"Ylente, Lazar Wolfe
to Be Portrayed by
Lotal Performers
Boris Smolar's
Between You
. . . and Me'
'Editer-in 7Chief Emeritus, JTA
__-:(Copyright 1971, JTA Inc.)
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IN SYNAGOGUE: A marked decrease in the number of
synage6ues this- conntry - krePorted in several studies, indicating
'a,decline of intereit in religion.
Only about 20 years ago, the number of synagogues of all denomi
nations--Reforril, Conservativeand Orthodox—was increasing. Hundreds
of new congregations were established. Many costly new synagogue
buildings were erected-in suburban communitie.s. and in the large cities.
The Reform and Conservative= religious movement jubilantly recorded
continuhig increases in membership. There was an acute shortage of
rabbit; to meet the needs- for . spiritual leaders in the mushrooming
synagogue growth.:
Today.the opposite is the :case. Mergers of synagogues are
place in city after city. In the suburbs, synagogues are suffering taking
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Smolcir - Honored. With CJFWF Citation
PTTTSBURGH-- At the Saturday night session of the 40th
national of the C,mincil of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Fundsi, , Boris &polar was presented with a citation in
recognition of his many services in the field of Jewish journalism
The' -*Milan was presented by the CJFWF president, Max M..
Fiske m Ids announcement of the annual- Boris Smoler Award
in Journalism to be made by -CJFWF to the newspaper and writer
who -has dozie-autitancling work in. journalism during the year.
The first:awath will he presented at the assembly in Toronto in
1972: Smiler responded to-the presentation with a moving -speech
in whir-Wile reviewed his experiences in Jewish journalism and
expressed gratitude for shown in raising the standards of
the
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CHANGES IN, RABBINATE: Not a single new Conservative syna
gogue has been built in -the- entire country during the last five years.
The same-can be_ said -about Reform temples. Nor were any large
new Orthodox synagogues erected: - - •
Last !kalif; eight =voigregations in Philadelphia merged into Jour.
In Sin. :_Frinelaio;:alring-time CaniervatiVe synagogue was united with
a young R,:i't,,-- :a.-
.. eiingregation under a Reform rabbi. Orthodox, Con-
servative 'and-Jteforni groups :in ;;Duluth, Winn
' esata, with - separate
buildings, -merged- last; -year Mtn -One Congregation with 4 new rabbi
of Cj
ohserVative Iniekground.,la Many vommunities, - ; - ', synagogues -with
declining,*htiol 'registration - Merge : their schools. but retain their
separate-)Y0FP149-
. .74,-?yeari_ag6;:
'Unlon'of .American Hebrew Congregations, ven-
tral- body cdlteform Temples, listed 898 affiliated cengregations - as
compared with.- 547_ Bated by the same body in=1958. However; the
ITARCIlaire of last year differs from the figure reported this year
by •Rabbk,Malcolm: H. Stern, chairman -of the Central Conference of
Anietiiiieditahhis Placementl-, Committee. The -Central Conference is
the CeutTifilirganizatIon of the-Reform -rabbia:in the:-country. Rabbi
Sterziiisad4fii= his:report Shore were Ogly -2531 Reform
:which was less isaii.the-nualbeilis ursa.
The Vatted Synagogne, - central body of the Conservative syna-
gogues, ,:clahned 832 affiliated congregationi last November. But there
are more than -1,000 _Conservative rabbis in this country who are
menibengIrechig_Rabbinieil Asia:ably, the central body of such rabbis.
Andoisigo.100.0 the congregations affiliated -with the:United Synagogue
are,servad.bY rabbis who are not members of the Rabbinical Assembly:
It It Alifficidt-to establish the exact , numbeeof-- Orthodos congrega-
tiont:' The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations Ainerica claims
a membership- - of -dose to 4,000 in the United States and Canada.
However, unlike the Reform and ConSeriratives, the UOJCA. does not
publish lists of its-affiliates. Similarly it is impossible to - determine
exactly who are the rabbis serving the various Orthodox congregations,
since there are numerous Orthodox rabbinical associations, : and
especially, since many rabbis serving in Orthodox synagogues have
wen 'not to affiliate with any rabbinical organization.
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The -wife of
Milo Weissman
eC Carriage Hill
Dr, Southfield,
she has sung in
concert at the
Jewish Center.
Mrs. Weissman She also has -di-
rected musicals for Bnai Brith
and entertained for many organi-
zations.
•.
Leonard . Brown 'Zwill -Iportra;"
Lazar Wolfe, the hutCher.- •
Browa, hii wife Alyce and _their
three children moved to Detroit
from New york in .1933 and reside
on 'Jill
Southfield. Brown
was seen in
"Little Mary Sun-
s h in e"and.
"Light UP --the.;,,
Sky" with -the-A
Southfield Coni-
munity Players:•
He also was in
the production of
"Our Tow•."
