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Boris Smolar's

(Copyright, 1964, Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

Israeli Reflections

A visit to Israel's President Shneur Zalman Shazar, at his resi-
dence in Jerusalem, brings out best the spirit of democracy prevail-
ing in Israel .. . It reminded me of the time when I visited the Presi-
dent of Uruguay—a country considered the most democratic on the
American continent . . . In Uruguay, one could simply walk into the
office of the President, in Montevideo, and, if the President had no
other engagements, he would receive the visitor without any formalities
and listen to what he had to say .. . In Jerusalem, things are not as
simple as in Montevideo, but this is because President Shazar has not
much free time on his hands to receive anyone who wishes to talk to
him There is always a delegation or two in his waiting room eager
to be received by him and to present to him certain problems . .
While I was sitting with Prelident Shazar in his office, there was in
the ante-room one delegation of Israeli Orthodox rabbis and another
delegation of Canadian Jews . . . This was on a Friday—a "short" day
in Israel, when offices close early in order to meet the traditional
Sabbath . . . President Shazar does not like to ration his time and
limit the people he receives to 15 or 30 minutes, as is usually the
case with other heads of state . . . He has a human approach to mat-
ters, and pays no attention to time when the matter under discussion
is important . . . His secretary finds herself, therefore, most of the
time in a position where she has to manipulate diplomatically between
delegations who have appointments to be received by the President
at a certain time . . . More than once she brings in a note to President
Shazar discreetly reminding him that somebody is waiting in the ante-
room, scheduled to be received . . . However, this does not influence
the. Israel president to cut his conversation with the visitors present
in his room . . . Especially if the visitors have something to do with
literature, history, education and matters concerning Jewish heritage
. . . He is a great literary fi;ure himself, and the world of literature
and education means a great deal to him . .. In tiis respect, too, he
truly represents the spirit of Israel, where learaing and education
—old and modern—is a major concern of the State . . . No stranger
in the United States, President Shazar knows everybody of importance
in the Yiddish and Hebrew literary world in this country, and he
speaks of some of the American Jewish writers with affection, dis-
playing his personal interest in their work . . . He speaks with affec-
tion of President Johnson, whom he first met when he flew in from
Israel to Washington to attend the funeral of the late President
Kennedy . . . President Johnson gave two receptions in honor of
Shazar, during which he displayed exceptional interest in Israel.

Israeli Personality

One of the colorful 'personalities one meets in Israel among the
top leaders of the country is Aharon Becker, secretary-general of
Histadrut, Israel's Federation of Labor . . . What George Meany,
president of the AFL-CIO, is to organized labor in the United States,
Becker is to organized labor in Israel . . . Perhaps even more, since
the Histadrut has quite an influence in government affairs in Israel
. .. Holding the position once held by David Ben-Gurion, Becker is
the head of an organization which not only serves the interests of
labor but has also a good deal to do with developing industrial enter-
prises of its own for the benefit of the country . . . It has much to
do with helping underdeveloped countries through participation in
their building plans and by training students from Afro-Asian lands
in Israel . . . It is the link between Israel labor and the American
labor movement, the British labor movement and organized labor in
other free countries . . . Its health services for its 900,000 members
and their families—known as Kupat Holim—encompass at least
1,800,000 people or 70 per cent of the entire population in Israel . . .
These services include the maintaining of 15 hospitals, about 1,000
dispensaries, 18 convalescent homes, more than 300 laboratories and
pharmacies, about 170 infant welfare centers, numerous X-ray insti-
tutes and institutes for physical therapy ... Its health system employs
2,300 physicians, about 3,500 nurses, 600 pharmacists. 800 laboratory
workers and about 5,000 other staff members . . . This is no small
enterprise and it constitutes practically the backbone of the entire
medical system in the country . . . Mr. Becker, sitting in his office
in the Histadrut building in Tel Aviv, which is one of the most im-
posing buildings in the country, is thus not only the "number one"
labor leader in Israel . . . He is a combination of a minister of Labor,
minister of health and welfare, minister for cooperative industry,
not to speak of his role in the political affairs in the country . . .
He often makes trips abroad and these trips' help not only to strengthen
labor relations between Israel and the countries he visits, but also
general relations ... One such trip was a visit last month to Turkey
He is scheduled to visit the United States soon, and there can
be no doubt that this visit will be extremely beneficial not only to
Israel's labor interests but to Israel as a whole.

