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Balancing Power vs. Justice
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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
-This Sabbath... the eighth dn..0 of Ab, 5714, the following Scriptural selections will he read in our
synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Deut. 1:1-3-22. Prophetical portion, Is. 1:1-27.
Tisha .b'Ab Scriptural. Selections, Sunday
Pentateuchal portions: Morning, Deut. 4:25-40; afternoon, Ex. 32:11-13; 34:1-10. - Prophetical
portions: Morning, Jer. 8:13-9:23; afternoon, Is. 55:6-56:8.
Licht Benshen, Friday,
VOL. XXV, No. 22
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Aug. 6, 7:46 p.m.
Page Four
Aug. 6, 1954
Spread of Anti-Semitism: Now It Is Argentina
- From time to time; we face evidence. of
the spread of • a new type of anti-Semitism.
Hatred of Jews originally was based on re-
ligibus themes .and the unfortunate spread of
the crucifixion libel. Later it was giVen a
racial aspect. It was always associated with
financial and industrial problems and with
stupid charges that Jews controlled the
mpney market, that they dominated the press .
and commerce, etc.
In recent years, pro-Arab propaganda has
accounted for much of the inspired anti-
Jewish prejudice. It is in evidence in this
country, the offices of members of Congress
being flooded with anti-Semitic literature.
Now we have word of the spread of anti-
Semitism in. Argentina.
Buenos Aires, according to a report in
the New York Times from its Argentine cor-
respondent, Edward A. Morrow, has become
a disturbing center of a network of anti-
Semitic propaganda. As a result, the Argen-
tinian capital's leaders of the 400,000 Jewish
residents are planning to present the problem
to President Juan D. Peron. The Buenos
Aires Israelite World has called attention, in
an editorial entitled "Nazi Focal Points in
Buenos Aires," to the fact that Argentina
recognized Israel more than five years ago
and that the Argentinian Jews have been as-
sured time and again by General Peron him-*
self of the non-racial. aspects of his regime.
The newspaper --then poses the question
whether the Jewish population can long re-
main silent in the face of the growing anti-
Semitism. According to N.Y. Times corre-
spondent Morrow: - .
In the last fortnight there has been a sharp
increase in racist propaganda directed against
the Jews-and the State- of Israel. Several news-
papers have published frankly anti-Semitic
advertisements placed by a heretofore un.-
_known organization, La Association Cultural
Siria (Syrian Cultural Association). Attempts
to find its headquarters haVe been fruitless.
"Seizing upon a news agency's story about
a United Nations report that dealt with slavery
said to have been practiced by a Syrian tribe,
the association said the attack was a result of
the "machinations of world Jewry." Although -
the report was distributed by the Italian news
agency Ansa, the association professed to be-
lieve that publication was a result of the efforts
of Jews who wanted to disparage the Arab
world.
•A two-column advertisement included a
lengthy comparison of the citizenship quality
of Jews with those of Arabs. It accused the
Jews of abusing the hospitality of any country
permitting their entry.
The Israelite World cited two publications
with circulation throughout South America:
The German-language monthly Der Weg,
which consistently refers to, the West German
Chancellor as "Grand Rabbi Adenauer" and
Nazareth's Mayor
Nazareth's new Mayor, Amin Jarjura, is
a moderate. This Arab leader is 60 years
old, he is Greek Orthodox, a lawyer, served
as a magistrate under British rule and ac-
cording to an eminent correspondent is
known for his "loyalty to Israel."
Jarjura's election is of special importance
because the Israeli city which has so much
significance in Christian lore has elected a
member of Mapai and has defeated the Com-
munist candidate. Nazareth, in spite of its
religious character, has been the center of
Communist . activities in the Jewish State
where the overwhelming number of , Com-
munists is composed of Arabs.
