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THE
JEWISH
NEWS
Ineorporatiug the Detroit Jetri.lh Ch rookie
cornmerwing with i.,sue of July 20.
1951.
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Michigan Press Association, National Editorial
Association.
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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor and Publisher
CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ
Business Manager
SIDNEY SHMARAK
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CHARLOTTE DUBIN
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Rosh Hashana Scriptural Selections
Pentateueha! portions: Thursday, Oct.
5, Gen. 21:134, Nttm. 29:1-6; Friday, Gen.
22:1-24. Nulti. 29 - 1-6.
Prophetical portions: Thursday, I Sam.
1:1-2:10, Friday, Jer. 31:2-20.
Sabbath Shuva — Oct. 7 —
Scriptural Selections
Pentateuch& portion, Dent. 32:1-52:
Prophetical portion, Hosea 14.2-10. Micah
7:18-20. Joel 2:15-27.
Fast of Gedalia
Scriptural Selections, Sunday
Pentateuch& portions. E.rod. 32:11-14,
34:1-10: Prophetical portion, Isaiah 55:6-58:3.
Licht Benshen: Thursday, 8:30
p.m.
7:22
Vol. LII, No. 4
Page 4
p.m., Friday.
October 6, 1967
Major Aim for 5728
Cliches galore will be repeated, ad
nauseam, as we review the experi-
ences of the past year and make plans
for the year ahead. We will hear a
great deal about the need for in-
creased Jewish educational efforts,
about our duties to our philanthropic
endeavors and the urgency of draw-
ing into our ranks a dedicated youth.
While the views that will be ex-
pressed, in special articles and in ser-
mons, may sound stereotyped, there
is a measure of realism in the prob-
lems that will be posed and in the
hopes that will be expressed in our
search for more dedicated Jewish
communal activities and for stronger
links between constituents and con-
stituencies.
A basic fact relating to the status
of American Jewry is that emphasis
has been on fund-raising, and in pop-
ular literature and on public plat-
forms American Jews are primarily
referred to as the great benefactors,
as the generous, the able campaigners.
It is this stress on the material that
should be viewed as the most distress-
ing factor in our life as an American
community. It is the veering away
from the only basic role which has
distinguished Jewry — the spiritual
and the cultural—that creates a real
problem for our people.
During the past year, on the eve
of a victorious war, during stress and
strain when an entire nation could
have been destroyed if that nation
had not resisted courageously, Jew-
ish communities everywhere were
aroused to action.
That was not enough. There will be
need for much larger sums and West-
ern European American Jewry's
know-how will be needed to assist in
Israel's industrial activities to save
Israel from economic dangers.
But what is needed especially is
understanding—a knowledge of con-
ditions, an appreciation of our his-
toric values, a spiritual and cultural
link between Israel and all Jewish
communities so that there should be
a kinship based on values created as
a great heritage.
To attain this calls for priority to
all tasks that are aimed at creating
what we have been in the habit of
calling an intellectual aristocracy. If
we can reach that goal, we shall surely
be able to face all 'challenges in the
years ahead.
Message of the Dove of Peace on New Year 5728
A year that was immersed in conflicts in nearly every portion of the globe, during which man-
kind was submerged in hatreds, suspicions and bitterness, has come to an end. A new era commences for
Jewry—and for mankind. A dove of peace is fluttering, hoping for a safe landing place, awaiting a welcome
from people of good will everywhere.
Seldom, if ever, in world history, have the peoples of the world experienced so much rancor, so
many threats by_ individuals to individuals, nations to nations, statesmen to statesmen.
We are still in a state of war—and chaos. East battles West. In some quarters there are the hot wars.
In many there is the cold war hat has not diminished in destructive vastness.
What has happened is a development of fear. There are fears among neighbors. There is frights
occasioned by the unfriendliness among nations. There is a panic emanating from diplomatic sources which
have proven futile in cementing good will among peoples.
Perhaps the chief task confronting 5728 is the duty to alleviate fears, to restore confidence among
peoples to strive for a restoration of hope for the higher goals in life that may in the course of the year
ahead and the times to come prove the futility of hatred among men in a world that beckons for peace and could
be such a gloriou§ place for calmness and for international amity.
The fears that have entered our "sick society" affect us domestically, as they do nationally and inter-
n a ti on ally. The internal conflicts, the pressures upon our government in its relation to many pressing problems,
the world's war threats—all combine to account for fright that plagues the elders that may well have so affected
the young that the indifference that has set in has resulted in a diminution of moral stamina.
Fears are linked with injustices and rebellions. They are not new in human experiences, but never
have so many fears accumulated at one time, and the seriousness of the issues often result in difficulty in
confronting them with solutions.
Thus we' face a year that is filled with peril resulting from frights, a year that demands new hope
and a revival of courage out of which should grow thenecessary elements for the restoration of confidence.
Dangerous periods in history have been overcome in the past, and we must tackle the newly eme
challenges with courage. Conceding the existence of the dangers we have alluded to, we must nevertheless
again an attitude of faith merged with hope that the evils which had beset an entire world will be e
It is in such a spirit of courage that we must welcome the New Year 5728. May it be a year of good
will and of faith, never abandoning hope, refusing to submit to fears, reaffirming with the Psalmist: "I will
fear no evil, for Thou art with me."