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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 15th day of Tishri, 5740, is the first day-of Sukkot
and the following .riptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 2.. z6-23:44, Numbers 29:12-16. Prophetical portion, .Zechariah 14:1-21.
Sunday, second day of Sukkot
Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 22:2623:44, Numbers 29:12-16. Prophetical portion, I Kings 8:2-21.
Hol Hamoed Sukkot
Monday, Numbers 29:17-25. Tuesday, Numbers 29:20-28.
Wednesday, Numbers 29:23-31. Thursday, Numbers 29:2644.
Friday, Oct. 12, Hoshana -Raba
Numbers 29:26-34
Candle lighting, Friday, Oct. 5, 6:49 p.m.
VOL. LXXVI, No. 5
Page Four
Friday, October 5, 1979
THE HONOR OF THIS NATION
Under the leadership of President Jimmy embattled area to fan flames of hatred. There is
Carter, an accord has been reached for peace no other way of interpreting a mission of terror.
between Israel and Egypt. It was the first
It was normal for a responsible Israeli leader
breakthrough in a situation that has affected to advise Jesse Jackson that he would never
the amity of all nations, everywhere. It served berate decency_ by SU gP.PSH 71 Cr + ‘1-1'
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among all peoples. Egypt's President Anwar little effect. He went to the area of embattle-
Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Menahem ment to add to discord and he is bent on pursu-
Begin were the co-partners in this great effort. ing a pro-PLO campaign which, if successful,
Their task is proving encouragingly workable would give credence to the terrorists' aim of
and the three men are working in friendly pur- destroying Israel.
suance of peace. -
Therefore, the sense of dismay over the
There is an element that is trying to destroy Jackson visit is more than resentment over in-
that peace. It is dominated by murderous ter-__ terference with American policies and with Is-
rorists. It has the encouragement of the Soviet rael's need to reject any interference in efforts to
Union whose role in training terrorists has advance the need and the aim for peace. It is the
emerged as one of the most shocking examples urgency to turn to the black community and to
of indecency in the civilized world. Now this ask for a continuity of friendship with the
cabal has secured an assisting faction whose Jewish people, its support in basic American
leaders are fanning racial hatred. A team of aims in the Middle East as American citizens
such bigots was in Israel, after making game and as a human responsibility, and not to
with the most dastardly enemies of peace, and endorse anything that is disruptive of such aims
they have introduced a hatred that is puzzling, or is destructive in processes to cement good-
shocking, inexcusable. It is a hatred that dis- will.
graces America's honor. —
The responsibility for sharing in good-will
Not only the honor of this nation, whose role and in rational approaches to peace is too great
in Middle East peace-making is so vital, but the to encourage injection of suspicions and hatreds
dignity and self-respect of the AmeriCan black into an area already defiled by irrespon-
community is being tested by the issue created sibilities.
by one of its representatives in an area where
Time heals all wounds. It undoubtedly will
good-will and neighborliness is so urgent for the bring the present into state of common under-
world-at large. Instead of encouraging coopera- standing. Those who injected the discord must
tion in peace efforts by all of the Arab nations, be asked to be the first to abandon policies of
as advocated by Egypt's President Sadat, a disruption. The introduction of genocidal tactics
self-appointed black emissary has gone to the anywhere is intolerable.
CELEBRANTS: ORT AND HA13ER
Tens of thousands of young Jews would have
become pariahs had it not been for the voca-
tional training programs provided for them by
ORT, the great movement for training and re-
habilitation in a score of agricultural and indus-
trial forms.
Deprived of opportunities for farming,
mechanical vocations, sewing for women, a
variety of other trades for all ages and both
sexes, in lands of oppression, ORT stepped in
with a vision that defied oppression.
It began on a small scale in Russia and it
spread globally through the decades.
Craftsmanship became an achievement for
multitudes who would otherwise be incompe-
tent, thanks to the school system and guidance
provided by ORT.
Especially in Israel, in the past three decades,
ORT became one of the most creative forces for
training youth, preparing them for engineering
and related professions, filling a great need for a
land born out of the neglected desert into one of
the most progressive industrial centers.
