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New Year's
Greetings
to all our friends
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ATLANTA, OA.
—Where We Study A
New W<jfl<J—
ROBERT SCHARF
President
CE. 3-0136
ERIC JACOBSON
Secretary
W.
GREETINGS
and
BEST WISHES
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
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PIONEER
WOMEN’S
Organization
of Atlanta
Chapter I
* and
Golda Meir Chapter
ATLANTA, GA.
New Year Message
Opportunity — Not Miracles
By RABBI SYQffEy K. MOBSMAN
SPIRITUAL LINDER
SheuiUi Iwael Syn^*.Ifr AMV 1 *
Most of us either conscious
ly or subconsciously are wait
ing for miracles. Some get up
loth hoping that the prob
lems of t£e <J*y tyUl miracul
ously disappear; others just
close their eyes and wish for
the miracle; still others get
into as comfortable a position
as possible and pray for the
miracle. Probably the great
est disappointment of the
present era is that we elected
Kennedy and not a single
miracle has taken place to
cure the world of its critical
ills. The Cold War goes on
and the Iron Curtain is still
U V
sped
Then
fe have even set aside
I cial days for miracles,
ere is Mother’s Day, the
day when mothers expect
that a miracle will happen
and their children will bo
perfpct, their frustrations end
ed and they will live happily
for ever after. Then there is
Father’s Day, the day when
fathers expect a miracle tp
happen and tljeir children
will d4 pfctfect, their frustra
tions ended and they too will
live happily for ever after.
Tijen there is Rosh Hashonah
anij Yom Kippur, the days
when Rabbis expect that p
mlrfSle will happen and from
tppp on their synagogues will
bo jammed every Shabba*,
l&eir culturals will be filled
with eager adults, their con
gregants will bring about ap
overflow of every activity
and they too will live happily
ever after.
The Cold War goes on; the
Iron Curtain is still up; Ken-
mothers
jthers are
are frus
trated and even the miracle
wishing rabbis are frustrated-
Evqn on Rpsh Flash on ah anjd
Yom Kippur, the two most
sacred holidays of the Ameri
can Jeff's calendar, no mir
acles occur.
Yet without miracles we
somehow continue to coexist
l^lew l^ear
Atlanta Chapter
Women's American ORT
MRS. JACK BRESSLER,
President
BEST WISHES
FOR A
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Congregation Beth Jgpob
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Officers and Trustees
Rev. Philip Rosenblatt
Beth Jacob Men’s Club
with Russia, stay married,
rear children, and congrega
tions still function- unfor
tunately dP^evgr, they all
seepi to be existing 93 the
same level of anxiety and
frustration. This is tragic. Fqr
there fpay not be very much
that ippst of us can do about
solving the problems of the
Cola War and bringing down
the Iren Curtain, Dpt surely
it within our means to
solve pjany of the previews
that confrqnt us as human
beings with regard to our re-
latftjnslpp tq other human be
ings and to our G-d. These
require no miracles. They
take a little extra effort, 9
little deeper understanding, a
little ipore dftiire |q dq some
thing abopt them. If only we
CQpid get rid qf this “miracle”
fantasy and get down tq repj-
it L "
Rosh Hashqnah ap4 Y<MO
Kipppr cquje as reminders of
the realities of life qqt as
days for fqncifpl dreaiR^s;
they remind us that reality
can be lived jyith. They
hopeful days |qr roqn qpi re
pent, man can be sorjry, map
can he fqrgiven pnd ahqve
all that mqn is capable qf
change. Tedious, qftifpes ihh"
QfiqUs, perhaps abppst insyp-
mquntaple.are tjp? elements
apd aspects of inper
but Rosh Hashonah and Yom
Kippur are there to give us
the hope that it can happen.
Not through a miracle, not
through w thinking, fat
by effort, by understanding
and inner integrity. Thqy
present the opportunity to
bring down the ilun Curtain
that many have erected be
tween tbeipselvqs and thflir
fellow man; they are the days
when our own Cold War with
our faith cpn be brought to a
peaceful ppd
G-d bless all of you with
the courage to face the reali
ties of yopr lives in the com
ing year; G-d grant you the
fortitude to achieve victory.
1961
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In the book of life, blessing, peace and
gqqd sustenance, may we be remembered and
inscribed, we, and all Thy people, the House
of Israel, for a happy life and peace.
THE ATLANTA CHAPTER
WOMEN OF AMERICA
Tovab Tibasem
HOLIDAY
GREETINGS
TO
The Atlanta
Jewish Community
FROM
Congregation, Beth El
Atlanta’s Youngest Synagogue
Abffthajp Qfrren^tfip, I$aty>i
Rojaqd Skhlesinger, Prudent
and
Beth El Sisterhood
and
Beth El Brotherhood
opt) njw|>
May the New Year bring to you
and your family health, happi
ness. peace and prosperity.
OR VE SHALOM
Congregation and Sisterhood
1855 La Vista Rd„ N.E.
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