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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 19fr7-l TISHREI 5728
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Sol Z. Abraham, assistant administrator of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver, recites the Kiddush prayer which traditionally marks the hospital's observance of Bosh'Hashonah. And as the Jewish community here joins Jews throughout the world in going to the synagogue to hear the shofar usher hi 5728, may we at the Jewish Chronicle take this opportunity to wish you and yours a ¦ healthy, happy and pi<osperous New Year. ^
SHAZAR'S NEW YEAR
MESSAGE IS FULL OF CHALLENGE   Greetings
Humphrey Sends
BY PRESIDENT ZALMAN SHAZAR
Of the year that is now coming to a close it is impossllde to speak in tho terms of summary and aPPraisal we aK>ly to ordinary and even extraordinary years. Those f&tefiil six days it included - their marvels of heroism, the dangers before them, the obligations after them, thehr reflection fai the outer world - have made of 5727 a year unique in the annals of our people.
For many months before the conflict, border setttements were repeatedly fired upon, lives were lost to hostile attack, and^the rulers of neighboring Arab States inces¬ santly threatened to annihilate us. Aid came to our foes flrom distant'tiatlons, equipping them; traiiUng them, pitting
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Followfaig is Vice Presi¬ dent Hubert Humphrey's Rosh Hashonah greeting to the Jewish community.
An old year ends, a bright .new year, 5728, begins for the Jewish people. The ancient cycle commences a- new; bl synagogues through¬ out the world, the beautiful prayers and melodies of cen¬ turies past are offered again to God.
The HighHolydays arethe
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Johnson Sends New Year's Greeting
WASHINGTON (WNS) Pre¬ sident Johnson, in a Rosh Hashana message to the Jew¬ ish community of America, said we are in the midst of a trybig and troubled time and that it is our stern duty to be guided by hope.
Concluding his message the President said "all of us are humbled, and heart¬ ened, by the sustaining fiiittr of Judaism in our midst."
THE MESSAGE read: "As my fellow-Americans of the Jewish fidth observe the coming of a New Year, I am happy to extend to each of you my warmest wishes for  health and happiness.
"The High Holy Days ex¬ hort your people to sancti- fication through meditation, prayer, penitence, and love of God and neighbor. This mission lends Inspiration to all men of goodwill.
"We are in the midst of a trying and troubled time— a time that tests the bed¬ rock beliefs of our fathers and the founders of this land.-'' No citizens are better equip¬ ped thanyouto meet the chal¬ lenge before us.
"For those who have sought the way of justice and mercy, the road has al¬ ways been a thorny onie. For every friend of freedom, the history of man records- at least (me foe. But in every corner darkened fay despair, there has always been a hu¬ man conscience to bear the burden of its Inqiiity.
"Adversity and distress have been the constant com¬ panies of your people. But valor and endurance have been your constant fi-iends and our own pathfinders in need.
<|so, as yougatherinthese penitential days under the fatherhood of God, the bro¬ therhood of man is enriched fay a well-remembered past and a resurgent hope for that which is to come.
"And all of us are humb¬ led, and heartened, by, the sustaining f^th of Judaism in our midst."
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MELTON SCHOOL
Model of the Samuel and Esther Cobey Melton Vo¬ cational High School in Bat Yam, Israel, donated by Melton and his late wife. Melton will be honored at the Annual Dfamer of the UTFC on Oct. 15 at the Wfaid- ing Hollow Country Club.
U.J.F.C.Dmner Honors Melton
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A tribute to Samuel M. Melton, prominent local phi¬ lanthropist and Treasurer of the United Jewish Fund and CouncU,-WiU be ttie highlight m the program ofthe Ninth Annual Dinner Meeting ofthe UIFC, on Sunday evening, Oct 15, at the Wfaidtag Hol¬ low Country Club.
Melton will be honored particularly for his contri¬ butions in the field of edu¬ cation, locally nationally and in.IsraeL Leaders in these fields will be present to pay tribiMe to him.
GUEST speaker for the evening will be Charles J. Bensley, prominent lawyer and business executive at New York City, President cfthe Israel Education Fund of the United Jewish AppeaL Dr. Novice G. Fawcett, Pre¬ sident of Ohio State Univer¬ sity, will also appear on the program, to honor Mr. Mel- toii for his gift to the Uni¬ versity of an endowed Chair of Judaic Studies in the His¬ tory Department.
