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MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

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second-class matter March 3, 1918, at the Postoffice at Detroit,
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for the various holy days and holidays, Mrs. Levinger has
included in her book instructions for the teachers in preparing

the children for their class room exercises. Moreover, very
excellent plates are added to the book suggesting the costum-
ing for the characters in the plays. For thoroughness of prep-
aration, it is safe to say that Mrs. Levinger's book has seldom
been equalled in any similar volume. Although the book is
published primarily for use in the religious school. it ought to
find a place in every Jewish home library.
The Commission on Religious Education is to be congratu-
lated for having had the opportunity of publishing this book,
and for its good judgment in putting it out in so attractive a
form as it has. It augurs well for the future usefulness of this
Commission. The Jewish religious school has suffered greatly
for a lack of adequate text books. Perhaps this is the begin-
ning of a new era in this matter. Let us hope so.

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ltierles Brine

Olorner

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

On Wednesday evening, ushering
Kol Nidre night, and on Thursday,
Yom Kippur day, millions of Jewish
Glendale 9300
souls will be turning their faces
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children in festival array ape‘eirs
heavenward in fervent prayer to God
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ture to ourselves the solemnity of the I shall not taste of food today,
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urchins watch us with awe, as we line
day. the fervor of the worshippers Nor think of food at all,
the bank of Dnieper ripple's- and
To Insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
and the anxiety with which they turn But all the day I mean to pray—
sparkling in the bright autumn sun-
this Ace by Tuesday evening of each week.
their hearts and their prayers to God. Although they say I'm small-
shine.
In the synaggoues, exalted faces ! mean to pray arming the crowd,
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everywhere, ardently, zealously pray That ask forgiveness low or loud.
On the second day of
f orbetter days, greater happiness,
lbsh Ha.
The Jewish Chronicle invitos correspondence on subjects of interest to
Shanah
relatives
and friends come to
•omplete forgiveness for their sins. Last night I heard Kul Nidre sung;
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the
see us. The older people discuss
By L H. FROMK1N
Then
comes
the
Neilah,
the
closing
The Cantor's voice was deep,
Blew expressed by the writers.
politics and business, we—lisse and
prayer, and a heavenly atmosphere is
back and forth the people girls—read and play in the nursery,
The anneuricement that Rabbi Man sS.si
S1 . 7.- s sSO for war-reSef an ,l ereatcd by the zeal of the worship- And swung-
September 14, 1923
Drob
is
to
be
the
chairman
of
the
My
cousin, a year my junior, it ere-
$.S.S•
Tishri 4, 5684
f. r 1Se Keren
Pere. And then it is all over. With ! think I fell asleep;
campaign to raise S1aisk).00) as an en-
paring to enter the governm•nt
Also • Challe•g* to Jewry.
high
the completion of the Neilah service, I dreamed my mother took my hand
' dowznent fund for the Jewish Theo-
school
and wants me to tell hire how
"Beloit:: berg a chellregy to tb in feeling of acquittal of the sinners And led me through a desert land.
logical Seminary and its allied ineti-
the teachers examine, what quedione
, tutiens, is a piece of news unique tr. rabbis, as you hose pointed out," h eon the part of the Almighty sweeps
they ask and what the habits of ea c h
The purpose of the Jew's Atonement Day is to reconcile the annals of the Jews of Anteriea . went en. "I regard this cen•a'gn als ,, over the synagogues. The weeping But on the ground were cookies round, are.
man to his God, to his neighbor, and to his own soul. It is to . This is the first time sine the "drive as • challenge to American. Jewry— a ceases, the groaning voices once more As white as milk and sweet;
Rosh Ha-Shanah is over. Eight
to them to keep the light of Ju become calm. The opulence of the Enough for all the day I found,
establish a oneness, a harmony between the individual soul and method of fund-rasing for Jewish :all
days to Yom Kippur. Although our
has been intreduced into Amer- deism burning. It has been said 0 , soul somehow disappears. The busi- I seemed to eat and eat.
city is but half Jewish, it look, as it
the soul of the universe. This can be accomplished not merely causes
the
Jews
of
'
nes.slike
hardness
of
everyday
life
America that they can be
Then Mother said: "By this 'tis known everybody and everything were pre-
ican Jewish life that a Rabbi has bee:
by prayer and by fast, but only by that inward regeneration of chosen
appealed to only through the heart comes back even in the synagogue. Man does nut live by bread alone."
to lead such an effo
paring for the Day of Atonsment.
which these forms are symbolic. Moreover, there can be no score have rendered splendid service that while they will strip themselves ' Maariv. the evening prayer, is at-
Yom Kippur eve is hi re. I
in order to answer the cry 0 tacked hastily, without that fervor "Awake, my pet," my Mother said,
true atonement without reparation of wrong. The evil that has during the past eight years in the almost,
make up my mind to fast from sun-
hungry, the naked, the sick, they which marked the prayers of an hour When all the prayers were through,
to sunset—for the first time in
been done by man must so far as possible be made good by him. great war-relief enact which has net- the
f ago. Evers-thing becomes "wochen- "I know the Lord who gives us bread set
