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t)100 cottl41vcK 1r The Charlotte News Tuesday March )5 )983 11C Cangil speciail in Ile ding worshi K11 4 0 funerals and other traditional Jewish rituals leads a synagogue's worship services and plays a major role in a congregation's religious education programs he said Although Jewish worship is a mixture of preaching music and liturgy Cantor Birnbaum said his main job is to help create an atmosphere that can only be described in terms of silence "If you want to hear a lecture there are places you can go to hear excellent lectures If you want to hear music you can go to many many concerts" he said "There is only one place where the quietness maybe quietness isn't the word the quiet dominates The one place where you let your heart talk and you let your heart think That's a place of worship the synagogue" Terry Mattingly NEWS RELIGION WRITER T)0 atPilil) ig See it in operation in The Lobby Monday-Friday March 14-18 between a cantor and a rabbi or between a cantor and a she said 'Are they two people? Or two different words for one I told her that as far as I knew there really is only one difference between a rabbi and a cantor A cantor has talent" he said and laughed The members of Temple Israel honored Cantor Birnbaum during this past weekend's services Various members of his family traveled to Charlotte to be with him during the festivities which ended with a banquet Saturday night The celebration was just another example of the friendliness that attracted him to Charlotte in the first place said Cantor Birnbaum who lives with his wife Minnie on Folger Drive "I've never not for one moment regretted moving to Charlotte" he said after the weekend's activities were over "I am still struck by the warmth of this community both the city and Jewish community both" As a young teen-ager during World War II Cantor Birnbaum fled Nazi persecution in Czechoslavakia He settled in Budapest Hungary living under an assumed identity as a Roman Catholic His experiences during the period convinced him to become more active in Jewish life and he became involved in the Zionist movement After the war he helped organize the Irgun the Zionist movement in Hungary and helped Israel during its drive to become a nation in the late 1940s After arriving in the United States in 1948 Cantor Birnbaum studied at Columbia University in New York City He holds degrees from the Seminary College of Sacred Music and the Cantor's Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York Christians often equate the cantor's job with the "minister of music" position Although he does direct the 550-member synagogue's adult and youth choirs he said music is only part of his job A cantor conducts weddings Read Terry Mattingly's weekly religion column on Fridays in The News You can call Frank Birnbaum "reverend" or you can call him "rabbi" Or you can call him by his title "cantor" Actually his Hebrew title is "hazzen" a word he says defies translation into English Whatever you decide to call him for 10 years the native of Czechoslovakia has filled the highly visible role of cantor on the staff of Temple Israel 1014 Dilworth Road Although the Webster's dictionary defines a cantor as "a singer of liturgical solos in a synagogue" the job is more complex than that Cantor Birnbaum said "Actually I am a rabbi except that I don't preach (Cantors) go to seminary and we take almost all the same classes as rabbis Only when the rabbis go to classes on preaching we go to classes on music and classes on leading worship" he said "It's like doctors One is an eye doctor and the other is a heart specialist They are both doctors Well I chose the specialty of leading worship" Many years ago he said he was speaking to an audience of non-Jews about the importance of music in the Jewish tradition During the speech Cantor Birnbaum recalled he referred to himself as a minister a reverend a rabbi and as a cantor At the end of the speech during a question-and-answer period a woman in the audience asked an obvious question "She wanted to know just what a cantor is 'What's the difference About the inventor and his invention Johannes Gutenberg (1397-1468) a German printer was the first European to print with movable type cast in molds Type was hand set and printed on handmade paper He probab4 invented the press in 1436 or 1437 The masterpiece of the press was the Mazarin Bible (1455) often called the Gutenberg Bible Gutenberg had to borrow money to finance the Bible venture When he couldn't repay the funds he lost both his press and type Although the separate elements (type Ink press and paper) were not entirely his own invention Gutenberg printed work of excellent quality in quantity It is this contribution that has been so significant in the evolution of the printing industry Zhe (hattotte Observer THE CHARLOTTE NEWS One of only four reproductions of the world famous Gutenberg Press is coming to Charlotte Courtesy of the Printing Industry of the Carolinas (PICA) Foundation the press will be on display In The Lobby gallery of Knight Publishing Co 600 Tryon St See it in action The press on tour from Germany will be operated by a German pressman An Interpreter will be on hand to answer questions Benefit non-profit organizations Frameable reproductions of an actual page of the Gutenberg Bible will be available in The Lobby shop for $2 each One dollar of this price goes to the PICA Foundation Scholarship Fund 50 cents to The Charlotte News Empty Stocking Fund and 50 cents to Observer Charities Don't miss this rare opportunity to view the piece of history that revolutionized our printing Industry Open Monday-Friday March 14-18 9 am-5 pm mmeanarimmatira ab itrmfohme Magian Mao etas bac tt mum tam imugum amnu wn 1 uoa uaa eat (roam Imam mbuo ounmumuuu dim bunt mums tome ot butOminci ittlidne two tutu btnnOluie tn ludo Itt ati dam dm mat ab no Ilmta tat matum ill tah aturaumb mad dinulainu flint ouubto ma goo ft num town main law Dame II blotOnnutO Own awn atulint dm Imo gnat 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