THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, September 14, 1962

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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the sixteenth day of Elul, 5722, the following scriptural selections will be

read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Deut. 26:1-29:8. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 60:1-22.
Licht Benshen, Friday, September 14. 6:25 p.m.

Vol. XLII No. 3

Page Four

September 14, 1962

U.S. Role in UN on Middle East Issue

When the next United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly opens, on Sept. 18, many
problems again will plague the repre-
sentatives of the more than a hundred
nations Who will gather to air their dif-
ferences.
Once again there will be bargaining
over human values and vested interna-
tional interests.
Countless issues remain unsolved. The
Human RightS Commissions often find
their hands bound by conventions and
regulations that are difficult to overcome
because of the East-West obstacles.
There are issues involving human
freedoms that become insurmountable
due to the ideological differences that
motivate many of the powers, and the
struggle for dominance continues to claim
priority in the international headquarters.
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The Middle East remains on the UN
agenda as one of the thorniest problems,
and this year may prove to be a very
crucial one, in view of the impending
termination of the UN Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees, due to
expire next year. Unless the UN acts to
renew the UNRWA before next June 30
—the deadline set for the refugee relief
agency's life—it will automatically cease
to exist and the refugees will be left with-
out the aid now provided them, mostly
by the free countries and in the main by
the United States.
Thus, by being faced with a threat to
the life of its major refugee assistance
body, the UN will inevitably deal with
the Arab refugee problem, and the corn-
ing General Assembly session will. there-
fore, be laden with the issue. Loaded
with dynamite, providing Israel's enemies
with ammunition in their constant search
for ways of hurting the young Jewish
State, the General Assembly sessions may
be avenues for another series of venom-
ous attacks, and Israel's representatives
will be charged with the gravest respon-
sibilities of repelling the bombardments.
Unfortunately for Israel, neither of
the candidates for the presidency of the
next General Assembly, Sir Zafrullah
Khan of Pakistan and Prof. G. P. Mala-
laskera of Ceylon, can be called a friend
of Israel. The Pakistanean has a long
record of antagonism to Israel, dating
back to the debates over Palestine's par-
tition; and Ceylon's Prime Minister, Mrs.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike, is avowedly anti-
Israel. Whoever is elected, Israel's spokes-
men will face an enemy when called upon
to address the UN assembly.
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While the Israel delegation is prepared
to support the re-election of U Thant as
secretary general of the UN, the Israeli
position in the UN is far from enviable,
in view of the alignment of the Arab bloc
with the Communist countries. Israel,
however, is prepared to back Algeria's
admission as a UN member. and it is pos-
sible that the Afro-Asian bloc will not
line up entirely against Israel.
There also is the possibility of renewed
efforts by countries friendly to Israel to
back a resolution calling for direct peace
talks between Israel and the Arabs.
Israel welcomes such a proposal, but
her chances for success in effecting direct
talks with her enemies • are slim as long
as the representatives of the United States
fail to act sympathetically on the idea.
The fact is that the attitude of our
representatives, who continue to follow
a State Department policy of hesitation
or caution or submission to Arab pres-
sures, is in the main responsible for de-
layed tactics, for the perpetuation of the

Arab-Israel strife, for the failure of the
international organization to force nego-
tiations for peace. Under such conditions,
instead of amity we have the unending
war threats and the constant danger of
war in the Middle East.
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The battle that is raging between
Nasser and the other Arab states is not
a new phenomenon in the Middle East.
It is part of the divisiveness that makes
the entire area a menacing element in
world affairs and causes it to be an inse-
cure factor in. the East-West struggle. To
protect their positions against the threats
of Nasserism, any one of the Arab states
could at almost any moment become a
Communist satellite.
At the same time, Israel, as a neutral
nation, with strong ties to the West, re-
mains the only stabilizing force in the
Middle East. Israel also is the only force
that keeps Nasser's dictatorship away
from Jordan's and Lebanon's doors, and
regardless of all that the rulers of these
countries may say, it is the existence of
Israel and not their own armies that
assures their security.
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The United Nations General Assem-
bly, at its next session, while continuing
international assistance for the Arab refu-
gees as an obligation that must be under-
taken by the entire world, could end the
refugees' plight by striving for peace
among the contending factions; by pro-
viding under peaceful conditions for the
resettlement of the refugees and their
placement in productive pursuits in the
lands of their present confinement and
in other countries of their kinsmen and
coreligionists. Unprejudiced authorities
have shown that the Arab lands, especial-
ly Iraq, suffer from a labor shortage and
could benefit from the hundreds of thou-
sands of men and women who are now
in refugee camps, mainly in Jordan. They
have also indicated that only by having
homes provided for them in Moslem coun-
tries could their ,t plight be assuaged.
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Will the UN listen to the advice of
these experts? Are the spokesmen for
the nations of the world prepared to put
an end to a grave problem, and to rancor
surrounding it, by arriving at a solution
to the Arab refugee problem?
The United States could contribute a
great humanitarian service by taking the
lead in solving the grave problems. The
past experiences leave us in a state of
pessimism over the possibility of our rep-
resentatives either leading in peace efforts
or supporting proposals for direct Arab-
Israel peace talks. It was the U.S. op-
position that assistfcl in deferring such
action by the last UN General Assembly.
Therefore Americans of all faiths who
are concerned over the overwhelming
burdens imposed upon this country finan-
cially by the perpetuation of the Arab
refugee problem, and who are anxious
to see an end to rancor and war threats,
should never cease striving to influence
the White House, the State Department
and our UN representatives through the
latter, to work for peace in a practical
way—not by hiding behind diplomatic
double talk but by frankly asserting the
wish of our Government for an end to
the Arab-Israel conflict and for a solution
based on permanent peace proposals.
Meanwhile we pray that the UN de-
bates should not be as venomous as those
of the past, and that the representatives
of the nations of the world, seeking amity,
should move in the direction of peace
and an end to the state of war that threat-
ens the entire Middle East.

