Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-04
Today IS Yom kippur
Jewish Day of Atonement

Today $ E0Tn hjppur. The great
Jewish DAY II Aloneme1t. II Will b@
faithfully celebrated n Ill the Jewish
sFnaEoguas. institutions and homes
Il America. To rs sanctitv as the
most important u The Fast Days
there $ added Z double significance
for he calendar has brought Earr
kIppur ON the Jewish Sabbath. MAX
ing II q doubly sacred uay. ana 4 =
perhaps the most tragic Day u
AJuneznerJ IN the history Of ancient
Jewr-. From their home N Paies
tine rom The shores OF the Baltic
ana -he Black Seas. from Poland and
-he frozen wastes Of Siherla-fTom
every torelEr land mo which Jewish
relief workers nave penetrated. taa
SAD New Year message that comes %
his country IS ever the saIQe-"Ellro
pean JeHTlT < pe,r;stlln--
America is the only and n which
Re new month of Tishri. the Heolaic
January. brings ANN JOY 70 The Jew
81 population. The year Of $685.
reckoning from he Day Of Abraham
81 the Jewish calendar. davned Ut
september 9Th. he Feast Day u1
Rosh Hashonan. II Was not least
Cay for some SIX million Starving
Jews Of Europe because eyt.rv ias
for thc past tour Years mas iie-en
fast DAY Tor NEST Of them. SO To-
DAYS YOTn kippur fasl VIII be all too
easy Tor these millions 70 ooserve.
The Jews n ttle war-Fpcked coun-
tres abroad have suffered more than
any JLher people. and they are dung
by thousands 81 starvation anu dis
azlse. The YuTn hippur fast. during
The rwe1fT-5Our hours when 10 gooG
jew WILL allow [oou 20 pass MS lips,
WI! ~ little more han Il continue
non OF The i've wear last thai mas
BEEN The lCI Of the 6 ltt,h GOO Jews IN
Europe Orphaned children ana
widows arr continually being turned
away from me uvercrowded char
liable institutions and fnotl stations 70
die II Inc streets Of Poland ana near
by countries The only hope that the
great mass Of Jew!y Will survive the
coming WINTER depends upon Amer
lCa
The fortnight between Rosh Has
honah ana Yorn Aippur IS observed
as period Of repentance. during
which the Divine Judge weighs The
earthly deeds aEains1 each indixIuual
before entering ms final fate II the
Book of Judgment. This year Il S 4
period Of deep sorrow as well for
many American Jews. The RECORDS
Of Jewish relief agencies IN New
York show that several hundred
thousands have tried without avail!
70 trace their dear ones abroad WHO
have been swallowed NJ n the c.Ia os
of war when COMM uulcalions were
broken These people are at a loss
whether 70 hope that their ic7ed 1nes
are dead or that II IS their fate 10
face Il new year OF terrible suffering
and sorrow. Another SAD phase al
this Years Tom K1ppur will be the
memorial service for the dead. when
almost every Jewish family IL the
stricken countries, together with
many n America. VIII mourn he
loss Of one or more Of their members.
IN view of the terrible situation,
abroad Jews throughout the culntIS-
have organized campaigns ana drives
70 raise a total 81 Sss5 poe. e0Q n the
United States under The direction Of
the American Jewish Relief Commit
tee, the Central Relief Committee.
and the Jewish Peoples Relief Com
mittee which are appropriately cul-
rlnaring II many states with the be-
ginning Of the Jewish New Year.