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THE JEWISH NEWS
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Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951
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CHARLOTTE HYAMS
City Editor
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the eighth day of Adar I, 5727, the following Scriptural selections
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will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Ex. 27:20-30:10. Prophetical. portion, Is. 66:1-24.
Candle lighting, Friday, Feb. 17, 5:49 p.m.
VOL. L. No. 26
Page Four
February 17, 1967
Protesting Elements He Ip Bring Peace
Fasts, vigils, protests — public demonstra-
tions of a variety of sorts — may or may not
help bring peace. But they call attention to
a situation that needs remedying. They arouse
concern over the prolonged war and the
horrors that accompany it in the Far East.
There is every reason to believe that if
he could, President Johnson would affect a
speedy peace.
But there are charges and countercharges.
There are accusations that the White House
and the Pentagon do not see eye to eye, that
peace offers have been ignored, that there
should have been an end to bombings and
that negotiations for peace could have com-
menced long ago.
These protests must and will bring the
desired results. There is a feeling that peace
is on the way. When it comes, it will not in
any sense bring disgrace upon pacifists. It
may even justify their actions.
There is a serious lesson in the situation
that has assumed some very somber, at times
even tragic, proportions: that public opinion
can not be stifled in a free society like ours,
that protesters must not be molested but
should be respected, that freedom of expres-
sion can not be muzzled. Out of controversy
often comes much good.
KKK Capitalizes on 'Climate of Fear'
There is "a climate of fear," and the
national chairman of the Anti-Defamation
League, Dore Schary, attributes to it the rise
in Ku Klux Klan memb'ership from 30,000
to 50,000 in a single year.
Violence in and around Negro ghettoes,_
education issues in Southern states, the elec-
tion of an extreme rightist as governor of
Georgia, the political problems relating to
civil rights—these are among the reasons
given for a "fear" that has enveloped many
areas.
There are other fears. There are those ,
that affect the attitude of our youth in the
universities. There is the" war situation in
the Far East, the East-West tensions, the
atomic threat.
To the admonition that had been given
by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
who advised this nation that we then had
nothing to fear but fear itself, could now be
added a multiple of reasons for fearing fear
and for steps on the highest intellectual level
to overcome them.
Thus, it is not the rise in the KKK move-
ment that is so' threatening. The rising fears
are menacing. There needs to be a gathering
of national strength to overcome them. Then
we might be able to hope for a diminution
in bigotries which afflict human minds and
cause the rise in crime, the violence that
has caused panic, the inhumanities that point
to the necessity for a revival of our spiritual
qualities.
Why Middle East Remains a Boiling Cauldron
There was a basis for ' area cooperation
when an Israeli delegation met with the
United Nations Mixed ArmistiCe Commission
and delegates from Syria to discuss methods
for restoring peace between the two coun-
tries. Israel's spokesman, Moshe Sasson, made
a strong plea for amicability. But the Syrians
were quick, after the session's adjournment,
to deny the possibility for peace and even
asserted that they could not possibly meet
with Israelis because that would imply the
recognition of Israel—and that they would
not do.
Regardleis of the results of those ses-
sions, the Sasson plea stands out as an earnest
desire for peace and his views should be
made generally known. Calling "resumption
of direCt contact between representatives of
the Syrian and Israeli crovernments an im-
portant achievement," Mr. Sasson expressed
the- "hope for a frank and sincere exchange
of views in order to agree on practiCal ar-
rangements on problems of cultivation which
have been the source of tension."
Mr. Sasson additionally expressed the
hope for "a reciprocal spirit of good will" on
the part of the Syrians, affirming anew
Israel's' desire for peace with its neighbors.
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The Israeli appeal, no matter what the
reactions may be in the future to efforts to
assure peace in that area, is significant as
a formal and official declaration for the rec-
ord. Mr. Sasson told the Israel-Syrian Mixed
Armistice Commission:
"The examination of problems on the
basis of a specific and agreed agenda is
the most promising formula for reducing
international tensions. This procedure fully
conforms 'with the spirit of the United
Nations Charter and of the General Armis-
tice Agreement - to bOth'of Whith•Syria and
Israel are joint signatories. The fact that
serious differences exist between our coun-
tries sharpens the compelling need for
direct contact on problems of this kind.
"The Chief of Staff of the UN Truce
Supervision Organization formulated the
clear terms.
objective of this meeting
Our purpose, in his words, is "to secure a
peaceful atmosphere along the Armistice
Demarcation Line." My government whole-
heartedly supports• that objective and will
strive for its attainment.