That ORT in this country should make the
100th anniversary an event of national impor-
tance to be observed in Metropolitan Detroit is a
tribute to this community.
It is at the same time a source of great satis-
faction that the scheduled event should serve a
double purpose, at the same time honoring the
man who has led ORT, on an international
scale, into great success. Under the leadership
of Dr. William Haber, ORT has gained a place of
priority in communal support, in philanthropic
aid, in admiration of what can be accomplished
when the aim is for creative tasks in Jewish
ranks.
At 80, his natal day has been selected for him
to be honored jointly with the acclaim to be
given the ORT movement.
A movement and a personality will be hon-
ored here at the 100th anniversary of ORT, at
the testimonial dinner for Dr. Haber on Oct. 15.
It will be an occasion for great pride for all who
admire Dr. Haber and glory in the opportunities
that were provided to cooperate with him, and
the movement which he has helped strengthen
in its impressive growth.
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A literary treat is being provided by Paragon Publishers for the
lovers of Yiddish literature and the admirers of Sholem Aleichem.
Three paperbacks containing the works of Sholom Aleichem in
translations by experts have just been issued by Paragon.
The _fact that two of the paperbacks contain Sholom Aleichem
stories in translations by Curt Leviant and the third by Sholom
Aleichem's granddaughter, Tamara Kahana, lend extraordinary
significance to this literary gift.
Leviant has helped enrich knowledge about Yiddish literature
generally and Sholom Aleichem in particular for many years and the
current task is a continuation of his tasks as a translator of note. The
Yiddish humorist's granddaughter shares in the significance of this
contribution to the paperback library.
Sholom Aleichem, the "Peace Be Unto You" traditional Jewish
salutation, was adopted as a penname by the eminent Yiddish
humorist and storyteller, Sholom Rabinowitz.
In one of the three paperbacks, titled
"Old Country Tales," appear the short
stories, monologues and a narrative
love poem inspired by the "Song of
Songs."
Here, as in all of the Sholom
Aleichem stories, the shtetl, the old
world Jewish village, is depicted in all
its pathos as well as the humor evoka-
ble by a master like the great Jewish
humorist who is popularized again in
the new set of paperbacks.
"Tevye the Dairyman" is a chief
character in one of the stories. The
Leviant-translated story provides ar.
opportunity for the lovers of the thea-
ter to learn the roots of the play that
SHOLOM ALEICHEM
has become the favorite of millions in
many lands, "Fiddler on the Roof."
The second volume in the series translated by Leviant is entitled
Some Laughter, Some Tears — Tales From the Old World and the
New." In the 20 stories in this volume there are tales relating to the
Jewish shtetl experiences in Russia as well as the experiences of the
eminent author in America. Noteworthy here is that in this collection
is included Sholom Aleichem's first and most popular story, The Pen
Knife." There is an inspiration in the knowledge that what has been
reproduced in the new paperbacks provides an opportunity, in the
explanatory prefatory notes by the translators, to get an historical
perspective of the great humorist's gifts to the literary world.
The children's stories, the description of holiday observances, the
relations with non-Jews with whom Jews did business, all provide an
insight into the experiences of the folk now extinct.
While the character of Tevye as portrayed in "Fiddler on the
Roof" has been popularized, in the story of the dairyman, another of
the important Sholom Aleichem characters, Menahem Mendel, is
lesser known and is now re-introduced in the stories of this searcher
for economic success, whose every attempt at it ends in disaster. The
Menahem Mendel stories are in the third volume, "The Adventures of
Menahem Mendel," translated by granddaughter Tamara Kahana.
Menahem travels extensively, seeks success, fails, lives on unat-
tained dreams, retains hope in the Almighty.
Thus the reader learns from the Sholom Aleichem stories about life
in the shtetl,' the heroes and the villains therein, the laughter and
tears in a vanished world.
Paragon Publishers rendered a notable service with the publica-
tion of this series of Sholom Aleichem paperbacks.