"Parents and teachers
cannot be denied the
right to influence
the education of
their children.
WE MUST REPEAL
HOUSE BILL 5128."
GERALD
FOR STATE SENATE
DEMOCRAT
VOTE AUGUST 2
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MATURITY IS
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Individuals and Organizations supporting Gerald Faye for State Senate:
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Alan Abramson
Marianne Adam
Dave Adams
Wm. D. Alexander
Gus Amaru
Curtis Anderson
Carl Austermiller
Neil Atkins
Hank Austin
Tom Baik
Luigi Battaglieri
Annette Bechek
Charles Benjamin
Dorothy Benjamin
Linda A. Berman
Lea Behnkendorf
Herbert Benson
Paula Benson
Allen Bidol
Leslie Biederman
Sheila Blain
Paul Blewett
Michael Bliss
Alan Bogucki
C.A. Boudreau
Richard Bowden
Retha Bragg
Ben Braiker
Rose Braiker
Dan Braude
Nori Braude
Helen Brish
Harvey Bronstein
Josh Bronstein
Marion Bronstein
Brenda Brook
Carol A. Brown
Gladys Burroughs
Jane Campbell
Maureen Carney
Leonard Cole
Bessie Chase
Rodney Chase
Douglas Peter Clason
Carol L. Crew
Bessie Davidson
Mae Davidson
Marilyn Davidson
Morrie Davidson
Pamela Davis
Betty Dimitry
Julie D'onofrio
Mamie Durkin
Peter Durkin
Audrey Elkiss
Stanley Elkiss
Edith Faye
Jefferson Faye
Kirsten Faye
Roberta Feinstein
Dennis Fiems
Susan Fiems
Fern Fine
Rosalind Fuertes Fink
Irving Finkel
Marilyn Finkel
Richard A. Flynn
Ezra Foner
Frona Foner
Cornelia Freedman
David N. Freedman
Jonathan Freedman
Frieda Frazer
Bernice Glossman
Bernard Goldman
Norma Goldman
Julius Goldman
Sherell Gordon
Sunny Gordon
Frances Gunderson
Marjorie Guterman
Joseph Gutmann
Marilyn Gutmann
Brian Hagemann
Kal Hanna
Lois Haron
Martin Haron
Barbara J. Harris
Conne Hollander
David Hoptman
Jim Hudson
Syed Hussain
R. Jack Inch
Alan Jackson
Glenn Jackson
Mark Skobo Jackson
May Jackson
Pamela Jackson
Nicolette Jakobowski
Colleen Kasera
Michael Kasera
Lilly Kern
Catherine A. King
Sara Weiner Keidan
R. Jackson Kinnel
John Kinney
Martha Kinney
Timothy Koerner
Jeanne Korsh
Ruth Kovan
Tom Krupa
Kara Kuuttila
Cheryl Lynn Lake
Bob Lazebnick
Laurie Lazebnick
Jayne Lobert
Judith L. Locher
Kathy Lorencz
Jan Mack
Norma K. Macklin
Julius Arnell Maddox
Barbara Mandell
Steve Mandell
Yvette Mandell
Don Mann
Margie Marks
James A. Mason
Kathleen McCarthy
Barbara McDowell
Elisabeth McFarlane
Laurie C. McKenzie
Tom McPhillips
Michael S. Miller
Barbara Miller
Russell Moffett
Carolyn Moore
Christine Moore
Suretta Must
Thomas D. Nations
Cheryl E, Neumann
Chuck Neumann
Deborah Niemer
Gail Amy Nolin
C. C. Noordhorn
Ann H. O'Grady
William Papo
Haywood J. Pearce
Alan Pearlman
Donna Pearlman
Ted Peters
Michael Petrack
Ken J. Plants
Bob Plec
Lynn Portnoy
Dayle Prinstein
Jay Prinstein
Geannie Psachoulias
Lynn Reed
Jacquelyn Reinertson
Meredith Richter
Sandra L. Ritter
Dennis M. Ritter
Gina Rivette
Gladys Rockind
Mary Ann Rudelic
Donald F Samuel
Joanne Sanborn
E. Lea Schelke
Barbara Schuster
Anne Schwartz
Morrie Schwartz
Rhoda Shuman
Rhoda Sills
Richard L. Smith
Michael J. Smydra
Dr. Dennis Sobol
Remy Solarte
Richarda Spurgeon
Marilyn Stephan
Barry Stern
Kate Stocker
David Stoddard
Randolph G. Ston
Arlene H. Stone
Jeannie Strathman
Kathleen Stuart
William H. Stuart
Uni Susskind
Kegham K. Tazian
Sandra Thornton
Gary Toffolo
Eddie L. Turner
Anne Uriu-Jackson
Carl Vann
Alfred Varone
Janis Waxenberg
Marie Weng
Faye Weinberg
Larry Weinberg
Arthur Wiggins
Susan Wilkinson
Bill Williams
Nancy Williams
Joel Winston
Julian Winston
Kathy Winston
Laurie Winston
Mary Winston
Paul Winston
Peter Winston
Susan Winston
Seymour Wolfson
Charles Yeramian
Daniel Young
Robert Zemke
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I
n this week's sedrah we read
a portion of the farewell ad-
dress of Moses to the Jewish
people. In a remarkable verse,
Moses admonished his people in
the following manner: "And now,
Israel, what does the Lord your
God require of you, only to fear
the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul. To
keep the commandments of God
and His statutes, which I com-
mand you this day for your good"
(Deut. 10:12-13).
