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Friday, June 5, 1964
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by HARRY ROSE
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A Heated Controversy
British Jewry in Rift Over
Issue oj Orthodoxy
Congregation
li’nai Israel
301 59th St. North
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Phone 341-1471
Sat. June 6—the Traditional Serv
ice will be at 9 a. m., the Teen Serv
ice at 10 a. m., and the Family
Service at 10:30 a. m.
Sun. June 7 — the Conservative
Service will be at 9 a. m.
Mon. June 8—Men’s Club meeting
at 8 p. m.
Fri. June 12—the annual Augusta
Wei vsman Awards ceremony will be
held in conjunction with the Family
Sabbath Hour at 8 p m. The awards
are made on the basis of proficiency
in religious school work, participa
tion in religious activities, and the
application of teachings to Jewish
home life.
First prize will lie awarded to
Mitchell LeVine; second prize will
be divided between Alan Feineman
Deborah Thorpe Rhonda Heshelow
Paul Bennett and Steven LeVine;
third prize will be shared by Mitch
ell Rosen, Karen Elias, Ellen Berk-
owitz and I^auron Elias. Each of
the prize-winners will tell about “The
Most Important Jewish Lesson I
Learned This Year.’’ An Oneg Shab-
bat reception in their honor will fol
low the Service.
Temple
Beth-El
400 Pasadena Ave. So.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Sabbath Eve Services at Temple
Beth-El on Friday evening, June 5,
3:00 p. m., will include a Wedding
rededication ceremony in celebra
tion of the golden anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Samuels. Rabbi
David Susskind will be in the pulpit
to lead the worship and bestow the
blessings. Mr. and Mrs. Samuels will
kindle the Sabbath lights and the
Temple Choir will augment the
Worship.
Wednesday, June 10, the Beth-El
Temple Youth Group has scheduled
an organizational get-together at
7 30 p. m. to welcome new pledges.
A film on the new SEFTY Camp
will be featured. Refreshments and
a social hour will follow Live 7:30
meeting.
Javits Troubled
Over Nephew
In Polities
NEW YORK (WlJPt — Senator
Jacob K. Javits, whose poltical ca
reer appears to have run smoothly
to date in his phenomenal rise to
the Senate, finds himself somewhat
troubled these days over his polit
ically-minded nephew. Eric M
Javits, who has entered the Re
publican primary contest in the
*0th State Senate District here.
Eric is running against the in
unbent State Senator MacNeill
Mitchell. The young Javits was re
cently linked to the notorious liquor
scandal which has killed the |>oIiticnl
careers of many high officials here.
Mr. Javits has denied having had
any connections with the scandal.
Some politicians, however, maintain,
that much damage has already
resulted from the widespread pub
licity linking the Javits name to the
scandal.
When asked about his nephew run
ning for office, Senator Javits told
f> New York reporter that it has
been his “policy not to get involved
in local primary contests. When
Eric told me he was thinking of
entering the race," Javits declared,
‘I wished him luck and told him
would stay out of it.”
Eric is the son of Senator Javits'
•either Benjamin.
The indoor season for the SF
Club ended on a very happy note
as 41 members representing all of
those celebrating a birthday in the
months of May, June and July, ob
served the event with an extra
large birthday cake, speeches, the
exchange of gifts, and winding up
with entertainment and ballroom
dancing.
Isidore White was presented with
special recognition, as a “This Is
Your Life” program was arranged
to depict his services to the Na
tion and to his fellowmen. It was
conducted by Harry Kaplow, presi
dent of the club.
All in all it was an enjoyable after
noon with the membership partici
pating in the’ recreation of their
choice.
Senior Friendship Club, for the
next four months will hold its gath
erings at the various beaches and
recreation parks, opening with the
initial outing on Monday, June 8, at
Lake Maggoire Park in St. Peters
burg. The members will picnic from
12 to 5 p. m. with games and rec
reations of all types will prevail.
SF Club membership paid its res-
l>ects to the memory of Ann Socol
on Sunday, May 31, as the stone
marker on her grave was unveiled
with a service at 11 a. m. Rabbi
Morris Chapman of B’nai Israel Syn
agogue officiated. The Socol burial
plot is in the Royal Palms Cemetery
in the B’nai Israel Sector. The serv
ice was well attended attesting to
the great love and respect held by
members of the Club for .Ann Socol
Down the corridors of our hospitals
news is bright and many of our
members have returned to their
homes. Nancy Rubin entered Mound
Park Hospital on May 29 for a
minor operation and has since re
turned to her home in Madeira
Beach. Selig Bush returned to his
home last week, registering great
improvement and happy to get back
home. However, Ida Bush was re
moved to Mound Park Hospital for
chservation and treatment and is
reported doing very well.
Clarice Kraus was discharged
from Mound Park Hospital and is
back in her home environment.
Harry and Jennie Goldberg are im
proving nicely and resting quietly
at thei home. Harry Bauman gives
the “OK” high sign and is resting
at his home. Joseph Brenner holding
his own and taking it easy.
