The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1959 Page: 4 of 10
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Gala New Year’s Eve
Dinner-Dance Planned
By Adath Emeth And
B. Yeshurun Men’s Club
The Men’s Club of Congre-
gations Adath Emeth and Beth
Yeshurun will co-sponsor a gala
New Year’s Eve Dinner and
Dance in the beautiful ballroom
of the Rice Hotel, Thursday-
evening, Dec. 31.
Irving Salomon and Pincus
Juran, presidents of the Adath
Emeth and Beth Yeshurun
Men’s Club, respectively, an-
nounced that the affair will fea-
ture a complete, strictly kosher
buffet dinner. The menu will
consist of assorted relishes, tur-
key, roast beef, sweet and sour
meat balls, kasha vanisha, po-
tato knishes, assorted breads,
green salad, apple strudel and
tea.
There will be set-ups, favors,
and dancing. Couvert is $20
per couple. The entire commu-
nity is invited to this gala af-
fair. Make up your party and
call in your reservations at once
to Mr. Salomon, CA 5-1491
or MO 5-5277.
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By RABBI SAUL E. WHITE
Cong. Beth Sholom, San Francitco, California
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—a third that they attend only quarters will be the Rice Hotel
on the High Holidays, and for three days of cultural, edu-
from 13% to 22% that they cational, athletic, social and ath-
attend occasionally — monthly,
weekly, or daily. Fifteen per
cent of the population observes
some form of Kashruth—5%
strictly—85% none at all. Less
than one-half of the children
receive some form of Jewish
education.
The major form of identifi-
cation is with reform Judaism
— with one-fifth identifying
themselves as conservative and
in S. F., 13% as Orthodox—on
the Peninsula, 3% as Orthodox
—in Marin, 43% indicated no
Jewish identification (whatever
that means).
The study reports that “For
San Francisco more than 17%
of Jewish homes indicate that
inter-marriage has taken place.
The corresponding proportion
for Peninsula and Marin re-
spectively are 20% and 37%.”
A bright spot in what is
otherwise a frightening report
in regards to the prospects of
meaningful Jewish survival in
America is the response to the
question as to the necessity of
Jewish education for their chil-
dren — 97% responded in the
affirmative—65% they “must
have” and 30% “should have.”
It is of some interest that in
Marin where the rate of inter-
marriage is highest — there is
less Jewish belonging—less de-
sire for Jewish identification-
and less concern for Jewish
education. The report in many
ways admirable could have
been more useful if it included
an exact statement of the ques-
tions asked in the interview—
and if we were informed how
wide was the sampling of facts
and opinions, and how many
were engaged in interviewing.
It is not enough to know that
“some 3,000 hours were spent
in direct discussions in the
homes of a broadly-representa-
tive sample of Jewish house-
holds,” or that information ob-
tained “now appears in 10,000
IBM cards and containing
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ed by the Mizrachi Women.
Debate finals on the topic:
“Resolved That Hebrew Should
Be Taught As an Accredited
Subject in Senior High
School,” will start at 1 p.m.
Monday night’s program
will feature the final banquet
at the Rice Hotel Grand Ball-
room, followed by a dance with
music by Robbin’s Twins Or-
chestra. Awards will be made
at this time.
SISTERHOOD OF
CONG. ADATH EMETH
Adath Emeth Sisterhood’s
“Be a Brick—Buy a Brick” raf-
fle to raise money for the Sister-
hood Kitchen building fund is
under way. Books are being
distributed by Mesdames Max
Friedman and Julius Karp.
Each ticket at 50 cents repre-
sents the purchase of a brick
for the new congregational
building now under construc-
tion on Greenwillow Drive, in
Willow Meadows. Mrs. Ber-
nard Yellin, Sisterhood presi-
dent, urges everyone to back
the raffle 100 per cent.
The prize being offered is a
beautiful 10 piece silver tea
service, to be awarded at the
annual Mother-Daughter lunch-
eon in May 1960. Books of
tickets may be secured from
Mrs. Friedman, JA 4-3786, or
Mrs. Karp, MO 7-5205.
