Dinitz Appeals to Women for Greater U.S. Aliya KIAMESHA LAKE, N.Y., (JTA)—"We are today going through our second battle for our independence just as we went through our first battle for independence in 1948," declared Israel's Ambassa- dor Simcha Dinitz in an ad- dress here to 2,000 delegates attending the convention of the Women's League for Con- servative Judaism. He added: "We will over- come our difficulties now just as we did then for we are stronger today than ever before, and the Jewish people is behind us." Dinitz declared that Israel could take care of herself militarily in any new crisis that may arise out of Arab miscalculation that it can destroy Israel, but appealed to the delegates to "become part of us by coming to live with us, by giving your chil- dren a more intensive Jewish education so they will know what it means to be Jews, and helps by telling the saga of Israel's struggle for liber- ANTIQUE FLEA MARKET Free Admission Dec. 1st, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Roma Hall E. Detroit Gratiot nr. 10 Mile Schaupeter Promotions Info & booth space 282-0040 & 731-9560 binical Assembly of America (Rabbinis arm of Conserva- tive Judaism) which allow- ed women "a more equal role in ritual and synagogue life, with the understanding that the rabbi is the final religious authority in his congregation." Conservative synagogues are now to be encouraged "to explore and discuss the implications of these deci- sions and to implement them as individual circumstances permit." At the religious services conducted throughout the convention, the women have been called up for the read- MRS. PERRY ation and the justice of its cause to as many Americans as you can reach." Dinitz made a direct ap- peal for American aliya, and appealed for more intensive Jewish education. Dinitz also stressed the importance of public opinion and a proper understanding of Israel. "We must reach the confused, the puzzled, the broad American com- munity," he said, "and the next few months are deci- sive." The convention voted by a 6-1 margin to allow women, in effect, to be counted in the minyan and eo be called up to make the blessing at the reading of the Torah. This issue had been the subject of considerable controversy within Conservative Judaism circles. The resolution approved the recent decisions of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rab- 1.et The Professionals Perform DICK STEIN Inc. Jeep Sm ith — Dick Stein Shelby Lee — Patty Grant Mori Little — Leonard McDonald Etc. From bne to any number of musicians Complete Party Planning on Request 358-2777 "Music The Stein Way" skesvidoak awry efith For All Occasions Call Our Banquet Manager at 682-4300 We Cater for All Occasions—Seating for 400 SERVING ONLY PRIME AND CHOICE MEATS SINGER'S Member Detroit Retail ing of the law and the reci- tation of the blessings on the appropriate days. Mrs. IM. Milton Perry of Elkins Park, Pa., was elected. president of the League. The outgoing president is Mrs. Henry N. Rapaport. Mrs. Perry is among the youngest women ever to be elected to lead a major na- tional organization. She is a product of the Conservative Movement in Judaism, an elected member of the Na- tional Board of the United Synagogue of America, and co-author with her husband of several books. Sbe was elected for a two-year term. Kosher Meats & Poultry Mkt. 38—Friday, Noy. 29, 1974 Women's Drive Aids Israeli Youth The Greater Detroit Coun- ment to the usual activities cil of Pioneer Women an- of Pioneer Women, which nounces the launching of a provides 60 per cent of all "Dollars for David" cam- social services to women and paign to raise money as a children in Israel, Jew and Hanuka gift for the children Arab, through 1,500 installa- of Israel. tions. Dorothy Tendler is chair- The children of local Jew- ish schools are being con- woman. For information, tacted to share their expect- write Pioneer Women, Dol- ed holiday gifts with "Da- lars for David, 28555 Middle- vid," a code name for the belt, Farmington, 48024. child in need. Women's The heart of man will in a groups are being asked to play mother, aunt or friend ages retain idealism enough to him and senior adults to to love and revere the gre est of men and to follow w be his "grandparents." The child may be an or- was best in them. —Solomon