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NAFTALY
Phillip Stollman and Phil-
ip T. Warren, general chair-
men of the 1978 Allied Jew-
ish Campaign-Israel
Emergency Fund, have ap-
pointed nine Campaign divi-
sion chairmen.
The Mercantile Division;
which last year tied with the
Professional Division for
the largest perdentage in-
crease in pledges over the
previous year, will be head-
ed by Irwin Kahn and D.
Lawrence Sherman. Kahn
was an associate chairman
of the division last year.
Sherman, also an associ-
ate chairman last year, was
formerly chairman of the
shoes section. He and his
wife Jane chaired the De-
troit Service Group mission
Ever since New
Year's Eve, Doug
Hoffman has been
trying to get himself
back in shape for his
big "Hangover Sale".
Save up to 50% off
Doug's fine selction
of designer clothes -
Suits, sportcoats,
pants, shirts, sweat-
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Everything is on sale!
Take advantage of
Doug Hoffman's
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January 3rd.
Mon., Thurs., & Fri
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Tues., Wed., & Sat
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SHERMAN
Stollman, co-chairman of
the Real Estste Division for
the previous two Cam-
paigns, is a member of Fed-
eration's culture and educa-
tion budget and planning
division.
Thomas I. Klein will head
the new Food and Services
Division. Chairman of the
Food Division in 1977, he is
a member of the boards of
the Jewish Welfare Feder-
ation, United Jewish Chari-
ties, Jewish Community
Center and Detroit Service
Group. He also served for
three years as a member of
Federation's executive com-
mittee.
The Metropolitan Division
will be led by Jerome B.
Greenbaum, associate
chairman of the division
during the past three Cam-
paigns. Greenbaum, mho
formerly served as the Met-
ropolitan Division's special
gifts chairman, is a mem-
ber of the Detroit Service
Group board.
to Israel in October.
Robert Naftaly is chair-
man of the Professional
Services Division. He serv-
ed as - co-chairman of the
Professional Division in 1977
and as vice chairman in
previous years. He is a
member of the boards of the
Jewish Community Council,
the Jewish Community Cen-
' ter and the Jewish Welfare
Federation's national
agencies budget and plan-
ning division. He is a mem-
ber of the Anti-Defamation
League national executive
commission.
Dr. Conrad L. Giles, a co-
chairman of the Profes-
sional Division in 1977, will
head the Professional
Health Division. Former
chairman of the medical
physicians section, he is on
the boards of the Jewish
Welfare Federation, United
Jewish Charities and Fresh
Eight parlor meetings in
Air Society. Dr. Giles is the homes of prominent
chairman of the Feder- community leaders will be
ation's community services held during the next two
budget and planning divi- months on behalf of the Al-
sion and a member of the lied Jewish Campaign-Is-
JWF executive committee.
rael Emergency Fund.
Joseph Orley will head the
Campaign leaders have an-
Industrial and Automotive
nounced.
Division for the second
The first meeting is
year. He was co-chairman
scheduled for Jan. 11 at the
of the division in 1976 and
Franklin home of former
associate chairman in 1975.
Campaign General Chair-
Orley serves on Feder-
man Irwin Green. Guest
ation's collection review
speaker will be Howard L.
committee.
Adelson, professor of his-
The Real Estate and
tory at City University of
Building Trades Division
New York. Dr. Adelson.
will be led by Lester S.
who recently met with Is-
Burton and Bernard Stoll-
raeli leaders, will discuss
man. Burton, a pre-Cam-
the latest developments in
paign associate chairman
the Middle East.
during the 1977 Campaign,
Subsequent parlor meet-
is chairman of the Tama-
ings will be held weekly
rack Hills Authority and
through March 1.
serves on the boards of the
General Campaign Chair-
Jewish Welfare Federation
men are Philip T. Warren,
and Jewish Home for Aged.
and Phillip Stollman.
Campaign
Parlor
Meetings Set
ORT School Shows Students' Work
• NEW YORK—ORT-Na-
Among student works
tanya has organized a show- shown were a computer
ing of work by its advanced memory system, an ad-
students. With a graduating vanced telephone central
class that included 14 engi- system and a small auto-
neer-technicians in.electron- matic meteorological sta-
ics, 20 engineer-technicians tion.
in electricity and 19 in pre-
cision mechanics and auto-
mation, the school has an
Bak was a family of Jew-
enrollment for the 1977-78 ish printers of Ashkenazi
academic year of 183 post- origin, who lived first in
baccalaureate students.
Venice and later in Prague.
Temple Beth El
S witch to
R eform Recalled
By IRVING I. KATZ
Temple Beth El was
organized in 1850 by 12
German-Jewish families as
an Orthodox congregation.
Agitation for ritual reforms
started, however, a few
years after the organization
of the congregation and by
1856 the liberal members
succeeded at a stormy
congregational meeting to
pass a new constitution and
by-laws, containing ideas of
Reform Judaism.
This action was no doubt
the result, among or
things, of the influence
Rabbi Isaac M. Wise of
Cincinnati, the founder and
master builder of American
Reform Judaism, through
his pers(--cial visits to many
communities and his
weekly newspaper, the
Israelite. and its German
supplement, Deborah.
In Beth El's 1856
constitution and by-laws,
written in German, the
seventh principle stated:
"The congregation shall,
in all its religious
observances, pay due
attention to the progress of
the age, and maintain the
respect due to !ustoms or
laws handed down. to us by
our pious fathers. In cases
of innovation, this
congregation shall attempt
to remain in unity with the
majority, at least, of the
American congregations,
and shall always attempt to
produce uniformity in the
American synagogue."
The adoption of this
principle divided the
congregation into a
majority favoring reform
and a minority which
remained loyal to
traditional Judaism. The
controversy continued for
five years.
In order to bring the
matter to a head. the
traditionalists succeeded to
call a meeting of the
congregation in 1860 where
the legality of the 1856
constitution and by-laws
was debated at length. The
outcome was a defeat for
the traditionalists, for the
majority reaffirmed the
ideas of Reform Judaism.
The final break between
the traditionalists and the
reformers came the
following year, in 1861, at
the dedication of Beth El's
Rivard -St. synagogue, when
organ music and a mixed
choir was introduced at the
Shabat services, an
innovation contrary t - -
traditional Judaism.
Seventeen members-
withdrew from Beth El and
organized Cong. Shaarey
Zedek, a traditional
synagogue, which is today
one of the largest
Conservative congregations
in the country.
A year after the split, in
1862, Beth El adopted a
new constitution and
by-laws (revised German
version) which paved the
way for the introduction of
many reforms and the
official alignment of Beth
El with the Reform Jewish
movement.