THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 18—Friday, Hugest 28, 1970 Rabbis Urge Austria to Allow Anti-Nazi Center NEW YORK (JTA) — The New York Board of Rabbis, in a letter to the Austrian ambassador to the U.S., appealed to the Austrian government not to close the anti- Nazi Documentation Center in Vienna headed by Simon Wiesen- tha I. According to information reach- ing the U.S.. there was a strong likelihood that this center, which is responsible for hunting down over 1,000 World War II criminals, would be closed by the Austrian government. In their letter to the ambassador, the rabbis stated that they were "appalled" at the pros- pect of the center's closing. "It seems incredible to us." said the rabbis, "that your gov- ■ GRAND OPENING U I FOUR SEASONS SUBURBAN SHOE SALON 111 U NORTHLAND CENTER I ■ , ernment should take steps to close down an instrumentality whose function it is to trace Nazi war criminals whose acts of destruction of millions of people represents the most heinous crime of all time. "Mr. Wiesenthat has made this his life work, in a singular dedica- tion which is the admiration of the entire world and should be encour- aged rather than discouraed by your own government." they said. Should the proposal to close this documentation office be carried out, it would be "construed by all humanity as an endorsement by your government of a period in world history which is considered the most shameful in the story of man." the rabbis stated. They closed their appeal to the ambassador with the hope that "Mr. Wiesenthal's office be allowed to continue its sacred task of eradi- cating evil from the earth." 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Inc.) of Jerusalem's restoration Some authorities refuse to allow in the natural defenses. fortifications after the return of the kiddush to be recited over the the Jews from Babylonian exile. Last year, Prof. Avigad's team wine in the synagogue. They base The 800-foot stretch of wall, some found remains of a settlement in their rule on the talmudic law 23 feet thick, was found on bed- an area between the newly excav- that requires that kiddush (over the wine) is to be recited only in rock 300 yards west of the Temple ated wall and the Temple Mount. Mount, according to Prof. Nahman He said the new find establishes the place where the meal is eaten. This place would normally be the Avigad of the Hebrew University. that the settlement was part of Its height varied from 3 to 10 feet. the fortified city in the period of home. It should be noted that there is a "kiddush" recited in the syna- The wall is called the broad the First Temple. gogue in the course of the Sabbath wall in both biblical references The rate of reported infectious prayers. The issue is over tile to it—in Chapters 3 and 12 of "kiddush" which is recited over the Book of Nehemiah. Prof. syphilis in Detroit in 1969 was 31 the wine after the prayers. Nat- Avigad said it probably was cases per 100,000 as compared with withstanding the talmudic law described in this way because a 55 cases per 100,000 in 1968, reports which insisted that kiddush over wall 23 feet thick was unusual the American Social Health Asso- wine be recited only where a meal in the Israelite period. He ex- ciation, a Torch Drive Service. was eaten (Pesakim 101a), Rabbi Amram claims that the kiddush over the wine in the synagogue was recited for the sake of the wayfarers who would have their Sabbath meal in the synagogue. Rabbi Asher ben Yehiel claims 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park, Michigan 48237 that the kiddush over wine was recited in the synagogue for the sake of those who do not know how to recite the kiddush over the wine at home. His son, Rabbi Jacob, The Community is invited to enroll children in author of the Tur said that he our complete Kindergarten through Grade Twelve would like to abolish the custom of reciting the kiddush in the syna- Conservative Congregational School program. gogue if he had the power to do so. Non-member students are welcome. Limited Some claimed that the kiddush over the wine was recited in the space available. synagogue so that the worshippers might put a little of the wine to Information and Application forms available by their eyes in forgiveness of taking a step which might have dimmed calling school office, 547-7972. their vision. Modern authorities, especially in many places in Israel, have done away with the practice of reciting the kiddush over the wine in the synagogue, claiming that way- farers no longer eat in the syna- gogue and that everyone can learn to recite the kiddush at home. Some also feared that many might rely on the kiddush recital in the synagogue and fail to do it at home BETH ABRAHAM SYNAGOGUES announces the Sep- over the wine before the meal. BETH SHALOM RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Sidney Selig, Director of Education Good News for North Woodward and Northwest Suburban Residents New Trial of Doctor at Auschwitz Begun; Claims He Aided Jews BONN (JTA)—A new trial has begun in Frankfurt for Dr. Franz Bernard Lucas, a former doctor in the Auschwitz concentration camp who in 1965, after a 20-month tember Opening of 3-days-a-week Hebrew School Classes for the 8 and 9 year olds. Also SUNDAY SCHOOL Classes for 5 and 6 year and 7 year olds at EAGLE ELEMEN- TARY SCHOOL, MIDDLEBELT & 14 MILE ROAD in FARMINGTON. 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