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JEWISH WESTERN
BULLETIN
Friday, September IS
Course in Angelology
■ ' When the National Council of Jewish Women sponsored its first Angel's Ball in June of last j^ear, the well-known women's service organization used the occasion for more than just the raising of funds, in which area, incidentally, it was a resounding success. From the very beginning, the Angel's Ball project was an important lesson in the Jewish Tzedaka tradition, that of being charitable.
Years before, while the Bail was still in its embryonic stages, the planners found themselves confronted with the task which has faced meshulachim down through the ages — the problem of educating the potential donor both in the worthwhile nature of the cause and in the benefits which accrue to those who participate in the mitzyah of giving. In addition, the rank and file members of Council found
. themselves also going through a process of self-improvement for, as a direct result of their becoming involved, they had to become more aware of the many causes which were to benefit from their work. In order to "sell" their "product" they soon found they had to learn more about it. The story of these dedicated women is a matter of record: not only did they learn, they mastered the subject and even
rewrote their "Angelology" text in the process.
Now the time has come for the new 1964 edition of that "course," which we understand will be presented every 18 months to allow the culminating social to alternate between the winter and summer seasons.
As a result of the first Angel's Ball, contributions of merchandise and work to Council's Thrift Shop, which, finances all of the organization's projects, increased by a whopping 50 per cent., makiiig it possible for the National Council of Jewish Women to expand all of its humanitarian projects-Best known among the organization's major endeavours, for example, is its Gerontology project. The Golden Age Club program, as it is popularly called, has already undergone
marked expansion and will continue to do so as long as receipts from affairs such as the Angel's Ball continue at their high level.
Besides the usual Monday sessions, an Arts and Crafts program for Golden Agers has Deen introduced successfully on Thursdays and now a third Golden Age day is envisioned as a study or discussion day related to a library and Yiddish program. Presently being considered also is a Home Visiting plan, which will bring the Golden Age program to those who cannot get out. But before this can be accomplished, Council will have to initiate a city-wide survey of senior members of our community and determine the needs of those not presently being reached by Golden Age work. A corps of volunteers will have to be built to conduct the survey and to carry out the expanded program.
The list of other worthwhile Council causes which benefitted from the first Angel's Ball is a lengthy one. Scholarships were awarded to university students locally, nationally and internationally, enabling those students to complete their education, the awards having been made without distinction as to race or religion of the students.
Other humanitarian contributions made by Council included outright gifts to welfare institutiorts, such as the Jewish Family Service Agency, the Federated Society for Handicapped, the Children's Hospital, the Cancer Institute and the C.N.I.B., to mention but a few.
"Classes " in the Angel's Ball" course in the humanities" have already started, and some of the participants have already begun to amass thpir Thrift Shop "credits" in hours of work and merchandise contributed. It is to be hoped that man'^^ more will join in this very worthy cause, and that the "graduation class" at the f'^rthcoming Angel's Ball will be even larger than the first.
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The Bulletin is pleased to present a special feature for its r: ers—a Jewish scholar's translation into contemporary langu of the First Book of-Psalms. Rabbi Gershon Hadas, who transla into current English the traditional Jewish daily prayer book the Rabbmical Association of America, in 1962, labored long hard to produce this new text of the familiar, beloved Psalms.
A Psalm of David
For the Chairir.aster With instrumental accompaniment
O Lord, do not rebuke me in anger; O Lord, do not chasten me in wrath.
Have pity, I faint; heal me, my limbs tremble; How long must my soul remain in such agony?
Return to me, O Lord, and rescue me; Save me because of Your kindness.
In death there is no remembering; In the grave who can praise You?
Weary am I with groaning and weeping; Nightly my pillow is soaked with tears.
Murder at the Border
Grief has dimmed my eyes; Enemies have made me old.
Away with you doers of evil! The Lord has heard my cry.
The Liord has heard my prayer; He will accept my supplications.
All my foes shall be shamed and terrified; Quickly they shall withdraw in humiliation.
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THE TORONTO TELEGRAM
Should the Arabs wish to know why there 5s sympathy and admiration for Israel among Western nations, they have only to look at the evidence uncovered in the U.N. Security Council on the incident that sparked the latest Syrian-Israeli exchange of fire.
