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FRANK SIMONS

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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath. the twenty-third day of Ni san, 5720, the following Scriptural selections
will be read in our synagogues:
II Sam. 6:1-17.
Pentateuch-al portion, Shemini, Lev. 9:1-11:47. Prophetical portion,
Rosh Hodesh Iyar, Wednesday and Thursday

Licht Benshen. Friday. April 22, 7:03 p.m.

VOL. XXXVII. No. 8

Page Four

April 22, 1960

The South's Ugly Load of Anti-Semitism

The bombing of Jewish centers and
In his expose of "the corrosive impact
of the segregation issue" in Alabama, synagogues were plain indications of the
New York Times correspondent Harrison type of venom that had spread through-
E. Salisbury revealed the shocking spread out the South. But there is another view-
of anti-Semitism. Salisbury reported from point. Salisbury quoted John Temple
Birmingham, Ala.: Graves, Birmingham Post-Herald editor-
"While Klan terror is directed princi- ial columnist, who, he believes, "ex-
pally against Negroes and against whites pressed probably a more widespread Ala-
thought to have some sympathy with Ne- bama viewpoint on anti-Semitism" when
gro aspirations, it also carries strong anti- he wrote:
"Even if it made sense or were civil-
Semitic undertones. Sometimes. there are
ized or Christian or American, anti-
overtones."
When Salisbury later reported from
Semitism is simply too big and ugly a
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Nashville, he indicated, quoting Jewish
load for Southerners to carry with their
leaders, that "there has been a rise in
already big and ugly Negro problem." •
anti-Semitic manifestations with the
Nevertheless, the poison is spreading,
rise in strife over race relations." He
and the position of Jews in many areas in
quoted Rabbi William. B. Silverman as
the South is non-too-enviable.
In 1932, the eminent scholar, Dr. Norman Bentwich, as-
stating: "Latent anti-Semitism is re-
The Jewish merchant in the South is sumed the Weizmann Professorship of the International Law
leased in a crisis. The persecution of
hit from two sides—by the pressures of of Peace at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and he deliv-
the Jew is a portent of historical and
the segregationists and the boycott threat ered, at that time, a series of lectures on "The Religious Founda-
of Internationalism." His study in international relations
sociological trends. The attacks on the
of the Negroes who possess purchasing tion
through the ages was published shortly thereafter. It now
Negroes generate anti-Semitism. This is
powers in the large cities.
appears in a new edition, being distributed in this country by
followed by anti-Catholicism, anti-
Another of Salisbury's quotations is Bloch Publishing Co. of New York.
Protestantism, anti-Christianism. I am
The second edition contains all of the original addresses,
from a philosophical Alabamian who said:
accused of being a nigger lover. Of
"Things will get better some day. But with an epilogue that contains up-to-date material, with corn-
course I am. Isn't that what my religion
first, I'm afraid they'll get a lot worse." ments on the emergence of the State of Israel.
teaches—love thy fellow man? I am for
In his essays, Prof. Bentwich dealt with Jerusalem the City
We fear that this may alsb sum up the . of Peace,
human rights, regardless of race or
Pagan Religions, Judaism and the Nations, Chris-
position of the Jews in the South.
religion."
tianity from the Origins to the Reformation, and from the Re-

Bentwic s Views on . e igious
Foundation of Internationalism '