The Sisterhood’s Chanukah
Party for children will be held
Sunday, Dec. 20, at the Jew-
ish Community Center. A pro-
gram and luncheon have been
planned, and candy filled drei-
dels will be given to each child.
Watch for details of the
rummage sale, to be held in
February.
Mrs. Yellin and Mrs. Julius
Israel are delegates to the
Southwest Regional Conven-
tion of the Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations, to be
held in San Antonio Dec. 25-
27. Alternates are Mrs. Ben
Wald and Mrs. Irving Salo-
mon.
about 80,000 items to date.” I
take exception to the wisdom
of signing and identifying —
children and youth to this or
that branch of Judaism on the
basis of an interview with the
parent.
Having made these reserva-
tions, I should like to acknowl-
edge the gratitude of many to
Dr. Fred Masarik, guide and
consultant to the study com-
mittee—and to the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation for having un-
dertaken this taxing task—and
presenting us with the facts
and figures that will challenge
us for years to come.
This is my last commentary.
The publishers have expressed
their appreciation of it, but
would like to introduce another
feature in its stead. The writing
of it and the attention of its
readers has given me great sat-
isfaction.
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letic activities, themed “The
World Jewish Community.”
Two hundred Judaeans and
their advisors are expected here
fr the conclave, December 25-
29.
Friday evening, Dec. 25,
there will be a dinner at the
Rice Hotel, followed by serv-
ices and an Oneg Shabbat. Par-
ents and friends are invited to
this evening program which in-
cludes a kosher dinner. Reser-
vations at $2.75 per person
must be made by Dec. 18 with
the Young Judaea office, J A
9-8061.
Saturday morning, there will
be a breakfast at the hotel,
courtesy of the Marcus Levin-
son Zionist District and Far-
band Labor Zionists. Services
will follow. A box luncheon
served by the Houston Hadas-
sah will be followed by discus-
sions. On Saturday night, there
will be a dinner at Rubin’s Ala-
bama Caterers, courtesy Hous-
ton Zionist District. The pro-
gram will be a Chanukah night
and chapter presentations.
Sunday’s program will be at
the Jewish Community Center,
with contests slated for the
morning. Luncheon will be
served courtesy of the Houston
Pioneer Women. In the after-
noon, a Junior-Senior Young
Judaean Hike and Treasure
Hunt will be held at 2 p.m.
Sunday night there will be an
International Hebrew Arts Fes-
tival and Campfire at the
Rockin’ R Ranch, with a wiener
roast and hayride, courtesy
Houston Hadassah. Senior
Chapters in the Region will pre-
sent their dance and choral
groups.
Monday morning, sports con-
tests will be concluded at the
JCC, and luncheon will be serv-
CLEANERS — ALTERATIONS — TAILORS
—WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER
VAYISHLAH
(Dec. 19, 1959)
It may have been coinci-
dence, but after reading a re-
port on the Jewish population
of San Francisco, Marin Coun-
ty and the Peninsula—I spent
a sleepless night. It may be that
the study, sponsored by our
Welfare Federation Fund, can
serve among other things as an
indirect indictment of the in-
effectiveness of rabbinic leader-
ship; it may be that I feel par-
ticularly guilty since a few
months ago I took on Menashe
Unger of the Yiddish paper
“The Day”—for describing San
Francisco as being Jewishly a
wilderness; it may be that the
facts revealed in the study cry
out for sounding an alarm.
The Jewish population of S.
F. is estimated at 47,000, that
of the Peninsula 16,000 and
Marin County 2,700. It is a
highly educated community,
nearly half of the population
from the ages of 20 to 34 hav-
ing a college degree and many
a post graduate degree. It is
economically a prosperous com-
munity, but Jewishly it is quite
feeble. A third of the Jewish
population of S. F. is affiliated
with a synagogue. It is slightly
higher for the Peninsula and
lower for Marin County. In less
than a third of the Jewish
homes candles are lit on Friday
night—either regularly or occa-
sionally. One-third of heads of
households indicated that they
never attend religious services
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Houston, Texas
Maurice Karkowski, Pres.
Edith Karkowski, Vice-Pres.
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