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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MEMOIRQ FIJI THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS n fha uh Dear Graduates You have completed another significant cycle in your development as American Jews and all of us who work for the Chicago Jewish Academy loyfully congrat ulate you and your dear parents upon your mentors ous accomplishments during your years in our school The Torah can never have too many adherents but in the present world its need in this respect is exceptional Iy heavy Tragedy overseas and materialism in these women from the ranks of religious Jewry until every young man who observes the Sabbath every young woman who observes carefully the Dietary Laws must be equivalent to an entire battalion Where the spirit of keeping the Law is combined with higher than average knowledge of at as the case with the graduates of the Chicago Jew ish Academy we have an even rarer spiritual force We pray that none of you will ever fail the high purpose for which you have been dedicated Especially do we hope that each of you will continue to grow in the comprehension of Torah and in applying its sacred teachings to every aspect of your conduct What to do at the university what business to seek out what resorts you choose for your vacation how to select your life companion for establishing a home we could enumerate endlessly the many things in life great and small all these matters we trust you will approach from the view Let the brilliant light of our faith ullumune your various paths and lead you towards such a place society as will enable you to contribute to mankind the best of your powers for the cultivation of its best virtues May the Almighty bless you in the pursuit of that glorious goall Sincerely yours WILLIAM SIEGEL Chairman RABBI OSCAR Z FASMAN Chairman Board of Governors Administrative Committee Members ofthe BOARD OF GOVERNORS Representing the Associated Talmud Torahs and the Hebrew Theological College WILLIAM SIEGEL Chairman RABBI OSCAR Z FASMAN Chairman of Administrative Committee RABBI LEONARD C MISHKIN Secretary ALEX EISENSTEIN Treasurer MAX COHEN HARRY A LIPSKY SAMUEL T COHEN RABBI CHAIM D REGENSBERG RABBI EPHRAIM EPSTEIN RABBI AARON M RINE RABBI NORMAN E FRIMER HARRY I ROBINSON ALBERT GORCHOFF LOUIS ROSEN RABBI JOSEPH KAGAN DAVID ROSENBERG MAX KOPSTEIN HERZL ROSENSON SOL LAZAR RABBI MENAHEM B SACKS RABBI LOUIS J LEHRFIELD FRANK WALLEN Four L . . - T I O I United States have taken 'away millions -of men and point of Torah idealism- . - ,' . . h in

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