pay
no
heed
heed
to
the
anguished
cry
o
my life'.
over $80,0)0,00.1 for the Jews a
Nor is this the last stage in the atonement process. Through ted
Will grant us pardon, too."
h
Eastern Europe and Palestine. One the parched and famished Jewish dig." The Yom Too spirit is gone.
y
o g is ovecrovided.
snague
r
I shall not wish to eat today;
atonement, sin must be made distasteful to man and he must be could name another long list who have souls. 1 have never believed it. I have
The (+wie ners s uspended fro
m shove
To Make • Comparison.
My dream will feed me while I pray. the high ceiling with the candle
strengthened against the lure of temptation. The atonement made possible the raising of other mil- never believed that they have no hun
ger
for
the
higher,
more
spiritual
vat
We
like
to
compare
the
life
of
the
flames flickering in the breeze which
in Israel does not make man the cringing creature that some lions for Jewish community centers. ues. 1 believe that the Jews of Amer Jew with the periodic changes in the
But thrusting upon a Rabbi the re-
IN THE DAYS OF AWE
conies in through the open windows,
other faiths construe him to be, but on the contrary it stresses sponsibility of so important a cam- ire are as idealistic an the Jews o f spirit of Yom Kippur. They are so
sways to and fro and fill as with
his human dignity as a being capable of lifting himself out of paign as this is a new departure in any other part of the world, and that , much alike. During the day's pray- (Holy Day Reminiscences
sacred trepidation. I turn around and
of
an
they-are
going
to prove it by making ' ers, when forgiveness is asked for,
the depths of his sin and lifting up his head again before God Jewish life.
see a few prominent Gentiles stand
Immigrant.)
this effort to raise 61,000,000 for the when the individual's future is
and man.
For the rabbis of America there is
on the threshold, watching us, and
Jewish Theological Seminary the suc- weighed in the Almighty's balance,
a
distinct
challenge
in
the
selection
of
when the pathetic chant of Kol-Nidrei
By
Elbert
Aidline.
In this spirit, it is hoped that Jews the world over will meet
cess it must he for the sake of future there is vehemence, animation; there
their colleagues to lead the campaign of Israel in America.
resounds, they, the strangers, the op-
the greatest day in their religious calendar. It should be for upon which the future of
is intensity of feeling. But no sooner
pressors,
seem to join an in worship-
The ram's horn blows—and its dole-
Jewish
But why have you assumed this is there a sway of that spirit of ac-
them a time of spiritual regeneration, of renewed self-respect, I Theological Seminary, and the
ing God, our God.
also, per- responsibility,
ful,
plaintive
strains
tall
on
the
ears
which is even more , quittal and forgiveness than the
• • •
and of heightened dignity.
haps, the future of traditional J u-
of men, women and children crowding
the evening prayer, matters
daism in America rests. Many of our grave owing to the fact that no rabbi Marvin,
Yom Kippur afternono. I'm thirsty.
no longer. In the life of the Jew, the synagogues, temples and prayer
has
eyed
led
a
campaign
before?"
I
rabbis insist that they, of right, should asked.
houses, praying, crying and suppli- My throat is parched, but I resist the
ithere are transitions similar to these.
be the leaders of Jewry. They point
"Because I was compelled to," he They vary from prosperity to oppres- cating. And yet, it seems to me, it temptation to have a drink. Umi
to the rabbis of old, who guided the
is not like Yomin Noiroim—the days bamayim flashes through my mind.
laughed.
"But
seriously—when
men
sion
and
suffering,
and
vice versa, of awe in Russia—our life in America
The tendency to establish holy day congregations is neither destinies of their communities, and in like Mr. Marshall and Dr. Adler in-
And the boys in the synagogues
and are affected in a manner akin to is so much, oh, so much happier! And admire my high school uniform—of
to whose appeals the money
wholly to be commended nor entirely to be condemned. The response
needed f or any purpose was always sisted, there was nothing else for me the changes in the spirit of the Yom memories of childhood days swarm my dark green cloth with shining brass
mere fact that there are great numbers of our co-religionists forthcoming in liberal measure. In to do but to take on the job. Besides Kippur day. In our everyday life, brain.
buttons.
who do not find it worth while to affiliate themselves with the America things are different for th as a Director and an Alumnus of the we are very much affected by the pus.
• •
"Look at the little officer!" I hear
Seminary, I am in the best position sibilities of suffering and persecution,
congregations throughout the year, but who are moved at the l ast decade, for the last generation e to
•
them
say to each other. Some en-
Grandfather
gets
up
earlier
than
realize its needs. The students and No sooner is there an outbreak
deavor
to speak Russian in my pres-
The
rabbi
has
been
displaced
as
corn'
usual,
and
I
hear
hint
pray
every
holy season to worship God of their fathers, should not be
leader, first, by the expertly- alumni of any school are naturally its against our people; whenever and morning—longer and with more zeal ence, but their Russian is broken.
without a measure of encouragement to the leaders and teach- munal
best critics. They know its shortcom- wherever there is a section of Jewry
trained social worker, and secondly by
than usual. Ile departs for the syna- And somehow I don't feel in the least
ers in Israel. And yet it is not altogether gratifying to remem- the aggressive, executive, dynamic ings, as they know its merits. And we whose lot is embittered by poverty gogue
and stays there till late in the prowl of being one of the few privi-
especially we who are graduates I and persecution, our Jewish con-
