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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
May 2-4
Southern JWB Region
Chooses New Orleans
New Orleans has been selected for Action-Guidelines for En
as a^the site for the 1969 Bien- riching Jewish Community Life.”
nial Conference of the Southern In addition to Mr. Golman, the
Region of the National .Jewish work of the Region is directed
Welfare Board (JWB). by Mr. Fox of Nashville, presi-
This year’s Conferences will be dent-elect; Mitchell Bush of
held on May 2, 3 and 4 at the Chattanooga, honorary president;
Roosevelt Hotel arid the New A. Budd Cutler of Miami, Dr.
Orleans Jewish Community Cen- Marvin C. Goldstein of Atlanta,
t er Rabbi David Jacobson of San
Joe H. Golman, of Dallas, is Antonio, Dr. Jack Tepper of
president of the Region and Gil- Chattanooga and Richard Wise
bert S. Fox, of Nashville, is con- of New Orleans, vice presidents;
ference chairman. William Ackerman of Charleston
The theme for this year’s con- secretary; and Robert Eisenstein
ference will be : "A Prescription of Nashville, treasurer.
Southern
Barnett—Javetz
QUIZ BOX
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
Copyright 1968, JTA
QUESTION: Why Is the bride’s
family obligated to make the
wedding feast?
SAVANNAH — Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Barnett announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Janis Carol, to Lee Gary Javetz,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Javetz.
A graduate of Herschel V. Jeft-
kins High School, Miss Barnett
attended the University of Geor
gia where she was a member of
Sigma Delta Tau sorority and is
now a student at Armstrong State
College.
She is the granddaughter of
Mrs. Nathan Seligman of
Atlanta and the late Mr. Selig
man and of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Barnett also of Atlanta.
Mr. Javetz is a graduate of
Savannah High School and the
University of Georgia where he
was a member of Tau Epsilon Phi
fraternity. He is associated with
J. Javetz and Son Parking Com
pany.
He is the grandson of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Chernoff
and of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Javetz.
The wedding will be held
March 16 in B’nai B’rith Jacob
Synagogue.
Feldman—Kreisberg
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Feldman
of Atlanta announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Jana, to
Michael Karl Kreisbbrg, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Kreisberg
of Augusta.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Mrs. Morris Hankin
and the late Mr. Hankin of At
lanta and Mrs. Sam Feldman
and the late Sam Feldman of
Miami Beach.
Miss Feldman served as vale
dictorian of Henry Grady High
School, received her B.A. degree
in English from the University of
Florida, participating in the In
vitational Honors Program, and
received a graduate assistant-
ship at the University of Mary
land. While at the University of
Florida, she served as a cheer
leader, a member of Alpha
Lambda Delta Honor Society,
1967-68 Homecoming f i n a 1 i s t,
ATO ‘‘Little Sister,” and was
awarded “Most Active on Cam
pus” for her sorority, Alpha
Epsilon Phi.
Mr. Kreisberg is the grandson
of Mrs. Michael Blum and the
late Mr. Blum and Mrs. Shier
Kreisberg and the late Mr. Kreis
berg both of Augusta.
The future bridegroom received
his B.S. degree in Microbiology
from the University of Georgia
and presently attends Emory
Dental School where he is a
member of Alpha Omega Dental
Fraternity. While at the Univer-
' city of Georgia, he participated
Th tbe Hunora Program, ranked
in the top 5 per cent of his fresh
man class, served as vioc-presi
dent of Phi Eta Sigma Honor
Society, and represented his
social fraternity. Phi Epsilon Pi,
on the Inter-Fraternity Council.
Mr. Kreisberg was also nomina
ted for “Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities. Both
be and Miss Feldman were
recognized for the Dean’s List at
their respective universities.
The wedding is planned for
March 16 at the Standard Club.
ANSWER: Some sources derive
this from the incident in the
Bible when Laban, the brother
of the bride (Rachael), made the
wedding feast (Genesis 29:22). It
is interesting to note, however,
that many sources in Jewish Law
seem to point to the fact that it
was the obligation of the groom’s
family to make the wedding feast
(Shulcan Aruch Eban Ha-ezer
64; Talmud Babli, Ketubot 4b).
