THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Women's Clubs
TEMPLE BETH EL
SISTERHOOD will meet 1
p.m. Monday in the temple.
Rabbi Dannel I. Schwartz
will review The Book of
Lights" by Chaim Potok.
Dessert and coffee will be
served at 12:30. Admission
is free, and guests are wel-
come. For details, call the
temple, 851-1100.
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Roots — Ritual Art."
Luncheon will be served,
and there is a charge.
Guests are invited. For re-
quired reservations, call
Barbara Rosenthal, 356-
8527; or the temple office,
661-5700. * * *
OAK PARK NSHEI
CHABAD STUDY
GROUP (10 Mile area) will
meet 2:30 p.m. Saturday in
TEMPLE ISRAEL the home of Mrs. Herschel
SISTERHOOD will meet Josephs, 25311 Ronald Ct.
noon Monday in Herman The Nine Mile area group
'Hall of the temple. Esther will meet 3 p.m. Saturday in
Tarnoff Cooper, an artist the home of Mrs. Yitzchok
who is a member of the M. Lipszyc, 23011 Church.
speakers bureau of the De- Rabbi Lipszyc will speak.
* * *
troit Institute of Arts, will
speak on "Jewish Art: Its
GOLDA MEIR CHAP-
TER, Pioneer Women, will
hold a business meeting
noon Feb. 22 in the Kristen
Towers, 25900 Greenfield,
Suite 205E, Oak Park. The
Purim luncheon will be dis-
cussed. Refreshments will
be served, and prospective
members and guests are in-
vited.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS
AND DEBORAH
GROUPS, Hadassah, will
meet noon Feb. 23 in the
Bloomfield Township Pub-
lic Library meeting room.
Dr. Leonard Moss, professor
of anthropology at Wayne
State University, will speak
on "The Evil Eye and Other
Jewish Superstitions." The
The Kosher Truth About Gelatin
By RABBI JACK
GOLDMAN
Metropolitan Kashruth
Council of Michigan
quantities, is never voided
because it is a stiffening
agent (davar hama'med).
Thus, even the smallest
In the modern mar-
amount
of gelatin in a
ketplace, the one item that
is of great concern to kosher product renders the
consumers is one about whole product forbidden
which there is also a great to the kashrut observant
deal of confusion, namely Jew.
gelatin. The reason for the
confusion is that gelatin is
used in a wide variety of
food products and is rarely
identified in the list of prod-
uct ingredients, and fre-
quently when its presence is
identified, it is not called by
its popular name, but by
some other designation.
Gelatin is a colorless,
brittle protein formed by
boiling specially-prepared
skin, bones and connective
tissue of animals. It is
widely used in foods and
drugs. It is a non-kosher
product because it is derived
from swine or other non-
kosher slaughtered animal.
The problem with gelatin,
from the point of view of
Jewish dietary law, is that
whereas other non-kosher
Substances when mixed into
kosher foodS in very small
quantities are considered
null and void, after the fact,
gelatin, even in the smallest
Lung Agency
Meeting Planned
The American Lung
Association's Breathers'
Club will meet 7 p.m. Tues-
day in the Sinai Hospital
School of Nursing, room six.
"Breathing Techniques
and Relaxation" is the topic
of the meeting. Lung dis-
ease victims and their
families are invited. For de-
tails, call the lung associa-
tion, 961-1697.
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MAIL
WARNING
The Jewish News has
a normal deadline of
noon Monday, Feb. 15,
for local news and dis-
play advertising to ap-
pear in the issue of Fri-
day, Feb. 19. However,
there will be no mail de-
livery Monday, Feb. 15.
Material should be
mailed early or hand-
delivered to comply
with the deadline.
Ironically, because gela-
tin is very powerful and is
therefore used only in min-
ute quantities, the U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture
does not require that its
presence be noted in the list-
ing of ingredients of many
products that contain the
forbidden substance.
It is widely used in hard
and soft-centered candies,
marshmallows, ice cream,
sour cream, whipped top-
ping, yogurt and other dairy
products, pie fillings, cus-
tards, puddings and other
products which require a
stiffening agent.
It is also widely used as a
filtering agent for fruit
juices that are clarified.
(Fruit juices are normally
cloudy, since they contain
fruit pulp. If they are mar-
keted in a clear form, such
as apple and cranberry
juices, and wines, in all
likelihood they have been
filtered with gelatin, a proc-
ess called clarification.)
The conclusion drawn
from this situation is that
these products should be
used by the kosher con-
sumer only when they are
manufactured under
conscientious rabbinical
supervision. It must not
be presumed that the ab-
sence of the word "gela-
tin" from the list of ingre-
dients on a product is a
guarantee that the prod-
uct is free from gelatin.
It is interesting to note
that gelatin is called by
different names in different
products. In many dairy
products, it is referred to as
"Vitamin A Palmitate." In
many cases, non-kosher
gelatin often appears in a
listing of ingredients, de-
ceptively, "as K Gelatin."
At the present time, there is
no such thing as a "kosher
gelatin." Likewise, non-
kosher food substances
often appear as "stabiliz-
ers," "emulsifiers," and
"softeners" (especially in
chewing gums).
For complete information
concerning these and other
matters relating to kosher
foods, one should consult an
Orthodox rabbi or Kashruth
Council. The Metropolitan
Kashruth Council may be
reached at 542-4499 or
968-5858.
Women Plan Ong ei Shabat
:
Greater Detroit Council,
Pioneer Women/Na'amat,
will begin its spring mini-
series of ongei Shabat which
will explore the question
"Where is the New Judith?"
1:30 p.m. March 6 at the
Kristen Towers, 25900
Greenfield, Suite 205E, Oak
Park, announces Barbara
Goldsmith, ongei Shabat
chairman.
Dr. Jacqueline Zeff, asso-
ciate professor at the Mid-
rasha College of Jewish
Studies and Allan/Touro
College, will introduce the
series on the subject: "Halla
and Roses: The Role of
Jewish Women in the
American Labor Move-
ment."
Jackye Drapkin, vice
president of education,
Pioneer Women/Na'amat
Greater Detroit Council,
will speak on April 3 on
Part-Time Parents project
will be discussed, and mem-
bers should bring Jewish
National Fund Blue Boxes.
For luncheon reservations,
call Mrs. Norman Segal,
626-6344; or Mrs. Sidney
Jacobs, 352-0275.
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SHAAREY ZEDEK
SISTERHOOD will have
its third Snowbird Special
Feb. 24 in the Palm Aire,
Fla., home of Mr. and Mrs.
Erwin Harvith. Cantor
Chaim Najman will present
a musical program,
"Serenade in the Sun," in
honor of the congregation's
120th anniversary. Rabbi
Irwin Groner will deliver a
special message. For tic-
kets, call Helene Cherrin,
855-9616 in Detroit; and in
Florida, Rose Meskin (305)
973-2070; or Ann Brand
(305) 971-7113.
* * *
SHARONA CHAP-
TER, Pioneer Women, will
hold a board meeting 8 p.m.
Thursday in the home of
Ann Kaplan, 23740
Wildwood, Oak Park.
Friday, February 12, 1982 37
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