Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 January 1969 — Page 15

friday, January 31, 1969

THE JEWISH TOST AND OPINION

Orthodox Rabbi Says Reform Must Repent, Do Tshuvah

Editor, POST and OPINION: There are times when one must be silent and there are times when we must cry out. As the first American-born Orthodox rabbi in this country, a New England Yankee, I cannot keep quiet any longer. First, against our Reform brethren, outside of Abba Hillel Silver of sainted memory, who told me ‘'Do not look upon me as a reformer for I have been hit by the sun of America. ,, Has Dr. Eisendrath forgotten the 1884 platform; has he forgotten Dr. Phillipson’s words, of the Hebrew Union College, “My capitol is Washington, not Jerusalem.” Now Reform Jewry demands they come to Israel and be allowed to worship as they did here in this country. The Bible teaches us that a Jew must wear Tzitsis, Tfillin, observe the Sabbath, not in their way, but according to Jewish law, eat Kashrut, not lobsters and crabs. Does Reform Jewry think that they can come to the Holy Land with all their sins and with all

Federation Urged

their destructive philosophy that has destroyed and helped to destroy the minds of our youth in the past eighty years? Why even Rabbi Samuel Shulman, of the Temple Beth El of New York, told me that if he knew Orthodoxy would live, he would never have become a Reformed rabbi. There is only one thing to do, Dr. Eisendrath, you and your group, that is repent, do Tshuvah, and then you can come to Israel as an observant Jew. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I still consider you my brother, for once you have a Jewish mother, you are my brother. I’ve had the good fortune of being with Rabbi Edward L. Israel, of Evansville, Ind., and when he was there he was an anti-Zionist. He also cried “Washington is my capitol” not Jerusalem. He was a member of the Lions and when he went to Baltimore and walked into the Lions Club and was told that Jews were not allowed, he then realized how important it was to work

To Support,

the Jew and became a strong Zionist and cried bitterly on my shoulders for the years he had wasted not working for Israel. To my colleagues who have nothing else to do but to circularize sex, pre - marital, marital and after-marital, I say to them that they have forgotten that their duty is to teach and preach to their Congregation the six respects: 1. Respect for parents. 2. Respect for elders. 3. Respect for teachers. 4. Respect for the sanctity of a woman’s body. 5. Respect for the laws of G-d. 6. Respect for the laws of the land. It is my prayer and hope that all our brothers and sisters throughout the world will realize that we should join hands and go back to our Torah and live a Torah-true life, then peace will come upon the earth and the brotherhood of man will become a reality. RABBI DAVID S. SAVITZ 1830 Amethyst St. Bronx, N.Y. 10462

Jaffa Oranges

Your Name By NORBERT PEARLROTH Dear Mr. Pearlroth: I would appreciate learning the origin of my father’s name “ODER.” He came from the area of Vilna. Thank you very much. — Saul Oder, Los Angeles. Oder is Adar, the 12th month of the Jewish calendar. Because Moses is reputed to have been born on the 7th day of Adar, and the miracle of Purim occurred in the same month Adar is considered a lucky month. It has been said and believed that anyone born in the month of Adar was born under a lucky star. For all these reasons your ancestor who took this name in 1812 took the name of the month in which he was born and made it his family name. Western European Jews born in the month of Adar prefer the spelling Ader. Dear Mr. Pearlroth: I would like to trace the name "Udasin.” My grandfather came to this country around 1903 from a town near Moscow, Russia. My grandfather’s brother came a year or so later and ended up with the name “Udashen.” Thank you for your kind assistance. Very truly yours, Herman Udasin, Commack, N.Y. Udashin is a patronymic, a family name derived from the Hebrew name of an ancestor. The ancestor in question bore the Hebrew name of Judah. In what is known as the affectionate augmentative, the name is converted to Judash (Big Judah) in both Polish and Russian, Often the initial “J” is omitted and the name is spelled “Udash.” The terminal “. . .in” denotes descent, so that Udashim means “Son (or descendant) of Judah.” (Do you want to know what your name means? Send all queries to Mr. Pearlroth, National Jewish Post & Opinion, 70 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10011.)

Build Jewish All Day Schools

Editor, POST and OPINION: Without discussing the merits of unrest in our major urban areas and especially in public education, one aspect from a Jewish point of view has not been adequately explored. The Jewish community and especially Federation leaders have a unique opportunity to advance the cause of Jewish education immeasurably if they would have the vision and wisdom to undertake the mass building of new, and the supporting of already existent, Yeshivos. In the light of the growing urban unrest, thousands of parents wishing to avoid strikes, conflict, mediocre education and integration problems would avail themselves of the opportunity to have quality education from Jewish day schools, if the cost factor were minimal or absent. The history of Federation support for public welfare, hospitals and homes has been something they can be proud of . . .The field of Jewish education however, is a relatively virgin field for Federation, and would more accurately represent them doing their proud part of Jewish

communal needs.

“Jewish hospitals” no longer catering to indigent or even

Jewish patients can now take care of themselves. Jewish day schools are in bad financial straits and the need for new schools in new communities should not be neglected due to lack of organized and available funds, an area where Federation could easily and rightly do their part. The backing of Day Schools does not commit Federation to Orthodoxy, but to Jewish education, Judaism and the entire ‘Klal Yisroel’. DR. M. I. GANCHROW 24th Evacuation Hospital APO SF 96491 South Vietnam

Sirhan Juror

Is Jewish

LOS ANGELES - One of he jurors selected to try Sirhan B i s h a r a Sirhan for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy is Jewish. He is Benjamin Glick, who moved here five years ago from

Corona, Queens, N.Y.

Another Jewish man who will play an important role in the trial is Emile Zola Berman, prominent New York Jewish leader, who is one of the three

defense attorneys.

To Be Sold Here Questionnaire On Sex Called Curiosity Editor, POST and OPINION: the subject on the last page of PHILADELPHIA — Israeli * w °uld suggest to those who the same issue. She not only Jaffa oranges will again be received the astounding ques- sums up the basic Jewish point available in stores and fruit tionn f' re< > n sex(P-6 Jan 10) of view which embodies the stands in the United States, it to tel ' the rabbi to • mind his concept of Tzniuth, an untranswas announced here. The first <> wn biisuness. Such curiosity latable term, but includes adshipment from Israel is ex- constitutes an unforgivable in- vice which teenage boys and nected to arrive here hv the terference ln the private and girls will find enormously useful end of ° February and p€rSonal life ° f any y0uth - ~ and especially the girls. available in stores tluough T . he studen f h wi11 fi " d the . 1)684 RABBIT - N - LEW,S j guidance in the matter of sex 1395 Ocean Avenue in what Helen Cohen writes on Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230

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