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BY RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright 1966, JTA Inc.)

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(Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.)

MISSOURI REVERBERATIONS: The fact that President Johnson
has not seen fit to mention in his speech in Independence, Mo., that
Jerusalem is the city where the Truman Center for the Advancement
of Peace will be established is the subject of talk among many
Jews. Jewish leaders are puzzled. On the one hand, the President
acknowledged the historic event of dedicating such a noble institution
to Truman by personally flying to attend the ceremony in the
Truman Library in Independence. On the other, he failed in his
address at the ceremony to indicate even with a single word that
the institution will be located in Israel. What a let down! Could
it be that he did not want to antagonize the Arabs? Even so, he
could have mentioned the city of Jerusalem, without specifying Israel.
A part of Jerusalem is, after all, held also by Jordan, although
not the psrt where the Hebrew University—the site of the Truman
Peace Center—is situated. What offense would it be to the Arabs
if President Johnson would have pointed out that Jerusalem means
in English translation "The City of Peace" and has always meant
so to people of all nations for hundreds of years. Thus, it is only
natural that a center to promote world peace, when established
in our troubled time, should be located in that city. In editing his
speech, the President was obviously prepared to make omissions
or insertions in its text in the last minute. This was hinted by one
of his aides in the White House who explained that the text of the
speech would not be issued in advance of its delivery. The high
official, who is well qualified to know the President's moves, clearly
stated that much of the contents of the speech would depend upon
the President's mood in Independence and on the atmosphere there.
Could it be that there was something in the atmosphere of the
gathering that prompted the President to avoid mentioning Jerusalem?

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THE BIG QUESTION: Some Jewish leaders also are puzzled
by the fact that the Israel government was not represented through
its highest personalities at the inaugural ceremony in Independence.
-They point out that the ceremony was a highly important event
in Israel's history and should have been properly dramatized by
Israel. They argue that if the President of the United States—
busy as he is with the Vietnam situation and other complicated
world and domestic affairs—could find time to fly to attend the
event in Independence, the President of Israel should have done
the same. Diplomatic protocol would have required that just as
President Johnson flew to Independence carrying with him a White
House party of about 50 important persons, President Shazar should
have done no less. Sending a high official of Israel's Foreign
Office with a message to the ceremony is not the same thing. It
is the definite opinion of some Jewish leaders that had President
Shazar—or at least the new Foreign Minister, Abba Eban—been
present in Independence at the ceremony at which President
Johnson spoke, the latter would not have omitted mention of the
fact that the Truman Center will be in Jerusalem. He would have
felt uncomfortable not to mention Israel in the presence of President
Shazar, or Premier Eshkol, or Eban. Obviously, those in Israel
who handled the affair, did not realize the impact which a special
flight by President Shazar, escorted by Israeli dignitaries, would
have had both on Washington and throughout the United States.
As it was, the points which President Johnson made in Vietnam,
in his address at the gathering in the Truman Library, overshadowed
even the announcement of the establishment of the Truman Center
and its purpose. Few noticed the fact that the peace prize of
$50,000 which the Truman Center in Jerusalem will give annually
for promoting world peace can compare in importance and prestige
only with the Nobel Prize.

Jewish Agency Portfolios Baltimore Center Daubed
to Be Allocated in March With Anti-Semitic Slogans

LONDON (JTA) — Mrs. Rose
Halprin, a member of the Jewish
Agency executive in New York,
said here that a final decision on
allocation of portfolios in the new
Agency executive will be made at
the March meeting of the execu-
tive.
The decision to delay distribu-
tion of portfolios, made by the
newly elected executive at the
meeting of the World Zionist Ac-
tions Committee earlier this
month, was attributed by Mrs.
Halprin to difficulties in reaching
an agreement at the Jerusalem
meeting. She spoke at a meeting
of officers of the British Zionist
Federation.
She said she felt that the deli-
berations at the Zionist Actions
Committee meeting had conveyed
to the delegates a sense of urgency
in dealing with such problems as
Jewish education, aliyah and fund-
raising.

BALTIMORE (JTA) — Balti-
more police authorities said they
had not as yet been able to trace
the perpetrators of anti-Semitic
desecrations of the main head-
quarters of the Liberty Jewish
Center here. A huge swastika,
under the slogan "Perish Juda,"
had been painted on the principal
entrance to the center.
According to Rabbi Jacob Max,
spiritual leader of the center, the
institution had been subjected to
vandalism at other times, not only
at its main headquarters but also
at its suburban branch.
The rabbi said he believed the
actions were carried out by right-
ists "directing their venom against
all religious leaders in the city,
regardless of "faith." The dese-
cration of the center followed two
incidents in which crosses were
burned in Baltimore, one at City
Hall Plaza, the other in front of
a Catholic church.

