THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Writer Blasted for Errors in Turkish Jews' Story Readers Forum Materials submitted to the Readers Forum must be brief. The writer's name will be withheld from publication upon request. No unsigned letters will be published. Materials will not be re- turned unless a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. 'Rabbis Have Never Amended the Divine Laws of the Torah' / > Editor, The JeWish News. A statement by the late Dr. Solomon Zeitlin, on the controversial ques- tion of "Who is a Jew - was ._nrinted in "Purely Com- fltary," of Jan. 14, Dr. Zeitlin contends that, "Although the Pen- tateuch was the basis of Jewish Law, and was the constitution of the people, the sages (of the Second Jewish Commonwealth) . did not hestitate to inter- pret and tmend the pen- tateuchal However, the rabbis of the Second Jewish Com- monwealth, as well as those preceding - and fol- lowing them would never and have never amended any of the Penteuchal Laws. PIANO INI/S TMO f aS RENTAL & PURCHASE PLAN Evergreen Plaza Evergreen 12 Mile 557-4449 It is axiomatic • in traditioal Torah circles (the circles of the .Pharisees, the rabbis of the Second Common- wealth), that the oral and written traditions were given by G-d and are not man-made. These G-d-given laws, according to Torah tradi- tion (not ultra-Orthodox tradition) may never be amended. It is only rabbinical in- junction that has at times been amended, but the G-d-given Pentateuch has remained untouched. Rabbi Meilech Silberberg jw v SOL YETZ-MORRIS COHEN POST and AU- XILIARY will meet 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Jewish War Veterans Memorial ,Home. After an informal business meeting, a social evening will follow. Julie Gleeson, former stewar- dess with American .Air- lines, will present travel films and slides on San Francisco. Friends are invited. The post and au- xiliary will service Allen Park Veterans Hospital Feb. 20, following the Sunday morning chapel 1 2 days left for GOLDFINGER'S %tee/tate see 30% Off 1 - 4 kt. & sterling . HEARTS & FLOWERS no charges on specials Claymoor Apts. 29260 Franklin Rd. Southfield, Mi. 12 7r- 11. _] 11- I 358-1980 Mon.-Sat. 10-4:30 TEL-TWELVE SHOE REPAIR 28708 Telegraph Road 355-2467 Southfilld, Mich. 48076 Open Mon. Thru Sat., 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. SHOES REBUILT LIKE NEW! Don't Throw Them Away. Service While You Shop ) / \ \ • GOLF SHOES • SKATES SHARPENED ZIPPERS FOR SHOES AND HANDBAGS , Editor, The. Jewish News: This letter is a response to an article published in the Detroit Jewish News on Sept. 24, 1976, entitled "Writer Finds Unusual Communities, Practices in Visits to Synagogues of Istanbul and Rome". To deliberately or un- knowingly distort reality is bad journalism and serves no purpose. Appa- rently Mr. Siegel knows very little about the 'Jewish communities in Istanbul or Rome, but what is worse has made no decent effort to be knowledgeable. To take the case of Is- tanbul, Turkey: Contrary to what he says in his ar- ticle the Jewish commun- ity there is very active and outgoing and hospit- able; he apparently didn't know how to find them out. He 'should have gotten We Specialize in Orthopedic Work • EXPERT REPAIR ON LADYS' HANDBAGS LEATHER JACKETS & COATS REP.AIRED REBUILT SOLES ON TENNIS SHOES • WE REPAIR SADDLES FOR HORSES hour, when refreshments Will be provided for pa- tients and their families. Anyone wishing to assist may call President Reva Dryman, 398-9172. * * * DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN LADIES AUXILIARY will hold a brotherhood tea, at an oneg Shabat with petite luncheon, noon, Feb. 26 at the Jewish War Veterans Memorial Home. Guest speaker will be Judge Henry Heading. Mem- bers are requested to bring a non-Jewish friend. For reservations; call Bertha Kole, 559- 5680, or Faye Katz, 559- 4484. Committee mem- bers are Mesdames Sol Goldberg, Harry Left, Morton Oppenheim and Sidney Cohen. * * * BLOCH-ROSE' POST and AUXILIARY, under the chairmanship of Torn Tannis and Miriam Lawrence, respectively, will service the Evangeli- cal Home for the Re- tarded 1:30 p.m. Satur- day. JWV members will distribute gifts and pro- vide refreshments and entertainment. Volun- teers are welcome. For in- formation, call the. JWV headquarters, 559-5680, or Ms. Lawrence, UN 2-1467, evenings. * * * LT. - RAYMOND ZUSSMAN AUXILIARY will meet 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the home of Mrs. Oscar Katz, 25706 Grand Concourse, South- field. Brunch will be served. Mrs. Seymour Zuger invites new mem- bers. For information, call Faye Katz, 559-4484,. or Martha Hauptman, 352-2696. Milgrom Elected Louis Milgrom of Franklin was elected a member of the national board of directors of the American society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. in touch with the Jewish Community Center which can be found as easily as looking for its address and number in the phone book. The caretaker of the temple is not an imforma- tion center, or at least he should have stuck around the temple a little longer and_he would have surely witnessed activity in a temple as busy as "Neve Shalom", where, to get a wedding date, bookings are made as far advance as a year. Or better yet how about getting in touch with the Jewish press that pub- lishes ' the weekly Jewish newspaper "Shalom." Friday, February 11, 1977 43 He who increases knowl- edge increases sorrow. while in Israel about the Turkish-Jewish commun- ity from the several sources such as Turkish Jews-in Israel and Tur- key's diplomatic rep- resentatives. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DENA Feb. 14, 1977 /tail Sara Kosnick Further, Jewish offi- cials wouldn't be in the least disturbed if he went around with an open notebook. For his infor- mation, Turkey is a democratic country, Mos- lem not Arab, a country that has no history of the kind of pogroms and per- secutions the rest of most of the world enjoys. And further, it would not have made an iota of difference if his passport was stamped in Israel or not. On the contrary he should have gotten information as` Woman Honored Rebecca Evenchik was awarded the 1976-1977 Alpha Epsilon Phi Scho- larship of the Center for Continuing Education of Women at the University of Michigan. 4068 W. 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