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A Direst of ('ontemporary Opinion
“A SENSE OF HOLINESS”
The Days of Awe which usher in the New
Year fill every Jewish heart with a sense of holi
ness. The feeling which the Days of Awe inspire
goes deeper than a sense of apprehension in the
face of Divine Judgment. It is a feeling of Yirath
Hatomrmuth—a sense of awe and trepidation that
is inspired by the consciousness of the unfolding
event of the “coronation” of the Supreme King
of Kings, bless be He; a coronation in which
every individual Jew participates . . . The “corona
tion” of the Creator of the Universe as the "King
over all the Earth” . . . renews the personal
union of each Jew with God . . . Teshuvah itself
—in its deeper concept as the Return (to the
Source)—is in complete harmony with the essen
tial content of Rosh Hashonah, namely, the event
of the Divine Coronation . . . Unfortunately, for
various reasons, the inspiration engendered by
the Days of Rosh Hashonah and the Ten Days of
Return has not always, nor everywhere, been put
to the best or fullest advantage. In some congre
gations, and in many individuals, the inspiration
evaporated with the passing of the Days of Awe,
without a discemable change or improvement in
the personal day-to-day life of the individual Jew
and Jewess . . . May the spiritual awakening
and inspiration of these days illuminate and per
meate every day of the year so as to intensify
the union between each Jew and God into a pro
found attachment that will express in the daily
life according to and in harmony with the Divine
Torah and Divine commandments. Surely, the
change for the better in the spiritual life will
bring a change for the better in the material
life . . .
Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson,
the Lnbavitch Rebbe
“NEGRO VICTORY AND
JEWISH FAILURE
“I’m scared about the racial picture.” This
is the refrain I hear everywhere from my
Jewish friends. I’m scared, too, but frankly I am
not as worried about Negroes as I am about Jews.
The Negro community is going to win its rights,
however painfully and with whatever violence
may be necessary. The very struggle is giving the
Negro a sense of purpose, something to live for—
and even die for, if necessary. My concern here
is something else. Is the white man in America
losing his soul in hypocrisy as the black man has
to claim his humanity on the streets? And, to be
jnore specific, are we American Jews, comprising
la tiny fraction of the white community, losing our
{integrity in our response to the Negro revolution?
At the risk of being individuals in comparing
Jews to Catholics and Protestants, I think that
American Jewry had a head start in the civil
rights race. In the post World War II America,
Jewish civic protective agencies were the bright
and militant leaders of the civil rights struggle in
the United States. In those days civil rights meant
Jewish rights, too—in employment, housing, edu
cation. Jews needed protection through law
against discrimination . . . White groups-^Jews
included—are no longer the leaders of the civil
rights fight Negroes are . . . The racial revolution
of our time is only now beginning to shake
the American Jewish community from its gen
erally status quo position . . . Jewish organiza
tions, including synagogues, produce too many
leaders who do not lead. They are selected on
the basis of affluence, personality, and a good
business head, and not on the basis of Jewisn
knowledge, commitment, character, or piety. Per
missiveness is at once the blessing and the bane
pf Jewish life in America . . .
i Albert Vorspan, from American Judaism
J5SHK0L TURNS TO GALILEE
The rocky highlands of Galilee ,one of Israel’s
most desolate and isolated regions, are to be de
veloped and settled in the next decade. The am
bitious program, which will cover 262,500 acres,
r as one of the first projects advanced by Levi
shkol when he succeeded David Ben Gurion as
. remier last June. It was recently approved by
Ihe Cabinet . . . The new development area is
bound on the north by the Labanese border, on the
West by the West Galilee plains along the Medi
terranean Sea, on the south by a line extending
Irom Haifa to Tiberius and on the east by the
Vstabltobed settlements around the town of Safad
i . . The successful establishment in the last de
cade of the Lachish agricultural and industrial
center in the south between the Jerusale corridor
gnd the fringe of the Negev has served as a model
the Galilee highlands plan . . .
W. Granger Blair,
The New York Times, from Jerusalem
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YOM KIPPUR
GUEST EDITORIAL
Traditionally it is the day on which God sits in judg
ment over his people. However, Judaism, with its fine sense
of balance, has made this Sabbath of Sabbaths as much an
occasion for human relationships as for religious expression.
God on Yom Kippur—we have it from sacred tomes—only
forgives the sins against heaven. To cleanse ourselves of the
sins that spring from human relations we must ask and re
ceive forgiveness from the aggrieved.
Yom Kippur over the ages has been the most sacred day
on our calendar. In our own age, though we may be lacking
in the piety of our ancestors, the day takes on added signifi
cance because sadly it is the one day when our affluent so
ciety finds time to contemplate higher purpose.
On Yom Kippur we bow to destiny in the hopeful ex
pectation that the decree will yet be altered—through re
pentance, charity and supplication. However, the day’s mercy
is not alone in confession but in quest for new bath. The
zenith of fulfillment on that day comes to us when we have
realized that the path has not been foreclosed to us, that
judgment day is an eternal process and that we must stand
the test always.
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WOOLS FOR 5774
JEWS THROUGHOUT WORLD
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literally changed the face” of
Israel, a minimum of $75,000,000
must be provided in 1963 alone
to aid Israel’s economic develop
ment.
