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Prof. Leo Landman of the language of the country as a came to the synagogue with a
Cantorial Training Institute normal practice. Of course, great desire to participate.
of the Rabbi Isaac Elhanan
much objection to this was I The more fortunate among
Theological Seminary renders then raised by traditional them, those who somehow
a genuine service with his rabbis and laity." had had the opportunity to
descriptive work, "The Can- Touching upon the hazan s learn how to read. volun-
for — An Historic Perspec- role in the community, his teered to become forzugger-
tive," published by Yeshiva social and economic status, ries or forleiners, who read
University. the author outlines the can- the prayers aloud, enabling
Providing "a study of the torial duties to synagogue, atiother women to listen and to
origin, communal position and family functions, as teacher, repeat after them."
function of the hazzan," Dr. and the ralationship to the
In his discussion of the can-
Landman has gone into detail community. He even views tor in modern times and in
in describing the cantorate, causes for a cantor's dis- the United States, Dr. Land-
in defining the cantorial art, missal, indicating that "can- man points to cases involv-
in indicating the cantor's re- tor who did not live up to ing requests for deferment
lationship to the community, the high standards expected from army service and shows
and in calling, at the same of them were mercilessly that while there was some
consideration for it "students
time, for retention of dignity
condemned."
in the cantor's role and the
A chapter is devoted to cannot yet receive a defer-
services he provides.
choristers and choirs, and on ment on grounds of being a
The advent of the profes- the question of female can- theology student unless a
Yeshiva or Seminary will at-
sional shuah Zibbur — the tors Dr. Landman writes:
cantor—the people's messen-
"One interesting aspect of test to that fact. In practice,
ger—is traced to the 6th cen- the cantorate as a whole was such schools have not been
tury, occasioned by two the participation of female ready to do so. But in early
causes, "Jewish learning di- cantors in services for wom- days cantors served as chap-
minished and familiarity with en. In some communities, as lains in the U. S. army and
the Hebrew language became in Worms and Nurenberg of in Israel hazanim serve as
a rarity," and "as the the 13th century, the women army chaplains, Dr. Land-
prayers were continually am- conducted services in a sep- man states.
plified by new metrical poe- a r a t e building. Sometimes
It is on the question of fads
try called piyyutini, it neces- these sections were adjacent and gimmicks that Prof.
sitated a professional who to the male sections and at Landman speaks out firmly.
could read and chant the times connected by a gallery. He condemns the manner in
new texts."
Women with liturgical and which hotels utilize cantors
The development of haza- musical talents were engaged for what be charges are holi-
nut is outlined here in inter- to lead these services. Some day desecrations. He calls it
esting fashion, and the haz- of these women-cantors be- lowering of cantorial stand-
zan's qualifications are de- came f a m o u s. One was ards and a detriment to the
scribed to indicate the stand- named Richenza of Nuren- image of the baxan. He states
ards necessary and applied berg, the other Urania of that when canton start ap-
for proper rendering of serv- Worms. The epitaph on the pearing in opera and public
ices.
tombstone of Urania reads: functions they no longer are
Dr. Landman points to the "This headstone commemo- considered haxanim, and he
influence of foreign melo- rates the eminent and excel- gives as an example of ad-
dies in the music of the syn- lent lady Urania, the daugh- herence to dignity the refusal
agogue. He states: "Even ter of R. Abraham who was of Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt
though there was objection the chief of the synagogue to accept an operatic role.
to borrowed tunes from non- singers. His prayer for his
To portray the cantor as
Jewish sources, there was no people rose up to glory. And
he appears in literature, Dr.
objection to the translitera- as to her, she, too, with
Landman quotes traditional
tion of prayers into the ver- sweet tunefulness, officiated Yiddish songs.
nacular using Hebrew let- before the female worship-
Macy Nulman, director of
ters. It was justified because ers to whom she sang the
the Isaac Elhanan Cantorial
it tended to maintain the in- hymnal portions. In devout
Training Institute, wrote a
terest of the uneducated and service her memory shall be
commendatory foreword. In
especially the women. The presrved."
an illuminating introduction,
Florentine MS. of the aiddur
Many women could not Dr. Sidney B. Hoenig, Yes-
is such an example. Prayers pray even though they were hiva University Bernard Re-
in a foreign language for permitted to recite the vel Graduate School dean,
special occasions and not on prayers in the lyre' teltsch points to the traditions that
a permanent basis were per- (vernacular), something glorify the cantorial role,
mitted for the very same rea- which would never be tol- stating that the best summa-
son. However, later on Re- erated for the men. In fact, tion for it IS this reader's
form Judaism accepted the many women could not read quotation in the Holy Days
practice of prayers in the at all. Nevertheless, they Musaf prayer:
1,::roduction
I beseech Gal and plea" with !lino
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I ask Him to grant me the gift of
The Lack of a Home
That I may ring Ilit praise among
speech,
"We consider to be the
source of the degeneration
that afflicts us so much, the
curse of Cain, the eternal
wanderer, that weakens and
deforms our bodies, tears our
soul and causes it to wither,
and that which creates the
duality of our inner experi-
ence and our outer appear-
ance—the lack of a home."—
Chaim Arlosoroff, "On the
New Life."
