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DECEMBER 25, 1959 VOLUME XXVIII, NUMBER 16 KISLEV 24, 5720

YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26TH, 1959

Morning

Services begin at 9 o'clock

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein

will preach at 11:00 A.M.

"THE JOSEPH STORY and

the 'JOE COLLEGE' STORY"

After Services

A Panel discussion

"Why I Want to Remain a Jew"

Panelists 1) Neil Brenner

2) Alfred Kaplan

3) Allan Lichtman

A Buffet Kiddush Will Follow

Afternoon

Sabbath Seudah Seminar

in honor of Collegiates

at 4:15 o'clock

Mincha Services

Cantor: George Baumgarten

Reader: William Etra

Discussion

"An Out of Town College

Yes or No?"

Discussants: 1) Benjamin Brown

2) Aaron Etra

Light RefreshmentsWill Be Served

Ljuatli ^aLLalLSATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1960

Morning

Services begin at 9 o'clock

Cantors

Opening Prayers:Stanley Kurzweil

Shacharith: Lionel Etra

Musaf: Stephan Texon

Torah Readers

Lanny Binstock Steven KleinWilliam Etra Myron MillerSteven Gross Martin Sage

Rabbi Haskel Looksteinwill preach at 11:00 A.M.

"AND THOU SHALT TEACH

THEM TO THY CHILDREN . . ."

Afternoon

3:45

"Class in The Commandmentsof Judaism" on

"Honor Thy Father andThy Mother"

Mincha Services

Cantor: Steven Gross

Reader: Steven Klein

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WITHIN OUR FAMILY

Births—Our heartiest congratulations to our

dear member Mrs. Samuel Witkin uponthe birth of a grandson. We wish Mrs.Witkin and her children, Dr. and Mrs.Marvin Witkin a mazeltov on the ad¬dition to the family.Birthdays-

Many happy returns of the day toMrs. Myron Bogdonoff, Mrs PaulineEinstein, Mrs. Frank Goodman, Mrs.Paul Gourary, Mrs. Solomon E. Green,Mrs. Norman H. Halper, Mrs. MortonKamerman, Mrs. D. Harry Kleinfeld,Mrs. Richard Kolb, Samuel Morris, Mrs.Henry A. Rafsky, Ralph Spencer andMiss Irene Weiss.

Anniversaries-

Warmest greetings to Dr. and Mrs.Erich Buechler, Mr. and Mrs. Max J.Etra, Mr. and Mrs. Al Feiner, Mr. andMrs. Israel Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs.Gedeon Heller, Mr. and Mrs. BenjaminPerlman, Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Roth-enstein, and Dr. and Mrs. JudahZizmor.

Bon Voyage—We wish to extend a collective bon

voyage to those members who areabout to leave on their winter vaca¬

tion. Normally we list the names ofthese members, individually. Inasmuchas there are many who are about toleave at this time, space does not per¬mit us to include each and every name.We, therefore, wish them all a pleasanttrip and we look forward to theirreturn.

CORRECTION

In last week's issue, our esteemedmembers Mr. and Mrs. Simon J. Vogel,who have just returned from Europe,were inadvertantly wished a Bon Voy¬age instead of a Welcome Home. Withdue apoligies to the Vogels we wouldlike to wish them a double WelcomeHome, once from their actual trip andagain from their fictitious one at ourexpense.

THANK YOU

We would like to thank Mr. AndrewEttin for presenting a phonograph tothe Adult Institute. The phonographwill be used by Mrs. Alice Rothkowitzin her Intermediate Hebrew I class.

Mr. Ettin is the nephew of our de¬voted member William Heyman, a reg¬ular student in the class.

WELCOME

COLLEGIATESWe are happy to list below the

young members of our community whoare currently attending colleges andgraduate schools throughout the coun¬

try and whose names were forwardedto us for publication.

We salute them through the Bul¬letin for their intellectual endeavors

and look forward to greeting thempersonally this Saturday at the Col¬legiate Sabbath celebration.

Herbert N. Abrams, New York Univer¬sity

Morris J. Amitay, Harvard LawMrs. Stuart Blankman, TempleNeil Brenner, Columbia

Benjamin Brown, Syracuse

Barry Eichler, YeshivaAaron Etra, Yale

Bennett L. Gershman, Princeton

Lynda Anne Goldsmith, TempleAlfred I. Kaplan, ColumbiaMrs. Gerald Kaufman, Barnard

Ronald S. Klein, BardElliot Lebowitz, New York UniversityMenorah Lebowitz, Columbia Univer¬

sity

Harvey Ira Leifert, Columbia UniversityCecile J. Lichtman, BarnardIra Postel, New York UniversityMichael E. Rosenblum, Harvard

Herman Schlussel, Miami

Marilyn Schneider, BrandeisRuth Schreiber, Finch

Judith Wallach, Hunter

We also extend a collective salute

and greeting to all other studentswhose names were unfortunately notsent to us for publication.

