THE JEWISH NEWS-21

Miriam' s

Stories for

Our Boys

and Girls

An American Jewish Press Feature
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terrupted by the stern voice of
one holiday prayer book. "Come
Hello Boys and Girls:
now, you New Year greetings,'
Rosh Hashanah is approach- he said. "It's too close to Rosh
ing, our Jewish New Year. Prob- Hashanah for you to waste your
ably, by now, mother and father time in play and talk. Every day
have reserved their seats at the more and more people from the
synagogue for New Year serv- neighborhood are coming here to
ices. Perhaps you have new ' Mr. Schwartz's shop to select
clothes for the holiday. - And their greeting cards. Are you all
certainly your family is prepar- sure that you know your job? Do
ing its New Year greetings . . you know why you exist, and
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what your message is?"
Mr. Schwartz was closing his
':My message is very plain, I'm
shop. He locked the safe, closed sure," said a haughty 'engraved
the sliding doors on all the card. "I wish people a prosperous
showcases, straightened the rec- New Year."
ord shelf. Then, after making
"My verses are for families,"
sure the neon 'sign' was set to declared a blue-and-gold deco-
burn all night, he left by the rated folder. "I wish for health
front door.
and joy and peace for everyone."
The sign in the window cast a
"Very admirable sentiments,"
glow over the articles on dis- agreed the High Holiday prayer
play. "Jewish Book Store," the book. "But something is missing.
large blue letters spelled out. A You there, what is your mes-
smaller sign read "Records . .
sage?" He spoke to a quiet plain
Gifts . . . Israel Imports."
card in the corner. It bore just
Anyone looking in the window two lines of print.
could see that Mr. Schwartz was
"Le Shanah Tovah Tikosevu
prepared for Rosh Hashanah. A . . May you be inscribed for a
stack of holiday prayer books good year," said the quiet card.
was surrounded by silky prayer
The Talmud volumes had stop-
shawls and embroidered yar- ped arguing and burst into ap-
melkes. Silver candlesticks stood plause. "Well said!" "Best of
side by side with the softly ham- all they cried.
mered copper of those made in
Up spoke the thick Jewish his-
Israel. There were record al- tory text. "That is our tradi-
bums, featuring the cantoral tional Rosh Hashanah greeting.
chants of the New Year service. At this season, the Lord inspects
In a place of honor lay a carved the Book of Life. Each of us has
, Shofar. And scattered through a page on which is written our
the window display were samples good and bad acts. Between
of "Shanah Tovahs"—the popu- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip-
lar New Year greeting cards.
pur we have a chance to ask
The street had been dark and forgiveness for our wrongdoings
the shop silent -for several hours, to pledge ourselves to do good
when suddenly from the record deeds in the future. If God is sat-
rack came soft music. It was isfied with our prayers, He writes
midnight and the Rosh Hasha- on our page in the Book of Life:
nah album was giving the signal A good year to come. So all
for the magic hour, when inani- through our history at the be-
mate objects come alive, to sing, ginning of the new year, Jews
and talk and move about, un- have said to each other "May
seen and unheard by humans.
you be inscribed for a good
The music changed from the year."
slow holiday chants to a spright-
"That's why they call us all
ly Israeli tune, and the wooden `Shanah Tovahs,' " the quiet
and copper pieces from the Jew- card explained.
ish state ;stoodup on their shelf
All the books clapped their
and began, in their clumsy way, covers together ' and the greet-
to dance a Hora.
ing cards rustled as they nodded
Up on the bookshelves, some in agreement.
volumes of the Talmud contin-
But then, from the window,
ued a long-standing argument came a warning. The neon light
on a point of law. Two sets of began to flicker, then went out.
Hebrew alphabet blocks played Daylight was coming, time for
a word game together, with a the cards to return to their
Hebrew grammar as referee.
boxes, the books to their shelves,
From the front window, the the records to their racks. Soon
New Year greeting cards hopped Mr. Schwartz would return, an-
over to a large table, covered other business day would begin,
with boxes. "Come on out, broth- bringing them all one day closer
ers," "Come out and play, cous- to the coming celebration of the
ins," they called. And pop! pop! Jewish New Year.
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pop ! went the covers of the trim
gray boxes. Out came Shanah
I hope you all know, now, what
Tovahs, big ones, little ones, to wish your family and friends
cards and folders, colored, black on Rosh Hashanah, boys and
and white, some with pictures, girls. You don't need to buy a
some with verses, in English, in card to say it. Your spoken mes-
Hebrew, plain and fancy Sha- sage means just as much as the
nah Tovahs.
finest printed greeting. You
The little cards began to skip might even make some Shanah
about the table, and the fancy Tovahs yourself this week. Try
decorated cards settled in a cor- it!
ner to gossip, but they were in-
Your friend, MIRIAM.

CONGREGATION B'NAI OSHE

Dexter and Lawrence

Will hold Supplementary Services in its Newly Re-decor-
ated Social Hall, Rosh Hashona, Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 20, 21 and Yom Kippur, Monday, Sept. 29.

