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Seminarians Spend
Tisha b'Av Raising
Funds for Biafrans
'Plotting' Iraq Chiefs Czech Jews Ark Relieved at 'Summit' Outcome
PRAGUE (JTA) — Czechoslova- the Czech Foreign Ministry say
Removed by AI-Bakr
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(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
NEW YORK — Students and fac-
ulty members of the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary of America de-
voted the Tisha b'Av fast day Sun-
day to collecting Tunds for the re-
lief of the victims of starvation and
disease in Biafra, the breakaway
eastern procince of Nigeria.
Members of the Student-Faculty
Committee for B i a f r a n Relief
r m
~ anned a booth to solicit contri-
rlitions and collected signatures
for a petition to President John-
son asking that the United States
begin a massive airlift of emer-
gency food and medical supplies
to Biafra.
The students and teachers them-
selves contributed the money they
did not spend for food and drink
during the 24-hour fast period to
Biafran relief. They cited a bib-
lical injunction, "Is this not the
fast day I have chosen? Is not its
purpose to give thy bread to the
hungry? (Isaiah 58: 6=7) to ex-
plain their action. (Related story
Page 16):
"
Abdel Razzak Al-Nail (above)
was ousted as premier and ban-
ished from Iraq by President Ah-
med Hassan Al-Bakr, the man he
helped into office July 1'7. Defense
Minister Abdel Rahman Al-Daoud
was also deposed and exiled from
the country. AI-Bakr told Iraqis
that the men were plotting to bring
reactionary elements into the cabi-
net.
Weekly Q uip
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BY RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright 1968. JTA Inc.)
Why does the traditional He-
brew Brayer for the sick ask
for both a healing of the body
and a healing of the soul?
The Talmu ',Nedarim 41a)
states that one who is ill does not
recover fully from his illness until
his sins are forgiven. The Talmud
bases this opinion upon a passage
in the Psalms which speaks of the
Almighty as the one "'who forgives
all your inequity, who heals all
your ills" (Psalms 103:3). Maimon-
ides (Ethics of the Fathers 2:1)
compares the conditions of those
who are sick in body with those
who are sick of soul. Generally
speaking, this text of the prayer
shows the relationship between the
body and the mind. Indeed, a
physical illness does have an ef-
fect upon the mind. When praying
for recovery, one therefore asks
not only for relief from the im-
mediate cause of concern (the ail-
ment of the body) but also from
the secondary effect (which the
illness has on one's mind).
Maurice Spector, Founder
of Trotskyist Party, 70
NEW YORK — Maurice Spector,
a founder of the Canadian Com-
munist Party and later the Trotsky-
ist Party in the United States and
Canada. died Aug. 1 at age 70.
Mr. Spector was director of the
New York Trade Union Division
of the National Committee for La-
bor Israel.
Expelled from the Communist
Party after he started building the
Trotskyist movement in Toronto,
he came to the United States in
1936 to work with the Trotskyists.
Later, in disagreement with Trot-
skyism and Marxism, he became
a "democratic socialist."
In recent years, he worked in
the trade union movement and in
the field of Jewish philanthropies
and education.
Samuel Baker, Founder
of Queen Laundry
Samuel P. Baker, founder and
president of the Queen Quality
Laundry Co., 3000 Joy, died Aug. 1
at age 74.
Mr. Baker, 16180 Oxley, South-
field, was born in Russia. He was
a member of Cong. Shaarey Zedek,
Bnai Brith, Union Lodge- of the
Masons, Detroit Consistory and
Moslem Temple and Town and
Country Club.
Surviving are his wife, Ida; five
sons. Ernest and ,Morton Baker
and Alfred, Herbert and Kenneth
Shevin; a brother, Solomon; three
sisters, Mrs. Jennie Masserman,
Mrs. Rose Bardach and Mrs. Abra-
ham (Eva) London; and 12 grand-
children. •
Why are some Psalms added
to the introductory service on
the Sabbath?
