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Friday, March 4, INC
T H I SODTHIIN IIIAILITI
CONGREGATION
BETH ISRAEL
(A Conservative Synagogue)
2111 Swann Ave. Ph. 85-6371
Tampa 6, Florida
Samuel M. Mallinger, Rabbi
DAILY WORSHIP
Beth Israel’s daily worship
schedule for the coming week.
Morning Schachris .. 7:30 a.m.
Evening Mincha .... 6:15p.m.
Evening Maariv 6:40 p.m.
Fri. Eve Early Service
(Kabbolas Shabbos) 6:00 p.m.
THE SABBATH
Friday Evening Late
Service 8 p.m. (Choir
& Sermon)*
Saturday Morning
Service . 8:45 a.m. (Sermon)**
Saturday Evening
Mincha 6:00 p.m.
* Oneg Shabbat Reception
■** Kiddush
Sunday Morning 8:30 a.m.
ADULT BREAKFAST
Culture Study
Each Sunday morning at 10
a. m., Beth Israel’s Adult Group
meets for breakfast and followed
with Bible Study. Dr. Alan Wein
stein, Dr. Victor Kasels are the
moderators.
Rabbi S. Mallinger last week
presented a comprehensive lec
ture on Moses Maimonides. This
Sunday the Rabbi spoke on
“Rashi end Joeph Karo.”
MEN’S CLUB
Beth Israel Mens Club held its
monthly local Dinner-Meeting
last Tuesday. Mr. Robert Bondi,
former high school teacher and
assistant principal, addressed the
group on "High School Fear of
Disaccreditation.”
BROTHERHOOD
SABBATH
Rabbi S. Mallinger carried out
the theme of "Brotherhood Sab
bath” on Friday and Saturday
morning. Appropriate prayers,
meditations and sermons were
presented. Mr. and Mrs. Max
Weintraub were hosts at the
Oneg Shabbat.
JEWISH COUNCIL
SABBATH
In National observance of Jew
ish Council Sabbath, Beth Israel's
Council members will participate
in a special service on Friday
evening, March 4-8 p. m. Rabbi
Mallinger will be in charge of the
service. The children’s choir will
chant the Kabbolas Shabbos
hymns.
Mrs. Nathan Kessler will pres
ent an address, “The Work of
Jewish Council.” Sisterhood
Council Members will host the
Oneg Shabbat.
SABBATH OF
REMEMBERANCE
In observance of “Shabbos
Zochore” traditional Yotzrot will
be recited. Rabbi Mallinger will
speak on “Amolek-Prototype An
ti Semite.”
FAST OF ESTHER
The traditional Taanith Esther
will be observed with a special
service on Thursday morning,
March 3rd at 7:15 a. m.
PURIM SERVICES
The traditional Purim Service
will take place on Saturday
night, March 5th at 7 p. m. Rab
bi Samuel Mallinger will conducK
the Megillah (Book of Esther)
reading. Children will be present
ed Purim Greggars, masks, Shal-
ach Monoth treats, etc. Mr. &
Mrs. Milian Hirsch will host the
Purim reception.
PURIM CARNIVAL
FROLIC
The religious school will cele
brate the holiday with a Purim
Carnival on Sunday, March 6th
at 2 p. m. There will be various
booths, fish pond, auction, bakery,
grocery, etc. Sisterhood caterers
will prepare a dinner for all
guests. Homan tushen will be
served. All proceeds are earmark
ed for operation of the Sunday
School. Various entertainment
will also be presented Ad-
lion is free
Tampa FLORIDA St. Pete
Congregation
B’nai Israel
301 59th St. North
St. Petersburg, Fla. 33710
Phone 341-1471
Sat. Mar. 5—9:00 a. m. Sabbath
Service. 10:30 a. m. Family Serv
ice. 7:30 p. m. Traditional Purim
Service (Chapel). 7:30 p.m. Fam
ily Purim Service (Sanctuary).
Sun. Mar. 6—9:00 a. m. Con
servative Purim Service (Chap
el). 9:00 a. m. Traditional Meg-
illah Service (Sanctuary).
Religious School Purim
Program
Sun. March 6—
10:00 a. m. All Religious School
children— Sunday and weekday
divisions—will meet in their res
pective classrooms.
10:30 a. m. Service—Masque
rade Contest—Prizes.
11:00 a. m. Purim Play by Par
ents
12 noon—Purim Adloyada Car
nival—Booths will be manned by
the USY’ers — Food may be pur
chased at “Refreshment Bar” —
Games.
2:30 p. m. Dismissal time.
Wed. Mar. 9—8:00 p. m. Insti
tute of Jewish Studies. Second
session of spring sem ester.
Courses offered are “Dawn of
Modem Jewish History” and
“The Art of Living.” Rabbi Mor
ris B. Chapman is the instructor.
Registration will be taken at 7:45
p. m. Fee is $1.00 per family for
entire semester. Each session is
a complete unit and no previous
background is required. All
adults are invited. These courses
are offered as a community serv
ice.
Fri. Mar. 11—8:00 p. m. Fam
ily Sabbath Hour.