In behalf of Levi Eshkol Prime Minister of Israel, -and the Israel Ministry of Education, Avraham Avl-hai will make a presentation to Melton for his igift of a vo¬ cational high school in Bat
Yam, the establishing cf a - Chair in Secondary Educa¬ tion, and as one ofthe faun,-   ,. ders ofthe Harry S. Truman   ^ Peace Center atHebrewUni-^*~s-> versily.
A Founders' Ceremony will be held at the site of the school, now under con- , struction at Bat Yam, a few ; days after the dinner meet- > ing in Columbus. Melton wiU , be present to be honored by | the Mayor of Bat Yam and i (Continued on Page 5)       j
'Bonds' Brings In Expert
Dr. Arieh L. Plottdn, not¬ ed lecturer, expert on Middle Eastern Affairs, and former officer in the Israel Defense Forces, will speak atCdum- bus's three Orthodox Ccn- grcgaUons during HighHoli- day Services. On Kol Nidre he speaks at Ahavas Sholem, and at ,Beth Jacob and Agu¬ das Achifn aa Yom Kippur in bei^^of the State oCIs- (Continued on Page 5)
HOLY DAYS AFFORD US.
Rlire Moments Of Inspirqf ion
BY RABBI SAMUEL UMEN
Inspiration gives rise to dreams: it is the paramount, cause of creation. Tbe fin¬ est literature, the greatest poetay, the undyfalg music, ¦the'irloveliest architecture, tho most beautiful art, are all "the fruit of inspiration.
Moments of profound in¬ spiration tend to soften thc heart, stir thc mind, and of¬ ten transform a human be¬ ing into-something nobler, greater, and finpr than he ordinarily is. In such mo¬ ments seUlstuiess; is: weak-
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ended, stubbomessbroken, laxily is overcome, the ani¬ mal in man is subdued, his < ibest human qualities emerge and take command. In short, during moments of deep in¬ spiration, man rises to his highest''felf."VAIl.f.poeta^' says Raiph>wj Emerson, "have' signalized their'con- sciousness of rare moments when they were superior to themselves, when a light, a freedom, a power came to them which lifted them to performances fiirbetterthan they could reach at other •times." ,• •   •
THE HIGH HOLY Days afford us rare moments ot faispfaration. The Holy Day monibnts appeal tothe very best fai us. They clearly show us liow we live, what we are, what we can be and Lr*»h«t/wetf(Might to striye to wtr^iiM, wi^iare i(ibe'']ipS«'Vo!tlh6 beast ! ""  ,,"^i        '
In response to the Holy Days' appeal, we promise ourselves that in the days to come our way of life will be rtuch nobler than before; that the time alloted to us will .henceforth be used more
frugally, wisely, and fruit¬ fully.
THERE IS an ancient say¬ ing, "Promises made in storms are forgotten in calm." So it is witti the .resolutions we make onthe TlfoIy'Wfe. The fetorm of «» libly'Tlays so td speak •pas¬ ses;" M' caim<%etis hi, and the high promises lose their force. What appears to be a simple act under the speU of faispiration, under mun¬ dane circumstances, be¬ comes burdensome, trying, insurmountable, and is con¬
sequently deferred for a la¬ ter time.
Thus a New Year comes, reminds us of our broken promises, evokes new ones trasa us which are similar¬ ly destined to be ignored,
-and silently passes on.
WHAT IS to be done?., Shall we discontinue maldng resolutions ontheNewYear? Shall we determine not to
. heed the appeal of the Holy Days, which reveal our foi¬ bles, failings, defects and arouses the soul to clamor for its due? The answer of course is
that we must continue to re¬ peat promising and vowing again and again until we realize that every missioa we iiil^e upon ourselves, evei3^ 'goal and objective we set for ourselves, caimot , and will not be attained with- • out'Sacrifice. '   )
"Oh let my, weakness bane,. ,! anendl Give unto me, made lowly
wise, Tho spirit of self sacri¬ fice. .." To suit qur actions to onr words and our words tia out*' (Continued on Page 4)
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