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

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Congratulations and best wishes upon the successful completion of your secondary school education. During your stay with us, we have tried to impress upon you the importance and value of a Torah education as well as provide for you the best possible secular education. lt is our hope that this harmon- ious fusion of Torah and secular learning is deeply rooted and will bear fruit in a generation which will be devoted to the concepts, teach- ings, traditions, and ideals of our priceless heritage. May you all continue to be a source of pride and joy to your par- ents and to your Alma Mater. X . I Charles H. Bendheim, Chairman, Board of Directors Samuel Levine, Executive Director Sheldon Socol, Director, Student Finances Yeshiva University High School for Boys of Manhattan Rabbi David L. Weinbach, Administrator , Yeshiva University High School for Boys of Brooklyn Rabbi Abraham N. Zurolt, Principal Yeshiva University High School for Girls of Manhattan Dr. Issac Lewin, Principal, Jewish Studies Department Dr. Samuel Belkin, President, Yeshiva University Martin Lilker, Ad ministrator Yeshiva University High School for Girls of Brooklyn Dr. Issac Lewin, Principal, Jewish Studies Department Alvin Kamber, Administrator Rabbi Abraham N. Zuroff Supervisor I5

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-17 You are unique in that all of your four years of schooling have been spent here during the so-called space age. ln that time you have joined in cheering man's successes in the realm of the unknown. You have also been disappointed at times, by his failures. While this age of space and the exploration of the unknown have generated excitement and unprecedented interest on your part, it is imperative that you recognize the responsibilities that this new era imposes upon you. We live now in a world divided-divided geometrically into two opposite ideological camps, with intense, almost mortal, strife between them, and engulfing all nations, great and small, threatening us with fatal annihilation. We Jews, in particular, are in the very midst of this struggle, and, unfortunately, we find ourselves in both camps. Diaspora saw to that. Because we are scattered all over the world, in all lands, we are ever engaged in fight-brother against brother. The Jew, at best, has found from age-long experience that, even in peace, he can survive only in a democratic world where liberty, freedom, and tolerance are the rule. We of the present generation have failed to make the world safe for democracy. It must, therefore, be your duty and aim, in the years ahead, to remember all that you have learned here, you must carry these teach- ings into the new world you are about to explore. Whether or not you enter the rabbinate in later life, you must carry from this institu- tion of Torah, a message of faith to all men. It is your future, but you must never lose sight of your responsibilities. You have performed well and we are very proud of your achieve- ment. We hope that you will re-visit your Alma Mater as often as possible.

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