The Talmud was shocked by
this statement. What does the
Lord require of us — only to do
all of these things? "Is the fear of
heaven so simple a matter —
such a small thing?" The Talmud
answers: "Yes, for Moses the fear
of heaven was a small thing" (Be-
rachot 33b).
Moses had reached that height
of spiritual attainment that he
could almost instinctively do the
proper thing in any given situa-
tion. For him, even the fear of
heaven and observance of God's
commandments were simple and
natural responses.
What about us? To us, Yirat
Shamayim, the fear of heaven
and differentiating right from
wrong are highly complex and
challenging affairs. It would be
easy if every situation came to us
neatly packaged as black or
white. We would simply choose
white and reject black and live
happily ever after. But what do
we do when we are presented
with various shades of gray? How
are we to decide which is the
proper color, which is the correct
alternative?
"Thou shall not steal." But
what if your family is starving
and only the stolen loaf of bread
stands between them and star-
vation?
Truth is a noble ideal of our
tradition. But do we tell the truth
at all times, without exception?
Should a physician tell the bru-
tal truth when a patient asks the
nature of a terminal illness?
Should he add mental anguish to
the patient's physical suffering
by telling the whole truth?
Life presents us with various
options and paths to righteous
and ethical living.
Often, each has much to corn-
mend it. Yet we can not always
take both roads. If we choose one,
we must forsake the other. And
the question is, which road to
choose? The fear of heaven is
hardly a simple matter for com-
mon mortals who have not
achieved the spiritual eminence
and stature of a Moses.
And yet, the rabbis were not
begging the question when they
observed that the fear of heav-
en and proper conduct were sim-
ple matters even for Moses.
Perhaps, these requirements
were not simple matters for
Moses.
Let us remember that Moses
was not born the altruistic inch-
vidual he was later to become. He
was raised in an alien environ-
ment, steeped in idolatry. He was
educated as an Egyptian, di-
vorced from his parents, his peo-
ple and their tradition. And yet
he never forgot his roots and as
he grew he reshaped his life in
accord with the noble mandates
and purposes of our faith.
Shabbat Ekev:
Deuteronomy
7:12-11:25
Isaiah
49:14-51:3.
This is what the rabbis were
implying in their statement.
Proper conduct was a simple
thing for Moses because he made
it so by his actions, commitment
and by a program of self-educa-
tion in ethics and morality.
Such a program is possible for
every person. See the end of
Moses' statement, which is, in ef-
fect, an explanation of the begin-
ning. We are asked "only to fear
the Lord." How does one achieve
that? "By walking in all His ways.
By keeping His commandments
and His statutes."
That is the purpose of the en-
tire regimen of the mitzvot of Ju-
daism. The undertaking and
observance of these rituals and
commandments enable us to re-
fine our natures, so that we, too,
can intuitively select the proper
road in life from among all the
many alternatives.
The psalmist capsulized it so
well: "Teach me Your way, 0
Lord, and lead me in the straight
path." LI
The Zeppelin (a blimp with a
rigid frame) should really be
called The Schwarz, since in
1897 a Hungarian Jew,
David Schwarz, invented the
experimental transportation
device. However he died
shortly before it was tested
and it was later perfected by
Count von Zeppelin.