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Yeshiva Gedola Ateres Mordechai
of Greater Detroit
presents a special evening
address by the renowned
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RABBI DR. NOTA SCHILLER
Founder/Dean of Ohr Somayach Institutions Worldwide
Rabbi Nota Schiller, dean of Ohr Somayach, responds to question from President Chaim Herzog.
— Rabbi Schiller was honored by the President of Israel, Chaim Herzog, for his
leadership in Jewish education and international affairs.
— Interviewed this past winter by the Wall Street Journal, BBC and the New York
Times on political and financial trends in Israel.
— Quoted extensively by Thomas Friedman in his best seller "From Beirut to
Jerusalem."
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 15, 1990
at the home of
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Ruby
6090 Pickwood Ct., W. Bloomfield
(men and women invited)
Reservations should be made by contacting Rabbi Eric Krohner at the Yeshiva
Gedola office, 968-3361. There is a nominal fee for this event.
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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1990
Call The Jewish News
And there we were — a
nonprofit institution with a
$2,500 judgment against us!
Accused, judged, and fined!
Should we appeal and hope
that we would win in a second
round in court? Perhaps, but
the consensus of the leader-
ship was that it was better to
be finished with the case and
move on to other matters.
That's why the legal decision
was accepted and no protest
was made over the schedule of
payments. And, so it all seem-
ed resolved — the president
moved on to other problems,
the office manager resumed
her duties, and life in the con-
gregation continued. Until
one day .. .
The bailiff arrived early one
rainy morning asking when
the judgement would be paid
in full. It was at this point I
recalled an earlier conversa-
tion with a court officer.
"The court has the right,"
he said, "to claim material
property if the payment is not
met. If need be, a sefer Torah
may be seized."
I was shocked, aghast, as
pictures of martyred genera-
tions flashed through my
mind. When I completed my
studies at rabbinical school, I
had never envisioned that I
would be threatened in a way
(
that would require physically
trying to protect a Torah. Yet,
there I stood — me and an of-
ficer of the law, clearly op-
ponents in this issue.
Can you imagine a Torah
being taken from a
synagogue because a
secretary accidentally double-
booked a wedding. Yet it
almost came to be!
What happened? Beth
Shalom paid the judgement,
and our sefer 'Ibrah is safely
housed in the ark, guarded by
the Ner Tamid
Both couples are married,
and we have improved our
procedures for booking wed-
dings. We do not want a
repeat performance — the
president said he'd quit if it
happened again, and we can't
afford to lose good leadership.
I hope the couple lives hap-
pily every after, and we would
still give them a free year's
membershp because of our
mistake, and we would cer-
tainly wish them a mazel tov,
and only regret that we
couldn't share their party.
After all, we paid for part of
it.
Rabbi David Nelson is
spiritual leader of
Congregation Beth Shalom in
Oak Park.
NEWS)
Bush Qualifies Words
On Israel, Hostages
Washington (.JrA) — Pres-
ident Bush came close
Thursday to accusing Israel
of taking hostages, but
promptly backed away.
Bush said he believes
Israel is holding hostages,
but conceded it was a matter
of definition. Israel views
the Shi'ites it has in custody
as legitimate prisoners, the
president said.
Bush made his comments
at a news conference, where
he said "the United States is
opposed to taking hostages."
He added personally, "I
want to see all hostages
released."
When a reporter asked if
he considers Sheikh Abdul
Karim Obeid, spiritual
leader of the Moslem fun-
damentalist group Hez-
bollah, and 400 other
Shi'ites held prisoner by
Israel to be hostages, Bush
indicated agreement.
He said, however, that
there are "definitional prob-
lems" regarding Israel's
view of its prisoners.
Pressed to explain, Bush
replied that "some people
view people they hold as
having broken their laws,
some don't, and it is not for
the United States to make
these determinations."
He added, "It is for the
United States to say we op-
pose the taking of hostages
and holding people against
their will, just to effect some
kind of political change."
Israeli sources said Thurs-
day that all detainees held
by Israel were arrested be-
cause they were connected
one way or another with ter-
rorist activities.
Some have been charged
and convicted, while others
are still under investigation,
the Israelis said.
Bush repeated that the
U.S. policy against making
any deals for hostages still
holds. But the president said
he would approve a "goodwill
gesture" toward Iran, for its
role in the, release of two
American hostages held in
Lebanon.
Robert Polhill was freed
April 22, after three years of
captivity. Frank Herbert
Reed, kidnapped in 1986,
was released in Beirut on
April 30.