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Page 4 Tfte Southern Israelite Executive Office*: 161 Spring St., N. W. i Published In Atlanta Monthly by THE SOUTHERN NEWSPAPERS ENTERPRISES. Inc., M. STEPHEN SCHIFFER, Managing Editor Subscription Rates: 15 Cents Single Copy, 11.50 Per Year In Advance. Entered as second class matter at the Postoffice at Atlanta, Ga., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879. All communications for publication should reach this office not later than 1st and 15th of each month. | The Southern Israelite Invites corresoondenc* and literary contributions, but the Editor Is not to be considered as sharing the views expressed by the writers except those enunciated In the Editorial columns. L’Shanah Tovah Tickosevu “May you be enscribed in the book of life for A Happy New Year” As each year fades into oblivion, each of us stops his daily toils, to review his experiences of the past year in affairs Jewish and otherwise. We weigh our actions on the scales of Life, pray ing that the good may overbalance and overshadow the evil. In the passing of time, we do not consider the significance of our deeds, but act to suit our desires and comfort. Let us not forget that we have something other than our happiness to live for. We have our families, our honor, and our race. Surely, we would not wish the hard-earned, respect reputation of our People to be blighted by some selfish motive. As this New Year is ushered in, let the spirit of moral obedi- the hard-earned, respected reputation of our People to be blighted ence and spiritual reverence abide within our hearts, for through our outward expressions are our inward feelings exemplified. To all our readers and friends, the staff of the Southern Israelite expresses this wish for continued happiness and sus tenance in the coming year. In the enjoyment of our treasures, let us remember those who are responsible for our happiness, and seek the blessings of Him, by whose kindness we were able to see another year go into the making of an everlasting Jewish faith. “Going Together" The Scriptural reading for the New Year is of course calcu lated to enhance the lesson and the message of the day for the House of Israel in prayer assembled. One of the most pregnant verses in the story of the Akedah, the binding of Isaac, is that which describes how father and son proceeded on their way to Mt. Moriah, “And they went both of them together.’' Were we able to visualize properly the implication of these words, the New Year would come to mean more to us, and all life would be cast along more peaceful, more satisfying lines. For what is implied in the words, “went both of them to gether?” Abraham and Isaac, father and son, old and young, expe rience and faith, accomplishment and hope, yesterday and tom-.r row, past and future, going hand and hand, co-operating and sup. plementing each other. Needless to say, each has its own point of view, its own rights, its own functions and values. Fathers, strange as it may seem to some of their sophisticated sons, have their rights established by precedent, earned by effort, re-enforced by experi- ence. On the basis of these the old may and must live their own lives. They must be “true to themselves,” they must fashion their careers in accordance with their own lights. Furthermore they cannot live, they cannot even wholly fashion, the lives of their children. They can advise, warn and seek to protect the young against the dangers that lurk in the path of the inexperienced. But no more! They cannot regulate the conscious life of the next generation. Even the most loving parents, to use a comely illus tration, cannot “cut teeth” for their young; that is something that each individual must do for himself. Likewise with the young. The vigor that is theirs, the hope that they cherish, the visions they conjure up, the dreams that are theirs and only their’s by virtue of their youth, they cannot share with even the dearest among their elders. Tomorrow is as unquestionably and exclusively their’s, as yesterday is the inalienable possession of the older generation. Even as two centuries and epochs cannot be parallel, so cannot the old and the young be identical. That is why we speak of “conflict between old and young,” and that is why we witness the sad results of the conflict. And yet there must be, there IS a method of co-operation between the generations, a mode of adjustment to each other of old and young. From the standpoint of time, part of the lives of both generations are contemporary. The father’s last years and the son’s first do coincide. In the path of life parents and chil dren can and do walk together. But to keep pace, they must each adjust their gait to the other’s. Does the son lag behind in indif ference or indecision? That will change for the better if the father retard his steps apace. Does the father drag his weary feet, bur dened with age, or perhaps to indulge in sweet memories? Let the son slacken his pace and glimpsing the father’s ideals they will be able to keep in step. Is duty spelled in different terms, do the de mands of life come in varied accents, does ambition beckon to them from different angles? Let them adjust their life and their attitude to each other’s powers and needs, and mutual understand ing will come, a method suitablewfor both, will be found. Such is the message of Rosh Hashonoh for old and new, thf oldest generation and the youngest. Let them “walk together, learning from each other, catering to each other, co-operating "hh each other, strengthened by each other. Thus will Yesterday and Tomorrow be bridged by Today. The Past and the Future will find their transition in the Present. There will need be no gap, no chasm in Jewish life. Generation will dove-tail with generation and in stead of a break in tradition there will be continuity which ha. always been the source of Israel’s strength, the secret of the Je" survival. God grant that in the year Five Thousand Six Hundr Eighty-Nine, Jews the world over may learn the secret of co-operat ing so that they may indeed walk together!'