Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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MEMOIRS 71111727 On behalf of the teaching staff and administration of the Chicago Jewish Academy we extend our fellcuta tion to you the graduates of 1952 157121 upon the formal completion of your high school career Your class marks the seventh one to have benefited from the educational program of the Academy which combines Torah and general learmng with religious living With this years commencement exercises the school rs completing the tenth year of its existence During this first decade your alma mater has become one of the As students during the past years you have in no small measure contributed to the growth of the Academy and have aided an its remarkable development as a progres sive secondary Day School It is interesting to note that your graduation seventh m number falls during the year of Shemltah the Sabbatlcal Year in our religious calendar You have learned that traditionally the Sabbath vear nn the ancient Commonwealth of lsrael was utilized for national edu catronal ends as well that special measures were taken to acquaint the men women and children with the teachmgs and duties of the Torah lt us significant there fore that you have dedicated your young lives to the same goal and have consecrated your educational en deavors an the realm of the Jewish spirit and traditional observance Leadmg American educators have been concerned nn recent years with the widespread materialism permeatlng contemporary life Especially have Jewish educators and religious leaders regarded thus development with utmost seriousness because Jewish history confirms the fact that tional experience Without it life IS Indeed void of meaning or worth Here at the Academy you have received this moral and spiritual training which should serve as the basis for your continued education and the foundation for your adult life It as our prayer that G d will grant you the willingness and determination to pursue these paths of faith and ethical conduct and become a source of blessing to Israel and the community an which you lnve RABBI SHLOMO RAPOPORT Five l I I I ' . I . 4 1 1 outstanding institutions of its kind in the entire country. religious ,gaining is indispensable go Q Complege educa- F ' ll ' Il

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17 MEMOIRS mg ,. RABBI DR LASZLO SCHACHTER PhD Hebrew Mnshnah Prophets RABBI DAVID SILVER Talmud Tanach RABBI MELVIN SHAPIRO BS MA Prep Torah Nach RABBI SAMUEL STAMPFER Agadah Tanach Torah NAHUM Z STERN Hebrew RABBI MEYER UGENT Talmud Dmnm Tanach Seven