54 Friday, April 22, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Jerusalem Focus of Event Scheduled at Beth Shalom Cong. Beth Shalom will present a - multi-media pre- sentation, "Jerusalem–City of Vision and Prayer," 8 p.m. May 1 in the syna- gogue. The presentation was de- rived from a lecture by Dr. Avraham Holtz at the Jew- ish Theological Seminary of America. Cantor Nathan Mendelson of Montreal was commissioned to set the pro- gram to music. Center Orchestra to End Season The Center Symphony Or- chestra of the Jewish Corn- munity Center, under the di- rection of Julius Chajes, will present the fifth and final concert of the 37th sea- son 8:30 p.m. May 3 in the Center's Shiffman Hall. Soloists for the concert will be Mischa Lefkowitz, violinist and Flavio Varani, pianist. A young Russian-born vio- linist, Lefkowitz concertized recently in Austria, Switzer- land, France and Finland. Lefkowitz will soon join the first violin section of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This will mark his fourth at•- pearance as soloistwith the Center Symphony Orches- tra. Varani, a native of Bra- zil, is presently artist-in- residence at Oakland univer- sity in Rochester. Varani, a native of Brais presently artist-in-residence at Oakland University in Rochester. Varani has been heard throughout South America, Europe and the United States. For the past two seasons he has ap- peared as soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orches- tra at the Meadow Brook Festival. The program will include Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major and Gluck's Over- ' ture to I"Iphigenie of Aulis." / There is a charge. For in- formation, call the Cultural Arts Department, 661-1000, est. 250 or 164 New Jersey Rabbi to Address 48th Annual Vaad Banquet The Bel Canto Choral So- ciety, under the direction of Dan Braude, the men's chorus of the synagogue and Cantor Samuel Green- baum will entertain. The public is invited. Following pogroms in Odessa, Russia, the Jewish organization Am Olam (Eternal People) was set up with the pur- pose of establishing a Jewish state as part of the United States. The first group arrived in America in 1882. RABBI MAURICE DAVIS Rabbi Maurice Davis, spiritual leader of the Jew- ish Community Center of White Plains, N.Y., will be the guest speaker at Temple Beth El 8 p.m. Tuesday, announces Mrs. Arthur Bloom, chairman of the Fourth Tuesday Lecture Series at the temple. Rabbi Davis will speak on "The Moon People and Jewish Youth." Rabbi Davis has been cited for his role in "rescuing" youth from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon cult. He is the presi- dent of Citizens Engaged in Reuniting Families. Gift May Be Jewish War Loot AMSTERDAM (JTA)—A $10 million collection of art and other valuables recent- ly donated to the University of Pretoria, South Africa by Jacob A. Van Tilbert, a Dutch national, may be loot taken by the Nazis from Jewish Families during World War II, according to a newspaper investigation. Former members of the Dutch resistance in Dor- drecht, Holland have brought charges against Van Tilberg, who lived in that town south of Rotter- dam before and during World War II and served as a municipal councilman and alderman. He settled in South Africa in the 1950s. The newspapers disclosed that Van Tilbert, a man of modest means, was found in possession of a vast art collection after the war. In- terviewed in Pretoria, he said that he had received many art objects for safe- keeping during the German occupation of Holland Local Sessions See Growth in Christian-Jewish Relations "There's been more prog- ress made in increasing friendly relations between the faiths in the last 15 years than in the previous 1,900," said Rabbi Marc H. Tannenbaum, national inter- religious affairs director of the American Jewish Com- mittee at the Third Nation- al Workshop on Christian- Jewish Relations being held in Southfield. He said that Jews and Christians are being driven together by common threats, including nuclear war, growing violence and a rotting of America's mor- al fabric. Rabbi Tannenbaum also said that Jews and Chris- tians have a growing aware- ness that they have a com- mon heritage and that they Adult Classes Meet at Midrasha Yosef Levanon, dean and assistant professor at the Midr- asha Colle`ge of Jewish Studies, conducts amadult class in biblical literature at the Midrasha. It is one of the many courses offered in the divisions of Advanced Hebrew and Religious Studies, Judaic Studies and Continuing Educa- tion and Teacher Education. must work together to help solve world problems. He said that inter-faith re- lations have changed signifi- cantly since the Vatican Council. A second speaker at the opening of the interfaith conference was Rev. Alex J. Brunett, director of the office of Ecumenical and Religious Affairs for the Archdiocese of Detroit. He echoed Rabbi Tanenbaum's statement that Jews and Christians—who formed the moral traditions of Amer- ica—must stand up against the forces of decay. Holocaust History LONDON (JTA)—Lead- ers of Anglo-Jewry are about to begin a long-term campaign to spread knowl- edge of the Nazi attempt to wipe out the Jewish people. The campaign, sponsored by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, is intended to counteract ignorance about the Holocaust and the at- tempts of present-day anti- Semites to minimize it or claim that it never hap- pened. A two-tier working party has been set up to supple- ment the educational work carried out in Israel by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Me- morial Foundation in Je- rusalem. One committee, headed by Prof. Chimen Abramsky, head of the Hebrew and Jewish Studies Department at University College, London, will work in the universities. The other, headed by Henry Lewis, an executive