26 November 21, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Testimonial for Preros Set

Past president Milton
Duchane and Young Israel
of Greenfield President Sey-
mour Rabinowitz have an-
nounced a testimonial ban-
quet in honor of Rabbi and
Mrs. Samuel H. Prero, 6:30
p.m. Dec. 10, at the main
Jewish Community Center.
Rabbi Prero, who has
served the Detroit Jewish
community since 1948, re-
tired from the active rabbi-
nate at Young Israel of
Greenfield to become execu-
tive vice president of the
Young Israel Aliya Housing
Development Corp., which

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is building a suburban com-
munity near Bet Shemesh,
Israel.
Rabbi Prero is also direc-
tor of the Allan Institute of
Gerontology, which is affi-
liated with several Israeli
universities, and the rabbi
will spend part of each year
in Israel.

The rabbi has been affi-
liated with the Young Is-
rael movement for 33
years, and served as Rabbi
of Young Israel of Detroit,
then Young Israel of
Northwest Detroit and
Young Israel of Greenfield
since 1948.

He served as president
and executive vice president
of the Young Israel Cabinet
of Metropolitan Detroit, and
is a member of the national
cabinet of Israel Bonds.
The banquet arrangement
committee is chaired by
David Tanzman, and in-
cludes Rabbi Feivel Wagner,
Milton Duchane, Leonard
Antel, Seymour Rabinow-
itz, Dr. William Beres, Phil-
lip Stollman, Mrs. Tanzman
and Mike Weiner.
For information and res-
ervations, call Mrs. Tanz-
man, 548-9046, or Young
Israel of Greenfield,
548-2377.

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NEW YORK — Rabbi
Ovadia Yosef, Sephardic
Chief Rabbi of Israel, re-
ceived Yeshiva University's
Mordecai Ben David Award
at a special assembly on the
university's campus.
The award was made to
Rabbi Yosef by Dr. Leo
Jung, emeritus professor of
ethics at Yeshiva U. and
senior rabbi, The Jewish
Center, Manhattan, who has
traditionally made the pres-
entation since it was estab-
lished in 1940.

Israel Justice Says Suicide
Assures Place in Heaven

JERUSALEM — Su-
preme Court Justice Haim
Cohn astounded delegates to
the Eighth International
Congress on Suicide Preven-
tion by saying that "in Juda-
ism a suicide often assures
his place in heaven — he
does not forfeit it."
Justice Cohn was the first
of four speakers outlining
the different viewpoints on
suicide by four major reli-
gions — Judaism, Catholi-
cism, Protestantism and Is-
lam.
Suicide is permissible in
Judaism, Justice Cohn said,
to forestall death or torture
at the hands of others. King
Saul, for example, fell upon
his own sword after defeat
in battle (and after his ar-
mor bearer refused to kill
him), and Saul's death had
always been viewed as
"legitimate and irreproach-
able."

The mass suicide of the
defenders of Masada —
"to allow the surviving
defenders of the fortress to
die freely and nobly, not to
be butchered, or to be sold
into slavery or raped" — it
was the "climax of hero-
ism and showed the bent of
Jewish moral and reli-
gious tradition," he said.

Judaism also allows sui-
cide for "sanctification of
the divine name" (Kidush
Hashem), those who took
their own lives rather than
change their religion under
torture were considered
heroes.
The Catholic viewpoint
was presented by a Domini-
can priest, the Reverend Dr.
Jacques Dubois of the De-
partment of Philosophy of
the Hebrew University.
Prof. Ernst Schwyn, Rec-
tor of the City Church of
Bienne, Switzerland,
pointed out that Protestant-
ism condemned suicide and
that it was the duty of Pro-
testants to "prevent and in-
tervene."

Sheikh Yussuf Eli-
Najjar of Jerusalem said
that suicide was consid-
ered the same as murder
by the Koran

Suicide was an "affront to
life, and outrage to society
and a denial of a person's
right to live."
"But," he added, "self-sac-
rifice and martyrdom for
the sake of the Prophet —
i.e., Jihad, or Holy War — is
permissible. A person who
gives his life in the service of
the Prophet is assured of a
place in Paradise."

Lubavitcher Rebbe Remains
Unchanged on Sabbath Law

NEW YORK — Israel
Turner recently was slain
on Sabbath in New York
because he carried no
money and was unable to
satisfy his assailant.
Since this incident, it has
been asked if Jews should be
permitted to carry money
on the Sabbath to save their
lives.
The Jewish Post in New
York reports that two years
ago Rabbi Emanuel Rack-
man wrote that it was ha-
lakically permissable to do

U.S. Women Plan
M.E. Study Tour

CHICAGO — The contri-
bution that women might
make to the search for peace
in the Middle East will be
the focus of a 17-day wom-
en's study tour of Egypt,
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and
Syria, to take place Jan.
5-22.
The "Women's Interreli-
gious Study Tour of the
Middle East" will be co-
sponsored by the Leader-
ship Conference of Religious
Women (Roman Catholic),
United Presbyterian
Women and the Anierican
Jewish Committee, in coop-
eration with the Division of
Overseas Ministries of the
National Council of
Churches.
Rabbi Marc H. Tanen-
baum, AJC's national direc-
tor of interreligious affairs,
stressed that the tour was
open to American women of
all religious, racial and eth-
nic groups.
Inquiries may be ad-
dressed to Ms. Inge Lederer
Gihel, Program Specialist
Interreligious Affairs Dept.,
American Jewish Commit-
tee, 165 East 56th St., New
York, N. Y. 10022.

so if the money was con-
cealed in a hat or belt.
He based this on the prin-
cipal of Pikuakh Nefesh,
that carrying money on the
Sabbath is permitted if
there is a danger to life.

Rabbi Seymour Siegal,
chairman of the Conserva-
tive Law Committee, will
ask his committee to ap-
prove the necessary
change in the law.

But for hasidim, the opin-
ions of both the Rabbinical
Council of America and the
Rabbinical Assembly are
irrelevant. They look to the
Lubavitcher Rebbe for guid-
ance.
Jewish Post reporter
Aaron Blumenthal points
out that the Lubavitcher
Rebbe would probably move
from Brooklyn before he
permits carrying money on
the Sabbath.

U.S. Role in Sinai
Hurt Aid to Israel

WASHINGTON (ZINS)

— Citing well-informed and
reliable sources, the Wash-
ington correspondent of
Ha'aretz writes that in talks
between Foreign Minister
Yigal Allon, Ambassador
Stinha Dinitz and Dr. Henry
Kissinger, the American
Secretary of State remarked
that Israel might have re-
ceived a great deal more
from America if she had not
insisted on the stationing of
American technicians in the
Sinai.
According to the sources,
Kissinger indicated to the
Israeli leaders that the U.S.
would have been ready for a
much more liberal aid pro-
gram, but Israeli insistence
on an American presence in
the Sinai ruined those possi-
bilities.

