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…Spirit of the Ten Commandments THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan…
… Jewish projects have not been happy ones. We have faced resist- ance among our college youth. The Hillel Foundations are succeeding in enlisting only a very small percentage of Jewish students, and only…
…? Many of our boys and girls who will -be confirmed or consecrated or graduated from our. schools will be entering universities. Ex- , periences in approaches to Jewish college students in behalf of…
…. Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of Marcb 3, 1879 OM. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher VOL. XXVII, No. 12 SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager…
… Page Four FRANK SIMONS City Editor May 27, 1955 . Shevuot Scriptural Selections Pentateuchat portions: First Day of Shevuot, Friday, Ex. 19:1-20:26, Num. 28:26-31; Second say, Saturday, neut. 14…
…:22-16:17, Num. 28:26-31. Prophetical portions:; Friday, E2ek. 1:1-28; 3:12:. Saturday, Hab. 3:1-10. Licht Benshen, Friday, 7:33 p.m. Shevuot: Our Challenging Festival • Shevuot, the date of which is determined…
… by counting off seven weeks after the first day of Passover — hencethe term Feast of Weeks -used in reference to it — originally was an agricultural festival, which was cele- brated in the Land of…
… Israel to mark the gathering of the first fruits of the summer harvest. First fruits were brought- to. the Temple as the people's. - offerings, and for this reason, to this day, our synagogues as well EL…
….s. our homes are adorned on this holiday with flowers. As the • anniversary of the Giving of the Torah to Israel an Sinai, by Moses, the fest- - val thereby assumes another significant role. Thus,: we…
… enter our synagogues on Shevuot. days With pride • in our being the People of the Torah: In modern times, Shevuot assumed an- other role: as a date•of, or an approximate date for, graduations…