Jewish Community Council DELEGATE ASSEMBLY HIGH HOLY DAYS Celebrating Continued from preceding page A LIVING HISTORY IN TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN JEWISH POETESS EMMA LAZARUS by JUDY GOLDSTEIN Wednesday, October 22, 1986 8:00 P.M. United Hebrew Schools Auditorium 21550 W. Twelve Mile Rd. Southfield Leon S. Cohan, presiding splIZER Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Spitzer and Mr. & Mrs. Avrohom Plotnik would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Of Harvard Row THE LARGEST HEBREW BOOK SHOP. IN THE MIDWEST We Have High Holiday MACHZORIM For All Synagogues In The Detroit Metropolitan Area Just Arrived ISRAELI Esrogim & Lulovim at reasonable prices Super Special • 1 I I I I 6 Doz. Israeli Dripless I I I 249 I CANDLES I I 1 Exp. 10/27/86 1611•111•• $ good with coupon only ■ 111111M111111111111•11111111MIIIIMIMININNIMMEM1111111111111111 1 1 SPITZER'S 26 Friday, October 10, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Hebrew Book & Gift Center 11 Mile & Lahser, Southfield Harvard Row Mall 356-6080 open All Day Sunday person withdrew a paper from the containers being passed around, and read it aloud. These papers proved to be a meaningful addition to the list of sins in our mahzors. As a participant in this new custom, I felt a sense of re- lease, and a sense of a new beginning, when I saw all our slips of paper burn and the smoke rise into the night air after a long day of fasting and prayer. Fasting is another aspect of Yom Kippur that you can dis- cuss with your child. He may be surprised that there are positive reasons for fasting, that it isn't only a way of punishing ourselves. In The Jewish Kids Catalog, (Jewish Publication Society, Phila., 1983) Chaya M. Burstein says, "Being hungry makes us think of people who don't have enough food to eat and makes us want to help them. The Talmud says that after a per- son eats and drinks he has but one heart, for himself alone. Before a person eats and drinks (when he is fast- ing) he has two hearts, one for himself and one for all hungry people." Another reason for fasting is to focus our minds on spiritual thoughts and raise our consciousness to that of angels. As Ruth Kolodoy ex- plains in The Book of Jewish Holidays (Behrman House, Inc., N.Y., 1981), we fast so our minds "will be entirely clear for praying and speak- ing closely to God. We don't want to take the time to eat, and we don't want to spend our energies on everyday thoughts like food." Traditionally, children un- der thirteen don't have to fast. However, by the age of nine, children can skip a snack or breakfast, or post- pone a meal for an hour or two, as a way of beginning to • fast. By talking to your child about "teshuvah," about fasting, about asking forgive- ness, by reading him the story of Jonah, and by encouraging him to say he's sorry to some- one he has wronged over the year, you will help him understand some of the con- cepts behind this Day of Atonement. He will begin to understand that the meaning of Yom Kip- pur is not found in outside symbols like a sukkah or mat- zah. Rather, it is found inside ourselves, in a process that leads to inner growth and change. Israel Wants Peace Shamir Tells UN United Nations (JTA) — Israeli Foreign Minister Yit- zhak Shamir told the United Nations last week that "Israel remains anxious and willing to move the peace pro- cess forward without delay." In an address to the Gen- eral Assembly, Shamir cited Israel's 1979 peace treaty with Egypt which he said "was in- tended to be the first in a series of treaties that to- gether would constitute a comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israel conflict." Shamir, who was scheduled to take office as Prime Minister upon his return to Israel under the unity coali- tion government's rotation of power agreement, said, "We turn again to the leaders of our Arab neighbor with an outstretched hand of peace. Let us bring an end to belli- gerency and hatred. Let us make real the hopes for a new era of understanding and coexistence. We shall not spare any effort in this quest. Nor will we give up hope that it will bear fruit." Shamir observed pointedly that Egypt, the only Arab state to sign a peace_ treaty with Israel, has benefitted by it. "With its commitment to the (Camp David) accords, Egypt has gained its prestige and stature. Many of those in the Arab world who once at- tacked and boycotted it are now looking to Egypt to play a leading role in peace negotiations," Shamir said. He appealed directly to King Hussein of Jordan to enter peace talks with Israel. "We recognize that once it decides to respond to our call, Jordan may face considerable opposition from some Arab quarters. This opposition, however, will not be deflected or appeased by such devices as an international con- ference," Shamir said. With respect to Soviet par- ticipation in the Middle East peace process, the Israeli Foreign Minister reiterated past statements by himself and by Prime Minister Shimon Peres that without the resumption of diplomatic relations with Israel and a major change of policy toward Soviet Jews, "it is dif- ficult to see how the Soviet Union could contribute." Shamir devoted much of his address to the major threats facing Israel, the Middle East and the civilized world from terrorism, the escalation of the conventional arms race in the Middle East, the dangers of unclear weapons and the problem of chemical warfare.