18 Friday, July 11, 1975

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

month of Ab Observed With Festive Atmosphere

By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)

The 15th day of the He-
brew month Ab is observed
as a minor festival accord-
ing to Jewish tradition.
The Talmud (Taanit 84a)

EVERY MONDAY

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CONG. BNAI MOSHE
14390 W. 10 Mile
Corner Church, Oak Park
Every Monday 7:30 p.m.

relates that this day was a
very festive day in the pe-
riod of the Second Common-
wealth. Rabbi Simeon ben
Gamliel, who lived through
the fall of Bethar recalled
from his youth the kind of
festive atmosphere that
came over the people on this
day.
It was ranked in the same

category as Yom Kippur
when the goal of atonement
was achieved in the latter.
The daughters of Jerusalem
would go out in festive array
on both of these days. To
equalize their potential they
all wore borrowed clothes so
as not to embarrass the
poor.
A number of reasons are

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MONDAYS 7:30 P.M.

ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Services 6 p.m. today
and 9 a.m. Saturday. Steven Lupovitch, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH ACHIM: Services 7 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday. Steven Weinberg and Franklin Silverman,
Bnai Mitzva.
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 11 a.m.
Saturday. Roy M. Remer, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH MOSES: Services 7:30 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday. Jeffrey Eisenberg and Irwin Ruby, Bnai
Mitzva.
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8 p.m. today. Rabbi Fram
will speak on "The Prophet Isaiah." Services 11 a.m.
Saturday.
TEMPLE KOL AMI: Services 8:30 p.m. today: Leland
Thralls, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 7 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Stanley Rosenbloom will speak on
"Rebellious Sons."

Regular services will be held at Cong. Bais Chabad of
West Bloomfield (Early Elementary School), Cong. Beth
Isaac of Trenton, Temple Beth Jacob of Pontiac, Cong. Beth
Jacob-Mogain Abraham, Cong. Beth Shalom, Cong. Beth
Tefilo Emanuel Tikva, Cong. Bnai David, Cong. Bnai Israel
of Pontiac, Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehuda, Cong. Bnai Ja-
cob, Downtown Synagogue, Temple Emanu-El, Livonia
Jewish Congregation, Cong. Mishkan Israel Nusach H'Ari,
Northwest Detroit Israel Synagogue (Jewish Community
Center), Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Cong. Shomer Israel (13430
W. Seven Mile), Cong. Shomrey Emunah, Young Israel Cen-
ter of Oak-Woods, Young Israel of Greenfield, Young Israel
of Southfield (27705 Lahser), Cong. Beth Abraham-Hillel
and Cong. Shaarey Shomayim.

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offered in the Talmudic lit-
erature for characterizing
this day as such a festive
one. For one thing, deaths
due to the plague that en-
sued after the people dem-
onstrated their lack of faith
after they heard the report
of the scouts, ended on that
day.

Secondly, on that date
the tribes were finally al-
lowed to intermarry —
something that had not
been allowed previously
because of the concern
that the inheritance of the
individual members of the
tribes might be trans-
ferred out of the tribe into
another tribe.

Third, it was also on this
day that the guards that
had been stationed to prohi-

hit the people of the North-
ern Kingdom of Israel (re-
ferred to as Ephraim) from
going to the Temple in Jeru-
salem were finally removed.

The Talmud, besides giv-
ing other reasons (Baba
Bathra 121a), also includes
tile fact that the victims of
Bethar, who were pre-
viously denied the right to
burial by the wicked Ro-
mans, were finally allowed
burial privileges on this day.
In modern Israel some
kibutzim have tried to res-
tore this festival by calling
it "Chagigat hakeramim"
(the festival of the vine-
yards). In the Diaspora,
penitential prayers are
omitted from the liturgy on
this day.

CJF Accepts Nominations
For Best Jewish Journalists

NEW YORK — Nomina-
tions for the 1975 Smolar
Award for Excellence in
North American Jewish
Journalism are now being
accepted.
The award, established in
1972 by the Council of Jew-
ish Federations and Welfare
Funds recognizes achieve-
ments by outstanding North
American journalists whose
work appears in English
language newspapers sub-
stantially involved in the
coverage of Jewish com-
munal affairs and issues in
the United States and Can-
ada.
Created as a tribute to
Boris Smolar, editor-in-
chief emeritus of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, and
author and columnist, this
annual award is the highest
honor bestowed upon indi-
viduals in the American
Jewish journalism field.

This year's awards will
be announced at the CJF's
44th General Assembly in
Miami, Nov. 19-23.

The eight categories mak-
ing up this year's competi-
tion are: three in the area of
"news" coverage for local,
national and overseas repor-
tage\respectively; two for
"editorial" excellence — ei-
ther a single editorial or a
series, inclusive of cartoons,
and for an outstanding reg-
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analysis and commentary;
and in the "features" area,
separate awards recogniz-
ing a series of articles on a
special theme, a single arti-
cle (inclusive of interviews,
personality sketches, film,
book reviews), and a regular
column whose focus is the
local community scene.
This year's competition
covers material published
between June 1, 1974 and
May 31, 1975, with the dead-
line for entries Sept. 12,
1975. Nominations can be
made by newspapers and
journalists of the American

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Young Israel
Holds Installation

Young Israel of Green-
field recently installed Sey-
mour Rabinowitz as its
president.
Other officers include Dr.
William Beres and Emanuel
Mittelman, vice presidents;
Melvyn Katz, treasurer; and
Hugo Apt, Dr. Marcel Hal-
berstadt and George Gelber-
man; secretaries.
Board members are
Harry L. Blitz, Leslie Kra-
kovits, Eli Rosenbaum and
Dr. Gene Schramm. Rabbi
James I. Gordon of Young
Israel of Oak-Woods, was
installing officer.

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In the days of the Temple,
this day was sometimes
called the day of the wood
offering.
This day was the one in
which the priests, Levites
and Jews who were not sure
of their tribal origins
brought their share of the
wood to the Temple.

Special Service
at Adat Shalom

Adat Shalom Synagogue
will have a special Tisha
b'Av service 8 p.m. Wednes-
day at the synagogue.
A candle light procession
will begin the services, and
the Book of Eicha, Lamen-
tations, will be chanted by
Cantor Larry Vieder, Rabbi
Seymour Rosenbloom, Ste-
ven Posen, Andrew Dunsky,
Steven Lupovitch, Steven
Levy, Michael Neuvirth, Sol
Rose, Ricky Schostak,
Asher Tilchin and Mark
Vieder.
Rabbi Jacob E. Segal will
officiate.
Dramatic readings from
"By the Rivers of Babylon"
will be read by Harriet Dun-
sky, Judy Frank, Dean
Fuller, Ira G. Harris, Ar-
lene Klein and Lisa Lieber-
man.

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