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Wholly Moses' Film Blasted by Orthodox Organizations
NEW YORK (JTA) Five
national Orthodox Jewish
organizations, representing
more than 2,000 Orthodox
rabbis in the United States
and Canada, have de-
nounced the film, "Wholly
Moses" as "the most vicious
attack ever on the Jewish
religion in the history of the
American movie industry."
Speaking for the coalition
of the five organizations,
Rabbi Abraham Hecht,
president of the Rabbinical
Alliance of America, de-
clared that "this savage
mockery of our God, our Bi-
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ble, including the Ten
Commandments, and our
prophet and teacher, Moses,
is comparable to events that
occurred in Nazi Germany
and Soviet Russia.
"This blasphemous and
sacriligious film is also a
gross offense to our Chris-
tian neighbors as the Old
Testament is of course re-
vered by them as well."
Hecht added: "By ridi-
culing the divine origin of
the Ten Commandments,
and insultingly parody-
ing God himself, the film
undermines the very
foundation op. which our
western system of justice,
morality and ethical con-
duct is based."
Hecht also observed that
this movie has a rating
which allows children of all
Importance of Jerusalem
Heightened on Tisha b'Av
By RABBI MARC H.
TANENBAUM
(A Seven Arts Feature)
On Monday evening, July
21, the Jewish people
throughout the world will
observe Tisha b'Av, the
ninth day of the Jewish
month of Av. Tisha b'Av is
the most important of our
historical fast days in the
Jewish calendar that com-
memorate events connected
with the destruction of the
ancient Temple and of
Jerusalem, first by the
Babylonians and then by
the Roman legions.
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ages to see it without re-
striction. He said "it is a sad
commentary on the
spiritual and social level of
our society when these most
deeply-held and treasured
beliefs and feelings of the
Jewish people or of any faith
can be publicly blasphemed
and held up to derision and
ridicule."
The participating organ-
izations are the Rabbinical
Alliance of America, the
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of
the United States and
Canada, the Rabbinical
Council of the Syrian and
Near Eastern Sephardic
Jewish community in
America, the Central Rab-
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National Committee for the
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Among traditional Jews,
Tisha b'Av is preceded by
three weeks of mourning
during which all celebra-
tions are forbidden. At the
final meal before the fast, on
the eve of Tisha b'Av, some
Jews dine on hard rolls and
eggs, sprinkling the eggs
with ashes, a ritual associ-
ated with mourners after
funerals.
In
dimly-lighted
synagogues, Jews sit on low
benches or boxes and read
from the Book of Lamenta-
tions, puiportedly written
by the Prophet Jeremiah.
Then kinot, dirges or odes of
mourning, are recited by
the worshippers over the
passing of the Holy Temple
and the religious and na-
tional life of which the
Temple was the symbol and
the embodiment.
The closing section of
the kinot expresses the
Jewish people's longing
for the Holy Land and
contains prayers for her
speedy restoration. After
midday on this fast,
oriental Jewish women
anoint themselves with
fragrant oils, for it is be-
lieved that this is the
birthday of the Messiah,
who will arise out of de-
spair and bring consola-
tion to his people.
This ritual, re-enacted
annually for nearly 2,000
years by Jews dispersed in
every part of the world,
speaks more persuasively
than academic tomes of the
centrality of Jerusalem in
the religious and folk-
consciousness of the Jewish
people.
Thus, Jerusalem is more
than a locale of holy places
in Judaism; it si in fact the
axis mundi, the center of
orientation in the cosmos
for Jews,' and that reality
will play a decisive role in
all the deliberation over the
future status of Jerusalem
in teh months ahead.
Refusnik Visas
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Longterm refusniks Peter
Balshem of Tashkent and
Lev Talianker of Moscow
have received exit visas, it
was reported here.
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CONG. BETH ABRAHAM HILLEL MOSES: Services
7:15 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday (Men's Club Instal-
lation).
CONG. BETH ACHIM: Services 6 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday: Erica Disner, Bat Chayil.
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 5:30 p.m. today and 11 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Schwartz will speak on "The Jewish
Equation: To Learn How to Do." David Katchman, Bar
Mitzva. (Alan Schwarz became Bar Mitzva at July 12
Shabat morning services.)
DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE: Services 8 a.m. Satuday.
Rabbi Gamze will speak on "Our Doors Are Always
Open."
TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 8 p.m. today in the West
Garden, conducted by the Mossoff Family.
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Loss
will speak on "Planning — Preparation — Participa-
tion— The Future Is Now." Services 11 a.m. Saturday.
TEMPLE KOL AMI: Services 8:30 p.m. today, conducted
by Reuben Bergman.
CONG. T'CHIYAH: Services 10 a.m. Saturday. conducted
by Alan Schenk.
.Regular services will be held at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Cong. Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills, Cong.
Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield, Cong. Beth Isaac of Tren-
ton, Temple Beth Jacob, Cong. Beth Shalom, Cong. Beth
Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah, Cong. Beth Tephilath Moses of Mt.
Clemens, Birmingham Temple, Cong. Bnai David, Cong.
Bnai Israel of Pontiac, Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehudah,
Cong. Bnai Jacob, Cong. Bnai Moshe, Cong. Bnai Zion,
Cong. Dovid Ben Nuchim, Livonia Jewish Congregation,
Cong. Mishkan Israel Nusach H'Ari, Sephardic Commu-
nity of Greater Detroit, Cong. Shaarey Shomayim (Jewish
Center Morris Branch), Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Cong. Shom-
rey Emunah, Cong. Shomrey Israel (18995 Schaefer),
Cong. Solel, Young Israel of Greenfield, Young Israel of
Oak-Woods and Young Israel of Southfield.
Steinhardts on the Bima
An innovative ceremony
marked the Adat Shalom
Sabbath services July 12.
Dr. Milton Steinhardt ob-
served his approaching 75th
birthday by being Bar
Mitzva.
He recited the Haftara
(Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4, 4:1-2)
and all the traditional
prayers preceding and fol-
lowing the Prophetical
reading.
His wife, Frieda, added
to the interest of the oc-
casion by reading the
Prayer for Our Country.
Rabbi Efry Spectre, in his
charge to the senior Bar
Mitzva, enumerated Dr.
Steinhardt's many profes-
sional and communal ac-
complishments, praised
him for his devotions and
expressed the hope he will
have a second Bar Mitzva,
Tisha b'Av
Services Listed
Tisha b'Av will be ob-
served beginning at sun-
down Monday. Synagogues
who have made their Tisha
b'Av schedules available
are:
ADAT
SHALOM
SYNAGOGUE: A slide and
tape presentation will be
given at 7:30 p.m. Monday
and services will follow at 9
p.m. in the main sanctuary.
CONG. BETH AB-
RAHAM
HILLEL
MOSES: Minha will begin
at 8:45 p.m. Monday, fol-
lowed by Maariv and recita-
tions from the Book of
Lamentations. Tuesday's
services will be held at 7:15
a.m.
CONG. SHAAREY
ZEDEK: Services will be
held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday
for Tisha b'Av.
traditionally, at the age of
83, after the symbolic 70th
year of life's fulfillment.
Dr. Steinhardt was not
Bar Mitzva in his home
town in Russia because of
problems that arose during
World Wrar I.
German City
to Aid Synagogue
BONN (JTA) — The
Christian Social Union fac-
tion in the City Council of
Wuerzburg has proposed a
detailed plan to assist the
Jewish community to reno-
vate its synagogue.
The plan calls for a
gradual renovation which
would be financed mainly
from the city's budget. It
also recommends placing
the synagogue under the
care of local authorities.
The faction wants
Wuerzburg to demonstrate
its solidarity NYith former
Jewish citizens by inten-
sifying contacts with them
on various levels. It was
suggested that the city's
cultural prize be awarded to
Yehuda Amichai, an Israeli
author who was born in
Wuerzburg.
Absentee Ballots
Set in Hawaii
HONOLULU (JTA) —
Hawaii's Jewish voters will
be allowed to cast absentee
ballots in the state's pri-
mary elections which will
be held on Sept. 20, Yom
Kippur.
Lt. Gov. Jean King said in
a letter to the Hawaii
Jewish Welfare Fund that
she and her staff are now
working on a plan for the
absentee voting, the Hawaii
Jewish News reported.