THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 66—Friday, Sept. 28, 1973 Rosh Hashana Quiz Critical Opinions Differ Street Art Comes to Tel Aviv Optimism By EDITH ZARTEL The older I grow . . . the TEL AVIV — About four more I am confirmed in my years ago, after the elections, optimism, in democracy. the Tel Aviv municipality de- Walt Whitman. cided to put money and effort into improving the looks of Happy New Year to the city. Our Relatives and Friends Gershon Yuval, an energet- and warm individual who El DELMAN BROS. ic is in charge of the entire project of urban face-lifting, INC. shifted the organized effort Whole Floor Coverings into high gear. More than WA 5-4181 IL 100,000 ($25,000) was in- 5875 Concord vested in acquiring equip- ment and paints for the city's Happy New Year schools and youth clubs. "At first," says Yuval, INTERNATIONAL "many school principals ob- SAUSAGE CORP. jected to the idea. They Dutch Brand claimed that the children "With That Famous would soil their clothes, and International Flavor" that the matter would harm school discipline. Later they , 3445 Michigan TA 5-4949 themselves were convinced. To date, 117 educational insti- Greetings New Year tutions have turned to us for guidance and paint. £eo g(rtigAt "The children went out with their art teachers, gitotography planned the art and executed • Bar Mitzvas it. We held contests for the • Weddings • Portraits Movies schools. In some spots the 26571 W. 12 Mile Rd. effect is gemlike; schools 352-7030 , have taken on a new look and Southfield 0 , 0 new atmosphere. I know of some art teachers who allow the pupils to do with the wall space whatever they like. A child gets a new idea, and out goes the whole class to implement it. "I don't hold this to be great art. If we were preten- tious about creating art and would conduct a symposium before every such project, we wouldn't have got off the ground. Thousands of kids are taking part in this proj- ect of beautifying the city, and a child who paints his own school will have another attitude towards public prem- ises. Parents have told us that after their children had worked at this in school, they sculptures of famed Israel artists, among them works of Kashle, Yigal Tumarkin and George Segal. Artist Yigal Tumarkin is the most critical objector to the new art. "This is false exotics," he claims. "They are antiart manifestations which I find repugnant." Tu- markin says that slapping paint around doesn't change a city nor does it beautify it, and he claims that Tel Aviv has not yet found its charac- ter as a Mediterranean city. Tumarkin is not the sole critic, but perhaps the se- verest one. Other artists with whom I have spoken also view the mass popular paint- ing the city as couterfeit folk- FIELD'S EMPLOYMENT TR 3-7770 or CI . 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There are some who claim that the additional poetry had a practical stimulus. There were times when hostile governments forbade the people of Israel to engage in study and sometimes even in certain prayers. The poetry was then a ruse on the part of the rabbis who substituted this poet, " for study and some prayers. The poetry carries the theme of the day both in instruc- tion as well as in emotional inspiration. There is yet another general motive for these poetic insertions. The addition of the poetry makes the service a special one. The rabbis wanted to emphasize that the day was special and so they made the service unusual by adding the. poetry. The High Holy Days or Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur were days when the rabbis wanted the people to be especially charged emotionally. Adding the poetry made these days unusual in the eyes and in the hearts of the worshippers. Why are there three different kinds of notes blown through the shofar on Rosh Hashana? _ A Very Healthy and Happy New Year to the Jewish Community AM. By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX One note for Rosh Hashana is specifically mentioned in the Bible (Leviticus 23:24 and Numbers 29:1). That note is called "teruah." The rabbis are in dispute or in doubt as to the exact form of this note. Some claim that it is a note which resembles the groaning or sobbing of one who is ill or in some difficulty. Others claim it resembles the sounds of a person in tears who shrieks in short staccato yelps. There- fore, in order to be sure that the right note is blown, both notes are blown. One finds oneself in fright and trepidation over the possible consequences of judgment and sobs and then shrieks in despair. The Kabalists maintain that there is no doubt or dispute about these two notes. They rather claim that there are two kinds of judgment being handed down from heaven on this day of judgment. There is the phase of soft tender judgment which is symbolized by the soft sobbing note we call "shevarim." Then there is the phase of stern harsh judgment which is symbolized by the excited choppy notes called "teruah." Not really knowing which type of judgment will eventually ensue, we blow both these notes to make ourselves aware of the two possibilities. The third note is called "tekoah" which is a straightforward shrill blast. The Talmud deduces from verses in scripture that the basic note of "teruah" should be introduced and then followed by this straightfor- ward blast of "tekoah." Some explain that this third straight sounding even note is blown both before and after the bro- ken note to indicate that the trials and tribulations of judg- ment are just an intermediary state of affairs. The individual is composed and even in his life. The appearance of doubt, suspicion and sin is an unnatural inter- ruption in his life. Eventually things do straighten out after the crisis and his path is smooth again. Thus the straight- forward sounding note before the broken one indicates his original basic nature of, goodness, while the straight note which follows indicates the eventual resolution of all the problems and difficulties. came home and painted lore, a sign of provincialism things up a bit there, as and ostentation. The Tel Aviv municipality well." The special department for people are obviously full of urban appearance improve- good intent and desire to im- ment is associated with a prove the quality of life in consulting committee of arch- the city. They are putting in itects and artists. This com- much time and money. The mittee is not called upon to city is cleaner, there are sit down and delve into the more playgrounds, more matter, since Yuval keeps green spots, more benches, his department going at a and more places for outdoor fast clip and looks for on- entertainment. But this tremendous proj- the-spot results. His energy is reflected in ect of beautifying the city the city's walls and streets. should have been done in con- He believes that Tel Aviv sultation with artists, even if heads the world list of cities this would have prolonged the in the matter of painting project, so that efforts would school buildings, youth clubs bear quality fruit and endow the city with truly new val- and the like. ues. —Davar. Painting the buildings and walls along the seashore Sanctified by Labor promenade and painting the A man can quickly die if wall surrounding the zoo are also Yuval's projects. With- he has nothing to do. Rabbi Simeon ben Eleazar out going through the fanfare of bids, these vast spaces said: "Even Adam did not were assigned to graphic art- taste food until he had done ist Don Reisinger and to arch- work; as it is said, 'The Lord itect Ruth Taumann, respec- God took the man, and put tively; to do with them as him into the Garden of Eden to till it and keep it' (Gen. they pleased. Along with this flow of 2:15), after which He said, street art, the municipality, 'Of every tree of the garden aided by the Tel Aviv Fund thou mayest eat.' " Rabbi Tarfon said: "Even for the Encouragement of Art, has been setting up sta- the Holy One, blessed be He, tues and monuments in public did not cause his Spirit to areas, in parks, near public alight upon Israel until they buildings or in the city had done work; as it is said, squares. In recent months, `Let them make for me a the city acquired several sanctuary, and then I will dwell among them' (Exod. We should not tempt even 25:8)." Abot d'R. Nathan. an honest man to sin, much There is nothing perfectly less a thief, for the Sages say this is like putting fire secure but poverty—Henry next to tow.—Tanhuma Buber Wadsworth Longfellow. —