Professionals to Get Jewish Agency Aid
JERUSALEM (JTA)--frhe
Jewish Agency's "Tour
Vealeh" Department, which
aids professional and busi-
nessmen immigrants to find
- employment and homes in Is-
MIN
rael, has expanded its activi-
ties to embrace Soviet aliya.
Eight employment semin-
ars have been held for Rus-
sian professionals, at which
the newcomers were told of
employment openings, voca-
tional retraining opportuni-
ties and housing facilities.
There were also lectures on
the general condition of the
Israeli economy.
Agency officials reported
that the seminars have been
helpful to the olim. Tour
Vealeh's Western immigrant
operation has also been ex-
panded.
Pilot tours for whole fami-
lies have been introduced
this year and here too the
agency reported a high suc-
cess rate. Some 70 per cent
of the persons coming to Is-
rael on these pilot tours
eventually settle here, it was
reported. Few fail and return
home.
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BY HENRY LEONARD
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, Sept. 20, 1974-21
"Why, our Rabbi hasn't aged a bit s;nce we
saw him last Rosh Haslianahr
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YIZKOR
IN MEMORY OF THE DEPARTED MEMBERS
OF THE GREATER DETROIT SCRAP
TRADE ASSOCIATION
All of the following are honored by us for
they were the glory of our community. They
cheered us by their toil and service. Their mem-
ory is like a benediction upon the toil of our hands.
They inspire us to work increasingly for the bene-
fit and fellowship of all men:
ZICHRONAM LIVRACHA
Henry Miller
Edward Alpert
David Anbender, Atty. Harry Murav
Harry Anbender, Atty. Theodore Silverman
Morris Spector
Ben Bayles
Hyman Chapin
Claude Superstine
Harry Faternick
Max Wasserman
Max Faternick
Sam Wasserman
Jacob Fishman
Max Weiner
Alex Freeman
Abe Weintraub
Philip Foreman
Louis Wolok
Jack Leipler
By the Officers and Members of the
Greater Detroit Scrap Trade Association
.
Reform Rabbis Splinter Over
`Legalism and Traditionalism'
A liberal group of Reform
rabbis have started a na-
tional organization to reverse
"a serious encroachment of
legalism and traditionalism"
in the official Reform body,
the Central Conference of
Reform Rabbis.
Leaders of the new group
expect it will become a focal
point for liberal Reform
rabbis who have been upset
with the Central Conference
since last year, when a
policy was adopted forbid-
ding members to officiate at
marriages between Jews and
non-Jewish partners.
Approximately 20 Reform
THE
HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
(Chesed Shel Emes)
INVITES
GREATER DETROIT JEWRY
to participate in a
MEMORIAL SERVICE
for the Six Million Jews who perished in Europe
at the Hands of the Nazis .. .
Which will be held on
rabbis met in St. Louis last
weekend to form the Asso-
ciation for a Progressive Re-
form Judaism. Rabbi Eugene
Mihaly, a professor at He-
brew UniOn College in Cin-
cinnati was named president.
The group adopted a seven-
point-program which in-
cluded the goal of "support-
ing and advancing the free-
dom and creativity" of Re-
form Judaism, and calling
for more participation of Re-
form Jews in the national
policies of the Reform rabbi-
nate.
The Central Conference has
approximately 1,000 rabbis
serving 1,000,000 Jews. The
Association for a Progres-
sive Reform Judaism hopes
to attract at least 250 of the
Reform rabbis, a spokesman
said.
2 Arabs Arrested
in Bomb Attempt
Two Arabs were arrected
Monday carrying a bomb in
a Tel Aviv supermarket that
was crowded with last-min-
ute New Year shoppers.
A store security officer
saw the two young men
mingling with the early
morning customers, and
searched their packages. He
found an explosive device
which was set to explode in
10 minutes.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1:00 P.M.
Holiday
Deadline
at the
HEBREW MEMORIAL PARK
(Chesed Shel Emes) Gratiot and 14 Mile Road
RABBI SOLOMON H. GRUSKIN
CANTOR HYMAN ADLER
of Cong. B'nai Zion
of Cong. B'nai David
Will participate in these services
Hyman Lipsitz, President; Joseph M. Korman, Leo B. Furst, Vice-Presidents;
Sam Levine, Cemetery Chairman; Rabbi Israel I. Rockove, Executive Director;
Nathan Wolok, Assistant Director; Rabbi Henry L. Goldschlag, Cemetery Ad-
ministrator; Harry E. Citrin, Honorary President.
ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE
NATHAN SAMET, CHAIRMAN
Jacob Bacow, Meyer I. Cooper, Worris Dorn, Leo B. Furst, Harry Laker,
Harry Portner, Samuel S. Portner, Nathan P. Rossen and Edward Miller
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Because The Jewish
News will have to go
to press a day early
due to the Yom Kippur
holiday, there will be
an early deadline of
11 a.m. today for the
issue of Sept. 27. Copy
may be either hand de-
livered or mailed, and
must be in our hands
before the deadline or
it will be too late for
publication. Late publi-
city will be kept for
the following week if
it is still timely.
SYNAGOGUE
URVICES
CONG. BNAI ISRAEL of Pontiac: Services 7 p.m. today
and 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Berman will speak on
"Return to the Fold."
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 7 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Lehrman will speak on "The Course of
Human Habits."
TEMPLE BETH JACOB of Pontiac: Services 8:30 p.m.
today. Rabbi Berkowitz will speak on "Go Back or Go
Forward."
TEMPLE KOL AMI: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Conrad
will speak on "Our Country Today—the Need for Na-
tional Repentance."
CONG. SHAAREY SHOMAYIM: Services 7:15 p.m. today
and 9 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Leo Goldman will speak on
"The Laws of Tshuva."
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 11 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Hertz will speak on "The Hope of Re-
turn." Paul Gross, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 •.m. today. Rabbi Syme
will speak on "The Prophet Hosea." Scott Davidson,
Bar Mitzva. Services 11 a.m. Saturday.
BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi
Wine will speak on "Detroit—Dead or Alive." Pamela
Primak, confirmation.
LIVONIA JEWISH CONGREGATION: Services 8 p.m. today
and 9 a.m. Saturday. Steven Krupp, Bar Mitzva.
Regular services will be held at Cong. Beth Moses, Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, Cong. Beth Abraham-Hillel, Temple Emanu-
El, Cong. Beth Shalom, Cong. Beth Achim, Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Cong. Bnai David, Cong. Mishkan Israel, Young
Israel of Oak-Woods, Cong. Bnai Jacob, Beth•Jacob-Mogain
Abraham, Cong. Beth Isaac of Trenton, Young Israel of
Southfield (27705 Lahser), Bnai Israel-Beth Yehudah, Down-
town Synagogue, Cong. Shomrey Emunah, Cong. Beth Tefilo
Emanuel Tikva, Young Israel of Greenfield and Shomer
Israel, 13430 W. Seven Mile.
Minyan will be held at 5:45 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Temple Israel. A daily
minyan and Sabbath services are held at Temple Beth El
and 17376 Wyoming.
Rosh Hashana: 2-Day Festival
BY RABBI SAMUEL FOX
Rosh Hashana is two-day
holiday.
The dates for Jewish holi-
days were determined by
counting a certain number of
days after the first of the
month. The first of the month
was determined by the ap-
pearance of the new moon
which was witnessed by ap-
propriate witnesses and cer-
tified by t h e Rabbinical
Court in Jerusalem. Once the
day of the new moon had
been established, is was a
simple matter to count off
the number of days to de-
termine the exact date of the
holiday. This was applicable
to holidays which occur in
the middle of the month.
Rosh Hashana being the
New Year holiday, naturally
occurs at the beginning of the
month. This presented a prob-
lem. If the witnesses would
testify late in the day, there
would be little opportunity to
observe the day as a full day
of holiday observance. Before
the famous decree of Rabbi
Johanan Ben Zakkai, the tes-
timony was not even' ac-
cepted in the late afternoon.
It was for this reason that
the rabbis declared that Rosh
Hashana be a two-day holi-
day. This would cover all
possibilities because the new
moon which indicates the
arrival of New Year would
appear on either one of the
two days. Therefore, both
days were made holy days.
It is that Jewish custom
makes it especially manda-
tory to wear new clothes or
have some new food on the
table on the second night of
Rosh Hashana.
Actually, the two days of
Rosh Hashana are not con-
sidered two individual days,
but rather one long day.
Thus, a problem arises re-
garding t h e benediction
"Shehechiyonu" which is re-
cited at the experience of a
new event such as a holiday
which comes into the calen-
dar again after being absent
a year. Our custom is to pro-
nouce this benediction both
nights before lighting the
candles and during the reci-
tation of the kidush. The
second night would render
this benediction unnecessary
since it was already recited
the first night and the two
nights form only one day.
Therefore, the rabbis or-
dained that a new article of
clothing or a new fruit be
consumed on the second
night so that the benediction
could apply to the experience
of wearing the new clothing
or eating the new food.
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SANS SOUCI HALL
ON 9 MILE AT MIDDLEBELT •
EVERY SUNDAY 7:15 P.M.
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MONDAYS 7:30 P.M..
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DUE TO
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