Japan's Dedicated Jewish Community
THE DETROIT JEWISH IS
gogue (Orthodox), a swimming of those families work for Israel's
pool, a billiards room, meeting Zim lines, which has a thriving
rooms and classrooms. A dining office in Kobe.
room provides daily meals for
The structure, valued at about
residents and visitors.
$200,000, was built with contri-
The community is led by Rabbi
butions from the four corners
Finding a Jewish community
Marvin Tokayer, whose family
of the earth. Kobe, which rests
thriving in far-off Japan, is as lives in the Miami area. After
on the beautiful inland sea, is
warming as the rising sun. Al- finishing his service as chaplain
popular and attracts many tour
though they number about 800 of in the 'U.S. armed forces sta-
ists and business people.
a total population of 100 million, tioned in Japan, under the Na-
One Jewish visitor who owns a
theirs is a life dedicated to keep- tional Jewish Welfare Board,
marble
company in Taiwan, do-
ing Judaism alive and well.
Rabbi Tokayer stayed on to
nated
a beautiful marble pulpit
In looking for Jews in Japan, I
serve as spiritual leader of the
and ark_ The ark contained several
felt like Joseph who said, "I seek Tokyo community.
Torah scrolls which came from
my brethren," (Genesis 37:16). I
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A quaint restaurant, featuring
found my brethren in Tokyo, the Jewish style meals, is run by Anne Baghdad. As the Jewish community
largest city in the world. Of 11,- Dinken. Born and raised in New of Baghdad became almost non-
000,000 people, there are about 175 York, hers is about the only place existent, the scrolls were brought
to London, to be held for anyone
Jewish families.
in the Far East serving bagels needing them. Thus, they came to
The Jewish Community Center and lox and other Jewish food. Japan.
is located in a fine residential sec- Her pickles are pickled across the
Services are conducted every
tion of Tokyo. It houses a syna- street in the basement of the resi-
Sabbath and holiday by knowledge-
dence
of
Catholic
priests
of
the
able laymen, including -Moche.
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Colombian Order.
They have no rabbi, though the
New Year Greetings To AU Our
I saw a letterhead with a sched- structure has an apartment for
Friends and Patrons
ule of services for Rosh Hashana one. When there is need for a
and Yom Kippur. The letterhead mohel they may bring him in from /
read, "Ohel Shelomo Jewish Com- as far away as Singapore or San
10735 W. 8 Mile Road
munity Center of Kansai, Japan, Francisco. When a U.S. chaplain,
Detroit, Mich. 48221
66/1 Kitano-Cho 4 Chome Ikuta-Ku. statioined in Japan, is a mohel—as
Lee and Irving Katz
For information, contact Mr. Vic- was the case recently when Chap-
tor C. Moche in Kobe."
lain Seymour Moskowitz was there
In Kobe, I contacted and was —he serves the local needs.
invited to the home of Mr. and
Best Wishes to Our Many
The Jews are mainly from East-
Mrs. Moche. Moche, who con- ern Europe and Sephardic coun-
Friends and Customers for a
Happy New Year
ducts a successful import-export tries like Iraq, and from Northern
Sid and Lou Fishman
business, has served as president Africa. The services and prayer
of his community and is the prime books are in the Sephardic tradi-
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a charming combination of Orien- ditional set of prayer books to
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walked two blocks to the syna-
One of the many visitors to Kobe
gogue.
New Year Greetings
To my amazement, I saw a mag- was Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren of
the
Israel armed forces, who was
nificent structure, which was dedi-
cated only this past year. The highly impressed with the beautiful
synagogue follows the Orthodox synagogue.
4238 E. Davison
One of the seven Moche children,
tradition, having a bima in the
center
of the sanctuary and sepa- Helena, graduated from Stern Col-
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lege
for Girls. She is married and
rate seating for men and women.
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There are meeting rooms and living in New York. Their son,
classrooms, as well as a social hall Charles, who just graduated from
in which some 150 joined for a Yeshiva University, was visiting
Season's
home before returning to his stu-
seder last Passover.
Most Cordial Greetings
The congregation, which serves dies in New York; Juliana is at-
Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto, consists tending Stern College; and Mar-
of about 50 -families, only five of guerite and Ruth will be going to
which are permanent residents. Stern in a few years. David, also
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1595 Alger
The rest are stationed there for a student at Yeshiva University,
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Weisman
various periods of time. About 30 is presently attending Hebrew
University in Israel as part of the
Y.U. program. Shumuel, who looks
Happy New Year to Our
forward to following the family
educational odyssey to New York,
Friends and Customers
is now busy preparing for his Bar
Mitzva, the first in the new syna-
gogue, to be held the coming Yom
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Moche came to Japan from a
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Baghdad in 1935, and lived there e•
throughout World War II. He said
that there has been no anti-Semi-
tism there. In 'act, the Japanese
were very helpful to the Jews who
New
Year
Best Wishes or A Happy
fled Nazi Europe to places under
Japanese control, such as Shang
hai. Kobe, Tokyo and other Japa
nese cities also housed Jewish
refugees during the war.
The many people I spoke with
had only admiration for the state
of Israel. They admire Israeli
courage, and feel very strongly
that Israel has the right to live and
Happy New Year
prosper in peace. Thus, the story
of the Nissan (Datsun) Motor
Corp.'s participation in the Arab
boycott seems inconsistent with a
the feeling of the Japanese people. a
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The Jews of Japan work with
devotion and diligence for the
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