formation to the French Revolution; from the French Revolu-
tion to the end of World War 1, Islam and the Nations, Indian
and Far Eastern Religions, Religious Freedom, Religion and the
New International Society and A League of Religions.
many of the UN member nations, w os
In the Hebrew University of Jerusalem he envisioned
failure to act against the injustices im - "the most
living expression of the ideal of Jerusalem
posed on Israel has perpetuated a state as the City striking
of Peace. In particular, one of its most immediate
of war. Our own Government is guilty of purposes must be to establish fuller knowledge and under-
complacency and of too much appeasing standing of the culture and literature of the Arabs among
of Nasser.
the Jews."
It is no wonder that Victor Larock,
He discussed the Pax Romana of Augustus who claimed
the leading Belgian Socialist, in his that he spared rather than destroyed foreign nations, and he
statement commending the maritime showed nevertheless that there was ruthlessness in Roman
unions' actions, should have said that the actions, while in later years of the Roman Empire "the ideal
Arab anti - Israel boycott is "a little to the of unity and peace . • . was again eloquently proclaimed." He
pointed out that "the religion of humanity was tied to the logic
shame of the United Nations."
of Greece and the law of Rome, and lost - much of its original
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spirit in that association."
But the maritime unions feel differ-
"From the days of the dispersion after the Babylonian
ently about it. They have recognized the Captivity"
the Jews are described as having been "the most
tyranny of "Nasser's law" in the Suez international, yet on the basis of a deeply marked Jewish
Canal; they refuse to tolerate the anti- consciousness . . . Their mission was checked by the spread
American action by Egypt whenever one of Islam as well as of the Christian Church. During the Middle
of our ships carries goods to Israel; ap- Ages, which extended for them till the beginning of the 19th
parently they have become fed u p with century, t h eir
i role was essentially that of carriers, of culture
the threats from the oil-soaked Saudi and science as well as of material goods. They dwelt in both
Arabian Kingdom which is threatening to Christian and Moslem countries; and so they were instru-
interfere with shipping the Gulf of -ments for bringing Greek and Arab culture to medieval
Christendom."
Aqaba.
In his evaluation of Christianity's role, he described the
What the maritime unions have done
- tragedies suffered by Jews. Nevertheless, "Jewish scholars and
was to challenge the contention of Nas translators frnm Spain and the South helped to carry the ideas
ser's spokesman in Washington that while of Greek philosophy and of Arabic science to the West an
his country is in a state of war with Israel, North."
there is no such war condition between
Prof. Bentwich made the interesting point that one of the
Egypt and the United States. If that is influences upon Russian Tsar Nicholas II, when he summoned
so, why does Egypt disregard all inter- the conference of world states in The Hague in 1899 was a book
national regulations by destroying the on the "Future of War" by the Polish Jew of Warsaw, Jean de
freedom of the seas principle when ships Bloch.
from this land travel to Israel? Egypt
He also made the interesting observation that early Mos-
thereby has created a state of war, and the lem jurists were influenced by Jewish traditions.
maritime unions are fighting it with cour-
Speaking on religious freedom, Dr. Bentwich declared:
age and a sense of justice.
"The Jews may be regarded as a barometer of civilization.
Where they were persecuted or expelled, civilization
declined;
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The Arab potentates are never satis- where they gained liberty, it advanced. Spain, it is said, sacri- a
fied. They are even attempting to force ficed to Catholicism both liberty of spirit and greatness as
a change in a 200-year-old rule of a three nation . . ."
Referring to the book, "Janus and Vesta," by the English
mile limit in territorial waters. They are
not succeeding in that, and Israel is not to sociologist, Benchara Branford, who gave a vision of Israel as
between East and West in spiritual matters and who
be stopped in the Gulf of Aqaba. But Is- mediator
conceived the healing of existing spiritual illnesses by universi-
rael has been stopped in the Suez, and ties representing highest spiritual striving, Prof. Bentwich stated:
our courageous labor unions have come to "The Jewish people appeared to be the most fitted for this
the rescue. It is to be hoped that they, function; and so a university at Jerusalem might become an
together with unions in other lands, will instrument for the general welfare of mankind as well as for
prevent the perpetuation of injustice on the Jews themselves."
There was a confident note in his contention that "the right
an international scale.
More power to the Seafarers and to the of religious liberty has been secured, and may be regarded
as a part of the universal public law."
Longshoremen!

Longshoremen to the Rescue to End Injustice

"M'ayin yovo ezri?"—"Whence corn-
eth help?"—the Jewish suppliant often
asks in time of difficulty, and the faithful
know that help is certain to come to those
who seek justice.
For many years, Arabs have been boy-
cotting Israelis, in their inhuman effort to
destroy the little state that is struggling
for survival. Even before Israel emerged
as an independent nation, Arab potentates
were conducting a boycott of the Jews in
Palestine. Since the establishment of Is-
rael, their boycott was extended against
Jews everywhere and against Christian
firms doing business with Israel.
Even some of Israel's erstwhile friends
— including the Renault auto firm in
France — yielded to Arab threats and
stopped doing business with Israel.
But the law of physics that every ac-
tion has an opposite and equal reaction
has begun to .work beautifully in re-
taliation against the Arabs' unwise and
unfair actions. The Studebaker agreement
to serve Israel in the automobile field is
expected to offset the Renault loss in even
greater measure. And in condemnation of
the blacklisting of American ships trading
with Israel, the Seafarers International
Union and the International Longshore-
men's Union now are refusing to unload
cargos from Egyptian ships in New York
harbor.

The action of the American unions
may encourage similar reprisals in ports
throughout the world. That's how justice
gathers momentum.
The poor Arabs — they who have in-
augurated actions to deny Israel- freedom
of the seas and to undermine the Jewish
State's existence by boycotting Israeli
firms and firms dealing with Israel, now
are beginning to shed bitter tears of
protest! The more they protest, the
sooner all others who have been blind to
the injustice perpetrated against Israel
should awaken to the disgraceful acts that
were permitted for years by an impotent
United Nations.
Impotency also must be charged to

