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By Uncle David
Dear Boys and Girls:
Have you ever expressed your
joy over the Sabbath and the
Sabbath candles to your mother.
when she lit them, or to your
father, after the pleasant Friday
night meal?
A while ago, I devoted this
column to the Sabbath. Now, I'd
like to return to the interesting
subject by sharing with you a
truly impressive reaction by an
able writer.
The Sabbath joy is so beauti
fully described by Bella Chagall
in her fine b o o k, "Burning
Lights," that I would like to
share with you this touching
story from this book :
"She blesses the candles. She
whispers q u i e t benedictions
.through her fingers and they
add heat to the flames. Moth-
er's hands over the candles
shine like the tablets of the de-
calogue over the holy ark.
"I push closer to her. I want
to._ get behind her blessing hands
myself. I seek her face. I want
to look into her eyes. They are
concealed behind her spread-
cut fingers. -
"1 light my little candle by
mother's candle. Like her, I
raise my hands and through
them, as through a gate, I niur-
mur into my little candle flame
the words of benediction that I
catch from my mother.
"My candle, just lighted, is al-
ready dripping. My hands circle
it to stop its tears.
"I hear mother in her bene-
dictions mention now one name,
now another. She names father,
the children, her own father and
mother. Now my name too has
fallen. into the flame of the
candles. My throat becomes hot.
Now I Choose from the
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"May the Highest One give
them his blessing!" concludes
mother, dropping her hands at
last.
"'Amen,' I say in a choking
voice, behind my fingers.
"'Good shabbes!' mother calls
out loudly. Her face, all opened,
looks purified, I think that it
has absorbed the illumination of
the Sabbath candles."
This Friday—or next—when
Mother lights the candles, read
this story to her and tell her
your own feelings on the sacred
occasion of ushering in the Sab •
bath.
Perhaps you will write me
your impressions. The best let-
ters and articles may be pub-.
lished in this column.
Jester's Life-Saving Choice
Good stories never die. Here's
one such story.
Once upon a time, a famous
monarch had a .Jew as his jester.
Whenever he was gloomy about
affairs of state, he called his
favorite story teller to relate
some tales which always delight-
ed him.
A court official became very
jealous over the Jew's popular-
ity and told some malicious lies
about him. The monarch or -
dered the Jew to die but grant-
ed him the choice of a method
by which he was to be put to
death.
The jester thanked the mon-
arch and said, "May I die by
the way of old age?"
"Granted," said the monarch,
who was fond of the Jewish
jester, whom he restored to his
former post.
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From time to time I'll tell you
some famous Jewish stories. For
the present, a good Shabbos to
you and your families.
16—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 10, 1953
Israel Urged to Sell
Bonn Goodson Credit
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The sale
on credit to Israel firms of in-
dustrial equipment and indus-
trial raw material imported by
the Israel government as . part
of the German reparations was
recommended by the Economic
Advisory Council here.
• The Council took the stand
that since the government does
not intend to print more money,
the shortage of means of
payment will hinder industrial
production and 'must be met by
expanding credit. However, un-
der the present conditions, the
Israel banks have almost reach-
ed the limits of the credit they
are able to provide, the Council
pointed out.
NCRAC Admits Two
Councils to Membership
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The ex-
ecutive committee of the Na-
tional Community Relations
Council approved applications of
the Connecticut Jewish Corn-
munity Relations Council, and
of the Elizabeth Jewish Council
for admission.
This brings to 30 the number
of local, state and regional
councils in the NCRAC, the co-
ordinating body of Jewish
groups engaged in fighting anti-
Semitism in this country. The
Connecticut. Jewish Community
Relations Council is a state-
wide organization representing
Jewish communities with a
total population of about 75,000
Jews. The Elizabeth Council is
the central agency of the Eliza-
beth Jewish community and
represents 43 local organiza-
tions.
Social Agencies Report Increase
In Services in Face of Rising Costs
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Despite
continued high cost of operation
and a drop in philanthropic
contributions, Jewish social wel-
fare agencies throughout the
nation increased local services
in 1952, announced Julian S.
Freeman, president of the Coun-
cil of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds, who reported
the following highlights:
1. A four percent increase
in the number of persons cared
for in Jewish Homes for the
Aged, as well as a Hire per
cent gain in the number of
beds available in homes. At
least 18 communities were
adding new facilities for the
chronically ill and aged.
2. 20,000 more persons treat-
ed in Jewish hospitals than
during the previous year.
3. More than 45,000 persons
received counseling and aid
from Jewish family service
agencies. Direct assistance to
immigrants dropped to 16 per-
cent.
4. An increase of 20 percent
in the number of children ad-
mitted to child care agencies.
In the main, family service
agencies and child care institu-
tions depended for their major
financial support on philan-
thropic contributions, particular-
ly from central funds, the
CJFWF reported. Homes for the
aged and hospitals derived their
major revenue from payments for
services, although the homes for
the aged also depended to a con-
siderable extent on philanthropic
contributions to defray part of
the costs. Public funds were a
significant source of revenue to
the child care agencies and to
some extent to hospitals and
homes for the aged.
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Israel Story:
`Miriam Comes Home'
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NEW YORK— (ISI)
Comes. Home, a Story of our
Israel Cousins," by Yehuda
Harry Levin, Counselor of the
Israel Embassy at Washington,
D. C., has recently been pub-
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In a foreword of apprecia-
tion, Earl James McGrath,
former United States Commis -
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JERUSALEM, (JTA) —2,000,000
dunams of abandoned land was
officially handed over by the Is-
rael government to the Jewish
National Fund last week. The
bulk of the land is agricultural,
on which nearly 400 Jewish set-
tlements have already been es-
tablished.
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ment for Iraiiian Jews who are
scheduled to arrive in Israel in
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contribute to the cost of the
settlement—was inaugurated in
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General hospitals under Jew .
ish auspices continued to main-,
taro high standards of medical
care and service to the entire
community, according to the
CJFWF report. During 1952, a,
total of 413,679 people were cared
for in 38 of the reporting hospi-
tals, 20,000 more than in 1951
The number of days of hospital
care increased by nearly three
percent to 3,706,896. Approxi-
mately 20 percent of this figure
represents care given without
charge: Jews comprised nearly,
half of all patients admitted
to the hospitals.
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With the decline in immi-
gration-7,200 in 1952 as com-
pared with almost 38,000 in
1948 — Jewish family service
agencies reported a drop in
the number of new Americans
in their caseloads. This en-
abled the agencies to devote
greater attention to counsel-
ing native born families with
marital, parent-child or per-
sonal difficulties. According to
the CJFWF reptirt, more than
45,000 cases were served by 68
reporting agencies in 1952.
The drop in immigration also
resulted in a reduction of almost
16 percent • in direct assistance
to the newcomers, with 56 agen-
cies reporting total expenditures
of $2,736,786 in 1952.
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