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Upon Reaching 45
The SoutheiTi Israelite was founded less than half a dec
ade before the crash of 1929. .. .
It weathered the depression of the early thirties which
shook the very foundation of the economic and financial
stability of this country.
It saw the birth of the New Deal and all the reforms
which followed in subsequent years, which committed gov
ernment to the welfare of people rather than the upbuilding
of corporate wealth. .. . , . ' .
It witnessed the effects of restrictive immigration leg
islation.^ ^ country drawn into a war which threatened
the very fabric of our civilization. The world was on the
verge of falling prey to totalitarian and Nazi domination
which would in turn have become a direct challenge to our
security and freedom. .
It witnessed the holocaust of the Nazis which almost
destroyed and devastated all of European Jewry and about
which we could do little but pray for the victory of allied
arms.
We saw the miracle of modem times, the emergence of
the State of Israel, as a free, sovereign state.
We are witnessing the devious ways of power politics,
a former ally in World War II, Soviet Russia, becoming the
center for cultural and religious genocide of several millions
of the Jewish people within its borders.
We have seen another natural miracle, the victory by
Israel of the Six Day War, and the peculiar twist of contem
porary Jewish history — the Jews, who have always pro
claimed peace, social justice, and the advance of spiritual
and cultural values as their ultimate goals in life, finding it
necessary, in defense of their liberties, to become a profic
ient military power in the Middle East.
v The Six Day War of Israel forged an unbreakable link
in the chain of continuity between the Jews in the Diaspora
and the people of Israel.
We saw the rise of the influence and power of American
Jewry. It is now the largest Jewish community in the world.
We saw the spread of organized Jewish communal institutions
throughout the land. -
In all this the American Jewish press played an important
role in mirroring the events of communal development and
helping shape many of the elements of public opinion.
The question is often asked: Is there a future for Jewish
life in America? Can there be a positive Jewish communal
life in this country?
The answer is of course affirmative — yes! However,
the quality of that life depends upon us. It depends upon
the sort of support we give to the institutions we have cre
ated in this country for the concrete expression of our ideals
and aspirations as Jews and as Americans.
The American Jewish press is native to our soil. It re
flects the efforts of organized American Jewry to carry on
its institutional and social life within the mainstream of
American society.
It mirrors the basic concerns and commitment of Ameri
can Jewry for the survival of Israel.
The American Jewish press is concerned with the pos
itive development of a vital, vibrant Jewish community on
all levels, local, regional, national, overseas and in Israel.
The American Jewish press can become a more vital
link in accomplishing this if it receives the recognition and
support of the leadership in every community.
At times we have faced what appeared to be insurmount
able obstacles, but we have survived, however precariously,
to this day. In this we feel we have paralled contemporary
Jewish history.
On the occasion of our 45 years of publication, The
Southern Israelite rededicates itself to the highest interests
of the Jewish people and to the enhancement of Jewish
communal life within the framework of American pluralism
and our continued respect for differences.
JEWISH CALENOAR
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Oct 10, Saturday
•HOLIDAY BEGINS
SUNDOWN PREVIOUS DAY
SUMMER CAMPS
Jewish summer camping in the United States,
which was motivated only a generation ago by
objectives of health and ration is.now.being
looked upon as a means of bringing Jewish edu
cational influences to various groups of Jewish
^ATthe Jewish camps began their rapid expan
sion, their role in integrating Jewish children
happily and creatively into Jewish life within the
American environment has become more and more
visible. It became obvious that several weeks hi
a Jewish summer camp gives the child more Jew
ish education than many months in the Jewish
school in the city, be it in a one-day school or even
one attended three times a week for just a few
afternoon hours.’
One does not have to go far to look for the
reason of the rise in importance of the Jewish
camp. The reason is clear — the camp has a Jew-
ish atmosphere which the school has not. In
the camp, the Jewish child is 24 hours * day
under the influence of a Jewish environment,
while in the city the influence over him is divided
between the home, the public school, the street
and the Jewish school, with the latter occupying
an insignificant place.