40—EMPLOYMENT MALE AND/OR FEMALE
actions.
.1 man may prepare thoughts in hit
mind,
But the power of speech comes from
the Lord.
0 Lord, open Thou my lipr and ;;)y
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mouth shall declare Thy praise.
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acceptable unto Thee, 0 Lord,
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The
Israel government-municipal
24 HR. SERVICE
MEDICAL PERSONNEL POOL
,
housing company, Perazot
Ltd., will be able to solve only
half of Jerusalem's housing
problems this year because
of the size of its budget.
Micha Kenet, its director,
told a news conference that
the IL 40,000,000 ($10,000,-
,-1=x
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my Rock and my Redeemer.
New Apartment Problem
BOSTON (JTA) — Fred
Monosson, a veteran Zionist
leader associated with the
early development of Israel,
died Dec. 22 after a long ill-
ness at the age of 79.
Mr. Monosson served for
many years as president of
the New Englar.d Jewish Na-
tional Fund and was a found-
er and president of Zionist
House in Boston. the only in
stitution of its kind in any
American city.
Mr. Monosson was born in
Moscow, came to the United
States in 1905 and was edu-
cated at local schools and at
Northeastern L a w School
here. He was in the rain-
wear manufacturing business
and became prominent for
his activities on behalf of Is-
rael and in local Jewish and
other philanthropies.
He was honored by Prem-
ier David Ben-Gurion of Is-
rael in 1950 for his help in
solving Israeli financial prob-
lems.
He also was a guiding spir-
it behind the National Com-
mittee for Harvard Law
School-Israel Cooperative Re-
search, an institute he helped
set up during the early years
of the Jewish state to ad-
vance Israel's legal develop-
ment.
Mr. Monosson served as
national treasurer of the Zi-
onist Organization of Amer-
ica from 1949-52 and was a
life member of the• ZOA.
He also was a life member
of the World Zionist Organi-
zation Actions Committee; na-
tional co-chairman of the Is-
rael Bond Organization in
1951; and was a member of
the national boards of direc-
tors of the United Israel Ap-
peal and the United Jewish
Appeal.
He was a member of the
executive board of the Com-
bined Jewish Philanthropies
of Greater Boston.
He was a builder in 1951 of
Neve Monosson. a village
near Lod Airport that bears
his name and of the Presi-
dent Harry S. Truman Vil-
lage in Israel in 1952.
Louis Kroopnick, 87
Active at Center
Louis Kroopnick, an active
member of Jewish Center
senior adult clubs, died
Wednesday at age 87.
Born in Russia, Mr. Kroop-
nick, 17160 Meyers, was past
chairman of the Friendship
Club and the Oneg Shaba*
Club. He also belonged to
the Culture Club and was
the only father in the Moth-
ers' Club.
He leaves a son, Saul; a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joseph
(Esther)
Kroopnick; three
sisters, four grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Gaza Railroad
Gathering Steam
(PsAi.st 51:17)
tf, e meditavion of my heart be
Finding a competent private duty nurse
who's competent isn't difficult. Finding a
competent nurse who cares can be very
difficult.
Call for a Medical Personnel Pool RN,
LPN, Aide or Companion. Well send a nurse
with top professional qualifications you and
your patient will like to be around.
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people,
And utter chants concerning Ills
Mal. the wordr of my mouth and
Somebody who cares.
Fred Monosson
Zionist, 79
Historic Hazanic Roles, Modern Ways,
Women Choristers—by Dr. Landman
000) annual budget set aside
for the company is only
enough to handle part of the
housing.
Seventy thousand Jerusa-
lemites, meanwhile, are
crammed into apartments un-
fit for habitation, he said.
Still, Perazot hopes to sup-
ply 1,300 to 1,400 apartments
a year to young couples.
1-1IM
Negev U.'s New Library
BEERSHEBA (JTA)—The
new library that was dedi-
cated at the University of the
is the
first in the country to be
wired for computer connec-
tions and closed-circuit tele-
vision. It will have the latest
audio-visual facilities as well
Negev here recently
TEL AVIV (JTA) — That
new rail line between Tel
Aviv and Gaza is catching
on.
During the first week of
operation, only 30 workers
from the Gaza Strip took the
train each morning to get to
their jobs in Israel. After the
Moslem holiday of Fitr, the
number of passengers in-
creased to 100 a day, with
over 200 traveling on Sunday.
Last Sunday, there were 300
Gazans on the trains.
New stations are at Be'er
Ya'acov, Ashdod, Ashkelon
and the Erez roadblock. Last
week, another station opened
at the Jebalya refugee camp.
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