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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, July 26, 1963 —
On the Record
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
U.S. Zionists Draft Policy Declaration
at Closing Session of Parley in Israel
Editor, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate
TEL AVIV (JTA)—A six- she conceded that the State arrive at the day when he would
point declaration spelling out Department in Washington and think he is strong enough to
Thinking Aloud .. .
its concepts of modern Zion- Israel "agree that they disagree defeat Israel."
Former Premier David Ben-Gurion, in his first public appear- ism's philosophy and principles on American policy in the
She said that in spite of Is-
ance since his resignation more than a month ago, told the ZOA was adopted unanimously at Middle East," and she told the rael's "keen desire," Russian
convention in Tel Aviv that Israel is "the collective creation of the concluding session of the American Zionists and there does not want improvement of
the entire Jewish people" but that the work of creation must 66th annual convention of the are certain differences and Israeli USSR relations. She
yet be completed. Since Zionists had something to do with the Zionist Organization of Ameri- problems between Israel and pointed out that there are no
pre-natal history of Israel, stood at its birth and lent a tender ca.
the V.S. "that should be ironed trade relations "whatsoever" be-
hand in its nurturing, can it be assumed that what the former
The convention also adopted out between the two countries." tween Israel and the USSR.
Premier meant was that the Zionist movement still has a historic a series of vital resolutions deal-
Israel's position in regard to
Eshkol told the convention
role to play in the consummation of the work of creation? If so, ing with political, economic and increased arms given to Arabs
"if things continue as they
the parley may well have witnessed a significant change of administrative problems, He- through Russian aid, she said, that
have been, we may, by the end
thinking on the part of the fiery Ben-Gurion, who in the past brew education and immigra- would be decided in the future of the 60's reach the completion
rarely missed an opportunity to lambast the Zionist movement, tion to Israel. Rabbi Max Nuss- "not by what the Arabs do, but of the ingathering of those Jews
particularly the American brand. If this surmise is correct, the baum was unanimously re-elec- what the Jewish nation—Israel from certain countries who can-
ZOA may well find a better climate for rejuvenation when its ted for a second term as presi- first and the whole nation to- not live freely as Jews—and
leaders return from the convention.
gether—do." Israel's policy, she this does not i n c l u d e our
dent of ZOA.
The declaration, setting down added, is "not to let Nasser brethren in Russia." By the end
of the decade, he said, Israel's
Just An Idea .. .
'the policies and program of
population will reach 3,000,000.
In recent months much has been written about the deplorable American Zionism which are to Free Sons of Israel
The population increase will
lack of rabbis, social workers, teachers and other functionaries act as guidelines for the ZOA's
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result from new immigration as
in the Jewish communities of America. Overlooked in almost all activities, stated:
WASHINGTON, (J T A) — well as from local births.
assessments of the Jewish scene, has been the Anglo-Jewish
"1) Zionism rests on the
writer, whose business it is to report on and interpret the Jewish fundamental thesis, enunciated Myer Feldman, deputy special
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scene in America. Editors of important Jewish journals have by the immortal Theodor Herzl, counsel to President Kennedy,
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recently told this writer that the situation has reached a point that Jews constitute a people— accepted on behalf of President—
is a real treat
where it has become impossible to fill the pages of a publication one people. It implies that Jews, Kennedy an award presented to
with Jewish' authors. In another decade, one well-informed Jewish whether living in the Diapsora the President by the Free Sons
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journalist told me, the field of Jewish writer will have dried up as loyal citizens of their respec- of Israel, national Jewish fra-
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Plainly, the suggestion here is establishment of branches of gious and cultural ties. The lion, known as the "Distinguish-
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journalism that would prepare interested students in the skill Zionist movement is the em- ed Service Award" of the Jew-
Snacks . . .
and art of interpreting the American Jewish scene neither in the bodiment of this idea and of ish group, was ptesented at a
Delight
semantics of the rabbis nor of the social workers but through the the sentiment of the Jewish White House ceremony by Leon
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medium of a fresh and appealing approach.
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"2) Zionism also rests on the Weisberg, first deputy grand
premise that the survival and master, and Joseph C. Seide,
Question Mark . . .
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grand secretary, in recognition
Is an important Jewish source sitting on an explosive report historic continuity of the Jew- of Kennedy's civil rights leader-
ish
people
can
only
be
assured
SEVEN MILE at WYOMING
about the status of the Jewish community in America? The study,
ship.
I hear, has been completed, but it has not been released allegedly by the existence and develop-
ment
of
the
State
of
Israel,
not
because the control figures have not yet been properly checked.
