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Wednesday, September 14 Evening Service 6:15 p.m. Thursday and Friday September 15 and Mi Sliachris 7:00 a.m. Torah Reading . . . , 9:00 a.m.. Shofar 9:30 a.m. Sermon , 10:00 a.iii. Musaf 10:30 a.m. Junior Congregation 10:30 a!m. Evening Service . . . . 6:15 p.m.

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Wednesday, September 14 First Service 7:15 p.m. Second Service . . . . . . 9:15 p.m. Thursday, September 15 Morning Service ... 10:00 a.m. Children's Service .. 3:0Q p.m. The Children's Service is pri» marily for children in the Sunday Division of the Religious School: Kindergarten through fourth grade.

o By Mickey Gerellclc On this page, and throughout this issue of tho. Jewish Press are pictures of Omaha Jewry. Borne pictures aro very old; eome are brand new. All tho pic.turcs have been printed in this Bpecial issue to tell a very special story. The story Is about YOU and something the (scholars call "Continuity of Judaism." Here's how it nil happened.

We've heard a great deal In recent years about "Vanishing Jews" and "Irrelevant Religion." In fact this newspaper has carried the news items, the statistics, the scholarly predictions of the Demise of American Judaism. Each tlmo I read an item of this kind, I became increaaingly doubtful. I did not question the wisdom of tho scholars, nor did I doubt the accuracy of tho statistics. A problem existed, to bo Btire. At Uio kumi

time, I couldn't help feeling that (hero was another sido to the coin, As an American Jew I, peraonally, felt very alive and vital. I saw" many around me exhibiting the same sttao of "Jewish good health." And so I began tt research project of my own. Research I limited my research to (ho Omaha Jewish community. I Investigated YOU: your parents mid grandparents; your children and grandchildren. The themo ol ttils New Year's edition Is

dedicated to the results of my research. First of all I found that while wo may ba oiling a bit as a Jewish community, we'ro a long way from dying. Perhaps there aro a few weak links, but not enough to break the chain of Jewish continuity between generations past, and generations yet to come. I found that the spirit of Judaism, the wisdom of tho Bible, the traditions of our people, still permeate In the daily lives of tlie majority 0' Individuals who, collectively, make up our Jewish community, In reading old newspapers,

scrapbooks and reports, thera was, to be sure, areas I found for regret. But for each Jewish child who "vanished" from Judaism In adulthood, I found scores more who carried nn with new vitality, the traditions of their fathers. Illustrations On these pages you will., see some pictorial illustrations of the continuity of Jewish life in our community. Be it in the ritual of lighting Hanuka candles or in the ceremony of Bar Mitzvah, the unique ideas and ideals of Judaism arc being transmit(Continued on Page 2)

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Thanks Any New Year's edition requires a tremendous amount of time when the editor is the lone member of the newspaper staff. The theme tliis year necessitated many additional hours of research, as well as long hours of "leg work'1 to gather and assemble the pictures. It could not have been done without help, and I was fortunate in getting a great deal of excellent volunteer assistance. My thanks to my friends who pitched in and helped with the proofreading and ad copy when the time was getting down to the wire: to Stan Lipsey who once again helped with the layout of the paper: to Dan Katzman who filled in with some needed photography. Most especially, my thanks goes (o Ilulh Katzman who voluntarily spent many long hours helping with (lie planning, research and execution of tile theme for (his edition. Without ber help, it could not have been done.

Head about Hie experiences of an Omaha Jewish (e-t'iiagcr lhhig in firrmany. I.earn the results of a survej on Teen Thoughts about Parents, See the irrnage views on war . . . on the meaning of Hosh Ilashaua . . . on the 'isolation' of being a teenager. All this, and mor? will be found in the Special Teen Section which starts on Page 28 of this edition. Written and edited by our local lecn communiiy, this section features unusual, t h o u g h t-provoking, exciting items for adults and terns alii.-*. 1M)NT MISS IT!

IJy Ilabbi Samuel J. Fox QUESTION: Why do some people refrain from eating nuts on Rosh Hashaiia? ANSWKK: Rabbi Moses Isrrles traces this practice to the Maharil. Two reasons are cited. First, the mmierical equivalence of the letters which go into making up the Hebrew word for "nut" (egozl is equal to that of the letters which go into making up the word "sin" (diet). Secondly, it was feared thai the consumption of nuts would irritate the throat. causing extra mucus to form and would create a 'Continued from Pnge 1) . disturbance during the services in the synagogue ted from one generation' to tlie brought about by so many people attempting to next. The Biblical quotations clear their throats. # ? * which accompany each pictorial QUESTION: Why do many Jews go (o Ihr ' display serve as testimony of riverside to offer special prayers on Itosh Hashthe relevance of the Bible in. ana afternoon (Tashlich)? modern Jewish life. ANSWKK: The source of this custom is not [_ Obviously the illustrations do clear. Some trace this to he the scapegoat sacrinot touch on all aspects of Jewfice in the Book of Leviticus and explain that the Rabbi Fox ish life. Limited by space and availability of pictures, much ressins-of i n s the e people p p are ppassed on to the fish in the waters. Others claim that by praying near water where there mains untold. Each generation in our comarc fish, one can see man as helpless as the fish, who are rendered munity has produced leadership. tragically destitute when they are taken out of the water. Thjs is From father to son, mother to supposed to teach man to stay within the confines of his faith and daughter, have passed the deditradition, which is his only hope for survival. Others see in water cation to serve; the energy and the sense of the continuity of life, which flows through various wisdom to lead. stages—even evaporating sometimes into the atmosphere and com- In his social life, his family ing down again in the form of rain. The latter, for instance, gives life, his involvement with the synagogue, his activities in the us faith in the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. Others see community, his business and the water as a symbof of purity, since the biblical method of purify- professional e n d e a v o r s , the ing man from impurity was to immerse him in water or to sprinklo Omaha Jew today still demonstrates the teachings of his faith. him with some liquid containing water. A new era of Jewish history is being written in America. Ours is a tradition ripe with the wisdom of years; a tradition which has'survived through the ages because it has been able to adapt itself to new thoughts «md neyv conditions. Rooted in the teachings of Torah, encomFrom passing the highest ideals of mankind, what better place for Judaism to flourish than in the freedom of America. It is to that idea that this issue of the Jewish Press is dedicated. A note of optimism at the start of another New Year, There is continuity in the Jew50th and Dodge ish life of our community. The truths of the Ilible are still relevant In modern life. Changed perhaps, but not vanished, (he Jewish People lives with every reason to believe that the host Is yet to come.

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"On the eve of Hosh -Ha.shanah and the High Holy Days, I Pin pleased lo extend to my fellow Americans of .the Jewish faith my warn) greetings for a Happy New Year. These are the days when we arc reminded that the perfect society is one which we must work to create and fashion in this world and in our own time. The prophets taught, the Jewish people never to falter in the world-wide search for the betterment and peace of mankind and never to leave the conflict against the forces of discrimination and poverty. These are precepts which were inherited by our forefathers from those who received them at Sinai. They are beliefs which have been given new and forceful expression in the State of Israel, where they were first proclaimed and where Hosh Ha.shanah prayers were first uttered. On this nosh Hashanah, let us pray together for a tranquil society both in this country and around the globe. And let us ask that the heavy hand of tyranny be lifted wherever it exists and that all become equal as they are equal before God." LYNDON B. JOHNSON President of the United States

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be fun to see how many people This i3 a unique contest — without prizes — and the rules are simple. Just send us your list of the people you can identify. Starting next month, we will reprint the pictures identifying as many as we can. At the same iime we will announce the names of the entrants in our contest who made the correct Identifications, It could be tun. Look at the pictures closely— one of the people in that 20year-old photograph could be you! Send contest entries lo: Mrs. Robert .CSerciick The Jewish Press 101 North 20th St. Omaha, Nebraska

Hen Gurjon At «0 Pagi- 11 The Bar Mitzvuh Circuit: A frank discussion of the evils of Bar Mitzvah parties Page 'H Challenges of the New Year Page 39 Rosh Hashana Recipes Page 11 The Rabbi: A Commentary from the writings of the late Rabbi Moris Adler Page 50 The Year in Sport Page I-I Black Jews Plead— Don't Forsake Us" ..Page 13 Synagogue Membership: A discussion of the high cost of 'belonging' Page 35

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Can Jewish Me By KAKKY LACTEK How docs die young American Jew respond to the call of the . shofar? What meaning d o e s Rosh Hashana have to the student whose only contact with the synagogue comes during the High Holy Days? As a recent college graduate, these questions are close to me, and. hopefully, the answers that I'm able to give can be of use to those who through the years have drifted away from the student's world. Potentially, Rosh Hashana can have much meaning to students :—whose years and lives are measured*in school semesters. The Jewish New Year, falling as it usually does near the beginning of the fall term, marks the true beginning of the student's year. At that time, more than sny other, students think about and make resolutions concerning their lives. How does Rosh Hashana fit into this picture? For many of the Jewish students I know, there seems to be little association between their world and the Holy Day. Many students who attend services do so only to maintain family harmony, and seem to show little inclination to continue observing Rosh Hashana after they leave the shelter and control of the home. Search for Meaniag That's not to say that the Rosh Hashana service passes by the Jewish student who attends as if it were a dull lecture at school. Its beauty and the history behind it cannot fail to impress even the most uninterested student. But the young Jew frequently finds himself searching for a meaning which

he can relate easily to his cul- Jews consider Judaism a relitural environment. Perhaps it is gion only for their parents and hypocritical to search for values grandparents—the older generwhich seem more appropriate ation. If this opinion is to be to one's life than those offered, changed—and I think that it has but students are accustomed to doing this and the fact that it not reached yet the stage where happens should be understand- it will he unresponsive to any motivation—the impetus must able. come at a time when the young Family and Future Jew is attending a temple servRealizing that Ro.sh Hashana ice. The High Holy Days, as the is a time to reflect on the past year, the young Jew frequently t i m e when concessions are1 stops to think about his relation- made to the "older generation' ship within his family. It is cer- regarding attendance seems the tainly common for the High ideal opportunity. Holy Days to be one of the few An Answer periods during the year when all What I'm leading to Is the of the family's members can bo together for the better part of a idea that perhaps a recognition is necessary on the part of temfew days. ple leaders of the special nature Rosh Hashana is also a time cf Rc-h Hsshar.a with regard to to think about the future year the increase in the number of and years. What part will organ- young Jews who are present at ized religion play in one's mar- services then. The High Holy ried life? How much of Judaism Days are certainly given special will or should be passed along consideration with regard to apto one's children? All of these peals for contributions, and I thoughts and questions p a s s imagine most Jews would conthrough the mind of the young sider an appeal directed at havJew at R o s h Hashana—but ing young people rp.i|i/<> the rewhere are the answers? lationship between Judaism and their lives more important. Which Way? Hie rabbis and others who If the Jewish religion does conduct and organize the serv- have meaning for people Of all ice are clearly in a difficult po- ages, and I'm sure there is no sition. Were they to direct (he question that it has, it should be services more specifically to- dynamic about presenting that ward questions and values im- meaning at the most opportune portant io young Jews, the great time. majority of the congregants As one who is in danger of would be short-changed. Dut being passed over, or—perhaps without increased meanln g f u 1 more correctly—allowing myself motivation, future generations to be passed over by Judaism, will undoubtedly find rabbis de- I speak with some urgency. I livering sermons before a great think that, unless a more direct many more empty seats—even appeal is made to Jewish youth on Rosh Hashana. during Rosh Hashana, human I think the problem is clearly inertia will create rather serious outlined. With, I think, reason- 'consequences for the future of able justification, many young my religion.

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'Therefore shall a man leave his (other and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, rind they shall he one flesh1 Genesis 2:24

Bridegroom Arnold Kent Altsulcr Ira Berck Alan Zell Booth Michael G. Canar Jerry Cipinko Alan Lewis Cohen Steve Dloogoff George Drolson Richard K. Einstein Alan Farber Gerald Fereastein Brian Garson Spencer Gilbeit Elliot Goodman Robert Gordman Ronald J. Greene Nathan E. Jacobs James M. Kngen Lawrence J. Kavich Marvin Kirke Thomas Kully Paul Kutler Werner Levy Keith Liberman Fred Miltlcman Dr. Gordon Moore Harlan J. Noddle Morris Novick Dennis Passer William Peck Dr. F. Jay Pepper Alan Ribakoff Bob Rich Ross Segall Thomas R. Steiner Stuart Tucker Walter E. Wise Irving Veitzer

ItiiriiJoan E. Lcvi Judi Katz Andrea M. Raskin Deanne Ruth Shapiro Marilyn Kaplan Anne Bernstein Michelle Aronoff Kochclle Rt-iss Margaret Anderson Eileen Davis Maxine Lippctt Terri Nogg Donna Kaiman Sharon Frank Ellen Ztljn&ky Konia Sternberg Gladys Brandt-is Nancy Lvnn Jnbrnis Andrea Gay Bookey Hcdy Nathan Sandra Turek Judy Davidson Mimla Friedman Patricia Jameson Hclene Coien C'harloite Brodkey Nancy Farber Smith Clara Parker Holly Joseph Barbara Kutler Rodella Swigart Robin Fletcher Joan Brookstein Judy Wohlner Susan Gilmore Ellen Goldstein Sandra L. Henderson Gail Arlene Schwartz

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Federation Of Jewish Women's Purpose To cooperate with the Jewish Federation of Omaha in carrying out its cominunitywide-funclions. To participate as a unit in any city-wide Jewish cause. To represent the Jewish women cf Omaha in the comniunity-atlarge. To promote inter-club friendliness, understanding and good will in the Jewish community. To discuss group activities and objectives to gain better understanding of eacli other's programs. To maintain a calendar to prevent conflict in program activities. President Mrs. A. C. Fellman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Sam Katzman Mrs. Morton Richards Secretary Mrs. Marlon Somberg

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Lodges Purpose To help unite persons of the Jewish faith in the work of promoting their highest interest and those of humanity, by inclucating the principles of philanthropy, honor and patriotism, of supporting science and art, alleviating the wants of the poor, needy and sick and coming to the rescue of victims of persecution.

Cornliuskcr No. 1760 President Dr. James I. Wax Vice-Prcsldcnls Howard Kaslow Stan Levin Peter Brodkey Secretaries Sidney Spciglman, Recording Seymour Steinberg, Corresponding Josef Mayer, Financial Trrasiirpr

John Anderson Chaplain Melvin Weiss Warden , Marvin Abramson Guardian Harold Siporin Trustees Harold Novel:. Richard Fellman, Edward Stein

Purpose Supporting hospital at the Dr. PhiJip 'Slier Jewish Home for the Aged. Visitations io the Lincoln Hospital. Private medication aid and general help to the needy. President Mrs. Jake Wine Vice-Presidents President Mrs. Fred Hahn. Ben F. Shricr Mrs. Morris White Vice-Presidents A. Dan Gordman Secretaries Mrs. William Epstein, Financial Harold Garber Mrs. Sam Fried. Corresponding Norman Korney Treasurer Mrs. P. Flatowitz, Recording Marvin Kaplan Treasurer Secretaries Mrs. Sylvia Ros.s Miles S. Remer, Recording Federation Women Moses K. Kagan. Financial Mrs. Nathan Giniple Guardian Chairmen Gary Gerclick Mmes. Dave Wine, Ben Kalin, Warden Philip Batt, Leonard Lewis, Louis C. Rich Curt Frankel, Abe Krantz, Chaplain Ruth Venger, Harry Sidman. Joseph S. Goldware Trustees Earl Siegel, Lou Canar, Sam Poilak, Dr. Benton Kuller, Bert Render.

Henry Monsky

Purpose To perpetuate Judaism in philanthropic, religious and social endeavors, helping all religions and people; widows, orphans, mentally and emotionally ill, physically ill and youth.

Cornbusker Chapter President Mrs. Gordon Elewitz Vicc-Presidents Mrs. Sam Cooper Mrs. David Cooper Mrs. Ed Parker Mrs. Harry Richman Secretaries Mrs. Richard Rosenthal — Recording Mrs. Maynard Finkle—Financial Mrs. Marcel Kahn—Corresponding Treasurer Mrs. M. I. Greenspan, Federation Women Mrs. Arthur Teitelbaum

Henry ionsfcy President Mrs. Dehnar Klein Vice-Prcsidents Mrs. Arthur Walker Mrs. Maurice Karpen Mrs. Ann Gitnick Secretaries Mrs. William Abrahams, Recording Mrs. Abe Polikov, Financial Mrs. Charles Guss, Corresponding • .'•...•' Mrs. Charles Fisher, Dues Treasurer Mrs. Harry Abramson Counselor Mrs. Hervey Gershien

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President Nathan Lerman Vice-President Rev. Bernard Gurtenstein Secretary Abe Miller. Recording , • Treasurer A. A, Yossem, Financial Secretary Board J. Kaplan, A. Epstein, Stanley Gross, Milton Nearenberg, A. Kaplan, Jzzie Garsick, B. Lindenbaum.

Labor Zionist Order

Purpose To strengthen Jewish cultural life, to help the State of Israel financially and politically, to participate in all movements which help to build a better world. Chairman Milton Nearenberg Vice-Chairman Carl Rosenberg Secretaries Benjamin Klaiman, Financial Sam Rifkin, Recording Treasurer L. Friedman Board Members Sol Ash, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shrago, Isidore Forbes, Sam Richman, Aaron Zeiderman.