Some explain that the Halachic
custom changed because there
was a change in the time sched
ule of weddings in genpral. Orig
inally, a wedding was a matter
of two events—sometimes as
much as six months or even a
year apart. At such times, the
initial ceremony called “Erusin”
(when the ring is given) took
place in the home of the bride’s
parents while the final ceremony,
called “N’suin” (Chupah), took
place in the groom’s home. Since
these two ceremonies were com
bined, the bride’s parents have
the obligation of providing the
wedding feast as they did for the
first ceremony in olden times.
QUESTION: Why Is It custo
mary in some Jewish commun
ities for the father of the bride
to support the couple for a spec
ified period of time (usually a
year)?
ANSWER: This support was
often called “Kest.” It is known
to have been done to allow the
groom to spend the year in study
without being pressed to earn a
living for himself and his bride.
The Zohar (Deuteronomy 277b)
alludes to the assumption that
this practice may be based in
part upon the ancient Biblical
commandment that provided for
a new groom to be exempt from
military service for the first year
of his marriage as well as from
other responsibilities, so that he
could be free to rejoice for the
first twelve months with his new
bride (Deuteronomy 24:5). In this
case, of course, the emphasis is
upon making every possible op
portunity for the couple to be
together as much as possible dur
ing the first year of their mar
riage.
QUESTION: Why does the
groom sit at the head of the table
at the wedding feast?
ANSWER: The Talmud (Mo-ed
Katan 28b) derives this from the
parallelism which exists between
a groom and a priest in accord
ance with the words of the
•prophet who declared, “As a
bridegroom putteth on a priest
ly diadem” (61:10). Just as the
priest is in the forefront, so
should the bridegroom be up
front. The Medieval Talmud
commentator, Menaherm “Me’iri
(Ketuboth 7b) claims that this
practice came from comparing
the bridegroom to the mourner.
The mourner is put up front so
‘~Shgt he can be cheered in his
happy njoment. The general idea
is then that this is an obligation
on the part of the community to
share the grief of every member
of the community (thereby con
soling him) and to share the joy
of every member of the commun
ity (thereby making his joy even
greater).
Isaac Bashevis
The Seance by Isaac Bashevis
Singer. Farrar, Straus and Gi
roux. N. Y. $5.95.
It is not too late to point out
that Isaac Bashevis Singer’s The
Seance, published last fall, is still
high on every list of good read
ing. This collection of sixteen
Jewish short stories, including
three with a setting in America,
is the work of our greatest
writer, and it will be current this
season and the next, and the
next after that, too.
In this superb group of stories,
Mr. Singer involves us so quick
ly in his characters and in his
plots that on retrospect it all is
like magic. Here seeming simplic
ity turns out complex, and com
plexity often turns out crystal
clear. And re-reading each story
adds greatly to what was thought
absolutely complete. Our Singer
has been honored throughout the
world for hiS' singular voice and
for his exceptionally flowing
style. All that is needed is many
more readers.
Singer’s Latest
truth and depth. Especially in
The Brooch, where the main
character, a professional thief,
can’t allow his wife one small
thievery, does human paradoxical
behavior haunt us all.
Mr. Singer, no doubt in the
verv near future, will be cele
brated by our people for liberat
ing it from a stereotype myth of
the Yiddishkeit that is gone. His
depictions of the past, as well as
those of the present, are formed
out of human sinews, from hu
man blood. In these times when
we are so concerned with who
we may be, Isaac Bashevis Sin
ger comes forth with some shat
tering answers. We are a people,
not just names and symbols of
old. We possess all the varied
facets of humanity. And be they
our Chassidic tradition and its
mysticism, or our post-war after
thoughts—Mr. Singer is involved
in it all. A world of Jewry in
modem dress that is remarkab\e
to behold pours from his pen.
Friday, Feb. 21, 1969
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These stories have just been
issued, individually, in the most
prestigious magazines. But in an
assemblage under one cover they
take on an even brighter glow.
The work may be appreciated
better for its contrasting themes,
its different moods. Two of the
stories, Getzel The Monkey and
The Needle, are even told through
the eyes of a woman. The two
about lonely old men are spec
tacular as they touch the very
cone of existence, its possible res
olution in miraculous happiness
as well as in misery. In the title
story, The Seance, all seems
nearly lost; in The Letter Writer,
the last and most classic story
in the book, the central charac
ter is actually resuscitated by an
extra-ordinarily perceptive angel
of a woman. And The Brooch
and The Needle are particularly
memorable for their psychologic
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