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TBI SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Tampa HORIZONS St. Pete
Friday, Oct. 30, 1961
Congregation
Beth Israel
(A Conservative Synagogue)
2111 Swann Ave. Phone 85-6371
Tampa 6, Florida
Daily Worship
Morning Service 7:30 a.m.
Evening Mincha Service 5:30 p.m.
Sunday Morning 8:30 a.m.
Eri. Eve.-Early
Kabbolas Shabbos 5:30pm.
Late Sabbath
Eve-Fmday 8:00 p.m.
Saturday morning 8:45 a.m.
UNITED NATIONS
SABBATH SERVICE
Beth Israel dedicated its Sabbath
Evening-Morning Worship on Fri
day night and Saturday morning,
Oct. 24-25 to the observance of
United Nations Day. Appropriate
prayers and hymns were offered.
Rabbi Samuel Mallinger joined by
the Hebrew School choir chanted
the liturgy. Rabbi Mallinger’s ser
mon was, “The World’s Only Olive
Branch For Peace—United Nations.”
Mrs. Mary Graber and Mr. Ben
Gutkin tendered the Oneg Shabbot
Reception
A portion of the service was de
voted to the consecration of "Nine
teen Yahrzeit Memorial Plaques.”
The Talis & Tefillen Bar Mitzvah
Club met at 10 a. m.
SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL
At a special assembly held last
Sunday morning the following stu
dents presented a skit on “The
Sabbath In A Jewish Home ” Par
ticipants included: Elaine Stanley,
When they count the votes in the
pivotal state of California in a few
days there will be much more at
stake than the hot contest there be
tween Goldwater and Johnson
forces. People in that “anything can
happen” state will be voting on
Proposition 14. If that proposal of
the California Real Estate Associ
ation is adopted not only California
but much of the country will be on
the skids insofar as the use of law
to curb anti-discriminatory acts is
concerned.
For the California fight over Fair
Housing Practices is a clear-cut test
between the new religion based on
Idolatory of Property and the eter
nal pursuit of the recognition of the
human dignity of every man. When
people vote in California this No
vember, they will be deciding
whether the earth is the Lord’s or
the landlord’s. They will be determ
ining whether to give perpetual open
license to discriminators.
Proposition 14 is thought by some
to be merely a referendum on the
California Housing Law (the Rum-
ford Act), a second guess on that
eminently humane and sound meas
ure. But actually, if Proposition 144
is passed, the California State Con
stitution itself will be amended to
such a degree that all past and any
future attempts to eliminate dis
crimination in housing on the basis
of race, color, or national origin
would tx‘ out.
Put another way, acceptance of
the nefarious Proposition 14 would
give California the dubious distinc
tion of being the first state in the
Union in which the right to discrim
inate on the basis of race, color
and national origin would lx- a con
stitutional guarantee.
That this might happen in this
frightening era of white blacklash
is sad enough to think on. But that
the California Real Estate Associa
tion should be stoking the boilers
for Proposition 14 is a travesy on
all the pious claims to enlighten
ment and understanding on the part
of a large segment of the American
business community.
It is no secret now that the na
tional board of real estate men has
been campaigning to weaken the
fair housing principle, a principle so
basic to progress in the struggle for
Stanley Haimes, Randy Grossman,
Joe Weintraub and Francis Waks
man. Hebrew School meets daily at
3:30 p. m.
TOMBSTONE
SETTING SERVICE
Matzaivoh Tombstone Dedication
services for the late Morris Pecker
and for David Rich took place Sun
day, Oct. 25, at Beth Israel Ceme
tery. Rabbi Samuel M. Mallinger of
ficiated.
HEBREW SCHOOL
CONSECRATION SABBATH
A special Sabbath Eve Consecra
tion Service for recently enrolled
elementary Hebrew School students
will take place on Friday evening,
Oct. 30 at 8 p. m. Rabbi Samuel
Mallinger will perform the cere
monies of Consecration and ordain
the Benedictions upon the following
pupils:
George Benchimol, David Haimes,
Larry Kleiner, David Kleiner, Barry
Kleinbaum. Adele Kleinbaum, June
Beth Mayer, Lilly Nugiel, Jo Arme
Steinberg, Diane Rosenblum, Gail
Rosenblum, Paul Sherry, Albert
Waksman, Elena Waksman, Gilbert
Wasserberger.
