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Sabbath Scriptural Slections
This Sabbath, , the eighth day of lyar, 5722, the following scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Emor. Leviticus 21:1-24:23. Prophetical portion, Ezekiel 44:15-31.
Licht Benshen, Friday, May 11, 7:23 p.m.
Vol. XLI — No. 11
Page Four
May 11, 1962
U.S. Aid to Nasser Negates UN Ideals
With one hand Israel was struck
recently after the unfortunate incidents
that resulted from Syrian attacks upon
Israeli fishermen on Lake Kinneret; with
the other hand the chief miscreant in the
Middle East crisis—Gamal Abdel Nasser,
president of the United Arab Republic—
is being rewarded by our Government
with large loans and other financial aid,
in spite of his villainous role as the
inspirer of warmongering.
If such a situation should continue,
there will be very little hope left for an
early peace in that disturbed area. Russia
already is playing a devilish part in this
drama by its obstructionism in the United
Nations where the Soviet representatives
take the lead wherever rebukes and cen-
sures are framed against Israel; by pro-
viding arms to the Arab states and by
continually fomenting strife.
* * *
The aid that is now being provided by
our Government must, therefore, be
viewed with alarm. It is an unwise step in
the direction of encouraging the one man
whose policies have been harmful to the
democracies. who sizzles with hatred
against his American benefactors and
who preaches Israel's destruction, thereby
negating a basic United Nations principle
of preventing a world conflict, of averting
war wherever threats are made by one
nation against another, and of repudiating
any attempt on the part of one member
nation in the UN to destroy another.
In response to a Detroiter's inquiry
regarding the action that was taken at
the UN under the leadership of Adlai
Stevenson by the American delegation, a
spokesman for the State Department de-
nied that either the oil problem or anti-
Semitism played any role in whatever
action was taken by our spokesmen and
maintained that the U. S. position repre-
sents "the interest of the U. S. as our
Government sees it: and that interest in-
cludes, as you well know, the mainte-
nance, integrity and well-being of Israel."
This is a reaffirmation - of American
interest in the autonomy of Israel. It fails,
however, to take into account two facts:
that Nasse•'s acts and attitudes are an-
tagonistic to the Western Powers and are
in the main nagled towards a pro-Soviet
threat, and that the mere utterance of
lip service in behalf of Israel is not
enough because it would take only a few
minutes for enemies to invade Israel and
that the Jewish State's protection depends
upon action far in advance of the out-
break of dangers from the outside.
Since dangers to Israel are spelled
out greatly on the basis of aid given to
the Arab states by Russia, while similar
aid is denied to Israel, such a threat
becomes more serious when the United
Nations, with the blessings of the United
States, instead of halting Arab aggres-
sions gives comfort to Israel's enemies.
* *
It is saddening enough that the United
States, Israel's traditional friend, should
have allied itself with Israel's enemies in
the United Nations. It is even more dis-
turbing that our Government should pur-
sue a policy of sponsoring Arab projects
which may, in the long run, provide the
help Nasser and his cohorts seek in their
aspiration to eliminate Israel from the
family of nations. It is no wonder, there-
Dr. Schachtel's 'The Shadowed Valley'
fore, that Senator Kenneth Keating and
other friends of Israel in the U.S. Senate
look with alarm upon State Department
policy of giving comfort to Nasser at a
time when his warlike policies should be
met with strong repudiation on our part.
The Nasser threat has not diminished.
Bereavement. inevitability of death and the need for under-
One of the shocking examples of the standing in time of sorrow call for wisesand intelligent dealings
Guide in Time of Sorrow Is
An Affirmation of Immortality
Egyptian dictator's impudence was re-
ported last week from Cairo where "Al
Goumhuriya," the Nasser official organ,
stated that Egypt's principal condition for
the restoration of diplomatic ties with
France would be the breaking off of
friendly relations With Israel. Apparently
the growing favorable sentiment in
France for Israel's admission to the
European Common Market and the con-
tinuation of shipments of French-made
In an affirmation of immortality,
arms to Israel are sources of irritation for Dr. Schachtel asserts: "The deeper
Nasser, and he is seeking additional ways your religious experience and insight,
of settling his score with Israel.
the more harmonious is your attune-
•
• *
ment to the things of the spirit, and
Fortunately, the French have not the profounder your sympathetic ap-
yielded to pressures. At the UN Security prehension."
