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By Uncle David
Dear Boys and Girls:
If you were asked who was the
first dressmaker in history do
you agree with me that the an-
swer is EVE?
Some one has said that the
first man to take a ride in a
submarine was JONAH. It makes
sense, doesn't it, since Jonah
was swallowed by the whale.
There are many FIRSTS in
history to be found in the Bible
and these are just a couple of
them.
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A Thought for the Week
A great rabbi has said: "Who
is a wise man? He who learns
from all men."
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What He Yelled At
What is that man yelling at?"
inquired Tommy of his younger
brother.
"At the top of his voice," re-
plied the little one.
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Who Is Rich?
The ancient Jewish rabbis
were very revolutionary in their
ideas. They shunned riches for
their material value alone, and
they taught social justice and
an idealism which would make
for a better society and for
kindness among men and wom-
en. The folloWing story,. which
I borrow from a once very pop-
ular magazine Young Israel, ex-
plains this idealism:.
"Who is rich?" ask the rabbis,
And they answer: "He who is
contented with his lot." That is
all very well, but how is one to
obtain that blessed feeling of
contentment, when everything
seems to conspire to make us
discontented? The answer is to
be found in a simile. Suppose
one is short-sighted. Everything
around seems blurred and misty.
On go the spectacles, and what
before seemed a confused jum-
ble, now stands out sharp and
clear. The right glasses have
made all the difference. There
are always different ways of
looking at things: -
"Two men looked out from
prison bars; One saw mud and
the other stars."
And the same idea has been
expressed in the lines:
"The darkening street about
me lie,
The sham e, the fret, the
squalid jars,
But swallows' wings go flash-
ing by,
And in the puddles there are
stars."
Yes, there are always two
ways of looking at things. The
lot of the prince may seem more
desirable than that of the peas-
ant, but the latter may say, as
one of Shakespeare's peasant's
said:
"The self-same sun that shines
upon his court
Hides not his visage from our
cottage, but looks on alike."
And who can tell whether the
one we most envy has not some
Detroit JIMA' Council to Participate
In 'Plant a Tree in Israel' Month
Detroit, "and instilled in us a
great hope that we would once
more be able to build our future
as we desire it. The celebration
was only symbolic, for we had
no opportunity actually to par-
ticipate in the planting of trees,"
Silver added.
Tree planting has already be-
come a tradition in Detroit all
year round. Trees are planted
in memory of departed ones, or
in honor of births, brithdays,
anniversaries and other celebra-
tions. Because of the situation
in Israel today, an intensified
effort to plant trees during this
month of Shvat is especially im-
portant and essential to the fu-
ture of the state, Silver said.
Every synagogue, religious and
Sunday School has obligated it-
self to a vastly increased activi-
ty in behalf of trees, by making
appeals at services, and promot-
ing the planting of trees in and
out of classes.
The Jewish National Fund at
its last meeting declared the
month of Shvat (Jan. 5 to Feb.
3) and especially Hamisha Asar
b'Shvat, known as the New Year
of the Trees, as "Plant a Tree in
Israel" Month, and has issued
an appeal to the Jewish com-
munity to plant trees in Israel.
The month of Shvat marks
the transition in Israel from
dormant winter to verdant
spring, when the dark dreary
days begin to give way to the
warmer days of the sun and
nature comes to life again.
On Hamisha Asar, or Tu
b'Shvat (the 15th day of the
month) the change becomes so
radical, that the soil is ready for
planting, and every man, worn-
an and child in Israel (especially
the children) celebrates the ar-
rival of spring by planting trees
everywhere in the land.
All across the country, in the
cities and the villages of Israel,
Tu b'Shvat has become the tra-
ditional tree planting day, with
celebration and ceremonies spe-
cially planned for the occasion.
"Hamisha Asar b'Shvat was
celebrated in commemoration of
the fact that we were once a
people of the land," stated Da-
vid Silver, president of the Jew-
ish National Fund Council of
Sigal, Miss Fine to
Speak at Circle. Events
Workmen's Circle activities for
the new year will begin with
the address of Sam Sigal, WC
School director, on the Director's
annual meeting in New York, at
the WC Centre, 9 p.m., Friday.
The new WC Young Marrieds
Branch will gather at 11030
Holmur, Saturday evening, for a I
"Make It Yourself, Do It Your-
self" session of art work, under
the guidance of Mrs. Platnik, the
hostess.
Sunday, WC members will
participate in a "P-Day" mem-
bership program. Beginning at 2
p.m. workers of the women:s di-
vision will serve lunches and
dinners at the WC Centre as a
part of their fund raising activ-
ities for overseas orphan work
of the Jewish Labor Committee.
