THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
January 9, 1976 23
Rabbis Hold Conference on Jewish View of Life and Death
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Services
CONG. BETH ACHIM: Services 5 and 8:15 p.m. today.
Cindy Cantor, Bat Mitzva at late services. Services 8:45
a.m. Saturday.
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi
Hertz will speak on "The True Nature of Zionism:
What It Is — What It Is Not." Landon Martens, Bar
Mitzva. Services 11 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Hertz will
speak on "The Colonial Spirit: Rebellion and the He-
brew Bible."
CONG. BETH MOSES: Services 5:10 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday. Michael Yendick, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH SHALOM: Services 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Daniel Lowy of Temple Bnai Israel
of Muskegon will speak on "The Role of the American
Jew in the Bicentennial." Richard Rosenberg, Bar
Mitzva.
BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today.
Rabbi Wine will speak on "From Ford to What? —
Prophecy Without Romance." Karen Silverberg, Bat
Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI DAVID: Services 5 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m.
Saturday. Michael Forman and Bruce LaBell, Bnai
Mitzva.
CONG. BNAI ISRAEL OF PONTIAC: Services 8 p.m.
today. Rabbi Berman will speak on "The Hardening
of Pharaoh's Heart." Services 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 4:45 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Joel Roth, head of the Melton
Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer-
ica and professor of Talmud, will speak on "The Need
for Specialized Jewish Training." David Kraus, Bar
Mitzva.
HA-NER HA-TAMID: Services .8 p.m. today. Rabbi Gold-
water will speak on "The Hardened Heart of Modern
Man."
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Loss
-will speak on "Resolutions We Have Already Bro-
ken." Scott Brandt, Bar Mitzva. Services 11 a.m.
Saturday.
TEMPLE KOL AMI: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Janet D.
Lynn will discuss "Land Use Planning: Luxury or
Necessity?"
CONG. SHAAREY SHOMAYIM: Services 5 p.m. today
and 9 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Leo Goldman will speak
on "Geulah — Redemption."
CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Services 5:10 p.m. today and
8:45 a.m. Saturday. Steven Schwartz and Douglas Lev-
ine, Bnai Mitzva.
Regular services will be held at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Cong. Baia Chabad of West Bloomfield (Ealy Elementary
School), Cong. Beth Abraham-Hillel, Cong. Beth Isaac of
Trenton, Temple Beth Jacob of Pontiac, Cong. Beth Jacob-
Mogain Abraham, Cong. Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikva, Cong.
Bnai Israel-Beth Yehuda, Dovid Ben Nuchim, Downtown
Synagogue, Livonia Jewish Congregation, Cong. Mishkan
Israel Nusach H'Ari, Shomer Israel (13430 W. Seven Mile),
Cong. Shomrey Emunah, Young Israel of Greenfield, -
Young Israel of Oak-Woods and Young Israel of Southfield
(27705 Lahser).
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Beth Shalom Installation Due
Murray A. Rubin will b e
installed as president of
Cong. Beth Shalom at a spe-
cial Havdala service 8 p.m.
Jan. 17 at the synagogue.
Rabbi David A. Nelson will
be installing officer.
The ceremony will follow
the format of the Melave
Malka.
A musical program will
be presented by Cantor
amuel Greenbaum and
reda Mendelson. They will
e accompanied by Rochelle
Lakin in a selection of He-
brew, Yiddish. and English
songs. The cantor will also
_lead the guests in z'mirot
(table songs) when refresh-
ments are served.
To be installed with
Rubin are: Mrs. Jules
Kutner, executive vice
president; Dr. Eli Berger
and Martin Lederman,
vice presidents; Mitcheal
Bloom, treasurer; Sy Fin-
kelstein and Jack Lovin-
ger, secretaries.
Trustees are: Phil Elkus,
Arnold Goldsmith, Mrs.
Paul Goodman, Gordon
MURRAY RUBIN
NEW YORK — Starting
off with the concept that Ju-
daism has a "bias for life" a
group of more than 100 rab-
bis and scholars in related
fields such as law and medi-
cine discussed the "Jewish
View of Life and Death" at
a seminar at the Jewish
Tehological Seminary of
America in New York. The
meeting was held under the
joint auspices of the Rab-
binical Assembly's commit-
tee on bioethics and the
committee on Jewish law
and standards.
