THE JEWISH NEWS

Danger Signals Ahead

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Scriptural Selections for Concluding Days of Passover
This Friday and Saturday, the concluding days of Passover, the :following Scriptural
selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portions: Friday. Exodus 13:17-15:26, Numbers 28:19-25. Saturday,
Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17, Numbers 28:19-25.
Prophetical portions: Friday, II Samuel 22:1-51. Saturday, Isaiah 10:32-12:6.

VOL. XXXIII No. 6

Page Four

April 11, 1958

Over Arabs
'Lark Pie' of Nasser's bered Rule
and resented throughout the region;

Syrian attacks on Israeli settlements,
repeated threats to Israel's security and
arrogant anti-Israel slogans that still
continue to be heard in Arab quarters
indicate that the bombastic Arab lead-
ers have not changed their tactics in
the Middle East.
It is becoming more evident daily
that the West has placed too much trust
in Arab intentions. The mergers of states,
the rise to power in Saudi-Arabia of the
pro-Soviet Crown Prince Faisal and the
fears that have crept into Lebanon as
a result of Nasser's triumphs are hardly
to be interpreted as auguring well for
the West. Naturally, if it is evil for the
West it will be difficult for Israel.
Ray Alan, Middle East correspondent
of The Reporter, charging that Gamal
Abdel Nasser "Makes a Lark Pie," ex-
plains that the one-party dictatorship
that is rising to the fore in the Middle
East "is bound to resemble the lark pie
of Levantine folklore." "Lark pie, ac-
cording to the fictitious recipe, contains
lark and camel meat in equal propor-
tions: one lark to one camel." In the
creation of the United Arab Republic,
Alan warns, "the flavor of camel meat
is already smothering that of the Syrian
bulbul." He makes this important obser-
vation:

"Nasser's diplomatic balance sheet was
equally unimpressive. His only Arab allies
were unstable Syria and medieval Yemen.
Not only distant Tunisia and Morocco but
neighboring Sudan and Libya and nearby
Lebanon had turned their backs on his bland-
ishments. The press and radio stations of Iraq
and Jordan mocked him and kept alive the
memory of Israel's deflation of his bragga-
docio in Sinai. The terror tactics of his feda-
yeen and military attaches were still remem-

they, far more than the Eisenhower Doctrine,
had lost him King Saud's support.
"And then, overnight, he was a hero again.
`0 Nasser! 0 Gamal! 0 Giant! 0 Scourge of
Imperialism!' chanted the Cairo crowds. Pro-
western Libyans, Lebanese, and Tunisians had
to pretend to cheer as well; and envoys of
the Arab kings shuttled anxiously around the
triangle Riyadh-Amman-Baghdad. Nasser was
a power once more. Yet the initiative that had
revived him was Syrian, not Egyptian, and
left-wing Syrian at that."

In their relations with Israel, the
Arabs continue to adhere to a policy of
retaining Israel as the major scapegoat
in a tragic situation affecting their peo-
ple. Israel is "the common enemy,"
whereas the battles that continue among
them, the struggles for. survival, as in
the instance of Jordan, the search for
power and the determination of Nasser
to gain control of the Saudi-Arabian oil
wells—all indicate that trouble is
brewing.
There were all sorts of rumors of pos-
sible peace talks between Israelis and
Arabs, and even Nasser has been men-
tioned as indicating a desire to confer
with Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion. But as long as there are factions
fighting for control ofArab governments,
peace is more or less remote.
The irony of the situation is that if
peace possibilities are to materialze,
there must first be some semblance of
amity among Arabs themselves. Then
Israel may cease to be the scapegoat.
Then there may be a chance for peace
talks and for Israelis to meet with Arabs
to plan permanent amity in the Middle
East.

Our Offerings, Each According to His Bounty

Is it leaving its impact upon the com-
There were many thousands of our
people in synagogues on the first days of munity?
We are in the midst of a vital Allied
Passover who, during the Mussaf service,
recited, as part of their prayers a portion Jewish Campaign whose success depends
upon the fulfillment of the obligation that
that affirmed that
each of us will make the offering "accord=
"Everyone shall appear before the
ing to the bounty with which the Lord
Lord with some offering, each accord-
hath blessed us."
ing to his means, according to the
If there are worshippers who have not
b o u n t y with which the Lord hath
yet lived up to this sacred duty, let them
blessed him."
This declaration will be repeated dur- do so now! Else, we may fail as a com-
munity and our prayers will be mockeries!
ing the concluding days of Passover.

