Jewry's Role in
Human Advancement

Sor Openers...

Exactly How
Did He Say It?

THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP THAT GODLINESS BUILT

* "I'll help with the dishes," he
offered
dryly.
Editorial Assistant
* "Let's climb that mountain," he
suggested loftily.
any years ago (this side
* "My dog is not sick," he coun-
of the dinosaurs), there
tered rabidly.
were a series of books
* "I've taken a tranquilizer," he said
about Tom Swift and
sedately.
the Motor Boys, written by Edward
* "I'm dating a cosmetologist," he
Stratemeyer. The writing was distin-
said prettily.
guished by the way the characters
* "I'm an honor student," he said
spoke ("I would like that," he said elo-
unfailingly.
quently; "May we go now?" he asked
petulantly; etc.)
* "I'll dress as a devil," he
More recently (the
said wickedly.
other side of the
* "I'll photograph the
Beatles), someone
skeletal remains," he said
renewed the interest in
with a shudder.
* "Here's a spoon for
Tom Swift — well, at
least the style. The pun
your coffee," he said stir-
— er, fun — of the new
ringly.
* "I dislike lemon
"game" was to find a
clever combination of
juice," he said acidly.
* I'll apply the tourni-
words to use.
`I hate winter,'
You, too, can have
quet," he announced
Tom said icily.
some fun with Tom
staunchly.
Swifties. Here are some to
*WI you feed the
goats?" he asked kiddingly.
whet your interest. If you come up
* "I take piano lessons," he stated
with some good ones, be sure to let
grandly.
me know.
* "The dark is annoying," he shout-
* I'm glad I passed my electrocar-
ed blindly.
1- cliogram," he said whole-heartedly.
* "That's a sound decision," he said
* No, Eve, I won't touch that
judiciously.
apple," he said adamantly.
* "Which way should I go?" he
* "I'm an avid reader," he revealed
bookishly.
asked pointedly.
* "I'm writing a book," he
* "Campfires are fun," he said
glowingly.
explained contently.
* "This drink is warm," he com-
* "I fear insects," he snapped
plained icily.
waspishly.
* "Walking is a passion," he said
* "Which is your favorite Great
stridently.
Lake?" he asked eerily.
* "I can never make up my mind,"
You may wish to try your hand
with these:
he stated decidedly.
... he said dryly.
* "I feel weak," he said faintly.
... he said tensely.
* "That's a beautiful bracelet," he
... he said infectiously.
said charmingly.
... he said intently.
* "I admire the Venus di Milo," he
... he said gravely.
said disarmingly.
* "May I help inflate the balloons?"
If you feel that all this is just too
he asked airily.
much and your mind can't take it, I
can recommend a doctor (he said
c_2 * "The leaves in fall are lovely," he
patiently). ID
said rakishly.

MANELLO

M

We enter the synagogue, from the Greek word "a place of assembly," or by
another name, the shul, adapted from the German word for "school." It is
both and more--a home to a community of Jews gathered for public prayer,
sacred studies, fellowship, and today for social, recreational and
philanthropic activities as well. Some scholars believe that the synagogue
was in part an institutional model for the Christian church and Moslem
mosque.
The destruction of Solomon's Temple
in 586 B.C.E. might have started the evolution
of synagogues as worship and religious
instruction were transferred to private homes.
Even before the burning of the Second Temple
by Titus in 70 C.E., hundreds of synagogues
existed in Palestine, Egypt and Babylon.
Hebrew exiles later found spiritual refuge in
others built in. Syria, Asia Minor, Cyprus,
Greece and Italy. By the mid-1st century,
Century-old synagogue,
every substantial Jewish community had
Dobrzyn, Poland
erected a place for reverence.
After many of these lands came under benign Arab rule, synagogues
continued to flourish, the most majestic and famous located in Baghdad,
Damascus and Aleppo. In the wake of advancing Christianization by the
Roman Empire, many were transformed into churches or destroyed.
But the synagogue endured for millennia as a steadfast symbol of
devotional vitality and culture. With further dispersion, particularly during
the Middle Ages, houses of worship rose wherever Jews resettled--adopting
the Moorish, Gothic or simple wood and stone styles and materials of their
locales. What united them all in ritual was the Eternal Light in memory of
the perpetual fire on the Tabernacle's altar, burning before the Ark holding
the scrolls of the Torah. Courtyards in which marriages and legal
disputations were held were often added.
Also unique since ancient times was
the democratic nature of the synagogue. The
destruction of the Second Temple had ended
"priestly" authority, a tradition which still
clings to other major religions. Rather, the
synagogue's leadership is elected by
congregants; the parnas (president), gabbai
(treasurer) and shammash (sexton) have served
at the behest of members since Talmudic times.
Ultra-modern Shaarey Zedek And the position of the rabbi, appointed as
synagogue, Southfield, MI
spiritual mentor, is filled on merit.
From its inception, the synagogue remains the shining light of
Judaism, the achievement of a people whose four-thousand year history of
dislocation and survival has left them undaunted and proud of their origins
and of what binds them today.
-- Saul Stadtmauer

Tbe Ageless Sbuf

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a 6o1N tent in the desert air.

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The shul has withstood every test

'parr KNOW ABOUT SPENDING BESIDES, JOUR BROTHER is
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THAN US AND I'M ALWA9
OH COME - OM FRANK, ARTHUR
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Torah they truster) bots tbeN spurner)

The shin is alive witb rawer and pal.

COMMISSION FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF
JEWISH HISTORY
Walter & Lea Field, Founders Sponsors
Harold Berry & Irwin S. Field, Co-chairmen
Harriet F. Siden Secretary

11/28
1997

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