Asserting that "immortality is an
Council, France alone spoke up in de-
fense of Israel and abstained on the reso- integral part of our faith," the Houston
rabbi declares that "our age has redis-
lution of censure to Israel.
that there is a vast and decisive
JTA reports from Paris that French covered
part of life outside the scope of the .
official circles have indicated that Cairo natural sciences."
Dr. Schachtel
diplomatic representatives are coming to
Drawing upon biblical and classical literature and the poetry
Paris soon to open secret talks with
inspired authors, Dr. Schachtel points to the solace of music
French officials on the question of restor- of
as being "intimately connected with religious ritual," to the
ing diplomatic ties, hinting that they "salutary emotional
and spiritual and emotional effects of music"
would press for abandonment of friendly and its "multiple role
in human societies."
Franco-Israel relations, but French politi-
Then
there
is
the
solace
of prayer, exemplifying strength,
cal sources indicated that they did not sustaining faith: "No
matter what a person's faith may be,
believe that France would sacrifice its he
can find support and wisdom by worshipping regularly in
close ties with Israel to obtain diplomatic the sanctuary, by turning to the prayers of his religious
agreements anew with Arab countries.
denomination."
France therefore remains the nation
When facing death, in order not deliberately to stultify
friendliest to Israel. But the uncertainty oneself,
thereby "choosing to be infantile when the occasion
of the American position, the leadership
demands maturity," Rabbi Schachtel states: "It is when our
taken by our representatives to rebuke mental, emotional and spiritual attitudes are attuned to the
the Israelis and then immediately to pro- realities of life that we have the greatest opportunity to realize
vide large-scale financial assistance to a the potentials within us."
nation that seeks Israel's destruction is
Guiding the reader towards paths of conquering grief, the
a matter for gravest concern. We urge author
explains that - mourning opens the eyes and ears of
our representatives in Congress to be on the soul, makes us more sensitive than before to the meaning
the alert and to join in the battle against of life and death. It is that very receptivity to spiritual truth
moral and material aid to any nation that which, if we seize the moment, will assist us to climb up out
seeks the destruction of another country. of the pit, and emerge, humbled but stronger, from the dark
Algerian Jewry's Tragedy:Challenge toAll Jews
Algerian troubles have been brewing
for a long time, and it has become an
established fact that there will be a large
influx of Jews who claimed French citi-
zenship into France, in their mass exodus
out of their homes in Algeria, where many
have lived for several generations.
Now it is becoming evident that the
emigration may become so large that it
will result in the doubling of the French
Jewish population.
The French Jewish community is pre-
paring itself for the emergencies that are
certain to arise as a result of such a mass
movement of Jews who now must search
for security away from their Algerian
environment.
and for faith. They are offered in "The Shadowed Valley—A
Solace for the bereaved," by Dr. Hyman Judah Schachtel, pub-
lished by Knopf.
The author, rabbi of Beth Israel in
Houston, has utilized his 30 years' expe-
rience in the rabbinate to draw upon
the most significant elements in times
of crises for human beings to offer
counsel, to guide people away from
fear for death, to direct them towards
an understanding of the inevitable.
night of our bereavement."
"The Shadowed Valley" is a volume that directs the reader
to "the final triumph over grief," and will prove of value to
ministers of all faiths and equally helpful to laymen.
Whenever a mass exodus of Jews
takes place anywhere, it is not the Jews A Paris Stage Hit
who provide the haven for the evacuees
who are alone responsible for resettle-
ment and repatraiation. This.becomes the
duty of the entire Jewish people which
A Paris stage- hit, "L'Idiote," by Marcel Achard, has
Kurnitz's 'A Shot in the Dark'
been
can not ignore the needs of the oppressed. adapted for Broadway by Harry Kurnitz. Under the title "A
While viewing the developing situa- Shot in the Dark," this new play is especially noteworthy for
tion with concern, this new challenge its humor. It has been published by Random House.
must be taken into consideration. Our
With Julie Harris and William Shatner in starring Men,
overseas relief obligations have not end- the play, when first presented in New York last October, drew
ed. One of the most serious challenges of attention to Kurnitz as the adapting dramatist. Already repre-
the century, matching the mass movement sented on BroadWay with "Reclining Figure" and "Once More
Feeling," Kurnitz is equally well known in Hollywood.
of Jews as a result of Hitlerism, may have with
M-G-M purchased his novel, "Fast Company," for a
of
begun, and we should be aware of the pictures and he has become a successful film writer. series
He also
duties that face us.
is the author of mystery stories.