THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 27, 1978 45
Novel Traces Demanding Rise
of Woman in Publishing World
Aviva Hellman has writ-
ten a new novel about the
cutthroat world of women's
magazines, entitled "In
Place of Love," (Put-
nam's).
Mrs. Hellman is the wife
of Yehuda Hellman, execu-
tive director of the Confer-
ence of Presidents of Major
Jewish Organizations.
The book concerns the
rise to publishing power of
Kate Johnson, who leaves a
broken marriage and a mid-
western background deter-
ined to conquer New
ork. Hesitant at first, but
gifted with native shrewd-
ness, she brings her concept
of the new American worn-
en to the tired, cynical
world of New York maga-
zine publishing.
Assuming control of the
floundering magazine Wom-
en Today, Kate stamps her
vision of the young, daring
female on the consciouness
of a vast readership.
Aviva Hellman's inside
story of women's magazines
(Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.)
AVIVA HELLMAN
illuminates the struggle of
one self-centered, inspired
woman who chose personal
advancement in place of
love.
Israel Lauded
WASHINGTON—Aviation
Week and Space Technology
magazine, in its list of "lau-
rels for 1977," com-
plimented Al Schwimmer of
Israel Aircraft Industries
for 30 years of building /the
fledgling industry "from
scratch to a vital contrib-
utor to his country's suc-
cessful defense and a strong
competitor in the inter-
national marketplace."
Schwimmer resigned last
October.
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far excusing women from
such time-oriented perform-
ances is the nature of the
obligatory performance of
tending to the household
and to the children is con-
sidered more important and
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Women are not involved
in certain religious com-
mandments and perform-
ances.
It is not that women are
not involved, it is rather that
Jewish law excuses women
from the obligation, of ob-
serving these command-
ments in the form of execut-
ing a performance.
The general rule is that
certain performances (there
are exceptions) which are
commanded to be done at a
specific tim-e are the ones_
from which women are ex-
cused.
, Furthermore, the sPe-
cific religious perform-
ances in specified time
are geared t )- esw.b-
lish a certain state of mind
mnd
which brings about devo- •
tion and commitment to
some Jewish ideal.
The devotion and commit-
ment of the Jewish home-
maker to her responsibili-
ties is considered at least
equal to the devotion and
commitment that would be
achieved by the specific per-
formance of a command-
ment.
ORT Offers New Training Program
NEW YORK—ORT has
created a new vocational
program in New York for
Biblical Thought Quiz
(Editor's note: This quii is part of a series taken from
one of tilt' various .courses offered by the American Jewish
Committee's Academy for Jewish Studies Without Walls.)
(Copyright ism, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
1. Amos confronted the priest Amaziah at
A. Bethel
B. Gilgal
C. Beersheba
2. The major concern of Amos was
A. idolarty
B. social justice •
C. temple sacrifices
3. The king of Israel, contemporaneous with Amos, was
A. Rehoboam
B. Jeroboaml
-C. Jeroboam II
4. The name of Hosea's wife was
A. Gomer
B. Lo-ruhamah
C. Orpah
5. The dominant theme in Hosea is
A. stern justice of God
B. divine compassion and love
C. rejection and abandonment on the part of God.
young Americans.
Called the Division of
Technology and Business
Administration of the Bram-
son ORT Training Center, it
was opened in the Fall of
1977, according to ORT
president Harold Friedman,
to "respond to the changing
training needs of Americans
who were caught in the vise
of technological unemploy-
ment.
.
TRUE OR FALSE?
6. According to Hosea, God prefers "steadfast love" to
sacrifices.
7. Isaiah prophesized in the Northern Kingdom.
8. Isaiah received his "call' to hear that King Uzziah died.
9. Isaiah believed that there will be a few survivors of the
house of Israel.
10. Isaiah asked reliance on Assyria over Egypt.
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Women Enrollees
Up at Cardozo
NEW YORK (JTA)—
More than half of the mem-
bers of the second year en-
tering class of Yeshiva Uni-
versity's Benjamin Cardozo
Law School are women, a 10
percent increase over the
number of women in the
first class in 1976, according
to Dean Monrad G. Paulsen,
university vice president for
legal education.
Unbalanced Trade
MADRID (ZINS) — Oil-
starved Spain is hoping to
increase its trade ties with
Arab states to reduce its
balance of payments.
Spain bought $129 million
worth of oil from Algeria in
early 1976, but sold goods
worth $70 million in return.
In 1975, Spain bought $1.7
billion in oil from Saudi
Arabia, but sold only $34
million in goods to the
Saudis.
God has given more un-
(lerstanding to a woman
than a man.
—The Talmud
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While it is true that there
have been women who have
performed some of the ex-
cused commandments,
women traditionally do not
perform such command-
ment's in order to demon-
strate the unique role of
Jewish womanhood in Juda-
ism. Indeed, if there was no
uifference between the res-
ponsibilities of men and
women, the role of the Jew-
ish woman would lose its
identity and become over-
shadowed by male domi-
nance.
Excusing women from
certain obligations 'renders
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