Was the control study part of the original plan, or were the as a refuge for the homeless
and oppressed but as a secure
original disclosures so shocking as to be unbelievable?
ground for recreating the au-
thentic Jewish civilization. Is-
Falling Apart . . .
rael is the pivot of Jewish
The American Council for Judaism is on the lookout for destiny.
deviationists among its members who give furtively to Israel—an
"3) The State of Israel is
unforgivable sin in the council's theological lexicon. The latest more than a mere political
"scandal" to hit the council was disclosure that one of its most entity. It is and, for the sake
prominent members in the South had bought a $1,000 Israel bond. of its own survival must also
"Speedy Recovery," "Sympathy" or "Bon Voyage"
This writer wouldn't know whether the council has hired detectives remain, the national home of
more important than what you say is
to trail the sinner, but if they did he would like to tip them off the whole Jewish people, as
that the "sinner" confessed his transgression to a rabbi of one its 'spiritual center. -
how you say it. Expressions of sym-
of the Jewish religious denominations in his city.
"4) The Zionist movement re-
pathy, best wishes or congratulations
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mains dedicated to its historic
are much more effective with a gift
task of providing a homeland
basket that speaks for you . . . in an
Belongs In The Dictionary . .
eye - appealing, taste - tempting and
The word is "shirayim." You will not find it in your dictionary and helping the ingathering of
homeless and oppressed Jews.
satisfying manner.
for the simple reason- that it is a Hebrew word. It may sound to But at the same time, it is
you like the plural of "shir," song, but it isn't. The only relation- recognized that large segments
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leftovers, crumbs. Its most unique meaning is reserved for tinue to dwell in the foreseeable
chassidim when they savor the rebbe's crumbs. What has "shira- future outside Israel. Among
There must be a reason!!
yim" to do with a mid-summer day in July? Quite obviously it the rights which these- Jews
has. Soon the summer will be gone, leaving us however radiant should enjoy is the right to live
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as Jews in any free society, to
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Disclosure that four Jews, among them two women, had filling their responsibilities to-
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ward
fellow
Jews
in
Israel
and
been given jail sentences in Moscow for the crime of baking home
made matzoth for Passover and sharing them with their neighbors throughout the world.
"5) We do not regard the
is more than a sign of the wind's direction with regard to Jews
in the Soviet Union. It is an ill omen, confirming the fear of Jewish people in the Diaspora
Jewish leadership in the free countries of the world that the and Israeli Jews as completely
Soviet Union is determined to weed out all vestiges of Jewish separate entities but as equal
partners in the struggle for
communal, cultural and religious existence.
Jewish survival and historic
Long before Passover, reports began percolating from informed continuity, sharing a common
sources that Soviet authorities again would ban the baking of responsibility for the Jewish
To prove that the Rosenberg's are
matzoth in state bakeries. There were the usual denials, of course, future.
coupled with attacks on the "propagandists" and "hate mongers"
"6) Grateful for the warm re-
still in the catering business . • •
who, it was said, were deliberately spreading the reports in order ception given us in Israel, and
to spoil the good reputation of the Soviet Union. Later the truth deriving intense joy over the
just call them at
emerged when Moscow's Chief Rabbi in essence told his congre- progress achieved by Israel and
gation that if Jews wished to have matzoth for Passover they deep satisfaction in our con-
would have to do their own baking. Seemingly his word was taken tribution toward that progress,
seriously, for a Moscow rabbi does not speak out if he is not sure we rededicate ourselves as Zion-
of his ground, and a number of gullible Jews with oven facilities ists fully conscious of new vistas
proceeded to bake home made matzoth, as has been the Jewish for creative endeavor open to
or come in and see them at
custom over the generations. Now they have been made to pay the us in the future."
price for hearkening to the rabbi.
In one of its adopted resolu-
We have not read the minutes of the trial, but an informed tions, the convention called for
source—the Moscow correspondent of the New York Herald "direct and open" Arab-Israel
Tribune—reports that the lawyer for one of the accused Jews peace talks conducted "in full
We, the Rosenberg's, would still like to cater
called the court's attention to the fact that "all churches sell recognition of the rights of both
your wedding, Bar-Mitzvah, banquet, shower,
candles and wafers at high prices and nobody holds them for sides."
criminal responsibility." In plain words, it is common knowledge
Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel's
etc., in our hall, synagogue, Sheraton-Cadillac
even in Russia that Jews in the Soviet Union are not accorded Foreign Minister, told the 1,000
delegates and guests attending
the same legal rights as other religious groups.
or anywhere.
There is an alleged spirit of accomodation in the Soviet Union the closing session of the an-
these days. There is talk of permitting Russians of the Christian nual convention that she was
Mrs. (Mom) Rosenberg
faith to make contact with their kinsmen abroad and the Vatican certain Israel does not have a
has been permitted to send a delegation to a church function in greater and more sincere friend
the Soviet Union. Evidently the idea of coexistence—so close to than the United States govern-
the heart of Mr. Khrushchev these days—is not meant to encompass ment and people."
She made that statement in
Soviet Jewry.
We had hoped that the change in the political climate in the reply to questions from the
Soviet Union would ease the Jewish situation there. Instead it has floor after she and Prime Min-
worsened. Under Stalin they were victims of the iron fist. Under ister Levi Eshkol addressed the
convention. At the same time
Khrushchev they are being smothered with finesse.
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