By DAVID SCHWARTZ •
(Copyright, 1964, JTA, inc.)
When Thomas Jefferson ran for .
President, it was charged that, if
elected, he would make a bonfire
of all the Bibles and, in case of
war, would put the preachers in
the front lines.
It was charged against Andrew
Jackson that he began a journey
on Sunday and when he ran for
a second term, it was held against
him that he had refused to issue
a proclamation for a national day
of prayer for relief from cholera.
When Lincoln ran for Congress,
his opponent, the revivalist Cart-
wright, met with Lincoln in debate.
Cartwright discoursed on the sub-
ject of hell fire and turning to
Lincoln, said, "Mr. Lincoln, where
are you going?"
"Brother Cartwright." replied
Lincoln, "I am going to Congress."
The Know Nothing movement with
its opposition to Catholics and
foreigners was very strong in Lin-
coln's day, and Lincoln at one time
asked his Jewish friend, Abraham
Jonas, to testify to the fact that he
had never sullied himself by asso-
ciation with that movement.
An attempt to inject the re-
ligious issue in the Blaine-Cleve-
land campaign backfired and re-
sulted in the election of Cleve-
land. When a Republican clergy-
man in the presence of Blaine,
the Republican nominee, re-
ferred to the Democratic party
as the party of 'Rum, Roman-
ism and Rebellion," the Catho-
lics were incensed and flocked
to the banner of Cleveland,
electing him.
Admiral Dewey, the hero of

the Spanish American war, was
talked of for the Presidency until
be took a Catholic wife. The
Catholic issue was of course raised
in the race of Al Smith but, in
1960, despite his Catholicism, John
F. Kennedy was elected President.

Prejudice is a strong thing,
especially among Jews. Every time
a Jew runs for Mayor is New York
City, the Jews don't vote for him.
Two Jewish candidates ran against
Mayor Wagner the last time and
the Mayor himself admits that he
got the bulk of the so-called Jewish
vote. However, in Minneapolis, the
city where Hubert Humphrey was
mayor. where they haven't got
many Jews, they do have a Jewish
mayor.
Jews have no perjudices against
non-Jews. Mordecai Manuel Noah
was a good Jew but he was one
of the strongest supporters of An-
drew Jackson, despite the fact that
JackSon may have begun a journey
on Sunday. Mark Twain recognized
this peculiarity among Jews. He
said Jews should stick together like

the Irish. But the Irish are not
what they used to be either. They

seem to be developing a prejudice
against Irish, as may be seen by
the election of a Jew as Mayor of
Dublin.
Jews often take for anti-Semi-
tism what is simply nothing but
the wrong sell — the wrong
approach. Years ago, in Pennsyl-
vania, some people who thought
themselves clever used to take off
and bottle it as a cure for rheu-
matism. It sold, but not very much.
Then a clever Yankee from Con-
necticut went to Pennsylvania and
Israeli Institutions
Much is known in the United States about the work in Israel of he and John D. Rockefeller began
Hadassah, Pioneer Women, American Women's ORT and other Ameri- selling the same stuff as kerosene
can women's organizations . . . but almost nothing is known about the oil for lamps—and, well, you know
activities of the Women's League for Israel which is engaged in the rest of the story.
I was thinking of Sol Levitan
extremely useful projects in Israel . Only when one visits the
in Wisconsin. He was a candidate
institutions in Israel which the Women's League has built there does
for State Treasurer. He used to
he realize the importance of this American organization . . . I owe a
get up and say to the people,
debt of gratitude to Jerome IClorfein, a New York UJA leader, who
"You know we Jews are very
during my stay in Israel insisted that I visit with him one of the
stingy; elect me and I will save
institutions established and maintained by the League . . . His interest
your money for you." And they
in the institution was primarily due to the fact that his mother is one
always re-elected Uncle Sol in
of the League's leaders and quite a substantial donor . . . It was an
institution where blind immigrant girls are being taught to weave Police Probe Desecration
all kinds of fancy cloth from which fashionable dresses are being
in Germany
made . . . What I saw there not only evoked my admiration for the of Cemetery
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Women's League - but made me also think that insufficient attention
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is being paid in the United States to the activities of the League in
Israel . . . These activities are not limited to vocational training for ing Tuesday the desecration of the
blind girls; they also include social adjustment services for young Jewish cemetery at Saarbrucken,
Women newcomers to Israel . . . Such services are being given in where more than 20 tombstones
specially built beautiful homes in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and were thrown down, apparently by
Nathanya and in a student center established by the League which neo-Nazis. The cemetery was in-
also endowed a chair in sociology at the Hebrew University . .. The augurated 12 years ago to com-
League maintains women's dormitories and provides other kind of memorate some 200 Jewish victims
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9f Nazism. ,
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shelters for young immigrant women:

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Religion and Elections

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Wisconsin. He had the right to
sell; I don't like the word, but
you know what I mean.
To be sure, there will be some

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running," returned Disraeli, "may
I count on your support?"

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