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June 5, 1953

Pane Four

VOL. XXIII. No. 13

FRANK SIMONS
City Editor

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Sabbath - Scriptural -Selections
This Sabbath, the twtnty-third day of Sivan, 5713, the..following . .Scriptural selections will be
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read in our synagogues:
Prophetical portion—Joshua 2.' •
Pentateuchal portion—Num. 13:1-15:41.

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Genocide and the Senate: Now Is Time to Act

For many months, a battle has been in
progress• to secure affirmative action on the
United Nations Genocide Convention outlaw-
ing mass murders of peoples. We have been
urging action by the United 'States Senate in
support of this important,step in the direc
tion of eliminating injustice. Unfortunately,
the opposition of the American Bar Associa-
tion continues to stand in the way Of such
support.
The New York Times, which has been
urging support of the Genocide Convention
by our Government, once again has endorsed
the UN resolution in which it calls for im-
mediate action by the United States Senate.
Its latest editorial - properly 'analyzes the sit-
uation and we present it as an added argu-
ment in a debate that should have been un-
necessary. The Times editorial reads:
"It is more than six years since the
resolution affirming that genocide -- the
crime of destroying human groups for na-
tional, ethnical, racial or religious rea-
sons—was unanimously adopted by the
United Nations Assembly; more than six
years since the United States fought for the
adoption -of-a convention on genocide, and
signed it under orders of the President.
Since then forty-one ratifications of the
pact representing half the world's popula-
tion and including Korea, which is at the
moment carrying the brunt of genocide as
perpetrated by the Communist world, have
been deposited with the United Nations.
Only twenty ratifications were necessary
to bring the convention into world law;
yet so great has been its appeal to the con-
science of nations that the genocide pact
has the proud reputation of being the
"most ratified" convention of the United
Nations. _
"But the irony and inconsistency of the
picture is that this nation, which, led the

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fight for its adoption and by its leadership
. persuaded others to condetnn the crime,
still fails to ratify the document. Secre-
tary of State Dulles, in. his recent state-
ment, implied that, we would take an in-
terim position — that the United States
would not urge ratification now. But how
can a major Power talk of marking time
when time is running out? The evidences
of genocide are with us on all sides. Mil-
lions of people in Iron Curtain countries
are religious victims of genocide—Protes-
tants, Catholics, Jews, Moslems—in -oppo-
sition to the regimes. Entire national
groups are disappearing—Estonians, Lat-
vians, Poles, Czechs, Hungarians—in the
master obliteration plan. The Political
Committee of the Assembly has the doc-
umented evidence. And no less has this
Government.
"There is but one central issue worthy
. attention: It is that the world has long
recognized that it has suffered enough
from genocidists — that it demands and
needs a clear statement of international law
regarding the right of existence of nations,
races and religious groups. It remains only
for the United States to reassume the
leadership on this issue that it has tempo-
rarily lost. The time for that—and for
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ratification--is now." -
The lessons taught humanity by the Nazi
atrocities still are too close at hand to need
further elaboration. We wish to renew the
hope that our Senators will view the situ-
ation, as we have outlined it time and again,
and as it is explained in the Times editorial,
in all seriousness and will act favorably on
the UN Genocide Convention. There is a
great opportunity for our Government to re-
tain leadership in all humanitarian efforts,
in which this proposal is a leading and a
most vital one.

Israel's Latest Crisis: Ideological Clashes

It is most unfortunate that Israel should
- once again be facing a crisis, resulting from
the issue created by the display of the red
labor flag in labor-controlled schools. While
it is unfortunate that the Mapai should have
conceded to the display, of the red flag, it„is
- equally regrettable that the General Zionists
found it necessary to quit the Israel Cabinet
instead of remaining within the government
to fight for the centrists' ideas.
Thus, Mizrachi and Mizrachi Laborites
blamed both parties involved in the issue for
precipitating a crisis at "such a grave hour of
national danger." The issue emerges in Much
clearer perspective when the facts are made
known
that Prof. Ben Zion Dibur, the Min -
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ister of Education, whose resignation was re-
jected by Prime Minlster David Ben-Gurion,
as well as Mr. Ben-Gurion and Foreign Min-
ister Moshe Sharett are in agreement with
those who oppose the flying of the red flag
and the singing of the "Internationale!' in
Israel's schools. This clearly points to ide-
ological differences involving minorities and
majorities—with the majority yielding to a
minority in a matter that is fraught with
much seriousness. -
The major fact to remember is that Is-
rael is composed of many differing groups.
There are sharp. divisions between labor, the

"Patience is power; with time and patience
the mulberry leaf becomes silk."

