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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

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This Sabbath, the 18th day of Kislev, 5743, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:

Pentateuchal portion, Genesis 32:4-36:43.
Prophetical portion, Hosea 11:7-12:12.

Candlelighting, Friday, Dec. 3, 4:43 p.m.

VOL. LXXXII, No. 14

Page Four

Friday, December 3, 1982

AN ANNIVERSARY SALUTE

HOME FOR AGED: 75

Pride in communal achievement is provided
in an anniversary with emphasis on the unend-
ing concerns in the needs that demand attention
and receive fulfillment with devotion stemming
from traditional legacies.
The 75th anniversary of the Jewish Home for
Aged is an occasion for celebration by people of
all ages — the elderly because they will neither
be forgotten nor ignored; the younger genera-
tions who have a duty to them and they are fully
aware of it.
There is a Scriptural acclaim for this senti-
ment in Joel (3:1): "Your old men shall dream
dreams, your young men shall see visions."
The respect youth has for the elderly is the
very vital aspect in providing shelter for the
aged, in assuring comfort and a measure of hap-
piness for them. It is on this score as well that a
guiding spirit is provided in the Bible: "Rise
before the hoary head; honor the faith of the old
man," which is taught in Leviticus 19:32.
The Jewish tradition is rooted in these ad-
monitions and adherence to the highest princi-
ples involving concern for fellow humans who
have reached an older age has become a part of
life. There is constant reminder of it in the prac-
tice adhered to, as during the Holy Days, when
the prayer, "Cast me not off in time of old age;
' when my strength fails, forsake me not,"
(Pslams 71:9), is recited. There is an awareness
of it that is inerasable.
These are the principles that rank high at all
times, becoming especially repeatable and
quotable on the occasion of so important an an-
niversary as the 75th year of the important so-
cial agency in this community.
The beginning were hard. The edifices were

not too attractive in their beginnings. The
manner of services provided was not as ad-
vanced as in this age of greater social progress.
Therefore, the progress attained is all the more
notable.
This community has reached a high level of
social service in many areas, and that of care for
the elderly has become among the most dig-
nified and, therefore, to be taken pride in most
significantly.
The concern shown here for the elderly be-
comes especially impressive in the planning for
the future.
In the planning stages, already provided for,
soon to be achieved, are: The Louis C. and Edith
B. Blumberg Plaza, a social and service center
that will provide a hub of activity for elderly
residents at the projected Maple-Drake com-
plex; and the Frieda and the late Edward I.
Fleischman residence for the Jewish elderly.
Into account must also be taken the deep
interest in the Federation Apartments, and the
newest now in the making, the Samuel and Lil-
lian Hechtman Apartments, also at the
Maple-Drake location.
With the continuity inherent in these com-
mitments there also is the inspired increased
devotion to a duty that is in the highest ranks of
human services. The Metropolitan Detroit or-
ganized Jewish community is aware of the
duties and fulfills them. Therefore, the obser-
vance of the 75th anniversary is on the calendar
as an event of great significance, calling for
Mazal Tov greetings to the leadership that
supervises these activities, with blessings for
the elderly who benefit from them and the pro-
viders who make the services possible.

HEARTACHED INQUIRY

As the inquiry into the horrors that were per-
petrated in Beirut proceed, the concerned ele-
ments, Jews everywhere, are plagued with
heartaches over the developments.

As in every investigative process, there are
conflicting views, memories often fail, perhaps
some prejudices filter in.

The confidence in the investigating commis-
sion is what is primary in the process that has
been instituted to establish guilt if there was
any, to punish if necessary, to determine future
actions which must lead to a measure of amity
in that troubled area of the world, if total peace
can not be obtained immediately.

