ABRAHAM BESDIN DISCUSSES AT FINAL ADULT INSTITUTE LECTURE The Adult Institute Open Lecture Series came to a close last Wednesday All men are cordially invited to attend the evening when a surprisingly large group of students braved the six de¬ gree temperature to hear Rabbi Abra¬ er an d(Son Win yan ham Besdin discuss "Samson Raphael ■Specia/ 3atli Hirsch and the Challenge of Modern¬ and ism." Rabbi Besdin was the concluding speaker of our four part series on the subject "Problems and Personalties in J CLl $ranch ^lijeetin (j ." This Sunday Morning, 9:30 o'clock The lecture series this year attracted many members of the congregational — Guest family who had not participated in Speaker at Meeting — such forums previously. The attendance RABBI ISIDORE MEYER at the first three lectures averaged between 90 and 130. We are happy to — Topic say that nineteen people attended each of the four lectures and will, therefore, THE AMERICAN THE be entitled to receive course credit IN CIVIL WAR' for the series. Their names appear at the conclusion of this article. " Im Derech Eretz" — the fusion Americanism and rooted in Jewish

A New Interest in Hirsch . . . of the principles of the Torah with the traditions, is both desirable and neces¬ Rabbi Besdin cited the resurgence civilization of the modern world. sary. of interest in recent years in the philo¬ In the Day School, religious subjects Below are the names of the students sophy and program of Samson Raphael were taught and general knowledge who will receive credit for having at¬ Hirsch. This founder of Modern Ortho¬ was dispensed. The general know¬ tended each of the four lectures. doxy, born in the early years of the ledge, however, was presented from Jerry Bruss 19th century, was confronted in Ger¬ the Jewish viewpoint. This approach Randolph Chester many by a which had deviated was criticized from the right and from Mrs. Charles Cohen far from the traditional stream. When the left. The extreme religionists ac¬ Dr. Charles Cohen he came to in the mid 19th cused Hirsch of bringing too much Mrs. Victor Helfand century he was summoned by a small secularism into Jewish Life. The intoler¬ Victor Helfand splinter group of Orthodox . The ant reformers charged him with over Mrs. Joseph Hostyk rest of the community was controlled emphasizing Judaism. Abraham R. Kirshon by the proponents of classical Reform The American scene bears witness Edward Lebowitz Judaism. The Jewish Community Coun¬ to the keen foresight of Samson Mrs. William Lebowitz cil which was recognized by the Munic¬ Raphael Hirsch. The spectacular rise of William 'Lebowitz ipal Government was most unfriendly the Day School movement in America Mrs. Haskel Lookstein to Orthodoxy, or Torah True Judaism and the development on these shores Dr. Louis I. Posner as Hirsch called it. The council prohibit¬ of a University are eloquent Mrs. Frank Roth ed teaching of . Violators of this testimony to the fact that the synthesis Mrs. Joseph Roth prohibition were fined heavily. of Judaism and contemporary civiliza¬ Joseph Roth tion are both feasible and practical, Jacob P. Shulman the this great leader died By time and that the integrated personality of Dr. Miriam E. Trachman there were 500 members in this Torah an American Jew, who is at home in Dr. Sadie E. Trachman True community; a new had had been erected and the first modern Rabbi Joseph H. will 11:00 Jewish day School had been planned, Lookstein preach this Sabbath at A.M. "...AND THEY THE conceived and erected. In this school, SAW GOD OF ISRAEL..." Hirsch was able to fulfill his ideal of What Did They See? 2 KEH1LATH JESHURUN BULLETIN

