86 Friday, September 20, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 40—BUSINESS CARDS TORAH PORTION NICE JEWISH BOY The Sabbath Of Return Expert repairs automatic washers and dryers. Dis- hwashers. Kenmore and Whirlpool our specialty, electric ranges, stoves & re- frigerators. Very reason- able. 357.0119 BY RABBI IRWIN GRONER Special to The Jewish News The opening word of this Sab- bath's prophetic portion is shuuah which means return. This word gives this Sabbath, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, its special name, Shabbat Shuvah - The Sabbath of Return. The spirit of this sea- son is conveyed by the words of the prophet Hosea: "Return, 0 Israel, to the Lord, your God ..." (Hosea 14:2). During the season of or Ha-Nefesh, Cheshbon The Family of the Late 53—ENTERTAINMENT The Family of the Late IDA KLAPER MUSIC FOR LIFE Solo pianist or duo- trio-quartet. Bach to Boogie, Jazz & Classical. Parties and all occa- sions. Lessons Also 851.3574 0 SPACE AGE COMPUTER PICTURES Taken of your guests at Bar Mitzvas, wed- . dings, promotional parties, etc. HYMAN MOORE Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in her memory at 11 a.m. Sun- day, Sept. 29, at Hebrew Memorial Park, Radomer Section. Rabbi Rosen- baum will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. Acknowledges with grateful appreciation the many kind expressions of sympathy extended by relatives and friends dur- ing the family's recent bereavement. The Family of the Late The Family of the Late REUBIN SCHWARTZ ANN GREEN Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in her memory at 12 noon Sun- day, Sept. 22, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Yolkut will of- ficiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. Call 863-7736 for info Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in his memory at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at He- brew Memorial Park. Rabbi Gruskin will of- ficiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. IN MEMORIAM 2 Clark Family Player's BIRTHDAY PARTIES and other special oc- casions. Clowns, juggling, magic, music, dance, puppets, balloon sculpture. Call Mary Ellen 273-8718 In loving memory of our beloved father and grandfather HARRY MITZ Never to be forgotten by his children and grandchildren. In memory of MORLEY WOLFE You are sadly missed, but not forgotten. Loving wife, Ruth; children and grandchildren. 7 CARICA:fUR65,.. 1,1 1 CAR% N.5 BY 3U1.105 il 4), ,444,1 ClIEE/11 OW44: ItR PARrios E:f.c. 243-1723 PIANO BAR ENTERTAINMENT You plan the party, I'll bring my own piano and hundreds of tunes. Sing-a-long! Dancing! All Your Requests. JEFF LINDAU, Piano-Song Stylist 646-9531 eves. Gone forever, taken as the Shofar Blasted out Kol Nidre on Yom Kipper Eve, Sept. 26, 1982. You taught us love and family. Always with us, though not here. In Loving Memory Of J. WALTER JONAS Who passed away Sept. 12, .1983 (Sixth of Tishri). Forever in our hearts. Your Loving wife, Carole, and children and rationalizations. "Are others giving more or doing more? Be- sides, I have so many other ob- ligations." We soothe ourselves by these evasions, and we blunt our sensitivity. We are promised atonement during this season: We believe that God forgives us. He will provide atonement for our grievous sins of omission and commission. Though our sins be like scarlet, crimson with rebel- lion and lust, proclaiming our shame, they will be forgiven. At this season, I worry about sins that are not scarlet, but gray. They are not vivid, nor do they stand out in bright stripes and sensational colors. These tired sins of inertia, timidity, carelessness and laziness are dull and drab. Not being con- scious of their pernicious effect, we are not likely to feel remorse or to seek forgiveness for them. Vayelech Shabbat On this Sabbath of Return, let each of us, in the privacy of Shuvah: heart and mind, examine the Deuteronomy small flaws, the little tempta- tions, and the minor failures 31:1-30. Joel that erode the strength of our 2:15-27. character. Let us arm ourselves against them and we shall achieve a triumph of the spirit that will enable us to win God's explosion, by massive rejection. forgiveness. Instead, it is lost by a steady, small leakage. People allow weeks to pass without a reli- Jordan Ready gious thought or a spiritual act, For Peace? and they come to the synagogue Jerusalem (JTA) — A group at this Season of Awe, spiritu- of prominent American Jews ally depleted. People do not lose their faith has come away from meetings by repudiating it in one mo- last week in Amman and Cairo ment. They allow it to evapo- convinced of Jordan's and rate, day-by-day, reserving reli- Egypt's urgent wish to broaden gion only for high dramatic the peace process with Israel. The American Jews, leaders of moments, removing their daily lives from the domain of its the American Jewish Congress, influence. By limiting religion reported to Premier Shimon to three days of the year, they Peres in Jerusalem last Wed.: diminish the strength and sap nesday on their talks with King Hussein, President Hosni the vitality of Judaism. In like manner do we allow Mubarak and top aides to the this process to erode character. two Mideast leaders. One central theme which they We tell somebne to answer the phone and say, "We're out" heard repeatedly in the two when we don't want to be an- Arab capitals, they said, was noyed. We call this a "white that sections of the PLO had in- lie," for after all, it doesn't deed moderated their stance and really hurt anybody. But in the the PLO should therefore "be process, we weaken our resis- put to the test" in a diplomatic tance to untruth, for the sig- process. Prof. Henry Rosovsky of Har- nificant feature of a half-truth is that it's a half-lie. And thus we vard, one of the AJCongresti adjust ourselves to the legiti- group, told reporters his private feeling was that Washington macy of lying. One day a call is made for us should set up talks between for an urgent communal need, Assistant Secretary of State for and we satisfy ourselves with near Eastern and South Asian less than we can give, with less Affairs Richard Murphy and a than we can do. We have a Jordanian-Palestinian delega- great array of excuses, alibis tion. spiritual reckoning, we discuss the serious problems of our time — the grievous evils that sully and mar human existence. But when we think about large prob- lems and vast perspectives, we often ignore the minor deficien- cies, the petty weaknesses, and the small transgressions to which our conscience has been immunized and of which we no longer take much notice. Consider the matter of reli- gion. Jews don't seek to over- throw religion as was the case in the earlier generation of the enlightenment. I rarely encounter, in today's world, a Jewish atheist. Such emphatic denial is no longer considered proper. Religion doesn't depart from our lives by some great THE.CIRCLE OF LOVE ANNE F. BARRON Empty is the poet with no words. Sad is the bird who cannot sing. Lonely are the children without their mothers OH MAMA, MANY ARE THE NIGHTS THAT I LAY IN BED AND IN THE STILL- NESS OF THE NIGHT MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU. IT IS ONLY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE IN PEACE AND ARE ONE WITH G-D THAT MAKES IT - BEARABLE. SO WITH TEARS IN MY EYES I PUT ON PAPER ;THESE WORDS: IT IS NOW TWO YEARS ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER THAT YOU LEFT US, BUT IN TRUTH, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US IN OUR HEARTS. YOUR DAUGHTERS, SANDY AND ARLEEN