"In the General Armistice Agreement
our two Governments have undertaken to
work for "the liquidation of armed conflict
and the restoration of peace." We have fur-
ther committed ourselves permanently to
abstain from aggressive action against each
other, and to accord each other" security
and freedom from fear of attack." The re-
affirmation of these commitments; set out
in Articles I and II of the GAA, would be
in full accord with the agenda calling for
the establishment of a peaceful atmosphere,
and with the COS's appeal for a complete
observance of the cease-fire.
"It would be appropriate for our two
delegations to begin their work by a re-
newed expression of their fidelity to the
non-aggression provisions of the -GAA.
Israel, for its part, undertakes to abide
by the cease fire, on the •understanding of
reciprocity and on the assumption that no
-hostile acts will be conducted against us
from the territory of the other signatory, as
provided in Article III (3) in the GAA."
The Israel position is clear. There is an
earnest desire for peace. The Syrians are
balking. Arabs generally are recalcitrant.
Jordan and Lebanon might have effected
peace, but there is fear that anti-Israeli Arabs
may• retaliate. That is why the Middle. .East
remains a boiling cauldron.
Hebrew-English Name Choosing
Made Easy in Book by Kolatch
Jewish scholars frequently are asked by young parents what
names to choose in Hebrew to apply to the English names they had
selected. Name-choosing is a problem for some who are anxious,
while having settled on English names, to assure Hebrew ones for
their children.
Rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch, who is now president of Jonathan David
publishers (131 E. 23rd, N.Y. 10), renders a very great service with
a new book his firm has just published—"The Name Dictionary—
Modern English and Hebrew Names."
An enlargement of a book which first appeared in 1948 under
the title "These Are the Names," Rabbi Kolatch's compilation includes
scores of names that have been popularized in recent years, new
Israeli names, nomenclature related to the Bible and the Talmud.
From a total of 100,000 names that were scanned in research in
which he was aided by Hagai Lev of the Hebrew University, Rabbi
Kolatch has selected the several thousand names from a registry of
births in Israel, a variety of Hebrew University lists, the names of
school children in Israel and from a pamphlet issued by the Academy
of the Hebrew Language in Israel.
Rabbi Kolatch finds that David is the most popular boy's
name today, while Lisa is the most popular girl's name. News-
paper , birth lists were utilized by Rabbi Kolatch to arrive at his
findings and he reveals that the popularity of names is changing.
He lists the most popular names of a generation ago with those
of today to indicate the preferences.
"Where the English name bore a simple meaning, not alien to
Jewish culture, such as Basil or Roy, an equivalent Hebrew name
was found in the Hebrew Melech or its related forms," Rabbi Kolatch
says, in explaining how he translated from the Hebrew to English
terms and vice versa. "In names like Bernard, meaning 'bear's heart,'
or Edgar meaning 'happy warrior,' it was necessary to divide the two
aspects of the name in order to apply a Hebrew name to it. Thus, for
example, in the name Edward, meaning 'happy or blessed guard or
keeper,' Hebrew names like Bawruch or Si'mchaw were suggested to
provide for the first element of the name, and names such as Avigdor
or Shmaryaw to take care of the second element."
(It will be noted that Rabbi Kolatch adheres to a transliteration
of his own, but he concedes that this "does not pretend to be in
_keeping with any of the `scentific' methods generally employed.")
While the volume states specifically that the listings are of
Hebrew and English names, Rabbi Kolatch has incorporated
in his collection popular Yiddish names. He explains that an
independent study of the Yiddish terminologies became necessary._
"Most Yiddish names," he points out, "can be traced to a Hebre
origin, but they are often not recognizable because they were all trt
often completely changed in sound and spelling depending on tilt,-
country in which they were used. To illustrate, listen to what Joseph
Klausner says about the Yiddish name Yachne in his book 'Jesus of
Nazareth!: `Johanna is the feminine form of Yochanan and identical
with the name Yachne still preserved among the Lithuanian and Polish
Jews, but with no knowledge of its Hebrew origin'." Dr. Kolatch's
book includes speCial sections for masculine and feminine names,
and the appendices deal with the history and development of per+.
sonal names, chief sources of personal names, statistics and trends
and indexes of masculine and feminine names and of transliterated
Hebrew names.
For those who search for the English equivalent of a Hebrew
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name, there is proper guidance in the' appendix. The Hebrew
vocalized name index similarly will be helpful.
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Many years of effort went into the gathering of data for this
valuable work. The appended explanatory essays explain the devel-
opment of superstitions in the selection of names and the reverence
attached to names. The naming of children after ancestors is traced.
The Sephardic and Ashkenazic practices are defined.
Then there are the chief sources in choice of names, the "sex
switches" and there even are "names in jest"—when names are
given "with tongue in cheek at the moment of inspiration."
The dedication of Rabbi Kolatch to his work of research, to
the collected data and the listed names makes "The Name Diction-
ary" . an' outstanding: and most valued guide for young parents and
:ftir students of nomenclature.