The decline of Communist strength in
Nazareth is a good indication. It is expected
that the anti-Communist attitude of the new
Mayor will tend to give a further blow to
Communism in Israel. Jarjura's election is
one of the brightest things that has happened
in Israel.
which is barred from West Germany, and the
Spanish-language weekly America and the
Levant, edited by a former secretary of the
Egyptian Embassy, which Jewish leaders said
they suspect of being financed by the Arab
League. This publication often concerns it-
self with "international Jewry" and "Jewish
communism." In a recent article on Senator
Joseph R. McCarthy, it said the greater part
of the opposition to the Wisconsin Republi- I Noah the Fermenter. Angered H Duce
can stemmed from "international Jewry un-
der Communist influence."'
Expose of Mussolini, Upholder of
•
Thus, the menace is not imaginery, it is
anarIcal verman Kacial I heories
real. Its origin sterns from anti-Jewish, pro-
Paolo Monelli, Italian journalist who knew Mussolini, ex-
Arab sources and • the usual lunatic fringe
whose activities have been sources 9f troubles poses Il Duce for all his unworthiness in his splendid biogra-
in many countries. As long as governments phy, "Mussolini: The Intimate Life of a Demagogue," published
will repudiate them and will refuse to con- by Vanguard Press (424 Madison, NY17).
The pompous, syphillitic, demagogical Italian leader's life story
done the spread of their outrageous libels, we
traced from his very youth. We meet the uncouth propagandist,
are confident that this new type of anti- is
the Socia_ist in youth and dictator in power, the arrogant "states-
Semitism, even though it has the backing of man" who emerges in all his repulsiveness in this splendidly-writ-
newspapers with large circulations, can be ten book.
fought successfully. But first those affected,
He drank heavily in his youth, until he acquired ulcers. Then
Jews themselves, must conduct the fight "the combination of ulcer and anti-Semitism made him burst out,
against it determinedly and courageously. The grape was eaten in its natural form by mankind until the
That the Jews of Argentina are doing credit- time of Noah. Then Noah, the Jew, came on the scene and taught
men how to ferment the grape to their own ruin.' "
ably.
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King Victor Emmanuel III had said of Mussolini: "He is an
ignoramus with an ulcer."
This is one of the many inconsistencies
that dominated the life and thinking of
Benito Mussolini.
Here is another of Monelli's several
Transfer of the -Suez Canal to Egypt and
references to Mussolini's anti-Semitism:
the withdrawal of the British troops from
"On the day of the surrender of Tunisia,
thast crucial area presents a serious problem
when the Italian soldiers in Africa • ceased
to Israel. The Egyptians now will have easy,
fire on• his orders, he made the papers
access to the Jewish State whose security
print on the front page an item about the
therefore is seriously affected by the Anglo-
expulsion from the Fascist party of Sena-
Egyptian agreement.
tor Luigi Messedaglia for 'publicly show-
ing pernicious philo-Semitic sentiments.'
A great deal of importance must, there-
On his return_ from Munich in 1938,
fore, be attached to the request, sent to Sec-
Mussolini let loose on the bourgeoisie. "He
retary of State John Foster Dulles, for pro-
classified as bourgeois anyone who mies-
tection of maritime rights for nations using
tioned the cost of his spectacular enter-
the Suez Canal.
prises, anyone who did not trust the Ger-
mans, whO did not believe that heads of
The request, addressed to Mr. Dulles by
states were infallible, who did not see the
Senators Leverett Saltonstall, Ma§s., Irving
need for the Jewish persecutions or who
M. Ives, N.Y., Herbert H. Lehman, N.Y., and
spread irreverent stories." Il Duce became
MussOlini
Representatives Emanuel Celler, N.Y., Jacob
convinced of German invincibility and
K. Javits, N.Y., Thomas J . Dodd, Conn., while dismayed by some Hitlerian statements was envious of Hit-
James G. Fulton, Pa., Edna F. Kelly, N.Y.:, ler and admired his war machine. But Italians who believed in
and Thomas M. Pelly, State of Washington, him began to doubt him and "the first cracks in his supporters'
solidarity" began to appear after his visit with Hitler. This is
makes the following points:
Monelli's story of his anti-Semitism:
1. American ships and American citizens
"The Italians had always been suspicious of the Germans and
are the victims of discriminatory practices this suspicion had been fostered by Mussolini's own speeches. They
which abridge the rights to the freedom of the
had deceived themselves into thinking that the Fascist dictator-
seas for which the United States has always ; ship was something very different from ,,he bloodthirsty_,German
fought.