Why does the Cantor repeat
the entire main body of prayer
(i.e. the 18 benedictions-
Sh'Moneh Esreh)?
This is done basically for the
sake of those in the congregation
who do not know how to pray
properly. They are to concentrate
upon the words which the Cantor
emits and this constitutes their
discharge of the obligation to pray.
(Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayyim
124). Even those who do not un-
derstand Hebrew are supposed to
recite the prayers together with
the Cantor and thus discharge
their responsibility (Aruch Ha-
shulchan, Orach Chayyim 126).
Furthermore, the action of the
Cantor in reciting the prayers in
public coupled with the congrega-
tion's response of "Amen" to his
benedictions, and the congrega-
tion's responses to the Kedushah,
constitute the fulfillment of the
concept of community prayer. This
relationship between the Cantor
and the congregation makes for the
totality and cohesiveness of a com-
munal expression.
Why do some congregations
eliminate the Kiddush from the
Friday evening service in the
Synagogue?
This question refers, of course,
to the Kiddush that is recited over
the wine. First of all, one who has
recited the Friday evening prayers
has already recited some form of
the Kiddush in the course of his
prayers. (M'Kadesh Hashabbos).
He thus has already sanctified the
day of the Sabbath, or he has al-
luded to its sanctification, thus de-
claring it to be the day which the
Almighty has declared to be Holy.
The purpose of the Kiddush over
the wine is really to sanctify or to
declare as holy the meal which
follows the wine. This is in order
only if one eats some kind of re-
past after making Kiddush, in the
place where he has made the Kid-
dush. In the synagogue it was orig-
inally the practice to recite the
Kiddush on Friday evening for
sake of the travelers and wayfarers
who would have their meal in the
synagogue after the Kiddush. This
would signify to them, as it does
to us at home, that the meal that
is about to be eaten is no ordinary
meal. It is the Sabbath Meal !
Nowadays when sojourners no
longer are in the habit of eating in
the synagogue, the Kiddush over
the wine is out of place, since it no
longer is the immediate predeces-
sor to the meal. Therefore most
congregations in Israel do not have
the Kiddush over the wine recited
in the synagogue on Friday night.
Some synagogues still persist in
doing this for the sake of carrying
on an old tradition. In such a case
the Cantor never drinks the wine,
since he is not going to have his
meal then and there. The wine is
thus given to a child so that the
blessing over the wine is not made
in vain and because some Kabba-
lists have seen some source of
grace for the child who drinks the
wine in the synagogue on Friday
night.

JPS Covenant Book by Mrs. Rogow

Describes Lillian Wald's Career

Sally Rogow, an East Lansing,
Mich., teacher of blind and partial-
ly sighted chidren, is the author of
the newest of the Jewish Publica-
tion Society Covenant Books.
In "Lillian Wald—The Nurse in
Blue," Mrs. Rogow presents an im-
pressive portrayal of the life of
the great social worker who was
the creator of the Visiting Nurses
movement, who pioneered in ef-
forts to abolish child labor, who
initiated efforts to introduce health
care in public schools, thereby
eliminating disease, suffering and
the evils that go with poverty.
This biographical sketch writ-
ten for young people recon-
structs the events of an era dur-
ing which the modern health
ideas still were strange, when
poverty predominated on the
East Side of New York. Thanks
to Miss Wald's leadership, with
the aid of Jacob Schiff whom
she befriended, new ideas were
introduced, the lethargy of skep-
ticism was overcome, immigrants
gained new opportunities to ben-
efit from American ideals, and
a just system of social service
was assured.
Miss Wald's early life, her fam-
ily devotions, the manner in which
she became interested in nursing
when she proved personally cap-
able to care in a hospital for her
sister during the latter's illness,
form an interesting part of a well-
told story.
The creating of the Visiting
Nurses service, which consisted at
the outset only of herself and her
friend Mary Brewster, indicated
the devotion that was marked by
courage of the two girls who de-
fied dangers and worked against
many obstacles to assist poor ill in
New York's ghetto setting. The en-
couragement she received from
Schiff is an especially moving part
of this biography. When she first
began the role of a visiting nurse,
her activity is described as follows:
"In the nurses' own apart-
ment, chilly winter nights sent
icy draughts of wind through
the fifth floor flat; Lillian's fin-
gers were almost too numb with
cold to write. But she had prom-
ised to write reports to the pres-
ident of the Board of Health.
She wrapped a shawl around her
shoulders and stuck her feet into
the oven. With a pad of paper
propped on her lap, Lillian wrote
a report and a detailed account
of her expenses for Jacob Schiff.
It showed, penny by penny, -
where the money went: for eggs,
milk, prescriptions, the rent by
which some poor family was
saved from eviction, or money
to fix a pair of spectacles. And
Lillian wrote of what she saw:

NOBILITY
Whoever you are, be noble;
Whatever you do, do well;
Whenever you speak, speak
kindly,
Give joy wherever you dwell.
—John Ruskin (1819-1900).

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
14—Friday, February 4, 1966

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`Enough sorrow, poverty and ill-
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She formed the famous Henry
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The manner in which she forced
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Her services were non-sectarian,
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