Purpose To aid, support and maintain the three libraries at Brandeis University in Wallhani, Mass. President Mrs. Charles Rosenstock Vice-Presidents Mrs. Ajon Farber Mrs. Millard Rosenberg Mrs. Sanford Kasner Secretaries Mrs. Warren Zweiback—Recording Mrs. Marshall Zalkin—Corresponding Mrs. Ben Shapiro—Financial Ivira. Maynaiu Gietruutij-—Financial Treasurer Mrs. Robert Levine Federation Women Mrs. Harry Rochman Directors Mm.es. Vein Vance, II. II. Grccnberg, Sidney Tareu

Purpose To maintain true allegiance to the United Stales. To promote the doctrines of universal liberty, equality and justice for •ill men. To aid needy veterans and their families and to pieserve records of patriotic service of Jewish War Veterans. Commander Harold Katelman Vice-Commanders Max Kanncr Marvin Kaplan Judge Advocate Jerome J'. Grossman Adjutant Abe S. Miller Quartermaster Nathan Marcus Chaplain Morris Levin Service Officer Isadore Lewis

Omaha Chapter Kalah Franklin Chapter PURPOSE In Israel: Projects encompassing medical work, vocational education, youth activities, land redemption and Youth Aliyah. In America: Educational projects in all areas which concern the American Jewish woman as well as programs and projects for American Jewish youth. President Mrs. Joe Guss Vice-Presidents Mrs. Richard Rosinsky. Education Mrs. Lawrence Epstein, Fund Raising Mrs. Max Lashinsky, Special Projects Mrs. Robert Wagner, Membership , Mrs. Ed Zorinsky, Program and Promotion Secretaries Mrs. David Knlzman, Financial Mrs. Jack Fox, Recording Mrs. Nathan Turner, Corresponding Treasurer Mrs. Harry Sidman Federation Women Mrs. Abe Bear

President Mrs. I. Dansky Vice-Presidents Miss Belle Siegel Miss Leo Greenberg Secretaries Mrs. Abe Mozer Mrs. Jennie Rosenblatt Miss Myrtle Freeman Treasurer Mrs. David Becker Parliamentarian Mrs. Julius Newman Historian Miss Evelyn Levy

| Highland Club Purpose Social and Recreation President David Bernstein Vlce-Presldenl Henry Greenberg Secretary Harry B. Cohen Treasurer Harold Farber Executive Secretary. Morris Lipp

Purpose Mizrachi Women's Organization of America is the Orthodox branch of the Zionist organization. In Israel, Mizrachi Women have more than 50 projects for girls where they are provided with homes, education, religious instruction and vocational trainingPresident Mrs. Matthew Poliakoff Vice-Presidents Mrs. Mendel Landsman Mrs. Morris Franklin Mrs. Abraham Fisher Secretaries Mrs. Harry Lewis, Recording Mrs. Frank Sekar, Corresponding Mrs. Sam Shykcn, Financial Treasurer Mrs. Harry Paskowitz

Purpose To provide education, rehabilitation and an assured future for women, youth and children through Mt'ot'/.eth-Hapoalot and child rescue in Israel. To promote participation in American and Jewish civic life. President Mrs. Milton Nearenberg Treasurer Mrs. Harry Shrago Secretaries Mrs. Rone Schwartz, Financial Mrs. Milton Nearenberg, Correspondence Federation Women Mrs. Sam Richman Program Mrs. Dave Epstein Hoard Members M.T.c-3. Jake Kaplan, Charles Guss, Sam Rifkin, Ben Klaiman, Phillip Crandall

Purpose Co-spoasored by the Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women and the Omaha Jewish Federation, The Senior Citizens Club is dedicated, in the spirit of Judaism, to furthering relationships among Senior Citizens through a program of education, community service and social activity. President Mrs. J. Milton Margolin Vice-President Morris Nachman Secretary Mrs. Louis Cutler Treasurers Mrs. Sam Poska--C!ub Mrs. Michael Morris—Lounge Directors Joe Fcdman, Benjamin Klaiman, Mines. Max Crounse and Rose Kuklin

Purpose Benevolent aid; allied with labor movement; educational cultural and humanitarian activities.

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Sol Ash Purpose Dedicated in the s p i r it of Judaism, to furthering welfare in the Jewish and general communities, locally, nationally and internationally. Through education, service and social action, to advance human welfare and the democratic way of life. Omaha Section Officers President . Mrs. Herbert W. Mciches Vice-Presidents Mrs. Edward Malashoek, Executive ' Mrs. Chi Farber, Ways and Means Mrs. Harry Altsuler, Community Services Mrs. David Fredricks, Education Mrs. Ernest Priesman, Membership Secretaries Mrs. Phil Laser, Recording Mrs. Norman Lincoln, Dues Mrs. Richard Martin, Dues Mrs. Hymie Gendler, Dues Mrs. Marvin Kohll, Corresponding. Treasurer Mrs. Alan Blotcky Directors Mines. Hubert Rosenblum, Morris J. Shapiro, Gerald Bernstien, Edward Levinson, Sherman Sperling, Joe Horwich Mrs. Harold Farber, Honorary President .'.'•. Mrs. Justin Manvitz, Ex-Officio Parllmentarian Mrs. Robert Levine Fedcraltion Women Mru. Louis Sogolow

Treasurer Max Crounse

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Mrs. Louis Witkin Secretary Mrs. Jennie Levine ; Treasurer Mrs. Sarah Schwartz

Dramatic Club President Sam Sussman Secretary Sol Ash ' Treasurer Max Katz Director Louis Witkin

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October 7 Simhat Tora December 8 to 15 .. .Hanuka January 26 Tu B'Shvat March 26 p u r ,- m April 25 to May 2 . .Passover May 28 LagB'Omer June 14, 15 Shavuot August 15 Tish B'Av AH holidays 6tart on (lie preceding evening at sunset.

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Ity Kalibl Grrslion Hildas During the p:ist s e ve r a 1 months much oi my time lias been spent in ri-iidtntf Jewish liturgical literature. The common denominator of almost all of these writings is Hie unending cry of anguished souls and tortured bodies, C e n t u r y after century, in one country after nnollicr, an unbroken line of poets, i;rcat and small, who were themselves the nctors the heroes, and lite victims in Jewish tragedies, fashioned vast collections of poetry and prose which not only relied the terrors of their experience.';, but also a determined faith in the ultimate values of life in the very face of agonizing .suffering. More recently I have been spending a gooi! (lea! of tiiucwith the publications of "Yad Vashem," This institution, situated in Jerusalem, is housed in a most dramatic building. It is the beautiful and awesome memorial to the 6,000.000 Jewish victims of Nazi savagery. My reading of these memorial writings has included personal diaries of victims, "Yikor" volumes' describing the frightful fate of individual communities, mid poems and prayers composed by men, women, and children. Some of these are by those who survived the horrors of the concentration camps; many are by those 'whose ashes lie near the c r c m a t o r i a, where their bodies were burned. And yet this literature depicting the very lowest depths of man's inhumanity is not altogether depressing. Almost every page and certainly every chapter reveals a wondrous a b i l i t y to rise above calamity, a capacity to mount the highest rungs of the ladder of courage, of hope, nnd of faith. American Jews, including the fathers of the present genera-

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tion, find it impossible to understand this determined faith with which millions of our people met appalling death. The reason Is that to most of those people terrors were part of a piittern of centuries of persecution they never forgot. To most of us in America the Jewish past is at best a very dim memory, Jews in Kastern Europe were in the main at home in tho wide ranges of our traditional prayer books, were disciplined iu the iirt of prayer, and daily experienced its sustaining p o w e r . They went to their death sustained by that power. Most of us, on the other hand, have little knowledge of the content of our prayer books and are far removed from the spirit which pertneiites iiiem. Even those who attend synagogue services have become accustomed to use the p r a y e r book more as a script for a performance rather than as the expression of our longing to rise to the fullest measure of our worth as sons and (laughters of the covenant, as children of God. We do not understand the meaning and purpose of Jewish prayer and therefore cannot know its sustaining power.

with lamentations. But by far the greatest p o r t i o n of our prayers express gratitude for the joys of life, for the ability to recognize the wonders of the universe, for the fellowship of Israel, for the glory of Torah, and for the gilt of godliness which is the endowment of all mankind. In brief our prayers, as most of their authors conceived them, should prompt us to strive for ever greater r.iaturily so that we may be able to see and to accept life as it is, to recognize that grief as well as joys are inherent in all life— everywhere, for everyone, and for all time. I am fully and p a i n f u l l y aware of the pressing need for revisions in all our p r a y e r books. I myself have been occupied with this work for a number of years. But the revisions that are called for are to provoke deeper understanding and fuller awareness of man's role in life. They cannot offer ease and comfort nor can they offer the promises made by other religions. The revision?; we need are to guide us to greater maturity in our relations with our fellows, in our attitudes t o w a r d all that life brings, in our reaction to perThe particular elixir which sonal joys and personal trageJudaism has distilled in its tra- dies. tional liturgies is calculated to And maturity is, as a poet open heart and mind and soul once wrote, "learning how to to a recognition of a Providence. weep invisibly." It is to learn to Taken in regular doses this sleep with lonliness as a lover. elixir opens our eyes to a uni- It is not a gift to be acquired verse of law with moral sig- from parents or friends or even nificance for the individual and from God. Maturity must be for all mankind. The c e n t r a 1 earned by the accumulation of theme of Jewish prayer is the wisdom and by a very real and attainment of maturity, to make deep sense of humility. With our will His will. It does not aim tears welling up from the throat, to effect changes in the order of but with laughter in the eyes, the universe. Through the cen- we can embrace the world with turies we had more than our its limitless sorrows and boundshare of suffering and our litur- less joys. Such is the gloriotir cy is naturally shot through lesson of our prayers^

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The chain of the generations unites Israel with its past and proclaims its future. Each child born into the household of Israel is another hope for the continuation of our heritage. To the following parents who have announced the birth of a child, we offer sincerest congratulations. i>AU(iirn:us Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Abramson Dr. and Mrs, Bernard Beber Mr. and Mrs. Simon Benarroch Mr. and Mrs. Tcrrance Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael Blatt Mr. and Mrs .J:\rU ]J Col'.?!!

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Sam S. Cohen Mr, and Mrs. Charles Daniels*' • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Erlich Dr. nnd Mrs. Robert G. Faier Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fellman Mr. and Mrs. Sol J. Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Louis Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hart man Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Larry Herman Mr. and Mrs. David Herzof; Mr. and Mrs. Myron Horn Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kalskes Mr. and Mrs..Joseph Kirshenbaum Mr. and Mrs: Robert Krasne Mr. and Mrs. Justin Manvitz Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Nathanson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joseph Palcy Mr. and Mrs. Joe Polonski Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Poll Mr. and Mrs. Ellie M. Ratner Mr. and Mrs. Howard Raznick Mr. and Mrs, Jerry Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Steven Rosenblatt Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ross Rabbi and Mrs. Laurence If. Rubinstein

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sadofsky Mr. and Mrs. Symour Seitchick Mr. and Mrs, Stephen H. Simon Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Simons Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Splzrnan Dr. and Mrs. James Wax Mr. and Mrs. Manny Weinman M ~ ->...! >«—. SONS Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bernstein Dr. and Mrs. Jerald S. Brodkey Mr. and Mrs. Peter J, Brodkey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Freedman Mr. and Mrs, David Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goldberg •* Mr. and Mrs. Avruin Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hurwich Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hornstein Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Kirshenbaum Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Magid Ivtr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pazol Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Pcsscn Mr. and Mrs. Gary Plotkin Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Schneiderman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Stein Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Stern Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stern Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Teitclbaum Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Turkel Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Turner Mr. and Mrs. Martin Warren Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Widman Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wine

ttv ltAIIUI MOltltlH ADMCIl Just born and he already enjoys t! p longest geiieologiciil record in the Western World. Was he not iiduiittcd to the "Covenant of Abraham"? So-called blue-bloods m (I their social register are upstarts iiiul parvenuos alongside of tli s little; fellow, And the list of his ancestors is studded with the pi imiiienl name!; of creative spirits who enriched the life of all maul ind. Ill' seems a little frail to bear so great a patrimony. Yet what possibilities he represents. He has a capacity for such attnehn ent to Jewish traditions as to enhance his life and to acquire a si ise of deep companionship with Jews everywhere. He can lie a good American Iniliiiei uilli profound ilrinocrxidc sensitivities and with u line awareness of (lie inlciilipeiulcnei' of all men. lie is qualified to join In a lie mliliil sytillii'sis oI the two current!) or influence in his life, the .Jud lie and (he American, The symbols of Judaism can add 1 oauty to his daily life and its culture can enrich his ethical and in' elkjctual background. He can enter American life proudly and with dignity unbent by the ctiiii.li! ien in Jewish ut-'i>rivttiioii, a d unhurt by underground. streams of misconception and bigotry. He can feel kinship with the great Jewish communities of the past, without ignoring the fact that the P nierican Jewish settlement must respect the logic of its particular Iiniiitc; iind background. He can hold strongly to convicllm s without defaming those who differ. Hn enn live by a system of high v '.lues without surrendering in the name of modernity, to the vulgari ius and errors from which no society is totally free. He can be versed in the IMIiIc and liel|i rvinstiitv the Jew as a "People of the Book." He can build a home, that is not imply a stereotyped copy of the homes of his class, but one tha possesses the distinctive qualities of his Jewishness arid the best 1 eafures of American lile. He can be a faithful Jew without b Ing paroclital and a loyal American without being the less Jewish. What an opportunity he represents!

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The modern Jewish child, enriched by the advantages of sophisticated city life, is o f t e n impoverished in his knowledge of the world of nature of which he is a part. In recent years, the words of Zechariah have been implemented by camps, providing the opportunities for the city-bred child to learn about his natural surroundings — to wonder at the marvels of creation. He feels God's presence in a religious service at sunrise—outdoors—in the midst of God's handiwork—the open sky, the trees, the grass. Freed from pressures and tensions, the child learns to live In harmony with his peers—sharing responsibilities as well as enjoyment. He has a chance to grow and develop—physically, intellectually and spiritually. This is the purpose of camp. This is the reason our Jewish community has provided these fa" cilities for our children. A Jewish community that cares can do no less.

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By S. J. Goldsmith 'Editors Note: On the ]V!h tiny if Tisliri 'October 1, liiGO) David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel and builder of the Jewish State, will observe his 80th birthday. Celebrations in Israel and in Jewish communities in numerous countries will mark the occasion. Mr. lien-Gurion is expected to visit the United States in connection with such a celebration. « * •

human trait In Itself—but also th<» conviclioir. ;;o typical of leaden; of men in their old age, that he must be there to tie up all lost- ideological ends and find a iinal formula for IsraelDiaspora relations and see Israel at ponce with her neighbors and witness the disappearance of the "two nations" within Israel. Ben-Gurion's central themes never change. He enunciated his principles when he first came to Israel some sixty years ago; he now proclaims them with more authority, die authority of an elder statesman and the founder of a slate. Aliyah, the Negev, Hebrew. These arc the three main themes and the rest are commentaries, as the ancients

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Greatness defies definition. But in the presence of David Ben-Gurion you forget the feuds and the tantrums, the unfairness and the wrongheadedness, the hates and the outbursts. You don't even feel like mentioning his Isicst nbcrrritioii—tiiK .spillting of his own party. Because you do not want to seem to be making an important issue out of a.passing incident. What you remember, as you find" yourself facelo-face with Ben-Gurion, is the vision, the courage in the hour of destiny, Hie decisive siroke that brought about the consummation of the Zionist ideal and the birth of the Third Jewish Commonwealth, the guardianship of the Jewish State in its infancy. Indeed, one cannot meet B. G. and shake hands with him without a sense cf privilege. It isiike meeliug Joshua. Eighty—what is eighty? In the Jewish tradition it is a heroic act to reach eighty—and so it is. But age does not affect us all the same way, A chosen few are unaffected by age until the last lap. And B.'G. is still running strongly. Urge to Live When I met him in London a few months ago, and we discussed Dr. Adenauer, B. G. remarked: "There is no reason at all why one should not be hale and hearty at ninety." This is iH)t merely the selfish urge to live on—a very commendable

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Aliyah is what Zionism Is about, he says, lie is of late less harsh with those who are unwilling to go to Israel and settle there, or unable to do so. Only he refuses to consider them Zionists. They arc Jews, just good Jews, he maintains. They are anxious over the economic difficulties of Israel, praying for peace in the Middle East, taking pride in the Israeli Defense Forces, even prepared to fight their own governments on behalf of Israel—but Zionists they are not, Negov The Negev can hold two million people and more, he points out. And there would be Jews to populate it. The Messianic longings and the pioneering spirit, still alive among various groups of Jews, would see to that. But the Negev must be made to hold them. Thus the Mcdrdsha at Sde Bokor—to him not a mere Kibbutz but a cross between Yavnek and Massnda—a B.G. creation from the dream stage to the opening of its doors to pupils and research workers. It is a Negev Xlniversity, a center of research into the natural re-

David Ben-Gurion sources of the Negev and the tance is one thing, he said not problems of living in the desert, long ago, and knowing is quite but also a place of Jewish learn- another. It was no use Jews calling. This may well be B. G.'s ing their schools "Hebrew" if last great venture but by no they don't teach their pupils to means the least significant. speake the language naturally and fluently. He refuses to beHebrew Hebrew: B. G.'s case for bil- lieve that what can be achieved Ingualsim among Jews, with He- by Canadians, Belgians, Swiss brew their other—not second— and Indians, to name but a few language, which would give of the bilingual nations, could them access to the Jewish heri- not be achieved by Jews, If Ditage, seems irrefatable and is aspora Jews don't know Henow accepted as Jewish policy. brew yet, it must be because But he is still not happy. Accep- they do not lake their Jewish-

ness, let alone their Zionism, seriously. Diaspora Jews These strictures seem to worry Diaspora Jews. Even those who argue against B. G. are unhappy when he refuses to acknowledge them. 1'or, they sense his greatness. It comes across, somehow even when he shows weakness in a r g u m e n t or chooses to be obstreperous. There is always the feeling that B. G.'s critics and adversaries work and argue in the present and thus miss the point. 13. G, must be seen in the future, as it were, say a thousand years hence, w h e n the historical achievements will count and the failings and failures will fada into unimportance and irrelevance. Memorable Words Very often, B. G. himself does injustice to B. G. He says things and does things which are unworthy of him. But there are, even now, words and deeds which are memorable. B. G. lias said: "Let IIK not he (oo proud, let us not get drunk with our victory. We iiave not accomplished all (his alone, •Three, generations of settlers preceded us here, suffered as we never did and had a faith no less strong than the one that has inspired our soldiers in tint w:u' of independence." This should be taken as reilecting the true Ben-Gurion—• by all of us and by him too. Here is true humility in greatness. Ben-Gurion is often referred to by the Israelis as "Hazaken," the old one. But even now they do not imply with this either his age or his state of health. They use "Hazaken" the way Old Man is used in Englishimplying veneration, affection, the license to be different. This attitude to B. G. we all share.

