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Friday, Dec. 28, 1973

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

A Letter to the Daughters of Israel

Young Cantor to Bring 'Songs
of Jewish Soul' to Akiva Concert

On Saturday I traveled to
of the Syrians or of Egypt
By NAOMI ZOREA
the family of some close
as
such.
(Editor's Note: Naomi and
When I read the last will friends who lost their first-
General (Res.) Meir Zorea,
born (a family the fate of
members of Kibutz Maagan, and testament of the Syrian
whose fathers and sons is in-
pilot
who
failed
to
be
extri-
lost their son Yohanan in the
Sherwood Goffin, cantor,
cated from his plane, my disseverably linked with our
Yom
Kippur
War.
Their
son
folk-singer and guitarist, will
fate). We sat there, five sad
Jonathan died in the Six-Day heart was torn within me.
star in the sixth annual con-
but strong women. It was so
When
I
read
or
heard
about
War. During this war, Naomi
cert of Akiva Hebrew Day
very doleful and melancholy,
had received a letter from the shooting down of one
School Feb. 17 at Ford Audi-
Egyptian helicopter after an- yet what a wonderful experi-
her
friend
Ada,
a
teacher
in
torium.
ence!
Jerusalem. Below are ex- other, my reactions were as
Cantor of the Lincoln
follows:
Suddenly, I imagined that
cerpts from Naomi's reply,
Square Synagogue in New
Shaarey Zedek Associate
a) the more the better; we were sitting there, five
which she entitled "A Letter
York, Sherwood Goffin will
Cantor
Sidney Rube will be
mothers
from
ancient
myth-
to the Daughters of Israel." b) but surely that's terrible;
present "Songs of the Jewish
ology, who by dint of their honored on his 40th birthday
they
too
have
mothers
and
The
letter
was
published
in
Soul," including songs of Is-
by the synagogue men's club
the organ of Kibutz Harnett- children! One can't mow strength and power are trans- 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9. The Mighty
rael and America.
formed
into
goddesses.
down
people
like
so
many
had.)
A graduate of Yeshiva Uni-
I am truly hopeful that we Men's Club Art Players will
My children's father di- ears of corn; c) better that
may be able to bestow a present comedy entertain-
their
mothers
should
weep
vided his time between till-
ment. Dr. Bert Jacobs is
ing the soil of Eretz Israel than we (as one of the Ha- double portion of our strength chairman.
upon our young friends and
and defending it. He was shomer women put it).
I did not go out as usual daughters, as Elijah had done
among those who fortified the
this
morning to work in my to his disciple Elisha.
SHERWOOD GOFFIN
north of the country and
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among those who built up the grandson's kindergarten. I
versity, he has made more strength of our armored felt impelled to end my un-
Is a Jew anywhere an 'PERMANENTLY
finished letter to you. When alien? Wherever he goes, his
appearances during the last corps.
nine years on behalf of So-
REMOVED
The life of my sons was cut one of the little ones came God is with him. — Debarim
viet Jewry than any other short while they were in the into the room and asked in Rabba.
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our
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than
the
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the Feast of Ingathering
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Your pupil asks: "To what
reservation only.
end is all this bloodshed? Is
Music for dancing will be this soil and the stones of the
provided by the Frank Paul Western Wall worth all that
orchestra, with a catered sacrifice?" Yesterday I re-
holiday dinner and a break- ceived a fleeting visit from
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