42—Friday, March 31, 1972
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Anthology
Noteworthy Tribute - to - Nth- file's in
Carl Hermann Voss, theologian
and lecturer, eminent Christian
Zionist, has become the outstand-
ing authority on the writings of
Stephen S. Wise and John Haynes
Holmes.
Dr. Voss' duo-biography of Wise
and Holmes_is,...ameer.:
lexportalit=works that described
the great friendship between the
rabbi and the Christian minister.
Then there are the collected let-
ters of Dr. Wise which were in-
corporated in a volume by Dr.
Voss.
The newest Voss book, "A
Summons Unto Men—An An-
thology of the Writings of John
Haynes Holmes," published by
Simon and Shuster, adds lin-
mensely to these collected writ-
ings with a great tribute to one
of the most important religious
teachers of this century.
The anthology of Holmes' writ-
ings was edited, with a warm ex-
planatory foreword, by Dr. Voss,
and his labors find commendation
in a preface by James Luther
Adams, Dana MacLean Greeley and
Donald Szantho Harrington, Uni-
tarian Universalists, who com-
mend Dr. Voss' efforts and who
point to Dr. Holmes' link in friend-
ship with people of all faiths, Jews
of all denominations and his life-
long endorsement of the Zionist
ideal.
Dr. Voss, who had known Dr.
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Announcements
March 24—To Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Pearlberg (Deborah Baumer)
13621 - Kenwood, Oak Park, a
daughter, Aliza Jennifer.
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March 23--To Dr. and Mrs.
Harry D. Tabor (Jeanie Flocb),
23929 Reading ; Southfield, a son,
Mark Herman.
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March 23 — To Mr. and Mrs.
James Weiskopf- TBarbara Leven-
son), 12690 Mettetal, a son, Mi-
chael Glenn.
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March 17—To Mr. and Mrs. Eliot
Charlip (Sheila Burk), 29340 Stella-
mar, Southfield, a son, Ari Mat-
thew.
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March 16—To Mr. and Mrs. C.
Martin Rose (Susan Taitelbaum),
25321 Ronald Ct., Oak Park, a
daughter, Jacqueline Michelle.
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March 15—To Dr. and Mrs.
Howard Newman (Linda Matz),
6433 Rutledge, Birmingham, a son,
Gregory Seth.
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March 14—To Dr. and Mrs. Sey-
mour Cywiak (Anita Winstock),
26222 Cornwall, Southfield, a daugh-
ter, Julie Ann.
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March 9—To Dr. and Mrs. Ron-
ald Benson (Linda Reistman) of
Ann Arbor, a son, Aaron Gabriel.
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Fixed Texts for Prayers._
By RABBI SABEIJECJ.
also served to unitejte genera-
tions of the pail with- those of
the present, and even perhaps
those of the future, thus estab-
lishing an eternal historic cam-
numity _ of-Jews.. '
,
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Holmes for 35 years, includes in upon the Bible and upon Jewish
Fixed standardized - texts are
his foreword a most interesting literary sources, and the inter- used for our - prayers. - -
comment on his father's mentors pretive religious essays add im-
While, originally, spontaneous
by Prof. Roger Wellington Holmes uwAsurahly . to. theological-- dis- prayer -was . ia_order;lhe tradition
of Mount Holyoke College who cPurseS',,, ,,, •
developed_ to -limit the prayers to
-
Holmes, the pacifist; is the
great fi e emerging from the
CARL HERMAN VOSS
pointed to the great figures and
events in history that had their
influence in John Haynes Holmes
labors for peace and freedom and
justice for mankind.
-
Dr. Voss states in his fore-
word: "Foremost among Holmes'
friendships were those with
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Ma-
hatma Gandhi who shared his
hopes and aspirations. During
their more than four decades
in New York (1907-49) Wise and
Holmes were the closest of
friends, confidants in personal
matters and pioneers in inter-
faith cooperation; though differ-
ing with Wise on war and peace,
Holmes was at one with him on
Issues ranging from Zionism to
civic affairs - . ."
Voss volume, and his hero
prayers were passed on orsillY2 At
"The Social Prophet," as Holmes tliartime-it was recommended that
was called in: poem by Walter one - should• add his own spontane-
Swisher reprinted here.
ous petition. Subsequently,. _.the
Holmes was the bitter foe of all prayers were reduced -To writing
forms of discrimination, and the and the fixed Sidur influenced
Voss anthology gives special cred- the standardization of the text. In-
ence to this fact.
deed, people who did not know the
He was a distinguished hymn prayers by heart had to rely on
writer, and among those reprinted the written text and were in no
by Voss is "Witness Born on position to compose prayers of
Judah's Hills," which was dediCat- their own.
ed by Holmes, in 1932, to Rabbi
Furthermore, a fixed text of
Wise. It was sung for the first prayers makes for a united com-
time on the 25th anniversary of munity of Jewry all over the world
Rabbi Wise's founding of the Free because it means that all Jews
Synagogue in New York.
are using the same text. This is
While be had discussed the especially true since all prayers
merits of both Judaism and are in Hebrew and not everyone
Christianity in his Community knows how to compose prayers
Church sermons, his famous in Hebrew. In addition, the fixed
speech, "Christianity's Debt to text allows for an order in the
Judaism," delivered in 1946, is communal • service_ which might
specifically quoted.
