Compiled by Gail Umeham Hebrew Home (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press December 25, 1953 Page 7 “Cast me not off in the time of old age; when my strength faileth, forsake me not.” Thus wrote the second of Israel’s kings in the immortal Psalms of David. The concern men entertain for the problems of the aged […]
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