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. A controversy that threatened the equa-
nimity of a great community vfas solved by
patience. It took two elements to accomplish
the need for understanding, cooperation and
patience. The first was made possible by the
triumph of the second.
There were many, in our midst who lacked
the patience with which our responsible lead-
ers have finally attained the desired cooper-

ation. The reaching of mutual accord in an

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The Soviets versus the Jews

Beacon Symposium Exposes
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New Red Anti-Semitism

Four authorities on European politics and on conditions in
Russia and Eastern Europe have combined the resources of their
accumulated knOwledge to expose the anti-Semitic trends in Eu-
rope in ""A Beacon-Commentary Study"—"The New Red Anti-
Semitism"—published by Beacon Press (25 Beacon St., Boston 8,
Mass.).
Edited by Elliot E. Cohen, editor of Commentary Magazine,
this symposium includes important revelations by Peter Meyer
("Stalin Follows in Hitler's Footsteps,") Soviet Anti-Semitism in
High Gear" and "The Jewish Purge in Satellite Countries") ; Bela
Fabian ("Hungary's Jevity , Faces Liquidation"); Solomon M.
Schwarz ("The New Anti-Semitism of the Soviet Union") and
Paul Kecskemeti ("How Totalitarians Gain Absolute Power").
In his preface, Mr. Cohen sounds a warning, that "in view of
the high potential of inflammatory anti-Semitism in 'mobilizing
unholy bunds of Chauvinist, reactionary, and mob-revolutionary
elements, the events reported here might alert us all to the near-
possibility of the launching by the Soviet power of broader,
Sharper assaults against our country and the Western affiance."
M. Meyer's essays review at length the Czech trials. They
show how the Soviet's anti-Semitism n has dropped its mask. He
describes "the fateful logic" of totalitarian countries as -aimed for
the "reaching out to seize- and exploit foreign countries, their goal
the world itself, Until they unite the world against them . . . ".•
He warns that "the more lunatic the Soviet drive, the more vio-
lent its accusations, the nearer we come to war."
Dr. Fabian urges intensification of "general protests against
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Communist inhumanity" as one of the means of forcing a change
in the destructive Soviet policies.
The sad situation existing in Russia is thus analyzed by Dr.
Schwarz: -
"In the nightmarish conditions which now prevail in Russia,
anti-Semites in the bureaucracy, on all levels, will be able to act
with greater and: greater freedom against Jews. It appears likely
that so long as the Soviet Union remains a closed society, para-
noiaeally. suspicious of the outside world and preventing any re-
newal or revitalNation of the bureaucratic apparatus by free
discussion, anti-Semitism will be an inevitable component of
its new order, and become a furtive though nonetheless real
Political weapon in the hands of the government classes as their
interest dictates."
The symposium in its entirety adds valuable information on
an issue which today most vitally affects the fate of millions of
Jews.

dominant party, and the middle class and
capitalist groups. At the same time there are
such divergent Jewish elements in the land
as the Algerians and the Romanians, the
Germans and the Poles, the Czechs and the
Swedes. In such a set-up; representing a
melting pot that often turns into a cauldron,
•it is not easy to solve problems overnight,
with ease, without ideological conflicts. To
solve the contrasting differences of opinion
it .is necessary to exercise patience, to prac-
tice caution, to avoid outward struggles
which must affect the stability of the gov-
ernment itself.
The. boiling point to which the feud has
been brought becomes apparent by the
throwing of a home-made bomb into the
building of the Ministry of Education in Je-
rusalem. While members of the extreme Or-
thodox group were suspected of the act, the
mere attempt at violence is saddening.
Meanwhile the . orthodox Agudath Israel
movement has decided to cling to its re- The Tercentenary Theme
ligious education program until all Israel
"obeys the religious commandments"—thus
emphasizing cleavage in the educational area
which more than any other , needs clarifi-
cation and adjustment. The latest crisis cer-
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Solution of Sinai Kashrut Controversy

An old Chinese proverb serves a good
purpose in explanation of the happy solution
of the Sinai Hospital Kashrut problem. The
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issue which might have split our community
is a tribute to those who have succeeded in
introducing high standards in our communi-
ty planning.
Our community has risen to great heights
in cooperation among elements of varying
shades of opinion. We work together in many
fields. Now we shall- be able to say that in
the matter of religious difference and the
kashrut issue we have also overcome ob-
stacles and have reached an amicable un-
derstanding.
As long as we continue such cooperation,
we can consider ourselves a blessed com-

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Appropriately, this calendar open t with a.photograph of Re-;
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