A Journal for Youth Leaders

Valuable Israeli Literary
Efforts in 'Focus' Magazine

Another issue of Focus, the journal for Jewish youth leaders,
published by the Youth and Hechalutz Department of the World
Zionist Organization, which just arrived from Jerusalem, indi-
cates another serious effort to produce the most informative mate-
rial for English-reading Jewish youth.
Of special value in this issue of Focus is the article by
Raanan Weitz, director of the Jewish Agency's settlement depart-
ment, on "New Immigrants in Kibbutzim." He evaluates the
economic aspects of the absorption of new kibbutz settlers, the
branches of agriculture into which they enter and the conditions
that are being created to keep the new immigrants satisfied
with their vocations.
There is a tribute to the great farmer-philosopher Aharon
David Gordon in a most interesting essay by Prof. S. Hugo
Bergman of the Hebrew University.
The readers will be fascinated by a series of cartoons of the
First World Zionist Congress.
In view of the current controversies in Zionism, the essay
"Three Courses in Zionism" by Benzion Benshalom, director
of the Hechalutz department of the WZO, will be found most
instructive.
Letters from army camps, poems in Hebrew and their Eng-
lish translations, essays on military rule and on the immigration
movements and a statistical survey of the kibbutz movement
are additional features.
Those who recall the leadership of a former president of
National Hadassah of America, Mrs. Irma Lindheim, who has been
a member of Kibbutz Mishmar Ha-Emek since 1933, will be
interested in her article on an anthropologist's view of the
kibbutz.
This issue of Focus is extremely interesting and proves the
value of this journalistic effort by the World Zionist Organization.
I. Halevy-Levin is the editor of Focus.

Dr. Co/ion's 'Out of the Heart':
„
Community of Interests Between Israel and U.S. Intimate Talks from a Pulpit

Israel's tenth anniversary, which will
be marked with events not only in Israel
but in communities throughout the world,
will emphasize, at observances in this
country, "the community of interests" be-
tween the United States and Israel.
Former U.S. Senator Herbert H. Leh-
man, the general chairman of the Ameri-
can Committee for Israel's Tenth Anniver-
sary, whose 80th birthday is currently be-
ing honored by the entire nation, proper-
ly evaluated this "community of inter-
ests" when he stated:

"Israel's first anniversary marks a decade
of growth and development for the forces of
freedom and democracy in the Middle East.
Israel has planted the seed of democracy in
the Middle East. If it is nourished, it will
extend throughout the whole area bringing
a new birth of freedom for many millions
of underprivileged people and contributing
mightily to the peace and stability of the
whole world.
"As Americans, we are not interested in
Israel alone. We are concerned with the
security and the stability of the Middle East
as a whole and the welfare of all the people
who inhabit it. Our efforts must be directed
toward the development of programs linking

all elements in this part of the world—Arab
"Out of the Heart" is the newest collection of "intimate
and Israel—in joint and common efforts for talks from a Jewish pulpit on the personal issues of life" by
the common good—and for peace."
Rabbi Beryl D. Cohon, of Brookline, Mass., published by Vantage
It is most appropriate that the initial Press (120 W. 31st, N. Y. 1).
American celebration of Israel's tenth
These sermons are, indeed, intimate talks in which Dr.
birthday should take place at Independ- Cohon imparts moral values.
This collection rises to certain heights and its value is
ence Hall, in Philadelphia, on the day of
the Israel Proclamation of Independence apparent for Christians as well as Jews.
He spoke on a number of topics, and in the initial sermon
—on April 24—the fourth day of Iyar-
in
this
which corresponds with the eve of the states: book, "Quiet—Please," he cautions against extremes and
Hebrew days of the Israel Proclamation
"We Jews are not monks withdrawn from life into the
of Independence—and that the principal tomb of silence. Always we Jews seek to avoid extremes—or
speakers in Independence Square should should. There is a time for all things: a time for speaking and
be former President Harry S. Truman, a time to keep quiet; a time for action and a time for intro-
who was the first to act in behalf of the spection and meditation. Everything in its season, and everything
world's greatest nation in recognizing in measure. Too much sunshine is bad, as is too much shadow.
Israel's existence, and Israel's Ambassa- No extremes."
Dr. Cohon deals with many issues of our time, with the
dor Abba Eban.
Detroit's celebration is set for April threats of the dictatorships. He also discusses the various ele-
in Jewish ranks and at one point makes the comment:
27, and there will be scores of events to ments
"Thank God the Zionist and anti-Zionist crackle has been silenced
mark the anniversary in the weeks to fOr the most part, now that the state of Israel is established."
come.
He dispels fears and urges that we should not be carried
Every congregation and organization away by "demagogues, the slippery elocutionists promising us
in the land should plan to celebrate the heaven upon earth if only we buy their wares or vote for them."
occasion, thus marking "the planting of
He condemns mob passions of the sort that was in evidence
the seed of democracy" and its nourish- in Little Rock, Ark. His aim is to inspire faith and he espouses
ment, and the cementing of best relations the ideology of Reform Judaism. His sermons read well and
should create a great deal of interest.
between Israel and the United States.

