Shaarey Zedek Spring Lectures
to Explore Identity, the Bible, Faith
Cong. Shaarey Zedek's Spring
Lecture Series, "The Odyssey of
Jewish Civilization," sponsored by
the synagogue's cultural commis-
sion, continues at 8:30 p.m. Tues.
day with the Arnold Frank me-
morial lecture.
Mrs. Frank will Introduce Rabbi
Arthur J. Lelyveld, whose topic
"Jewish Identity in America and
Israel," will explore Jewish self-
definition.
Rabbi Lelyveld, of Fairmount
Temple, Cleveland, is president of
the American Jewish Congress and
author of a Jewish response to
radical theology entitled "Atheism
is Dead."
Dr. Harry M. Orlinsky will
speak 8:30 p.m. March 16 on
"Discovery: 1970 and the Bible."
A professor of Biblical studies
at Hebrew Union College—Jew-
fah Institute of Religion, he will
discuss and laterpret the im-
pact of archeology on the new
translation of the Bible In which
he played a role. Introducing
Dr. Orlinsky will be Walter L.
Field, chairman of the cultural
commission.
Concluding the series will be a
colloquy March 28, sponsored by
the Rabbi Morris Adler Memorial
Foundation. Participants will be
Rabbis Eugene Borowitz and Irv-
ing Greenberg. Their topic will be
"Challenges to Jewish Faith: "What
Can a Modern Jew Believe."
The colloquy is scheduled for
two sessions, from 4-6 p.m. and
from 7.9 p.m. A reception and
supper, arranged by the sisterhood,
is planned for 8-7 p.m. Reserva-
tions for the colloquy can be made
at the synagogue office, 357-5544.
Rabbi Aaron Soloveitchik Due Here
Rabbi Aaron Soloveitchik, rosh
hayeshiva and dean of faculty of
the Hebrew Theological College of
Greater Chicago, will be guest
speaker at the Young Israel Center
of Oak-Woods, 11 a.m., March 21.
Rabbi Soloveitchik, scion of the
internationally known scholarly
family, is the brother of Rabbi
Joseph Ber Soloveitchik of Bos-
ton, bead of the department of Tal-
mud at Yeshiva University; and a
grandson of Rabbi Chayim Solo-
veitchik, chief rabbi in Brisk, Rus-
sia.
Rabbi Soloveitchik, who holds a
law degree from Brooklyn Univer-
sity, was a faculty member of the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological
Seminary of Yeshiva University.
The Hebrew Theological Col-
lege has a- departmental division
for the training of rabbis, a teach-
ers training program for men and
another for women, a department
of advanced Hebrew studies, a
liberal arts junior college and a
four-year preparatory high school
Violating Sabbath
S
Save
a
ve a Life
By DR. SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright MI, JTA, Inc.)
It Is permissible to violate
the
Sabbath in order to save a life.
The Talmud is quite definite on
this matter indicating that one is
permitted to do whatever one can
do to save a life on the Sabbath
(Yoma 84B). This permissiveness
is based on several factors. One
is the verse in Exodus (3:14) which
proclaims that the Sabbath is
"Holy Unto You." The rabbis indi-
cate .that the Sabbath was given
foOhe sake of man and man was
not' created for the sake of Sab-
bath. Therefore, the life of man
is more important than the ob-
servance of the Sabbath. Also, an-
other verse in Exodus bids the
people of Israel to "observe the
Sabbath throughout their genera-
tion" (Exodus 31:16). The rabbis
deduce from this that one may
violate the Sabbath one time in
order to save a life who will ob-
serve the Sabbath for many years
to come and then even have his
Posterity observe it (Mekilta, Ed.
Friedmann, page 193-B.) There is
a general rule regarding the fact
that one may violate a number of
precepts in order to preserve life
which is being threatened. This is
based upon a verse in Leviticus
(18:5) which states regarding the
Commandments, "which if a man
do he shall live by them." This
means, according to the rabbis,
that man is supposed to live by
observing the Commandments and
not to die by them. Of course, this
Deradssion does not apply to the
three Cardinal sins (i.e., adultery,
incest, as well as murder). It
also does not apply to occasions
When decrees have been made by
a hostile government in order to
destroy Jewish tradition. In such
case, one is obligated to become a
martyr in orslost- to preserve the
tiale- olsi way of Jewish life.
with a double program of Jewish
and secular studies.
Chairman of this event is Rabbi
Samuel H. Preto of Young Israel
of Greenfield. For reservations,
call the Young Israel office, 548-
2377.
Kahn Firm Gets
National Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Albert
Kahn Associates, Inc., Architects
and Engineers, of Detroit, has
been named recipient of the 1971
Architectural Firm Award by the
American Institute of Architects.
The highest award which MA,
the 24,000-member national pro-
fessional society, can bestow on a
firm, it recognizes "continuing
collaboration among individuals of
the firm" which "has been the
principle force in consistently
Producing distinguished architec-
ture."
AKA, now in its 76th year. has
earned an international reputation
for pioneering innovations in plan-
ning, methods of construction, and
management principles and tech-
nlaues.
Today, the firm is a corporate
ownership of more than 30 archt_
tects and engineers and over 25
non-owner associates, with a staff
of 250-300. Under the direction of
Sol King, president, member of the
board of directors, and director of
architecture, it handles every as-
pect of a project from nrogrammg,
planning and design, through con-
struction supervision.
