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By PHILIP SLOMOVIT
...., Making an Ugly Word of Peace
Seder Ritual of Remembrance
FOR THE SIX MILLION JEWS WHO PERISHED AT- THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS
Every effort must be made by peoples of good will to sustain AND FOR THE HEROES OF THE GHETTO UPRISINGS
I. the powers of the United Nations and to provide the international Perform
this Ritual after the THIRD of the Four Ceremonial Cups,
.,
organization with the powers it needs to keep it functioning and
English rendition of the He-
just before the door is opened for the symbolic entrance of the brew:
:.:: I to retain for it the peace-molding principles for which it
was Prophet Elijah. All rise, and the leader of the Seder recites the
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founded.
following:
T.:
On this night of the Seder we
Recognition of these basic ideas should not, however, deprive
re
remember
with reverence and
▪ any one of the right to criticize failures within the world organiza-
love the
six millions of our
Pe.e
Pl of the En
ur opea e xile w ho
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lion, and it is a source of deep regret that the UN makes itself la,nr4 ,ar`?p nO, -- qt liti ivryii *Trip r?.12.171! 13'1100 1 7' 17;
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peshed at the han ds of a tyrant
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so
susceptible
to
criticism,
due
to
its
weakness
more
wicked
than
the Pharaoh
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who
laved our
fathers
in
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critical situations. The UN is especially shackled when it is faced
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ns
said he to his
Jr. with the need of tackling the Middle East problems.
minions, let us cut them off from
being
a
people,
that
the
name
of
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Proof of an existing weakness that borders on fright was pro-
Israel may be remembered no
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rthe existence of a perpetuated hatred of Israel and a lack of
and little ones. with vapors of
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5: courage in handling the issues related to the Arab threats to
poison and burned them with fire.
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" destroy Israel by UN officials who should know better than to
But we abstain from dwelling on
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the deeds of the evil ones lest we
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yield to blackmail and to high pressure
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groups.
defame the image of God in
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which man was created.
There is something very saddening about this entire business
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Now, the remnants of our people
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v:..hinopsweroef
of obstructionism and interference with efforts to assure peace in
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the Middle East, but especially disturbing is the attitude of Major ,
against the wicked ones for the
' General Carl C. von Horn, Chief of Staff of the United Nations I
,
sanctification of the Name, and
s:
= , Truce Supervision Organization, who not only accused Israel of 1 , DV7.1 el -117 17 D IntP2 1199 -rott77-1 7n1Z'°? 1 rillcM ' 37PD 11PI7P'
slew many of them before they
died. On the first day of Passover
being inconsistent in its attitude toward the Mixed Armistice in7L: 117 'Pn D'Vr,17 in 1?iPr.1!1 ;7'1133 1111
the remnants in the Ghetto of
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Commission, which was compelled to boycott since
Warsaw rose up against the ad-
1951, but of
versary, even as in the days of
weakening his activities through such a boycott. While von Horn 101:1:?'1 74":11 iD37 -1 '7"V lnp, runn an elprin ,17;1 .c:),(? {77
Judah and Maccabee. They were
lovely and pleasant in their lives.
blames both Israel and Syria for denying "freedom of move- orry:tp to'D ,
and in their death
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h they were not
mCnt" to UN military observers, his failure to take into account
di vided, and they brought redemp-
non to the name of Israel through
the constant sniping against Israelis on the Israel-Syrian border
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all the world.
is deplorable.
And from the depths of
their
affliction the martyrs lifted their
Furthermore. Gen. von Horn saw fit to deny that there was a
voices in a song of faith in the
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"fortified position" of Syrians whence emanated the attacks on
coming
Messiah, when
when
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ofbrotherhood
1 rei g n
Israel. and Israel's chief spokesman at the UN, Ambassador
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among men.
Michael Comay, found it necessary to challenge the veracity of the
All sing ANI NIAA_MIN ("I
UNTS0 Chief of Staff by showing that there was such a "fortified All sing ANI MAAMIN ("I Believe"), the song of the martyrs in the
position" and that Israel was compelled to wipe it out — thus
the song of the
ghettos and liquidation camps:
martyrs in the ghettos and
resulting in the military action of. March 17 which led to the I
liquidation camps:
UN Security Council being called int) session to act on another
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Israel-Syrian dispute.
I believe with perfect faith in the
Instead of serious aims for peace we have a continuity of
coming of the Messiah:
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And though he tarry, none the
international malice. Instead of trying to get the two contending
less do I believe:
elements together. there are limitless accusations that serve only to
muddy the already soiled waters
of dispute between Israel and the ; 7Artriot,
Arabs.