Joan Koelunan is improving daily
but remaining close to home. Sayde
ltoutman returned to St. Petersburg
after medical treatment in New
York and looks better than she has
in years. All she could say was,
“It was like a miracle.” Ida and
Morris Rosin are both reported
doing very well and enjoying very
doing very well and enjying the bet
ter side of (he health picture. Lena
Seidman doing well and able to visit
the club at its last meeting. Lillian
Zatlin still confined to her home,
but rejiortod to tie doing nicely.
Many more members of SF' Club
are off to the north for vacation
trips. Jennie Tinkle left by jet for
Washington on her way to visit her
family in Albany, N. Y. Reyman
and Helen Barak will leave for New
York next week to spend the entire
summer. Ceil Avillier and Daisy
Rubin flew to New York last week
to attend the funeral of their sis
ter in-law, who died suddenly. They
relumed to St Pete late thus week.
Manny and Sadie Ward will be
motoring out next week for a
month’s tour, going north to the
World’s Fair and returning homo
early in July. Kasper and Caroline
Lowenstein and Julius and Jessie
Schwartz returned to the Sunshine
City this week after a two-months
auto trip to the far west. They re
ported an exceptionally happy tour.
Morris and Zelda Zuckerman are
off to the north for a full summer's
vacation with their family in that
neck o’ the woods. William and Ada
Marx are back after a very happy
three weeks visit with their children
in Chicago. Ada will be busy this
summer on the staff of Camp Kad-
inia for the JCC.
George and Helen Birkhahn leave
this week for a six week motor trip
into the Carolinas. They plan to get
l>ack about the middle erf July.
Ada Marx will hold a series of
meetings on the Little Theatre
Group, which will be associated with
the Jewish Community Center under
her direction. A very interested
group has volunteered its services
in all lines of entertainment, writing,
acting, costume making, scenery
painting and production One of the
first productions is planned for some
time in October.
A very serious effort is being
made to furnish SF Club member
ship with a shuffle board court, to
be readied some time in the fall
A special fund will he created to
establish .this sport which is desired
LONDON iWUP)— The age-long
traditional unified British Kehilah—
the religious unity of all segments
of Jewry under the office of the
Chief Rabbi—is being threatened by
a bitter doctrinal feud between two
Orthodox spiritual leaders here, the
Chief Rabbi Dr. Israel Brodie and
Dr. Louis Jacobs, an advocate of a
more rational approach to the under
standing of the Bible.
The controversy, which has been
erupting on and off during the past
two years, has now reached such
a critical stage that the followers of
Dr Jacobs have decided to establish
a new synagogal body independent
of the Chief liabbinat. Among these
followers are such distinguished
British Jews as William Frankel,
editor of the Jewish Chronicle, and
Sir Barnett Janner, an M.P
The Chief Rabbi, incensed over
l)r Jacob’s “liberalism” and
“break” with traditional Judaism,
has branded Dr. Jacobs an “here
tic.’’ He has also prevented the lib
eral Orthodox ralrfii from being ap-
pointed as the spiritual leader of the
New West End Synagogue, despite
the will of the majority of the con
by a great many of the members
1 Lurry Kaplow, president of _ SF
Club, has invited all chairmen and
co-chairmen of committees to re
main “frozen’’ into their positions
for the summer months. The only
change made in the program direc
torship was the appointment of
Harry Rose as program director and
Louis H. Shapiro as co-director.
Rose will also chair the entertain
ment committee.
Senior Friendship Orchestra will
be enlarged this coming year with
three additional instruments and it
hopes to present a series of concerts
during the new season at the Jew
ish Community Center. Ada Marx
will be the musical director.
gregants. It is tins majority that low
instituted the new religious body.
Although Dr Jacobs advocates no
break with traditional Jewish ob
servances, he maintains that the
Torah contains both divine and hu
man elements and that it was re
vealed not only to men but also
through men.
The Orthodox Rabbinical Council
of America sent a cable to Dr.
Brodie which stated, in part: "We
support you fully. You may call on
us for help.”
Pope Paul —
a survey of Catholic textbooks at St.
Louis University, a Jesuit institu
tion, and an examination of Jewish
teachings at Dropsie College of He
brew and Cognate Learning.
The Sperry Center will be estab
lished in the International Univer
sity of Social Studies, Pro Deo, in
Rome. Mr. Abram expressed the
American Jewish Committee’s view
that Rome, the scene of Pope John
XXIH’s challenge to men to estab
lish a new order in human relations,
is an appropriate location for a Cen
ter devoted to such purposes. Pope
John enunciated this call at the
opening session of the Ecumenical
Council in 1961.
As a result of the audience with
Pope Paul, Mr. Abram said, the
American Jewish Committee feels
greatly encouraged about the pros
pects of the forthcoming session of
the Ecumenical Council adopting the
decrees concerning religious liberty
and Catholic attitudes toward Jews
and other non-Christian groups.
“Pope Paul told us that he wished
for peace among all religious, that
he hoped the Council would help
bring peace and friendship between
the Church and the Jews, and that it
would repeat the sentiments express
ed in the statement he read to our
delegation,” Mr. Abram said.
Bca and Reuben Komisar--Directors • Belle Aire Camp Rt. 7, Sparta, Tenn.