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Place: In this Ball Room of the KINGSLEY INN — Woodward & Long Lobe Rd. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. MI 4-1400. Auc- tion Coashicted by . . . Harry Weinsoft. ES—PERSONAL 56—.ANTIQUES LOSE WEIGHT PONTIAC MALL ANTIQUE SHOW AND SALE JAN. 2 - JAN. 9 Free Admission FREE PARKING MALL HOURS 1 lb. per day—as easily as I did. No hunger pangs. The H.C.G. Program—like Kennedy Clinic's patient, Peggy Cass. Call Sue. 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 435-2795 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 ,r1nzn , rst: '1 mouth shall declare Thy praise. ;1•;771 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 '1!Y 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. 354-4290 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. 40:• ■ 41 efg. 3? W 0. ?V nil