Be Content.
BY B. CASTELLO.
Be cheerful and happy—be ever content—
With the bounties that God in his mercy has sent;
For he who has riches and treasures in store,
Is poor, if he languishes still to have more.
A heart free from envy’s the jewel to prize—
’Tis from thence that pure joy and true happiness rise;
Whilst he who with grief sees another advance,
Has misery around him, whatever may chance.
With contentment we’re happy, whatever our lot,
Our minds in a palace, tho’ we rent but a cot;
Our pewter and delf turn to china and gold;
We are youthful in spirit—we never grow old.
But whilst we’re contented with what we possess,
We must strive ere the great God our efforts can bless;
If we call, He will answer, and soon shall we see
That the great King of kings ever near us will be.
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Does the Canon Law permit Ladies to sing in the Synagogue?
…The talmudical passage, upon which they base the interdiction of ladies singing in the synagogue, occurs Berachoth 24a, and Kiduschin 70, where our friends suppose it reads, the voice of every woman is lubric, or engaging impure affections.‡ This opinion is supported there by the biblical passage. “For thy voice is sweet, and thy appearance is pleasant.” But what is pleasant is not necessarily lubric or engendering impure emotions; hence the passage quoted from the Bible proves nothing in favor of Samuel’s opinion.
This passage could never be intended to be a law; for we have but one law and this is the Pentateuch. Whenever the Talmud proves its assertions by passages from any book but the Pentateuch, the rabbis did not intend to make a law. In this case the proof is brought from the Song of Solomon; hence none can imagine for a moment, that this could be intended to be a canon law.
—August 10, 1855
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Foreign Record
MELBOURNE.—The St. Kilda Jewish ladies have held a fancy bazaar in aid of the funds for building the minister, the Rev. Mr. Blaubaum, a residence near the synagogue. The object was not sufficiently important to attract large attendances, but nevertheless, it is expected that they will net about £500. Full and friendly reports of the opening of the bazaar appeared in the Argus and other newspapers.
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Why Girls Should Learn to Keep House
Quite enough, says the Housekeeper, has been said of the moral obligation that girls are under to master housekeeping. Such arguments influence most persons but little, and they are specially distasteful to the young. Better make a task attractive than insist on its being viewed as a duty. Tell any one she ought to work, and she naturally rebels; but show that work brings independence and comfort, and her energies are stimulated…
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VARIETIES
Over 1800 years have passed since the wild cohorts of Titus, and over 1700 years since the raging legions of Hadrian have done their bloody work. With the smoke of Jerusalem and Bethar Israel’s heroic national life has breathed its last, and since then every spark of Jewish nationality was extinguished forever
And was Jerusalem still remembered? It was. Upon the inhabited globe, wherever the dispersed members of Israel have been cast, the fiery words were upon their lips: “May my tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember Jerusalem!”
—August 11, 1876
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EDUCATION.
Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler Names Five Evidences of It in An Address at Vassar.
Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Vassar College, Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University delivered an address, entitled “An Evidence of an Educated Man.” He named five such evidences and, except for some of the introductory matter, the address is printed below.
…These five characteristics, then, I offer as evidences of an education—correctness and precision in the use of the mother-tongue; refined and gentle manners; the power and habit of reflection; the possession of fixed habits of thought and action; the power and habit of reflection, the power of growth, and efficiency or the power to do.
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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed in blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing nations. If I were an atheist of the other sect, who believe, or pretend to believe, that all is ordered by chance, I should believe that chance had ordered the Jews to preserve and propagate to all mankind the doctrine of a supreme, intelligent, wise, almighty sovereign of the universe, which I believe to be the great essential principle of all morality, and consequently of all civilization.
Had the above been written by a Jew it would be classed as rank chauvinism. The words are, however, those of President John Adams and were said shortly after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
—August 15, 1901
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“It Can’t Be Done”
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But he, with a chuckle, replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: “O, you’ll never do that—
At least, no one ever has done it.”
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew, he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done;
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with the bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it.
Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing
That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.
Edgar A. Guest.
—August 12, 1926
Cincinnati Social & Personal
Rabbi and Mrs. Fishel J. Goldfeder, and son, have moved to their new home, at 778 E. Mitchell Avenue.
Mr. Louis E. Kuhn has been elected board chairman of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Ohio.
Mrs. May L. Herz and her sister, Miss Jeanette Hemann, 897 Clinton Springs Avenue, have returned after a Caribbean cruise.
Mrs. Stuart J. Koch will be in Cleveland, Wednesday, Aug. 22, where she will launch the 1952 membership campaign for the Cleveland section of National Women’s Committee for Brandeis University.
Carl Kuhn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph S. Kuhn, will graduate Saturday, Aug. 18, from the Woodcraft Camp at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Ind. He will receive a Gold Beaver “C”, the highest award offered in the woodcraft camp. His parents and sister, Laura Lynn, will attend the graduation exercises.
Miss Jo Pfeffer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Pfeffer, of 1547 Coryallis Avenue, recently won third prize in the bathing beauty contest sponsored by the Sixth St. Business Men’s Club.
—August 16, 1951
Local Delegation Of 19 to Attend Hadassah Meeting in Washington
Cincinnati will send a group of 19 delegates to the national convention of Hadassah at the Hilton, Washington, D.C., from Aug. 15 to 18. The Cincinnatians are:
Mrs. Wayne Signer, Mrs. Si Shulman, Mrs. Herbert Nechemias, Mrs. Jerome Mellman, Mrs. Alex Wilson, Mrs. Marvin Withman, Mrs. Meyer Horowitz, Mrs. Harry Solomon, Mrs. I. Leonard Bernstein, Mrs. Seymour Glabman, Mrs. Ida Pastor, Mrs. Samuel Reingold, Mrs. Martin Slavney, Mrs. Irwin Katzman, Mrs. Walter Gruen, Mrs. I. Mark Zeligs, Miss Leah Kasfir, Miss Sarah Grossman, Mrs. Morris Weintraub…
—August 12, 1976
Cedar Village honors founders of annual Golf Classic
This year’s Cedar Village Golf Classic will honor event founders Sally Korkin and John Fox on August 18 at Losantiville Country Club. The tournament is known for its creative “hole contests” developed by Fox as well as its traditional barbecue brisket dinner. The famous dish was created by Stephanie Gilinsky and Lesley Loon.
—August 11, 2016
From internship to Aliyah: How Rachel was able to live her dreams
“…My advice is to be flexible and willing to follow various twists and turns—in this way you will be able to spot new opportunities, gain new skills, discover new interests, form new habits, and test your limits,” shared Rachel. “Give yourself time to try something new and different. You never know, you may end up moving your life thousands of kilometers away!”
—August 12, 2021