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By liea Galloh A regrettable shortage of reliable crystal balls bedevils tiny end all efforts to identify the most significant news events of finy given period, particularly Urn major events of Jewish life. If any such selection is to be meaningful, it must distinguish between the headline-popping but transient events and those likely to have enduring impact on the future. Again, as for at least the past 18'year, the two principal centers of Jewish news during .r>720 were the world's two largest Jewish communities—that of the United States and of Israel. Vanishing Jews; Yes-No In the United States, the debate again waxed hot over whether the American Jewish comrmitiity — the most affluent, vigorous and secure Jewry in history—had a future. Louis Stern, a weilknown Jewish leader, told the 34th General Assembly of the Council of Jewish federations Welfare Funds that those American Jews turning hysterical about the "vanishing American Jew" were usually those most distant from the realities of participation in Jewish communal life. But Rabbi Joachim Prinz. an equally astute participant-observer, told a convention of the American Jewish Congress, that it could no longer be said with certainty "that there will always be a Judaism, that we arc- an eternal people." Similarly, a psychiatrist, Jacob Arlow, told a New York conference of rabbis, psychiatrist's and social workers that if existing trends in mixed marriages continued, the American Jewish population would eventually disappear. But Philip Klutznick, former B'nai B'rith president, told n Jewish Welfare Board convention that same week that reports

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on tiic imminent demise of Amorican Jewish life, was simply noasense. The debate seemed tiertain to continue, Negro Anti-Semitism American Jews have consistently aided the Negro in his usually bitter rind often deadly struggle for full emancipation, Jews have provided the leadership in many Negro civil rights organizations and much of their financial sinews. Yet clearly it was a year marked by growing evidence of anti-Semitism a m o n g Negroes, particularly—though, by no means exclusively—at the Negro ghetto level. When Clifford Brown, educational director of the Mount Vernon. N. Y, chapter of the Congress . of Racial E q u a l i t y , screamed during a heated school board meeting on school integration that "Hitler made one mistake when he didn't kill enough of you." Jews inevitably wondered for how many American •Negroes this educated middle class Negro had spoken. CORK officials disavowed his remarks and he resigned under pressure but Jewish concerns were not dispelled. Some Jewish leaders bluntly told Negro leaders that anti-Semitism among Negroes was a fact, that it had no more valid basis than the same pathology among whites,- and that the widening split between Jews and Negroes was bad for Jews, bad for Negroes and bad for America. Rabbi Arthur Lclyveld, in bis presidential address to the American Jewish Congress, also spoke out on the issue with a warning that incidents of Negro anti-Semiitism had evoked a "Jewish backlash." He denounced suggestions from the "new isolationists in Jewish life" that Jews should therefore drop out of the battle for the civil rights of American

Negroes. The demand on Jews "to remember the stranger and the oppressed," he recalled, was "unconditional." Soviet Jewry Another activity which occupied much of the energies of American Jews was llichir continuing pressure on Soviet leaders to alleviate the government-imposed difficulties on Soviet Jewry. The pressures which American Jews continued to bring to bear, both in mobilizing world opinion and in prodding the Soviet leadership, was not, of course, exclusively an American effort. Jews throughout the free world organized protests, collected signatures on petitions, and adopted resolutions in all sorts of conventions and galherings, American Jewry There were many indications during the year of the continued high regard of Americans generally toward their Jewish neighbors. Some of these indicators, such as the rash of "Jewish mother" themes in books and advertising, could only be described as vulgar, however basically friendly the motivation. More significant was President Johnson's surprise appearance at the annual meeting of the American Jewish Committee to accept its American Medallion Medal. President Johnson also maintained the tradition of the "Jewish seat" on the Supreme Court. After be persuaded Arthur Goldberg to resign from the high court to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, the President named Abe Fortas to that seat, V. S. Policy Toward Israel In two major areas, the United States policy toward Israel totaled up during the Jewish year to one of ambivalence. On the positive side, the United States announced in May it was selling

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$200,000,000 n u c l e a r desalting project to an Israeli commitment not to develop nuclear arms. Israel officials repeatedly had said the nuclear plant at IJimona wa3 being developed solely for peaceful purposes. The United States then informed Israelis that wliile it wa:f satisfied with their assurances Israel had no plans to make such weapons, United States financing of the nuclear desalting project hinged on an agreement to permit regular inspection of the Dimona reactor. The next development was a loud outcry in Israel over reports, published in New York, that engineers of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission had inspected the Dimona reactor and had concluded "tentatively" that the plant was not producing nuclear weapons. The ensuing debate in Israel's Parliament centered on whether the trips by the engineers to the Dimona plant were "visits"\)r "inspections." Premier Eshkol temporarily silenced opposition pnrty critics with an announcement that the trips were made at the Israel Government's (Continued on Page 23)

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The Year In Sports By JESSE SILVICIt career as player und coach in Sandy Koufax once again the professional game. . dominated the sports year. Ranking with the Schayes fiKoufax is a superstar and asco is the Al Davis story. Daveverything he does makes news. is is the young successful coach Appropriately the old year be- of the Oakland Raiders was gan with the announcement that named the commissioner of the the great Los Angeles Dodger pitcher had won his second Cy American Football League only Young Award, given to theto see the post become almost year's most outstanding pitcher. meaningless a few weeks later H was the only time in history w h e a the NFL and the AFL that a hurler had won this hon- merged. Top football names in last seaor twice. In the months that followed son's college game were guard Koufax was showered with Barry Leventluil, captain of much deserved honors. Then fol- UCLA's Rose Bowl team; Phil lowed the "great holdout" which Ratner, Cornell tackle who made almost ended with Koufax leav- All-East; Bernie Yaffa,-Miami ing baseball. In the end however U. guard; Lert Wolbe, Vanderthe Dodger management gave bilt, end; Mike Buckner, Northin and awarded a contract western back; Glenn Grecnberg, which many say made the left- Yale tackle; Steve Sabol, Colojicmuct

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The big news in basketball was created by two men who Won't be at the same old stand next year. Red A U e r b a c h coached his team to his 1,000th win, the most ever in the pro ranks, and then announced his retirement to the executive field. Before he left the Boston Celtics won yet another professional basketball championship. The other man who won't be back next basketball season ic; Adolph Schayes' who had a bewildering experience. Schavc;; coached the Philadelphia 7'i'ers to the Eastern Division title and was named the NBA":; Coach of the Year and then was fired by the 7(i(TS. So ended at U-a-il temporarily for Schayes an IB-year

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By Ben O. Frank The first was Sana, Yemen; the second Jerusalem, Israel and the third—for a group of them, Brooklyn, U. S. A. Those are the places that a certain group of Yemenite Jews have celebrated Rosh Hashana. The holiday, of course, is the same. But the spirit of celebrating it apparently has changed for the ;j00 Yemenite families now living in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. Part of.the problem facing the older ones of the Yemenite Jewish community here is that they remember only too vividly how Rosh Hashana was celebrated in Sana and Jerusalem. Rosh Hashana was something special in Yemen. Months before garments were hand woven, yarmulke.s and blouses embroidered. Special foods, including spices, were p r e p a r e d . Bread cakes ( k u b a n a ) were baked; and above all the synagogues scrubbed and washed. But most important was the piousness and spirit of the observance of the New Year. Cut off for generations from Jewish life,, the Yemenite Jews held fast to their religion. Yemenites are charming people. Even today their warm and friendly smiles — even on the hectic streets of Brooklyn—are oyprwhelrninfj. .Their

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characteristics are charming, too. They are slim in' build, from swarthy brown to deep black in color and many have delicately carved features of the Abyssinians. Why America? Many of them, even before they came to Brooklyn, were brought to Israel in airplanes— or on eagle's wings as it were in a "messianic" flight to the Promised Land. Why did the small number of

families come to A m e r i c a ? Many give you various reasons. Mr. Aninun Avishai .said, "America is a big name in the world. Many of us came here because of the opportunities we felt we could have here: Education for our children and an easier life." Adjustment In certain ways, the Yemenites have adjusted very fast. Professionally, these people arc skilled and artistic. They have found jobs and even established

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By Dr. A. M. Neumann, Director guilt about abandoning religDenver Jewish Family Service ious tradition rind practices. Jewish families are b e i n g We see too many casualties caught in the dilemma of find- at the Jewish Family and Chiling t h e i r appropriate family dren's Service when parents do roles. Contrary to the European not know how to act vis-avis concept of the American father their children. The beatnik and functioning as the strict discip- the Beatles, the outlandish dress linarian, American families are of some adolescent children, the Linda Abrnnis Colin developing a structure of com- long hours, the temptations of Nancy Davis ruderie. Parents are being cast sexual excesses, all are signifi- Lorrie Marcia Dienstfrey into a less active role in guid- cant symptoms of threats to the Marilyn Epstein ance and permitting children to Jewish family on the increase. Joan Faier learn through trial and error. Guidance for Parents Marilyn Forbes Parents are often called upon We have child guidance clinto step in when broken pieces ics, but we need parent guid- Scott Baker have to be glued together or ance clinics to help the con- Jeffrey Barren bills to he paid. fused generation of parents who Barry Belmont American Family Structure are caught in the battle, ac- Robert Bleicher Professor Max Lerncr said, . cosed of being "old fogies" by Richard Canfield 'The vanishing father is per- the younger generation because Marc Cohen haps the central fact of the they don't dig the pot, the fran- Steven Cohn c h a n g i n g American family tic s e a r c h for individuality. James Crounse Diamond structure. His virtual disappear- Wiiilr eiiCil ^euriuliuil .seeks its W-*yne Feldman ance holds important con.se- individuality, p a r e n t s must Steven Jeffrey Fox ijucnces for his wife and chil- never stifle their creative and Jonathan Fox dren. The American father has constructive expressions, should Robert Freeman . b e c o m e a physical absentee. not give up rights and obliga- Howard Friedman Preoccupied with his job, his tions, d e f i n e d by biological, community, his conventions and l e g a l , cultural and religious his suburban corn muting, ho norms. In between those two sees his family only at the ex- extremes must be a meeting hausted end of a day, on week- ground of the battle of generaends or between business trips. tions to help younger people "He has become an absentee face a more complex life as the in a second, more important world opens new vistas created sense, too. He is no longer the by science and man's quest for source of authority in the fam- new challenges. ily." • The J e w i s h father's role Jewish. Fsthcr should not bo defined by conDoes this observation hold cepts that are alien to our retnie of the American Jewish fa- ligion, to our way of life rether? Undoubtedly it lias. How gnrdless of whether we are can it be helped as racial bar- practicing m e m b e r s of our riers are falling, as there is faith. We must be present to do more intermarriage, more con- justice to our parental responsiversions in both directions, less bilities.

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By the time you read this 1 shall be wi my v,;.y to conduct High Holyday services for our people .stationed m .Southeast Asia. The {-rim reality of combat does not aflen you until von actually see the wounded and the dying.. Then, us one of mv fiiUcu^ue:, v>lio ,is there so aptly stated, "You realize Peace is too damn expensive '• The year 5726 be/'an, and is ending, covered with the ;,pilleil blood of youth. Peace, so dear and transient an entity, has1 been more elusive than ever. And now, men of peace find llvmsel . es in the same position as the priest Phineas (Numbers 2.">) when they must support violent means to counteract violi nee, it their traditional ideals are to be preserved. As the New Year, 5727. begins, let us pray, inlrntlv and earne.Mly, for a just, honorable and quick cessation of the bloodshed and violence that is sapping mankind.. Let vis pray that Hie \iar 5127 will be a year of peace ior all men.

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Holiday Greetings From counsel; Thomas got his old friend, Bdfel, to act as the committee's investigator. It took Bflfel three months to find out that several of Art's officers knew who had actually fired the fatal shot, but refused to sijjti an affidavit reciting the truth. One of the men who knew was the Jew, Sam— the only Jew in the entire outfit. Sam—The .lew Sam had disappeared. Beffel finally found him—in the home of the man's mother. Sam had just had, an appendectomy which nearly cost him his life. Buffel, born a Catholic, couldn't Kt't a confession out of Sam. But he could play on Sam's gratitude to God for having saved his life through the operation. Yom Kippur was near. Beffcl went to see the leading Reform rabbi in the city. He told the rabbi about the case, and the rabbi confirmed the facts by checking with Norman Thomas. A plan of action was devised. Sam, the son of poor, immigrant Jews, living in a slum area, received a letter on the fanciest stationery of the famous rabbi. Tile rabbi invited Sam, personally, to be his guest at the

Ily SAUL CAKSON I'll have to disguise some of the names and places, for obvious reasons. But the story is true. And two of the names involved are true. One is the well-known old Socialist fighter, Norman Thomas. The other is John Nicholas Beflel, one of America's old labor publicists and the man who, away back in the early twenties, first called America's attention to the Sacco-Vauziati case through an article in the New Republic, The names of the other principals mentioned here are fictitious—although they were very real. One of these was a Jew, who shall be called here just plain Sam. It happened in 1933. Roosevelt was President, the depression was at its lowest depths, millions were unemployed, and, just as Communists were making hay, so were some would be Fascists. One of the latter, a man we'll just call Art. had organized a quasi-military organization which, he promised, would march a million men to Washington to take the U.S. Government away from "the Jew Roosevelt." A Jewish Fascist Art had recroHfl perhaps several hundred people in his Fascist outfit. Some were Americans of Italian origin who thought that Mussolini was great and, therefore, were open to Fascist blandishments of an American variety. Art was the oufit's commanding general. He had other "officers" under him. Only one of these was a Jew, the man we call Sam, Sam was in charge of the organization's money-making department, the sale of brown shirts and other uniforms to the deluded Fascists. Who Fired the Shot? In an effort to recruit more Italian-Americans, Art held a rally one night in a neighborhood heavily populated by Italian immigrants. A half-dozen Italian Anarchists came to the meeting to heckle Art. During the meeting, the lights in the hn!! wont not. One phot was fired in the darkness. The lights went on again. One of the Italian anti-Fascists lay dead. Five or six of the Italian anti-Fascists were arrested. One of them was charged with murder. Art and several of his top officers, including Sam, told the District Attorney that the arrested man had lired the fatal shot. The radical movement set up a United Front committee to try to save the accused man from the electric chair. Norman Thomas was chosen as chairman of the defense committee; a wellknown Communist attornev was taken on as

Sam swallowed the bait. During the Yom Kippur services, the rabbi delivered a fiery sermon dealing with the need for repentence on the most solemn of High Holy Days. When the sermon was over, a frock-coated usher tapped Sam on the shoulder, whispered: "The rabbi would be pleased to see you privately in his study.'' Sam went with the usher to the rabbi's study. The conversation lasted a half hour. The rabbi obtained a full confession from Sam, who named the real killer and promised to testify if the man were to be arrested. Behind a screen in the rabbi's study was the arrested victim's defense counsel, Beffel, and a secretary who had taken the entire conversation down in shorthand. •••-" Ultimately, the notes were transcribed. Sam signed the confession, in the nresence of \he rabbi. The man falsely arrested was freed. The man whom Sam had accused of firing the shot was never located by police. Art was arrested, charged with conspiracy, and sent to prison for three years. His Fascist movement simply collapsed. It had taken John Nicholas Beffel, a man of Irish-German descent, born a Catholic, to engineer the Yom Kippur confession that saved an innocent man from the electric chair.

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(Continued from Page 13) invitation, tlutt they were indeed '•visits" and therefore did not infringe on Israel's sovereignty. lliere matters rested with the joint project completely, though presumably o n l y temporarily, dulled. Israels Keonomie Problems Israel's bluest domestic problem was a c o m b i n a t i o n of mounting p r i c e inflation and growing joblessness in which a rash of strikes operated a.s both cause and effect. Israel, which must export to maintain a decent living standard, continued to struggle with a huge unfavorable b a l a n c e of international trade, aggravated by r i s i n g costs in which strike-engendered pay increases was undeniably a lactor. A hard-nosed economic program, aimed at linking wage increases to greater worker productivity, with special Government incentives to export firms and penalties for industries failing to keep costs down and efficiency up, was prepared by the Government. It immediately evoked hostile cries from Israel's labor parties. Whether Israel's delicately-balanced coalition Government could c a r r y out such an austerity program without a government crisis re-

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mained an unresolved issue. Election Israel held an election during the year w h i c h was notable mainly for the electorate's rebuff to former Premier David BonGurion's war a g a i n s t his hand-picked successor, Premier Kshkol. Mr. BenGuricm's dissident Uafi Party fell far short of the voting support its creators had l.oped for and the new Government Eshkol assembled differed little from the p r i o r out*. Relations with Germany Israel's emotion-fraught relations with West Germany chilled during the year. After months of haggling, West Germany granted Jsrae! a credit cf some $!«.000,000 for I960, in a general agreement which provided for negotiations annually for additional credits. Israelis indicated that the credit fell well short of apparently legitimate expectations. A new dispute then developed when Israel formally reaffirmed its support of the OderNeisse line as the permanent boundary between Germany and postwar Poland, a delicate issue in German politics. Dr. Rolf Pauls, Bonn's first Ambassador to Israel, publicly criticized Israel for that reaffirmation and,

for good measure, added a complaint that Israelis did not sufficiently appreciate West Germany's h e 1 p. Israelis reacted bitterly. The AraWsrael Conflict Israel's relations with its Arab neighbors remained in a state marked by Arab verbal hostility and recurrent border raids by commandoes of El Fatah, the terrorist group organized by the Palestine Liberation Organization. After suffering repeated incursions, Israel struck h a c k twice during the year. Ponce in the M i d d l e East remains an elusive hope. Catholics and Jews For .'ews t h r o u g hout the world, a major event was the ororTUtlgiHion by Pope Pcui s.i formal Catholic doctrine of the statement on Catholic-Jewish relations approved by the second V a t i c a n Ecumenical Council. T h o u g h the declaration was painfully short of the original f o r t h r i g h t condemnation of Christian doctrinal a n t i-Semitism presented to the Council, it nevertheless marked a major step toward eliminating one of history's most gushing fountains of hate against the Jewish people. The w o r l d does move on, stage by painful stage.

