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rill SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, Jan. 17, 1964
St. Petersburg .
Congregation B nai Israel
3*1 29th Street North
St. Petersburg, FU.
Phone 341-1471
Sat Jan. 18—The Traditional
Service will be at 8:30 a. m., the
Teen Service at 10 a. m., and the
Family Service at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday—Jan. 19, the Conserv
ative Service will be at 9 a. rn.
The Teen Minyan Club will meet
at 10 a. m. for Service, discussion
and breakfast. A Jewish Quiz
Program, sponsored by the Men’s
Club, will take place in the syn
agogue auditorium, in the even
ing: 7 p. m., musical program and
entertainment by the Senior
Friendship Club; 8 p. m., Quiz
Program on Judaism, Sisterhood
vs. Men’s Club; 9:30 p. m., re
freshments and social hour. There
is no admission charge and every
one is invited.
Institute of Jewish Studies:
on. Jan. 20, 7:30 p. m. Hebrew
classes; instructor is Mr. Shaul
Baruch. Wed. Jan. 22, no sessions;
all students are invited to an open
meeting in the synagogue audi
torium. Guest speaker will be
Rabbi Yaakov Rosenberg, of Phil
adelphia. Thur Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m .,
conversational Hebrew. Instruc
tor is Mr. Baruch.
Tue. Jan 21—Board of Direc
tors meeting at 8:30 p m. Guest
speaker is Rabbi Yaakov Rosen
berg, of Philadelphia. All mem
bers and other friends are cor
dially invited; there is no admis
sion charge.
Fri. Jan. 24, the Family Sabbath
Hour will begin at 8 p. m.
Membership Meet
Congregation B’nai Israel will
hold an open membership meeting
Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 8:30 p. m
in the synagogue auditorium.
Guest speaker will be Rabbi
Yaakov Rosenberg, spi ritual
leader of Congregation Adath
Jeshurun, of Philadelphia. He will
discuss “Inter-Marriage: Amer
ican Jewry No. 1 Problem.”
Rabbi Rosenberg is a vice
president of the Delaware Valley
Council of American Jewish Con
gress and is chairman of its Com
mission on Jewish Affairs. He is
also a vice-president of the Phil
adelphia Zionist Organization. He
was recently elected to the Board o(
Philadelphia’s Federation of Jew
ish Charities and is currently on
ti.e Board of Philadelphia Israel
Bonds and the Jewish National
Fund Council.
Rabbi Rosenberg is an old
' mend ol the Southeast Region of
itie United Synagogue of Amer-
,ia. having served as spiritual
kader of Beth David Congrega
tion in Miami from July 1955 until
September 1960. He has thrilled
vast numbers of audiences by his
oratory and humor, his profundity
,u.d erudition.
There will be no sessions of the
Institute of Jewish Studies that
, v eiling and all students are in-
>. lien to this meeting. A cordial
welcome is extended to all our
members and other friends. There
is no admission charge.
Dear Editor,
I would like to comment on
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman’s article
on “WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO ABIE?"
I would like to remind Rabbi
Feldman, that he is addressing
himself to Jews in America and
not the Jews of Israel. Here in
America we are living in a Chris
tian world and constitute a small
minority.
The Rabbi asks “Could it be—
deep down that we are fully se
cure about our Jewishness?” And
the next question he asks is
‘Could it be that we consider our
Jewishness some how a hand
icap, and why add another hand
icap in the form of a Jewish
name?"
To the first question 1 would
say yes, for even in the cen
turies back there were doubters;
even before Spinoza’s Higher
Criticisms. The second question
is a loaded one and challenges
my honesty.
Now if we happen to be bom
with a hooked nose, we can do
nothing about it. But if our names
add complexities to our welfare,
then without harm to anyone, we
Habimah Rejects
New Handbook
NEWARK, N. J. (JTA) — A
handbook outlining methods of
contribution to the bequest and
endowment program of the Jew
ish Community Foundation here
has been distributed to residents
of Essex County. The handbook,
entitled “A Guide to Intelligent
Endowment Giving,” explains the
lax and estate advantages of be
quests, grants, trust funds and
other endowment arrangements,!