THE WEEKLY PORTION WITHIN OUR FAMILY 38 BRAVE SNOW TO ATTEND FATHER AND SON Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1 - 24:18 Birthdays — Last "The Institution of the Hebrew Slave" Many happy returns to Maks L. Sunday, despite the 17 plus Birnbach, Mrs. Adolph Citron, Edward inches of snow which covered New In the view of the Torah, there is Lebowitz, Alexander Lichtman, Joseph York City and without regard to the no such institution as a Jewish slave. A. Perlman, and Mrs. I. Jerome Riker, state of emergency announced by Although our portion this opens week Anniversaries — Mayor Wagner, 38 boys, girls and men with a detailed account of the rules Warmest greetings to Mr. and Mrs. braved the elements to attend the regu¬ concerning the "Hebrew slave", our Alexander A. Bernstein, Mr. and Mrs. lar service of the Father and Son Min- opening statement is not to be con¬ Herman Davidowitz, Mr. and Mrs. Jack yan. One by one the worshippers strued as mere apologetics. The institu¬ Lefkowitz, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Newell, trooped in and exchanged their boots tion of slavery, as the world knows it, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Taffet. and overcoats for Tallith and Tephillin. does not exist for a Jew according to The service was, in point of fact, Get Weil - the Bible. one of the most beautiful of the season. We wish a speedy recovery to our The cantors were Noah Gurock, David Slaves as Property dear member, Mrs. Rose Kolker, who Kahn, Vinny Lloyd and David Popkin. Slavery exists when a man or a was recently taken ill. It was most gratifying to see the turn¬ woman may be sold as property and out and the enthusiasm at the Minyan. retained in the estate of the owner, CORRECTION The service was a tribute to the if the iatter so desires. This rule never In our last issue, while listing the popularity of the program of the Father applied to the "Hebrew slave". As a names of the students who have been and Son Minyan and to the Men's Club matter of fact, a woman could never regular in their attendance at the of the Congregation which sponsors be sold in this sense. A young girl weekly classes of the Adult Institute, this worthy activity. under twelve years could be sold to a we inadvertantly omitted the names wealthy man in the hope that he would of the following students who have AM HASEFER GROUP II ultimately take her as a wife — thus received credit for the fall term of the MEETS THIS MONDAY NIGHT ensuring her a future, devoid of pover¬ Sabbath Afternoon Class in The Com¬ The second ty. If the owner did not exercise his mandments of Judaism: meeting of the year marital option, she was automatically for Group II of the Am HaSefer Group Julius Hamburger freed upon reaching the age of twelve program will be held this coming Mrs. Samuel Lerner Mon¬ years. evening at 8 at the home Bernard Schiff day o'clock Even in the case of a man of Rabbi and Mrs. Haskel Lookstein, slave, Reuben Westerman 1235 Park Avenue. however, there were no significant Mrs. Israel Wachter rights of property. He could be sold by On that occasion the group will dis¬ the court in the event that he had stolen cuss "", a book THANK YOU something and could not make restitu¬ by Marshall Sklare, which describes tion. He could sell himself if he were The columns of this bulletin failed the religious life of American Jews hard pressed financially and could not to make note of the dedicated work from the viewpoint of the sociologist. All otherwise support his family. He could of Mrs. Eugene Hollander, in the re¬ members of the group are re¬ never however be sold by one owner cent Sisterhood theatre party, quested to complete their reading of to another. He could not be inherited "Exodus." the book and to arrive at the meeting on time so that the discussion by the owner's heir. He was auto¬ The movie was, of course, a stirring may be concluded at a reasonable hour. matically free after six years of work production, and the event was a finan¬ or upon the advent of the Jubilee year cial success. — whichever came first. We wish to thank Mrs. Hollander Moreover, if he wanted to redeem and her committee for the wonderful himself, the owner was obligated to job that was done. accept payment and to help him in the following manner. If he had been sold for sixty dollars and worked three mud could assert without years, the owner could charge him exaggeration thirty dollars for his freedom (antici¬ that "He who purchases a Hebrew slave has in pating that he had three more years reality acquired a master for himself". to work). It can thus be seen that what the The Torah itself gives the reason for Bible calls a "Hebrew slave" was in the incongruity of slavery in the case reality a man who accepted a six year of the Jew. "For the children of Israel contract during which time all of his are slaves unto me; they are my ser¬ labor was at the disposal of an vants whom I took out of the land of "owner". In return for this "exclusive Egypt; I am the Lord thy God" (Leviticus contract", the owner had to give him 25:55). The Talmud comments elo¬ food and shelter, provide for the quently on this verse, saying, that the sustenance of his wife and children, Jew must be a slave to God; it is in¬ and otherwise treat him as an indi¬ conceivable for him to be a slave to vidual with dignity. The rules for his another slave. treatment were so liberal that the Tal- H. L. KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN 3