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! in Romania "open anti-Semi-
UN Must Place Responsibility Where It Belon gs
The report asserted that
No one living in Czechoslo- , tism and Zionism are written "most Jews in the Soviet
In his statement to the UN explaining Israel's position in the vakia can be unaware of the , into the legal code as a criminal
Union would like to have
latest conflict with Syria. Ambassador Comay showed. contrary tolimitations to which Jews are !
offense. Sentences of ten years i their synagogues back .so
contentions of the Syrians, that the shootings on Israelis fishing
subject even if discrimination ' and more in prison for illegal can meet together again," they
and
on Lake Tiberias could not be "attributed to casual and local against them is far less violent frontier
shooting by irresponsible soldiers or civilians."pointing to the than when Stalin
crossings are daily oc-
that 85 per cent of
was alive, the , currences. Most of the offend- Jews would like to e Soviet
e‘nlence that Israel's vessels were subjected to wanton attacks re p ort .
migrate
entitled
"Jews Under ers are people who want to get
to Israel.
from Syrian gun positions close to the lake, he showed that "this Communism,"
decl
ared.
was a rev
to Israel." The report added , One of the worst features of
ival and
of a bloodshed
pattern of in
Syrian
assault and
which
had provoked
j The report said it could not that there were still plenty of , life for Jews in Russia.
much tendon
past years,
for which
Syria
had a number of times been condemned by the Armistice Commis- be entirely "fortuitous" that officers among the Romanian . larly- in the Ukraine. is particu-
"a de-
,.oin This time there was one significant difference. Never before there was "not a single Jew on police who were members of liberate attempt to frame them.
the
central
committee
of
the
t
h
e
anti
-
Semitic
Antonescu
.
It is a common occurrence for
had the Syrian forces used against Israel craft on the Lake weap -
o
Communist
party Iron Guard and their attitude ' Jews to receive circulars in
n, of Czechoslovak
such a powerful calibre as the 82mm recoilless
armor-
pleri.ing guns. which blew gaping holes in the side of our police and there are very few Jews to toward Jews is the same as it Yiddish or *Hebrew which few
in government
posts was before the war.
! of them understand. purport-
launch on 8 March. and were used again on 15 and 16 March. be
or found
in positions
of any impor-:
In Poland, according to the ing to come direct from Israel
The type of gun can he exactly identified. because one of the lance in the numerous state '
unexploded
,
survey,
there
is
considerable
.
or
from the Israel Embassy in
hells was shown by our Representative to the United
.
anti-Semitic feeling. but Polish Moscow."
N.itions Observer. The presence of such weapons within the enterprises."
authorities are on the whole
defensive area is a violation to the Armistice Agreement "
The circulars. according to
One prejudice
of the places where anti- ' reasonable about permitting the report. "appeal to the re-
It s clear that unless the UN Security Council places respon- Jewish
,
emigration
to
Israel
or
to
re-
cipients
to take a greater inte -
ihilitv where it rightfully belongs the situation may become even frequently. accordi ng to most
the
. join relatives abroad.
more aggravated. It is of the utmost urgency, therefore, that there i report. is in the courts. te Jews
:rest in Israel and Jewish affairs.
I
In Bulgaria there are only a They are written in a strongly
,hould be full consideration of Comay's demands that Syria shouldfound guilty of currency specu-
- refrain from all further attacks upon or interference with Israel I
few hundred Sephardic Jews ;anti-Soviet tone but in language
.
lation or invariably
other "economic
of- , left.
are about 15 Jewish . that:makes it instantly apparent
.1( ti% ilk
receive
;fam There
, within Israel territory," that there be no further crossings fences"
stiffer sentences than
do much
non- capital
of livin
Albania.
ilies
!g
in Tirana, the !„. ,hat: they were concocted in
from Syria into Israel territory in violation of the armistice agree-
•
ment and thilt Syria - refrain from any further threats against the I Jews in Czechoslovakia.
f The report asserted that re- l 'b
territorial integrity and political independence of Israel."
