THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commeneing u-ith issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Assoet•- lion Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile. Suite 1965. Southfield. Mich. 49075. Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offica-s. Subscription $8 a year. Foreign $9 M. SLOMOVITZ Business Manager PHILIP SLOMOVITZ CARMI Editor and Publisher CHARLOTTE DUBIN DREW LIEBERWITZ City Editor Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sohhath, the •21si doy of S., on, read in our synagogues.- Pentateuch& porno," Candle VOL. I.XI. No. Num J 5732. 11, !,!louring scriptural selertzans 1 12 It; Prophet !cal portion. Zechartah 2 14-4:7 lithtin8. Friday. June 2. 7 it p m 12 Page Four June 2, 1972 U. of M. and Jewish Professorship Deepening interests in Jewish studies. in Jewish communities within an hour's drive with an encouragement from federations and to the Flint study center. Introduction to modern Hebrew, histor- welfare funds, are resulting in the creation of special departments for such courses in ical background of the Bible from the begin- many universities. ning of Israel to Ezra and supplementary Near Eastern studies are in the curriculum Thanks to the positive attitude of the of the U-M Extension Service. Offered as eve- leadership of the Jewish Welfare Federation ning courses, there will be opportunities for of Detroit. a Jewish professorship soon will such studies for men and women of all ages. function at the University of Michigan. It is like a cultural revival, in which com- In recent years there has been evidence munities share responsibility with universi- of an increasing interest in such studies and ties. Because the lay leadership in our com- in courses in modern Hebrew, among the munities encourages such processes, the op- Jewish students in Ann Arbor. The Detroit portunities may become limitless for acquisi- Federation had a role in the realization of tion of Jewish knowledge. these aims and now the new professorship Meanwhile, there also is the developing will serve to offer more advanced courses. interest in Hebrew studies in many high The University of Michigan's role in estab- schools, and both young and old are on the Guides to Changing Ideas lishing such courses now has been expanded agenda for a program of advanced Jewish through the U-M Extension Service, and the studies. credit courses now offered in Flint, in the These are heartening developments in an f( :in of Hebrew and Near Eastern studies. age in which there has been so much doubt during the 1972-73 academic year, also are about the responses to Jewish cultural- heartening spiritual appeals. The outlook for a better Two volumes, a paperback and a large-sized hard-cover book, and more positive response to appeals for It is to the credit of the Flint Jewish Jewish identification is certainly more en- issued by the Union of Arneridan Hebrew Congregations, serve as Community Council that participation in such Jewish movement and couraging as a result of the deepening inte- guides toward an understanding of the Reform ,tudies, at the Flint 1."-M Graduate Study the changes that have taken plac in it in the past two decades. rests in Jewish studies and the high role of center, is now being mobilized not only "Reform Judaism Then and Now" by Rabbi Sylvan D. Schwartz- .11117)rig Flint residents but also among those t heir sponsorships. Reform Jewish Observances Defined in 2 UAHC Volumes In Defense.of Jews in Moslem Lands of a number of .News from Syrian some hope that the position Moslem countries nay as a result of the worldwide !n•• expose of the crimes cunt- in those lands. primarily q. the guilty countries y ill -.on and put an end 1, :he - Ir an s ha 1 to 4 5 ■••■ :.,•,•7, «Mill11.11111‘ .1 Iral:11011, troth 120.1)00 ...in Jewry has s:milarl:, f.• 3 - ton: and their et- chre state tit .7 , surl. ival 1. Ill foll .s to place too mu n ,c iii :.,tatnllty - „al l it gall t,i st intries. Their 77 777 ,l• --7'.1 7 7 7 7. 55 n.lt ow, • oil ;,7•, ' :• .1 t - indescribable cruelties. s .1 1c '1 hi rescuing the rescuable. and of protecting the opp-e,sed and persecuted In an atmosphere of indifference and hostility in the United Nations, it becomes necessary, in behalf of the unfortunate , . to arouse public opinion in civilized quarters. so that prejudices should be reduced. persecution ended and justice re- stored We must not be fooled into compla- ren,v by the neWs that a handful of Jews have hien released from prisons in Syria. They still are ( aptive, of an oppressive gov- ernment. They and our brethren in Iraq re- main Insecure. The protests against the out- practi( es against Jews in Moslem ••ii:tries must continue without interrup- ti• Unless the demands for justice are 'el? widely. the horrors will surely add es,t, 7..c.7ter intsery to the unfortunate vic- . ■ i! he and Jordan 10:1L; Jewish ei7,717 in bolt, ot .77, Ocen vt.7:y tnfiuc'r'ta' lie in an oicr-Ati ;7. 'tic oe ,, entries 11:1•.