The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1973 Page: 4 of 28
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Letters to the Editor
Page FOUR
The JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
Continuous Publication Since 1908
Ariel Bar-Sela
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
4410 Finnin
•<s$: $6.00 per year; 3 years, $16.50
Subscription
Second Class Postage Paid at Houston, Texaa
Ida S White, Editor and Publisher
Ted Freedman, Associate Editor
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The JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
A Journal Devoted to the Interest of Southwest Jewry
DAVID H WHITE - 1936 1972
Houston, Texas 77001
Telephone 526*3220
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- SYNAGOGUE Sl’RVICES -
CONGREGATION BETH YESHURUN
4525 Beechnut Blvd.
Friday, March 16, 8 p.m. Rabbi Wm.
S. Malev’s sermon: “The Importance of
Purim.”
Saturday: 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.; Tal-
mud Study 3:45 p.m.; 4:45 p.m. Chumash
& Aashi; 5:15 p.m. Mincha, Seudah Shli-
sheet, Maariv.
Daily: 7 a.m. and 6:15 p.m.
Early Sabbath Eve: 600 p.m.
Sunday, 8 am. Shacharit; 9:30 a.m.
TNT-SOS Service, Breakfast, Program.
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHALOM
HOUSE OF PRAYER LUTHERAN CHURCH
2010 Reseda, Clear Lake City, Texas
Friday, March 16, 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Max
Landmans sermon: “I Believe in You-and
Pray that You Believe in Me.”—Midrash.
Saturday morning: 9 a.m. Hebrew School
and Hebrew education classes conducted
10 a.m., following services.
Dear Editor:
In my letter of 2-22, I tried to score the venomous attacks on
Rabban Goren by rabbis not yet familiar with details of his decision;
1 tried to fathom their reason.
For my trouble, I was venomously assailed by someone
familiar with details of Goren’s decision; 1 cannot
fathom his reason. Sincerely,
CONGREGATION BETH JACOB
2401 Avenue K, Galveston, Texas
Late Friday evening services, 8 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. and sunset.
Sunday, 8 a.m. and sunset.
Weekday services, 7 a.m. and sunset.
CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL
The Henry Cohen Memorial
3008 Ave. O, Galveston, Texas
Friday evening services, 8 p.m.
Saturday morning, 10 a.m.
JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGED
Sabbath Eve Services at sundown.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m.
The public is welcome.
HOUSTON CONGREGATION FOR
REFORM JUDAISM
801 Bering Drivf
Friday, March 16, 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Mi-
chael P. Le Burkien’s sermon. “Peace with-
in Yourself.”
Religious School, Sunday 10 a.m.
Bar Mitzvah Hebrew, Wednesdays 4
p.m.
CONGREGATION EMANU EL
1500 Sunset Blvd.
Friday, March 16, 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Robt.
I. Kahn’s sermon: “Halachah and Reform”
the first of a series of sermons dealing
with the development of a new reform
platform.
Saturday: 11 a.m.
UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES
OF HOUSTON
4221 S Braeswood
Friday, March 16, 8 p.m. Rabbi Ken-
neth Hain’s sermon: “How to Combat Alie-
nation.”
Saturday: 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m.; Study
Group 4:45 p.m.; Mincha Sholosh Seudos,
5:45 p.m.
Sunday: 8 a.m.
Daily: 6:45 a.m. and 6:15 p.m.
must make total Jewish
education a priority. The very
thing which we value most are
what is at stake. It may mean,
therefore that tuition for a day
school must be paid, even if it
entails cutting back on other
necessities. We all recognize the
need to pay for college, and yet
we do not all see the even
greater priority of paying the
price for our children to be
Jewish. Essentially, I am talking
about making the sacrifices
necessary to ensure a generation
of knowledgeable contemporary
Jews.
Indeed, just as the sacrifices
of old were not just lip-service
offerings, so too we must be
Big Question in Israel:
Continued from Page 1
announce her decision in New
York.’’ He said it was possible
that her American visit had
added weight to her resolution
to stav in office.
But the newspaper .Maariv
reported that Mrs. .Meir
telephoned her parts colleagues
from New York to tell them that
her remark was for foreign
< msumption and that she firmly
intends to retire when her term
■' office is up According to
Key 73-Threat or Opportunity?
The leadership of the Jewish Community appears once
again to be unsure of how to marshall the forces to fight
the common foe. This time the "foe” is Key '73, the
ecumenic project to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to
every American, Christian or Jew, interested or not, in
1973. The project is ambitious, the funding available is
large, and for the first time Catholics have joined
Protestants in a missionary movement. Is Key '73 a threat
to Jews? No, says the Protestant leadership of Key '73.
This is not an attempt to convert Jews to Christianity, and
the Jewish community has nothing to fear.
Key '73 does pose a threat to Jews if the missionary
fervor of the Bible Belt spills out into Main Street U.S.A.,
and the suave, low keyed, Madison Avenue approach to
evangelism catches fire and the anti semitic overtones of
years gone by suddenly revives. Key '73 does pose a threat
to Jews living in our smaller communities where the white
power structure is at best tolerant of its few token Jews.
Key '73 is a threat to Jews if it serves as a further stimulus
to break the increasingly brittle ties to Judaism which a
substantial number of American Jews currently have. It is
to these marginal Jews and their potential loss to the
Jewish community that is the greatest threat of Key '73.
But this same threat offers the Jewish leadership of
America its greatest opportunity to prove that they are
both Jewish and leaders.
