Friday, September 11, 1942
YOUTH AND
ROSH HASHANAH
Rosh Hashanah has come, but
how many of us who go to make
up the modern youth of today
actually realize its dignity and
significance? How many of us
can truthfully say that we know
why we observe this sacred oc-
casion?
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anah) providing entertainment,
cultural activities, home hospital-
ity, service to troops in transit,
and personal assistance, both
here and overseas—activities
sentially Jewish, specifically re-
duty. Six civilian rabbis went
overseas this Passover to con-
duct seder services at bases all
the way from the Caribbean to
Alaska, including Hawaii, the
Canal Zone, Porto Rico and Ber-
muda. Other religious occasions
have been marked by appropri-
ate observance, often under the
Board's leadership, and no Fri-
day night ever passes an Ameri-
can military post without some
form of Jewish Sabbath services.
Hawaii after Pearl Harbor con-
fronted the Board with a prodig-
ious task, and a most pressing
one. Civilian evacuation, hospi-
talization of the wounded and the
The limited knowledge of the
Jewish youth probably pertains
Lieutenant Gabriel Frunikin
also to the observance of Yom
"Downed Five lap Planes"
Kippur, though it is by far the
ligious, make up an important
most important day of the Jewish
part of the Board's program.
year. It is a day of forgiveness.
The Religious Services
According to the ritual, it is a
In addition to large-scale ar-
day of the termination of and
rangements for the High Holy
the-pardon and forgiveness of all
our iniquities. It is the day that day period, the Board went all-
all the burdens of conscience are out to bring Passover to the
removed by God's mercy through troops this year, sending more
our repentance. However, the one than 50,000 pounds of matzoth to
who says: "I will sin, and on its army and navy committees
Yom Kippur will obtain forgive-
ness,"—for him Yom Kippur
does not atone.
When our elders observe a
Jewish holiday and go to the
synagogue for prayer, they know
its significance and why it is
deeply observed. A poor alibi of
modern youth is that "this is a
differenet age."
For the youth to go to the
synagogue only because of ap-
peal, precedent or maybe force,
it is like sitting down to a dinner
Lieutenant Henry Mark
without knowing what is being
Dititinruished Service Cross
consumed.
"Met Death in • Rice Field"
Unlike the civil new year, Rosh and to army chaplains, as well
Hashanah is not celebrated with as thousands of hagadahs, and
much rejoicing, abandon and recruiting a group of civilian
noise, because it is a day of rabbis who ministered to the men
solemn judgment for humankind during the holiday wherever
when the yearly account of all there was no Jewish chaplain on
the deeds and actions of mankind
in particular, are taken before
the Supreme Judge of the Uni-
Bey More Bonds
verse. The Talmud states that the
Derieg The
Creator, in answer to the inquir-
ing angels who wanted to know
NEW YEAR
why the Israelites don't sing the
Hallelujah psalms in the service
of Rosh Hashanah as on other
holidays, he said:
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"Is it possible that when the
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King sits upon the throne of
judgment, and the books of life
and death are open before Him.
that Isarel shall chant songs of
rejoicing?"
Let us take this to heart as we
wish each other
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
establishment of 42 emergency
feeding posts for avacuated civil-
ians had to be accomplished with-
out delay. The JWB set up mo-
bile canteen service for soldiers
on day-long "alert duty", added
four assistants to the director's
staff and opened a second USO
club in downtown Honolulu.
60 Jewish Chaplains
Last September about two doz-
en Jewish chaplains were on act-
ive duty with the army and navy.
This year, the JWB's army and
navy Committee on Religious
Activities discloses that 64 Amer-
ican rabbis in uniform (six of
whom are in the navy) are serv-
ing American servicemen of Jew-
ish faith, here and abroad. The
Committee on Religious ActiVities
also announces that there will,
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above all, a time of challenge.
America has issued the call to
arms, and the Jewish answer to
that call has been loud, clear and
unhesitant. This Rosh Hashanah
the notes of the shofar sound as
Ensign Stanley Caplan
of old to the people of Israel—a
Commendation from Knox
summons to battle.
"Downed Four lap Planes"
Man goes forth to rescue man.
very likely, be even more Jewish
Our efforts must be doubled, but
chaplains in the near future.
The past year has been a per- the end is dimly visible. Mean-
iod of suffering, a time of pri- while the calendar keeps its
vation, grief and strain — but secrets.
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