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Kabbl Mycr Kriplip do not lift up my eyes, Thou, Lord, cannot sit in the heavens." Holy Days As the Holy Days approach, it is for us to resolve that God's Kingdom must be forever; must be lasting, not simply for a day. It is we who enthrone God; it is we who give Him power. It is only with this resolution firmly inade and m c t i c u lously observed that we can hope for a secure f u t u r e for American Judaism. Thus may we deserve the year — and many, many years—of health and well-being and peace that the Holy Days bring to mind.

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do tins only on the testimony of psychoanalysis. For Maimonides two witnesses , . , the Sanhedrin to have offered this psychologi"can execute neither capital nor cal reason for a legal prineipla physical punishment upon one operative in such a large area who confesses to a crime, be- of-the.law, he must have incause perhaps this person's tuitively sensed the fact that the mind is sick in this mailer; per- propensity toward suicide is haps he is one of those who are much more v/ide-spread than, perturbed and bitter of soul, who one might believe at first sight. By Itnbbl Norman Lamm either the principals, other wit- rejection of legal confession, wish for death, who pierce their In this, he anticipated by somo Editor's Note: In its decision ness or judges. The second cate- though formulated in technical bellies with swords• and throw seven hundred years, albeit in outlawing police interrogation of gory, called passul ^disqualified!, language, is based upon a doep themselves off roofs. Perhaps fashion, a major detained persons who do notincludi'S primarily those of un- insight into the dangers of even this man thus conies and con- rudimentary have legal counsel to advise reliable character, (those who voluntary confession and thefesses to a crime which he did achievement of psychoanalysis. Death Wish them, the U.S. Supreme Court ar<' ''wicked"—i. e., transgres- mental processes of the conlV's- not commit. In 1920, some twelve yeara 'during its last term cited the sors). sant, rather than upon cumulaIt is interesting to view the after expressing his scepticism following article, originally pubtive historical experience alone. opinion of Maimonides in .the of the "aggressive instinct" as Confessions lished in the American Jewish And it, therefore, transcends the It should be pointed out. at the light of our modern knowledge developed by Alfred Adler, Congress' quarterly magazine very outset, that the Halakhah limits imposed on a law which of psychology, and particularly (Continued on Page 50 Judaism. Chief Justice Earl comes about primarily in reWarren noted in his majority does not distinguish between sponse to the pragmatic deopinion that the rule against voluntary and forced confes- mands of experience. Kelf-incrimination dates back to sion-;, for reasons which will be The Talmud's technical tie"ancient times" and especially discussed later. And it is here that one of the basic differences /rivation of the principle n! "ein to Jewish religious law. between Constitutional and Tal- adam meissim atsmo rasha" is The wide public attention fo- mudic Laws arises. According as follows. We have already cused on the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, a man can- mentioned the fact that accordin thr- recent '.vH.st, i\H(l the. ve- not \j{: OOiiijii.-tfeu It* itrStiiy ing to the Halukhah the testihemence with which it has been against himself. The provision mony of a relative to the ncboth attacked and defended, against self-incrimination is a eused, whether that testimony bo have prompted students of Jew- privilege of which a citizen may favorable or unfavorable to him, ish law to examine its'equiva- or may not avail himself, as he lent in traditional Halakhah. A wishes. The Halakhah, however, is deemed invalid. The second comparison of the principle of does not permit self-incriminat- proposition is formulated as self-incritninatioii, as embodied ing testimony. It is inadmissible, "adam karov eitsel atsmo," literin Constitutional Law and in the even if voluntarily offered. Con- ally, a man is related unto himHalakhah, is revealing on the fession, in other than a religious self, Hence, a man's testimony level of both theory and practi- context, or financial cases com- about himself is as invalid as is that of any other close relative. cal consequence. pletely free from any traces of The Talmudic derivation is, criminality is simply not an in- therefore, Tradition of Uheriy syllogistic and, on the The embattled Amendment, strument of the Law. The issue, face of it, seems purely techniCall the agency with its provision that "no per- then, is not compulsion, but the cal, especially since the first that finds out what the problem is son . . . shall be compelled in whole idea of legal confession. proposition—the disqualification any case to be n witness against This invalidation, by. the Hal- of a close relative—is derived before it gives you a solution. himself," is certainly one of the iikbah, of all criminal confesmost fundamental and advanced sion1:, obviates one of the serious by a heremeneutic interpretation principles of Anglo-American problems of the Constitutional of a Biblical verse. Maimonldfs jurisprudence. Its significance in principle regarding self-incrimBehind this Talmudic derivaour whole tradition of liberty ination. B o c a u s e the Fifth cannot be overrated. The law Amendment formulates the prin- tion, however, lie deeper moagainst compelled sclf-incriinin- ciole as a privilege, to be exer- tives a.s expounded by Maimonntion dates back to the 12th cen- cised at the discretion of the ides and generally accepted by tury. It became part of the Unit- accused, there is a "natural" later Talmudists. This rationale, ed States Constitution as the presumption of guilt attached which can explain only the HalFifth Amendment in 1791. to the one who does invoke the akhic, but not the Constitutional opinion on self-incrimination, is The Amendment has been in- amendment. This presumption by Maimonides as folvoked, questioned, attacked and which may, of course, be com- presented "A *#*.._»:*.: n..i.it. i» i .' lows: It is by decree of Scrip"Advertising andJ Public Relations defended in the past, but it was pletely unjustifiable, has given ture that a Beth Din (a court) rise to the opprobrious epithet the Communist issue that, amid OMAHA. CHICAGO HtW YORK INOIANAPOUS WASHINGTON MINHEAPOUI heated controversy, brought the "Fifth Amendment Communist." cannot execute or flog a man HOUSTON OMBEVCPOiir IIAflirORO TACOM* SIOUX CITY PHOENIX long-accepted privilege against This inference of guilt may be on his own confession, and can unfortunate and regrettable; but sclfincrimination to the forefront of public discussion. This it is a fact, and a direct result focus of attention has accom- of the voluntary character of plished two things: it has shown the Constitutional principle of its strength and it has revealed criminal confession. It is an inherent flaw in the entire conits weaknesses. On the basis of these revela- struction of the legal concept, tions and criticisms, it is inter- for it stamps with suspicion anyesting to note how a similar one who, by its use, seeks to principle, antedating the Fifth avoid the official consequences Amendment by many centuries, of self-incrimination. has been treated in the HalakThis difference between the hah. Halakhah and the Constitution The Halakhlc principle is con- in the treatment of self-incrimtained in the formula "ein adam inatibn is a consequence of the meissim atsmo rasha," which different rationale and developmeans, literally, a man cannot ment of the principle in the two represent himself as wicked. systems of law. Most of the Talmudic discussion Historically, the Fifth Amendof this principle concerns, not ment was born out of a reaction such self-incrimination which re- against the use of torture as acsults in corporal punishment, as cepted procedure in legal trials. that which results in the dis- The Amendment protects, not qualification of the confessant only the. accused, but society itiis a bona fide witness. It should self from the inner corruption be explained that, according to that comes from legalizing bruTalmudic Law, two categories tality and sanctioning violence of witnesses are disqualified in in place of good police work. any case requiring their testiThe Halakhic principle, on the mony. The first category is com- other hand, has as its rationale posed of relatives (within a cer- certain profound and positive tain degree of consanguinity) of considerations. Its unqualified

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T/ie Sounds of the Shofar By PHYLLIS WE1NH0T1I The silence is thick and heavy, almost loud iii ils intensity, as the shofar is slowly raised; its smooth, shiny surface the yellow of old and precious ivory. The tension builds slowly until the first sound of the sliofar is heard, hesitant at first—weak ;ind hoarse—but mounting steadily in intensity until it is a proud blast, penetrating the still :iir. The sound strains throughout the silent synagogue; its forced tones swelling and rising in intensity; its sweetness muflltd; its f hrillness dulled. The music of the shofar gradually fades, but its spirit lingers in the inner-m6s>t being of its listeners; for the bittertwfct tones carry a message—a call for prayer and contemplation —an entreaty to all to realize the beauty of the past and present find the hopeful promise of the future. ** ** * In the blowing of the shofar lies the essence of the New Yi'ar; for the haunlingly beautiful sounds of the .shofar are muffled by a bint of hoarseness, intensifying their beauty and are created through pirat effort, making them all the more precious. The New Year itself is filled with a potential beauty which is_ emphasized by a trace of sadness and attainable through great effort. The willingness to accept the sadness while .striving to enjoy the happiness and beauty is all that is needed to make the New Year as magnificent as the sounds of the shofar.

by Lisa .Shapiro I received a letter in the mail tod.i> from one Francie Brody in Omaha Nebraska, U.S.A. She suked me in her letter, to write an article for the New Year's edition of the Jewish Press telling about my travel"; abroad in general. In particular, she wanted me to write about the Jewish teenagers I Imd met, and their •attitudes towards religion, dating, going steady, jobs, and anything of interest to t e e n a g e readers ol the Jewish Press. Up until this time, the only J e w i s h teenagers I had met were American Jewish teenageers: not one European Jewish teenager. But then, I .'was not traveling abroad under the auspices of a Jewish organization. I was traveling abroad under the auspices of the Experiment in Internationa! Living, and I was living in the Netherlands, a country entirely Catholic-Protestant. Most of the Jews of the Netherlands had left their country when Adolf Hitler invaded it. They had left the N e t h e rlands for safer countries like America—or else they had left the Netherlands in the s a m e manner that -Anne Frank had left it. The Program The itinerary of the Experiment in International Living is to put ten teenagers in a group with a carefully chosen adult leader, put them in ten preselected homes, within at most a ten mile radius for one month.

have them travel for two,more weeks in their country with one "brother" or "sister"' their own age, and then let them Mny in a big city for four days. My "homestay'1 was in the South of the Netherlands in a Catholic home. My nineteen year old "sister" and 1 immediately become close. But not, I'm sure, without a little worry on both our parts. I wasn't sure exactly how a Catholic family would a c c e p t a Jewish girl. Would they want me to go to church with them every week? Would they have preconceived misconceptions about my religion? I think these doubts were all cleared up when, on the first P'riday night that I arrived, my Dutch "mother" asked me if the next day was my Sabbath. When I told her yes, it was; through the translation of my "sister", she.apologized for the fact that there were no synagogues around our small village. Then there was the night the pastor at the church came to visit our family, and me in particular. In his best English ho told me of his last trip to Israel and how impressed he was with not only the great artistic talents of the Jews, but also tho way they turned a desert into a virtual oasis known as Israel. At the end of his praise, ho raised his hand to his forehead as if in salute, and said, "tribute to the Jewish people." (Continued on Page 51)

President Mark1 Vicc-Prfsiilrnl DaveRifkin Secrrtarv Bill Gilinsky Treasurer Brian Poster 6gts.-at-arins Mickey Schloff Eddy Cohen Dance Chairmen Harvey Cohen Chuck Robinson Plcdgcmaslers Mike Miller Larry Cackin 19G5-C6 Highlight 32nd annual Sweetheart Dance •—Cindy Novak. Sweetheart. Baseball Chomps Party.

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Mark Roffman Jerry Katskee Jeff Garetz Secretary Jirn Malashock Treasurers Skip Richards Bob Brody Chaplain Maynard Forbes 19G5-G6 Highlights Annual Sweetheart Dance "An Evening at the Playboy Club." Carol Simons, Sweetheart. Interfaith meeting with Hevrah BBG and a Negro Youth Group.

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By 1'om Weiss The High Holidays are \vixk again. This is such- a seriouij time, when we ask God to for* give us for all the .sins wo'v| committed in the past year) and to inscribe us in the Book of Life. jj Unfortunately, m a n y

think that these are Just days on which there are excused abseactM from school. Do you think most trens slay out of ticliool on (he High Holidays because it's customary or do Uity May out for religious

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A Nonsense Story By Skip Kahane ji Yon see, there was this eggy this crazy groovy egg. It wa|1 groovy 'cause it didn't have any .shell, "and none of us could fig1* lire out what it was doing with* out a -shell. It just kind of hung there. Groovy. Like weird. || Anyhow, like I said, this egflj didn't "iiave any shell. So wherj I tried to crack it open sit break!; far.t (that's when it all started—j) at breakfast) this crazy egg! wouldn't fall into the pan. Crazyi I mean, like picture this egif over a frying pan and you crack it on the edge of the pan 'only! there isn't any shell to crack) nnd the egg just hung up then)! in the air. Groovy. j Well—one thing led to another nnd pretty soon the egg hatched nnd I had a c h i c k e n on my, hands. Man, this chick was weird. It didn't have any feath! ers or anything. It was like bald nil over. Weird, real weird. 1 know you think it sounds crazy| but picture it in your mind; This groovy bald chick that hatched from an egg that didn'l have any shell. Strangeville. !j To go on—this chick turned out to be a girl chick. Well, mos( chicks are girls, but you knovi, what I mean if you follow ma right. It was a female of the species is how you'd say it 1 guess. To get to the point, I will have to sacrifice all sanity. You" see, this chicken (the one thai was bald) laid an egg. Only j couldn't pick this egg up or any* thing because it was different! On, I'm not paying it was weird like that other one. There wa.4 just one funny thing about thia egg. You see—it was—Electric!

By N'ancy Kaplan When you lose Be thankful that you could try] When you're angry, Be grateful you're able to cry • •

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And when yoir're injured, Thank God that you didn't die

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Ellrne Halprin, Junior "That's hard to say. There aro filw.ivs a few individual1) who find "real meaning in religious observance, but I'd s;.y that tho real motive for attending High Holiday services is vacation from school." * * • Sieve Xocsman, Sophomore "I believe that the majority slay out because their parents make them go to services, hut a minority stay out so they will be considered .Jewish." *

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"I think that most teens stay out because it's an excuse to skip school. I used to think that was a good reason, but now I stay out for religious aspects." * * * Mary Stohmian, Sophomore "The majority go to services becauso it's customary. I believe they go to services to socialize with their J e w i s h friends." * • • Milic Kaplan, Senior "I think that they stay out because it's the one time all year that they go to the synagogue." * * * Aveva Halm, Junior "I think it depends B great deal on the individual. For some, it is entirely religious motivation that keeps them out of school. But for most, it is a combination of religious conviction nnd the desire to do the accepted thing."

By Giia U'aksehlag What nro parents KEALI.Y like? Omaha Jewish teenagers seem to have a variety of different opinions. In a recent survey Involving many local Jewish teens, (and we must remember that each teen leads a separate and different life from the next) they were asked for their opinions on the good and bad traits of their parents. Their answers were as varied ns were the numerous teens who were interview.

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GARY-KAPLAN I nm waiting for the dance on Saturday nite and I am waiting for my dato to answer the door wearing a clean new dress • and I am waiting for the boy to bring tho water and for the steaks to come. and I am wailing to be ]!( so I can go to the draft board and see the tnen in their dean green uniforms and I am waiting to play a game of pool and lind out why God should bless America and I,BJ should bomb the Asians.

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so I can race ahead . . . : of the sports car on my right V and I am waiting for aigood laugh '.'••'". and I am waiting for all the women to wash Hie dye out Of th< and the mascara out of their eyes -'•••.• wid the paint off their cheeks ' • nnd off their eyes and off their souls .'..'•And I am waiting to he called into the service and take the boat to Viet Nam and see the sun rise over the Pacific nnd the Asians eat their dinner and raise their kids and I nm waiting for the bomb to destroy their home and the machine gun to kill their baby and I am waiting to be sent to tho hospital and listed as wounded in action and I am waiting for Mother to get a telegram from the Wai and I am waiting for them to send a million telegrams when (hr bomb goes off and the fishes die nnd the birds burn and the flies disappear and the earth disappears ^us the arms and legs fly and I am waiting to know If His glorious kingdom is really for ever and ever.

According to our survey, tho attribute of parents on which most teens agree is their dedication to, and consideration of, the teeenager. Most teenagers recognize and appreciate all the help and advice offered by parents. Most teens also agree that parents are the best people in the world to whom we can bring our problems. In turn, we receive understanding advice to help solve a depressing crisis. "But," many teens point out. "we're glad

when our parents let us < the verdict on all really i tant m a t t e r s for ourst Many teeas also pointed oi now, more than ever, tin preciate their parents In them as adults rather th children. Ovcr-Proteclion Some teens argue that p; ore too dedicated nnd too protective—a major grij the t e e n a g e .community teens went further to e: that parents don't seem tc izo that "We want to grc learning to live in society our own experiences ralhei adapting the past experieni our parents to our presen (Continued on Page i

Dance—Jay Novak, Beau. Israeli Progressive Dinner. Baby Ball. Parent Orientation Program.