ber that these same Jews seem to be satisfied that they are layman. If he participates in a pub- know,
forenoon. And a careworn expression leged Jewish boys who were admit-
of
the
Seminary,
that
all
of
its
short-
meeting their full religious obligation by attending a devotion- lic movement, it is in the role of lieu- comings can be solved once the Sem- sciousness is awakened. The activity is wrought on everybody's face.
ted to the high school. I pity the
in America in behalf of the war suf-
tenant, not of leader.
And in high school my Gentile class- rest.
al service on the two great holy days.
inary is placed on a sound financial ferers of Europe exemplifies this.
This is not the place to discuss eith- foundation.
mates
keep
on
pestering
me
with
"I'll bet he's not fasting," says one
There is moreover another vicious implication in the rise of er the validity or the merit of these
No greater manifestation of brother) questions: "When are your holidays of the boys. "I do,"
exclaim in
Who Knows Better?
love exists anywhere. The interest falling this year? You Jews are Jewish. "Oh, just listen to I the
these temporary synagogs at this season of the year. Many contentions, but assuming that they
officer
of them lack the dignity that should attach to a Jewish place are warranted, assuming also that the "Who better than we, who have had shown by American Jewry in the wel- lucky—you're excused from school talk Jewish. How many doughnuts
the privilege of basking in their sun- fare of the Jews of Europe caused those days!"
time
has
come
for
the
rabbis
of
Am-
have
you
had
for
breakfast?"
of worship and some of them—it must be acknowledged—are
• • •
to assert their leadership, the shine, of sitting at their feet and im- 'many a heart to beat fast for joy
Oh, how I hate my beautiful uni-
sponsored less for spiritual than for financial reasons by those erica
campaign headed by Rabbi Max Drob bibing the living-waters of Jewish and happiness, out of the exalted
At last Rosh Ha-Shanah arrives. form! flow I would like to he one
who create them.
scholarship
can
appreciate
the
great
feeling
of
brotherliness
that
was
cre-
is their greatest opportunity. By
Two solemn, festival days. The syn- of those fortunate, umuniformed
Viewed in its larger aspects, the matter resolves itself into joining hands with him they can dem- world of men like the sainted Sabbato ated as a result of the great Eu- agogue services last till 2 o'clock in Jewish boys whom nobody would
that they have the capacity Morals, Solomon Schechter and Israel ropean catastrophe. "All Israel is the afternoon. Of all the prayers dare suspect of not keeping Yom Kip-
this: that existing congregations should make it possible for onstrate
Friedlander, of men like Prof. Louis one," was quoted again and again. "Unsaneh Toikef" impresses me most pur! They continue teasing me. I
all those who sincerely and earnestly wish to worship with for leadership, and the Jewish Isiety Guinzberg,
Prof. Israel Davidson, The contrast between the sudden in- —the dying hymn of the martyr Rabbi clench my fists, but at once remind
of America will rejoice over the suc-
Professor Alexander Marx, Yet, and terest in Jewish affairs on the part Amnon.
them, to do so not once or twice in the year but at all times. cess of this demonstration.
myself of the Great Day, and run
After all, Judaism should not be a matter for special occasions. So far as Rabbi Drob himself is con- who better than we know how tremen- of American Jews, and the indiffer- "On the first day of the year it is back to our pew.
J ud aism should be co-extensive with life. The establishment cerned, the rabbinate of America need dously important it is to the Jew's of ence that marked the period that pre- inscribed—who shall live and who It is 4 o'clock. Two hours more.
h ave no misgivings. Given the co-op- America, of the world, that this great ceded the war, was so great. And
die—who shall perish by fire and prayer comes. The departing day
of these temporary congregations rather contradicts this view' eration which he and his cause deserve institution, which for nearly forty now, with a return to "normalcy," shall
who by water" "Umi bamayim"— My head swims. At last the evening
for that reason if for no other should not be greatly encouraged, he is bound to lead the campaig n
years has been training men for the will we experience another "wochen- "And who by water"—and my heart throws its shadows through the high,
O n the other hand, the establishment of supplementary success. Rabbi Drob had come to New service of the Lord shall be given ev- dig" period? Will our everyday prob- sings—my father is leaving for Amer- narrow, Gothic windows. EviTylsely
facility, afforded every means for lems be attacked as hastily, in as hard ica shortly. I'm all in tears.
services for the high holy days by existing congregations seems York only a scant two years before, ery
stands up. The prayer of Eighteen
whither he had been called from Buf- carrying on its great work so that its a businesslike manner, as the Meath
Benedictions begins—at first a hardly
to meet the problem at issue most admirably. Throughout the falo
to become the spiritual leader of influence shall radiate into the dark-
After dinner, late in the afternoon audible whisper, but gradually, like
year, the doors of all our synagogs and temples stand open in a synagogue on Washington Heights. est corners of the Jewish world; so
(Turn to last page.)
a long procession of men, women and
(Turn to last page.)
welcome to all those who wish to worship. On the high holy When David M. Bressler organized that the men whom it semis forth to
aloft God's banner shall them-
days, of necessity consideration must first be given to those who the New York war-relief campaign carry
along sectional lines, he rather hesi- selves understand the holiness of the
are regular supporters of the congregation. To accomodate tantly assigned to Rabbi Drob the re- mission to which they are dedicated,
