40 Friday, February 18, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Avoid Anger Emory U. Has Religion Chair Be not easily moved to anger. — Talmud • For the Finest Wedding and Bar Mitzva Albums Call WINER And Associates 357-1010 ATLANTA, Ga. (JTA) --The Jay and Leslie Cohen Chair in Judaic Studies, described as the first such academic posi- tion in the deep South, has been established in the religion department of Emory University here. ' Dr. David Blumenthal has been named its first occupant. The university •is Methodist-founded. From first page to:last, newspaper readership by _wom.en is constantly high. FOR QUICK SALE OF YOUR UNWANTED USED FURS El-Mars Suburban Shop Eleanor Heyman Marion Feuerman WE CAN SELL YOUR MINK COATS, JACKETS, STOLES, FUN FURS, PERSIANS, FUR HATS, BROADTAIL FURS, FUR TRIMMED SWEATERS, etc El-Mars Furs 13661 W. 11 Mile, just West of Coolidge Oak Park, Mich. (Across from A & P) MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. 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Materials will not be re- turned unless a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. `Ancient Rabbis Did Amend Various Laws of the Torah' Editor, The Jewish News: I 'understand Rabbi Silberberg's dismay- at the late .Prof. Zeitli n's contention that "the sages (of the Second Jewish Commonwealth) did not hesitate to inter- pret and amend the pen- tateuchal laws" (Reader's Forum 2-11). - Such a statement is as- suredly a radical one. But even a cursory . examina- tion of the contemporary literature (the Mishna) reveals that the rabbis did change the prescrip- tions of divine writ. The Torah legislates (Num. 5:11-31) that a sus- pected adulteress was to be given the "bitter wat- ers" to discern her guilt or lack of it. "When adul- terersbecame many," however, the rabbis abolished this rite (Mis- hna Sota 9:9). According • to Deuteronomy 21:1-9, - Volume Honors Dropsie's Katsh PHILADELPHIA — '"Halutz V'Maas,'.' an il- lustrated jubilee volume in honor of Dr. Abraham I. KatsFi, was edited by Dr. Yaacov. Ben-Joseph and published in Israel by the Avuka Press of Tel Aviv. Dr. Ben-Joseph was a student of Dr. Katsh at New York University, where he was the director of Judaica studies before coming to The Dropsie University. • Dr. Katsh is now presi- dent emeritus and Dis- tinguished Research Pro- fessor at Dropsie. "Halutz V'Maas," which literally means "Pioneer and Doer," is a collection of studies, both in Hebrew and English. The Hebrew articles were written by prominent Is- raeli scholars and educators. The English section of the volume is a collection of eight selected articles written by Dr. Katsh in recent years. The volume also includes a summary of all Dr. Katsh's published books. Dr. Ben-Joseph is as- sociated with the educa- tion Department in Tel Aviv and is principal of a high school there. Young Volunteers Leave for Israel NEW YORK — Forty- five young people have left the U.S. for Israel to study Hebrew and work for half a year as-volun- teers in kibutzim and de- Velopment towns. The group, which left Wednesday consists of volunteers on Project Etgar and Project De- velopment Town, two programs in Israel spon- sored by the American Zionist-Youth Founda- tion. when a body was found, and the murderer un- known, the elders of the nearest town took a heifer and killed it as an atonement. "When mur- derers became m‘any, - however, this, too, was discontinued (Mishna Sota). The examples could be multiplied. -Clearly, then,, the .halakhic authorities (the rabbis) of that time ,not only possessed the power to set aside a behest of the Torah; indeed, ' the employed it. The issue today is whether, should it be re- quisite, there is a body of sufficient stature and au- thority to effect such change. That is another question. But to assert, in Rabbi Silberberg's words, that "these G-d given laws, according to Torah tradition .. : havp never been amended" is to deny both history and the all- embracing wisdom Wand sensitivity of the rabbis to keep Jewish law and life vibrant and operative in the midst of the world around them. - Judaica Scholar at Methodist U. DALLAS (JTA) — Prof. Ellis Rivkin, Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Jewish History at Hebrew Union College, has been named to a lectureship for the 1977 spring semester at Southern Methodist Uni- .yersity•s school of humanities and sciences. In Children's Parties 968-0038 WHAT'S UPSTAIRS AT MODERN? 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Snider Pinchas RiMon, direc- tor of the America-Israel Secondary School Prog- ram in Kibutz Kfar Blum, Israel, will speak 8 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Labor Zionist Institute. The public is invited. Rinion will speak to students at the high schools of the United Hebrew Schools, Cong. Shaarey Zedek and the Hillel Day School. Rimon will discuss the program with the Jewish Educators Council on Feb. 28. The American School at Kfar Blum allows Ameri- can -students in their 10th grade of high school, to pursue a fully accredited course of study for one year at the 700 student regional high school in Kfar Blum. In addition to their studies, the par- ticipants tour Israel thoroughly, participate in a work program and are adopted by a kibutz family for the entire year spent away from their families. Better is a little with righ- teousness than great rev- enues with injustice. —Proverbs 'Your c Gi Offi ri e (between 13.& 14 Mile Rds.) 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