'resident * Judy SiiarriiffiVicc-I'rcsldnnls : Ellene Halperin Shari Gendler Janice Meyerson Diane Epstein Secretaries Arlene Traehtenbarg Susie Bernian Treasurers Nancy Summer-—Bills Marilyn Cohen—Dues Editor Dcbby Canfield HMorian Susie Kuknwka Youth Council Reps. Vkki Meyers Danita Schwarz Sgls.-at-arins Gail Diamond Karen Kimniel 1SC546 Highlights "At The Royal Court" Beau t (Continued on Pogj 50)

By ELLEN! The teenager's world and loneliness. So ofte friendless, cheated and and sometimes resents, and teachers hold over disturbed, thoughtful an ':'... Tram When we entered ou Is probably the most d lives. We are expected t dependence on others! . World of which we are nize our abilities and b own actions. Auth The most frustrating realization of tiic nutho f r e e d o m and indepe threats of lost tolephow etc. At school we are ] grades for college. Soi dfmand.i in immature v kiting our hair grow U end breaking rules. Pro! Although the avera; ttrcd, our anxieties exit limes wo feel the prob cur shoulders. Vietnam

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By Frantie Brody must men fight? hurt? shoot? kill?

The cause must be important For I cannot count the dead. They are too many And all alive are scared. Hy GARY.KAPLAN I am waiting for (lie dance on Saturday nite and I am waiting for my dato to answer the door wearing a clean new dress and I am waiting for Hie boy to bring the water and for the steaks to come. and I am waiting to be ]!( so I can go to the draft board and see the Mien in their clean green uniforms and I am waiting to play a [;am<; of pool and lind out why God should bless America and I,BJ should bomb the Asians. ••••-•- • -...-•„... .......... ,.„ c.,....„*. so I can race ahead of the sports car on my right and I am wailing for a good lauph and I am waiting for all the women to wash the dye out of their hair and the mascara out of their eyes and the paint off their cheeks and off their eyes and off their souls And I am waiting to be called into the service and take the boat to Viet Nfiin and see the sun rise over the Pacific and the Asians eat their dinner and raise their kids and I am waiting for the bomb to destroy their home and the machine gun to kill their baby and I am waiting to be sent to tho hospital and listed as wounded in action and I am waiting for Mother to get a telegram from the War Dept and I am waiting for them to send a million telegrams when Hie bomb goes off and the iNies die nnd the bird.-; burn and the flies disappear and the earth disappears as the arms and legs fly and I am waiting to know if His glorious kingdom is really for ever and ever.

According to our survey, tho when our parents let us decide attribute of parents on which the verdict on all really impormost teens agree is their dedica- tant m a t t e r s for ourselves." tion to, and consideration of, Many teens also pointed out that the teeenager. Most teenagers now, more than ever, they aprecognize and appreciate all the preciate their parents treating help and advice offered by par- them as adults rather than as ents. Most teens also agree that children. parents are the best people in Over-Protection the world to whom we can bring Some teens argue that parents our problems. ore too dedicated and too overIn turn, we receive under- protective—a major gripe of standing advice to help solve a the t e e n a g e community, Tho depressing crisis. "But," many teens went further to explain terns point out. "we're glad that parents don't seem to realize that "We want to grow up learning to live in society from our own experiences rather than adapting the past experiences of our parents to our present day (Continued on Page 50)

War is an answer But it seems ineffective, For so many people die. And they are all the ignorant, the naive. Can true men send their sons off To settle piddling disagreements by their death? I only know They do.

A California Youth Views 'Omaha Teens TEEN EDITORS OF THE 19GG NEW YEAH EDITION TEEN SECTION. Top row (from left (o riglil), Gita Wakschlag, Hcdy Waksctilng, Francic Brody. Bottom row (left to right). Nan Scliiilman and Vielii Meyers.

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Editor's Note: Many members of our teen community had exciting experiences this summer in travels abroad. Somewhat more unusual than the others were the experiences of Linda Gilmore, who spent one month living as a member of a German family. In this article Linda tells why she chose to go to Germany, and some of her reactions as an American Jew living in this country of unsavory memories. If there is sufficient indication of reader interest, Linda has agreed to write a series of articles for the Jewish Press about her experiences and her reactions. Comments from readers, both teen and adult, should be addressed to the Jewish Press office at the Jewish Community Center. M. G.It was Friday night, and the candles glimmered in an at- a society accepting a national that n Jew could even come to Germany. Here were p e o p l e mosphere of warmth, serenity guilt. Upon the completion of my bearing an unforgettable guilt <»»d solitude. I slowly recited the and an unforgiveablc shame, but Sabbath blessings while looking p r a y e r s , the three of them who accepting me fully as into the proud and sensitive smiled as if to say they under- their were daughter. faces of my new family as they stood. They thanked me for such This was one of my many listened attentively to e v e r y lovely words and then bowed their heads in solemnity and re- unique experiences as a parword spoken. Seated before me was a man cited, in German, the Catholic ticipant in the Experiment In International Living Program. by Nancy Kaplan of intelligence, beneficence and grace before their meal. This was a momentous and As an Experimenter, I lived God makes us live perceptivity — a man who had God makes us die, lic'fii an officer in the army of meaningful occasion. Here I with a German family for oneAnd often times the Third Kciclt. My mind strug- was, an American Jewish girl, month. I traveled through their (Continued en Page 50) I wonder . . . why? gled in the knowledge of these sharing my life with a German two antithetical ideas, and I family. suffered under the strain of Reactions mixed emotions—of love for my When I first told my German newly acquired family and re- parents that the table, set with vulsion of their past. candles, reminded me of the By IIEDY WAKSCIILAG My mother was a woman of Sabbath at home in America, He who knows and knows ho knows— they i n s i s t e d that I say the sensitivity and prudence, but alHe is wise, follow him. so a member of Germany's war • prayers of my faith as if I were He who knows, and knows not he knows— in the same surroundings of He is asleep, wake him. generation. Close to me sat my He who knows not, and knows not he knows not— new sister; intense in her at- love and understanding. I was touched by their deep concern, He Is a fool—shuri him. tempt to grasp the meaning of He who knows not, and knows he knows not— my words of prayer. She is a but could think only of tho hatred of 25 years ago, and tho He is a child, teach him. girl of perspicacity and intellecprogress which had been made, ARABIAN PROVERB tual depth, but a girl born into

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by Cheryl Widom As the end of the summer ia drawing near, I thought someone might want to know something about what I thought of Omaha teens. First of all I'd better inform you who I am. A native Californian, I was born in Los Angeles, fifteen and a half years ago. I've been v i s i t i n g my grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Tully, since the beginning of the summer. Well, to get to the matter at hand; I've traveled a lot and I've discovered that teens are basically the s a m e wherever you go. Omaha teens are a bit more conservative than Californians, but we like the same music, wear our hair the same way, etc. At the parties, though, I've noticed that out here you don't dance the same way or as much as we do in Los Angeles. When I first arrived here, I found out, to my pleasure, that the kids are friendly, outgoing, and fun to be with. This summer has b e e n a great experience for me and I'll remember it always.

By ELLENE HALPRIN The teenager's world is often one of anxiety and loneliness. So often he feels isolated and friendless, cheated and powerless, He realizes, and sometimes resents, the control his parents and teachers'hold over him. He is restless and disturbed, thoughtful and inconsiderate. Transition When we entered our teens, we began what Is probably the most difficult transition of our lives. We are expected to change from complete dependence on others.to an awai-thess of the World of which we are a part. We'must recognize our abilities and be the arbitrators of our own actions. Authority The most frustrating thing at this point is tho realization of the authority of our parents. Our f r e e d o m and independence is hampered by threats of lost telephone privileges, allowances, etc. At school we ore pressured to make high grades for college. Some of us react to these demands in immature ways. We are known for kiting our hair grow too long, driving too fast end breaking rules. Problem Although the average teenager is self-centered, bur nnxictlcs extend beyond ourselves. At limes wo feel the problems of the world upon cur shoulders. Vietnam—burning dralt c a r d s -

lowering the voting age—the spread of Communism—are air things we have talked about, but thereis little else we can do. , Society We begin to recognize the advantages of our society, but more deeply, we see its limitations and rotten spots. We know a society is built by generations of precedent and that one individual or even a group can do little to relieve the cruelties of prejudice and the pettiness of moneyworshipping. We worry about (ho idea of God, nnd we begin to doubt our religious training. At times we feel without a cause and without a goal. Social pressures torment us as we make the decision of "Individuality vs. Conformity." Sometimes self-respect and group respect are in opposition, and to decide which is more important is not always easy. , Fortunately, a person can stand a certain number of years of confusion. With the solution of each problem, no matter how small, we can. shrug our shoulders and walk on. With each realization of our abilities and each job well done, we can climb another step towards maturity. When we reach adulthood we will find ourselves responsible—complete people—having found many answers to our questions about Life during the thoughtful times of our, most isolated years. ...' . , , , .

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There are seven marks of an uncultured, and seven of a wise man. The wise man does not speak before him who is greater than he in wisdom; and does not break in upon the speech of his fellow; he is not hasty to answer; he questions according to the subject matter, and answers to the point; he speaks upon the first thing first, and the last last; regarding that wnich he has not understood he says, I do not understand.it; and he acknowledges the truth. The reverse of all this is to be found in an uncultured man. PIRKE ABOTH, 5:10 . *

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There are four characters among men: he who says, What is mine is mine and what is thine is thine, his is a neutral character; he who says, What is mine is thine and what is thine is mine, is a boor; he who says, What is mine is thine and what is thine is thine, is a saint; he who says, What is thine is mine and what is mine is mine, is a wicked man, P1RKE ABOTH, 5:13 • •

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There are four kinds of tempers:- he whom it is easy to provoke and easy to pacify, his loss disappears in his gain; he whom it is hard to provoke and hard to pacify, his gain disappears in his loss; he whom it is hard to provoke and easy to pacify is a saint; he Whom it is easy to provoke and hard to pacify is a wicked man. PIRKE ABOTH, 5:14 Another year has passed. Maybe for some it was a good year; maybe for others it was a not-sagood year. Nevertheless, Rosh Hash ana and Yom Kippur are upon us again and we must close the door upon the past year (maybe with a few lingering glances backward) and open the door upon anew year to cross the threshold of the future, . ' > As we open this door, we find that the future looms before us dark and impalpable; yet, we needn't stumble through the future blindly. Heeding words of wisdom like those above and using them us our guides should make our twelve-month journey somewhat easier, don't you think?.

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all. our sense of response to the Divine Will is to improve the world. t trust that the observance of the High Holidays will be more —much more—than ritual conformity and a yearly pilgrimage to the synagogue. I pray it will be a deeply moving personal spiritual experience for one and all. May each of us be reminded of the vast good we may yet do in the time which God has allotted to us. May this coming year be a year of blessing for all because at this sacred season we discovered the blessing that waits to be spoken in deed and thought from the heart of each of us.

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Augusta Schwartz Louis Schwartz Phil Schwartz Helen Shapiro Stanley Shapiro Joseph Seidcl Harry Segall Dr. Max Selo I.sidor Sherman Stanley Sherman Sylvia Siporin Ida Sonin Esther Staenberg Irving Stein Elmer Stern Margaret Stoler

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The teachings of Judaism demand that Jews be worthy citizens, loyal to their country, obedient to its laws and promoting its welfare. So it was that wandering homeless Jews became loyal citizens of many countries. In America the opportunity of living the Jewish life in freedom became a realization, and the Jew has been at work for three centuries sharing in the shaping of this country, defending it when necessary, on the battlefield.

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The Family of tion, for growing up socially is one of the very difficult experiences that man faces; a time of much anxiety and stress. Tin; problem is often compounded by behavioral expectations imposed by the adult world and the more mature children in their peer group. The most common format for a Bar Mitzvali social is precisely one of these superimposed activities, namely, a dance, some times highly forma! in nature, but most often rather unstructured and unsupervised. I cannot imagine any single activity, which is more likely to increase the anxiety present in incipient boy-girl relationships than this one. I do not mean that 13-yearold children should not dance, but when they are offered this in a program, dancing should be only one of several cjuite acceptable things to do. Children need to dance. However, when and under what conditions are important' considerations. Too often I have shared with some child the tearful and sometimer, traumatic experience of not being asked to dance, or not being asked to dance by one of the "right boys" or being refused by the "right" girl. Such phenomena occurring prematurely and without mitigation are damaging. Many distorted ideas of the opposite sex and the role of one's own sex develop during this period — notions which sometimes persist a lifetime. It is no game, this party. Resisted Games But what about the pressure that comes from the children? I recall planning a social affair with an Bthgrade advisory section in school. They "wanted" a dance: I insisted that it be a party. 1 had to restrain my impulse to smile as I noticed that it was the least mature of the children who resisted the idea of playing games as the main activity of the evening—after all they weren't babies. I pointed out that I would suggest no game that I did not still enjoy very much—after all, I was no baby. At the party the children danced and played games, mostly the latter. The least mature and most of the rest of the youngsters participated in and seemed to enjoy the games far better than the dancing. The protestors didn't dance at all. What a child says he wants-is not at all necessarily that which would bring him the greatest pleasure. Often he doesn't know what would. With the foregoing generalizations in mind, Jet us suggest

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Most Jewish youngsters attend dozens of Bar and Bat Mitzvali parties when they are 12 to 14 years of use. For many of the children, those parties may be the mo-jt essential, if not the only, form of "social life" they'lead during this time. Since this is their launching into an important aspect of life, it is important to examine what happens to children in such situations and what ought to happen. The most apparent characteristic of a group of children of Bar Mitzvah age is the enormous disparity of physical and emotional development amon;; them. Though it is true that human development occurs in spurts, rather than in ;i straight line, the 7th and !;th grade years are periods of rapid growth In most-youngsters. •Spurts' Vary It is important to remember also that, not only is growth uneven, but the timin;; of those '•spurts" varies greatly from one child to another. In any given 7th grade classroom there sit boys and girls who resemble 10 and 11 year-old children physically and emotionally; in the same class one is likely to find others who look like and act like young men and women. In addition to the differences in relative groivth. it can be demonstrated easily that the children are similarly different in interests. The less mature boys, still bent on finding out what it is to be a boy, are rough and active, disrespectful of themselves and most certainly of the opposite sex. The most mature girls, anxious to find out what a young man is like, are soft in manner, attentive and frequently supportive of each other. Let us bear these differences in mind as we consider what ought to be programmed for a party of 13year-old youngsters. An essential ingredient for a successful social afiair at this age is variety. The most we can hope for is to reach some of them some of the time. Some activities are broad in appeal, but even these are enjoyed by each child in different ways and for different reasons. If there are a number of varied activities in the course of a single evening, we can feel relatively certain that each of the children will have experienced something e s p e c i a l l y pleasurable to him or her—in other words, the youngster will have had a successful evening. Traumatic Experience I use the term "successful" very deliberately in this connec-

.some (if the alternatives for social gatherings which I consider appropriate for this age youngster. If we loo!; at the many parties as a group of events rather than isolated experiences, we would have a good reason to make each one unique in some way, just as any single party regarded by itself should offer a variety of experiences and activities. If one of these wore a bowling afternoon: another, a swim party; a third, a barn dance; the next, a picnic, the criteria I have outlined would be fulfilled without much strain and planning on the part of the child or the parents. I-"ar Greater Measure The more varied the settings. liic more iikeiy it becomes lor all the children to make their social adjustments with a minimum of pain and.a maximum of success. For a single party of a general nature, there is an abundance of literature about games. A good program can be planned by parents and child together. Dancing can be ineluded, but, if it is, alternative activities of an attractive nature should be offered simultaneously. Novelty dances are a way of easing the formality of this part of the program. Although many of them may be reluctant to confess to it publicly, the kind of party I propose is likely to bring far greater pleasure to a group of Kiyear-olds than those which are generally offered to them. Let me offer a new proverb: Better to be cursed by your child before a successful party and praised by him afterward than to be praised by him for your indulgence and have him curse himself afterward.

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Such unpleasant facts have prompted the lay and rabbinical associations of American Judaism to ponder two questions: S h o u l d special consideration about syngogue fees be given to newlyweds, whose expenses of starting life together are high and income reallively low? If the answer is a positive o n e , what is a fair way to provide such special consideration without imposing an unfair burden on the rest of the congregation? Solutions The U n i t e d Synagogue of America, the central body for Conservative congregations, set up some years ago a Department of Synagogue Administration and a Committee on Synagogue Administration with the

at establishing a method of married by the rabbi or by any while inducing the newlyweds meeting congregational costs as rabbi of a Conservative con- to join is the essential first step, much as possible from dues and gregation in the region. Free the value of such membership thus curtail to the minimum the membership includes two free can be vitiated if the newlyconstant round of minimising High Holy Day seats and no weds are thereafter ignored. events which is still the often dues, charges or assessments Graduated Dues irritating norm for many Amer- during that year. Each congreA j o in t-commission of the ican congregations — Conserv- gation agreed to set up a com- Union of American H e b r e w ative, Ilcform and Orthodox mittee to study means of inte- Congregations and the Central alike, grating newlywed m e m h e r s Conference of American Rabbis In 1 'MV.i, the United Syna- into the congregation's life. A has been in existence for some gogue made a survey among its wide range of such special ac- three decades for Reform conthen 750 congregations, elicit- tivities is recommended by the gregations. The commission has ing responses from 315 of them. United Synagogue regional of- always advocated that member A wide range of practices was fice to achieve such integration. congregations meet their annual reported on what congregations This is in line with the con- operating budgets entirely from did to meet their budget, in- stantly reiterated counsel to m e m b e r s h i p dues and thus (Continued on Page 52) cluding the usual sale of High m e m b e r congregations that Holy Day seats, Kol Nidre appeals, journals and a variety of other fund-raising devices. These do not i n c l u d e bingo, which the United Synagogue c..,,.i.,>" <,f tinWiip" jhi» •> '•!! outlawed years ago. as other related problems. Newlyweds The United Synagogue views the problem as having two asAbout one-third of the repects: finding an approach to porting congregations indicated ease the financial burden for they did not make any effort to young couples and encouraging provide reduced rates for young them to join as early in their marrieds. Others gave small remarried life ;\r, possible to get ductions for the first one or two them involved as deeply as pos- yeas of membership. The sursible in congregational life. vey also found that there was For tiie first half of the prob- almost no special effort among lem, a graduated dues plan was Conservative congregations to developed. This is a variable bring newlyweds fully into the formula aimed at adjusting fees congregation's activities during to ability to pay. It is also aimed the first years of marriage. The situation seems to be one largely of waiting for such newlyweds to join to get their sons Best Wishes for a ready for Bar Mitzvah, to make little effort to get them in beA Very Happy New Year fore that or to organize special programs for them when they do join at an early stage of from their married lives, to All of Our Free Memberships Edwin, Harold, Edward The United Synagogue mainFriends and Customers tains an unending flow of maand Pete Brodkey terials to m e m b e r congregations, qimed at inducing them to adopt_the graduated dues plan and to make membership feo for newlyweds low enough to attract them to join and then to involve them with special congregational programs. A m o n g the formulas is a year's free membership —with nil congregational rights and privileges — to couples married by the congregation's r a b b i , with no charges, dues or assessments of any kind during that period. Another is a gift of n year's membership f r o m the congregation to a couple newly m o v e d into the community. Still another is a year's free membership to newlyweds, with MEMBER NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE rates thereafter gradually increased over the years until the AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE regular level of fees is reached. 59th and Ames Still another is a reduced fee until the husband's 35th birthMombtr MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE day or until the oldest child F«d«ro! Dopotif Insurance Corp. enters the synagogue's religious school. Congregations p r o v i ding special rates to newlyweds or you;r; marrieds usually do not require payments of assessYour ments, such as for special capiSCHIMMEL tal fund drives, during the period when special minimal rates HOSTS arc in effect.

