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LAND OF WELCOME
AND JEWISH HOPE
BLOW YE THE TRUMPET
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etti Tar 6treting;
Rosh Hashonah
Greetings
To the glorious one, girdled by praise,
elves two performances a week and
Great in deeds and tremendous in avays,
"standing room only" is the rule at
Who Meth with wonders our days,
every performance.
Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.
There is real art in the company
of Jewish opera sineers in Jerusalem
To
the
lord whose decrees never fail,
—real talent, genius perhaps, as there
Who spreadeth the clouds like a veil,
is real art and even genius in the
And
maketh
the dust hard as mail,
scenic settings from the Bezalel
Blow ye at New Sloon the trumpet.
School. Here you have an indication
of what we may expect from Pales-
To the Builder whose measures none knows,
tine in the future.
By whom the high heavens arose,
I shall not take the time to speak
And beauty like lightning that glows,
of Hebron or of Jaffa, both of which
Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.
we visited. Rather I want now to
say that L left Palestine tremendous-
To the Judge who His servants will spare,
ly enthused. It is a land---and con-
For the souls of His faithful will care,
tains a people—that should have the
And will make their inheritance fair,
loyal support of every Jew, whether
Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.
he is a Zionist or not. The land and
the people have a call on every Jew
To
the
Chief on whose breast Right is borne,
who has the least drop of Jewish
Who is served by the seed to him sworn,
blood in his veins, because they are
Who gathered lilies from thorn,
giving the Jew back his Jewish self-
Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.
respect.
I do not mean alms. I do not mean
To the Washer who whiteneth sin,
charity. The Jews who go there to
Whose cloud blotteth evil within,
die ought to be kept out of the land.
Whose forgiveness repentance can win,
They can die wherever they live. The
Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.
Jews who go there to live and make
the land live do not want charity, re-
To the Alchemist turning his gold,
sent charity.
To the diamond's perfection, clear, cold,
Palestine needs industrial develop-
— AT --
I.ike the streams of Damascus unfold,
ment. Its people cannot live merely
Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.
on the soil. I have described the rot-
Lafayette Blvd and Twentieth St.
ting of fruit and vegetables. Yet
Charlevoix and St. Clair Aves.
To the Lord who His scattered will keep,
Palestine has to import food, import
Davison and Greeley Ave..
Linwood and Hardwood Ayes.
To whom cries of the lowly that weep
food and vegetables. It imports 10
Grand River and Hillsboro Ares. Michigan and Vinewood Ave..
Are dearer than bullocks or sheep,
times as much as it exports. That
Gratiot and Fischer Ave,
Blow ye at New Moon the trumpet.
figure should be reversed. Money is
Park Blvd. and Columbia St.
Jefferson East and Emerson Ave..
flowing out. It should be flowing in.
SOLOMON IBN GABIROL.
Tirem•n and Ironwood Ave..
But that can happen only with in.
(Translated by Israel Zangwill.)
Jefferson Ave. West and First St.
Twelfth St. and Euclid Ave.
dustrial development.
John R. St. and Windetnere Ave.
If the Rutenberg hydro-electric
Ave. and Epworth Blvd.
W
Lafayette Blvd. and McKinstry
project could be completed, the de-
■ and Ardmore
Woodward Ave.
Ave.
velopment of Palestine would be
Drive (Ferndale)
rapid. There can be no development
Kercheval and Newport Ave..
until then because Palestine has no
coal, no oil. The Rutenberg hydro-
By ISRAEL S. CHIPKIN
electric project will harness the Jor-
dan's rushing waters and give it the
name white coal that Italy has, and
The problem of the Jewish adoles- natural instincts of the individual.
The social instincts in particular
Switzerland—the same white coal cent revolves about the question:
that California and Arizona have and "Are the demands of Jewish life com- ripen most abundantly during this
that has transformed the American patible with the natural changes in period of life. It is during this period
desert into a land of milk and honey. the individual and with the social and that youth develops strong impulses
Industrial development, the organ- economic conditions of the American towards the love of man and the love
izing of companies for co-operative environment under which he lives?" of knowledge. Here are the begin-
AND OTHERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
farming, with up-to date machinery For the Jewish educator this general nings of the philanthropic and philo-
and irrigation methods to stimulate problem presents a more specific one, sophic tendencies. This is the period
_agricultural life, that is one impor- namely, "how to develop in the Jew- when foundations for certain ideals
tant thing to be done. Canneries ish adolescent a natural, honest and and moral habits are laid, and when
should be established so that the rational loyalty to Jewry and Judaism vocational and avocational interests
richness of the soil sholl not go to in the American environment." This are developed. During these years
waite. And factories also should be Involves a three-fold task. First, to group loyalties and group practices
established, for not all can live off impart to the Jewish adolescent a are adopted and fostered.