At the seminar it was
generally agreed that Jew-
ish tradition would accept
"brain death" as a criterion
of death. Since the cessation
of brain activity also means
the cessation of sponta-
neous breathing and heart
beat, the newer criteria are
not opposed to those found
in traditional Judaism.
The speakers at the semi-
nar - were Rabbi Seymour
Siegel, professor of theology
at the Jewish Theological
Seminary and also chair-
man of the Rabbinical As-
sembly's committee on Jew-
ish law and standards, and
Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb, a re-
cently ordained rabbi, who
is a lecturer on law and as-
Bill Will Protect
Home Synagogues
JERUSALEM (JTA) --
An Aguda MK introduced a
bill in the Knesset that
would bar law suits against
synagogues located in resi-
dential buildings.
The measure, proposed by
Yehuda Meir Abramowitz,
stemmed from a recent case
before a Tel Aviv magis-
trates court where a tenant
group complained that the
noise of prayers in a syn-
agogue on the premises con-
stituted a "public nuisance."
The judge ordered the
congregation to desist from
further use of the flat as a
prayer hall.
Abramowitz said "there
are hundreds of congrega-
tions throughout the coun-
try which because of lack
of sufficient funds had no
choice but to rent quarters
in residential buildings."
He said that very often the
landlords, seeking higher
rentals, sued the congre-
gations on charges of dis-
turbing other tenants.
According to Abramowitz,
his bill would result in
greater efforts by both sides
to settle disputes amicably.
If adopted it would only pro=
tect congregations that rent
a flat with the stated inten-
tion of establishing a syn-
agogue, not those which
rent premises for residen-
tial purposes and subse-
quently turn them into a
prayer hall.
Hollander, Mrs. Gerald Ja-
cobs, Stephen Medow, Rich- . Bnai Moshe Sets
ard Racusin and Jeremy
Breakfast Seminar
Salinger.
Cong. Bnai Moshe will
have its breakfast seminar 9
a.m. Sunday in the syn-
What is happiness other agogue.
Topic for the seminar will
than the grace of being per-
mitted to unfold to their he "The UN Vote, 'Zionism
fullest bloom all the spirit- — What Next?" The pro-
ual powers planted within gram is held in conjunction
with the United Hebrew
Us.
—Franz Werfel Schools.
Unfolding
sociate director of the Legis-
lative Research Fund of Col-
umbia University. Rabbi
Stanley Kessler of West
Hartford, Conn., chairman
of the Rabbinical Assem-
bly's committee on bioethics
presided.
The establishment of
"brain death" as a crite-
rion, said Rabbi Siegel,
was of particular signifi-
cance in the case of trans-
plants. Patients who are
potential donors who are
on respirators or heart
machines, can be tested
for signs of spontaneous
breathing and heart beat
by removing the appara-
tuses for a short while. If
there is no spontaneous the blood of an unburied
respiratory activity and corpse.
there is evidence of brain
death then the patient can
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be presumed to be dead.
The machines can then be
turned on again "in order to
maintain the freshness of
the organs destined for re-
planting. In continuing
these procedures, we are not
NOBODY . . .
restoring life, but in truth
BUT NOBODY
ventilating and circulating
UNDERSELLS
Temple Will Mark
24th Anniversary
Temple Emanu-El will
celebrate its 24th anniver-
sary Jan. 16 with a congre-
gational dinner and special
Sabbath Eve services.
, Rabbi Richard S. Sara-
son, a confirmand and grad-
uate of the temple high
school, will deliver the ser-
mon. Rabbi Sarason, son of
Mr. and Mrs..C. Kenneth
Sarason, is a doctoral de-
gree candidate at Brown
University.
Adat Shalom
Lecture Due
Evelyn Orbach, program
and broadcasting associate,
Jewish Community Council,
will present "Jewish Crea-
tivity in the American Thea-
ter," a lecture with selected
portrayals, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue's first mid-win-
ter seminar 8:15 p.m. Mon-
day in the synagogue.
The series, sponsored by
the adult education commis-
sion, will have as its theme
— "A Bicentennial Special
— Jewish Contribution to
the Arts." The community
is invited at no charge. A
coffee hour will follow each
session. For information,
call
the
synagogue,
851-5100.
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