The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-10
JEWISH NEW YEAR
 OBSERVED; YoM
 KTPPUR NEXT WEEK

Yesterday was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, end members of that faith observed a holiday here. In the Jewish calendar tho year is set forth as 5e76. Next Sunday will be Q fast day under the teachings of the church and is 50 observed an over the world by Jewish people. It is called the Fast of Guadaiiah.
 A week from today ls Yom kippu. called in the Jewish ritual "rhe Day of Atouement" 10 IS also asting day
 In bulletin issued by the Jewish Holidays Press Notice Bureau of Gin cinnat. Tom Kippur is described as follows:
 ''The Initial service Is held in the evening of the 17th of September. The entire day of the 18th Of September is devoted to it. The ritual of the Day Is public and congregational; but its significance Is personal
 "The day brings the people togeth- CT. because they share the limita- tions of human nature and because they are equally aware of the fact that our careers, whatever they may be to others. satisfy or dissatisiy ourselves In accordance with our nor ai or immoral interests.
 Review of Yearly "Sins" 2 ~This holy day gives opportunity for earnest though on our inner life. The difficulties men encounter in the 1 course of a busy year may prove, af- ter self-examination, to be not de- l crees. of God but instances of their shortcomings. The ancients frankly and humbly called them sins
 "The reminescences of centuries cling to this day of days and make its lessons suggestive and impress i've. It ancient times Priestly sol emnities invested it with dignity and the prosecutions of later times gave 1t pathos and intense fervor It Is always salutary experience to face the facts of life as they are. to real ize that there are Illusions and de- lusions. to bring home to ourselves the truth that we work under the limi- tations Of mind. heart and win. Men who feel their responsibilities will neither ignore this reminder nor evade the appeal. They will frankly ayow the shortcomings or their com mon human nature in the midst of their fellowmen. The day of atone ment is not for selfish privacies. as little as for penitence which is mere ly .penance. It is for moral uplift by which we may acquire moral strength. The first act of moral health is humility.
 'The ritual Of the day expresses openness. sympathy and a desire to attain to a moral will And SO do the customs Of the day Fasting is meant as a discipline of self-controi. the sponsor of many virtues. Con- centration upon the problems of char acter makes it easy and noble. Pub lie confession of sins is an act of win. an assertion of the best in one's self The day brings men together in a consciousness of their common mortality. Judaism makes men gen timely democratic: it makes them realize that they are equal before God
 "To Those Who Have Passed"
 "One phase of the ritual of the day is the thought and memory Of the dead. Each man thinks of the void that hes come into his career through the loss Of kindred and of the obn- cations he has because of it And all think of the eminent dead. of the men of efficiency and world-influ- ence. who have served and ad- vanced the good of the world. Tn this there is evidence of the democracy of Judaism. Whatever their origin or place. the great and good are mentioned with appreciation.
 "rhe day of atonement is a day for inner peace. and accordingly. the Jews re-assert their loyalty to peace for themselves and for mankind. By the assertion of the better self they broaden it into goodwill for fellow men. Know myself. and if thou dost, thou wilt understand, feel with and respect thy fellowman. This is the basis of Justice and peace