The report said: "One of cent measures taken against Je Tsfieowre"port added that Soviet
This is asking Very little. The demands are for elementary I
-ws were "now aware of these
the reasons for this appears
re.pei•t for Israel's autonomy. But Arab politicians need a scape- I to be the fact that the pres- the Jewish religion in the Sov- I fakes and hand them in to po-
goat in order to stay _in
iet Union were believed to be 'lice as soon as they arrive. but
ident of the Prague district ; partly
power. and they therefore would deny
the work of Alexander I at the beginning several Jews
Israel such elementary right as autonomy and security. Meanwhile
court is a well known anti- I Poltimenko. a Ukrainian offi-J were
committed to pron for
there is a ganging up—by Communist and Arab groups—and the
,
Semite. He is Dr. Huebner. 1 cial
who, though he collaborat- ' riot reporting they had received
help given them by the UN staff supervisor and by the American
The report added that if party I
ed
with
the
Germans
during
si.ich
material
and dozens were
UN delegation aids the culprits and adds insults to the injuries
and police officials allowed i World War II, is now a senior I interrogated
inflicted upon Israel.
on suspicion of
their prejudices to affect ; official
in a Soviet government contact with a foreign power.
It is never too late for less obstruction and more courage in
their official behavior toward I department dealing with reli- I It is
handling the- issue. But all indications point to the hopelessness Jews "the ordinary people of I gious affairs.
not easy to be a Jew under
I Communism."
of the situation at this time. The rebuke to Israel at the session
Czechoslovakia, with the ex-
last week was a deplorable gesture of comfort to those who seek ception of
a few die-hard
destruction of a member stale of the United Nations.
anti-Semites in Slovakia, are
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largely indifferent to Jews
and their problems."
The Devil Doth Quote Scripture for his Purpose
Scripture is often quoted by the devil to serve his purpose,
The report added that, while
The has
.American
Jewish
corn-
the cash
immigration
issue. Jews
"The to flow
as Shakespeare has indicated and as the segregationists now are there were no current indica- munity
been called
upon
to of
by American
the
attempting to prove in defense of their position against equality tions that the Czech regime
for those whose skins are not of their color. Of course, there is ; planned to put restrictions on raises $.39,500,000 in cash for UJA must keep pace with the
flexibility in Holy Writ applicable to many conditions, and the 'attendance at synagogues, a re the
the United Jewish Appeal by flow of Jewish migration • he
spgregationists find comfort in the proscription on intermarriage cent circular issued by the gov- June 11 to cover the mounting declared. "We dare not fall " be
Israelites and Canaanites.
of an increasing immiora- hind if we are to fullfill our re-
ernment office for religious af-
That does not, however. validate contentions that lines were fairs commented that "officials bon of Jews to Israel and other sponsibility of enabling our breth-
lands.
drawn in Biblical lore between peoples of different races and of the synagogues use the serv-
ren to start a new life in free-
colors. The injunction (Gen. 27:33) that "thou shalt not take a
In making the announcement, don and confidence."
wife of
ices mainly as an opportunity Israel D. Fink of Minneapolis,
the of daughters
of Canaan" was more against the idolatrous to get together and discuss
The nation-wide UJA Cash
and those
a different
UJA
faith than the Israelites.
their problems."
national cash chairman, re- Drive will reach its climax June
'
Moses was married to a Midianite. and in the "Song of Songs"
ported that he had agreed to 11 at a special cash collection
The situation in Hungary is serve
a second term as chair-
the assertion "I am black but comely" is in no sense a signal for similar, the report asserted, but man in view
meeting
of the urgency o f New Yorkat the Savoy Hilton,
hatred against those who are tanned by the sun. Intermarriage
„
.
A 50- member
between
faiths remains
proscribed
in Jewish tradition, but that mean that mixed marriages must result from kind and just treat- committee
is to benation al cash
does
not warrant
discrimination
by members
:
one
faith
against
ments
among
all
a
ppointed to
peoples.
another.
peoples
assist Fink in reaching the $39,
Nowh ere whether it is in the great assover lesson
of liberty 500, 000 goal. Committee mem-
Contrary to attempted negative injections of Biblical quotations for all or in, all
other Jewish teachingsP, is it to be found
that bers
into the efforts to integrate all Americans into one political entity, justice is only for one group, that liberty is merely
will visit communities
for the white throughout the - country to inform
the all.
remains
that,
in the main, Scriptures propagate freedom man. While "the devil quoth Scripture for his purpose,"
let no American Jewry of the vital im-
for
a fact
l. The
genius
nius
of Hebraic
do not speak
Is c traditions lies in the fact that they one permit generalization and resort to Biblical texts in approval portance of cash
o liberty fral alone but for all peoples. Such of prejudice. The very
gifts in view of
word is contrary to basic teachings of the greatly augmented
are the tenets of all our sacred laws, and they
needs of
do not necessarily I morality common to all faiths.
I UJA agencies this year.
to Be jeer lurstier Comm un ism .-
the
United Jewish Appeal Sets Goal
of $39.5 Million for Immigration