King joined the firm in 1935, and
rose to the Presidency 23 years
later. A graduate of the Univer-
sity of Michigan, he received
the university's Sesquicentennial
Award in 1967. That same year,
he was honored with the Gold
Medal of the Michigan Society of
Architects.
Talk on Soviet
Jews to Highlight
Vaad Banquet
The Council of Orthodox Rabbis'
annual banquet 6 p.m. Sunday at
Cobo Hall will be addressed by
Rabbi Bernard Poupko, national
president of the Religious Zionists
of America and an authority on
Soviet Jewry.
Rabbi Poupko, who recentl re-
turned from the World Conference
on Soviet Jewry in Brussels, will
discuss the issue.
Sponsors of the banquet, who are
underwriting the cost, are Julius
Rotenberg, Irvin L. Cohn, Sol Nus-
baum, Royal A. Oppenheim, Mer-
cury Paint Co., Leonard Baron, I.
William Sherr, Nathan I. Goldin,
David Pollack, and Ed Masi's.
Max Sosin and Cantor Hyman
Adler of Cong. Bnal David will pro-
vide the entertainment.
We shape our dwellings and
afterwards our dwellings shape
us.—Winston S. C.hurchill.
THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
Friday, March S, 1 1171-21
Montreal Jewry,
Bilingual Issue,
3rd Seder to Focus on Soviet Jewry
The Jewish Center's Hebrew and
Explored by Team Israel
culture department is call-
By BEN GALLOB
(Copyright 1971, JTA, Inc.)
YORK — Immediate, in-
tensive and permanent programs,
under Jewish communal sponsor-
ship, to create a "genuine bilingual-
ism" in the Montreal Jewish com-
munity, have been proposed by a
special committee of the Allied
Jewish Community Services and
approved by the AJCS.
The Committee on the French
Fact was created by the cultural
services division of the AJCS, cen-
tral agency for Montreal Jewry, in
January 1970, with the task of ex-
ploring "the dimensions and Impact
of the French fact in Quebec as
they affect the Jewish commu-
nity," according to a report in the
current issue of the AJCS official
publication.
The committee also was instruct-
ed to develop "positive and imagi-
native ideas on how Jewish agen-
cies and individuals might best
relate to the changing social
milieu" in Quebec, a center of
French-speaking separatism.
Among the conclusions of the
committee were these: For Jews
"to remain comfortably in Que-
bec will require orientation to-
ward the French language" and
because "the trend toward
French as the maim cultural
influence in Quebec is irreversi-
ble," failure to encourage Jewish
children in the use of French
would mean that "they will be
second class citizens in la
years."
In creating the committee, its
report said, the AJCS had opened
the way for the Jewish community
"to look at the situation realis-
tically and to seek solutions that
can lead to a profoundly enriched
existence in the Quebec of the
future."
The committee stressed that its
proposals did not mean a call on
the Jewish community to "blend
invisibly" into the 'French environ-
ment.
NEW
ing attention to its plans for a
third seder, dedicated to Soviet
Jewry, with this poster designed
in IsraeL Superimposed on the
five-pointed red star is the Magen
David and the bars which symbo-
lize the oppression of Soviet Jews.
The seder service, entitled "Jews
of Slavery," will take place 8 p.m.
April 14. Described as a multi-
media "happening," the third seder
Includes a play by Judy Barba!
and Harriet Gabe and songs by a
choir. Tickets will be available at
the Center's cashier's office begin-
ning Wednesday.
Seattle Professionals
Suffer From Recession
SEATTLE (JTA) — A Jewish
Family and Child Service program
to find jobs for Jewish profession-
als hard hit by the aerospace cut-
backs has reported difficulties in
making placements.
Sol Esfleld, chairman of the Jew-
ish Unemployment Manpower Pro-
ject, reported that 23 persons have
been placed on jobs by, he project
but that only 13 were still em-
ployed; the other 10 persons had
been placed in temporary positions.
A group of former Boeing em-
ployes still represents a major
problem for the project, he add-
ed. He said that one problem is
the age of the professionals, who
are 50 and older and the reluc-
tance of employers to hire such
jobless persons at a more mod-
est salary than they had earned
at Boeing.
He predicted there was little
likelihood that the severe jobless-
ness in the area would be eased
during the rest of 1971, adding that
he expected an increase in the
number of jobless Jewish profes-
sionals in the coming months. The
current number of such persons
listed with the agency as seeking
jobs is 40, he added.
So Good, Ifs Wrapped in Gold
QUALITY PRODUCT OF
WHITNEY-FIDALGO SEAFOODS. INC.
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON
POTTER
Ministry_ of Tourism
Trying to Increase
Traffic From Japan
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The min-
istry of tourism is making a deter-
mined effort to develop tourist
trafic from Japan which, while
considered to have a great poten-
tial, presently amounts to no more
than 1,000 visitors a year.
Nine Japanese travel agents,
touring the country as guests of the
ministry, have offered some sug-
gestions. They noted that the main
inhibiting factor was the high fare
beween Japan and Israel. They
said that Israel should stress its
unique features rather than those
it shared with other countries and
that it should strive to acquaint
Japanese visitors with its culture
rather than religion.
Hanoch Givton, director gen-
eral of the ministry of tourism,
suggested at a dinner given in
honor of the visitors that El Al
and Japan Airlines might con-
sider opening a direct Joint ser-
vice between the two countries.
Givton's remark was seen as a
prod to long postponed negotia4
tions between Israel and Japan
for a civil aviation pact.
Some Israelis have accused the
Japanese carrier of stalling be-
cause of the Arab boycott of Israel.
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