The launching of the endow
ment program earlier this year
followed several years of study
and planning and represents a
basic change in the functions of
the Foundation which had prev-
i< usly concentrated on raising
capital funds for specific proj
ects.
The endowment fund will aid
the work of the Jewish Commun
ity Council of Essex County in
cluding cultural and educational
activities, family and child ^coun-
seling, health and medical, care,
immigration, naturalization and
refugee assistance, Jewish educa
tion, recreation programs, resi
dential care of the aged and
chronically ill, service to the aged
in their own homes, vocational
counseling and job placement and
retraining.
change them. 1 think you will
find that Christians too do not
have as many Abrahams, Aarons,
Isaacs, Ezekiels, and Elijahs. Cus
toms do change, and as they
change with Christians so they
also change with Jews. In this
instance we can aptly apply toe
adage—“when in Rome do as
the Romans do.”
I think Rabbi Feldman knows
that a name does make a differ
ence when it comes to making an
application for a job. We have
laws that prohibit discrimination,
nevertheless, it exists. To sigh!
my own experience, 1 had to
adopt an Anglo-Saxon name for
a time. At school I majored in
Animal Husbandry and General
Farming. I found that my Jew
ish name was a handicap. Under
the assumed name, I did get the
kind of jobs I applied for. While
working in the mid-west, I found
out why a Jew was not consider
ed as a good farmer. The reason
was that the Jews they had con
tact with were the junk men, the
cattle dealers, the peddlers. They
did not know that a Jew can
work.
Rabbi Feldman mentions many
celebrated Jews with Biblical
names to illustrate that it was not
Habimah Rejects
Proposal to Sta^e
The Deputy’ in US Tour
TEL AVIV (JTA Habimah.
the Israel ntional theater group
scheduled to start a three-month
tour of the United States next
month, this weekend rejected a
proposal by the Little Theater of
New York, sponsor of the visit,
that it stage the controversial
drama, “The Deputy," during the
American tour
The play, by Rolf Hochhut,
criticizes Pope Pius XII for
having been silent about the Nazi
extermination of European Jews
during the Second World War.
The American sponsors proposed
the inclusion of the Hochhut play
in the Habimah repertory after
Pope Paul VI criticized the play
during his visit to Israel last
week
Bat Ami, a Habimah actress
and a member of the theater’s
executive committee, said that
Habimah had obtained the Israeli
rights for the play but that it was
questionable whether the play
would be produced even in Israel.
She said that since Habimah was
the Israel national theater, it must
take many aspects including the
political into consideration.
a handicap to them. That is true.
But the millions of us you are ad
dressing are not celebrities. Wo
have to live and work in this the
Christian community, this the
Christian world. I disagree with
the rabbi that names are given
to maintain a tradition and a his
tory. Let us be honest. In this
day and age it is more important
that our children do gain entrance
to Harvard than to maintain an
ancient tradition.
Respectfully,
HARRY KAPLOW
St. Petersburg, Fla.
I. E. Kaplow favors appeasement,
compromise, modernity over in
tegrity, straightforwardness, tra
dition; back to days of the “sha-
sha” Jews.—THE F.DITOR
January 2, ’64
Dear Editor,
I was pleased' to note the in
sertion on “Rockwell on Campus”
in the issue of December 13, 1963.
Obviously the use and abuse of
academic freedom poses a signi-
licant challenge to those of us
concerned with fighting anti-
Semitism, as well as defending the
integrity of our educational in
stitutions.
Enclosed is a pamphlet pre
pared by the Jewish War Vet
erans which provides new in
sights into this challenging prob
lem. Hopefully, it might serve the
Jewish community of Atlanta to
have these views reproduced in
your publication.
