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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
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Lip Service to Jewish Education
For more than a decade, under the aegis of the Atlanta
Bureau of Jewish Education, members of the Atlanta com
munity at large have had a significant opportunity for atten-
ing lectures on a broad spectrum of Jewish knowledge.
This opportunity has been enabled through the Institute
for Jewish Studies. It evoked from the start some very effect
ive results, stimulating in effect a mass interest in its ever-
improving curriculum.
The Adult Institute’s progress which could have advanced
through cooperation by all factors in the community interested
in Jewish education to a status of a college, so to speak, has
however been hampered. This indeed has been the standard
for its curriculum and it has in the main been a standard
broadly achieved.
The trouble with the Adult Institute has been that it was
so successful from the start, various individuals and congrega-
gations to a lesser degree looked upon it jealously as an
example of what could be achieved within their own organiza
tional circles. At least two congregations instituted competi
tive classes. These have as a matter of fact been wholesomely
fine contributions to the field of Jewish education. Though
nobody at the Bureau has told us so, we imagine the officials
are pleased when classes are held for Jewish adults no matter
what the day.—or whatever the auspices. The advancement
of Jewish knowledge is a factor greatly to be desired by all.
It would seem to us, however, that congregations while
beating the drums of education for their own selfcontained
areas would not loose one whit of prestige by indicating in
tense support of the Adult Institute on Wednesdays.
At least, as the barest minimum, if they do not approve
of Jewish education for adults outside their own congrega
tions, it seems they can refrain from conducting diversionary
events among their own membership on Wednesday evenings
in order not to provide unnecessary hurdles and obstacles to
this community-wide effort.
The new Jewish Institute season registration starts on
October 12, with its usual practice of a convocation with a
famous speaker, this year a noted Israeli figure, and the fol
lowing week with classes in many subjects not available
through the congregation—offered evenings. These, to a cer
tain extent, tend to be denominational indoctrination and there
is nothing wrong with that. Affiliation today has too little to
do with faith and conviction and congregations can serve well
in definition and redefinition of their values.
But mphaffl on Jewish education is mere lip service if
iz s* grrarrambed by congregational boundaries. Let there
be an ead to conflict with the Adult Institute and an effort to
krSaser c* caaaes of deep Jewish content. The entire commun
ity m -well m the congregations will benefit from its support
and proenocioo.
Head of U. S. Atomic Energy
Body Visits Israel, Views Projects
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prof.
Glenn T. Seaborg, chairman of
the United States Atomic Energy
Commission, accompanied by two
other high AEC officials, started
a tour of Israeli atomic instal
lations. The group arrived and
spent a day sightseeing across
the border in Jordan, where the
Americans visited C h r i stian
shrines. But on the morrow, they
went to Israel's atomic reactor at
Nahal Rubin, and to the Weiz-
mann Institute for Science at Re-
hovot, where they will visit nu
clear research projects under way
there.
The Americans said the visit to
Israel is •‘purely informational,"
and declared there were no spe
cific subjects in mind. However,
it was understood that United
States participation In Israel’s
projected nuclear desalination
project Is expected to come up
In discussions between Dr. Sea-
borf and his colleagues on the
one hand, and Israeli officials on
the other. Prof. Seaborg is ex
pected to meet also with Prime
Minister Levi Eshkol at a seaside
hotel where the latter is vacation
ing. Accompanying Dr. Seaborg
are James T. Ramsey and Myron
Kratser.
(In New York, an article in
The New York Times pointed out
that it is cheaper now for a non
nuclear power to make an atomic
bomb than ever before, and cites
Israel as an example of a state
which could start in a matter of
months on nuclear weapon pro
duction. But Dr. Arthur Larson
of Duke University, chairman of
a group of leading citizens in
cluding a dozen Nobel laureates,
who are opposed to nuclear prol
iferation, would not estimate how
long it would take Israel, India,
Sweden and West Germany, who
could start In a matter of months,
to produce their first weapon.)
Nazi Rally Denied
NEW YORK (JTA)—The New
York Civil Liberties Union
charged the New York City pol
ice department with “gross abuse"
because it denied a loud-speaker
permit to the National Renais
sance Party, a neo-Nazi group.
The party had scheduled a rally
Friday night.
Silver Lining
By DR. SAMUEL SILVER
A DISSENT. . .
Lyndon Johnson greeted them
and Hubert Humphrey addressed
them. Arthur Goldberg and many
others saluted them. I refer to
those responsible for the Anglo-
Jewish papers
of this country,
one of which
you are reading.
At their con-
v e n t i o n in
Wash i n g t o n
they elected a
seasoned pub
lisher to be
their president.
He is Adolph Rosenberg, of At
lanta’s Southern Israelite. Mazal
tov!
With one decision of the group,
known as the American Jewish
Press Association, I differ in
part. I do so gingerly for the pro
posals were made after 16 years
of study by a prestigious panel
headed by Leo Frisch, of the
Twin Cities; Philip Slomowitz,
Detroit; and Albert Bloom, Pitts
burgh.
The decision has to do with the
way we spell the names of the
Jewish holidays in English. It’s
a nettling task and can never be
satisfactory. You just can’t put
into the alphabet of one language
that of another—without trou
bles.
The papers decided to go
Sephardic in the main. Which
means they prefer Sukkot to
Sukkos. Personally, I like the
latter best.
They have also chosen to lop
JEWISH
CALENDAR
•SHEMINI ATZERET
October 6, Thursday
•SIMHAS TORAH
October 7, Friday
•HANUKA
December 8-15
Thursday - Thursday
•PURIM
March 26, Sunday
•PASSOVER
April 25, Tuesday
(First Day)
May 2, Tuesday
(Eighth Day)
LAG B’OMER
May 28, Sunday
•SHAVUOT
June 14, Wednesday
•ROSH HASHANA
Oct 5-6, Thurs.-Fri.
•YOM KIP PUR
October 14, Sat.
•HOLIDAY BEGINS
SUNDOWN PREVIOUS DAY
off the h from some holidays.
Thus they plump for Hoshana
Raba, ignoring the final, silent h.
As a religious school youngster
once explained: “In Hebrew the
feminine words end in ah.”
As for that guttural sound
which is not in English, the
committee calls for the use of
plain h instead of ch. So hence
forth it is to be Simhat Tora.
I respectfully demur because
some of these holidays have be
come part of the English lan
guage and their spelling has be
come fixed. Hence, the English
newspapers have adopted Rosh
Hashanah and so it will remain.
Another problem has to do
with the Hebrew shva, those two
dots one on top of the other
which means that there’s hardly
any sound with a letter. In the
case of the holiday which closes
out Sukkos the group came out
for Shemini Atzeret. But there’s
a shva in the second word of the
Hebrew for the ninth day of Av,
but here the committee asks not
for Tisha be-Av but for Tisha
B’Av (which is doubtly incon
sistent because in Sephardic it
would be Ab).
Are you gentlemen, then, go
ing to change the spelling of that
fraternal order to Benai Brith?
I doubt it.
As for your excision of that
final h, will you henceforth re
fer to a Bar Mitzva? Will you
call the Bible Scroll the Tora?
I doubt it. Because Bar Mitz-
vah and Torah are virtually
English. And so is Chanukah,
even though you can find here
and there Chanuko, Hanukah,
Hannukah and 57 other spelling
varieties.
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