In 1958, he col-
Brown -
laborated with his wife in writing
a .play, "Around the World in 80
Drays," presented at Beth Sholom
Synagogue. • .
Others in the "Fiddler" cast are
Rachel Jacobs, Ralph Bernstein,
David Gutman, Devorah E2zikovic,
Cris Becker, Melinda Hyfana, Judy
Rosen, Jim Niesen, Eugene Szeles,
Sam Kate, Rita Ezel and Abraham
Ben-Zeev.
• The presentation will continue
through Dec. 5.
For ticket information, call Cen-
ter Theater, 341-4200.
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declining membership: For _maeor •of them, the cost of maintaining
the existing .buildings is becoming _ excessive.
Older members of the suburban synagogues—who were among
the founderi of the congregations some 20 years ago—are returning
to the cities. •Their children are now grOwn,up and married; they
are no-longer living with their Parents: Younger adults who had been
involved - in • their childhood ia-synagogue activities--Sunday schools,
social dances, bar -mitzva parties, etc--now fail to participate in syna-
gogue programs. Many of them are not even members of the synagogue.
In the larger cities, synagogues cease to function because of the
change of population in their neighborhoods.
Reform rabbis are now officiating in synagogues which were former
ly Conservative, and eicversa. There are Orthodox rabbis officiating
in Conservative synagogues, while the number of Orthodox houses of
worshiPidt-gimilarly shrinking. Many Orthodox congrega tions are
giving up their large synagogue bindings because their maintenance
has become- too . expensive. They are splitting up into "shtiblakh"—
small prayer groups--,-and services in _the "shtiblakh" are usually held
in inexpensive premises, ineluding store frOnts.
,
Rosina Betman Weissman, a
graduate of the Boston Conserva-
tory of Music and postgraduate
of the iulliard School of Music,
will be seen in the role of Yente-
in Center Theater's - production of
`Fiddler -- on the Roof," opening
Nova 27 at. the Jewish Center,
Mrs. Weissman has an extensive
background in concert halls and
legitimate theater. She sang with
the Wallerstein
Metropolitan - Op-
era in New York
arid oa Broad-
Haskell Shanks'. Death
Atiiihated‘ Kidney--
Fannie; Weak Condition
His artifleial heart pumping nor,
Many up to hil- death, Haskell
Shanks succumbed to kidney fail;.
are Sunday, three months and
three- dayi after-Dr, Adrian Kan-
trOwitz performed • a history-mak-
ing operation An Sinai Hospital..
--- Mr. Shanks, img"-- had been re-
admitted to Sinai 'on Oct. 4,, suf-
fering froth a chest. infection at-
tributed to his weak- condition at
the time of the Aug. 11 operation.
Milton Nieuwsma, public.- rela-
tions director at Sinai, said that the
chest infection had been cured,
but Mr. Shanks' kidneys had weak-
ened. He stressed that the patient's
death was not related to the me-
chanical heart, that there was no
evidence of any rejection of the
mechanical device -
the body.
-Mr. Shanks, of 'arren, was the
world's longestAiving recipient of
a partial mechanical heart.
Arlazaroff-Avrunin. Unit
Maps Histadriit Meeting
Oscar- Rappaport, president, an-
' RABBIS ;AND PRESIDENTS: In the Reform movement a Snug': nounces Ariazaroff-AvrimiS Branch
tion exists where there are twice as many rabbis as viable Reform. of Farband will •hive a meeting
temples. Some smaller. Reform congregations have—because of decline
te 'Illigtadrut noon Sun-
4ZiemberslOP—reduced the 'peening' of full-time rabbis to pert:time' dedicated
St the-- new ; Labor - Zionist
s:
rabbis
Neverdielesi;: Rigsby rabbis remain the Imitepita ilerfilt in the A
Elia- from Israel,. "Be-
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Folka the-MiriSe.".. Will le „shown,
A-„rabbith* erawlation wis-.iotaiiiiiiCiear bailment abases anti
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THE DETROIT JEWISH - NEWS.
Russian- Jews Aided by Aguda; Rabbi Says Rae
Rabbi Moshe Sherer, executive
president of the Aguda, here for
a meeting of the Agudath Israel
Midwest Section, disclosed a plan
of aid to Russian Jews, under the
name of TAP (Torah Action Pro-
gram).
He said constructive aid is di-
rected to Russian Jews through
shipments of parcels through the
Swiss office of the Aguda.
Rabbi Sherer said the TAP
project is working to help new
Russian immigrants establish
themselves in Israel in keeping
with their religious beliefs.
This meeting, attended by rep-
resentatives from Chicago, St.
Louis and Cleveland, discussed
local matters as well as the issues
to be taken up at the 49th national
Aguda convention next week in
Atlantic City.
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