Two 19-year-old Israeli farmers from the "border settlement of Almagor were ambushed and killed by Syrian infiltrators. American delegate Adlai E. Stevenson call this wanton murder. It is nothing less.
The Israelis are understandably outraged by this slaughter, especially since it follows the kidnapping of two Israeli girls by Syrians. So should the rest of the world be, for it reveals the savage mentality behind the 200 incidents in this area which have taken up one-fifth of the Security Council's sessions.
What do these young farmers do at the border? What business have they under the gun emplacements of Syria's Golan plateau only a few yards away? They till the soil, raise sheep
and families, and fish in Galilee's waters.
Those guns have a habit of spitting bullets intermittently. The women and children scatter into underground bunkers and, when the firing is over, resume the tasks farmers are wont to do. Nothing dislodges their patience and faith—not even the murder and kidnapping of their comrades.
Every Syrian attack intensifies their determination to build a peaceful life and rouses the admiration of the world.
In their vengeful cynicism, the Syrians must gnash their teeth over this reaction, but they have themselves to blame. They cannot go on | using Israel as a scapegoat for their internal! troubles and expect civilized nations to remain neutral to the atrocities.
The Syrian delegate to the U.N. says the evidence at Almagor was faked, but this weaseling will get him nowhere. Britain, the U.S., Brazil and others say otherwise, and decent men everywhere will know how to judge kidnappers and murderers.
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was that of buying gold and making tooth fillings at an underground factory.
The Rabbi's death sentence follows hard upon news that appeals have been rejected for three Jews sentenced to terms of imprisonment for the "illegal" production and distribution of Matzot in Moscow just before Passover. According to reports circulating in the Soviet capital, the three accused, one man and two middle-aged women, are said to be considering an appeal for clemency to the Supreme Soviet.
."EWISH CALENDAR (LUAC Candle Lighting SEPTEMBER 13-7:11
1963
Rosh Hash ana Yom Kippur Succoth Simchat Torah Chanukah
572 Sep Sep
Oct Oct. 1 Dec. 11-1'
All holidays "begin on preceding evening.
Synagogue leader challenges rabbi turned screenwriter
Thought for the week
Let no worry enter thy heart, for worry hath killed man after man.
Sanhedrin, The Talmud.
Endorsations Crmte
Habonim Campaign ........Sept. 1-3
Had. L. Freiman Yiskor
RiS^ondc:c:-- '
Yom KipDur Dance ........ Sept. 2
Gordonia Yiskor Tea............Sept. 2
NCJW Opening Lunch ........Oct.
Home for Aged Ladies
Aux. Succoth Tea ............ Oct.
Mizzrachi Yiskor Tea ..........Oct. 1.
Centre Women Dine ...........Oct. 1
Hadassah Ann. Bazaar......Oct.22-2
Habonim Mother's Tea ........Oct. 2
S. T. Lay Cornerstone .. Oct. 2
Home for Aged Fund Drive .................... Nov. 1-3
T T. PTA Fall Tea ................ Nov.
JCC Drama Group
, Play .................... Nov. 13, 14. 16, 1'
AAIC Stockholders Meet Nov. 1
BI Sisters Mitzvah Lunch Nov. 2
Richmond CC Grey Cup Ball Nov. 3
PHILADELPHIA—A national vice-president of United Synagogue of America has taken sharp issue with a Reform rabbi who recently exchanged his pulpit for a Hollywood screen-UTiting career because he judged movie audiences to be more receptive to religion than synagogue congregations.
Speaking at dedication exercises of Beth Am Congregation
i here, Emanuel Scoblionko of ' Allentown, Pa., said: "If reli-i gious leaders have not abdicat-I Gd their duties in favor of the government of the United States, we certainly are not going to abdicate in favor of Hollywood."
Rabbi Plerbert Tarr, whose best-selling novel, "The Conversion of Chaplain Cohen," will be made into a movie, recently
i gave up his rabbinical career to I go to Hollywood as a screenwriter.
Mr. Scoblionko said he did not question the need to bring the message of religion to movie audiences. American society, he said, would be the gainer if more movie scripts came from divinely inspired men and wom-
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