THE JEWISH NEWS
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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 11th day of Heshvan, 5729, the following scriptural selections -
will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion. Gen. 12:1-17:27. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 40:27-41:16.
Candle lighting. Friday, Nov. 1, 5:17 p.m.
VOL. LIV.
No. I
November 1, 1968
Page Four
Politics Linked to Our Social Needs
Day of Judgment for American People
Seldom, if ever before, has the political
situation in this country. been as critical and
as challenging; and perhaps never before has
there been such evidence of "extremes" and
"racist" sentiments that are certain to un-
dermine the security and the peaceful state
of mind of the American people.
There is never certainty about any aspira-
tions of a dedicated constituency. And there
is never any doubt that the overwhelming
majority of the American people is peace-
loving, that it seeks amity, that it hopes for
good relations among neighbors and rejects
terrorism.
It is from a minority that all our troubles
stem, and the majority must assert itself, it
must stand firm in support of the basic ideals
that are inherent in our democratic way of
life. If we yield domestically, if we abandon
principles and permit the clock to be turned
back, we shall lose not only on the home
front but also on the international scene.
Therefore we plead at this time that we
should not yield to panic, that we should
stand firm for our aspirations and that we
should not permit fears to influence our votes
at the election polls on Tuesday.
It is our deep conviction that the man who
has the record of consistency in support of
all the best aims for the advancement of the
highest American ideals—Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey— must be preferred
for the Presidency of the United States. His
record as the sponsor of the most desired
social goals for this land give him the rating
to which we subscribe. It is our sincere hope
that the American electorate will see it that
way next Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, as we prepare for the Day of
Judgment, we are faced with many problems.
The extremists are riding furiously. Racism
has raised its ugly head. Problems involving
our educational system have suddenly devel-
oped into an anti-Semitic issue. Jews who had
dedicated themselves to the cause of learning
and have entered the teaching profession in
the thousands find their roles in jeopardy,
their status threatened.
This is a saddening situation. It is a con-
dition that needs to be corrected, and the
extremist hate-inspir!ng movements must be
eliminated from our society.
As in the instance of the Detroit school
situation and the "protests" against the use
of a synagogue for school facilities, it has
been established that only a minority of mili-
tants creates havoc. The vast majority rejects
such procedures.
Why, then, isn't the leadership of the
majority speaking up, declaring itself, reject-
ing the extreme and the racist?
We plead for such an assertion for sanity,
so that we may have an end to panic, to fear,
to tensions that have driven so many people
out of their homes and out of the inner cities.
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This is a time for firmness, and for real-
ism; for dedication to the basic principles of
this nation and for rededication to a way of
life that binds neighbors together rather than
divides them.
The time has come to reaffirm our de-
termination to assure the indivisibility of our
people.
When extremism becomes evident, we
must defy it. When it brings with it the virus
of anti-Semitism, we must set into motion
every vestige of vigilance to overcome the
curse that has destroyed ideas and nations.
And in the course of our struggles for
justice, in our affirmation of just rights for
all, in the battle in which all of us are en-
gaged for a sane and free America, we must
pursue a path of rationalism and practicality.
There must never be a yielding to fright. And
we must not abandon those who have stood
firmly in support of the needs of the aged and
and the sick-and the non-affluent. We believe
that Vice President Humphrey can lead us
back to a path of glory for America and for
our humanitarian goals. The political aspects
are now linked with the social, and the hopes
for a return to an ideal society impel us to
deviate from a tradition of neutrality in poli-
tics in lending our support to our able Vice
President.
Let's Reason Toget her to End Tensions
There is a state of horror in the inner
cities as a result of the "power" struggle that
might have been eliminated had there been
a sense of true cooperation and a desire to
negotiate rather than to irritate.
Because Negroes have displaced Jews in
many areas, in residences as well as in busi-
nesses, the Jew has become the scapegoat in
an unfortunately un-American approach to a
situation that has developed, without rhyme
or reason, into a race issue.
Now we have a repetition of the Hitler-
type propaganda against Jews in some quart-
ers. In New York the anti-Jewish campaign
has assumed the proportions of Nazism. In
Detroit the attack on the school system has
been linked with "the lie from Munich,"
charging Jews with controlling the Board of
Education and with foisting old Jewish syna-
gogue buildings upon the community and
upon the Negroes.
This is tantamount to a civil war because
the extremists are not reasoning. It is gen-
erally agreed that the propaganda against
Jews stems from a small minority. Where,
therefore, is the leadership for the majority?