Generally speaking, since there
is more leisure time on the Sab-
bath, the rabbis added more Psalms
on the Sabbath. The particular
Psalms that were chosen, all nine
of them, do have a relationship to
the Sabbath. For example the first
Psalm (Psalm 19) describes the
Creation and the Tora — the
Sabbath is a memorial to the Crea-
tion and it was on the Sabbath
that the Tora was given. The
second Psalm (Psalm 34) speaks of
King David on the occasion of his
appearing as a madman in the
court of the Philistines where he
took refuge from Saul — an in-
cident that is said to have occured
on the Sabbath. The third Psalm
(Psalm 90), refers to the new day
of the world to come, which is
the eschatological Sabbath. The
fourth Psalm (Psalm 91) asks for
protection and deliverance from
evil spirits — something we feel
the Sabbath helps us t4, avoid. The
fifth and sixth Psalms (Psalms
135, 136) extol the greatness of
the Almighty as revealed in nature
and in history — a mood reflective
of the Sabbath. The seventh Psalm
(Psalm 33) speaks of the Creation,
which was completed on the Sab-
bath. The eighth Psalm (Psalm 92)
was composed by Moses in honor
of the Sabbath. The ninth Psalm
(Psalm 93) speaks of the Almighty
wrapping Himself in a cloak of
glory as He finished his work (on
the Sabbath).
D.C.'s ;Newish Council
WwrIls Not to Rebuild
"Pln!ek-Onlv' Ghettos
WASHINGTON (JTI. ) — A re-
port urging speedy rebuilding of
riot-torn areas in Washington and
affirming the right of merchants
to return to those areas pending
long-range renewal decisions has
been submitted by the Jewish Com-
munity Council of Greater Wash-
ington to a special meeting at-
tended by Mayor Walter Washing-
ton and city officials.
Dr. Isaac Franck, council ex-
ecutive vice-president who acted .
as spokesman, stressed the coun-
cil's opposition to a program of
black-only enterprises in the af-
fected ghetto areas.
At the same time, he emphasized
the need to encourage black entre-
preneurs, saying that ghetto res-
idents must be involved in such
planning in which white business-
men could help.
The report warned that "both
Negro and white racists have been
trying to institute an apartheid
system in our community," declar-
ing that such a move would be
"immoral" and wreck the cif- -
economic stability.
kian Jews were gratified and deep-
ly relieved by the outcome of last
week's conferences at Cierna and
B r a t i s l a v a which apparently
cleared the way for the continua-
tion of the liberalization measures
undertaken by the new Czech Corn-
munist regime.
Jews are no longer afraid to ex-
press open sympathy for Israel,
and such expressions of support
have been heard from many non-
Jewish Czech citizens and officials.
But there is little likelihood that
diplomatic relations with Israel,
severed after the six-day War, will
be re-established in the near fu-
ture.
This is the assessment gained by
the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's
correspondent in talks with var-
ious qualified observers of the
political scene here. The reference
to "Israel aggression" contained
in the final communique issued at
the meeting of the six East Euro-
pean Communist parties in Brat-
islava last Saturday is not taken
too seriously here.
Observers said that the anti ;
Israel passage was a concession
to the East German Communist
Party Chtef Walter Ulbricht who
is regarded as the most anti-Is-
rael of all East European lead-
There is also, according to local
observers, an understandable re-
luctance to arouse the ire of the
Soviet Union and thus possibly
jeapordize the gains achieved at
the Cierna conference. For that
reason, informed circles close to
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12—Friday, August 9, 1968
unofficially that for the near fu-
ture, at least, there is no chance
of re-establishing diplomatic rela-
tions between Prague and Jerusa-
lem.
However, sources here said that
the continuation of internal liber-
alization policies by the Czech gov-
ernment is bound to lead to a
more independent foreign policy.
In that case, normalization of re-
lations with Israel would be one of
the first steps taken. Optimists say
this might come about within a
year.
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