,otherwise be confusing.
Of the tributes that were paid
Currently, the way in which
to Holmes, the poetic one by Mary some Jews add prayers to the
Craig Sinclair, written in 1920, fixed text is to select some mean-
starts the chapter on "The Wmis- ingful psalms in which the needs
ter and Public Figure." As a pre- of the individual find expression.
face to the volume by Voss there The Hasidim added a note of
is the verse by Holmes written in spontaneity in prayer by intro-
1913:
ducing individual melodies SO that
The voice of God is calling
if the text was not spontaneous,
In summons unto men;
at least the melody was.
As once he spoke -n Zion,
While the written text may be
So now he speaks again:
fixed
by tradition, each one of us
Whont shall I send to succor
certainly
has our own _mass of
My people in their need,
emphasis and relevance for the
Whom shall I send to loosen
words.
The
fixed text has not only
The bonds of shame and greed?
Dr. Voss' "A Summons Unto been a means of unity between con-
Men" is not only a •great tribute temporary groups of Jews, it has
Therefore, the essay by Holmes
on Stephen S. Wise and his poem
"For Stephen S. Wise's 75th Birth-
day written in 1949 form a most
vital part of the affirmation of
that friendship. Dr. Voss notably
emphasized it with editorial com-
ment that calls attention to the
ideals that linked the two leaders.
Dr. Voss has drawn upon many
of the columns entitled "Through
Gentile Eyes" which Holmes wrote
for Opinion, which was founded
and edited by James Waterman
Wise and Stephen S. Wise. Among
the very important ones from these
columns is the one Holmes wrote
in 1938 on "The Gifts of Zionism
to American Jewry."
In his writings, Holmes drew
Egypt Ends Ban
on Israel Books
The Egyptian
JERUSALEM
minister of culture and information,
Dr. Abdel Khader Hatem, announc-
ed that a 20-year ban on books
about Israel had been lifted.
The decision to allow political,
social and economic works on Is-
rael, said the minister, was based
on the fact that most of "our pre-
vious information about Israel was
mainly based on the distorted dec-
larations made by some Arabs
—
,
to John Haynes Holmes: it also
enriches theological literature. The
editor of this volume used good
judgment in his selections of not-
able writings by his friend and
his admiration for him is expressed
here in magnificent terms. —P.S.
Gen. Bach-Zelewsky;
Crushed Warsaw Revolt
MUNICH—The Nazi SS general
who put down the 1944 Warsaw
Ghetto uprising-Gen. Erich von
dem Bach-Zeiewsky—died March
8 at age 73.
He was serving a life sentence
passed on him in 1964 for the
murder of six - Communists. His
death was not reported earlier,
according to prison officials, be-
cause he was considered an "or-
dinary prisoner."
At the Nuremberg war crimes
trials, Bach-Zelewsky testified
against Nazi generals and SS lead-
ers. For his wartime activities,
he' was sentenced to 10 years in
prison, but - the sentence was not
carried out At the time, it was
believed that this was because of
intervention by U.S. occupation
authorities, for whom Bach-Zelew-
sky had set down his experiences
fighting anti-Nazi partisans in East
-
Europe.
last year, it was disclosed that
which gaye us a dim and distorted Bach-Zeiewsky was not in jail,
•tut In a private clinic-in Nurem-
picture of the reality of Israel."
- berg. Bavarian authorities reim-
British Not Talking
About Israel Sub Order
fixed texts. A number of reasons
are advanced for this development.
LONDON (JTA)—A foreign of-
fice spokesman here. declined to
comment on reports that Israel has
ordered two ' submarines for its
navy from British shipyards, but
stressed that there .was no em-
ber/1G..on military' salesto Middle
Eastern countries.
According to reliable sources,
negotiations have been conducted
for the construction of one large
and one small undersea craft for
Lsrael. The..israe/ Embassy -here
does not discuss arms deals or
iffroliitS.—
fie 0
--- strong:, Pub-
'miscued ',himafter
lic protest.
On -trial iti.-a:Geria-tin court, in
1961 fotlirkillinifin the
purgc1;Ernestlisalun an others,
Bach-Zelesisky said, "I am still
an absolute Hitler man." He was
sentenced.. to 4-14 years'• .imprison-
meat on' that -charge:
BaCh-Zelewsky. was SS - chief, of
the Warsaw area 'when -Jewish re,
sistance fighters rose against the
Nazi -occupation in August 1944.
German army, police and SE units
crushed the,.yevolt • after :Iwo
months: Pi bleedY- greet:- furaltingi:
Four-fifth of. theen:t exas Aliae(1,
in reprisals ordered by Hitler.
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