THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

30 Friday, May 30, 1975

Jews Oppose Calendar Reform

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Jews oppose calendar re- Such a system would be al-
form since it would destroy most entirely symmetrical,
the fixity of the Sabbath. says the Encyclopaedia Jo-
According to the Encyclo- daica.. Each date of the
paedia Judaica, attempts at month would always fall on
calendar reform have been a given day of the week,
prompted by two desires: to with a recurring one-year
achieve a closer synchroni- pattern.
zation of the civil year of 365
However, whereas the
days with the astronomic Gregorian reform affected
fact that the earth revolves neither the regularity of
around the sun in nearly the days of the week, nor
364 1/ days, and to make a any possible rite occuring on
symmetrical division of the them, the main disadvan-
year. tage of the proposed World
The Gregorian system Calendar from the Jewish
now in use achieves a close point of view is that it would
synchronization of the civil destroy the fixity of the
year with the astronomic Sabbath. In one year the
year, but the calendar lacks Sabbath coincided with the
symmetry. A date of the day known as Saturday, in
month never coincides with the following year it would
the same day of thee week shift to Friday.
in successive years, and the
Such a reform, the ency-
months have a varying num
clopedia states, would be
ber of days. Moreover, the unacceptable to Judaism,
year is not divisible into ei- whose day of rest depends
ther two equal halves or on an unbroken sequence
four equal quarters, the of six working days fol-
Encyclopaedia Judaica ex
lowed by the Sabbath (Ex.
plains.
20:9-10 and Deut. 5:13-14).
One of the reforms sug-
Opposition has been ex-
gested is to divide the civil pressed to any world au-
year into 13 months, each thority rearranging. the
of 28 days; this total of 364 Sabbath, which is consid-
days would be supple
ered neither merely a social
merited every six years institution nor simply a day
(sometimes five), with the of prayer, but a fundamen-
addition of an extra week tal of faith.
to the last month.
In 1929, the Synagogue
A more popular suggested Council of America declared
reform • is the so-called that it would oppose any
World Calendar, which calendar reform likely to
proposes dividing the year interfere with the regular-
into four quarters of 91 days ity of the Sabbath.
(three months of 30, 30, and
31 days), giving a total of Houston Wins
364 days. The extra day
needed to make the calendar Arab Status
conform to the astronomic
LOS ANGELES — Get-
cycle is to be suspended be- ting the right. Arab connec-
tween December 31 and tion can make or break a
January 1 of each year. It company contract, as many
would be called either Blank firms have learned. In the
Day or World Day, but United States, the best con-
would be dateless. nection is in Houston, ac-
In a leap year, there will cording to the Los Angeles
either be two such days in Times.
succession, or another
Much of the reason for
added at the end of -June. the existence of the Arab
connection in Houston
Inter-Faith Study
stems from the longtime
friendship the firms have
Looks at Books
accumulated in the Arab
NEW YORK — One world.
hundred Catholic, Protes-
The Times said there is a
tant and Jewish leaders are heavy pro-Arab sentiment
expected to attend a three- in Houston which, until re-
day National Conference in cently, has been dormant.
St. Louis this weekend on
Saud Abu Kishk, presi-
the subject of "Faith With- dent of the Mediterranean
out Prejudice; Religion and Consulting Service in Dal-
the Teaching of Human las and a former adviser to
Relations."
H. L. Hunt, said the Arab
Sponsored by the Ameri- connection includes a
can Jewish Committee in greater awareness and
cooperation with St. Louis appreciation of Arabic his-
University, the meeting tory, culture and customs
will evaluate the current by Americans.
status of interreligious and
Houston businessmen,
intergroup content in reli- heavily involved in the oil in-
gious educational materials, dustry, have had more rea-
and will aim to establish son to have contact with
within each religious corn- Arab interests in the past
munity an ongoing process than most U.S. business-
for the systematic review men.
not only of written materi-
als, but of teacher-training French Families
and seminary curricula. - Plan Israel Move
Cooperating agencies in-
clude the National Catholic
TEL AVIV — Twenty-
Education Association, the five French families are ex-
National Council of petted to immigrate to Ash-
Churches' Division of Edo- dod in August as an urban
cation and Ministry, the pioneering group.
American Association for
Most of the future immi-
Jewish Education, the Reli- grants are experienced as
pious Education Associa- electricians, carpenters and
tion, and the National Con- similar crafts and will open
ference of Christians and workshops in Ashdod when
Jews. they move there.

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