Instead of spending time and money waging a battle of
charges and counter charges, press releases, and equal
television time, it seems that a better course for the
organized Jewish life of America would be to turn their
backs on public relations and start attacking the problem
of Jewish alienation. It is not enough to gain the
assurances of the leaders of Key '73 that Key '73 is not a
missionary threat directed toward Jews. The synagogue,
the schools, the colleges, and all organizations interested in
Jewish survival should lay down their jealousies and
concentrate on the one thing that can counter the
missionary zeal of Key '73 — making Judaism more
meaningful to American Jews.
We don't need press releases — we need action. We
don't need new buildings or programs — we need to use
the existing ones. We don't need new commissions or new
experts - we should use our existing talent. We don't need
the promises of Key '73 not to evangelize the Jews — we
need our own concerted effort to bring Judaism back to
our people.
Key ’73 is just the opportunity to do these things. If
Key '73 is a threat to the Jews of America, then let us stop
thinking that Israel alone, or fund raising alone, or Jewish
education alone, or that Jews have survived previous
threats can insure that there will be Jews tomorrow. There
will be Jews tomorrow only if each of us cares enough
about Judaism today. If we do care, then Key '73 is the
opportunity to go out and prove to our kids, our families,
and our friends that Judaism is more than organizations
and fund-raising, it's a way of life worth living and keeping
alive. BJW
Post Office Box 153
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Rabbi Kenneth Hain
United Orthodox Synagogues
SELF AND SACRIFICES
"Speak unto the children of
Israel and say to them: 'Mien
any man of you brings an
offering unto the Lord. ...”
(Ueviticus 1. 2)
This week we begin reading
the book of Vayikra (Leviticus)
which deals primarily with the
laws of the sacrifices. Obviously,
the modern mind may find it
difficult to comprehend the
relevance of the laws of animal
sacrifices in the 20th century. Is
there a lesson for us in these
laws, or are they meaningless
anachronisms?
There definitely is an
important message contained in
this section on sacrifices. It is
customary to start a Jewish
child’s training in the Torah with
this portion. A child’s
inculcation into Jewish study is
thereby begun to teach us that
parents must be prepared to
make great sacrifices in order to
educate their children properly.
.All parents who sincerely wish
their children to develop
understanding of, and
commitment to, Judaism
minimal education is
enough. One, two, or three days
a week is clearly not sufficient
to create a positive experience in
Judaism. That is why the “Bar
Mitzvah factory” concept has
failed to motivate our youth to
lead Jewish lives.
For Jewish education to
succeed, it must be made a part
of the child’s very existence. It
cannot be compartmentalized,
just as one cannot be a fraction
of a Jew. Thus, Jewish education
must be a part of a child’s blood
and not something relegated to a
few hours a week.
To accomplish this goal one
Maariv, Mrs. Meir said she made
a deliberately evasive reply to
the American newsmen because
she didn’t think they had a right
to intrude into Israel Labor
Party affairs.
The Jewish Telegraphic
learned from reliable sources
that no such phone call was
made by Mrs. Meir. The reaction
of Labor Party leaders did not
indicate that they had received
any message from the Premier
retracting or watering down her
television remarks.
CONGREGATION BRITH SHALOM
4610 Bellair* Blvd.
Friday evening, 8:15 p.m.
Saturday: 7 a.m., and 10:30 a.m.
Sunday: Men’s Club, Minyan 9:30,
breakfast 10 a.m., program 10:30 a.m.
prepared to physically give of
ourselves. We have not outgrown
the need of learning the lessons
of Leviticus — today perhaps
more than ever we need Jews
willing to sacrifice for our own
survival.
The word for sacrifice in
Hebrew is “korban” which
comes from the root “to draw
near”. By sacrificing of one’s
possessions, one is able to come
closer to G-d, to raise oneself up
spiritually. That is the result of
sacrificing. Only by tangibly
giving can we hope to perpetuate
a Judaism tomorrow. We cannot
stand still; we must draw near
and make the offering.
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL
5600 N. Braeswood
Friday, March 16, 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Jay
B. Hevtnan will speak.
Saturday morning, 11 a.m.
CONGREGATION BETH AM
Tallowood Baptist Church
555 Tallowood
Hebrew Classes: Monday-Wednesdav: 4
to 5:30 p.m.
Friday evening, 8 p.m.
Saturday — Religious School 9:30 a.m.
Dear Mrs. White,
It’s all well and good to be open-minded with no hang-ups, but
“Kinky Friedman and his Texas Jewboys” is a SHANDA in capital
letters.
Because his parents, Echo Hill owners — the Tom Friedmans —
have chosen to include us in their excited mailing about their son
“the recording artist”, we fell equally excited in saying that no
self-respecting Jew would purchase one of the records.
It is of no concern that the singer may have a fine character, an
intellectual mind, or good, solid lyrics. NOTHING he has to say is so
profound that it would justify his selling out his people by putting
the derogatory word “Jewboy” back into circulation.
And let’s not play games with the word. “Jewboy” implies a lot
more than description of a Jewish child just as “whitey” implies
more than a man’s color. It’s cheap, it’s offensive, it’s disgusting!
It would behoove the ADL, the AJC, and the CRC of the
Council, all of whom would have been very busy if this offense had
been committed by a Gentile, to let Mr. Recording Artist know that
with friends like him, who needs enemies.
Sincerely,
Ruth and Sanford 1. Lack
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