of Marks and Spencer, will op- erate within the Jewish community. which he returned later to surviving Jews who claimed them. The collec- tion he presented to Pre- toria University reportedly consists of over 7,000 paint- ings, carpets and silver and gold objects. The newspaper said Van Tilberg declared his collec- tion to be ordinary furni- ture when he came to South Africa. A law suit lasting seven years was decided in his favor. Ritual Counting Between Holidays By RABBI SAMUEL FOX (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) The word "sfira" means "counting." In the context of the current period of time the word is used as a reference to the ritual count that takes place every evening between the festival of Pesah and the festival of Shavuot. The pe- riod of time itself is also called "sfira," which is a short form of the expres- sion "the days of sfira," which means the days dur- ing which this count is made daily, one of the corn- mandments mentioned ex- plicitly in the Torah. A num- ber of commentaries have offered a variety of explana- tions. The reason that the count- ing takes place beginning with the day after the first day of Passover is to show the indispensable link be- tween the festival of free- dom and the festival of rev- elation at Sinai. In this re- spect, there can be no reve- lation without freedom and freedom is meaningless unless man is guided by the revelation of God's will. Some claim that these days are counted because they are very solemn days since thousands of Rabbi Akiva's students died in those days during the Roman period. The counting also dis- plays the anxiety with which the Jew looks for- ward to observing the festi- val of Revelation, like a prisoner in his cell who counts the days that bring him nearer to his release (Abudraham), or like those who look forward to a great celebration. Israel Notes Independence; Katzir Hits Workers' Greed JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel began cele- brating the 29th anniver- sary of its independence Wednesday night with fes- tive ceremonies all over the country, especially in Je- rusalem, which is also marking the 10th anniver- sary of its re-unification. Symbolic beacons were kindled, foreworks displays lit up the skies and throngs mingled in the streets and around bonfires in open areas. But if Israelis hoped to forget, at least for the mo- ment, the grave problems besetting their country, President Ephraim Katzir chose the occasion of Inde- pendence Day eve to re- mind them of the heavy toll taken. by selfishness on the labor front and misconduct by public servants. In a sober radio and tele- vision address, Kitzir "Citizens of Israel, my, heart is full of anxiety con cerning the negative phe- nomena on the labor front,) especially in the service in- dustries, which we have been witnessing." He called for some of the same spirit, that Israelis demonstrate in times of war and danger. Earlier in the day, Pre- mier Yitzhak Rabin spoke at ceremonies at Jerusa-' lem's military cemetery memoralizing the nation's war dead. "Our ' independ- ence was not given t' aid. a silver platter," I "Sirens brought a halt to all activity at 11 a.m. when cars and pedestrians haltee of observe two minutes of si- lence for the war dead. Monument Unveilings Unveiling announcements may be inserted by mail or by calling The Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich., 48075, 424-8833. Written an- nouncements must be accom- panied by the name and address of the person making the insertion. There is a standing charge of $5 for an unveiling notice measuring an inch in depth, and $10 for a notice two inches deep with a black border. The family of the late Yetta Grusberg announces the unveiling of a mon- ument in her memory 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at Chesed Shel Emes. Rabbi Zachariash will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * * * The family of the late Isal Offner announces the unveil ing of a monument in hi memory 1 p.m: Sunday May 1, at Machpelah Ceme tery. Rabbi Nelson will offi ciate. Relatives and friend are asked to attend. The Family of the Late The Family of the Late WERNER V. COHN Announces the un- veiling of , monument in his memory 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at Beth Ab.raham Cemetery. Rabbi Halpern will offi- ciate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. LOUIS KONIKOF Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 12 noon Sunday, May 1, atl Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Solomon Gruskin will officiate. Relatives and friend are asked to attend. The Family of the Late The Family of the Late CARL MANELA IDA DIEM Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 12 noon, Sunday, April 24, at Workmen's Circle Cem- etery, Bnai Jacob Sec- tion. Rabbi Leizer Levin will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late The family of the late Jo seph Linden announces th( unveiling of a monument his memory 1:30 p.m. Sun day, May 1, at Machpelal Cemetery. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. - Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in hi memory 2 p.m. Sunday pril 24, at Machpela: Cemetery. Rabbi Gruskit will officiate. Relative and friends are asked t ■ attend. Woodward at 8'i Mile Rd. Sec 23, Plot 15, Space 1. Check wilt Cemetery office for dire h the gravesite. The Family of the Late GOLDIE DORFMAN ELEANORE WHITE Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 2 p.m. Sunday, April - 24, at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Cantor Larry Vie- der will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. Announces the un veiling of a monumen in her memory 1:30. f p.m. Sunday, April 24, Machpelah Cemetery Rabbi David Nelson wil l officiate. Relatives anc friends are asked to at tend.