On January 15, Dr. Huldah.
Fine will lead a discussion of
"The Peculiar Problems of Ado-
lescents" at the WC Centre.
Residents of the Jewish Home
for the Aged will be treated to
a musical program on Jan. 17
when the Workmen's Circle
Chorus entertains them at the
home on Petoskey.
secret troubles and cares of
which we have no knowledge?
Indeed, there is an old legend
that everyone was once asked to
cast his troubles into a common
pool and pick and choose which
one he would have, and in the
end all chose their own again,
finding to their surprise that
their neighbor's cares were much
worse than their own. There
was a wise old Roman emperor
who said. "Think not so much
of what thou hast not as of what
thou hast; but of the things
thou has select the best, and
then reflect how eagerly they
would have been sought if thou
hadst them not." Cultivate the
poetic temperament which is
able to notice that "pools of
brine hold little bits of sky," and
you will begin to wonder how
you missed taking stock of all
the blessings you hold and came
to complain only of your disa-
bilities.
Let me quote a little story told
by the Russian writer Turgenev:
I was Walking along the street.
. . . I was stopped by a decrepit
old beggar. Bloodshot, tearful
blue lips, coarse rags, festering
wounds . . . Oh, how hideously
poverty had eaten into this mis-
erable creature!
He held out to me a red,
swollen filthy hand. He groaned,
he mumbled of help.
I began feeling in all my
pockets. . .. No purse, no watch,
not even a handkerchief . . I
had taken nothing with me. And
the beggar was still waiting .. .
and his outstretched hand
feebly shook and trembled.
Confused, abashed, I warmly
clasped the filthy, shaking hand
. . . "Don't be angry, brother; I
have nothing, brother."
The beggar stared at me with
his bloodshot eyes; his blue lips
smiled; and he in his turn
gripped my chilly fingers.
"What of it, brother?" he
mumbled. "Thanks for this, too.
That is a gift, too, brother."
I knew that I too, had re-
ceived a gift from my brother.
Goodfellowship Club
To Install New Officers
The Goodfellowship Club will
hold its annual dinner Sunday
at the Club Gay Haven to honor
its newly elected officers, head-
ed by Jack Schecter, president.
Others are Isadore Benach,
vice-president; Jack Kunich,
treasurer; Al Magitz and Morris
Albert, secretaries; Jack Bogo-
rad, sgt.-at-arms; and Charles
Noble, Isadore Finkel and Ben
Milstein, trustees. The Ladies
Auxiliary also will install their
new officers.
The Goodfellowship Club has
a plan for budgeted charitable
donations throughout the year.
The organizations to which
these funds are distributed are
on both local and national lev-
els. Included among these are
The Allied Jewish Campaign,
packages for Israel, March of
Dimes and many others.
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THE ETERNAL LIGHT
Time: 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan.
Station: WWJ
Feature: The story of Dr. Wal-
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With Matzoh Balls
soil conservationist who has
spent a great part of his life
• Kreplach • Noodles
teaching impoverished peoples
of the world how to work out "a
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righteous relationship to the .
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earth and its natural resources"
AIERS OF "OVEN CRISP" IUNSALTEDIMATZOH S will be dramatized in "Prophet
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Friday, January 8, 1954
Rescue Women Plan
Membership Luncheon
Mrs. Arthur Simon, member-
ship chairman of Northwest
Child Rescue Women, announces
a paid-up mem-
bership lunch-
eon on Jan. 19,
in the home of
Mrs. Charles
Heiman, 19760
Chesterfield.
Interested
women in the
community,
concerned
with the group's
program of
sending mentally retarded chil-
dren to camp during the sum-
mer, will be eligible to attend
the luncheon upon joining the
organization. For information
call Mrs. Simon, UN. 4-5847.
A regular meeting is sched-
uled at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, at
the home of Mrs. A. Zameck,
17132 Monica.
Arthur Weyne Named
Editor of Exponent
An American Jewish Press Feature
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.—Arthur
Weyne, long prominent in Jew-
ish journalistic circles, has been
named editor of the Jewish Ex-
ponent to succeed David J.
Gaiter.
Mr. Weyne edited a number of
newspapers in this country, in-
cluding the English page of the
Jewish Day, and more recently
was editor of the Circle, the
Jewish Welfare Board's monthly
j ournal.
Author of journalistic manuals
and of a biography of Joshua,
Mr. Weyne also was a lecturer
at Yeshiva University.
Mr. Galter will continue his
association with the Exponent
as consulting editor.
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