Senior
Friendship
News
By HARRY ROSE
Rebecca Eisenberg, 82, a mem
ber of SF Club since its inception,
died suddenly on February 22, in
her home, following a stroke. She
was bom in Poland and lived in
St. Petersburg for the past 17
years. She was originally from
Syracuse, N. Y., and is survived
by her husband Solomon, a
daughter, Mrs. Marian Justyne,
St. Petersburg; one son, Fred E.
Osborn of Syracuse, N. Y.; a sis
ter, Mrs. Rose Cherin, of Belle
ville, N. J.; two grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Services were held on February
24. Mrs. Eisenberg and her hus
band were members of the Gol
den Circle of SF Club and would
have celebrated their 62nd wed
ding anniversary this coming
May.
Selig Bush has been discharged
from Mound Park Hospital where
he underwent a serious operat
ion a month ago and has rejoin
ed his wife, Ida, at the Colonial
Rest Home.
Jennie Goldberg was taken to
St. Anthony’s Hospital last week
where she will be a parent for
the next several weeks. She is
reported to be resting very com
fortably but is not allowed to
have visitors.
Nathan Magolevsky, a brother-
in-law of Rose Colen and Abe
Shenker, members of SF Club,
died February 21, in St. Peters
burg.
sented a new project for those
interested in Hebrew History. The
new course will begin next week
in the Teenage Lounge.
Let’s Make Something
Bigger Out of Purim
Dr. Charles and Erma Brenner,
son-in-law and daughter of Molly
Brandt, are visiting here for the
next few weeks and Molly is en
joying every mfhute of their
visit. The Brenners are from
Scarsdale, N. Y.
Down illness lane brighter news
gleans forth. Ida Gorman is back
on her two solid feet and visited
the SF Club at its last meeting.
Eva Seldin, who went to New
York last week, after leaving the
hospital, to attend the Bar Mitz-
vah of a grandson, had an unbear
able experience on her arrival.
Her son-in-law met her at the
airport and after greeting her he
suffered a heart attack and died
immediately. We understand that
Eva is bearing up after this ter
rible ordeal. Lew Goldstein is
still confined to his home, but is
not barred from having visitors.
Morris Zuckerman is smiling
his real genuine smile, denoting
that he is mastering the illness
that has confined him to his home.
Ann Sanel is healing quickly from
the fractures suffered to her left
arm when she fell a month ago.
She is anxious to get back into
action and to start a painting
class before the present club sea
son closes late in May.
Earl Birkhammer is still confined
to his home but is expected to
be able to get out on short visits.
Helen Birkhahn is slowly pulling
out of her late siege of illness
and she is looking forward to
again becoming active in the SF
Club Orchestra. Kate Cohn is at
home, doing nicely and can have
visitors. Alta Cutler visited the
Club at its last meeting and re
ported herself feeling very won
derful.
Sol Eisenberg is staying with
his daughter here in St. Peters
burg after the sudden death of
his wife Rebecca. He will return
to his own home next week, 3026
57th Street South, Gulfport. Mey
er and Lena Emsig both are back
in activity again after a spell of
illness. They received warm
greetings when they visited the
club’s last meeting. Ike Fleischer
is another one that has returned
to the outdoors again. Clara Gol-
lobin is visiting about, having
fully recovered from her accident
in a fall a few months ago. Max
Kochman is also on the fully re
nd back in active
routine again.
By HELEN FRIED*
* * » • •
Purim is with us once again,
and Jews throughout the world
will enter the synagogue to read
and hear not only of the fate that
must inevitably befall all anti-
Semites, but to delight in the
Megillah story—full of romance,
adventure, danger, intrigue and
ultimate justice. *
But how meaningful is Purim
to the American Jew today, es
pecially when we make compar
ison with how the Jew of old
took note of Purim, and what it
meant to him? Purim brought a
sense of great personal exhilira-
tion to Jews in past centuries,
for which Jew did not at some
point in his life experience hu
miliation, discriminatipn and op
pression? And so to him Purim
was the time to rejoice fully, to
the point where he knew not the
difference between “cursed be
Haman and blessed be Mordecai.”
It was this sense of significance
in his personal life which allow
ed him to abandon himself free
ly and participate body and soul
in the celebration, including of
course the burning of Haman in
effigy.
This spirit of celebration con
tinued through the centuries, for
the essentials of the Purim story
repeated themselves over and
over again through the generations
in many countries. And with the
dangers overcome, entire Jewish
communities even developed their
own special Purims. Thus were
instituted the Shiraz Purim (13th
century), the Cairo Purim (1524),
the Purom Vincent (1616), the
Damascus Purim (1743), the Al
giers Purim (1774), and the
French Purim in the 18th cen
tury.
Purim is most meaningful
today in the land of Israel, where
it is celebrated with a joy and
abandon unknown in other places.
For while in other countries re
joicing centers in the synagogue
and home, in Israel it is brought
into the streets. It is this free
dom to celebrate totally, with no
inhibitions whatso ever, that
makes Purim in Israel unique.