A SUMMER IN ISRAEL FOR STUDENTS

Arrangements have been completed for the 5th Annual Yeshiva Univer¬ sity "Summer in Israel" program spon¬ sored by the Youth Bureau of the Uni¬ versity. This year for the first time two completely separate tours will be conducted by the Youth Bureau. One tour will be for high school girls and boys from 15 to 18. The second tour will be for young adults, ages 18 to 23.

The program for these tours is ex¬ tremely enticing and offers an unparal¬ leled opportunity for young people to spend the summer in Israel and Europe. Extensive guided tours will be conduct¬ ed to all parts of the country. The group will meet Israel's religious and Mrs. Joseph H. Lookstein, responding to the honor bestowed upon her political leaders. It will participate in by the Sisterhood at a recent meeting. receptions and get-togethers with students from all parts of the world. It will visit the theatre, "SNOWBOUND" opera, museums We are the slaves of the machines; and An editorial night clubs in Israel. It will spend from the New York country life, like life in cities, is wed¬ a weekend at a kibbutz. Times which is more Finally, it will than an editorial. ded to electric generators, telephone spend one week at Bar 11 a n University "The snowstorm that came into this wires, delivery trucks, gas mains, far- engaged in advanced studies. hauled city from the South and Southwest on fuel. We are not pioneers any¬ Friday night was unusual but not more. We cannot singly hold our own European Extension Tour unique. It ran in a storm path where against the eccentricities and violence storms have run since the memory of of nature. It is frightening to be snow¬ The cost of all the above is $925, . . man . bound, even while it is poetic . . . which covers round trip transportation, For a few millions Ameri¬ hours, of It was another New including three days in Paris and a four England poet, cans, even in the cities, were as snow¬ Robert to Frost, who wrote: "Some say day Mediterranean cruise. Needless bound as the farm people of East the world will end in say, all accommodations, tours, theatre fire, some say Flaverhill, Mass. in Whittier's poem. in tickets, and the like are also included ice", and this is something to think Because of the march of our inventions, in this figure. about in front of a cold radiator when because of our very conveniences, we the wind screams around the corner moderns lack the idyllic coziness of For an additional $170, a ten day outside. the poet's group around the blazing European Extension is available. open fire. Whittier could ask, "What Now, for a while, it is over. Motor¬ ists Among the cities to be visited are: matter how the night behaved, what who were trapped in stalled cars Athens, Piraeus, Naples, Pompeii, matter how the north wind raved?" while the snow drifted around them; the sick who waited for ambulances Rome, Venice, Geneva and Paris. We cannot do so. Few of us can go to the root cellar and smokehouse for or doctors that could not reach them; The Yeshiva all those who suffered from the University tour has won food; few can depend on maple, oak swift unanimous acclaim for the content of and birch to keep us warm for a long paralysis that overtook their daily hab¬ winter its of work and play; all the communi¬ its programs and for the care with evening and longer night; few can wait patiently for several ties, great and small, that briefly which all details are days arranged. Further endured a until the ox teams or the modern equiv¬ slowing down of pulse and details may be obtained by calling alent come through to break out a respiration now can breathe easily Rabbi Plaskel Lookstein. road. again.

We are a disciplined race, and when the Mayor orders us not to drive our THE JEWRY BOX cars needlessly most of us don't. We have to be disciplined, as the kindly LAST WEEK THIS WEEK Whittier's family did not. The drill EUGENE ALPERT DR. NATHAN KALISCHER sergeants of the very machines that WILLIAM HEYMAN DR. HARRY KAPLAN serve us so well also gives us orders HON. HERMAN an KATZ when emergency, even as brief as BENJAMIN KAUFMAN this one, overtakes us. And let us have it in mind to prevent any graver emer¬ Thank you for your cooperation in helping to maintain the Daily Minyan. gencies that might be born in the folly of men's minds and hearts." 4 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN

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