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By Itablii Charles K. Schulm.'iii The Jewish New Year is traditionally the season for spiritual stocktaking by the Jewish people. In America it is generally a time when the individual Jew rejoins his people physically by attending the synagogue nnd participating in the special prayers for the occasion. The observance of Rosh Hashana is ancient in origin, dating from Uible times in accordance with the command in the Book of Leviticus: "In the seventh inont'i, in the first day of the month shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns (.shofar), a holy convocation. You bhnU do no manner of servile work." The majestic prayer "Meloch «il kol ha'olom kulo"—reign Tliou 0 God over all the world — recited on this day, is reflective of the perennial Jewish hope that some day men will be united through recognition of their common heritage as children of one God, and the optimism of the Jew expressed in the belief that a better social order can be established by more sensitive and intelligent human effort. But the hopes for messianic times, which lie at the heart of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur prayers, reflecting the spirit of the prophets of Israel us well as the Jewish mystics, do not in themselves cope with the immediate challenges to the American Jewish community today. There are problems

facing us at the beginning of our New Year that simply cannot wait for a long-time solution. They are urgent and, unless dealt with seriously, they can pose a threat to our survival and identity as well as cause the potential loss of a substantial part of the world Jewish population. American Weakness In America there is today a weakening of the spiritual bonds that have tied 'lio Jews of the world together throughout the centuries. There is no end of Jewish organizational activity but it is not, by and large, associated with Jewish consciousness or with creative Jewish life. The two decisive elements and motivations which secured Jewish existence and identity in ihe past—the Jevyibil iclif-iun which controlled the Jewish existence of yesterday, and the persecution of the Jewish people—seem to have lost much of their effectiveness today. Jewish Law Tho majority of Uio Jewish people of our time is not guided in its daily life by the Jewish laws, nor is it at present in danger of physical destruction. As a consequence, the Jewish people must find a functioning rationale to give it identity, incentive and motivation to continue the Jewish tradition. The critical situation in American Jewish life arises not from a departure from or denial of Jewishness, but of a slow process of erosion and a lack of motive for remaining

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that of unity. Lo;d Bryce once referred to the Holy Roman Empire as being neither holy, nor Roman nor an Empire. Similarly it has long been evident that the American Jewish community, while very American, is only superficially Jewish and not much of a community so far as its structure is concerned. Vital affairs affecting the whole of Jewry have frequently become a matter of private enterprise in American ranks. Monolithic action in pub-

lic Jewish matters is generally accepted by the community. It constitutes an indictment of American Jewry for failure to create an overall, well-functioning Jewish group that could speak for the entire Jewish Population of America. While tliere have been protests against Soviet anti-Semitism and the Arab boycott directed against Jews the world over, these have on the whole been weak and ineffective, with(Continued on Page 56)

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The-Best.Books of the Yeer (Continued from Puge 37i rael on Jewish writers, lie does not deal in depth with the authors, but rather is concerned with their attitudes and subject matter. The reader doe.-; not get a picture of the tot:il work of the writers involved, but does get some idea of many of the themes that interest them. '•'flit* Source" Of course, in fiction one becomes rather opinionated and does not necessarily like or enjoy what other critics praise or what the buying public eats up. James Michener's "The .Source," for instance, is a Ion;;, fat novel about the history of the Jews. Michener utilizes an arciieological di:j ns a gimmick for feeding us Jewish history. All very nice for those who are unwilling to read more formal history, but somewhat difficult for those who judge their notion by high standards. A well-intended book, it may be one of those best-selling novels which are purchased, placed on bookshelves, picked Up, but not finished. This may be a generalization and an unfair statement, but that is how '•The Source" has affected at least one reader. Understanding God Elie Wiesel's "Tlic Gates of Hie Forest," winner of the B'nai B'rith Jewish Heritage Award (I960, is another in Wiesd's fictions about a survivor of a Hitler concentration camp, or camps. Lyric, dreamlike in its nightmarishness, "The Gates of the Forest" seeks to understand Why God, if He exists, permitted such things to happen as happened in Hitler's Europe. W'iesel has attacked this subject before, in this book, he is at his brilliant best. A cult is developing about him, and one can understand why.

No doubt 1 have missed some books (like "The Jews in 'J'lu-Ir Land," "conceived and edited by David BenGurion," which seems to me to he a non-book created

for the gift-book trade) and have disliked others. But let the. record stand as it is. I thin!; the books I have liked I shall continue to like a year hence.

S 111 (Continued from Page 14.) ment; save money; buy a rundown home and then together with his friends and relatives remodel it completely. Their adjustment io American business is shown in the restaurants and small luncheonettes they have set tip. The Yemenites are among the best in making felafe!, that meatless Middle East specialty. But to meet the demands of the young —and old—they now make pizza, too, in their stores. Education Yemenite children stilj study in ytshivoth here in Brooklyn, but Mr." H i z a m i and other Yemenites w o r r y abo-it tho youths' Americanization. One told this writer: "I send rny son to a yeshiva, but I'm not stiro how 'much he'll keep as he grows older because he is surrounded by Americans who aro not religious." To Yemenites, the education of their children in Hebrew and Jewish tradition is a sacred task. A man called to read a portion of the law in either of the two Yemenite synagogues here is disgraced if he fails to read his section faultlessly. Of course, there is a differenco between their lives hero and in Israel and they are the first to admit it. They practice many of the customs on Rosh Hashnna that they carried on in Israel and Yemen. But it's more on an individualized rather than group basis. Customs For example, Mr. Hlzarnl will go out to the outdoor fruit mar-

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Too 31 By Edwin ftytan .Jerusalem Israel nerds men. Everybody agrees on this, the country's leaders, economic and demographis experts, military im-n and even the man in the xtreH, The early days of pioneerin;!, of swamp dryim:. when idealism and dedication were sufficif-nt are ovr-r. What Hit' country nef-d.; now are expert:;, technicians, scientist::, lawyers, philosophers, or jusi plain men who think for themselves and can help give the State that extra push which will bring it into the era of mdu-striali/.ation. will permit it to compete on the great world market where Israel has tu strit lici' w d m . will ys'tu lit-i

science anrl industry for the coming nuclear age. I5r;«in Hungry Economic surveys show, that no country can achieve a satisfactory rate of industrial progress if it bases itself exclusively on the capitals invested and MIL- global amount o! labor provided without taking into account expert knowledge, professional know-how and technical skills. The big powers increasingly develop their intellectual elite, Russia trains every year more and more engineers and scientists and the U n i t e d States, though it already possesses the world's largest r e s e r v o i r of highly skilled experts, is actively engaged 1in a w o r 1 d-v.ido "brains drain ' trying to recruit skilled manpower all over the world. Due to its -small population and the large proportion of its citizens who came from underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asia with no professional skill? or training." Israel is today in the forefront of 'brain hungry" states. Population Problem Official statistics show that without a resumption of largescale immigration Israel's Jewish population will within a generation be submerged under an Arab majority. The natural increase of the I s r a e l i Arabs (births over deaths) is 44 per 4,000 or the h i g h e s t in the world. T h a t of the country's Jews a bare 16. Demographic experts find that without immigration, Israel's Jews will nurh; ber 3 million in 35 years from now, the Arabs one million and a half. Some thirty years later still, the Arabs would become an absolute majority. Thus Israel would not only be surrounded by a hundred million Arabs outside her borders, she would be overwhelmed by their numbers from within as well. Immigration The traditional reservoirs of mass immigration, countries in which Jews suffered, were poor and persecuted, have emptied themselves, the gates of Eastern Europe, and especially of the Soviet Union, are'hermetically locked and only Western Jewry is available. It is exp e r i e n cing an unprecedented revival of Jewish consciousness and Zionism, it supports Israel by all means, it yearly provides huge amounts of money to help her overcome her immediate difficulties and plan for the future. One thing it has failed to supply: men. , Worse, out of the handful of those who have immigrated a large percentage 1 e a v e the country within a c o u p l e of r>.years and return to their former homes. Some 10 percent of i the 25.000 Latin American immigrants have reportedly left ! during the last few months; 50 'percent of the American set! tiers who have come since the ' creation of" the State are knowo

to have relumed to the States. An aura of home-sickness .surrounds t h e s e Western immigrant:;. Can this nostalgia, the pathetic home-sickness explain t-verything? Uliy They {',o Home The lenders of their own association as well as oiiicials of the Jewish Agency doubt it. Acc o r d i n f ; to them, what has prompted so many immigrants to return to their iornv.T homes were the i n i t i a l difficulties which they had to face: find jobs for themselves, businesses to invest their money, housing for their families and generally integrate themselves into the' raeli society . Bureaucracy One of their first difficulties and first disappointments, according to many .settlers, was their initial contact with.Israeli bureaucracy: the lack of interest of many officials, the need to contact three or four different Jewish Agency departments in order to settle the simplest affair, the necessity of spending endless hours waiting in the hot and dusty corridors of the official machine only to find out at Hit- end that another department has jurisdiction over this particular issue. Housing Another s e r i o u s grievance which continues to exist, is caused by the lack of coordination between the offices which find employment and t h o s e which deal with housing, Many settlers have thus found themselves to be living dozens of miles away from their place of work or t h e i r business and this in a country in which the transportation is difficult, the POLITIC A I. ATH'[:ilTI<[-MKV|-

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lew Year's Greeftiqs By L. ir. Kiisch president, and Prof. Israel Efros Ht.buv. ut>i(L cnteud the main UCditor of the of Propsie College; and Rabbi stream of American cotimiunicaAmerican Jewish World) David Aronson of the University tiosis media, the need for devisof' Judaism at Los Angeles— ing a simple, uniform system for The transliteration into Eng- were invited to cooperate in, the transliterating Hebrew words lish of the names of the Jewish study, they warmly endorsed, for the English-Jewish as well festivals and other H e b r e w the proposal and commended as the general press became terms has long posed a vexing the AJPA for "undertaking the more pressing. problem in the editing of 12ng- too long deferred project." Tlie confusion proved espelish-Inuguage J e w i s h publicaI'nlfonnity cially exasperating and embartions. AH were in agreement on the rassing when it came to spelling The • pproval by the American Jewish Press Association of the desirability of a uniform system the names of the festivals of the report t i its C o m m i t t e e on of transliteration.* and made Hebrew calendar which season-. Transliteration at the 23rd an- some very helpful suggestions ally .make their appearance in nual convention last month in which were incorporated in the the pages of Jewish publication;;, Washington marks a fonv:ird report. But, unfortunately, there As many as 15 different versions \v:is no agreement on a specific of the s p e l l i n g of Hanuka, step in the resolution of this phin mainly because of personal Shavuol and Rosh Hnshana, to problem. predilections and the desire to name but a few, have been noted The report climaxes a study follow philological rules which originally authorized at the As- are .suitable for scientific schol- in news reports, feature articles, sociation's 1950 convention with arly works, but do not meet the . holiday messages, press releases the appointment of the writer as requirements.of popular media. and adve ti:;in,<; copy which flood the editorial and advertising chairman. Working closely with T 'c- lite jlltltUri U desks. Since there existed no auhim was i'hiiip siornovitz, editor The committee was reactiv- thoritative guide, every writer of the Detroit Jewish News, then president of the group. ated at the HI5i> convention, but was a law unto himself. Jewish Leaders still no a g r e e m e n t could be Under the circumstances, the When the heads of America's reached among the membership, AJPA standardization d e t e r leading Jewish educational inFinally, at the HJG5 meeting in mined to disregard philological stitutions—Rabbi Louis Finkel- A t l a n t a , the standardization rules f o l l o w e d in scholarly stein, president of the Jewish project was r e v i v e d . Philip works, and resort to arbitrary Theological Seminary, and Rabbi Sloinovitz. Albert W. Bloom, edi- decisions, in the interest of uniMoshe Davis, dean of the JTS tor of the Pittsburgh Jewish formity and simplicity. Phonetics' Teachers Institute; Rabbi Nel- Chronicle, with the writer as son Glucck, president of Hebrew chairman, were charged with Recognizing that the Sephardi, Union College-Jewish Institute the task of arriving at a con- or more specifically Israeli, proof Religion; Rabbi Samuel Helk- sensus. nunciation is winning ever wider in. president of Yeshiva UniverAll through the intervening 'acceptance, it was decided that sity; Dr, Abraham Newman, years, as a growing number of the phonetic spelling of the Hebrew word as it is pronounced in Israel today be followed, As the system employed In HICKORY scholarly works requires special type not generally available in DICKORY commercial printing plants, it DOCK was agreed that the Hebrew letter ''net" <now commonly writen as ch) as well as the letter "Khaf," 1chose sound is similar to "het.' be represented by the English "h." The "h" is to be omitted where it is silent at the end of a word as in Rosh Hashana; it will be employed for "het" sound as in "Siinha" and as the "khaf" sound in the last letter of Tanah. The "h"' also, of course, will LOWEST LONG DISTANCE RATES serve in its normal function as are in effect every night from 8 the aspirate for the Hebrew p.m. to 4:30 a.m. and all day on letter "hci." Sunday. You can call anywhere in the U.S. (e/cept Alaska ancJ Hawaii) The Hebrew letter "tof" will be represented by the English foronly $1.00*or less. Enjoy a tele"t" as in Histadrut. The Hebrew phone visit at the lowest rates in "Izadik." by the English "Tl" as fiistory—it's the next best thine to in Bar Mitzva and matza, being there! New Spelling •Only $1 50 or less from C to 8 p.m d uly and all cW on Saturday, T The words whose spelling was station r.ile. PlustJK. agreed on to-dale are: Rosli Ifashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Northwestern Bel! Hoshana Raba, Shemini Atzeret, Simhat Tora, Hanuka, Hamisha Asar b'Shvat, Purim, Pesah, Lag b'Oiner, Shavuot and Tislia b'Av. It will be noted that there are inconsistencies in the spelling of the names of holidays included in this limited list. Obviously, the decisions arrived at represent a compromise of conflicting viewpoints. But since this is to be an ongoing process, as the committee will continue to function, adding more words periodically as consensus is achieved, it may be anticipated that additional guidelines will be fownuliiled. Among those who were especially helpful in advancing the study to its present stage were Ted Lurie, editor of the Jerusalem Post; Arthur Weyne, edifrom tor of the Cleveland J e w i s h News; Boris Smolar, editor-inchief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency; and Philip Slomovilz, Omaha's Newest Fashion Store member of the Committee on Transliteration during the entire period of its existence. for Women Thus we arrive at the close of the first chapter in the 16year-old quest for peace in the anarchic Hebrew-English war of words. It is to be hoped that the next chapter will be written with greater speed.