RABBI JULIUS WEINBERG
CANTOR A. A. ROSENFELD

and

REV. ISADORE STRAUSS
Will Officiate

Admission Cards $8400

The congregation office, now located in the School Build-
ing, Dexter entrance, is open daily and Sunday, 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m, and evenings, 7:00 to 9:00.

First Selichoth Midnight, Saturday, Sept. 13
Cantor David Katzman will chant the service,
assisted by a Choir

Friday, September 12, 1952

Mrs. Hopp

to Convene
Women's Division

UJA Open's Drive for 835 000 000:

Schedule Wash I - mo-ton Leaders' Parley

JERUSALEM — The United the Jewish Agency had led him
Jewish Appeal in the next 100 to personally accept an invita-
days will seek to raise a mini- tion from UJA General Chair-
, man Edward M.M. Warburg to
To delineate committee re- mum of $35,000,000 in cash
sponsibility and function, Mrs. and no less than $25 000 000 b j serve as chairman of the Ap-
,
y peal's 1952 National Cash Cam-
John C. Hopp, president of the
the Middle of paign, and that he would return
Women's Division of the Jewish
October — to immediately to the United States
Welfare Federation, has called
help counteract to launch the extraordinary 100-
a meeting of her vice-presidents
Israel's acute ' day drive.
and committee chairmen for
" .economic and
He announced in this connec-
10:45 a.m., today, at her home,
financial plight, tion that the UJA would waste
2535 W. Boston Blvd.
it was an- no time in mobilizing the crucial
Vice-presidents of the Worn-
nounced by, $35,000,000 cash fund and that
en'S Division include Mesdames
Jack D. Weiler the Appeal will hold a national
Abraham Cooper, Sidney J. Kar-
of New York conference in Washington. Oct.
bel, Julian H. Krolik and Alex-
following high 1§ and 19, to assess Israel's cri-
ander W. Sanders.
level talks bel- tical needs and map plans • to
Committee chairmen are Mes-
tween the visit- meet them through the UJA.-
dames J. Shurly Horwitz, com-
Weiler
ing UJA leader
Mr. Weiler is a member of the
mittee on committtees; William and Prime Minister David Ben- 1 UJA's National Campaign Cab-
P. Greenberg, program; Stanley Gurion.
inet, a general chairman of the
Fleischaker,, education; Charles
Mr. Weiler reported that his United Jewish Appeal of Greater
Rubiner, office; Sidney Rosen, talks with Mr. Ben-Gurion and New York and a leading business
publicity; Samuel S. Aaron, col- with other leading officials of figure and realtor in New York
lection; Milton M. Alexander, ar- both the Israel government and and San Francisco,
rangements; Ellis Fishman and
Irving Wartell, food; Ben Fish-
m a n, persorinel; Lawrence
Fleischman, p r o m o t i o n; and
Louis G. Redstone, prospects.
Working with Mrs. Horwitz as
her vice-chairman is Mrs. Sam-
uel A. Green. Mrs. Joseph G.
Fenton and Mrs. Eli Gross will
be closely associated and Mrs.
Greenberg. M r s. Fleischaker's
vice-chairmen are Mrs. Harry L.
Jackson and Mrs. Isidore Sobe-
loff.
Mrs. Lewis H. Manning will
serve as vice-chairman of col-
lections. Mrs. Harry Lynn and
Mrs. Morris H. Brown will be
vice-chairmen for Dersonnel and
promotion.

'

From the spotless kitchens of

-

other's

Folk Schools Announce
Few Vacancies in Classes

The United Jewish Folk
Schools announce that a few
openings still exist in the kin**
dergarten and in some of the
beginners classes in the elemen-
tary department. Two nursery
sections and five elementary
classes have already begun.
Regular school classes con-
vene from 4 to 7 p.m., while
kindergarten and nursery ses-
sions are held from 9 a.m. to
12 noon, and from 1 to 4 p.m.
Transportation is provided by
school buses. For information
call TO. 8-9280.

Rosh Hashanah ,
and Yom Kippur

Services Will Be Held at

Veterans Memorial Bldg.

FOOD PRODUCTS

We are pleased to announce
the appointment of

Schwartz Distributors

8750 Linwood Ave.
Detroit; Mich.

Phones: TYler 8-6512
TOwnsend .5-2391

as Exclusive Distributor of our
entire line, to the Retail Trade
in the Detroit Area

Write, call or phone for
welcome cards

Now..,fry Mother
fie *Real thing

1205 GRISWOLD STREET

and REALLY KOSHER

W. JEFFERSON nr. WOODWARD

DOWNTOWN
SYNAGOGUE

Rabbi Rosenwasser with qualified
cantor will officiate. Voluntary do-
nations to Downtown Synagogue
gratefully acknowledged.

In vacuum sealed
glass jars with the
famous green and
yellow label

Gefilte Fish

1. lb. and 2 lb. sizes

FISH D'OEUVRES

Borscht

Regular&cream style

Cream Style Schav
Kosher New Pickles .
Kosher New Gherkins
Kosher New Spears
Sauerkraut Deluxe
Pickled Tiimatoes
Cucumber Salad.
Sweet Peppers
California Wonder
Pimentos
kosher New Rings

MOTHER'S FOOD PRODUCTS, INC. • Newark 5, N. 3.

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