THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Exhibit on Jewish Traveler
NEW YORK — The
Jewish Museum's per-
manent collection of
Jewish ceremonial ob-
jects is the largest in the
United States and one of
the three most important
in the world. It ranges
from pottery used in the
time of Moses to a Persian
synagogue wall of the
16th Century to contem-
porary silver ceremonial
objects created in the
Museum's Tobe Pascher
Workshop for Sil-
versmiths.
One of the newest and
ost interesting exhibits
t the museum is a small
udaica display entitled
"The Jewish Traveler."
The compact exhibit con-
tains many unique and
beautiful miniature ob-
jects used by Jews when
they traveled.
From biblical times
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Jews have traveled — on
pilgrimages to
Jerusalem, as mer-
chantmen in search of
silk, to new and different
parts of the globe. In-
genious13,', they devised
small, miniature ceremo-
nial objects for their long
journeys so that they
could practice their faith
no matter how far from
home they went.
The exhibit at the
museum contains spice
containers, folding
Hanuka lamps, miniature
prayer books, a case for a
scribe and a small circum-
cision kit. No travelers
bag was complete how-
ever, without an amulet
which was considered use-
ful in protecting one from
disease, highway robbers
and other hazards of a
journey.
The Jewish Museum
exhibit, which will con-
tinue through the fall,
even contains a minia-
ture sewing kit with the
personal seal of the
woman who owned the
kit. Another unusual as-
pect of the exhibit is the
inclusion of part of the
travelers prayer which
reads in part, "May it be
thy will, 0 Lord my God
and God of my fathers, to
conduct me in peace, to
direct my steps in peace,
to uphold me in peace,
and to lead me in life, joy
and peace unto the haven
of my desire. 0 deliver me
from every enemy, am-
bush and hurt by the way,
and from all afflictions
that visit and trouble the
world . . ." (Daily Prayer
Book translated by Dr.
Joseph Hertz).
The Jewish Museum,
under the auspices of The
Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, is
located in New York City.
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Friday, August 13, 1976 11
Yeshiva U. Picks Rabbi Lamm
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Dr. Norman Lamm,
philosopher, author and
teacher, and a chemist
who became a rabbi, has
been elected president of
Yeshiva University, the
third in the institution's
history.
Third President
"A Hedge of Roses:
Jewish Insights into
Marriage and Married
Life," published in six
editions, three in the
U.S., one in England, and
in Hebrew and POrtu-
guese; "The Royal Reach:
Discourses on the Jewish
Tradition and the World
Today"; "Fait'h and
Doubt: Studies in Tra-
ditional Jewish
Thought"; and "The Good
Society: Jewish Ethics in
Action", part of Bnai
Brith's Jewish Heritage
Classics.
Lamm, 48, is the first
American-born chief
executive officer of the
91-year-old institution.
The announcement
was made by Max J. Etra,
chairman of Yeshiva
University's Board of
Trustees. Lamm suc-
ceeds the late Dr. Samuel
Belkin who died April 18,
1976. Belkin was presi-
dent from 1943 until he
became chancellor in
September 1975.
Born in Brooklyn,
Rabbi Lamm earned his
bachelor's degree from
Yeshiva College in 1949,
graduating summa cum
laude as a chemistry
major.
During Israel's War of
Independence in 1948, as
a student at the college,
he worked on a secret
munitions research proj-
ect for the struggling
state under the direction
of Dr. Ernst D.
Bergmann, who later be-
came head of the Israel
Atomic' Energy Commis-
sion.
Rabbi Lamm went on
to graduate study of
chemistry at the
Polytechnic Institute of
Brooklyn. He was or-
dained at the
university-affiliated
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary in
1951. In June 1966 he was
awarded a PhD degree in
Jewish philosophy from
Yeshiva University's
Bernard Revel Graduate
School.
Although an articulate
spokesman for Orthodox
Judaism, Dr. Lamm was
in the foreground in his
demand that Orthodox
synagogue groups coop-
erate with bodies of Re-
form and Conservative
Judaism in problems con-
fronting the American
Jewish community.
As a result, the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congre-
gations of America, at its
convention two years ago,
remained in the Syna-
gogue Council,of America.
He has been described
as a "scholar rooted in
Jewish tradition and
open to the broad cur-
rents of Western
thought." Because of his
knowledge of talmudic
law, his opinions have
been quoted in decisions
of the United States Sup-
reme Court, once by Chief
Justice Earl Warren and
again by Justice William
0. Douglas.
In 1966 he was named
Erna and Jakob Michael
Professor of Jewish Phi-
losophy at Yeshiva Uni-
versity and has been a fa-
culty member since 1953,
serving as ahil
p....osophy
instructor.
He has been spiritual
leader of The Jewish
Center in New York City
since 1958 and served/'as
DR. NORMAN LAMM
rabbi of Cong. Kodimoh in
Springfield, Mass., in
1954-58 and as assistant
rabbi of New York City's
Kehilath Jeshurun in
1952-53.
A prolific writer, Rabbi
Lamm's works include:
Beth Achim Sets
Tour to Israel
Cong. Beth Achim will
sponsor its fifth tour to
Israel, arranged by Rabbi
Milton Arm, Nov. 15-29.
Cost of the trip includes
hotel accommodations,
some meals and tours. In-
cluded on the trip are
visits to religious sites,
educational institutions,
kibutzim, moshavim and
cultural institutions.
For brochure or reser-
vations, call the
synagogue, 352-8670.
Reservations are limited.
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