And It Came to Pass at Midnight
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Fr'iday, April 12, 1946
the Passover Hymn "Wai'hi Bahatsi Halailah."
By DR. NOAH - E. ARONSTAM
Many wonders Thou'st performed in the hour of midnight,
When the first watch cloth proclaim 'tis the hour of midnight;
The true and righteous proselyte
Hath conquered in the hours of night,
As the trembling, creeping shadows brought the hour of midnight.
And it came to pass at midnight.
Thou hast threatened King Geraar in a dream at midnight;
Thou hast terrified Aram in the dead of midnight;
And Jacob with an angel bright
Hath wrestled in the silent night,
'As the hazy, twirling shadows spun the hour of midnight,
And it came to pass at midnight.
Egypt saw its first-born crushed with the plague at midnight;
Naught remained of them but slain on the verge of midnight;
The hosts of Sisra with their might
Had perished in the dismal night,
As the circling, looming shadows wove the hour of midnight.
And it came to -pass at midnight.
When the haughty raised his .hand, crushed he was at midnight.
Into dust hath fallen Bel, crumbled he at midnight;
And to the wise revealed a light
The secret's meaning in the night,
As the weaving, curling shadows decked the hour of midnight.
And it came to pass at midnight.
He who revelled in the cup. came to death at midnight;
He who passed thru lion's den solved the dream at midnight;
The Agagite in scornful pride •
Wrote letters in the gloomy night,
As the deep'ning, coiling shadows touched the hour of midnight.
And it came to pass at midnight. -
From the tyrant slumber fled in the hour of midnight;
Tread the winepress, saying, "Oh, watchman, what of midnight?"
"Lo! After darkness Cometh
Thus cries the watchman in the night.
As the hov'ring, sinking shadows stir the wings of midnight.
And it came to pass at midnight.
May the day draw nigh that brings neither morn nor midnight;
Make Thou known, Thou Holy One, Thine alone is midnight;
0. choose Thy watch for day and night,
Illume it with refulgent light,
For the waning, passing shadows tell the end of midnight.
And it came to pass at midnight.
A Promising Young Writer
Judith Laikin Acclaimed
As Hopwood Award Winner
The merit of Judith Laikin's
poetry and short stories was
given distinguished recognition
when she was awarded one of
the Avery Hopwood prizes at the
University of Michigan last
month.
Miss Laikin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin M. Laikin of
8360 LaSalle,
received encour-
agement in her
work as a Cen-
tral High School
student, her
teachers having
recognized her
ability as a
writer.
In awar ding
Miss Laikin her the $20 an-
nual prize, the
judges in the University of
Michigan Hopwood contest took
into consideration four of her
short stories and a group of her
poems.
Included in the poems which
received the judges' considera-
tion is one entitled "Alu"
(Hebrew for "Let us go up"),
which was Miss Laikin's tribute
to two associates in the Habonim,
labor Zionist youth movement—
Joe Rosenberg and Dabby Gins-
burg—who gave their lives for
their country in the last war
as members of the U. S. armed
forces. "Alu" is the opening
cry of the hora, the national
Palestinian dance, and Miss Laik-
in utilizes the theme powerful-
Earlier Deadlines Set for
Two Passover liVeek Issues
Passover will be observed during the week of April 15
through April 22.
The first Passover Seder will be observed on Monday
night, April 15. The first two days of Passover fall on Tuesday
and Wednesday, April 16 and 17. The two concluding days of
Passover occur on Monday and Tuesday, April 22 and 23.
On account of Passover, our readers and publicity writers
are asked to note the following holiday deadlines:
For our issue of April 19, all copy will have to be in the
hands of the editor before 2 p. m. on Friday, April 12.
For our issue of April 26, all copy will have to be in the
hands of the editor before 2 p. m. on Friday, April 19.
Copy reaching our office after these deadlines will be
retained for later issues if timely.
Jewish Cooperatives
In Poland Outlined
Dr. Joseph Fames, former par-
tisan' leader.
Dr. Parnes declared that the
cooperative movement was the
best means of establishing Jewish
economy on a firm foundation.
He revealed that 18 cooperatives,
organized on the "workshop"
principle, have already been es-
tablished, and that another 12 are
in pricess of being set up.
WARSAW, (JTA)—A plan for
the establishment of several hun-
ELEANOR LIPKIN
dred Jewish cooperatives in Po-
Elean Lipkin, 15-year-old De- land Was outlined at a meeting
troit pianist, will be heard in a of the economic - council of the
piano recital April 23, 8:30 p.m., Central Jewish Committee by
at the Lecture Hall of the Detroit
Institute of Arts, under the man-
ageinent of Vivian Gilpin Robi-
son.
Miss Lipkin began* her piano
"Always Fresh Flowers"
studies at the age of 4 and has
been a pupil of Edward Bredshall
for the past six years. She was
Bill Caplan - Larry Morris
soloist with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra twice in January of this
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year playing the Schumann Piano
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Concerto. She appeared twice in
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connection with the Detroit Youth
Festival at its concert at the
9111 Linwood at Joy Rd. TY 4-7784
Rackham Bldg., and on a "Mu-
sical Youth" broadcast over WWJ
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ly for her tribute to the two
war heroes.
Another of the poems, "A
Reckoning," is a strong re-
buke to Great Britain for break-
ing pledges to the Jewish people.
The poem begins with:
Part of me died at Buchenwald,
And part at Dachau died.
My eyes Nvere blinded at Downing
Street.
While the whole world turned aside.
Then comes the expression of
hurt and the rebuke:
I died a million deaths a day
To fulfill a maniac's boast.
But the time I was killed at Downing
Street
.
Was the time it hurt the most.
"The - Ballad of Right and
Wrong" is another of her very
expressive poems.
Another of the prize winners in
this year's Avery Hopwood con-
test was Hyram Zeldis, also a
member of Habonim, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sye Zeldis and a former
Jewish News employee. His
poems have been highly acclaim-
ed and have been recited at
labor Zionist rallies in Detroit.
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Plan Hacloar Celebration
Mordecai Halevi, executive di-
rector of the Histadruth Ivrith,
announces completion of plans for
the silver jubilee celebration of
Hadoar, published by Histadruth
Ivrith.
Hadoar (The Post) is the only
Hebrew weekly issued in the
Western Hemisphere.
Eleanor Lipkin Gives
Piano Recital April 23
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remains in the minds of old Detroiters as the symbol
of a quality-tradition which has lived for more than
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