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Sfdef/nes Abouf This Issue:
It All Begins With YOU! By MICKEY GERELICK This special issue of the Jewish Press truly belongs to you—the reader. It was designed especially for you. Much of. the content is about you; and only you could have provided (he information it contains. These, elements alone make It a very special paper. But I believe this issue has meaning far beyond that. Choosing a theme for the New Year's edition of the Jewish Press is always a difficult task. The goal has always been to highlight a particular theme, relevant to the reader. It had to bo a subject with which he could identify,: and in keeping with the spirit of the High Holidays, it also had to offer something "to make the New Year better." Never has a theme met that criteria better than this issue of the Jewish Press. YOU are the theme this year, and the careful, thoughtful reader will find in these pages some insights of what must be done "to mako the New Year better." < r-Most Jewish holidays observe particular his-!
torlcal or agricultural events. The High Holidays' are unique in that they are strictly spiritual in nature. It is a time when we are urged to take a look at ourselves. The purpose of the High Holiday synagogue services is to help us with the difficult task of introspective thought. It isn't always pleasant—this religious catharsis. Most of us are so drained by the busy demands- of everyday life that we rarely have the time or the energy to look at our lives IP the larger sense. Where have we been and where . are we going?: The New Year bids us to take that look. What, are our values, our goals, our responsibilities?What do we want from and what do we owe to ourselves, our families, the larger family of the Jewish people and the universal family of mankind? It's a difficult process of thought. Tomorrow can't be better, until we know what's happening today. It's a difficult process and many, of us get lost because we start at:the wrong place. We
can^t be effective in the large group until we ' are effective as individuals. We can't determine group goals until we- identify individual goals. In terms of Jewish life, it all begins with you. First you must know what you think. Then you must determine what you want. Then you must take action. These were some of the thoughts which led not only to the theme for the paper, but also to tho unusual implementation of the theme. We .wanted.to look at our Jewish community—where .have we been and whereare we gbing?"TBe"3efl-" hition of "Jewish community" was the key. It takes individual Jews to make a Jewish community. We had to know about YOJJ. What you think; what you do; how you express your identity as a Jew; what you want for the future. W© weren't looking for answers; We wanted only to identify the questions which were important to .••••
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