Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff
As the Psychologist Sees You
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 2011, Page 19
By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant
What’s New for New Years?
On January first of 1957 we shall follow a pattern that has been established by custom and which has become a routine. We shall make a series of resolutions, or at least we are expected to do so, in which we list the many things we are going to do and the many changes we are going to make. Often it goes no farther than the talking stage and if all our resolutions were as quickly forgotten as those made on this day we would be considered completely untruthful, unreliable and fickle.
We are now approaching another new year and one which should be of even greater significance to us. OUr religious New Year represents far more than the beginning of a calendar year, far more than the time of merriment, and far more than for the making of idle resolutions. We should ask ourselves at this time, “What’s New for New Years?” Will it be the same routine of promises not kept; will it be just an interval in a busy schedule of work and play; will it be a brief moment of religious fervour and then quickly forgotten. It all these are true then there will be nothing new for New Years.
There can be many new things for the new year. We can make it a time for a self inventory; an opportunity to reflect on all that has taken place during the past year. We can study our shortcomings, our neglect of opportunities, or wasted efforts, our unresolved plans and our misdirected goals. We can revel in our accomplishments, our good deeds, our promises kept, and our satisfying achievements. Here is a golden opportunity to take stock of things still left undone, modifying plans to gain better direction.
What can be new for the coming year? We can make it a time for greater understanding of ourselves and others. We can show greater awareness of the needs of others and an appreciation of how our good deeds, our promises kept, and our satisfying achievements, {and} of those with whom we come in contact.
It can be a period for the banishment of our hostilities, the lessening of our fears, and the dissipation of our anxieties. We can make it the opportunity for an enrichment of our lives, the broadening of our interests, and the satisfaction of our cultural needs. We can use the new year to do good deeds for others and thereby gaining the personal satisfaction that comes from sharing the benefits which we enjoy.
Yes, there can be many new things in the new year. We need not pause to draw up a list of resolutions for like so many lists, they can be lost or forgotten. We must make these new things part of our personalities instead of some tacked on appendages.
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Sisterhoods To Be Honored At Fashion Luncheon
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 2011, Page 19
Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood will open the 1956-67 club season with an Intra-Faith luncheon meeting, “Why Not Tri-Sisterhood?” at 11:30 in the new ballroom of El Cortez Hotel on Wednesday, September 12, 1956.
Under the able chairmanship of Mrs. Morton J. Cohn, assisted by Mrs. Richard Silberman, the afternoon program will honor the wives of the Rabbis as well as the Presidents of the Sisterhoods of Beth Israel, Beth Jacob and Tifereth Israel; MRs. Cohn and Mrs. Irving Hertz, Mrs. Baruch Stern and Mrs. Julius Penn, Mrs. Monroe Levens and Mrs. Lewis Solomon and Mrs. Joe Shulak.
The luncheon program will serve the dual purpose of presenting the three interpretations of Judaism and displaying the new fall fashions from the stock of five of San Diego’s leading shops. Models will be members of the three Sisterhoods, as well as members of the youth groups of the three Congregations.
The table deocrations, created by Mrs. Mitchell Christensen and Mrs. David Starr and their committee, will feature a color scheme of red, white and blue, and follow a religious motif.
Reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Byron Sharpe, Mrs. David Cohen or Mrs. Glen Karel.
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Appeal Made by March of DimesSouthwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 2011, Page 20
Mrs. A. J. Bard, Chairman of the March of Dimes Card Division, issued an urgent call today for all residents of San Diego County to help in addressing of envelopes. Mrs. Bard requested all people with a few hours to spare to assist at the March of Dimes Headquarter at 319 Spruce Street.
“In the event some individuals cannot stay at headquarters for an extended period of time it is possible for them to pick up some material and do the work at home,” aid Mrs. Bard, adding, “a person who addresses three thousand cards is giving an equivalent of money that would keep a polio patient hospitalized for one whole day.
“The current number of polio cases in San Diego County exceeds that of last year by about one-third,” said Mrs. Bard. “Until th Salk vaccine is widely distributed we will still have polio with us.”
Additional information may be obtained by calling the March of Dimes office at CYpress 8-8236.
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