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BETH ISRAEL BULLETIN
SISTERHOOD
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Bulletin Editor
Assistant Editors
Executive Secretary
SISTERHOOD CREATIVE ARTS AND CRAFT SHOW
I WISH TO SUBMIT . . .
ITEMS
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL
3517 Austin JA 3-6679
Houston, Texas
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RABBIS
Dr. H. J. Schachtel
Stephen S. Goldrich
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Lou Lewis :
Mose M. Schwartz
Ralph Schnitzer
Dr. Malcolm F. Sher-
William H. Levy
Mrs. Ben Battelstein..
Mrs. Philip Burgower.
Mrs. David Block
Mrs. Carl Herman, Jr.
Leonard Gold
PASSOVER SEDER
March 31-7 P.M.
As this bulletin goes to press, reserva-
tions are still available for the Congre-
gation Seder. If you have neglected to
make your reservations to attend, call
MRS. I. MARK WESTHEIMER at her
home — MA 3-6998 -— not later than
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29th. Reserva-
tions can only be accepted until the seat-
ing capacity has been reached.
The Seder Dinner is $3.50 per plate
for adults and $1.25 per plate for chil-
dren of Religious School age.
A Statement Of Purpose
Dr. Nelson Glueck, President of the
Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute
of Religion, recently defined the tasks
of Reform Judaism as follows:
“Our teaching of Reform Judaism has
been and must remain characteristic by
our loyalty to the imperishable truths
of the past and by our hospitality to the
intellectual and spiritual insights of ad-
vancing frontiers of knowledge and un-
derstanding.
“Reform Judaism is often misunder-
stood and misrepresented as being mini-
mal in its demands. In its truest defini-
tion, it has ever insisted not upon less
dedication, less information, less ob-
servance, but upon richer understand-
ing of, and warmer devotion to, the
fundamentals of our faith.”
-AMATEURS UNLIMITED-
Keep working for Sisterhood’s APRIL
ARTS and CRAFTS SHOW. We need
more entries.
Put this in your date book—April
25th. Come and visit the Exhibit and see
some of the artists at work. Mrs. Si Sar-
torius will be painting on silk; Mrs.
Jerome Chapman will be doing pottery;
Mrs. Aaron Cohen, copper enameling;
Mrs. Lester Epstein, making charcoal
sketches—and many others.
Any adult member of the Temple may
submit their work — so get busy — we
have room for EVERYBODY!
Now It Can Be Heard—
Thanks To Sisterhood!
Now it can be heard! Tired of watch-
ing people strain to hear the voices in
Upper and Lower Levy Hall? Tired of
watching people do the same in the
Sanctuary? Sisterhood is happy to an-
nounce that its gift to the Congregation
for the year 1960-61 will be the im-
provement of the various sound sys-
tems in the above mentioned areas.
These improvements will be in the form
of rewiring and new equipment on the
stage and in Upper Levy Hall; additions
to the equipment in lower Levy Hall;
and, installations in the Sanctuary
which will improve the audibility
throughout and at the same time allow
those seated on the pulpit to hear what
is being said.
Sisterhood is also making a
the Congregation of a new front curtain
for the stage in Upper Levy Hall. This
expensive but durable drapery is made
of a flame-proof and water-proof heavy
velour, the very latest in fabric for
theatrical usage where many children
are involved.
THE SPORTSMANSHIP
OF RELIGION
Religion, like any good skill, requires
constant practice. There is no greater
myth than that of the natural born
athlete. Beware of the man who counts
on the stimulations of competition, or
the mysterious “know-how” in his blood,
or the rabbit’s foot, or the weakness of
his opponents. I received one of the
most instructive lessons of my life when
I saw the great Rachmaninoff, during a
train journey, take a dummy piano
board out of his suitcase and prac-
tice finger exercises for several hours
on end. So in religion, prayer and wor-
ship must become regular habits. Even
those who find religion in the woods,
or at a symphony concert or in doing
charity must do these regularly until
it becomes an unconscious and smooth
response of the entire being. Many peo-
ple who claim that they get religion in
the woods, get poison ivy instead. Many
who claim that music is their religion
won’t know a majurka from a bazooka.
Many who claim that doing good is
their religion, somehow do good only
for themselves. The year-end Jews who
come to the synagogue only on Rosh
Hashonah and Yom Kippur get reli-
gious indigestion or spiritual charlie-
horses for their trouble.
As with sports, s'o with religion. The
rewards are apparent only after a while
and the best rewards are incidental by-
products, as it were. The happiest re-
ward of both religion and sports is the
relaxation of the spirit, the renewed and
calm energy which it gives one for the
routine of his business and for the re-
sponsibilities of his home. At their high-
est, they both reward man by conferring
on him the true Sabbath — that is, the
equilibrium of the spirit.—Exchange.
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