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December 15, 1949 - Image 20

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Detroit Jewish Chronicle, 1949-12-15

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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LEHMAN ADDRESS
NEW YORK CITY—(WNS)—

In his first public address since
his election as U. S. senator, Her-

bert II. Lehman declared that he
favors the "welfare state" prin-
ciple in Jewsh affairs just as
strongly as on the national front.

Heroes May Tremble, Lovers
Learn front Chanukah Story

By D. SCHOCHER

MR. ABELSON LIT the Chanu-
lTl candles. "Blessed art
thou, 0 Lord, who didst perform
miracles for our ancestors in
GREETINGS ...
those days at this seasons."
' "Amen , " said Bess Abelson.
Beside Bess was sitting Philip.

I A young lawyer, he had met Bess
two years before and was now
, almost as regularly a weekly
visitor at the Abelson home as
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Time Magazine. Philip, too, said
Amen, when Mr. Abelson finished
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his Bracha, but in such a low
I tone as scarcely to be audible.
Joseph Morten
I Mr. Abelson didn't seem to
eemoommommel hear the "Amens" for he had
hardly finished reciting the bene-
tri 't:1
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diction when he began rather
leisurely to expound on the sig-
nificance of the holiday. Mr.
Abelson belonged to the in-be-
tween-generation, between the
and •
Jewishl
old p ions
informed and the younger, more
estranged generations.
"This is a very significant festi-
val—this holiday. of Chanukah,
commemorating the Maccabean
Ft heroism. This Chanukah candle
Maccabeus discovered on regain-
11
400 E. Jefferson
ing the Temple. Legend says that
the oil ordinarily sufficient fur
Wox
one evening, miraculously lasted
for a whole week."
"Do you really believe," said
GREETINGS
Philip, "that this ancient festival
has any significance for modern
times?"

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"WELL," SAID BESS, "Phil I
am afraid you won't be able to
understand. You see, Chanukah
is a festival of heroism—Macca-
bean heroism—and I am afraid
heroism is not exactly your line.
The Maccabeans were heroes—
they dared, Philip I ask you, did
you ever dare?"
"Well," said Philip, "you know

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"I wouldn't miss it for the
world," said Bess.
"Okay," said Phil, "hop into
my car and you. too, Mr. Abel-
son."

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better part of valor."
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"Yes, I know all that," said Shearith Israel.
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Bess. "You are a lawyer, you
Philip began his speech by out-
have plenty of discretion and it lining the historical incidents
may be a part of valor, but I am connected with the Maccabean
not sure, it is the better part."
uprising—the attempt of the
• CHOW MEIN
Philip had never heard Bess Antiochus to destroy the Jewish
• CHOP SUEY
talking to him like that before. faith and nation and the Jewish
"Just what, Bess, are you driv- uprising which followed.
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He pointed to the great dis-
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"Simply that I don't think that parity in forces and arms be-
you can understand Chanukah, tween the Jews and the invading
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because heroism and valor is just armies. "Nevertheless," said
out of your line. It's beyond Philip, "the Maccabeans tri-
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you."
umphed through their heroism."
"Will you be specific," asked
"This leads us to the question,"
Philip.
said Philip, "what is a hero? Is
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salu tress. We a hero a man who is unafraid?
have known each other for two No," he said. "If a man who is CHANUKAH
years and you've been coining unafraid, dares, there is no par-
here regularly like the rent col- ticular virtue about it. The Mac- GREETINGS ...
lector — only more frequently. cabeans could not have been so
As I understand it, you do not stupid as not to see that they
go to see any other girls. Why faced a superior foe, but they
don't you propose? Because you went nevertheless. He is only a
are afraid. You arc afraid, for[ hero who, though he trembles,
instance, to undertake the finan- ! goes forth nevertheless. Do not,
cial responsibilities of support- i my young friends, think you are
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• a two
. people. You have no be- i not heroic, if you fear, if you
in,
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lief that a little cruse of oil suf- tremble. Every hero trembles
ficient for one day may endure' But heroism performs miracles.
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for a whole week or that a little , Just like that cruse of oil. It
. i n c o m e might possibly be . makes it possible for the little
. stretched or grow enough to sup- i to endure."
! port two. You are even afraid ' As they were riding back to
to propose for fear that I would ! the Abelson home, Bess didn't
Best Wishes to All . . .
ivject you." ; say anything for a while. Then
• • •
, she said, "Philip, I liked that
PHIL WAS STUNNED. He said speech."
I nothing for a while.
"Thank you," said Philip.
"Well, aren't you going to say
There was a silence.
something?" asked Bess.
! "Maybe," he said, "now???"
"Yes," said Phil, "I'll say sonic- ! "Yes, my hero," said Bess. as
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' she kissed him.
"I thought that would be
"No," said Philip. "I'm afraid
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coming," said Bess, "and here's you were right. I haven't much
my answer, N-o, not k-n-o-w, but heroism but maybe just a little
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n-o. Do you understand? I've cruse of it which will stretch and
watched you all along and these last for a long time."
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heroic in you, and yes. I want a
hero, do you understand. I'm I If
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very romantic."
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"If that's the way you feel
about it. why, I suppose, that's
the way," said Phil.
"Yes, that's the way I feel,"
said Bess.
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Philip. "If Bess feels that way iq ugesc iess aensa ma nistasoaraindisinfaSsfals51141 1
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she has a right to say it. In fact
I got some ideas from her and
GREETINGS
also from you for my speech to-
night to the young people of
Shearith Israel on "Maccabean
Heroism."
"You talk on heroism." said
Bess. 'That's a scream. That I I
got to hear."

"Do you really want to come
1 and hear ,me?" asked Phil.

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