, -,— "-: i1 4#4-ie• - THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating. the Detroit Jewish Chronicle canymencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Je-wish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35, Mich., VE, 8-9364. Subscription $5 a year. Foreign $6. Entered as second class matter Aug. 6,' 1942, at 'Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879: PHILIP SLOMOVITZ SIDNEY SHMARAK FRANK SIMONS , 7a,P. :ry Editor and Publisher Advertiging Manager City Editor Rosh Hashanah Scriptural Selections, Sept. 6-7 The following Scriptural selections are read on Rosh Hashanah: Pentateuchal por- tions, Thursday and Friday, Gen. 21:1-34; NUM 29:1-6. - Prophetical portions, First Day of Rosh Hashanah, Thursday, I Sam. 1:1-2:10; Second Day of Rosh Hashanah, Friday, Jer. 31:2-10. Shabbat Shuvah Scriptural Selections On Shabbat Shuvah, this Saturday, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Deut. 32:1-52. Pro- phetical portion, Hosea 14:2-10. On Sunday, Fast of Gedaliah, the fat/owing Scriptural selections will be read: Pentateun chat portion, Ex. 32:11-14, 34:1-10. Propheti- cal portion., Is. 55:6-56:8. ' Vol. X.X.X. No. 1 Page Four Sept. '7, 1956 The New Year 5717 Calls for Courage The year 5717, which we are usher- ing in this week,,will be more challeng- ing than any twelve-month period in ‘. the memory of this generation. It will be a year that will call for r4,1 courage, for fearlessness, for our peo- ple's determined will to accomplish many important aims. In the first place, this is an election year, and in the coming few weeks there will be - many rumors, charges, accusa- ,i"4„ tions that will call either for substanti- ation or repudiation.. a ,_-_, 5 s triving e When competing part; to win an electon, it is inevitable that there .1 could be false reports and that issues involving racial and religious problems should be injected in debates. We shall have to be 'on guard against untruths, and. we must be prepared to challenge them whenever they are heard. In the specific case. of American Jewry's concern over Israel's security, we shall no doubt hear ridiculous refer- ences to a "Jewish vote," to its non- existence and to undue appeals based upon it. While' there is no such thing as a Jewish vote—Jews are to be found in the ranks of all parties—we must be ready to point out to uninformed and misinformed people that -our interest in Israel involves our anxiety for peace, our hopes and prayers that there should Many issues will have to be resolved during be amity in the Middle East in order the year we are now ushering in with solemnity that peace there should also insure and with serious concern over Jewry's status. peace for • the entire world. Anyone As in the past, we will no doubt have 'lots who seeks to inject a different note in of fund-raising campaigns. There will be scores that area of world affairs will be mis- of entertainments and community functions. We representing truth and will not be serv- will be entertained, we will be wined and' dined, ing the cause of justice and peace. there will be an untold number of cocktail parties, and an influx of guests—domestic and foreign— * * * will be occasions for press conferences, lectures, The second most significant occur- public meetings and considerable socializing- rence of our time that will surely affect It'll be a busy year. But, will it also be a thinking and actions is the world crisis productive year culturally? ,* * * created by Egypt and the other Arab states. We have a million and a half This is a good community. It always responds kinsmen in Israel who must be pro- to all appeals for funds. We shall no doubt have tected. These kinsmen of ours have a a-triumphant Allied Jewish Cainpaigni- Hadassah, good record for friendship with the Jewish National Fund, Histadrut, Bnai Brith and United States. All of us hope that a score more of Jewish causes will surely get friendly relations will continue. We proper responses. also hope that such -a friendship will What is equally as important, however, is that result in comfort to Israel in her stuggle we should have able leaders, that there shoUld for existence. be proper responses to our cultural needs, that our spiritual values should not be sacrificed to We have a duty to Israel--to keep indifference to and unconcern with basic ideals. her alive and to give her strength. We We have made some . progress in recent years feel that such strength will redound to in the field of Jewish education. More of our the benefit of all the nations in that area children are acquiring knowledge in our com- under peaceful conditions. If called munity schools. But they still represent too small upon to act in defense of this little a portion of our youth. Too few of our young State, we should be prepared to do so people are planning to enter the Jewish teaching with courage and with dignity. profession. Too many of the Jewish parents still There will be many other challenges consider the Jewish school , a stepping stone to Bar Mitzvah, and the poorly trained Bar Mitzvah, during the coming year. Let us be ready to face them, and let us join, courage- the graduate from all Jewish studies. ously, in contributing towards making The result of such indifference is ignorance— '5717'.a Peaceful and a Happy Year. the emergence of a generation that does not tAtlatztve o‘r The Major Issues for the Coming Year know how to reply to libels against Jewry, that does not know the facts about itself and about Israel, that is unable to refute the falsehoods that are being spread by our enemies. * * * We are an active community. We are doing a lot of building. Many synagogues are being erected or are in the architectural planning stage. In this field, too, there should be greater consider- ation of the dangers of neighborhood changes, more serious concern lest there be an overtaxing of our energies and our available resources. The more buildings we erect, the more money is diverted from Israel, whose people are in such dire need of our help and encouragement. The more we put into brick and mortar, the more we detract from the cultural and spiritual causes that need our help. * * * We pray that we should be_ blessed with leadership that has the vision to plan properly, to train a thinking and well-informed generation of Jews; .a leadership that is not drawn merely from the ranks of those who can give a lot of money, but also from among those whose back- ground justifies their speaking with courage and intelligence in defense of their people. We pray that this should be a year during which we shall see greater concern for the higher values in Jewish life, a lessening of cheap enter- tainment, an increase of interest in the ideals we have ,inherited from our -scholars and our saints. - Above all, we pray that our people should contribute able leaders to share in the aspirations for and for good will among all mankind. May this- be a good, and a happy year, marked by constructive efforts for Jewry and -humanity.