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By Williani f'fthi-i? the Falashar as Jews. Habbi New York, K. Y.—"The Fala- Paris pointed out. for reasons sha Jews of Ethiopia and the that they do not quite ronfoim Black Jewish community of the to Hal.'iclia or Rabbinic Law and never knew the Talmud, United States have one tiling in which was written aiter the disCommon—both desperately need persion of Palestine Jewry. The financial aid, teachers, more Falashas, l o n g isolated from l" I opportunities for higher educa- other Jews have been less ex. tion. and above all. encourage- plicit than Rabbinic Laws dement and recognition of their crees on matters of marriage existence." and divorce, the Israel rabbiThe speaker was tall wiry, nate maintains. "We Black Jews 32-year-old ilailu Paris, asso- have a .similar problem here,"' ciate rabbi to thu venerable Habbi Paris emphasized, "Our Rabbi Albert .Moses of the Mt. Horeb Congregation in the status as Jews is also chalBronx, a leader of New York's lenged." Black or Ethiopian Jewish comAncient Customs munity, who has just returned from a nine-month visit to his Most of the Falashas live in native Ethiopia, which is lo.ooo North Ethiopia. Rabbi Paris remiles away in Northeast Africa, lates, in primitive surroundings. They wear the traditional "Shaon the Red Sea. •tvili ' f\r>nctf *>ir»itl •**• i n <*•-»»>*»•**"Rabbi Paris, resident in the ance to a tallith, and reminisUnited States for the past 2!) cent in color and fringes of Bibyears, had not been "home" lical times. The women wear an since he was brought here from adaption of the "Shamali," that Africa, a child of three, in the is more colorful and stylish. In company of his mother and aunt Addis Ababa, one synagogue at•; r;fi who settled w i t h him in the tracts some 250 Jews, many of Bronx. whom are refugees from Aden, Rabbi Paris pointed out that Yemen and other Arab lands, ' the dwindling number of Fala- and temporary residents from shas who claim direct descent Israel and other parts of the from King Solomon and the Middle East. There is a larger Queen of Slieba, today comprise Jewish community in Asmara, some 25 to 30,000 individuals. another in Gondar. His compatriots in the U. S., The Falashas are mainly twenty American dollars monthwhether they are considered. farmers, growing crops and ly. Ethiopians or Black Jews .stem- raising cattle for which EthioA Plea for Kceognllion ming from other areas, number pia, known as the "Bread BasHow does Rabbi Paris react about seven to ten thousand in- ket of Afica," is famous. Aldividuals, who belong to 12-15 though t h e i r women are ac- to changing prospects for Necongregations centered mainly corded rights and retain their groes and the Black Jews in in the greater New York met- own name even in marriage, particular? He said that the Black Jewish community wants ropolitan area. Rabbi Paris observes, they tend above all to become independThe Falashas who speak Am- to be subservient to their hus- ent economically. Its small busiharic. nonetheless look like oth- bands. .jiessrnen, as well as its potential er Ethiopians. They still sacriIn rural areas, where the fie a lamb for Passover; strict' Falashas live, the barter sys- professionals, need opportunites ly observe the Sabbath, follow tem is still in effect, with those for loans, chances to attend certain tenets of the dietary who have produce and meat, Jewish schools and seminaries, laws although they mix meat bartering it for cloth, utensils to acquire scholarships , and and dairy foods; mark the Bib- and other manufactured and imlical holidays except Chanukah ported items. The itar.dard of and Purim; and emphasize the living is low; servants are a rite of purification. symbol of status even with the deprived groups; the average N'nt Accepted In Israel Israel's people have been worker who is unskilled, earns cool to the total recognition of as little as the equivalent of

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(Continued from Page 2!0 country, gaining some insights into their customs, traditions and thoughts. I chose this program for the opportunity which it offered. I wanted a close contact with a foreign people, in hopes of better understanding their customs, manners and traditions. I hoped that through sudi a human relationship, in my .small individual way, I would be aiding the world toward reaching the goal of international peace. Why Germany My age, however, limited my initial selection of countries. In deciding between the available countries, my Jewish heritage was an important influence in my decision. I r e a 1 i z e d the horrendous truth of the atrocities and horrors which had been committed against my people; yet I knew

li:;!). Jn spilt- of tin; sickenin.? connotations most Jewish people have about (ieriuany. I wanted to formulaU- my own opinions based on my own experience.? living in the country, with Ihfj people. Not all my (|Ur.::tion:; have been answered." On the contrary, new ones have been raised. In :iueh a short time 1 did not attain all the knowledge ami insight I had hoped to gain, hut' I guess one docs not do this in a month, in a year or even in a lifetime. However I feel tha. my trip to Germany has made nm • a more mature and aware individual and that it has wilargocl my vision and scope of humaiiitv.

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Meyer Levin, was published in l!)")(i. It isn't a new book, hut in my opinion it's one of the greatest books ever written. The book is about two young, wealthy and extremely intelligent Jewish hoys: one. a Harvard graduate, and one, a Chicago University graduate. The story centers around (he "perfect crime;" the kidnap and murder of Paulie Kossler, in which the sole motivation of the murderers was to construct the crime of the century. They do, however, make one mistake which leads to their arrest. One of the reasons I enjoyed reading this book was Ix-causo the action is reality, and thi> people are so emotionally involved both with themselves and those with whom they live. It reveals some of the mystery rif the human mind, and the often times misguided use of great intelligence. This story is actually taken from the true kidnapmurder ease of Hobby Frank by Nathan Leopold and his friend. It is of interest to noto that Leopold, after spending thirty years in prison, is spending the rest of his life in further atom-incut o£ his outrageous crime, by working in a Leprosarium in Sotitli Africa. .' • .

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S (Continued froin Page 28) lives." They concluded by saying that often there is an excess of. parental advice on how to live. "Policemen' Some t e e n s expressed the criticism of parents who assume the roles of policemen as soon as their children reach the dating and driving ages. As a result, curfews become stricter and parents become over-suspicious of actions. Unfortunately, there seems to be a lack of trust in the teenager when he reaches the age of discovering a new way of life. Besides these effects, a group of teens agree that telephone and car limitations become stricter. Other teens applaud their parents" judgment and realize that since parents are older and have had more experience, they probably are wiser in determining what's best for the teenager than the teen himself. Others also agree that a parent should be strict — not too strict or too lenient, but just strict enough. Providers An overwhelming number of teens pointed out, jokingly or otherwise, that parents provide the teenager with money, free board and room, frequently a car, and occasionally, gas for the car. One teenager mentioned that "not only do our* mothers and fathers provide our material needs, but also, they offer their ideas and i d e a l s from which we tee'nacers can establish our own individual set of values.. Another teenager disagreed and said that parents not only don't let us choose our own ideals, but in addition, they inflict their personal prejudices upon us and demand that we accept them willingly. Unreasonable Many teens expressed that their parents often have unreasonable attitudes toward some things teenagers do, and as a result, severe arguments may arise. "It is that parents are too conventional and won't adapt th e m's e l v e s to the changing, more modern world, or does the fault lie with the teenager?" teens ask. According'to at least one teen-' ager, "Parents don't seim to realize that teenagers are more aware and inquisitive these days that they used to be. We are not ready to accept without question every word uttered by our elders." Free Time Other atticisms.'of p a r e n t s made fay teenagers included that they unknowingly deprive

the teenager of his much-wanted free time—''Parents always try to see that we're kept busy!" Parents also insist on teens attending f a m i l y gatherings — much-hated affairs by the majority of teenagers. But the good traits of parents can best be summarized by what one teenager said; "Parents definitely love us, and in turn, they are people whom we can love." I would like to add that most of us teens realize that we are not perfect either—far from it in fact. Perhaps this insight of what some Jewish teenagers think of their parents, will not only help parents, but also prepare teens for their roles as parents in the near future. I wonder what our children wil lhave to say about us!

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.Submitted by Kalhy Grceiibcrg In the ciitl, man destroyed the heaven and the earlli. The destructive spirit of man had been hovering over the face «jf the waters. And man said, let me have power over tlie earth, and it was so. And man saw that power tasted good, and so he called those i\lio possessed it 'wise,' and those who tried to curb power, be called 'weak.' And there was evening, and there was morning, the scvcnlh day. • » * And man said, let there be a division among all the peoples of Hie earth. Let there be a dividing line or a wall between those who are Against me and those who are for me. And it was so. And there was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day. And man said, let us create instruments of power to defend ourselves. Let us make a radio to mold men's minds, and a draft to control their bodies, and flags and symbols of power to capture tin ir souls. And it was so. And there was evening, and there was morning, the lifth day. * & # And man said, let (here be censorship. And it was so. And man made two great censorship bureaus. One to tell the truth that be wanted to be heard abroad, and one to tell only the truth that he wanted to be heard at home. And it was so.

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By DICBKIK MKYEKSON I see of no great giant standing proudly o'er the rest, Or hear no husky voice, sending deep awe throughout my breast, 1 only know of thunderous black and rains that rinse my hair, 01 white streaks branding midnight skies; I know that you are there. I see of no stone idol clothed in gowns of flowing gold, No statue I can cling to, chilled hand that I can hold, I only know of children's skin sun-kissed by perfumed air, Of winds that sing soft poems—and I know that You are there. My gratitude so often fades when trifling problems sprout That I forsake You as a crutch, and my mind fills with doubt, But as I turn my face to touch the fury of the sun, I read Your message in its light—and treasure what I've won. I see of no wise prophet, teachings clasped in wrinkled hand, Who radiates of learned heart, and leaches Thy hand, But. I know of unseen spirit granting mankind unseen care, I pray that I can always say, "I know that You are there."

The International Living Experiment (Continued from Page 2!S) I still have, at the time of this writing, one more w e e k to spend with my family in the Netherlands, two weeks to travel the beautiful countryside, and four days to enjoy Paris. Maybe in the weeks to come, I, will meet some Jewish teenagers, but I believe their opinions on religion, dating, going steady, jobs, etc., will be just as diverse as American teenagers. No, I believe far more important will be the impression of an American Jewish teenager in a Catholic home. This will be my experiment in international living.

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And man said, let us malic (iotl in our image. Let us say that God thinks what we think, that God wants what we want. And man found ways to kill with atomic power and with radiation fallout, those who were living and those who were not yet born. And he said . . . This is'God's will. And it was so. And there was evening, and there was morning, the second day. •

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Hassldim and Rosh Hashana yivene.'is for our sins. The Jlssldie rabbi, the K'iretzer said that the Lord delights in man's repentance, since it gives God. too, the opportunity to exercise his traits ol compassion and mercy. The sinners were not all bad, according to the Hassidhn. There are some "sparks of splendor'' about sin too, one of the great Hassidic rabbis maintained. I think the Hassklic institution is right. Somctmes the saints are harder to take than the sinners. Thomas Jefferson wrote that it is better to live with a cheerful scoundrel than with a sour saint. And then it is not always clear just what sin is. In the Talmud, Abba Arika is quoted as saying that, on the day of judgment, we shall be punished lor the good legitimate pleasures we have denied ourselves as well as for other sins. The H e b r e w word for sin, "chet." comes from the Hebrew verb meaning "to miss one's aim." Basically, is this not what sin is? We'd all like to be honest, but then there is the income tax to fill out and such things. We'd nil like to he even-tempered, but someone pushes us about or we are otherwise irritated, so we deviate from our own set goal. We miss our aim. The previously r e f c r r e d to Rabbi Lcvi Isaac was once approached by a Jew, who said he often Irk-d to overcome his sins but failed. "What is your occupation?" nsked the rabbi, "I work around horses." said the- Jew. ' "Could you ride horser, when you first tried?" asked the rabbi. "0, I fell many times," said the man. "You must do the same thing with the weaknesses you complain about." said the rabbi, "Keep on trying."

By I>avid Schwartz Rosh Hashan I is ,i Milt inn but pleasant liu'ul A I vt I ,ij<'d\ is dressed up itic at.d pii tt\ and cheerful like \ ik'm ,; t u n body a Happt Ni A YI u <iml at the syn:iuo,jii> you meet ptonli' whom vo'i

haven't met in a long time. And the shofar \ b l o w s . Tekiah! Long blast. Teuruah. An o t h e r long Jblast. Shevariin. Stac c a t o short blasts. s i Did you ever try to blow the C. Alpt-rt shofar? I remember as a boy trying to blow my father's shofar. It's hard to do. In addition to the physical part, it was required of a man blowing the shofar before the congregation that he come up to a '*'i|*t3iii £'}iriLiiu! standard. The Hassidic Reb Isaac Leib of Berditchev was once auditioning candidates. He interrogated them as to what was on their minds when they sounded the notes. One replied he thought of a '. general suminoninj; of his .soldiers to battle. Another said that in his mind there passed a vision of the rliildr'Mi of Israel coming out of Egypt. A third said: "When I blow the shofar, I say, Dear God. I am now fulfilling your command to sound the shofar and I ask you. Lord, in return, to do me a favor. I have four daughters who need marrying, and you know, Lord, with a poor man, who has no dowry to give them, that is not easy to do. So God, will you please see to it that they get proper husbands." The rabbi of Eerdichev gave the third man the job of blowing the shofar. Sin Rosh Hashana is the time of the year when we ask for for-

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(Continued from Page ','>">) A UOJC spokesman said that Orthodox Jews presumably ties eliminate fund-raising activities the evidence was that dues sel- them more closely to the synaso that a prospective member dom operate as a deterrent to gogue. The .spokesman noted family can know what mem- membership. In same cases, that affiliation in an Orthodox bership costs. provision is made to encourage synagogue in m o t i v a t e d by .Starting m about \X>7>, the needs for daily worship and reU11AC informed member Con- n e w l y w e d s to affiliate. The gregations it favored a gradu- Quebec region of the Orthodox ligious e d u c a t inn as well as ated dues structure based on Union, for example, some time youth activities. It is the polability to pay. This "fair share" ago put into effect a policy un- icy of member congregations t<» program lias been adopted by der which synagogues in tho provide information to congreabout '.'<) percent of the UAIIC's region may provide one year gants to make it clear tli a t (iOD member congregations. free membership to newlyweds. membership costs reflect and The UA11C commission has The more intensive rule of are geared to the costs of proa s s e r t c d that the graduated . Jewish ritual in the lives of viding these services, he said. dues philosophy is based on the idea that year-arotmd membership, r a t h e r than attendance mainly or only at High Holy "I'd !ik« to welcome my Day .service:;, ir, the mark ol the old frterdi and cuitofneu Jew's identification w i t h the (young ©nisi, foo). t m synagogue. The first step was starting my fourth year at to urge member congregations 3015 teavanworth. Stop to eliminate the sale of High by and My "tiello" whr»n Holy Day tickets and to adopt you're fn tha neighboran all-inclusive dues payment hood. If you can't stop, structure for m e in b e r s h i p. wavD el you go ky-*' Later when many young couples began to seel: membership Shfftf/ lincofn for their children's Jewish education in congregational schools, S/io/fy't Famout the concept was extended to in"Iriplo Check" clude S u n d a y school and in some cases mid-week religious classes. The all-inclusive an\t& Body nual dues payment system has become the dominant way of j ^ * Interior financing the contemporary Reform synagogue, according to "OMAHA'S FINEST the commission. SELECTION OF PRE-OWNED AUTOS.1' A commission spokesman has indicated a belief that money is not necessarily the key problem keeping ncwiyweds from joiniiig. The premise of the UAHC program is that consistent ap3015 Learenwotlh Street plication of the "fair share" allinclusive duc-3 program can include a minimum fee w h i c h newlyweds can live with. Evidence that money is not the major barrier to 'membership for young couples is seen in the fact tiiat most Reform congregations have a policy— usually made known to newlyand weds by the officiating rabbi— of minimum initial membership fees during the first year or as little as S25 or $40. Many Reform congregation*; offer free OUR MANY FRIENDS membership to such newcomers for the first year. But, accordAND PATRONS ing to the spokesman, all this has failed to produce a flood of members presumably deterred from applying because of fears of high membership costs.

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OMAHA CHAPTER OK II ADASSAH wishes the community of Jews everywhere a year enriched by strength of body and spirit, joyous by virtue of its goals and accomplishmerits. Members of the OMAHA WORKMAN LOAN ASSOCIATION extend their greetings and best wishes to the community for a happy and healthy New Year. MR. and MRS. IIYMAN OSOFF extend warm greetings and good wishes to all their relatives and friends for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MH. PHILIP S. MANUEL fixtends to all his relatives and good friends in Omaha, greetings and host wishes for the MR. and MRS. LOUIS PAPERhappiest of Happy New Years. NY and family extend their greetings and good wishes to r e 1 a t i v e s and friends for health, happiness and prosMay you, and all whom you perity in the New Year. hold dear, be graced with "the blessings of good health, happiness, peace, freedom and security. I)K. and MItS. J. MR. and MRS. JEROME .1. II. PARK and children extend MILTON MARGOLIN sincere good wishes to all for health and happiness in the New Year. Mil. ami MRS. NATK MARCUS and family extend best wishes for a healthy, happy New THE PIONEER WOMEN'S ORYear to all their relatives and GANIZATION extends greetfriends, both far and near. ings and good wishes to the community for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MR. and MRS. SOL MARTIN extend best wishes for a heal- DR. and MRS. DAVID C. thy, happy New Year to all PL ATT, TOM, DOUG, LINDA their relatives and friends, and GARY, extend warm both for nad near. greetings and good wishes to friends and relatives for a healthy and happy New Year. Good wishes for the New Year MR. and MRS. MORTON PLOTfrom KIN and family wish their relMATTHEWS BOOK STORE atives and friends, both far 1620 Ilarney Street and near, a very happy New Charlotte ami Sidney Spclglman Year, MR. and MRS. JACOB MENDELSON wish their relatives and friends a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

May the year ahead be bright; a year of hnppines, peace, goodwill and good fortune for all our friends and loved ones. MR. and MRS. A. POLIKOV and family.

MR. and MRS. HERMAN MKVERSON and family wish their relatives and friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.-

MR. and MRS. JOE POLONSKI and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MR. and MRS. MEYER MEY- MR. and MRS. MICHAEL PRED extend warm greetings and ER5GK 5R. extend their good good wishes to all their relawishes for a Happy New Year tives and friends for a happy, to all their relatives and healthy, prosperous New Year. friends. MIZRACill WOMEN wishes all its members and friends a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. MR. and MRS. REN MORRIS ttish their r e l a t i v e s and jilcinla,"both far arid near, a very happy New Year.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN, OMAHA SECTION extends sincere good wishes for a healthy, happy, prosperous New Year for all,

MR. and MRS. BENNETT RADUZINER and children extend sincere good wishes to all for health and happiness in the •New-Year. MR. and MRS. JOE M. RICE extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New Year. MR. and MRS. SAM RICE extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New : • Year.. . -: . '. ;. ,\'

MR. and MRS. AL NEPOMNICK MR. and MRS. H. RICHARDS extend %varm greetings and ... nod family extend warm greet. good widics to all for a happy, • Ings and sincere good wishes to oil for health and h.ippi- h e a l t h y , pro." porous New Year. n»'»s in the New Year. :& LIBBV NEPOMNICK ext*-r>ds warm greetings and < ffccl wishes to sill for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

DR. and MRS. ISA S. HIPS extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a 'irappy, h e a l t h v, prosperous New Year. DR. and MRS. MORRIS E. ROITSTEIN and family wish their relatives and friends, both far and near, a v e r y happy New Year.

MK. and MRS. DAVID SHUKERT and family e x t e n d warm greetings and good wishes to their friends and relatives for a happy, healthy New Year.