All children will receive Miniature
Torah Scrolls and certificates of Con
secration. Their parents will tender
the Oneg Shabbat.
SHABBOS MIVORCHIM
Rabbi Samuel M. Mallinger will
officiate at the Shabbos morning
service. He will perform the Torah
Sedrah portion and chant the spec
ial Pre Rosh Chodesh prayers for
the coming month KLSLEV and pre
sent a sermon “The Life of our
Matriarch Sarah.” A Kiddush will
follow the Musaf.
human rights. Real estate news ed
itors all over the country have been
receiving releases down-grading the
idea of fair housing legislation and
undermining (he honorable efforts
of citizens’ fair housing commitees.
Soundings are being made in vari
ous parts of the country. Detroit
recently adopted a “homeowners
rights ordinance” by a vote of 137,-
671 to 114,743. In Illinois a similar
move was frustrated only because
the state board of elections held that
the petition for the referendum
raised two questions and provided
only one answer.
To the great credit of leaders of
Jewish, Protestant and Catholic
racial justice bodies, >t must be
said that these units as well as the
traditional civil rights groups and
many city and state officials have
appealed strongly to voters to keep
alive the principle of fair housing
practices. It should be noted also
that in some areas, especially in
Massachusetts, real estate men
themselves are shocked by the ig
noble campaigns by their counter
parts in other states and have even
set up a Fair Housing Practices
Committee of their own and have
joined hands with progressive civil
rights groups to press for more
justice in this field.
The battle over the Rumford Act
is one more shrill warning that the
forces of the Far Right are finding
it possible to bring to their rallying
ground many men and women who
have previously shown a proper re
gard for the physical, social, psych
ological. and economic needs of their
less fortunate fellow Americans but
now are inclined to listen to the
voices of selfish and backward-turn
ing men When an area is cleared
away for making it possible for a
modem state to protect citizens in
theeir determination to discriminate,
it is natural that extremists will
join hands with entrenched, self
serving segments of the population
It is exasperating for those who have
fought through the legislative thicket
to bring into existence the federal
Civil Rights Law of 1964 and for
others who over a period of almost
20 years have pioneered in gaining
anti-discrimination laws at a state
level to have to devote their energies
Temple
Beth-El
Studies
Temple Beth-El commences the
fifth successive year of Institutes
on Judaism for adults. Beginning
on Monday evening, Nov. 2, a three
semester series of Jewish studies
will be offered from 8 to 10 p. m.
The first semester program con
sists of eight 1 hour study sessions
on a lecture course by Rabbi Suss-
kind on the Living Bible. The course
will deal with a series of basic
questions that are of great interest
to the individuals and endeavor to
provide a deep appreciation of the
relevance of the Bible to life today.
The second hour will be a History
lecture and reading course based
upon the popular book, Jews, God
and History. The lecturer will be
Mr. Leonard Lubin of St. Peters
burg. Registration will take place
at the commencement of each of the
three semester series.
The Institute of Judaism which is
an Invitation to Learning for all
adults is sponsored by the Adult
Education Committee of the Tem
ple under the chairmanship of Sam
uel Logan and Dr. Jules Fishman.
Temple Beth El
400 Pasadena Avenue So.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Sabbath Eve Services at Temple
Beth-El will be conducted at 8 p. m
Friday on Oct. 30 by Rabbi David
Susskind. Guest speaker will be the
Rev. John Clarkston of St. Bedes
Episcopal Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Becker will
perform the ritual of the Sabbath
Candles and Sanctification. The
Temple choir will accompany the
Worship.
A presentation by the Abe Ader
Post of the Jewish War Veterans
will be made of the new fifty-star
American flag to the Temple in
memorial tribute to members of the
Post who have made the supreme
sacrifice for God and country. The
Temple choir will accompany the
Worship.
The Sabbath Prayer and Study
Hour will be conducted Saturday
morning, Oct. 31, at 11:15 a. m in
the Chapel.