Schechter phan, the child of a war casualty, a broken home, disabled parents, single par- ent, emotionally disturbed en- vironment or a financially Orchestra and Entertainment deprived family. He may be the televised, hospitalized or- guistic characteristics of La- phan of Beth Shean. This campaign is a supple- dino can be found in both Spanish and Latin-American • • dialects and patois as well • • • • as in medieval texts, Ladino • • has some unique characteris- • • • "for your next affair" • tics of its own. Among them • • While you relax Tom Newby will create are the preservation of hun- • dreds of archaic Spanish •• the MAGIC for your Bar Mitzvas, Weddings, words, and others which have •; Showers and Parties . . . changed their meaning among • • • • the Sephardim—and the sub- • • of Southfield stitution of hundreds of Span- • • • • Flowers, Gifts ish words by parallel terms • • • borrowed from the local lan- • Distinctive Party Creations • • guage with which the Sephar- • 559 2560 dim came into contact. These • • 29245 Southfield at 12 Mile . foreign words derive mainly from Hebrew, Arabic, Turk- ish, Greek, French, and to a lesser degree from Portu- guese and Italian. In the Ladino spoken in Israel, several words have even been taken from Yid- dish. Ladino—Judeo-Spanish Dialect of Sephardim Ladino or Judeo-Spanish is the spoken and written His- panic language of Jews of Spanish origin. But Ladino did not originate as a Jewish language in the 13th or 14th century as some think, says the authoritative Encyclope- dia Judaica. After the Spanish Expul- sion of 1492 Ladino did, how- ever, become a specifically Jewish language. The Jews, ejected from the Iberian Pen- insula and thus cut off from its language while this was still in the process of evolu- tion, preserved the Spanish and Hispanic dialects that had been spoken and written before Cervantes and the Golden Age, and which bas- ically reflected the phonet- ics, morphology, and syntax of the 14th and 15th cen- turies. Distance from Spain, geo: graphically even more than chronologically, was one of the most important factors in the increasing divergence between Ladino and Casti- lian Spanish, the Encyclo- pedia Judaica states. • The efforts of certain pur- ists over the last few-genera- tions to restore the language of Ladino have achieved no material results. Ignoring the differences in phonetics and vocabulary between the so- called "Oriental Ladino" and "Western Ladino," one finds that, between the 16th and 19th centuries, Ladino was a Hispanic language which had become petrified on the threshold of the important changes pending in the Iber- ian Peninsula. Though most of the lin- PHIL SWARIN 13721 W. 9 MILE at RIDGEDALE LI 7-8111 WE DELIVER LARRY FREEDMAN 647-2367 LET'S MAKE A DATE - Breadwinner ORT Group Sets District Meeting The District 7 Board of Women's American ORT will meet Tuesday at the Mar- riott Inn in Cleveland. Methods to further implement the program of the world ORT network of vocational education as specified by the Women's American ORT 10th National Board Conference will be discussed. Plans for the District 7 convention which will be held on May 4-6 at the Detroit Heritage Hotel also will be discussed. Representing the Michigan Region will be Mrs. Sidney I. Feldman, president, a n d Mrs. Arnold Smith, chairman of the executive committee. activities in Society Susie Kaufman of Concourse Ave., Southfield, celebrated her "Sweet 16" birthday in October with a swim party attended by family and friends at the Ramada Inn. The Nelson-Lefkowitz Family Club will hold its annual Hanuka party 6:30 p.m. Dec. '7 at the Oak Park Community Center's activity room. Officers are David Wayne, president; Sharon Lubetsky, vice president; Alicia Nelson, secretary; and Mel Chinitz, treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Bayer of Weyher Ave., Livonia, were honored at a dinner Sunday at Machus Red Fox Restaurant on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniver- sary. Honoring their parents were Messrs. and Mesdames Walter Bayer, Stephen Epstein, Barry Lawton and Arthur Bayer, and Mr. Yogi Bayer. The couple was married Nov. 22, 1934. They have four grandchildren. Rosen's BREAD mill! Me HARD CRUST cri - Notei Xtecotikt9teite/inunleet. 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