MR. and MRS. HARRY TRUSTIN extend warm gretings and' good wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New Year,

MRS. KARETTE SILVER extends warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New Year.

MR. and MRS. BEN ROSEN, DR. and MRS. MILTON SIMHILLY and PAUL, extend ONS, JERRY, CAROL, SHARI their greetings and good , and LAURIE extend warm wishes to friends and relatives grcctii'ijjfl Sufi gui'xi wishes to for health, happiness and .all for a happy, healthy, prosprosperity in the New Year. perous New Year. ED A. and SALLY ROSEN extend warm greetings and good wishes for a healthy and happy New Year to all.

MR. and MRS. ABE SLUSHY and family wish their relatives and friends, both far and near, a very happy New Year.

MR. and MRS. ABE VENGER and family wish all their relatives and friends a very happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MRS. M. A. VENGER and JER. •itif extend warm greetings and good wishes for a happy and healthy New Year to all their relatives and friends. MR. and MRS. PAUL VERET and family extend sincere wishes ior a happy New Year to all their friends.

and MRS. HAROLD SOBEL MR. and MRS. JEROLD ROS- MR. and family e x t e n d warm EN ami, children extend sinand good wishes to cere good wishes to all for greetings all for a happy, healthy, proshealth and happiness in the perous New Year. MR. and MRS. J. J. WAGNER, New Year. and family wish their relatives and friends, both far and near, Best w i s h e s from THE SO- a very happy New Year. FHIRS . . . AUDREY, AL, MR. and MRS. RICHARD ROMARTY, SUZI, JIM, RICHSINSKY and family wish their ARD, MICHAEL and MAR- DR. and MRS. JAMES I. WAX relatives and friends a happy CIE. and healthy New Year. and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperMR. and MRS. SAMUEL S. ous New Year. DR. and MRS. S. A. RUBNITZ STEINBERG and children exextend warm greetings and tend sincere good wishes to good wishes to all for a hapall for health and happiness in MR. and MRS. MORRIS WELVpy, healthy, prosperous New the New Year. ER and family wish their relYear. atives and friends, both far and near, a very happy New MRS..PAUL (GOLDIE) STEINYear. MR. and MRS. IRVIN RUBIBERG of Oklahoma City, OkNOW and MBS. ESTHER lahoma, sends greetings and MARKS extend best wishes good wishes to relatives and MR. and MRS. SAM WIESMAN to all for happy, healthy New f r i e n d s for a happy and extend warm greetings a n d Year. healthy New Year, good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MRS. CHARLES STERN extends warm greetings and MR. and MRS. REAGAN TONI good wishes to all for a hapWILLIAMSON extend warm py, healthy and prosperous MR, and MRS. MAX SACKS and greetings and good wishes for New Year. the New Year to Rabbi Brooks family wish their relatives and and family, General Beck and friends, both far and near, a family, Colonel Mawrence and very happy New Year. DR. S. Z. STERN extends sinand family and all their other cere good wishes to all for friends. health and happiness in the MR. and MRS. PAUL SACKS New Year. wish their r e l a t i v e s and MR. and MRS. ABE WOLFSON friends, both far and near, a of St. Petersburg Beach, Florvery happy, healthy, prosper- I7.7.1F. and JACK STISS extend ida, formerly of Omaha, send ous New Year. warm greetings and good best wishes to all their relaw i s h e s for a happy and tives and friends for a happy, healthy New Year. healthy, prosperous New Year, MR. and MRS. A. W. SCHLOFF and MICKEY extend warm greetings and good wishes to MR. and MRS. SOL STISS and THE WORKMAN'S C I R C L E all for a happy, healthy, proslumiiy Of Rockvilie, Maryland DRAMATIC CLUB extends perous New Year. wish their r e l a t i v e s and best wishes for a very happy friends a very happy New New Year to all their memYear. THE SCHWALB family extends bers and friends. their good wishes for a happy New Year to all their relatives MR. and MRS. MAX STOLLER THE WORKMAN'S CIRCLE LAand friends. and daughter extend warm DIES AUXILIARY wish their greetings and good wishes to members and friends a happy all for a happy, healthy, prosNew Year filled with health THE BERNARD II. SCHWARTZ perous New Year, and prosperity. family e x t e n d s their good - wishes for a happyNew Year to all their relatives and MR. ami MRS, SAM STONE THE WORKMAN'S C I R C L E MIDWEST DISTRICT COMfriends. and family extend every good MITTEE wishes all the diswish for a happy and healthy trict members and their famDR. and MRS. MAURICE B. New Year to all their friends ilies a happy, healthy and SCHWARTZ and CHILDREN in Omaha, prosperous New Year. extend sincere good wishes to all for health and happiness MR. and MRS. SAM SUSMAN in the New Year. extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, THE SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB healthy, prosperous New Year. extends good wishes to the AIR. and MRS. ALLEN ZALKIN entire community- with the and family wish their relatives hope that the New Year will and friends, both far and near, bring health, happiness and a very happy New Year. peace for all. MR. and MRS. MYRON TARN- MR. and MRS. EDWARD 3CORTHE IRVING SHAPIRO family OFF, BARBARA auc! BERNINSKY and family extend IE extend sincere good wishes extends their good wishes for their good wishes for a happy to all for health nnd happiness a happy New Year to all their New Year to all their relatives in the New Year, relatives and friends. and friends.

MR. and MRS. 1IARKY RICII- PR. and MRS. ROBERT SIIAP- TEMPLE I S R A E L SISTER' MR. and MRS. IIYMIE ZORINIRO extend warm Greetings HOOD,, ^xtends wnrm greetLIN extend warm greetings SKY extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a ings anil good wishes' tc all and good wishes for a healthy, find j;nod wishes to all for n Jiappy, healthy, prosperous for a happy, healthy' and pros- . bappy New Year to their relah^ppy, hcajtby, jprotspenHia New Year. perous New Year. ' ' ' tives and friends. ' ' 't Hew Year.'

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By RABKI MOKKIS A! (I R Editor's .Note: World Jt Ai .' suffered the loss this yeat of ou»* of its most distinguished ••p',' e man, Rabbi Morris Adk> :)>"!itual leader of - Cm.yt« < "inn Shaarey, Ztdek, in Detroit Tluh Struck by a madman':, b< !!• t while conducting a syi ij' 'ii<* service, Rabbi Aciler lo.st JUS !K ttie for life on March 11, 1'JM A prolific author, the Jo1'owing excerpts are irom t'.i" hi-t article written by Rabb. Adkr for the I'JOG issue of J t ' i h Heritage. V

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once c:ime forth and whence it (Continued from Page .3!)) out the force of conceited ac- can with our help came forth tion by an entire powerful Jew- once again. In the Jon;,' run it will taki ish community. At the present time the only more than fund nii'-im; to ti.J semblance of Jewish unity in the American Jew clor.er to 1 ;• America is in the area of fund- rael. Abba Eban, the Israeli raising, where huge sums are Foreign Minister, has called atrniscci 2" behalf of Americmi lenion to the fact that It is not Jewish institutions and Israel. natural, inevitable and GodWe are barely beginning to ap- given or history-decreed that preciate the need for better in- American Jew:; nuist always bo formed influential Jewish lead- kindled by a sense of responers for Ruidance in removing the anard.y resulting from lack sibility and concern for Israel, It hns to be consciously and ardof unity. uously fostered. It is from tha Key I'eopfe "If," warns Dr. Mordecai •Diii;;pora that Israel .'"pnni,*; into Kapian, "we hope to save the being after decades of Zionist various institutions, agencies activity, and it is from the sum** and organizations which are the source that continuous support present bearers of collective will have to come to help .susJewish life from becoming .su- tain the Israeli coniinunity ecoperfluous, we must see to it that nomically, politically and sothe Jews desire to remain Jews. cially in the greater comity of RABBI MORRIS ADLER The achievement of this objec- the nations. We have not finof the discredited, outlived and executive of an agency. By calltive depends not alone upon ished our historic commitment irrational. Eager for dialogue, ing and temperament a student, the rabbis, the teachers, social to the rebuilding o! the Jewish he engages for the most part in he has been turned into an offiworkers and all the other funcmonologues from pulpit and platehii, a steward, a member of a tionaries as much if not more homeland. form. He censures himself for staff. Interested in ideas and disCIialleiigK upon those who happen to be ciplined to study in privacy, the sinking into the middle-class the key persons, tho opinion Guarding g r o u p exi.-itencu logic of surrounding circum- ethos from which lie is striving tnolders in Jewish life, the suc- against erosion und attrition stances has led Mm to serve B3 to raiso his people. He is a cessful business men, financiers, can only be answered by llu» an apostle of affability and con- teacher of ends and goals at a organization politicians and oth- manner in which we understand viviality. He knows and is known time when techniques are in the ers." If these happen to be ig- our history and keep our idenby more people than any other saddle and means are supreme. norant or negative Jews, they tity. Our people gave the world A Symbol leader in the community (save will be Liable to grasp the need a vision of nn ideal social orthe political boss) and yet at the •While religion is respected, it of unifying the Jewish commu- der, of a single humanity which heart of him there is an unsure- i3 not invoked. Though he in nity and may thwart efforts in can redeem it from hatred, war ness of self in the midst of the honored as a "man of God," he this direction. and injustice. The ancient praycrowd. Often a consciousness of is not taken seriously. He has ers of Hosh Hnshana, repeated Israel apartness grips him, for which become a symbol on a par with Yet anoher problem we must annually by the Jewish people, ho quickly compensate; with other symbols—the Ark, Torah, concrete evidence of tliiu simulated exuberance. He is a menorah, altar—and like them deal with at present is the con- f;ive To sense the .spirit of this frequent guest ot testimonial revered at a distance but not tinuing support of the Jewish . vision. holy season adequately is to dinners, receptions and the mul- p r o f a n e d by involvement ill tiple bizarro festivities which daily life and crucial decisions. community in Israel, not only labor to help the Jewish comclog the calendar of American (Me wryly muses that the tradi- physically but morally and munity serve ns an example of Jewish life, and yet in the brief tional reference to the enkindled spiritually as well. For Zion the greater world that m u s t moments when he i3 not-"social- lights of Hanukkah reflects, iron- represents to all Jews every- come into being before ; right' izing" he finds himself agonizing ically, the contemporary atti- where the center of the Jew- eousiie:;:; and justice and peaco shnil be dominant factors in the over the question, "What am I tude, "One is not permitted to life of tho nations. ish character whence the law doing here-?'' make use of them, but only to behold them.") Loneliest Profession Need for a Rationale He sees himself shipwrecked • . • A Stranger The r a b b i recognizes that on an uninhabited island, far The rabbi is the heir and from centers of life and move- what his generation needs, pera bona fide witness, duo to his (Continued from Page 27) teacher of the longest continu- ment. He sadly concludes that haps above all else, is a ration- Freud elaborated his famous self-assumed status as "rashii." ;ous. history and tradition in the he is a member of thn world's ale, n reasoned exposition of The Halakluih, then, is ob^"Western world.'•• X'Tom early loneliest profession. He is mod- Judaism that''would not only theory of the Death Wish or viously concerned with protectchildhood he has trained to look ern and advanced, but the back- serve as its intellectual justifica- Death Instinct. This instinct, ac- ing the confessant liis own at life from the vantage point of ground he brings to his mod- tion but would also naturalize it cording to Freud, is part and aberrations w h i cfrom h manifest a millennia} history. In Ws fit- ernity stands in the way of his in the larger universe of dis- parcel of every human being's themselves, either as completether's home, he had become full integration into contempo- course and thought in which psychological constitution. It re- ly fabricated confessions, or a* rooted in a faith and back- rary life. He id liberal and rec- educated modern Jews move, veals itself generally as destrucg ,.—..^.! _-_3 u : u ~ t - . - A:*.. . ognizes not only the inevitability Cut he is too fragmented, too tivencss, in its many varied exaggerations of the real facts. diffused, to attempt such a syn- forms, and, in extreme cases, It recognizes the fact that wa t-juuvi, emu jtij ftjHtvui^,- institu- but the desirability and value of often find "man against himtions and rhythms a r e deeply change even within the tradition thesis and the age too greatly in in homicide. self," While certainly not all, intertwined with his personal at- which he represents. Yet he is flux to permit such a structure. Now, because of a variety of or even most criminal confestitudes and beliefs. History-ori- restrained by the inhibiting ap- He is perforce a dealer in fragented and tradition-centered he prehension that lha stabilities ments, fugitive texts, disparate reasons, this Death Wish, origin- sions are directly attribute-able, now sees himself a stranger in a needed to absorb the changes insights. The context to enclose ally felt towards others, is usual- in whole or part, to the Death land not his. are lacking in Jewish life, and them seems to have dissolved. ly frustrated and as a result ir. Instinct, the Halakhah is sulfiFor ours is an age of a reced- change that is not made in a Unity and wholeness arc neither redirected towards the self. At cientlv concerned with the mi. ing if not disappearing.past, in frame of reference of the con- in him nor in his teaching, times, therefore, this Death Wish nority of Instances, where such which yesterday quickly joins when it reaches its ultimate ex- is the c a s e , to disqualify alt . Inadequacies:._ :.. antiquity.;in ..the. jmo.untina.hepp fmuirw K £*£ rwv» a-q - v!!c<mluf inn The rabbi is not infrequently prcssion and is redirected iu- criminal confessions and to disof "Hie"obsolescent;' Dally are we rather than revision. He rewitness to the proliferation of sponds to a devoutness to which troubled by his own inadequa- wards tho self appears as sui- card confession as a legal indiscontinuities and the escala- he cannot give full expression cies. He h;>s not resisted v/h'A cide, then, is au introjected strumen. It;; function Is (« ™u sure the tolal victory of the Lifa tion of transitoriness. Modern at the services of which he i3 should have been resisted. He Death Wish, Thus, modern psychoanalytic . Instinct over its omnipresent man is "isolated" in time since the officiant. Compelled by tho has not devoted himself to basic change, vast, constant and re- convention of our times govern- matters with the inflexible sin- theory supports Mafmonides'ex- antagonist. Such are the conclulentless, cuts the ground of the ing the clergy to make many glemindedness they deserve. He planation of the Halakhic view sions to be drawn from Matpast from under his feet and al- public addresses, he worries lias permitted himself to walk on self-incrlmination, an explan- monides'. interpretation of tlia lows him but the immediate mo- constantly whether the fluency for too long on surfaces and has ation which relies on the iinivcr- Hnlakliah's evquivalent of lha ment in which to move about. and felicity ho has developed lived too much with the peri- eatility of the instinct of self- Fifth Amendment. Life no longer proceeds from are not the enemies of his pheral and incidental. He has destruction. In summary, therefore, tho not sufficiently ignored the dais The Halakhah recognizes the Constitutional ruling on self-idprecedent to precedent but rath- thought and reflection. and the limelight. He Ivny failed Introjected Death Wish as ex- crimination c o n c e r n s only er from the novel to the unpreTeacher his tradition and his people. He pressing itself on three levels: forced confessions, and its recedented. As a rabbi lie hns not inher- sometimes feels this most keen- ns complete physical'self-anni- stricted character Is a result Agency Executive Jewish tradition defines the' ited a structured system of doc- ly when he ir. being feted or hilation, when tho confession h of its historical evolution aa a rabbi as a layman, yet to his trine and t% therefore given to complimented. to a crime punishable by death; civilized protest against the i m parishioners he is a clergyman a constant quest and re-examiIn the rabbi are concentrated as partial celfdestructlon, when of torture in exortinjf confes-and pastor and lie has not yet nation. Yet it is expected by the frustrations, ambivalences, the confession is to a c r i m e sions. Tho Halakhic ' ruling, grown comfortably into the new those who seek him out that ho c o n fusion/} and uncertainties punishable by flogging (these however is much broader aivl role that has been thrust upon dispense certitudes and leach which bedevil the modern Jew, two recognized by Maimonides); discards confession in toto, and ?iim. A teacher of a tradition, he finalities. Himself of intellectual intensified by his greater rooted- and finally, as "moral maso- tliis because of its psychological is now in the service of an insti- inclinations, lie is looked down ness in Judaism and magnified rhism" when the confession re- insight and Its concern for saytution: an Interpreter of a his- upon by the academic intellec- by the representative nature of sults in "psul clduth," in tho ing man from his own destructory, he has in fact become Ilia tual fraternity as the upholder his position. confessatit's disqualification as tive inclination. Upon no one else in tl i ,T(V.ish community have the h imiii'T blows of change and ii.nUi'iun fallen as forc-lully as uj/un lh^ American rabbi. None h •. be 'i more exposed to the "P'idj of modernity'' than he: nonr iu storm-tossed by the multiple IL\olutions that have worki d Mich iliivuc witij iiie iimt-riicti aw! hallowed. U'ho Is lie? It is Email wonder that he appears to himself as staiHmj at a crossroad of uncertainty .ttid ambiguity, without a ch ar con ception of his function andir baffled as to direction. He do< not define himself either as piophet or priest. philosopher or mWic, ^communal lender or ndmini trator. He may be something of each, and the result is a blurred portrait that is not easily recognizable, mid that except for the designation "rabbi" bears little similarity to that of his predecessors. How easy it is to pick upon the weakness he betrays, the i n n e r contradictions he unites within him, the corrosions his profession has suffered. Critics He provides a ready taryet for those who delight 'in makinj; ironic thrusts at the vulgarities of the organized life over which he presumably presides in tlicir desire to exculpate themselves from their non-involvement in •matters Jewish. He has attained a high degree of cpnspicuotisJless, a condition which invites critics to heap upon him the guilt for the shallowness, shrillness and showiness of so much of communal activity. (There may bo a psychological basis to the need or desire to level criticism at the rabbi). Yet he is more victim than culprit, more the object than the simper of the force.? of Jewish collective endeavor. The real power in the community rests in other liands. while his own influence is more apparent than vital.