MEN'S CLUB ANNUAL DINNERTO MARK 21st YEAR

"Coming of Age in the Men's Club"will be the theme of the group's an¬nual dinner to be held on Mondayevening, January 18, 1960.

The annual dinner is always a won¬derful affair. The chance for men to

gather and see each other under finesocial circumstances makes this event

a most popular one.

This year, the dinner will featurethe honoring of those who have beenmembers for the twenty one yearsof the club's existance. An interestingprogram is being planned in thisconnection. The exact details will haveto remain a secret until January 18th.

The guest attraction will be LouNorman, an outstanding humorist whocaptivated the audience at the Nation¬al Association of Men's Clubs Conven¬tion last May.

The co-chairmen for the affair are

Martin Markson and Dr. Jack Lieber-man. They will be happy to receiveyour reservations for the dinner in ad¬vance. The cost is still ten dollars, a

price which has remained uninflatedfor several years while the dinner hasbeen considerably expanded.

Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein, who willhave returned by that time from Israel,will, as usual, highlight the program.We expect the Annual Dinner to be awonderful occasion. Please reserve

the date.

FATHER AND SON MINYAN

Eighth Service:December 27th, 9:30 a.m.

Cantors:

1) Barry Helprin2) Andrew Plausman3) Jerry Bruss4) David FiedlerTorah Reader: Jonathan Wouk

Sponsor: Maurice N. Jaffe

Ninth Service:

January 3rd, 9:30 a.m.

Cantors:

1) Jordan Wouk2) David Lesser3) Charles Kleinhaus4) Martin Jelenko

Co-Sponsors: Oscar PerlbergerReuben N. Popkin

KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN 3

anuhah (^jreelincjSWe extend to our members

and friends best wishes for a

Happy Chanukah

CHANUKAH NOTES

Chanukah of the year 5720 (1959-60), begins on Friday evening Decem¬ber 25th. The first candle is lit im¬mediately prior to kindling the sab¬bath candles. On each successive nightan additional candle is lit until Fridayevening, January 1st, -when eightcandles are kindled just before the sab¬bath begins.

The daily services, which will beheld at their usual time, will be sup¬

plemented by special prayers and thekindling of the lights.Collegiate Sabbath and Youth Sab¬

bath coincide with the first and lastdays of the holiday. Appropriate pray¬ers will be recited and Chanukah melo¬dies will punctuate the services.

The Father and Son Minyan will holda special Chanukah service on SundayDecember 27th. Many of our youngmen who are on vacation will certainlywant to attend this Minyan.

A joyous Chanukah Festival is inprospect for our entire congregationalfamily. We hope that all our membersand friends will participate in the fes¬tivities and thereby enjoy the holidayto the full.

ADULT INSTITUTE RECESS

The students of the Adult Institutewill be on vacation during Chanukahweek. There will be no classes heldon Saturday, December 26th, Wednes¬day, December 30th and Thursday,December 31st.

The regular schedule will resumewith the Sabbath Class on January 2nd.

PLEASE NOTE

The next issue of the Bulletinwill appear on Friday, January8th, 1960. Please retain this issueas it contains information for theforthcoming two week period.

DR. HENRY RAPHAELSISTERHOOD - MEN

A capacity crowd filled the socialhall of the synagogue last Tuesdayevening to listen to one of the moststimulating addresses ever presentedto a meeting of either the Sisterhoodor the Men's Club.

Perhaps the outstanding talk wasdue to the fact that this was a combinedmeeing of both groups. More likely,the success of the speech was the re¬sult of the personality, acumen, andeloquence of our speaker, Dr. HenryRaphael Gold.

Dr. Gold, whose educational back¬ground ranges from the Yeshivoth inEastern Europe, to the classrooms ofsociology and philosophy at ColumbiaUniversity, and culminates in the medi¬cal and psychiatric programs of Bay¬lor University, drew on this broadsweep of intellectual accomplishmentto analyze the subject: "Modern Psy¬chiatry and the World of Faith".

Our speaker began by asserting thatpsychiatry can never replace religion,nor can religion usurp the domain ofpsychiatry.

He went on to discuss the unique¬ness of the mind as separate from thehand, of thought as distinguished fromdeed. Man can perform only one act,but he can entertain several conflict¬ing wishes at the same time.

In a beautiful analogy, Dr. Gold ex¬plained that "Tephilin" illustrate theforegoing thesis admirably. The phy¬lacteries on the arm are in one piece,reflecting the fact that a man can actat one time only in one way. The head

GOLD ADDRESSESS CLUB MEETINGphylacteries, on the other hand, arecomposed of four individual compart¬ments, illustrating the ability of themind to entertain a variety of thoughtsat any given moment.Our lecturer discussed several man¬

ifestations of abnormal religiosity. Fan-atacism exists, said he, when the over¬all goal of religion becomes relativelyobscured in the presence of an ex¬clusive preoccupatoin with details. Nar¬cissistic religion is present when manturns religion inward and, in the spiritof Voltaire's quip, makes God in man'simage.

