Evening star., 1946-10-05
Truman 5 Plan Hailed
|As Jewry Observes
Day Of Afonement

The SynagogueS OF the Capltal
opened early today In observance
Of the Day Of Atonement - Yom
Kippur-one Of the hottest days
1 Of the Jewish calendar.
The period Of mourning and fast
ting ends at sundown tonight and
viii be marked by feasting and an
annual dance Of the B'nai Birth
youth organization In Turner's
arena.
"A resolution expressing concern
for "our fellow Jews who have just
reached the doors Of Palestine only
to be ruthlessly excluded and torn
from the welcoming arms Of their
brethern In the Holy Land" was
read from the pulpits In the Yon1
Kippnr services.
The resolution expressed concern
@for the homeless Jews on the
roads and in the camps OF Europe,
on the ships in the Mediterranean
and In the concentration camps at
Cyprus. whose daily prayer Is to
enter Eretz Yisroel."
Truman,s Action Hailed.
The resolution expressed loyalty
to the leaders Of the Yishuv in
Palestine and deep gratitude to the
President Of the United States
"for his courageous insistence that
his proposal for the transfer of
100 600 jews to Palestine be effected
before the close Of this year" It
concluded with. an appeal ITO the
heart Of the great and brave British
people, from whom first came the
pledge of the Balfour Declaration,
| t0 persuade their government to
honor that pledge and open wide
the gates OF Palestine to our home.
less brethren"
4 message Of greeting to The
Jewish community from the WASH
ington Minkterial Union was read
| to the Warrington Hebrew Congre-
CATION last night BY Rabbi Norman
Gerstenfeld. spiritual leader Of the
congregation. The message, signed
lby pr. Clarence w. Cranford,
president of the Ministerial Union
and pastor Of Calvary Baptist
Church, said ''the Day Of Atone
ment reminds us all OF the need to
repent It pointed out that only
as America Is made sensitive to her
own sins, and is willing to repent
OF them can she continue to exer-
else dynamic moral leadership in
the world."
In his sermon last night, Rabbi
| lGerstenfeld declared the Washing
Iton Ministerial Union message was
q symbol Of the comradeship
Of the faiths In q free church
in free state" That was the
source "of the noblest values Of
American freedom" he continued.
The speaker asserted that America
must guide the world toward . new
age Of freedom and prove an In
spiration to nations overseas.
Rabbi solomon n. Metz, Of the
Adas Israel Congregation, last night
declared, at the opening service
LOT the Yom Kippur. that bigotry
and tyranny may succeed for
q while, but they cannot regiment
the Ten Commandments nor de-
stroy the law Of retribution or
|assassinate eternal truth.
ARK Of the Living Spirit
The tragic plight Of displaced
Jews In Europe has evoked - pro-
found devotion and remarkable care
on the part of American Jewry," )"
Rabbi Hugo B. Schin, Of Temple
Bethel, Alexandria, Va. said last
night. He told his congregation that
lupon tho American Jewish COM
Imunity rests the restoration OF "in-
lnermost spiritual values and the
maintenance "of the religious heri-
tage" which led the Jewish people
to 90 on their way 'by the ark OF
the living spirit. "
Rabbi Samuel Penner Of Temple
B'nai Jacob, Naylor road and
|Twenty-fifth street {. =. said: I,
"Tf1is night is not only night Of
atonement, but also q night Of
atunement. Our hearts are atuned
to the age-old, enchanting melody
|of Kol Nidre, which calls to mind
the most awesome epic Of persecu-,
tion the world has ever known-the
tragic tale Of 1000 years Of stead
fast devotion to our faith In the
face Of unimaginable and ceaseless