THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS To our wonderful Family & Friends "May you always walk in Sunshine" With All Our Heart & Love Diane & Joe Halberg , Chuck Halberg Pam & Jon Halberg THE HECHLERS' Mark, Rose and Ellen Wish all our family & dear friends A Very Healthy & Happy New Year Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year to all our Family and Friends Nathan, Michael, Rochelle and Arlene Lachman Best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year to all our relatives and friends. Min and Norman Levine 27435 Greenfield Rd. HAPPY NEW YEAR To All My Clients & Friends Alan Nathan, C.L.U. Life Insurance Counselor 644-3200 Jacob and Helen Reisman and Family Wish all our family & friends a year filled with Peace, Health & Happiness Albert and Charlotte Ann Rosen • Wish all their relatives and friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Schwartz want to wish all their family & friends a wonderful year filled with Health & Happiness il2r1Z/1 `Int) n2C5 Best wishes for a year of health and happiness to all our friends and relatives Mr. & Mrs. Meyer Silberberg Albert & Esther ADMORE SHOE REPAIR AND THE SHERBERG FAMILY Wish Their Customers and Family and Friends A Happy New Year Chatham Square Shopping Center 25796 Middlebelt at 11 Mile Farmington Hills, Mi. 4748585 Mr. & Mrs. David Krasman wish all their Relatives and Friends A HAPPY NEW YEAR They would also like to thank everyone for their support, contri- butions and concern during David's recent illness. ARON & PAULA SPINNER Wish all their Friends and Family a Year Filled with Good Health Happiness, Peace and Prosperity NM, High Holy Days in Tel Aviv, 1936 By MOSHE RON women and children flocked to the synagogues. Jewish policemen kept order. Many came from kibutzim and moshavim to spend the holiday in Tel Aviv. The Jewish News Special Israel Correspondent TEL AVIV — In the streets of the city the at- mosphere of Rosh Hashana was felt. On the eve of the feast crowds streamed into the city. There was lively movement in the shops and stores. At the Carmel mar- ket prices of fish went up. There was a slow-down in the real estate markets. Nobody was interested in such business on the eve of the feast. All the synagogues and small "stiblech" were crowded. Public halls and cinemas were rented for holiday prayers. In the years 1936 and 1937, Tel Aviv had 80,000 inhabi- tants. There was a shortage of synagogues. Rabbis examined the halls to see if they were suitable for prayer services. Cinema halls which showed nude pictures were forbid- den. The famous cantor of the Warsaw Synagogue, Gershon Sirota, was brought to Tel Aviv. He was hired for services at the Mugrabi Cinema. The Chief Rabbinate made difficulties and Sirota almost left the town. The opposition of the Chief Rabbinate was overcome after the management of the cinema covered all pictures and posters in the theater during prayer services. When the news spread that Sirota would lead serv- - ices, hundreds flocked to the box office of the Mugrabi Cinema to obtain tickets. Sirota was like a magnet. Many, who hardly ever vis- ited a synagogue, tried to obtain tickets. Hundreds came to TelAviv port to give the famous cantor a warm reception. The Selihot services were a disappointment for many. In the Warsaw Synagogue Sirota did not try hard dur- ing Selihat. He saved his strength for the Rosh Hashana prayers and reached his peak in the Neila prayer. When Sirota recited Selihot in the Tel Aviv theater, many said that this was not the real Sirota. The big change came, of course, on Rosh Hashana. On the second day of the feast, Sirota moved the big crowd to tears with his enormous voice during the Musaf prayers. He proved to them that he was the real Sirota. The crowd applauded for a long time. Sirota be- came angry. He did not like applause in the mid- dle of prayers. But the crowd continued to applaud and Sirota could hardly finish Musaf. After the prayers the enthusiastic crowd bore Sirota on their shoulders from the Mugrabi Hall to the Hess Hotel. On the eve of Yom Kip- pur, thousands arrived from all parts of the country in front of Mugrabi Hall. There were only 1,000 The world ORT Union in Geneva, Switzerland coordinates the operations of ORT programs through- out the world. Friday, September 21, 1919 81 EVA & TOM ADELSON wish at their family and friends a happy and healthy New Year Harry and Esther Dines Philip, Steven & Riva wish their relatives and friends a very healthy and happy New Year KARL and MOLLY BERG CANTOR SIROTA places in the hall. The police had to intervene several times to restore order in the street. For many years, people could not forget Siro- ta's Kol Nidre and Neila on that Yom Kippur. In the central post office on Allenby Rd. and in all the smaller branches crowds of people lined up to send holi- day greetings to relatives and friends in Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Hun- gary, Latvia and the U.S. Many sent through the Polish PKO bank money to their relatives in Poland. After Yom Kippur, busi- ness was heavy near the Great Synagogue on Al- lenby Rd. Hundreds were purchasing etrogim for the holidays. Three newspapers were published in those days: Davar, Haaretz and Haboker. The holiday editions had 30-40 pages, comprising mostly holi- day greetings. Although the economic situation was bad, newspapers sold well. People were buying prayer shawls and prayer books. In general, the holidays were still hot. There was no air conditioning, no re- frigerators. People carried ice blocks from afar. But the holiday atmosphere was good and spirits were high. All the shops were closed. From all the synagogues prayers could be heard; Hassidic, Yemenite, Sephardi and Ashkenazi songs. People were dressed in their best clothes and strangers greeted each other with "Hag Sameakh." One must not forget that during the years 1936-1939 there were continuously Arab riots against Jews in Eretz Yisrael. In the central prison in Acco, Jewish prisoners of the Hagana, IZL and Lehi were confined. The British authorities allowed them to hold holiday services. The Jewish community of Haifa sent food, a cantor, a ram's horn and other ritual re- quirements to the prison. On the second day of Rosh Hashana the news spread that Rabbi Eliezer Hacohen Gerzstein died in Jerusalem. Arabs had attacked him when he re- turned from prayer at the Western Wall. On Rosh Hashana, in 1936, Tel Aviv was without cars. All the shops were closed. The streets were fes- tively illuminated. Men, wish all their friends and relatives a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year To all our relatives and friends — all good wishes for a year of peace, health and happiness THE BESSER FAMILY Izrael, Lill, Suzanne and Nancy MRS. HARRY (FRANCES) BINDER and SPARKLE SOAP CO. OF SOUTHFIELD extend best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year to all their many friends and customers To all our friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year RUDOLPH and EVA BOEHM Robert and Judy MR. AND MRS. LOUIS BORDOLEY wish all their family and friends a healthy and happy New Year MR. AND MRS. 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