• THE JEWISH NEWS Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075. Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing • Offices. Subscription $10 a year. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ DREW LIEBERWITZ Editor and Publisher Business Manager Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 27th day of Elul, 5734, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Deut. 29:9-30:20. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 61:10-63:9. Rosh Hashana Scriptural Selections Pentateuchal portions: Tuesday, Gen. 21:1-34, Num. 29:1-16; Wednesday, Gen. 22:1-24, Num. 29:1-6. Prophetical portions: Tuesday, I Samuel 1:1-2:10; Wednesday, Jeremiah 31:2-20. Fast of Gedaliah Scriptural Readings, Thursday Pentateuchal portions, Exod. 32:11-14, 34:1-10. Prophetical por- tion, Isaiah 55:6-56:8 (Afternoon only). Candle lighting, Friday, Sept. 13, 7:28 p.m. VOL. LXVI, No. 1 Page Four September 13, 1974 Hasidic Parable for 5735: Pathfinding for Progress A year of tensions is ending, new hopes sprout forth that 5735 will justify mankind's hopes that there will be blessings of peace of mind for all peoples of the earth. For Jewry whose New Year commences on the coming Tuesday, the hoped-for improvements in conditions are intertwined with endless responsibilities. Man can expect good times, yet he must work for them. Collectively, a people awaits peacefulness and security, yet they must labor to attain it. And when a people is divided in atti- tudes, the hoped-for calmness is often delayed. For Jews everywhere the challenging situations that distinguish their existence from others are not ending. Much .is to be attained in the year ahead to assure a normal existence for many in our ranks and to contribute : toward security and survival, for Israel and for many Jews else- where: To retain the unity that -assures dedication to the many needs that demand action for normality in Jewish life, Jews will have to work together on a global baks. A hasidic parable, included In "The Rosh Hashana Anthology" published by the Jewish Publication Society of America by the author, Rabbi Philip Goodman, contains the following on "Searching for the Right Way": Yr' "Before commencing the Selihot service the Baal Shem Toy related the following parable: "A man lost in • a forest wandered for several days trying to find a way out. He felt greatly en- heartened when, suddenly looking up, he saw a man walking toward him. 'Now,' he bethought himself, learn how to get out of here,' and he asked when the man approached, 'I've been lost in this forest for some days, can you show me the way out?' "The stranger replied, I'm lost myself and don't know my way back . . . But I can tell you that the road you're on now isn't the right one; let's try together to find a way out.' • "So it's with us,' the Baal Shem Toy went on. `I know that the road we've traveled thus far will only lead us astray. Let us join together to discover' the right way.' " Teaching togetherness, this parable contains the lesson for working together, thinking together, planning together, striving to attain the goals for desired accomplishments_ There is need of togetherness for Israel, for the elevation of standards in Jewish education, for rescuing the syna- gogue from indifference. In unity there will be the_ hope of confronting our- selves and the world in travail. That's the progress to be hoped for in 5735. Toward this end there is the anticipa- tion of a Shana Tova for all. Reckoning and Planning On the advent of a new year, there is the usual stock- taking—reckoning about the past, planning for the future. For 5735 there should be more planning than reckon- ing — setting the pace for concerns domestically and overseas. The youth and their education, advancement of learn- ing and acquisition of knowledge, protection for existing agencies and succor for the less fortunate, assurance of security for Israel and defense for the war-threatened innocents—these are duties not to be shirked. Therefore, the admonition to the concerned Jewish communities is: be prepared for a very busy year! Identifiable Jewry--the Rosh Hashana Aspraho Next Tuesday will inaugurate the Days of the Great Assembly, solemnizing the pere nial trek of millions of Jews for worship in synagogues throughout the world. Many of the will repeat the performance on the next day, but there will be many empty seats in the hour of worship on the second day of Rosh Hashana. On Wednesday evening and all day Thursday of the succeeding week there will be repeated pilgrimage to the synagogues by people-who will worship, do penance, atone, an confess. . Collectively, the Holy Days, indeed; will be the Great Asseinbly 'period for Jews ever • where. Admittedly, it will be the period of Worship for either two- or three-day-a-year co stituents. Nevertheless, the outpouring into houses of worship will emphasize an identificatio with the People Israel. Even in the limited period of association with the total Jewish famil as a reaffirmation of a 'basic principle admonished in Ethics of the Fathers: —al tifros min ha-klal—separate not yourself from the community—the Holy Day period is paramou in world Jewry's unity. The masses converging upon the synagogues will not necessarily represent unanimi in affiliation and devotion. There still are the many who form the ranks of the nonreligio the secularists. The unaligned are not to be judged harshly. They are not all sinners. But e sinners are not rejected in Jewish ranks, the established concession being that Israel pi she-hata Israel hu—even a sinning Jew remains a Jew. Therefore, no Jew is treate outcast. Even unbelievers are treated historically, culturally as Jews. Many revert back synagogue during the sacred --period on the calendar. The reality of Jews assembling as united people in the period of sanctity is app If most Jews are observers twice or three -times a year, are they very different from Christian neighbors who also are reducedly observant? True, much more is expected from People of Priests and the Holy Nation. But there is a spirit that unites us, and there is a awareness of it during this holy period on the Jewish calendar. Therefore, the 'Holy Days become occasion to reach out into the vast numbers c assembled in the synagogues and to strive for their reunification. They are reached in th' main philanthropically. They must be strengthened spiritually. They are usually generous wit, their funds; they must reconstruct the role of learning and spirituality. Months of agony have been experienced by Jews in the year now closing. Perhaps eve' more agonizing experiences await the present generation. To face up to the responsibilitie it will be necessary to gather the strength that is Jewry's, to have the will power that is i the people's tradition. Perhaps the Holy Days will inspire re-acquisition of that courage whid is inherent in the roots of Jewish identification, in the glories of a heritage that unites a] in an affirmative pride and loyalty to a sacred legacy. Such are the hopes and the sentiments inspired by 5735 for which the communit exchanges Shana Tova greetings.