the non-affiliated, many of our leading Reform congregations sponsibility for his section.
and shall have the power to inspire
and lead the thousands into nobler
and a few of the more Orthodox have established supplemen-
Restores Enthusiasm.
Jewish
living, and who better than we
Well, as everybody knows, the cam-
tary services. With such an arrangement becoming general,
Rabbis know how much could be done
there seems to be no good reason why mere holy day congre- paign sagged. The workers were by
the
United
Synagogue' to organize
obsessed by a "defeatist" feeling. new
gations should continue to spring into existence.
communities and win our youth
Their rallies were wakes. Suddenly,
for
the
finish
if
it had adequate means
Rabbi Drob appeared. He mounted
the platform with the characteristic with which to operate.
"But,
there,
I
must not go on this
smile of his, and still smiling pitched
the assemblage. Ile told them way, lest I be trapped into sermoniz-
Much interest attaches to the survey of Jewish social con- into
ing,"
he
laughed.
"I have accepted the
what they ought to do and how. It
ditions that is being made in Detroit by the Bureau of Social was straight-from-the-shoulder. One chairmanship of this campaign out
of
gratitude
to
the
Seminary, out of
Research, An investigation of all phases of Jewish life in this could sense the resentment that he loyalty to everything
that is Jewish;
community, religious, philanthropic, economic and social has was generating. "Huh, the idea of this and from now to the end
of this effort
young rabbi telling as what to do!
been in progress for the past several months. The report of Why
doesn't he—" but as he began pil- I shall devote all of my time and my
those charged with this work will be anticipated with keen and other sheaf's of greenbacks and strength to making a success of it.
Not out of pride of position, but for
interest by all who have at heart the welfare of the Jewish and other shefs of greenbacks and the
sake of
community.
stacks of mild and silver and clipper,
"Remember that the fortunes of
the assemblage stood up and cheered
Unless we are mistaken, the survey will show some surpris- him. So it was at every one of the traditional Judaism in America are
ing facts in regard to the number of Jews in this city as well
Drob was the galvanic bat- inseparably hound up with the suc-
as to the adequacy or inadequacy with which their social and tery, restoring life, restoring enthus- cess or failure of the Jewish Theo-
iasm,
restoring
determination. And logical Seminary. That institution
religious needs are being met. Heretofore, there has been
when the end came, he and his cohorts was founded in the most critical pe-
much guess work as to the number and kind of social institu- had
rolled up the biggest total by far riod of American Judaism, when 'the
tions that ought to be created and maintained under Jewish that was rolled up by any section, a lamp of God was about to go nut.'
auspices. The survey is likely to set us right in this mattor. otal, indeed, so large as to eclipse n11 Thanks to its persistent effort, that
light was not only saved but made
Tht importance of this work, therefore, cannot by any means hat had been raised in some of the brighter
than ever. It was not grant-
receding war-relief campaigns in
be exaggerated. Once the report is published, it shall be the ( ;renter
ed the great master, Dr. Schechter,
New York.
task of our leaders to interpret and to adjust the work of our "I am not entitled to the credit for to spend many years in this land, but
in that short period he stimu-
various organizations to such conditions as may be disclosed. t hat," he insisted when I recalled it even
to him the other day. "largely, the l ated a healthy, vigorous growth. His
credit is due to the splendid men and determination to 'heal the breach of
women of the Washington Heights my people' has survived in the hearts
Congregation, who have always stood fo his disciples, who have dedicated
The year just closing has been one of unusual losses to back of me in everything I have un- themselves to the sacred task of re-
the lamp of Judaism in every
American Israel. A large number of eminent rabbis, leaders, dertaken." But if you should ask kindling
Emanuel Hertz, president of that con- community throughout the land. Like
and social workers have since the beginning of this year been gregation,
who, by the way, is a broth- Aaron of old, they have stood between
called to their reward. Prominent among these have been er to Dr. Joseph Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the dead and the living, and the
Dr. Emil G. Hirsch of Chicago, Dr. Joseph Krauskopf of Phiir.- e rent Britain and Canada (and a plague of indifference and irreligion
was stayed. If traditional Judaism
delphia, Dr. Martin Meyer of San Francisco, Rabbi Louis Bern- sg raduate of the Jewish Theological has
any chance in America it can
eminary,) he will tell you that it is
stein of Baltimore, Dr. Leopold Wintner of Brooklyn, all of ue
have
it only through a loyal, en-
to Rabbi Max Drob that Washing.
them leaders in Israel's religious life • Mr. A B. Seelenfreund , ton Heights
Congregation is one of the lightened Jewish ministry such as is
produced
by the Jewish Theological
Secretary of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith; Mr. Louis most influential religious organiza-
H. Levin, one of our most devoted social service workers; Mr. tions of New York, with one of the Seminary."
Hebrew Schools and that dur-
Peter Schweitzer, a foremost and very generous supporter of largest
ing the past three or four years it has
the Zionistic cause; and other men of almost equal prominence contributed over $300,000
to national ter One contrition in man's heart is bet-
than many flagellations.—The Tal-
in the Jewish life of this country.
causes outside of its own budget—in-

