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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Flint Area News
Russian Chaverim
Project Launched
Jack Stanzler, chairman
of the Flint Jewish Commu-
nity Council's community
relations committee, an-
nounces the bginning of
"Operation Russian Chav-
erim," a program which
encourages regular corre-
spondence with Jewish ac-
tivists in the Soviet Union.
This program is open to
all ages. A child can be given
the name of a Russian child
of similar age with whom to
correspond. For informatin,
call the Council office,
767-5922.
Flint ORT Women
Set Benefit Lunch
Flint Chapter, Women's
American ORT, will have an
honor roll champagne bene-
fit luncheon for the ORT
School of Engineering 12:30
p.m. Nov. 7 in the home of
Mrs. William Shapiro, 2730
Westwood Pkwy.
A brief report will be
given by Mrs. Ben Bayer,
president, on the national
convention held recently in
New York. The program
will feature a handwriting
analyst.
For reservations, call Mrs.
Barry Shapiro, 694-1398,
Mrs. Richard Benison,
233-0906. or Mrs. Sanders
Goodstein, 239-0550.
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Due
Keren Or Group, Hadas-
sah, will have a "crafts-how-
to-night" 8 p.m. Tuesday at
River Forest club house.
Instruction will be given in
needlepoint, dried flower
arranging and macrame.
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Births
Sept. 5 — To Mr. and Mrs.
William Robbins (Rosalyn
Feiler, formerly of Flint) of
Ohio, a daughter, Jill Helen.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Monday — Joint Board of
Education, noon, Temple
Beth El; and FJCC budget
and allocations subcommit
tee meeting on overseas, Is-
rael and religious agencies,
8 p.m., Council office.
(Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)
Some Jews habitually
fast on Mondays and Thurs-
days.
These fast days originally
occurred for a period of time
after the spring festival of
Passover and after the fall
festival of Sukkot. A variety
of reasons are offered.
Some claim that the
happy holidays might have
led some people to over-in-
dulge themselves in food
and drink. While the Bible
asks the Jew to be happy on
this festival, over-indulg-
ence was frowned upon.
The fast that follows on
Mondays and Thursdays
is a means of repentance
and atonement for over-
indulgence. This tradition
is sometimes traced to a
passage in the Book of Job'
(1:5) which says "and it
happened, when the days
of the feast were gone
round, that Job sent and
sanctified them . . . for
Job said, it may be that my
sons have sinned . . ."
It is also said that fasting
CHICAGO — Irving B.
Harris, chairman of the
Chicago Education Televi-
sion Association, will be the
guest of honor at a cocktail
reception to be given by the
national executive council of
the American Jewish Com-
mittee Saturday at the
Hyatt Regency Chicago.
The reception and a din-
ner that evening are part of
the four-day annual meet-
ing of AJC's top policy mak-
ing group. The meeting will
end Sunday.
Tuesday — Temple Beth
El Sisterhood board meet-
ing, 12:30 p.m., temple;
FJCC commission on Jewish
Harris will receive AJC's
education, 8 p.m., Temple
Beth El; and Bnai Brith" distinguished leadership
lodge meeting, 8 p.m., How- award "for his many contri-
butions to the city of Chi-
ard Johnson's East.
cago and to the Jewish corn-
Wednesday — Hadassah ,munity."
donor luncheon, noon, Cong.
Beth Israel; and FJCC
budget and allocations sub-
committee meeting on local
agencies and services, 8
p.m., Council office.
Thursday —
FJCC
budget and allocations sub-
committee meeting on ad-
ministration, noon, council
office; JWVA board meet-
ing, 8 p.m., home of Mar-
sha Fleming, 3410 Norwood;
and Cong. Beth Israel board
meeting, 8 p.m., synagogue.
Beth Israel Slates
Communal Dinners
Cong. Beth Israel Youth
Commission will host a
Father and Sons night, 6:45
p.m. Nov. 18. The program
will include a sit-down din-
ner, films of the last Macca-
biah Games held in Israel
and live demonstrations by
participants of the games.
Harry Binder is chairman.
Dr. Sam Sorscher will be
honored at a community
dinner 7:30 p.m. NOV. 22 at
Cong. Beth Israel. General
chairman Jack Parnes an-
nounces there is a charge.
For reservations for both
dinners, call the synagogue,
732-6310.
The Tradition of Fasting
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
AJ Committee Cites
Chicago Executive
was an order after the festi-
val of Sukkot because it was
at that time that the fall
rains were expected. This
was a tense period, because
if the rains did not come
there would be a drought
which would bring on eco-
nomic hardship.
It is also claimed that
after the Passover the fast-
ing was done in order to
pray for the proper ripening
of the spring crops upon
which the people depended
for sustenance.
Some claim that both of
these periods (the spring
season after Passover and
the fall period after Sukkot)
are periods of changing sea-
sons. There was a fear lest
disease would break out at
this time causing epidemics.
The fasting was insti-
tuted to try to avert these
diseases. Some claim that
the fasting was done to
atone for whatever unsatis-
factory relationships may
have occurred between the
people among the crowds
that came to Jerusalem on
the festival (Kiddushim 81).
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