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September 15, 1995 - Image 36

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1995-09-15

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Home Kitchens
of Local Chefs

Antiques for the
Tabletop

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in Oak Park and
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Mod Goes Modern For Fall

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A young German immigrant who became one of the world's
leading photographers.

ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Bold Fashions for Men

SOUTHFIELD

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PUBLISHED BY THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Q: Please explain the privileges
and honor of being a kohen. And
are their any limitations? My father
was a kohen. As his daughter (and
being pregnant when he died), I was
told not to go to the cemetery at
this funeral. Why?
From reader S.S. in Baltimore
A: In the time of the Temple,
the priests performed numer-
ous ritual functions, chief
among which was making all
the sacrificial offerings. With
the destruction of the Temple,
the ancient form of Judaism
practiced by our ancestors was
modified into the religious way
of life we have today. Nonethe-
less, Halachah (Jewish law)
preserved much of the legal
structure surrounding the con-
duct of Jews belonging to the
priestly class.
In post-Temple Judaism
there are few, if any, privileges
a kohen enjoys. He receives the
first aliyah in the Torah read-
ing. Although according to Ha-
lachah a kohen should lead the
Birkat Hamazon (blessings said
after eating a meal), the law
largely is not observed. Among
the rituals he performs are the
blessing of the people (duchan-
ing), and pidyon ha-ben, (re-
demption of the firstborn).
All of the ancient restrictions
regarding mai riage still stand.
According to Halachah, a kohen
may not marry an unchaste
woman, a convert to Judaism,
a divorcee or a widow who has
received chalitza (who has been
refused a levirate marriage).
Most rabbis also forbid a kohen
to marry a woman when both
her parents are proselytes.
A kohen may not come in di-
rect contact with the dead, ex-
cept for his mother, father, son,
daughter, brother, unmarried
sister or wife. He also must
bury the abandoned dead.
A kohen may not enter into
or above an enclosure in which
a dead body is lying. Most Jew-
ish funeral homes have a spe-
cial room, closed off from the
auditorium where the corpse
rests, for kohanim who wish to
attend a funeral. In Israel,
many hospitals are construct-
ed so that kohanim will not en-
ter an enclosed space where a
corpse may be. Because a ko-
hen may not come closer than
four cubits to a grave, many
Jewish cemeteries allocate a
special section for burial of ko-
hen family members.

Q: Was Alfred Eisen-
staedt, the famous
photographer who re-
cently passed away at
age 95, Jewish?
From readers D.G.
and S.G. in Farmington
Hills
A: Yes. Born in
1898 in Germany,
Eisenstaedt was one
of the leading pho-
tographers of this
century, though odd-
ly enough his career
didn't begin until he
was 28.
Eisenstaedt's ear-
ly
assignments in-
Kohenim cannot come in contact with the dead.
cluded shooting the
flight of Germany's
Q: I always thought Emma Gold- Graf Zeppelin to Brazil, and the
Ethiopian-Italian war. His Eu-
man was a Russian anarchist. But ropean collection was so im-
now I learn she is buried in the pressive that, by the time he
United States. What's the story? arrived in the United States in
A: In fact, Emma Goldman 1935, he found a job right away,
was born in Lithuania, though working for a new publication
she grew up in Germany and called Life magazine.
Eisenstaedt's specialty was
Russia before emigrating, in
1885, to the United States. on-the-spot news, especially on
She was later deported to Rus- the battlefield, though he pro-
sia, and after becoming disil- duced hundreds of portrait shots
lusioned with Bolshevism, she of Hollywood stars and leading
immigrated to England and political figures.
later Canada, where she died.
Q: My fiancee and I plan to spend
Emma was a rebel from ear-
ly on. She argued with her our honeymoon watching drag rac-
father and her teachers, and ing. In fact, we've been saving up ,
then with American society as for years for this exciting event. The
-\
a whole, which she found im-
moral. In the United States, cars! The beer! The crowds! Hey —
she founded Mother Earth we're talking excitement with a cap-
magazine, which the govern- ital E!
ment banned after she began
As we were planning for our trip,
denouncing, nonstop, drafting my fiancee and I began to wonder
soldiers to fight in World War
whether this fine sport has had any
I.
Jewish
racers. Can Tell Me Why get
Labeled an undesirable
alien, Emma Goldman was us on the right track (ha, ha, ha —
deported in 1919 to Russia, get it? On the right track)?
where she continued to write
A: Not only has there been a
and lecture. She argued for Jewish drag racer, he was a
the freedom of the
champion. His name was
individual
Kenny Burn-
and against
stein, and in
any constraints
1988 he won
imposed by soci-
his fourth Na-
ety and governments.
tional Hot Rod As-
Among her works are Anar- sociation funny-car world title.
chism and Other Essays and But wait. There's more. In 1989,
Living My Life.
Mr. Burnstein garnered his 30th
Although U.S. officials racing victory, making him the
never allowed Emma Gold- fourth most successful winning
man to reenter the United driver in drag-racing history.
States, they did permit her
burial in this country. Her fi- Send questions to "Tell Me Why"
nal resting place is the Wald- c I o The Jewish News, 27676
heim Forest Home Cemetery Franklin Rd., Southfield, MI
in Forest Park, Ill.
48034 or send fax to 354-6069.

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