the soil.
knowledge of Jewry and Judaism,
If then, we may answer our orig-
My mind goes back to Nahaliel. It their language, history and literature. inal question About the compatibility
started as a tent colony two years Second, to habituate the Jewish ado- of the dentands of Jewish life with
ago by a half-dozen pioneers on land lescent to Jewish practices, including the natural changes in the individual
Our Sincere Wishes to You for a
bought from Arabs. Today it has ceremonial observances and moral during the period of adolescence in
400 inhabitants. Its streets are con habits. Third, to develop in the Jew- the affirmative, do we imply that the
Happy and Prosperous New Year
crete. Water is piped into the houses. ish adolescent a sense of communal Jewish adolescent finda no difficulties
It will continue to grow.
responsibility demanding of him affili- in living a Jewish life in the Ameri-
Already there is a kindergarten ations with organized Jewish life, his can environment? Most assuredly,
there. We visited it and were de- voluntary contributions in funds and no! Anyone who is at all observant
lighted with the fine, sturdy children in personal service.
will testify to the many vexing prob-
who were preparing there for life in
There are three important factors lems that confront the Jewish adoles-
the Jewish land. We were delighted,
involved in the consideration of this cent simply because he is a Jew. The
too, with that Jewish young woman
problem and in the execution of these home, the synagogue, the Jewish
who is teaching the children. She
tasks. First, there is Jewry and Ju- school or Jewish center, the Jewish
receives no pay—in wages. Iler com-
daism; second, there is the American community, and even the non-Jew
pensation, she said, was the privilege
environment, and third, the adoles- make demands upon the growing boy
of "doing her bit" for the Jewish
cent boy or girl proper. An intensive and girl who, coming into a higher
land.
analysis of the physiological and consciousness of self, find it difficult
As we came out of the kindergar-
psychological changes which manifest to answer puzzling questions and are
ten we saw another young woman
themselves in the growing boy or girl confronted with impositions and ob-
"doing her bit." She was working
during the age of adolescence, and ligations and inhibitions of which
in a field.
an examination of the demands of Ju- they are but vaguely aware. All of
Mrs. Leblang spoke to her: "Don't
daism and Americanism, produce very these, they learn they must volun.
930 PENOBSCOT BUILDING
you find this work hard?"
positive evidence that both these tarily assume.
The young woman replied: "Ma-
spiritual forces with their concrete
What, therefore, are the causes of
Phone Main 1786
dame, yes; this work may be hard,
demands present fruitful soil for the this condition? Briefly, and perhaps
but"—and her eyes flowed with a
proper growth and satisfaction of the exclusively, they are to be found in
mystic radiance—"a bee die Koff nung!"
the economic and social conditions
that obtain in the American environ.
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mits that he cannot present a full
solution. Unless fundamental changes
in the economic conditions of life in
this country change, the Jew will
continue to be controlled by them.
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In dealing with the social conditions
of the environment, however, there
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is partial control by the Jew. The
home, the Jewish center and the Jew-
ish community may create artificial'
environments of their own. The
home can so construct its physical
and social environment as to stimu-
late a natural Jewish living. The
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Jewish center can offer the individual
freedom for social expression which
may embody distinct Jewish values.
His recreational activities should
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influence and direction, the develop.
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meat of distinctive Jewish values in
the fiehrof art, such as music, drama,
literature. A well organized Jewish
community may properly claim loy-
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alty and personal service of its grow-
ing sons and daughters.
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Lion in conclusion: Under the present
circumstances and becauose+pf the ex.
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the environment, the Jewish adoles-
cent can be brought more freely and
fully into the Jewish fold through a
greater and more intensive Judaiza.
tion of the social activities. Such a
process of Judaization is impossible
unless the same is based upon the
higher standard of Jewish knowledge
This task demands a more Jewishly
informed and more spiritually in-
clined leadership. The present forces
in Jewish life here and abroad pre.
sent hopeful possibilities that such
leadership will come forward in the
future and will be produced in the
ranks of our growing youth. It is
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organization that wishes to contribute
to Jewish life, to make the following
elements the basis of its program of
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