Yeshiva University High School For Boys - Elchanite Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Twelve THE ELCHANITE ddress of Dr. Bernard Reve All Corlzcrrlonc Laying Exerciser To the g1'eat assembly of faithful sons and daughters of Israel, who on this day, sac1'ed to God and significant to the entire House of Israel, have assembled from near and far to express their unfailing allegiance and devotion to God, and to rejoice in the fulfillment of the hope and vision of a shrine for the Shekina, of a sanctuary on this continent, dedicated to the glory of God, and the spiritual enrichment of our country, to the worthy representatives of the national and local organizations, com- munities and religious congregationsg to the eminent scholars, master builders of American cultural life, presidents, oHicers, and members of faculties of our great uni- versities, the nurseries and the lighthouses of American civilization, who grace and en- hance our assembly with their presence and sympathy, I bring the greetings and the blessings of the House of God,-the Yeshiva. This day marks the dawn of a brighter glory of the Torah on this continent and sounds a note which finds an echo in the heart of every blew who loves God and is loyal to the Torah. This memorable day, this rising sanctu- ary, this representative assembly of tens of thousands who have come distances to pay homage to the Torah, mark the resolved expression by American Is1'ael of its inner urge to create a sanctuary in its heart and in the hearts of their children, to perpet- uate Israel's spirituality and steadfastness to God and his Torah, its aspiration to a true and creative Jewish life, which rises from the sustaining strength of the Torah and its historic and abiding home, the Ye- shiva. The Torah is Gods pillar of light pointing the way to truth and righteous- ness. It constitutes Israel's supreme con- tribution to the spiritual and mo1'al unfold- ing of humanity, its influence is funda- mental in the expression of the true Jewish spirit and genius, wherever and Whenever it reveals itself. With us in this solemn hour, is the spirit of Israel's countless mar- tyrs of all ages, pure and sublime souls who have given their lives to sanctify the name of God and that Israel and his Torah may live, the spirit of the unnumbered sages and scholars of the Torah, men of heroic sta- ture and steadfastness, selfless champions of their people, the spirit of the sage in Israel, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan, whose ideals will forever be a living reality in the Yeshivag they are yvith us in this solemn hour, for it is in their spirit that we are striving. Their abiding faith in Israells everlasting spirit- uality, as a kingdom of priests whose sanc- tuary is the Universe, and as a holy nation, in the unique destiny of Israel, as a servant of God and mankind, is the foundation stone of the sanctuary that we are rearing for God and his Torah, which is dedicated to the perpetuation of the ideals, aspirations, and hopes for which they lived and died. This sanctuary is consecrated to the

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THE FACULTY 40-00- Bernard Ravel, M. A. LN.Y.l'.j, Ph.D. CDROPSIEJ ...... Prrsitlfnt of thf Faculty Shelley R. Sahr, M.A. CC.C.N.Y.j, Ph.D. CColumhiaJ . Samuel Bernstein, B.A. fC.C,N.Y.l, M.A. fColumbial Alexander Efron, B.A., CColumbial ..,........ Bernard L. Green, B.A. fC,C'.N.Y.j ................ . Arthur Hirschberg, B.A. CC.C.N.Y.l, M.A. CColumbiaj Max Horowitz, B.A. fC.C.N.Y.l, M.A. lColumbial, LL.B. . ............... Prinfipal ....Hislory, Civics .....Il1at1n'rnalics ........ .I1i:torJ', Ciefifx CN.Y.L'.j .E1zg1i.rl1, Lafin Eugene Jackson, B.A. fCornellJ ......................................... Carman Nelson Kline, B.A. fC.C.N.Y.l ................... .... B iologzy joshua Kunitz, B.S.S. lC.C.N.Y.l, M.A. fC'olumbiaj .......,. English Lucian Lamm, B.A. CC.C.N.Y.l, M.A. QColumbial .... Lafifz, Ilirtory Max Lieberman, B.S. CC.C.N.Y.l .... ........... . Jerome Magon CPratt Institutej ............,..,...... . Alexander Markson, B.S. CC.C.N.Y.l, M.S. lN.Y.l'.l . XI. Edward Moses, B.A. CC.C.N.Y.l, Pd.M.M,A. QN.Y.I'.J Wlilliam Ober,, B.A. fC.C.N.Y.D, M.A. QN.Y.L'.l Samuel Rakowitz, B.A. CC.C.N.Y.l .............. Vvilliam S. Sachs, B.A. lYalel, lN1.A. lflolumbial ........... lsidore A. Schwartz, BS. fC'.C.N.Y.l, M.A. CC'olumbial Benjamin D. Shapiro, B.A., M.A. CSyracuse Lnivcrsityl , Joseph T. Shipley, B.A. fC'.C'.N.Y.l, M,A. QC'ulumbial ., Reuben Steinbach, HA., Ph.D. ljohns Ilnpkinsl .... . David Sussman Stern, B.S., M.A. QColumbial Milton Berger, M.D. CLong Island Medical Schoolj .. J. R. Rosenthal, LL.B. QN. Y. Law Schooll ........ .. Norman B. Abrams ....... . ..,, ....., . 'On leave of absence. ....Pul1lif Sf1'dki71fl .,.Pl1y.riz'.f, Cflrmixlry . ....., fllalhffnafim .........I1i.rfory .....Frrm'l1, Laiin ......lIaIf1rr1n1Iif'f ...........Frrm'l1 ....1li.f10f'3', Grrman .........E71fj1fJll ......Eng11i5l1 . . . ..'lIa1l1frnalit'.f . ..1lIt'Jit-al Dirrftor ....AI.1rnini.ftrali-zu' Clerk .. ..1.lmirzi.f!rati+z'r CI,-rk Y. H

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THE ELCHANITE Thirteen teaching of the truth of the Torah which stand eternal in a world of changing and shifting standards and valuesg to the affirm- ations of the faith of our fathers concern- ing God, Israel and the Torah in their totality, to life in the spirit of these af- firmations, to the Jewish ideals of life and conduct and the sanctifying power of its institutions, in union with the creative cul- ture and humanizing forces of the time, with unshal-:en loyalty to our beloved coun- try. It is for this, our Torah, and for our traditions, which have made possible the very existence of Israel and which have maintained the historic and spiritual unity of eternal Israel, that the Yeshiva stands. Infinite have been the significance and the influence of the Yeshiva in the life of Israel. Throughout the ages, the Yeshivoth have been the well-springs of the word of God and of idealismg they are interwoven in the fabric of Israelis soul and the life of thought. The Yeshiva brings to American Israel this message of a living and creative Judaism, the message of the Torah which goes to the heart of life, that through the ages has been the solid rock upon which Jewish life has buildedg it is dedicated to the transformation into living expression of the ideals of the Torah. The Yeshiva movement in this country is American Israel's recognition that there is only one sure approach to the problem of the perpetuation of Judaism: the culti- vation of the extensive and intensive study of the Torah, developing a higher standard of Jewish life and a deeper understanding and appreciation of the opportunities and obligations of Judaism in this land and age. The one power which American Israel can summon in the war it is waging for self-preservation, against the forces of dis- integration in our surroundings, is that of the efficient and complete Jewish school, culminating in the Yeshiva. The Yeshiva will bring to ever increasing numbers of youth the true pe1'spective of his- toric Judaism in the complex organization of modern life, combining with the learn- ing of the world to-day those values and ideals which have been the strength and the sustaining faith of our fathers, for the en- richment of the life of the Jewish com- munity and of America. The Yeshiva will help span the widening chasm between in- tellectualism and faith in Jewish life and thought. It will embue our Jewish youth with an active and abiding interest in, and a spirit of service, to the cause of Israel.