• .L resident Eisenhower Greets U.S. Jewry on Rosh Hashanah DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-55 L. 11111111111111 , 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111MMIniiiiiiIII111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111M = Friday, September 24, 1954 Sherwin-Williams Co. Says Bar Mitzvah On Saturdays Violates Sabbath WASHINGTON, (JTA)—President Eisenhower issued this Rosh Hashanah message to the Jews of the United States, through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which reads: "On the occasion of the Jewish.New Year, my warm greet- ings go to all Americans of Jewish faith. "For the tens of centuries spanned by the history of the Jewish people, members of your race have given to mankind almost unbelievable examples of courageous devotion to noble principles—to justice, to liberty, to the right of men to wor- ship according to the inner voice of conscience. Such are the principles which can now give the only sure guide to all men as they seek to establish true peace in the world, the peace which common people everywhere long for in their hearts. "From this New Year's Day forward, may the inspiration of your devotion to these ideals give an ever more brilliant the path leading harmony among nations." 4. New Year's Best Wishes 19163 LIVERNOIS UN. 4-7840 Bar Mitzvahs on Sundays or Holiday Good Cheer week days? Such is the reform advocated by Dr. Melech Schachter, cousin of Abraham. Schachter, of the GEARS—PRECISION BUILT United Hebrew Schools staff. 1 /4" TO 72" IN DIAMETER A rabbi in New York City, Dr. Emergency Jobs Our Specialty Schachter declares that his "or- thodox scruples are deeply "One or One Million" plagued every time I have a Bar 1301 East McNichols Rd. Mitzvah in my shul. Invariably FO. 6-2280 the Sabbath is desecrated . . .1 DETROIT 3, MICH. ...*****************************44m.44.+., After the conclusion of the serv- ices, people go out of the syna- 1111111111111111111111111111 11 11 1 11111111111 , 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 New Year Greetings gogue and begin to smoke . . As a rule the caterer, even when under strict rabbinic supervision, • ! violates some Sabbath regula- tions." Chrysler Air-Temp Soles and Service ; = = • In fact, Dr. , Schachter con- = 1/2 Ton to 15 Ton Units tinues, the Bar Mitzvah celebra- Free Estimates tion has become the greatest farce in Jewish life today. "We all know to our great dismay • 11486 KERCHEVAL VA. 2-4960 - - that the Bar Mitzvah marks • not :-.-_ = the beginning, but the end of = everything that savors of Juda- '= ., -7- = ism. = New Year Greetings "A lot of bar—drinks galore— and no mitzvah. No tefillin, no 6456 E. 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