor taste in author-
filled. with anecdotes and with bit- ' The Gary novel reconstructs the ship. There are injections of his-
ing humor, packed from begin- famous Chamisso legend about the torical data, and insofar as the
ning to end with taunts to Nazis man who could not get rid of his Nazi
c on r n c e
a z i era a i concerned
and Nazism of Hitler and post- shadow (the eminent Zionist lead- story remains an indictment.
eth
nte . Th
Ceith
e re
er, the late Dr. Shmarya Levin, will be differing views regarding
Hitler days.
wrote
a
famous
essay
about
Cha-
th
e proprietry of they, but it
This novel is the story of Geng- misso and the shadow he could not
is brilliant in ideas and in the
his Cohn, whose right first name dispose
of);
and
in
this
novel
Geng-
a
cabaret
is Moishe, who is
entertainer before he dies in a his pursues not only the man who author's skill nevertheless.
m t o b be shot
h so but
u a also Rabbi Berger Visits Arabs
d him
concentration camp, whose spirit, or
com- those who were engaged in the
in the Gary tale ,lives on in Schatz
; Nazi wholesale murders. There- NEW YORK (ZINS) — Rabbi
mandant
Hans Helmut
who sent him to his death. Is fore it is natural to ask after read- Elmer Berger, former executive
it the conscience that bothers ing "The Dance of Genghis Cohn vice president of the American
, whether the ghost pursuing sense Council for Judaism, who was re-
Schatz never to be able to aban- , of guilt also may not catch up with cently forced to resign his post
don the presence of Genghis many more Germans.
because of his anti-Israel incite-
Cohn or is it the Dybbuk that ,
The uniqueness of the Gary meat, completed a tour of Arab
has set in always to have the
countries.
Jewish comedian at his side? Is approach to the theme may not
suit all readers, but it has an He said that not all American
it both? At any rate, in the Gary
novel, the Jewish victims of the , element of challenge, it taunts , Jews support the Zionist aggres-
Nazis never leave Schatz and; the guilty, it keeps reminding an ' sion of Israel," and that ". . . the
out of the relationship there de-1 arch criminal of the past. It Arabs have many Jewish friends
velop many comic events that won't please those who say it's in the U.S."
,
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Rabbi Lehrman an
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