Today there are hundreds of summer camps—
resident camps and day camps—maintained by
Jewish organizations and institutions in this coun
try and in Canada, and their expansion is con
stantly growing every year. In view of the con
tinuing urban crisis, it has become the practice
of some of the Jewish community camps to make
beds available in country camps and spaces in
day camps for non-Jewish children from de
pressed areas. This is being done as a commun
ity service. However, the camps continue to
place a growing emphasis on Jewish contents in
their programs. In doing so, however, they re
tain a focus on aiding children in their physical,
social and emotional development.
• • •
JEWISH EMPHASIS
This summer, the Jewish atmosphere in the
camps in this country and Canada will be strength
ened with the arrival of 250 educators from Israel.
They have been engaged as counsellors and pro
gram specialists in a variety of summer camps.
They will work in 70 Conservative youth camps,
15 Reform youth camps, 75 camps sponsored by
Jewish community centers and in other Jewish
institutional camps.
It is worth noting that more than 17,000 Amer
ican Jewish , youths, aged 10-18, will spend this
summer in 37 summer camps of the Zionist youth
movements throughout the U.S. and Canada. But
these camps are only a fraction the number of
Jewish camps now functioning in this country.
There are the Jewish cultural camps where Jew
ish group living is emphasized. There are Jewish
school camps, which emphasize formal study in
addition to informal educational activities. There
are Hebrew language camps where the motivation
is more toward Hebrew in Jewish culture. There
are the Yiddish camps maintained by the Arbeter
Ring, the Far band, and the Sholem Aleichem
schools. , , .
And there is, of course, also the home camp,
the number of which has grown phenomenally in
recent years. This form of camping is generally
an activity of the Jewish Community Center.
The home camp operates in the city and during
the day only. The children live at home and come
to the camp for the day’s program. Home camps
associated with Jewish schools and Centers incor
porate in their programs some of the activities of
the school.
Wavs of expanding the Jewish educational ele
ment in camping are being explored by Jewish
Centers in consultation with Jewish communal
agencies such as Bureaus of Jewish Education.
In addition to recruiting camp specialists from
Israel, the Jewish Center camps also brought staff
members from Britain last year. A National Con
ference on Jewish Camping was held last year
with a view of pursuing the objective of strength
ening the Jewish emphasis.
• . • •
TWO-WAY STREET
The camp season usually opens a two-way
street to ana from Israel. While the number of
Israeli counsellors for camp work in this coun
try is increasing with every year, the number of
Jewish youths going from the United States to
Israel to participate in summer programs there is
also increasing. This summer, more than 2,800
youths—mostly of high school age—will go to
Israel to attend programs sponsored by the Amer
ican. Zionist Foundation.
A good many of the youths register for working
and living in Kibbutzim. They come from various
types of homes, Orthodox and secular, Zionist
and non-Zionist. For most of them this summer
will be their first trip to Israel, but for a number
it is already the second or third trip. Many of
them are locally organized in groups through Jew
ish community centers and synagogues.
In addition to the youths participating in the
summer programs of the American Zionist Youth
Foundation there are several thousand American
high school and college youths who have enrolled
this summer in programs in Israel sponsored by
the Jewish Agency. They include a number of
collegians who will, during their stay in Israel,
take courses for credit. Four colleges are cooper
ating with the Jewish Agency in this respect.
They are the State University of New York, Rut
gers University, the American University and
Temple University.
, The sumzqer p™g-■>»*■» by the Jew
ish Agency ire designed for 11 different youth
groups, seven of them for teenagers ranging in age
from 13-17. These include Bar Mitzva young
sters between the ages of 13 and 14, who will
spend seven weeks in Israel this summer. There
is also a group of 150 youths from Los Angeles a
group of 80 from Cleveland, and 25 from Detroit.
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45TH ANNIVERSARY cake ... with a layer for
each year of service and luscious icing: sweet and
colorful as the milestones of progress ... and candles
galore . . . But this happy time is not a challenge
to be translated by culinary skill .. . We do however
send The Southern Israelite our sincerest and most
gracious greetings for this landmark in the annals
of journalistic achievement.
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