In any event, 1 am sure that
you will agree that it merits your
own attention. Thank you for your
kind cooperation.
Cordially,
FELIX M. PUT TERM AN
National Legislative
Director
The pamphlet is eertainly ap
pro and we may reprint the con
tents. It is an address by former
JWV Commander Morton L. lam-
don.—THE EDITOR
Gentlemen,
Referring to your article in
January 10 issue about Rabbi
Gerber.
Please give me the address of
the publishers where I can get
these three books mentioned in
the article.
Sincerely,
JAKE W1LENSKY
It’s a fine book and ran be order
ed for $5.95 from Congregation
Temple Beth El, 5727 Reviere Dr.,
Charlotte 7~\. C.
Senior ijJ-rienddhijf) / /
feuyd
By HARRY ROSE
Joy runs rampant tins week as
(•i.lnusiasbc members, and then
lamilies, reminisce over the very
joyfeT New Year’s Eve get-to
gether of SF Club, Over 35 mem-
bers, the
ir la
milies anti close
1 riends fit
Iped
to make, not only
a very
s nice:
ss! u 1 anti nappy
event but
a lii
nancial suness a.
well. The
- plot
its will be .useti^
alter the <
gn inn
g ol the new Jew
, n ^ loll
no,.)
i enter Build,.ig
lor the
pui ft)
a*e ol necess..iy
t quipmtnt
. tnat
will help make
the memb
ership
more comfortable
in then rn
u quarters and to sup-
ply t.K’ u
irniNi.u
rigs needed.
( 1 ( M K i
Oid
Vaudev He Day.-.’
wh.eri w a:
- to ! 1
live been pre-eir.-
c*u Ui\v :
i; ls n
miith by the St
Club Ci
ui'. hi
as been postponed
until afic .
the* <
ill.cial opening ol
lh,‘ new D
aildm
g and w ill be pre-
sc‘iiU*(l T
uosda:
,-. April 7. an,
again i n
Trn-sf
lay. May 5. Tnc
ei tin* pio
• •( (Ms
ot out , periorm
ancc*." \\ i ’
1 1 >C‘
m <1 by the ciu >
im JC pla
ns <»:
provi.litig a shut -
: ; v > b(;. j\
Ol r
J,,r tee Cento:
Many ir<*»
ul;< :\-
’,,! SF Club hav
t xpress* P
a dv :
ore In play shu -
tie boor
,:*.(!
,1 is the earnes
tlf'ite of
the E
ntertainment s 1
to ‘ [
>rov d<
r f.c iund-: noc-
e.-sarv 1.1. i
nun’:
"Goo:l Old Vau-.i
evilie Dav
s” 1 ('(
•eipts. Tickets will
go on sale
in .I.-mumy for tie
opening p
erfoi mance.
Ed w i n ;
jiui S
adje Simon writ'
i roru New
York
that they will no!
.•pc nil th
> w .nter in the Sun-
shine C'iH
. but
will remain in the
North T
hi'V
send their bes'
wishes to
all' fri.
ends in St Peters-
uUl g.
Net .,.i
ppear mi the sick
,.nd ailin.
list
t hi*- week Gill’
Lourie wa
s take
■n ill but has gon 1
to Clevela
irH ’<>
i'.e with her son
during be
i fiiiv
v.iicM'imce. Istdoii
Tiger, fm
i-nd «
• uttering from
poison e g
. i \he
1 It od system, ha.
been ren
io’ed
to Mound Park
Hospital! where
he is under clos ■
obser'atio
n a»
■ri snci".il rare
Sell • Post
i {:: ee
- a senes of tes-
and oxnmmatit
ms for a kidney
(listl ’ h: O'
•<’ :*P(
: : s expo ted to
enter mi
,,' '
he local hospitaL
ll nces.-ar
i 'or
a thorough exam-
■ nation. C
Inrice
Krnus, Chairman
of the- V
lound
Park Committee
on the s’t
k for
S 1 "' Club, became
a victim ,
i.f din
io-s and has been
confined t
o her
home 'or the past
week but
renm
ts that --he is o:
the "ham
lier" •
■Jde and recover-
ing rapidl
v. FIs:
a Roth has recov-
ered from
a b-<
d ease o r the flu
and is abl
*■* to 1
>e out and about.