As Purim draws near, the city of
Tel Aviv comes into its own, and
even days before the “Adloyada”
festival, the holiday spirit is al
ready over the city.
But what about Purim in
America? Must it remain a
“minor” holiday? Are we giving
it its due, and if not what can
be done to recapture here the es
sentials of the Purim spirit? This
is not as formidable a task as it
seems to be. Purim essentially has
four themes—rejoicing In deliv
erance from dangers, remem
brance of events and their signi
ficance, gift-giving and the fam
ily feast, the Se ’udah.
The first two of these themes
may be amply taken care of in
the synagogue and school. We at
tend the reading of the Megillah
which is read by our men and at
which our children are allowed
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a***********
♦The writer is president of the
National Women’s League of
the United Synagogue of Amer
ica.
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to raise a boisterious racket at
the mention of Hainan's name.
There is reason to fear however
that the American Jewish woman
has allowed the last two themes
of the Purim holiday to fall into
disuse. The home and social as
pects of Purim today are not
being given the attention they
deserve at the hands of Jewish
women. How many of us still
make something big out of gift
giving at Purim time, even
though “Shalch Monos” is the
oldest aspect of the celebration
and dates back to Shushan itself.
And what has become of the
Purim Se 'udah?
In how many homes do we sit
down in the late afternoon and
continue in the late evening, with
family and friends, at the sump
tuous Purim Feast with all of its
delicacies, not excluding of course
the Hamantaschen?
When the famed Rabbi of Ger
was asked to explain why a spec
ial feast is ordained for Purim and
not for Hanukah he said in sub
stance: On Purim we celebrate
the annulment of a royal edict
to destroy the body, therefore we
partake of a good meal to give
pleasure of the body. On Han
ukah we were rescued from a
decree which would have des
troyed our goal, therefore we
chant Hallel and gratify our
soul.
The Purim Se ’udah is one of
the finest and oldest rituals in
which Judaism abounds. More
over, it has relevance to our own
day by providing an auspicious
opportunity for bringing family
and friends together as well as
for rejoicing in the traditions of
our people.
The heroine of the Purim story
is a woman Esther, and it is
therefore wholly proper that we
women take over the holiday and
show what we can do with it to
give it a more meaningful place
on the Jewish calendar.
SOUTHERN ITEMS
Savannah News
Sam and Belle Mazear went to
Miami last week to celebrate the
fact that Belle is now a great
grandmother.
Mickey Erlich, co-chairman of
the project committee, has pre-
NCSY Youth
Conduct Services
At Ados Yeshuron
Rabbi Maynard C. Hyman,
spiritual leader of Adas Yeshurun
Synagogue, Augusta, and Michael
Teplitsky, Youth Director, have
announced that SYG - NCSY
members conducted Sab bath
Services for the entire congrega
tion the weekend of February 18-
19.
The parents of the officers of
SYG presented a Kiddush Satur
day afternoon and the Sholosh
Seudos on Saturday evening.
The highlights of the weekend
were the two sermons delivered
by members of the Synagogue
Youth Group and a special Hav-
dalah service at the conclusion of
the Sabbath. Henry Cohen, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cohen,
spoke on that w^k's Torah por
tion: “Mishpatim” Saturday mor
ning, and Sharon Silver, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. David Silver,
delivered a “D'Var Torah ’ on:
“Shabbos: A Day of Freedom" on
Saturday evening.
Shetzen—Benator
Leslie Shetzen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Shetzen of At
lanta, became the bride of John
I. Benator, son of Isaac M.
Benator of Atlanta, and the late
Mary Benator, on February 13.
Rabbis Jacob Rothschild and
Joseph Cohen officiated at a
home ceremony. A seated dinner
was held at the Marriott Hotel
for the immediate families.
After a wedding trip, the cou
ple will reside in Atlanta.
Mannis on Music
Program at Brandeis
In commemoration of Jewish
Music Month, Mark Mannis, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mannis
oi Atlanta, a sophomore at Bran-
• ieis University, has been select
ed as cantor at the Friday night
services, March 4.
Mark will chant liturgical
music written by Solomone Rossi,
whose works were written dur
ing the Renaissance, in the year
1572. This service is sponsored by
Hillel at Brandeis University.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Edel en
tertained recently at a brunch
honoring Mrs. Edel’s parents, and
brother, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Greenwald of Macon and Herbert
Jr., a student at Augusta Medical
School; Jerome Waterman, Tam
pa; Mrs. Bertha Duchnes. New
York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sloan, New Hope, Pa.; and Mrs.
Roselyn Freid, Macon.
Mr. and Mrs Sidhey Levy cel
ebrated their 55th wedding an
niversary at an open house on
February 6 at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Price. Mra.
Levy was the former Miss Lillie
Weischselbaum.
Harris Jay Nathan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Irving S. Nathan, ob
served his Bar Mitzvah on Feb
ruary 12 at B’nai B’rith Jacob
Synagogue
Miss Betty Homansky, 19-year-
old senior class student nurse, was
selected as the new Miss Memor
ial Hospital at a Valentine dance.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Homansky.