Sunday school sessions are held
every Sunday from 10 to 12:15 p m ,
and on Wednesdays Hebrew class
sessions are from 3:30 to 6 p. m.
now to such ominous rear guard at
tacks as the one in California.
The time has come to realize that
there are more people in our slums
now than there are on our farms,
that urban renewal has created new
ranks of uprooted Americans < many
of them members of minority
groups) desperate for low-cost yet
sanitary housing, that one in every
six Americans in liable to be dis
criminated against when he seeks
habitation, that public health of
ficials cannot keep up with viola
tions committed by unthinking
slumlords and suffered by slum
dwellers.
Ear from suffering California to
give open license to those who are
determined to treat their fellow-
Americans with contempt, we should
at this stage of history be united
m our determination to establish
fair housing practices, either by law
or by unanimous affirmation,
throughout this nation—a nation so
ready to swear its belief in democ
racy and so laggard in giving a per
formance consistent with that prom
ise
Tam pa*8 JCC Scouts
Seek New Members
Troop 44 of the Boy Scouts ot
America which meets at the Jew
ish Community Center, Tampa,
each Monday night at 7:15, in
vites boys of Scouting age to join.
To the best of our knowledge,
Harry Rose, popular Senior Friend
ship News correspondent, who has
been hospitalized, is doing nicely.
We hope to see his news back on
these pages in the near future.
Congregation
B’nai Israel
Phone 341-1471
301 59th St. No.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Sat. Oct. 31, 9:00 a. m—Tradi
tional Service; to a. m Teen Serv
ice in chapel; 10 30 a. m. Family
Service in sanctuary.
Sun. Nov. 1, 9:00 a. m—Conserv
ative Service; 10 a. m. Teen Minyan
Club will assemble for Service,
breakfast, discussion.
Mon. Nov. 2, 8:30 p. m. Youth
Activities Committee meeting; 10
a. m. Hebrew course for beginners;
11 a. m. Hebrew course for those
who have knowledge of Hebrew.
Wed. Nov. 4, 8:00 p m —opening
session of fall semester of Institute
of Jewish Studies; registration will
be taken at 7:45 p. m.
Thu. Nov. 5, 8:15 p. m —Sister
hood Membership meeting.
Fri. Nov. 6, veterans of all wars
will be honored at the Family Sab
bath Hour beginning at 8 p. m
Special guests will be the Abe Ader
Post No. 246 of the Jewish War Vet
erans and their Ladies Auxiliary,
whose members will read part of
the Service and sponsor the Oneg
Shabbat recepton iollowing the Serv
ice.
B’nai Israel’s
Institute of
Jewish Studies
The 1964-65 season of courses of
the Institute of Jewish Studies at
Congregation B’nai Israel, 301 59th
St. North, will formally begin Wed
nesday, November 4. Sessions will
be held every Wednesday evening
for six consecutive months. Lessons
in Hebrew will be given on Monday
mornings.
The two courses that were so pop
ular last year will be continued:
“The Bible: Its Impact On Life”
will deal with the Jewish Scrip
tures, laying special emphasis on
how they actually influence Jewish
life and indirectly make their im
pact upon civilization. The course
will not concern itself primarily
with the Bible as a literary docu
ment, but with the Bible as a source
of undying inspiration for everyday
living. “The Romance of Judaism”
will deal with the inner life of the
Jewish People and combine history,
sociology, philosophy, and religion.
Rabbi Morris B. Chapman will be
the instructor at these Wednesday
evening sessions which will begin at
8 o'clock.
On Monday mornings beginning
November 2, lessons in Hebrew for
beginners will be given at 10 o’clock,
and for those who have a knowledge
of Hebrew and are ready to learn
to follow the Service in the prayer
book at 11 o’clock. The instructor
at these sessions will be Mrs. Sarah
F. Moss.
These courses are offered as a
community service and there is no
tuition fee. The only charge is a
registration fee of $1.00 a family
for any one or all of the courses
for a two-month semester. Students
in Hebrew will be expected to purch
ase and own their textbooks.
Registration will be held Monday.
November 2, at 9:45 a. m., and Wed
nesday, Nov. 4, at 7:45 p. m. Every
one is invited.
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