Whatever the heartaches, they are also appli-
cable to the judgments on the entire Lebanese
issue. The Israeli military actions had more
than one aim. It began with the necessity of
ending the PLO menace to Israel and therefore
was labeled Operation Peace for Galilee. There
was the vital aim of liberating Lebanon from
the menace created for it by the PLO since 1976.
It is on the latter score that the heartaches are
more crucial, that so many unfortunate ele-

ments enter into the situation.
The hoped-for peace agreement with the
Lebanese, who were certainly aided in attain-
ing the freedom from PLO shackles by Israel,
now appears remote. The liberated are bargain-
ing with Israel's antagonists. Whatever there
existed of an accord with the present rulers of
Lebanon has been reduced. The hopes expressed
in Israel's behalf are not materializing so
quickly, so easily. If they have not vanished,
they certainly have not gained hopefulness.

Meanwhile, there are accusations of lying in
the process of the inquiry, and they add to the
frustrations which increase the hopes that the
commission that does the investigating will
conclude its operations and will help set the
world straight in the matter of morality, on the
score of which there have been more abuses
from Jews than from non-Jews.
Coupled with this is the hope that the
Lebanese venture will end as quickly as possi-
ble, and if Israel must remain an arsenal state it
is to be only for defensive purposes. That has
been the aim in the past and must remain as an
honorable continuity of Israel's sovereignty.

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`The Best of Olomeinu'

Hanuka Theme Dominates
Day Schools' Fiction Volume

Since 1945, with the introduction of the Mazagine for Day
Schools by the Torah Umesorah, a great interest has been stimulated
in the writings of sponsors who contributed to its contents.
The best of the stories thus compiled have appeared in volumes
entitled "The Best of Olomeinu" (Mesorah Publications).
The third volume of "The Best of Olomeinu" has just come off the
press, and again it is a most timely work.
The latest work was compiled by Rabbi Yaakov Fruchter. Rabbi
Nosson Scherman edited the volume.
Its timeliness is the emphasis on Hanuka. _
The Festival of Lights is treated in the first portion of the new
volume. There are 13 Hanuka stories and each enthusiastically
acclaims the festival.
The illustrator, Yosef Dershowitz, adds to the effectiveness of the
stories.
The second portion of the "The Best of Olomeinu" contains an
additional seve' s.aries of a general nature.
The effectiveness of the Jewish appeal and its effectiveness in a
teaching process of Jewish history and Jewish values make this work
a treasured volume for the pupils whose devotions to learn* and to
storytelling related to it elevate the values of the Day School move-
ment.
History intermingles with fiction in these stories. Impressive as a
tale relating to a period marked by persecution, in the era of the
Spanish Inquisition, is "Hanuka 1492." It is a tale by Rochelle Feder.
The initial story by Dr. Gershon Kranzler, "The Mysterious Men-
ora," at once symbolizes the festival in a charming story.
There is also mystery and adventure, as apparent in "The
Hanuka Conspiracy" by A. Schreiber.
Other contributing authors of stories in the Hanuka section in-
clude Rabbi Solomon Rosenbiuth, Rabbi Elchanan Wengrow,
Nechama Rosenbaum, Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Sarah Birnhack, Ursala
Lehmann, Rabbi Zevulun Weisberger, Rena Kaplan, Yaffa Ganz. .
Jewish ceremonials, adventure tales, inspirational themes are in
the texts of the general stories authored by Binyamin Goldenberg,
Basya Lenchevsky and Bathsheva Grama, as well as Rabbi Wengrow,
with two stories in addition to his Hanuka tale to his credit. Weis-
berger and Rena Kaplan are also included in the Hanuka collection.
The continuity which marks the publication of the Olomeinu
series is an indication of a family spirit in the Torah Umesorah
movement. Parents, teachers and children are interlinked in a crea-
tive effort that retains strength by the value of the stories, and most
importantly the identification with an ideal.
It is the authors' concern with the totality of Jewish life that
makes this set of stories, especially those devoted to Hanuka, so
valuable for the young reader.
Treating such historical experiences as the Holocaust, the
Crusades, the Russian Jewish struggles and similar occurrences, the
authors of fiction in this volume make storytelling historically sig-
nificant. -
In this sense also, the day school curricula assume added impor-
tance for their emphasis on Jewish experiences through the ages.