We are convinced that there is no denying
the certainty that if level-headed spokesmen
for all elements involved in the race issue
were to sit down and reason together, all
conflicts could be resolved.
Aren't we fellow citizens? Don't we share
a common destiny as Americans? Isn't the ob-
jective—to assure a good, secure. and „whole:.
some life for all—the aspiration of everyone?
Why, then not sit down and agree on
cooperation? Is it possible that a minority that
insists upon disrupting peace and upon inject-
ing the lie and the hate of the Middle East
into the American way of life can dominate
on the American scene?
If there is to be an end to suspicions
and hatred, there must be a beginning in
negotiating. This is not Nasser territory: it
is the area of the Founding Fathers of a great
republic whose principles are for liberty and
justice for all—and a just way of life must
compel rational acting and thinking and the
rejection of terrorism and extreme irration-
ality.
Rebirth of State of Israel
Analyzed by French Writer
Ably translated from the French by Margaret S. Summers, The
Resurrection of Israel," by Anny Latour, published by World, is another
of the large number of books that combine to provide a vast history
of the reborn Jewish state.
With a brief reference to past history, recalling the promise that
the Holy Land will be Israel's, as recorded in the Bible, taking into
account the various other backgrounds, including the events recorded
in Josephus, this new volume enthusiastically reviews the Jewish in-
terest in Palestine, Rothschild's role, devotion to Zion, the beginnings
of Jewish settlements in modern Israel.
The author then proceeds to describe Jewish activities in behalf
of Palestinian colonization programs prior to and after World War
the record of Jewish participation in the war, the enrollments in the
Zionist Mule Corps and the Jewish Legion.
Mme. Latour, a French historian who had played an important
role in the underground Jewish army in her country during the
World War II, devoted herself to research about Israel, and "The
Resurrection of Israel" emphasizes the basic facts in an exciting
story in which pioneers, defenders of human rights, protectors of
their homes against great odds, emerged also as state-builders.
Mme. Latour incorporated in her story the record of the aliya
efforts from the very beginnings of Zionism. She relates the extent
of Arab fanaticism, tells how Jews, craving to acquire a new existence,
traveled in "coffin ships" in defiance of the British to reach the shores
of Palestine, and she describes the success of Aliya Beth—the so-
called "clandestine immigration" of those seeking haven in the future
Israel while an unfriendly mandatory power attempted to prevent
their settlement.
Her account of the war for independence and the struggle for the
Holy City is a factual record. She quotes those who had been affected
by the struggle to prove the effectiveness of their strivings for a free
life, and her clarion call with which she concludes her work reads:
"Jews, my brothers, they will let you live only when you have
learned to die."
With a chronology dating from biblical times through 1949, a
useful glossary and descriptive maps, Mme. Latour concludes an im-
pressive work. Her history is readable, informative, marked by an
enthusiastic acceptance of Israel's vital zole in the world.
Calligraphic Skill - . . . One-Line
Drawings of All Our Presidents
Oscar Berger, the world famous caricaturist, has not only prod-
uced an informative work in "The Presidents, From Washington to
the Present," published by Crown, but has also shown his great skill:
Each of the illustrations of the Presidents was drawn in one line.
This calligraphic exercise evidences the great skill of the author
of this book. And it has the added value of including, with each
drawing of a President, in addition to. the years of birth and death,
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from their important statements and from their inaugural
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And he states in his foreword: "My unaware co-authors are the dis-
tinguished company of the 35 American Presidents, as the quotations
from their words mirror their thoughts and feelings."
Young readers, for whom this work is especially intended, and
their elders will find, in this informative book, the Presidential Oath
Of the urgent proposals on the ballot on and a chronology of immense value. In the chronological listings are
Tuesday, perhaps the most vital is the one included all the Presidents with major data about their lives.
Then there is a listing of sources of quotations from the Presi-
calling for a 10 mills tax for the Detroit
dential statements appended to their photographic listings.
schools.
Berger wisely added another appendix—a list of the parties
If we are to have an enlightened com-
of the Presidents, and he quotes Presidential opinions about the
munity, equality in education, an approach
importance of the party. James Knox Polk, Rutherford B. Hayes
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to amity where there now is uncertainty and
, Wilson are quoted about the party, and Wilson's
suspicion, we must make certain that the
statement was: "What difference does party make when mankind
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