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AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RABBIS;
A CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN JEWRY

Yom Kippur.

Temporary Congregations.

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A Survey of Jewish Conditions.

THE right bank connec-

tion is an identification
mark—an indication of a
man's standing and respon-
sibility in his community.

The Year's Necrology.

Will new leaders be found to take the places of these men
who have been called to their reward? The Talmud says that
no great man is taken from this life until another fitted to take
his place has been created. We trust that this optimistic senti-
ment will prove itself true in the present instance. Israel in
America can ill afford to lose leadership of the type that was
represented by these great men who have passed to their re-
ward. We can only hope that the burdens let fall by them
will be taken up by other men able and willing to carry them'
and that the inspiration of those who have passed on will re-
new itself in their successors.

Mrs. Levinger's New Book.

Elms Ehrlich Levinger, to whom Jewry is already greatly
indebted for her charming stories of Jewish life, has put us all
under a new debt by the publication of her latest book under
the title "Jewish Festivals in the Religious School." The book
is published under the auspices of the Joint Commission on
Jewish Education of the Union of American Hebrew Congre-
gations and the Central Conference of American Rabbis. The
work which is essentially a handbook for entertainments on
the holy days in the Jewish religious school, is a contribution
to the working material of our schools, the importance of which
can scarcely be overestimated.
In addition to the splendidly conceived plays and pageants

mud.

Yom Kippur Prayer

Hear my prayer, Thou Heart of Prayer—
Lead me, that I go aright!
Only by thy guiding flame
Safe my footsteps in life's night!

Cleanse me, and I shall be clean—
Thou alone canst make me pure!
Give me strength to walk life's road—
Only so can I endure!

Teach me how to serve Thee best—
Thus would I repay Thy care!
Guide me—cleanse me—stay my feet—
Thou, who art the Heart of Prayer!

ISABELLA R. HESS.

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