€7 i7ecti ett!ii r clii771:7,1not t7:17,77 • or reduced so ■ drasto.ili ■ and to u h a pariah state that what has been a to , t; sand-year-long pi - ogres- :•rve stators of Moslern-Jewish friendship al t ) cooperation is now totall ■. finished. There i s little security f7ir the Jei.vries who rehiain its Moslem land,. There is a typirai example of w hat is transpiring in this cabled story to the JTA from Rabat "Alge- rian authorities are threatening to expropri- ate Kanoui Temple, the only remaining syna- gogue in the .Algerian city of Oran. Since Al- geria proclaimed its independence from France in 1962, 17 of the 19 synagogues in this western city have been nationalized. One of the two temples 't.77', to: the Jewish cum- niunit.'s use ‘1.1 , later rented out for (Till: purposes Kamm,. bin:: to 1881 1 . 77 Ineri•Lii therefore the city 7-7 ti.n,toLitie left for tie in% altpraxintateiy 31 1 0 ■ Ugly Statesmanship ilia an nature on an individual basis is- Ortit - ott crown to judge. But when confront- the problem mounts. liei 'take a an example. Israel's role among i Aii•:.-Jri nations. Even after the coin- p•ete st - i 7, about Israel's role among the . the world will have been written, the asH.-tante the Jewish state has given the un- der:ie‘eloped countries will be recorded in golden letters Yet. there are interferences with attempts to assure good will. Uganda's politicians apparently could not get some impossible offerings from Israel, and in spite of all the assistance Israel gave to that country her citizens were driven out and diplomatic relations were broken. Now conies Malta. Some impossible demands were made upon Israel that she serve as an intermediary under impossible conditions. Therefore. a new enmity has developed. and Israel, with a wish for good relations, is helpless Is it all ini4ratitude7 It may be more than that It partly results from Asia-African con- flicts. \rah pressures, Soviet antagonisms, the Ltiture of the democratic countries to be f assistam e ir. establishing antic its not a man does exactly what the tit ,e implies: it describes the historic experiences in Liberal Judaism and shows how drastic some of the changes have been. The 210-page paperback. "Liberal Judaism at Home--The Prac- tices of Modern Reform Judaism. - by Rabbi Morrison David Dial. describes the patterns of Return Jewish observances. ) Because of the detaile' accounts of the manner in which transformations have taken place, Dr. Schwartzman's definitive work emerges as a valuable chapter in American Jewish history. While his book traces the background of Reform and introduces the personalities who had Molded the movement, the American occurrences, the anti-Zionism of the past and the pro-Israel move• ment of the present, the adoption of established traditions that had been abandoned, the turn toward the established usage of Hebrew in prayers—these are the strictly American development , that re-present historical changes. In the main. both the Sch vartzman and the Bial books treat Reform from the point of view o an ideology in Jewish life that needs understanding, and use manner i which both developed the principles and the movement's platform m ke the two books valuable textbooks in the study of the liberal Jewiih religious movement. young Dr. Schwartzman states tha conviction that Reform youn people are entitled to know so ething of their faith has helped me persevere, and this volume. is tie result." Since he has seen fit -to introduce many historical (locum nts into the text, in order to make the historical value of the book - complete as possible, Dr. Schwartz- man has succeeded in turning dot a history that should prove meri- torious not to Reform alone hit to all students of Jewish religious elements as well as all students off theological thought. Recause of his emphasis on the practice of Reform Jewish rituals in the home, Rabbi Hial's book assumes an approach that differs yet offers a aluable guidance in respect to various observ- ances. He deals with observances of festivals, touches upon train- ing of children and guides them towards Jewish involvement, and urges that youth he encouraged to read books, that parents become members of the Jewish Publication Society, that training of youngsters be based on Icnowledge. And so Rabbi Bial, in a fairly successful effort to touch upon every aspect of Jewish life, explains various practices from birth to the final days. and guides the reader in matters of engagement, mar- riage, divorce, conversion. He dues not ignore kashrut. le touches upon the question of fam- ily purity. He does not advocate or say that Reform Jews do or should practice these things. But they are defined, and because of it his book assumes the role of a textbook that has an element of fairness in its approach. There is a chapter in Dial's blink on Tisha b'Av and the other fasts. He does ritit advise on fasting one way or another, but he explains the reasons. The impression is t at if Reform Jews do not practice - or any reader of this hook does) not practice—he should at least be informed. That's what makes th s volume important. Roth volumes are extensively illustrated. Bial's photos are credite't to the l'AIIC Synagogue Ar•hite rural Library. The illustrators of Dr. SAiwartzman's volume are Louis Jefferson and Rose Zamonski. In UAW'', two volume; serve an important purpose as evaluator- ,bleeti,e fashion of a mover ent that has grown worldwide and eunsid, r ably in this country in recent ears