Grand Rapids Calendar Community Calendar Dec. 29—Camp Maccabee D a y Camp Reunion, 2-4 p.m., Temple Beth El Tween Bowling Program, 3 p.m., Town and Coun- try Lanes 30—Temple Beth El Board Meeting, 8 p.m. 31—Willowood New Year's Eve Party Jan. 2—Cong. Beth Israel Board Meeting, 8 p.m. Youth on the Move The Flint Jewish Community Council's Tween Bowling Program, for 5th through 8th graders, will continue every other Sunday at 3 p.m. at Town and Country Lanes. Anyone interested in joining a team should contact Mrs. Percy Braun, chairman, or the council office. The next program is Sunday. s Children in the Mahina classes at Cong. Beth Israel who this year have commenced their Hebrew ed- ucation, were consecrated recently after demonstrating their accom- plishments to the congregation. A reception followed the service. * * At Northern High's annual foot- ball banquet, senior halfback Steve Hartz was named most improved player. His name will be inscribed on the Basil Arnold Memorial Tro- phy. Larry Fink represented the student body in a short talk. Jan. 2—Temple Emanuel Sister- hood Board Meeting. Jan. 5—United Synagogue Youth Seniors Present Awards Meeting. at Hanuka Gathering —Grand Rapids Temple Youth Hanuka was celebrated by the Brunch Meeting. —Joint Men's Club Breakfast, Senior Friendship Club with lat- kes and all the trimmings at Cong. Ahavas Israel. * * * Beth Israel. r Greetings were:‘ 4 Sisters Win 9 Awards extended by Rab- in Baton Twirling Contest bi Hillel Mill- At the recent semi-annual baton- gram of Beth: twirling competition of Bonnie Blue Israel; Mrs. Eva Bells Day in Lowell, four sisters Fisher, presi- captured nine awards out of 12 dent; and Israel events they entered. Sendler and Jo- Bonnie Meisel, 12, won first place seph Laro, both Rubenstein trophy for twirling, third place for former presidents of the seniors. strutting and fourth runner-up in Awards were presented to Gil- the personality and poise contest bert Rubenstein, former president for her age group. Leslie Meisel, of the Flint Jewish Community 10, won first-place trophy in twirl- Council; Mrs. Ted Vinacow, secre- ing. Shelley, 8, won second-place tary of the Council; Mrs. Belle trophy in twirling, third place for Frankel, immediate past president strutting and the Queen's crown of the Senior Friendship Club; and for Miss Bonnie Blue Bell Petite. Herman Acker, current vice presi- Dori, 5, won a second place trophy dent of the seniors. for twirling and was first runner- Included in the program were up in her age group for the queen's songs by Cantor Abraham Ranani awards. Hundreds of children competed and Annette Schafer. Also pre- sented was a Hanuka play featur- for prizes. The girls are the daughters of ing Mrs. Sam Gotlib, Deborah Got- lib,'Mrs. Albert Binder, Wendy Sie- former Detroiters, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Meisel of Westgate Dr., Com- gel and Ami Ranani. stock Park. They are the grand- daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Meisel of Tidier Avenue, Detroit. Comings . and . Goings Lindy Voight, 3641 Sherwood, has been awarded a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University. * * Harriet Bernstein, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Irving Bernstein, is attending the National College of Education in Evanston, Ill. Presi- dent of the Association for Chil- dren's Education International, she plans a teaching career. Dimont Opens Series Soon The first program of Forum '69 will be presented 8:30 p.m. Jan. 5 at Cong. Beth Israel. Historian Max I. Dimont will discuss "Will the Real Jewish History Step For- ward Please!" Educated in Finland, Dimont came to the United States in 1930. In his "Jews, God and History," the history of the Jews in relation- ship to the destinies of the peoples among whom they lived, is related to contemporary events. Campers to Reunite The Flint Jewish Community Council will hold its annual Camp Maccabee Reunion 2-4 p.m. Sun- day at Temple Beth El. There will be refreshments and surprise entertainment. Parents are welcome, according to Mrs. Peter Kronick, chairman of the Council. day camp committee. If you think before you speak, the other fellow gets in his joke first. —E. W. Howe ota r6s6 Bar Mitzva Samuel Hurwitz, son of Dr. and Mrs. Louis Hurwitz, will be called to the Tora as Bar Mitzva Jan. 4 at Temple Beth El. Rabbi Author Contrasts Jewish, Christian Ideas on Sex, Marriage, Abortion THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8—Friday, December 27, 1968 Israel Central Bank States Policy on German Marks JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Cen- tral Bank of Israel announced Sunday that it would not pay in- terest on deposits of West German for loans or investments to inhibit the flight of funds into West Ger- many. Since the .Bank of Israel cannot earn interest on its marks, marks by foreign residents. How- such ever, interest will be paid as here- it cannot pay interest on tofore on West German marks de- money, the bank's announcement posited by local residents for com- stated. The bank will also forbid mercial purposes or stemming currency credits in West German from German restitution pay- marks. ments, the bank said. Israel is one of the countries where foreign residents sometimes hold large sums of "hot" money because of the high interest rates usually paid in this country. 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LOS ANGELES (JTA)—Judaism takes a far more liberal attitude than Christianity toward sex, mar- riage, procreation, contraception and abortion, an authority on Jew- ish law and tradition declared here. According to Dr. David M. Feld- man, rabbi of the Bay Ridge Jew- ish Center in Brooklyn and author of "Birth Control in Jewish Law," the 2,000-year-old Judaic-Christian ethic diverges on these matters. Dr. Feldman, here for a lecture at Temple Beth Am, made these points: "In the Jewish scheme of things, abstinence is a greater evil than proper contraception; over the cen- turies, rabbis have, with virtual unanimity, prescribed therapeutic contraception; procreation is a mitzva (religious commandment or good deed) but it is just as reek- lessly self-indulgent to overbreed as to refrain from any reproduc- tion." Dr. Feldman said, "Whether the Pope's encyclical on birth control is applauded for its courage or condemned as reactionary . .. all sides agree that it flows consist- ently from the classic Christian In other weekend incidents, a teaching on sex and marriage. Less obvious is the fact that Chris- hand-grenade was thrown at an tianity has, in these matters, part- Israeli army patrol on the main ed company with its Jewish fore- street of Gaza, with no casual. bears, and that the two religious ties; three explosive charges traditions have developed opposing were detonated Dec. 21 near sexual moralities." 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