Vol. XVI FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 1945 (Heshvan 12, 5706) No. 8

SABBATH SERVICES

This Friday Evening. October 19th. at 5:30

This Saturday Morning. October 20th. at 10:15

RABBI NEWMAN will preach on the theme:

.. 'I'M ONLY A JEW BY DESCENT' "

Friday Evening. October 26th. at 8:15

Opening Late Friday Evening Services

"THE BURNING OF RABBI KAPLAN'S PRAYER BOOK AND IUS

EXCOMMUNICATION"

RECEPTION TO NEW CONGREGANTS

The Sedrah: "Leikh Lek­hah" . will furnish the text for the Rabbi's discourse this Sabbath Morning on the theme: "I'm Only a Jew by Descent'." In this ser­mon the Rabbi will discuss Jews without Judaism, namely, the agnostics, the members of the healing cults, the "nonsectarian·' groups, and similar units of persons who say they are Jews by "birth but by no­thing else." He will consid­er the quotation from Dr. Charles Odic's book: "Step­children of France" quoted by Kay Boyle in "The Na­tion" £Or 'October 13th: "French to the core, Israel of France had the honor to bear our Cross when it was heaviest. What better pat­ent of nobility!" There will also be a comment upon the reported conversion of Jews to majority faiths in Europe and America, and reference will be included to the recent turning of. a former Catholic from Com­munism to "the faith of his fathers." How strong is the Jewish religion among Jews? How can Tews come to know the message of Jewish idealism as inher­ent in our communal soli­darity?

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RODEPH SHOLOM CHRONICLE

Published Weekly from Mid-Sept. to Mid...June by Congr~ation Rodeph Sholom

7 West 83rd Street New York 24, N. Y.

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. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We acknowledge with grateful appre­cia~ion the following generous contribu­tions:

CONGllEGATION llODEPH SHQLOM .

Mrs. Abraham Gluck for the Service Men's Fund;

Mrs. Jesse W. Bettmann in memory of Jesse W. Bettmann, a b.eloved husband and devoted father. for the Service Men's Fund;

Mrs. Lillian' F. Kahn i!l memory of her father, Leon Friedman;

Mr. Albert W. Greenhall in commemora­tion of the birthday of his mother;

Mrs. Herman J. Messing in memory of dear ones; .

Mrs. Maurice L. Cohen in memory of Meta Deiches;

Mr. & Mrs. Louis Seligmann in memory of their sister, Theresa Seligmann;

Mrs. Solomon Hofheimer and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hofheimer in memory of Meta Deiches:

CONFIRMATIONCANDlDATES "

Candidates for Confirmation have already begun their periodic ses­sions with the Rabbi. Another large and fine class has begun its prepa­ration for this significent religious ex­perience. We wish to call the at­tention of parents of Bnei Mitzvah that the Bar Mitzvah ceremony is not the end. but the true beginning of Jewish religious activity, arid we an­ticipate that a larger percentqge of boys who have become Bar Mitzvah will be confirmed than ever before. We invite the cooperation of the par­ents during the Confirmation year.

IN MEMORIAM Congregation Rodeph Sholom

extends heartfelt sympathy to the families of

JOSEPH BROWN BERNARD FRANK

JACOB M. FREUND JOSEPH LEVY

MILLIE H. SCHELINSKY , HANNAH STEINTHAL

who passed away during the past week. . Memorial Lights will be kindled at the Nameplates on the Bronze Memorial Tablets in the Temple in memory of

Seligman Manheimer . Moe Rose · Caroline Stem

The Page in the'· Book of Life dedicated to the memory of

Anna Goldstein will be opened.

The Yanrzeits of the following departed will also be observed and the Kaddish recited in their memory at the coming Sabbath Services:

Virginia Berliner Berthe L. Birns Jerome L. Birns Corp. Fred Blumenthal Tonie Chopak Minnie Cohen Regina Fernbacher Leon Friedman Dr. Alexander Hofheimer Louis Judson Sol Kohn Michael Maier Leon Osterweil Israel A. Rosenthal Joseph Seidenberg William Steinhacker Nathan Strauss

May the Memory of the Righteous ever be a Benedictionl

OUR RETURNED SERVICE MEN

Friday Evening. November 2nd. a Service of Welcome will be held in' honor of those men arid women of Rodeph Sholom who have returned from Service. We trust that families of Congregants will bring this Servo' ice to the attention of relatives who are now in the United States after· Service abroad or away from New. York. so that we may greet them at the Altar. A Reception will follow the Services in the Temple.

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Par~nts of our Religious School are cordially invited to

the Parent-Teachers Association to a

WELCOME AND RECEPTION 'in honor of

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sellinger Tuesday Evening. Oct. 30th. at 8:15

in the Marcus Loew Auditorium

Invitations are being extended by Mrs. Mortimer L Schwarz, President of the P. T.A. to our School parents, officials and trustees of the Congre­gation, members of the School Com­mittee and friends to attend. Parents will not only have an opportunity to meet our new Principal, but our Fac­ulty members as well.

An eminent personality in the field of Jewish education will bring a mes­sage.

Refreshments and Social Hour will follow.

