Rabbi Prero Cited; Former Detroit Woman Is Elected President of California Reform Temple
CULVER CITY, Calif.—Temple
Hospital in Los Angeles, live in Israel Garden Club. She also was Akiba in many key capacities, in-
in Pulpit 25 Years Akiba,
serving 250
eluding those of membership

Rabbi Samuel H. Prero (left)
receives a citation on his 25th an-
niversary in the rabbinate from
Hebrew Theological College of
Skokie, Ill., at Young Israel of
Oak-Woods recently. The presen-
tation is made by Rabbi Herman
L. Davis of Chicago. Twenty-three
Detroit-area students attend the
Hebrew Theological College.

Shavuot Quiz

By RABBI

SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright.

1969, JTA,

Inc.)

What is the meaning of the
name "Shavuot" as applied to
the Jewish festival which bears

this name?
There are at least three deriva-
tions for this name. The literal
meaning as it is used in the Bible
in connection with setting The date
for this holiday is "weeks." In this
respect, the term would recall that
the festival of Shavuot is one which
is always dated as being seven
"weeks" after the first day of
Passover. Unlike the other hell
days, the Bible does not cite a spe-
cific day of the month as the date
Of this festival. It only records that
the day of the festival is arrived at
by counting a period of seven
weeks.
Another derivation of this word
would be that it constitutes the
Hebrew expression for the number
"seven." Some mystic sources in-
dicate that the number seven im-
plies a spirit of holiness. Since the
period of time between the first
day of Passover and the Shavuot
holiday is calculated as seven
weeks, the number of weeks in
itself is a reference to the holiness
of the period. A third derivation of
this term relates it to the Hebrew
word for "vow." This might refer
to the contention that vows were
taken by the people of Israel when
they were at the foot of Mount
Sinai at the period of the revela-
tion—an event which this holiday
commemorates.
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families in this
suburb of Los Angeles, has elected
former Detroiter Mrs. Allan (Rosa-
lind) Marks as president, at the
same time as Mrs. Joseph Malt-
zer became president of Temple
Emanu-El in Oak Park.
By a coincidence, both women
presidents are close friends and
were neighbors until seven years
ago, when the Marks family mov-
ed to Los Angeles.
The two are among the few
women presidents
of synagogues in
the nation, ac-
cording to David
Lesser Caplan,
regional director
of synagogue
activities for the
Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Con-
' gregations.
Caplan, who
will represent the
UAHC at Mrs.
Marks' installa- Mrs. Marks
tion June 14 in the Culver City
temple, noted that there were no
women presidents of synagogues
until a dozen years ago.
"Since then," he added, "all
!
elected throughout the nation can
be counted on the fingers of one
hand." He also said that all wom-
an presidents have been among
the 700 Reform temples in the
Western Hemisphere.

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The new temple president,
known as Roz to her friends,
and her husband, Dr. Allan
Marks, veterinarian owner of
the Washington Dog and Cat

the Ladera Heights section of
Los Angeles and have five chil-
dren—two sons and three daugh-
ters—from age 13 to 22.

vice president of Hadassah.
Since coming to Los Angeles, I chairman and vice president in
Mrs. Marks has served Templet charge of education.

Roz and Allan Marks met at THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Michigan State University, where
she came from her native New
Rochelle, N.Y., to pursue a bach-
elor of science degree in education
and where she edited the college
newspaper.
Mrs. Marks credits Rabbi Leon
Pram of Temple Israel for offer-
ing his counsel in the various
leadership roles she came to play.
both in Michigan and California.
Before leaving for Los Angeles,
Incomparable old-world
she served as president of the
tour. Let the historic
Jewish War Veterans' Bale Aux-
names roll off your
tongue...Lisbon,
iliary, of the Town and Country
Badajoz, Madrid,
Club Auxiliary and of the Temple
Granada, Torre-

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Old City's New Yeshiva

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cornerstone for a new yeshiva in
the Old City, overlooking the West-
ern Wall, was laid Monday in the
presence of religious notables. To
be known as Yeshivat Hakotel, the
new institution will house 250 stu-
dents. Construction costs are esti-
mated at $3,600,000. The semin-
ary is sponsored by Bnei Akiva,
youth movement of the National
Religious Party.

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