Dr Gold dissented from the viewthat "religion is a mass neurosis"stemming from fear and guilt. He main¬tained that religion kills fear by sup¬plying the element of wonder, andsaid that religion's goal was not to re¬lieve symptoms but rather to enlargethe horizons of human life.

Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein whousually differs with, punctuates, or en¬larges upon the remarks of the speak¬er, chose to do none of these thingsat this meeting. Instead he contentedhimself with asserting that our lecturerwas not only a source of information,but also a model for emulation. Dr.Gold represented in his manner,breadth of knowledge, and conviction,a man who could teach as much byexample as by instruction. Two hun¬dred listeners were witnesses whocould verify our rabbi's evaluation. Theevening was certainly a memorableone in every respect.

IUI, i anJ ll^irS. ^J^adLel cjCooLsteinCordially Invite

Young People Ages 18-28

to a Special Reception

Sunday afternoon, December 27th

From 4 to 6 o'clock

In the Social Hall of the Synagogue

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Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun117-25 East 85th StreetNew York 28, N. Y.SAcramento 2-0800

Editor

Joseph GlattSynagogue Officials

Joseph H. Lookstein RabbiHaskel Lookstein Ass't. RabbiIsrael D. Rosenberg Ritual DirectorJoseph Glatt Exec. Director

Officers of the CongregationMax J. Etra PresidentA. Phillip Goldsmith Vice-PresidentSamuel A. Marcus Treasurer

Joseph Roth SecretaryElgin Shulsky Pres., Men's ClubMrc Mri\/c*r Tovnn Prp>c ticfprhnnrl

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25thLighting of Candles 4:15Evening 4:20

SATURDAY, SABBATH CHANUKAH IMorning 9:00Junior Congregation 10:15Weekly Portion: Vayeshev

Genesis 37.1-40.23Numbers 7.1-17

Haftorah: Zechariah 2.14-4.7

Rosh Chodesh Prayers:Rosh Chodesh Tevet will be on

Thursday, December 31st andFriday, January 1st.

Evening 4:15Conclusion of Sabbath 5:10

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1stLighting of Candles 4-20Evening 4:20

SATURDAY, SABBATH CHANUKAH IIMorning 9:00Junior Congregation 10:15Weekly Portion: Miketz

Genesis 41.1-44.17Numbers 7.54-8.4

Haftorah: I Kings 7.40-50EveningConclusion of Sabbath

SUNDAYS

MorningFather.and-Son Minyan

DAILY SERVICES

MorningEvening

4:30

5:10

8:30

9:30

7:30

4:20

YAHR7EITS

December

26 _ CHARLES GOLDMAN26 — ADOLPH HAUPTMAN26 — LISA GORDON26 — MORRIS N. ADLER26 — ANNA LOORY26 — BERNARD KAPLAN27 — SAMUEL KAHN27 — SARAH GOURARY27 — DAVID PERLOW28 — IGNATZ HEYMAN29 — JACOB S. POFCHER29 — ABRAHAM JACOBS29 — JACOB RISKIN31 — JOSEPH SIEGEL31 — AMELIA LEVY31 - KATHERINE GREENFIELD

January1 — ETHEL GRONOWITZ1 — SAMUEL FRIEDMAN1 — JOSEPH LEVIN2 — JULIUS BAYER2 — SARAH FREEDMAN3 — GITEL BORNSTEIN3 — BESSIE FEINBERG3 — ETTA GOLDERICH3 — S. HERBERT GOLDEN4 — SAMUEL H. GOLDE4 - RAY SCHULTZ5 — CELIA RUBIN6 — ANNIE ROTH6 — ROSE MATUSOW6 — WILLIAM HARRIS6-— MOSES GOODSIDE6 — ANNIE SIMON6 — ROSE HALPER8 — HYMAN 1. ARBEIT8 — MENDEL GOTTESMAN8 — MARY LIPSITZ

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K. J. CALENDAR

SATURDAY - 3:00 P.M.K. J. JuniorsAuditorium4:15 P.M.

Sabbath Seudah Seminar

SUNDAY - 4:00 - 6:00 P.M.

Young Peoples ReceptionSocial Hall

SATURDAY - JANUARY 2nd3:00 P.M.

K. J. JuniorsAuditorium

3:45Class In Commandments

of Judaism

TUESDAY - JANUARY 5th7:00 P.M.

Cub Scout MeetingGymnasium of Synagogue House

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WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 6th8:00 P.M.

Talmud ClassRapid Hebrew ClassBasic Hebrew II

Intermediate Hebrew I

WEDNESDAY EVENING -JANUARY 13th

Adult Institute Lecture— Lecturer —

DR. IRVING AGUS•

MONDAY EVENING -JANUARY 18th

SUNDAY EVENING -JANUARY 24th

Ramaz Annual Dinner

THE JEWRY BOX

LAST WEEK WEEK OF JANUARY 3rdDR. THEODORE R. FINK HERMAN DAVIDOVITZABRAHAM R. KIRSHON DR. H. HAROLD GELFANDMARTIN MARKSON IRA F. WEISMAN

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