SF Chit
> has
had the honor o'
a heavv
visit,)
r’s list this pas'
w eek. A in
Oil'' I
ho-e -oendirg !h*
c fternoor
were
LdFai’ Abelknn,
Cleveland
"nil
jor- RNiman Svr-
aeuse, N.
Y.; N
athm Miller, Chi-
ceeo Mr and Mrs. Alpert, Roch-
csrci’, a. Y., Mary Lang, St.
i elersburg, lvlr. and Mrs. Sam
uels, Cantor, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs.
Jose’pn Berger, Miami, Mrs. Ber-
ma .'Steinberg, V. aslungton, D. C .
airs, is,,Ik le Massey, Washing
ton, D. C. Among the new mem
bers joining tb.s week were Eva
Seiran, ot Brooklyn, N. Y., Grace
r rieciinai, o: New roik City arul
Joseph Sinus ot St. Petersburg
Nano Kubm fs in training
t .(.so nays as she is pra ucnig up
(i.i . lain .ng steps tor the
y ft , .,. , c; icy is rn train
ing p.n.i.-s.i.nalir a,.d snortly the
membership, dr siring group danc
ing, will find a very wonderful
instructor ui Nancy Rubin. Nancy-
will take over the job of Group
I am , las,; uc.or for t le Club.
, i,, .... ,, January 9, list
en a 'Hare tun,” turned out to
really br ing an avenue that pro-
\ ,deu l'nn as memoers of the En
tertainment Stall got together, let
iheir hair down arid went to
work wilh a will. It resulted in
a most enjoyable time with Ada
Marx. Music.,’ Director, in her-
old plate at the piano directing
the works. Emm-:.- Munro intro
mit ori her singing French Poodle,
• , ,(•>, .an. i.mo .a ,rly 26:i mem
bers by im pertormance. Helen
Fukli-' n and her s's'.er B. Pinco
of feted a combination musical
pro ,r.;m 1 ; \ ,ol;n anti piano to
t'c del eh. ol all Ethel Green in
troth red Atla Marx’s latest song
•Lei's Meet Grandma At The
Station" and for an encore gave
be. concept of Sophie Tucker
■ ingin" “Some of These Days.”
She's a'wavs a rousing (lit when
ever she appears B Pinco gave
woridtrfu' p'tinn recital. Among
i e vis tms to the club for this
Have Fun" day were Mr and
T 'rs Simon Smith, SienTund Tevel
,,f ft Pitt: V: and Mrs. A
Fisch"! < t York: Na.tJian
Gilman ef Washington: Mrs Bes
sie Grn sn.no ,,f Boston: Mrs
Rubv R<> c'blatt of Indianapolis
and r ami Mrs Israel Goodfreund
of S’. Petersburg Beach.
Tic balance of January pro
gram will be as ltillows: Monday.
Jan. 2,!. “Learn to Dance” under
the tutoring of Nancy Rubin and
Manny Ward. Thursday, Jan. 23.
D’srussion Group conducted by-
Louis H. Shapirt* His subject will
Ire "What Progress Has Been
Made For The Jewish People
Through 1963." Monday, Jan. 27.
"The importance of Medicare and
What it Really Means To The
Seniors" will be presented by-
Harry Kaplow, who is well versed
on this subject. Thursday, Jan.
30, Membership Birthday Party,
special Birthday Cake, entertain
ment, refreshments and dancing.
'Why Wasn't I Born Like Other Kids?’