'For Special Occasions' Reviews
Dore Schary's Boyhood Years

Dore Schary has gained fame in the theatrical field and his
role as a participant in many important Jewish movements has
elevated him to high stature. His name is
widely known, and the story of his youth
must, therefore, inevitably attract wide at-
tention. His skill as a writer is proven in
his reminiscences of his youth, "For Special
Occasions," published by Random House.
This is more than a mere autobiogra-
phical sketch of the boyhood years of the
eminent figure in the entertainment world.
It is an account of a certain age—of the life
among Jews in his native Newark. N. J.. of
parent-children relationships. of piety ming-
led with an interest in the life of the gen-
eral community.
Because it is the story not only of him-
self and his family but also of "Shary Man-
or" the famous catering establishment that
was conducted in Newark by his parents.
the title for his book, "For Special Occa-
sions," is well chosen.
Dore Schary
Referring to the various family movements, from homes in
poor neighborhoods to more lavish environments, and to the estab-
lishment of "Shary Manor, Catering For Special Occasion's," the
author writes:
. "When we moved into the house we were also. moving into
an era of our lives that was to last from 1916 to 1924. It was
the time when Newark was growing into a large city; when the
Jewish community was straining out of its cramped self-imposed
ghetto and groping its way into American life; when America
was growing fat, sassy and strong; when we sang 'America, I
Love You (And there's a hundred million others like me).' It
was the time when 'Hatikvah,' now the national anthem of the
State of Israel, was only 'A Hope,' as the song title stated. It
was the time when the first generation of Jews, along with
their immigrant parents and grandparents, were testing the
promise of this new land of freedom and decided it would be
enduring."
Actually. it was the, story of every Jewish community, in
which the children, like Dore Schary, were under the wholesome
influence of wholesome parents. There were others, like those
who now so shockingly write in negative terms about Jews and
Judaism; but there remain men like Dore Schary whose story is
nostalgically idyllic, wholesome, replete with humor of the type
that truly evaluates Jewish traditions and nc , er casts despair
where there is room for hope.
Dore Schary's account of his youth is that of a boy and his
family whose life was marked by respect and self-respect. It
proves that there is room in Jewish life for humor that does not
drag Jews and their heritage into the gutter.
The Zaida who supervised kashruth, the wonderful Bubeh,
the parents who gained their community's affections for the
manner in which they catered, the hired help—the Negro Rose
Carter and the Pole John and a number of others—all are char-
acters out of a novel with a sense of reality that makes life
even more charming than fiction in the Schary story.
The battle with anti-Semitic Poles. John's resort to the one
English word he knew, "Sonamonbitch," while coming to the aid
of the Jews against Polish hoodlums; the freshman dinner that
ended in turning the Schary hall into a shambles; Zaida's rejec-
tion of Lewis Brovvne's preaching and a score of other experiences
make this a most delightful story.
Zaida had ambitions for Dore's piety, but he soon stopped
inquiring about Dore's tephillin and his grandson comments in
his delightful book: "Perhaps he would derive some wry satisfac-
tion if he knew that : now I am a better student of Hebrew and
Judaism than in those days when I tried-to deceive him." ----•
Dore Schary, author of "Sunrise at Campobello," who had
much to do with "A Majority of One" and many other plays,
now delights us with a marvelous autobiography. His "For Special
Occasions" is one of the most delightful and most Jewish , books.
(Also See Commentary, Page 2)