GIRL SCOUT LEADER ,There have been so many appli­

cations for enrollment in a Girl Scout Troop that we are thinking of form­ing an additional group. We are therefore seeking as a Scout Leader a ' young woman prepared to take the Leader's Training Course and to give the necessary time to this worth­while character-building activity. Anyone interested is asked to be in touch with Mr. ' Max Feder our Exec­u!ive Secretary: Crt the Temple Office.

LEAGUE DANCE OCTOBER 27th

Saturday Evening, October 27th, the Rodeph Sholom League will commence its social program of the year with an Informal Dance in the Marcus Loew Auditorium. Music will be furnished by Harry Muller's Radio Band, and subscription is eighty-five cents a person. Young folks of Tem­ple families are especially invited to be present. The affair is in charge of the following Committee: George Kaufman, Chairman; Terry Nethe, Charlotte Post, Jane Falk, and Hal Blumenthal.

HARRY ROAMAN IN MEMORIAM

Following the ServiCes on Satur­day Morning, October 27th, the Pres­ident's Room on the Main Floor of our Temple will be dedicated in memory of the late Harry Roaman. father of Mortimer Roaman dnd Dav­id Roaman of our Congregation. A Memorial Plate will be unveiled in the presence of the family, on the Bronze Plaque in the Vestibule. Through the kindness of members of the Roaman family, a generous endowment has been given to our Synagogue, to be applied to the reduction of the Tem­~le Mortgage. We are grateful indeed to our loyal Congregants for this indication of their devotion. '

ouR YOUNG MARRIED COUPLES

With the return of many of our young married men from Service, it is now possible for us to resume the activity of our , Temple Guild for Young Married Couples. This Temple group will proye a valuable auxili­ary in the life of our Congregation. A considerable, number of the young people in the Guild a few years ago are now active members of Re­deph Sholom. Young married people of Temple families between the ages, of 23 and 30 are invite'd to join; they may enroll by leaving their names in the Temple Office. The program of the~ G1:lild will be ~announced in the "The Chronicle" in the near fu ... ture.

"A THOUSAND YEARS"

Our Congregants are ' again re­minded of the , special course in "A Thousand Years of Jewish History" to be given by Mr. Jc;xcob S. ' Man­heimer which will commence on Tuesday Evening, November 13th. The Series will cover the Post-Bibli­cal period from the Destruction of the Second Temple to the time of Jehu­dah ha-Levi. Registrations are now being received at the Temple Office. Each lecture begins at 8 o'clock promptly and lasts until 9.

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RODEPH SHOLOM SISTERHOOD invites all the ladies of the

Congregation and their friends to attend the

ROSA ROSENHEIM MEMORIAL MILK FUND DESSERT BRIDGE

I for the benefit of under-nourished. under-privileged

CHILDREN on

Monday Afte~oon. October 29th. at ONE O'CLOCK

in the MARCUS LOEW AUDITORIUM

in the TEMPLE HOUSE Subscription SI.25 per person

Dessert. Coffee or Tea BRING ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PLAY THE GAMES OF YOUR

CHOICEJ

SUNDAY SERVICES NOV. 4

Sunday Morning, November 4th, at 10:45, the sixteenth successive year of Sunday MOrning Services will begin, and the Rabbi will dis­cuss the question: "Is Hitler Really Dead?" November lIth, Mr. John Newman, associated with interna­tional relief organizations who has just returned from Europe will speak on: "The Surviving Jews of Europe; What is Their Future?"

MDrS ASSOCIAnON

Tuesday Evening, November 13th, the Men's Association will meet at 9 o'clock, following the first of · a series of lectures to be given by Mr. Jacob S. Manheimer on "A Thousand Year's of Jewish History". After a short business meeting, there will be a Game Tournament for members of the ASSociation. A separate room will be available for the ladies to play the games of their choice.

NAVY SABBATH Saturday Morning, October 27th

will be Navy Sabbath, in coopera­tion with the national observance of Navy Church and Synagogue Week End. Lieut. Solomon N. Bazell, Chap­lain Corps, USNR will be our guest preacher. After ordination as Rabbi Chaplain Bazell served congrega­tions in Altoona, Pa., and Louisville, Ky. He volunteered for the Naval Chaplain Corps in May of 1943, and entered the NtlVal Chaplains' School at Williamsburg, Va., in July. His service assignments have included the Fifth Naval District of Norfolk, and overseas Caribbean area; and his present station at St. Albans Naval Hospital. The Chaplain has two brothers serving in the armed forces, and a son recently released from Army service. We anticipate a large congregation on the 27th to hear Chaplain Bazell.

OUR NEW CONGREGANTS Following the first of our late Fri­

day Evening Services, October 26th, at 8:15, there :will be a Reception to New Congregants in our Marcus Loew Auditorium. New families will be greeted by the Officials and Trus­tees of our Congregation, and by the Rabbi and Cantor. Refreshments will be served and asocial hour will follow.

BAR MITZVAH We extend our hearty congratula­

tions ' to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Paw­liger upon the Bar Mitzvah ceremony of their son, Steven which takes place this Saturday morning. We are con­fident that Steven will prove him­self a loyal and decicated adherent to the cause of Israel!

SERVICE MEN'S FUND We invite contributions to the

Service Men's Fund in order that we may continue to serve effectively the disabled veterans in our local hospi­tals, dnd to answer the calls for spe­cial service at the camps and army centers near by. Gifts may be sent to the Temple Office. Please be gen­erousl