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EDITORIAL

Panic and Misrepresentation
Muddled Attacks Upon Israel

Israel—the people and the state—are accustomed
to being made the scapegoats for many ills. But few
incidents in recent years compared to the Soblen case
which provided a heyday for sensation-seeking corres-
pondents and editorial writers.
While reporters in Jerusalem, London and Wash-
ington may have been misled by some of the confusing
developments in this unfortunate-for-Israel occurrence,
some editorial writers inexcusably pounced upon Israel
and cruelly attached all blame to her, ignoring the
numerous other elements in the flight of the convicted
spy that involved Washington and London much more
than Jerusalem.
Turning the case into a horribly-shocking affair
were two most regrettable elements: the reported
reactions of a number of Jews who became panicky
over the developments and the transformation of the
case into a "Jewish" incident.
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Ever since the rebirth of the State of Israel, many
American Jews were deeply concerned over so-called
political involvements by Jews in the internal affairs of
Israel. A "Zionist issue" was made of the interest some
Jews took in the internal Israeli developments, but in
the course of the various debates over Israel-Diaspora
relationships it became an accepted fact that while
Jews owe an obligation to Israel—to help keep it eco-
nomically secure and to provide for the settlement
of hundreds of thousands of escapees from persecutions
—Israel's sovereignty is not to be interfered with and
Jews outside Israel can not and must not dictate their
views to the government of Israel.
Yet, some of the very people who insisted upon
the total abstaining of Jews from participation in Israel's
political affairs became panicky over the Soblen matter
and bombarded Jewish agencies in this country and
Israeli leaders in Israel with demands that Israel should
yield to all pressures to assume responsibility for
Soblen's shipment back to this country. This type of
panic represents an intrusion into Israel's internal
affairs and should not be condoned.
Panic under any circumstances is inexcusable and
undesirable, and it applies to the Soblen case as much
as to any other incident; and if Jews are to stay out of
Israel's political affairs, they have no business interfer-
ing in Israel's dealings with the British Foreign Office
and the U. S. State Department.
Israel may have been in the wrong in its determined
stand to wash its hands of the Soblen matter after the
convicted spy was taken off an El Al plane. But its
involvement was with the administrations of two na-
tions and "Jewish pressures" upon Israel, some pur-
portedly accompanied by threats of possibly cutting off
assistance to the relief funds for those who must be
rescued from degradations and settled in Israel, should
not be tolerated. They were acts of panic and should
be viewed in that light.
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Then there was the dragging of the Jewish people
into the issue. Detroit's afternoon newspaper, in a
wishy-washy editorial about Israel's "myopia," saw fit
to state:. "The emotions of the Jews in Israel about a

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jewish communities in the United States were
urged "to give as much emphasis" to Jewish education as they give to philan-
thropy, social service and community relations.
This request was voiced by American Jewish educators speaking at the
First World Conference on Jewish Education which opened here Sunday night
with more than 500 delegates — educators and laymen — from 28 countries
participating. The conference opened with lengthy addresses by Dr. Nahum
Goldmann and Label Katz, co-chairmen of the World Conference of Jewish
Organizations which is sponsoring the education parley.
Julius Fliegelman, of Los Angeles, chairman of the American delegation,
urged the establishment of "an international monetary fund for the financing of
Jewish education in underprivileged communities." He also advanced the idea
of "establishing a common market for the free exchange of experiences in the
field of Jewish education." The raising of the status of Jewish teachers was urged
by speakers.

Dr. Goldmann warned that "a lack of incentives and motivations about why
one should remain Jewish" could create a process of disintegration within the
present generation of youth outside Israel. He stressed that the only effective
counteraction "is a real system of Jewish education culminating in Jewish day
schools."

The world Jewish leader challenged the "mental attitude" of "many good
Jews" who fear that popularizing of Jewish day schools may be interpreted
as an attempt at "ghettoization" on . conflicting with emancipation and equality
of rights. Such a view, he said, is "based on a completely erroneous concept of
democracy and equality."
Katz, while not sharing Dr. Goldmann's fear of disintegration of Jewish
life in countries outside of Israel. said
that life in countries outside of Israel
Israel Views Soblen
can be meaningful and substantive in
Jewish terms, only -when the keystone
Case as Ended —
to it is Jewish education. "There are
to Its Satisfaction
no shortcuts," he declared.
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The Bnai Brith president urged the
establishment of a "worldwide Jewish
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education body" to provide "some
functional unity to scattered and frag-
Britain Gets Tough
mentary efforts" at Jewish education
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in the Diaspora. Such a world council,
he said, could operate as a specialized
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center of information and research on

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Hiss Aids Refugee Family of 13;

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The 11 Goldstein
children, ranging in age from 18 months to 18 years, are shown as they arrived with
their parents at International Airport through United Hias Service assistance. This family
of Jewish refugees from Egypt is being resettled through the New York Association
for New Americans.

