Why then should we be afraid or ashamed of our peculiar and unique position among the families of men? It enemies assail us or utter false charges against us in legislation or in economic and social life—let us answer them all with a conduct motivated and directed by the courtageous conviction of our faith. "Be strong and of good courage and hope in the Lord." If German brutality causes us world-wide—sorrow—if Italy slavishly imitates her ally in the race-cult, blood-cult and hate-cult, it Polish persecutions of 3,000,000 Jews contimié—évén yet do I say "Hope in the Lord." Face the future with courage and dignity and with a modesty that is not the off-spring of fear, but the self-restraint of the consciousness of one's own worth and honour and integrity of spirit.
Where in truth you seek God you Shall find Him, and when you have found Him you will find that He is a buckler and a shield—that He is a source of power and a well-spring of courage, that He is à beacon light in a sea of troubles and a lamp upon your path in the darkness; that He whom Israel has trusted from Ur of Chaldees, through Egyptian slavery, desert hardships, Babylonian exile, Syrian onslaughts, Roman tyranny, fanatical crusades and Spanish inquisition, will not fail against Nazi terror by day nor of malicious propaganda by night. Be strong and of good courage in your private lives, in your communal life in the household of Israel—for the waters of hatred and brutality cannot overwhelm thee andthe fires of fanaticisi cannot destroy thee.
The New Year is the symbol of hope and of the indomitable optimism of Jewish faith. Let that hope and that optimism be translated into a courageous determination that we will rejoice in our faith, be glad at
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