'No= inn xL7 117 Do NOT PUT Well, A STUMBLING of course. What kind BLOCK BEFORE THE BLIND Leviticus 19:14 of creep would trip a blind person? ut there's more than one kind of blindness. And this teaching is a wake-up call to all of us who'd never think of ourselves as cruel or dangerous. It says we are answerable i f `vve put the y oung, the impressionable or the vulnerable in harm's way. oigfaStieN gts00." And we do that when we • • • • • Abet an addiction Fill teen magazines with ultra-thin models Make lethal weapons available to children Support entertainments that glamorize violence Push the ,sale of chances for "easy money" to people in poverty • (Please add your own example here and return to us) Thousands of years later, this mandate from Leviticus still hits home. That's why, at the Jewish Theological Seminary, we study, interpret and teach sacred texts in light of history, tradition and our changing world — because what they have to say is vital to the choices people make every day. The publication of this High Holy Day message is made possible by: Rabbi Aaron Bergman Cantor Earl Berris Rabbi Leonardo Bitran Rabbi Lee Buckman Rabbi Robert Dobrusin Rabbi Michelle Faudem Rabbi Noah Gamze Cantor Howard Glantz Cantor Ralph Goren Cantor Samuel Greenbaum Rabbi Irwin Groner Cantor Israel Idelsohn Cantor Shalom Kalib Rabbi Joseph Krakoff Rabbi David Krishef Rabbi James Michaels Cantor Chaim Najman Rabbi David Nelson Rabbi Daniel Nevins Rabbi Elliot Pachter Dr. Mark Smiley Rabbi Efry Spectre Cantor Larry Vieder Rabbi Stephen Weiss Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Where Jewish Learning Lives AND THE BUSH WAS NOT contsuma) room an< 3080 Broadway • New York, NY 10027 • www.jtsa.edu 5DM Rabbi lsmar Schorsch, Chancellor; Tom Wexelberg-Clouser, iTS Great Lakes, Director This message for the New Year 5760 is available for publication; permission to reprint is granted. For single copies, please call 212-678-8950. To discuss this message, visit us at www.jtsa.edu/hh. 9/17 1999 Detroit Jewish News 63