Prayer for New
Art Show Sunday Series to Close With Dr. Gitelman
Month on Sabbath to Aid Synagogue at Young Israel; Scholars Cited
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
Dr. Zvi Gitelman, associate pro-
fessor of political science at the
University of Michigan, will de-
liver at 8:45 p.m. Thursday the
final lecture in the annual series
sponsored by the Young Israels of
Oak-Woods and Greenfield at the
Oak-Woods Center.
Dr. Gitelman will speak on
"Jewish Religion in the USSR and
Eastern Europe: The End of the
Road?" Dr. Gitelman is author of
(Copyright 1971, JTA, Inc.)
It is customary to offer a prayer
for the new month on the Sabbath
before the month starts.
This emulates the age old tradi-
tion whereby the Rabbinical Court
in Jerusalem, after receiving the
testimony of witnesses announced
the arrival of the new moon. The
general purpose behind the tradi-
tion was to make man aware of the
fact that the use of time is up to
his discretion, i.e., man is the mas-
ter of his destiny. Since we do not
now have a Rabbinical Court in
Jerusalem of the character of the
Sanhedrin and, since the practice
of having the court announce the
arrival of the moon is not used,
we announce the coming arrival of
a new moon by having the exact
hour and minute announced in the
synagogue on the Sabbath before
the new moon arrives. This an-
nouncement is couched in prayers.
A prayer precedes the announce-
ment. Another one follows it. Both
appeal to the Almighty for His
blessing to make the coming month
a healthy, satisfying, and reward-
ing one.
The prayer for the new moon is
recited while someone holds the
Torah in the congregation.
In the absence of the official
Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem, all
official acts done by the commu-
nity, which would normally be done
by the court and are applicable in
the synagogue, are done in the
presence of the Torah Scroll. It is
the Torah Scroll which serves as
the basis of the authority for the
community to acL This also is the
reason why the Torah is held dur-
ing the recitation of Kol Nidre. The
annulment of vows for a commu-
nity, was something that belonged
to the Rabbinical Court on certain
occasions. Therefore, in the ab-
sence of the court, the Torah is
held as a symbol of the authority
of the community which is acting
in accordance with the laws of the
Torah.
An art auction for the benefit
of Bald David Synagogue is
scheduled by its sisterhood 8 p.m.
Sunday in the social hall. A 6:30
champagne preview will precede
the auction, at which 150 framed
works will be on sale. Shown are
(from left) Mrs. George Bolton,
auction the items; and Mrs.
Henry Leshman, chairman of the
show.
Area Psychologist
Dr. Friedman to
Speak on Morality
Berk to Narrate
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Rabbi Arm to Lead
Tour to Israel
OUR TOUR REPRESENTATIVES
in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv will
mast you at the airport and give
you any assistance you need.
Ilaim Schloss, weekly Mishne
Brura class; and Rabbi Israel I.
Rockove, daily Shulhan Arukh
class.
Young Israel of Oak-Woods,
Rabbi James I. Gordon, weekly
Talmud class, daily Shulhan Arukh
and Ethics of the Fathers (sum-
mer); Elia Weiss and Y. New-
man, daily Mishna class; and
David Herczeg and Menahem Lan-
dau, assisting in the Talmud and
several articles on Jews behind Shulhan Arukh classes, respec-
the Iron Curtain and his book on tively.
Jewish sections of the Soviet Corn
munist Party will be published by
the Princeton University Press
this fall.
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At this session, the Young con-
gregation of Detroit will pay trib-
ute to the scholars who have con-
ducted study groups under Young
Israel auspices.
These groups have met on a
continuous basis for many years.
Classes and instructors are:
Young Israel of Northwest, Rabbi
Leib Bakst's weekly Talmud class.