variety. Now they suddenly saw the • latter being copied in their
2. The U. S. has already taken an active own country. They were shocked by the anti-Semitic campaign ...
role in the negotiations and is therefore re-
"When at the end of 1937 he initiated the anti-Semitic cam-
sponsible to some degree both for the character
paign, he characteristically became a fanatical upholder of the
of the agreement and for its consequences.
German racial theory, sacrificing old friends and renouncing the
3. The U. S. is a permanent member of the humanitarian ,principles which he had expounded to (Emil) Lud-
Security Council and therefore is obligated to wig in 1932. (The same year when talking to Starhemberg, he
had denounced the racial theory as 'stupid and idiotic', adding that
help enforce its -decisions.
`in a country with a healthy system of government, there is no
4. The U.S. is concerned as a friend of both Jewish question'.) Some people thought that the campaign had a
Egypt and Israel to promote a settlement of
purely political motive, and Benedetto Groce told the story of a
their differences.
Fascist professor of philosophy, who went to protest against it to
Thus, while the first point reminds our Mussolini at the request of some Jewish friends. Mussolini inter-
government of the seriousness of Egypt's pre- rupted him quickly: 'I entirely agree with you. I don't believe in
the least in this stupid anti-SeMitic theory. Whatever I am doing
vious policies of abridging the rights of other is entirely for political reasons." -
nations to the freedom of the seas, the last
"This may have been true, but it is equally certain that once
point bluntly calls our Government's atten- he had decided on the campaign, he began to believe in the racial
tion to the continuing Israel-Egyptian ten- theory. He was angry when the King said to him that he felt
sions and advocates "a settlement of their `an infinite pity for the Jews'; he was furious with Farinacci, who
differences."
insisted on .keeping his Jewish secretary, while being one of the
leaders of the anti-Semitic movement, and in the end insisted on
In his analysis of the Suez problem, De- her dismissal. He suspected Jewish blood in his closest associates
troit News Commentator W. K. Kelsey real- and even had a secret inquiry made into Ciano's ancestry. As for
istically indicated: "Israel is the best friend himself he once declared: 'I am Nordic, my daughter has married
we have in the Levant, and will have no an Etruscan, my son a Lombard. I myself feel an affinity with
truck with communism. In any settlement the English and with the Germans.' " .
concluded with Egypt, she must. be safe-
But in 1934, when Dollfuss was • assassinated, Mussolini was
volubly anti-Hitler and condemned anti-Semitism, "hence his ad-
guarded against the Arab alliance.".
The Suez crisis will remain serious unless mirers were amazed by his mad decision of June 1940."
Thus, Benito Mussolini stands exposed, as contradictory, in-
freedom of the seas is assured for all and
incoherent, confused—crazed by a theory he had .ac-
until the Israel-Egypt state of war is aban- consistent,
quired from Hitler, compensated by his own people on the gallows.
doned. Our Government can and should play
Originally published in Italian as "Mussolini: Piccolo Borg-
a major role in securing the guarantees re- hese," Paolo Monelli's book was translated into English by Brigid
quested by the nine members of Congress Maxwell. 'In the English edition there is material that did not ap-
whose message was of the utmost and timeli- pear in the Italian book. Monelli, an Italian editor, himself was
est importance.
present at many of the events described in his excellent book.
The Suez Crisis