Louis Stern, president of the
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds, called for
rededication to fundamental
Jewish values. He asked for con
crete actions in the fields of
human rights, education, “the
kind of America we help to
build, the kind of Israel we
help to make possible, the kind
of international brotherhood of
all peoples we share in mould
ing.
Emigration was the principal
theme of the holiday message is
sued by Murray I. Gurfein, pres
ident of United Hias Service. He
declared that hundreds of thou
sands of the estimated 3,000,000
Jews in Eastern Europe, North
Africa and the Middle East are
now potential migrants. Dr. Wil
liam Haber, president of the
American ORT Federation, also
touched upon migration. For en
tire Jewish communities, he noted
“this is a new DP era.” More than
17,000 Israelis have been enroll
ed in the ORT schools for the
new academic year, he said.
A. M. Sonnabend, president of
the American Jewish Committee,
emphasized the plight of Russian
Jewry- Mr. Sonnabend declared
that “of primary concern is the
plight of the 3,000,000 Jews in the
Soviet Union, victims of an un
ending campaign of official dis
crimination against their religious,
educational, economic and cultur
al life.” Rabbi Joachim Prinz,
president of the American Jewish
Congress, called upon the Jew
ish people to pledge further sup
port to Israel and “extend our
hand in comradeship to those of
our brethren overseas who have
been cut off from contact with
us.”
JEWISH CALENDAR
•YOM KIPPUR
Saturday, September Zt
•8UCCOT
Thursday, October S
(First Day)
Friday, October 4
(Second Day)
•HANNUKAH
Wednesday, December 11
•Holiday begins
preceding evenings
Friday, Sept. Z7, 1843
Topic of the Day
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By DAVID BEN ARON E
KENNEDY’S HISTORIC UN
‘ROSH HASHONAH MESSAGE’
As the Hebraic Shofar was sounded throughout
the globe where Jewish congregants gathered in
their respective houses of worship on the second
day of Rosh Hashonah, another significant “shofar”
blast re-echoed in every nook and corner of the
earth from the “Parliament of Man” here in New
York.
It was the resonant voice of the young Ameri
can President John F. Kennedy calling upon all
mankind to do justice and execute righteousness
and “to move the world to a just and lasting
peace.”
No more dynamic and appropriate message
could have been given during this High Holy Day
Season. No spiritual leader anywhere could have
improved upon it. It certainly complemented the
solemn prayers of the House of Israel at this sea
son of the year.
In the might of spiritual fortitude and in har
mony with Israel’s own prayerful plea, the Presi
dent scored all forms of bigotry and called upon
all nations to settle their differences in the spirit
of the UN Charter.
“But man does not live by bread alone,” Ken
nedy’s voice resounded in the “Temple of Peace”
on Rosh Hashonah ‘,and the members of this
organization are committed by the Charter to
promote and respect human rights,” and he added,
as the 111 member delegations sat spellbound in
their seats, “Those rights are not respected when
a Buddhist priest is driven from his pagodah,
when a synagogue is shut down, when a Protest
ant church cannot open a mission, when a Cardi
nal is forced into hiding, or when a crowded
church service is bombed.
“The United States of America,” Kennedy told
the world body, “is opposed to discrimination and
persecution on grounds of race and religion any
where in the world, including our own nation. We
are working to right the wrongs of our own
country We do not hesitate to condemn racial
or religious injustice, whether committed or per
mitted by friend or foe.”
The Kennedy message, which urged the na
tions to mobilize ‘the weapons of science and
technology” in the battle against disease, poverty
and illiteracy, had a sobering effect upon all the
General Assembly delegates and it gave much
food for thought to those states who believe that
war is the only solution to political conflicts.
“Peace,” he said, “doess not rest in the charters
and covenant alone. It lies in the hearts and minds
of all people . . .”
Whether or not the Kennedy ‘Rosh Hashonah
Message" for peace had any impact upon the mal
content Arabs who seek the annihilation of Israel
—the coming debates in this 18th General As
sembly will reveal.
One thing is certain: the American position
has been made crystal-clear before all mankind.
No state can afford to disregard it.
Talmudic Treasures
COLLECTED AND TRANSLATED BY
JACOB L. FRIEND
Samuel (one of the Talmudic authors),
was well versed in medicine, and drank only
boiled water.
We must bear in mind that the authors
of the Talmud touched upon scientific prob
lems only in so far as they related to the
religious questions under discussion. For this
reason many of their passages are just frag
mentary, yet they afford a keen and deep
insight into the profound, comprehensive and
well-nigh unbelievable knowledge of these
ancient sages in a time and age when such
was rather the exception than the rule among
world’s nations and people.
Speaking of anatomy, here is what they
said on it: There are 248 members (bones,
joints) in the male body and 252 in the fe
male; 365 cords (sinews, tendons, muscles,
arteries). The 248 “members” are as fol
lows: 30 in each foot, 10 in each ankle, 2 in
each lower leg, 5 in each knee, 1 in each thigh,
3 in each hip—11 ribs on each side—30 in
each hand, 2 in each forearm, 2 in each elbow,
1 in each upper arm, 4 in each shoulder—101
on each side, for a total of 202, plus 18 links
in the spine, 9 members in the head, 8 in
the neck, 6 in the breast, and 5 in the aper
tures.