Young Israel of Greenfield, Rab-
bi Samuel H. Prero, daily Mishna
class; Rabbi Ernest E. Greenfield,
weekly Talmud class (English);
Rev. Aaron Grossbard, weekly
Talmud class (Yiddish); Rabbi
In its continuing adult study in-
stitute series, Adas Shalom Syna-
gogue will present Dr. Sonya Kiel
Friedman 8:45 p.m. Tuesday at
Hillel Day School.
Dr. Friedman's lecture will be
on "Sex Morality in the 1970s."
Dr. Friedman will deal with
questions frequently raised in let-
ters to her newspaper column in
the Oakland County press, as well
as in her practice as school psy-
chologist for the Rochester com-
munity schools and consultant psy-
chologist in the Pontiac area.
Voted . citizen of the year in 1969
by the Birmingham Professional
and Business Womens Club, she
as appeared in many publications
and has lectured throughout the
country.
The lectures are moderated by
Rabbi Jacob E. Segal.
A two-week tour of Israel, May
The speaker March 23 will be
3-17, is being arranged for mem- Mrs. Batyah Abbady, who will
bers and friends of Cong. Beth speak on Israeli humor.
Achim, planned by Rabbi Milton
0
Arm.
The fee will include accommoda-
tions at Israel's major hotels and
sightseeing tours to places of his-
toric, cultural and religious inter-
"The Soviet Jew — A Pictorial
est.
View and Report" will be discussed
For information or reservations.
by Daniel Berk at an evening spon-
call Rabbi Milton Arm, 358-2961 or
sored by the sisterhood of Adas
352-8670.
Shalom Synagogue 8:15 p.m. Mon-
day at Hillel Day School_
Mrs. Isadore Goren, president,
invites the community at no charge.
Berk, an attorney, who speaks
Russian and recently spent three
weeks in the Soviet Union visited
synagogues from Moscow and Len-
ingrad to Smarkand and Tashkent.
TO
These visits, along with numerous
conversations gave him first-hand
knowledge of the problems facing
those desiring to live as Jews
Independence Day
Tour
in the Soviet Union. Berk will pre-
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 12, 1971-19
Yigal Allon Favors Idea
of Arab College in Israel
- JERUSALEM (JTA)—The estab-
lishment of an Arab institution of
higher learning in either Judea or
Sarnaria has been approved by
Yigal Alton, deputy prime minis-
-ter and minister of education.
Addressing a meeting of leading
educators from those areas at the
Town Hall here, Alton said he was
in favor of such an institution and
felt it should be established as soon
as possible. "The ball is now in
your court." he told the assembled
school principals and board heads.
Rabbinate to Decide
Vienna Conversions
on Merits of Each
Produced under strict Rabbinical supervision. Certificate on request.
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The
Chief Rabbinate took an equi-
vocal stand on the "Vienna
conversions" performed - by
members of a religious court
there on the non-Jewish
spouses of 'Lunt : grants bound
for Israel.
The rabbinate, which has
questioned the qualifications
of some of the rabbis perform-
ing the conversions, said that
it would not recognize them
but at the same time would
not declare them invalid, and
would decide the issue on the
merits of each case.
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White House Sermon
Draws Mixed Reviews;
Rabbi Praised by Nixon
WASHINGTON — Rabbi Joshua
0. Haberman of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation delivered a
sermon Sunday morning at a
White House religious service
which also included the Christian
doxology.
In response to criticism from
some Jewish quarters that the
doxology ("Praise Father, Son
and Holy Ghost") should not have
been part of a service with a
Jewish religious leader, the Presi-
dent responded that the service
was "ecumenical" and "interna-
tional."
Rabbi Louis Finkelstein of the
Jewish Theological Seminary offi-
ciated at a similar service in
June 1969, for which there was
criticism from Jewish groups, but
no official complaint.
The President described Dr.
Haberman's sermon, on personal
responsibility as "brilliant." In-it,
the rabbi said "no act- of na-
tic-tal atonement (after the My
Lai massacre) at this time would
have greater compensatory, moral
value than quick ratification by
the U.S. Senate of the genocide
convention which the President
has already endorsed and recom-
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