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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 26th day of Tams z. 5729. the following scriptural selections
will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion. Num. 30:2-36:13. Prophetical portion. Jeremiah 2:4-28. 3.4.
Tara reading for Rosh Hodesh Ac, Wednesday, NUM. 28:1-15.
Candle lighting. Friday. July 11. 7:5* p.m.
Page Four
VOL. LV. No. 17
July 11, 1%9
Linking U. S. and Israeli Students
Since Israel's rebirth as a sovereign nation
there has been a steady growth of interest in
academic circles in a student and teacher ex-
change between this country and the United
States. Having begun in small numbers of
students who had gone to the Hebrew Univer-
sity, the cultural exchange increased with the
movement of bringing Israelis here for a
limited period to teach in elementary Jewish
schools, and for Americans to lecture in Is-
raeli schools of higher learning and institutes
of research.
In recent years, large numbers had begun
to make Israel the summer work-and-study
center and the kibutzim were the hosts to
thousands of Jewish students from all parts
of the globe who came to acquire Jewish
knowledge and to create stronger links be-
tween Israel and the United States.
This year, a new record for such participa-
tion in Israel's activities by young American
Jews is especially impressive. The latest fig-
ures show that 3,339 Americans have left for
Israel for student programs, and the interest
that has been created among university stu-
dents. high school graduates and those in
special programs set up in Hebrew schools is
a most encouraging development in coopera-
tive efforts between the two major Jewish
communities in the world.
Especially encouraging is another factor:
teachers accompany the students on their
programming missions and there is a serious
effort to combine a desire to see Israel and
to enjoy a summer vacation in the ancient
Jewish homeland with a readiness to acquire
knowledge about the redeemed Israel while.
also assisting in creative efforts in cooperative
settlements.
This is only part of the story. In the inter-
change of knowledge and human values, Is-
rael, too, has been called upon to contribute
towards American Jewish efforts, and 210
Israeli educators have arrived in this country
to serve as counselors and to assist in pro-
gramming in Jewish camps. Thus. Israelis
and American Jews are meeting in large num-
bers for an acquaintance and . better under-
standing.
There is great value in this development
—both for the establishment of mutual accord
between two great Jewish communities as
well as acquisition of benefits from the labors
each community can provide for the other.
These programs must be continued and it
is to be hoped that the numbers interchanging
views between the two countries will grow
with time so that there should be full under-
st4rniillg of a kinship to be strengthened in
spirit and in time.
'Old Men' 'Young Turks' in Jewish Life
,
When the young rebels of our time at- dor Herz] was a very young man when he
tempt to give the impression that they are died: he was only 44. Hayim Arlosoroff was
the modern discoverers of the revolt. they only 34 when he was assassinated in the
should be educated to the knowledge that early 1930's, yet he had already risen to
rebellion is as old as man. We have always great heights in Jewish life.
But our young today suffer from a spe-
had the protest, and mankind is blessed when
people have the courage to speak their minds, cial malignancy: a lack of respect for those
to object to oppression, to strike out for who seek their cooperation and who wish to
justice. labor with them for the common good.
That's how fortunate we are in our time The counter-charge in Zionist ranks that
—that youth is not silent, that those under youth still has to prove itself is fully justi-
30 affirm their views on social and political fied. And it is not fair to say that the- "old
issues. men" had failed miserably: didn't those of
We even had vandalism in the past. but us in these ranks play a vital role in state :
it was minimal. Today it is large-scaled, building? If it weren't for the "old men"
and it is such escalation that causes concern of the past—some who were past 30, it is
and distress among those who are over 30 true, but who had young ideas—sacrifice and
and therefore are considered old men. labor aild struggle in behalf of the great
The revolt is as widespread in Jewish libertarian ideal called Zionism would have
'ranks as it is in the general community— been lacking.
with one exception. Generally, there is a
Basic demands made by the youth were
search for betterment of conditions; in Jew- met by the elders at the Jerusalem sessions of
ish ranks it is an alienation, a desire to aban- the World Zionist Council. It has been agreed
don heritage and tradition.
to advance the date of the forthcoming World
In Zionist ranks among the youth there Zionist Congress and to hold the sessions
is a bit of a difference. At the World Zion- sooner than originally planned. Thus, the
ist Congress in Jerusalem, there was a vocal youth protests have borne results, and it is
groupi of young people that demonstrated, apparent that the "old men" are not indiffer
demanded a voice, got it and now has an im- ent to dialogue.
portant role in leadership.
What is to be regretted is that the Young
But at sessions of the General Zionist Turks found it necessary to resort to epithets
Council in Jerusalem last week the young in deliberations instead of depending, as we
rebels—in the days of the earlier revolts be- all should, upon rational discussions. It is the
fore the rebirth of Israel they were titled invective that is deplorable and the old men
like the protesters in other lands as the now have much more cause for complaints
"Young Turks"—shouted banalties at their than their offspring.
elders: "old men" was their way of hurling
The Young Turks, the rebels of our time,
opprobria at those who opened doors to lead- have much to learn. They must, especially,
ership for them.
gain knowledge about their own people,
All indications are that these spreaders their traditions, their responsibilities. When
of infamy represent a minority. Large num- they get an inkling of information we shall
hers of young Jews from many lands are in- surely have accord. Meanwhile, those who
dicating a new interest in Jewish life and really are too old have an acknowledged
leadership, many are going to Israel for a duty to either abandon leadership or to
summer or a year of work and study. They, share it more fully with the young who con-
too, are not silent, they express their views sider themselves old at 30. And the youth?
freely. But they are not abusive, they have What are their responsibilities? The first is
not lost respect for their elders, they under- to abandon name-calling, the second is to af-
stand that an "old man" might be able to firm readiness to cooperate. They no doubt
work well with Young Turks, provided there will, now that they have branded the elders.
is a desire for cooperation. After all, even a revolution is a passing
The youth of today are not the first phase in life. After it comes the calm that
youngsters to acquire a role of leadership in marks rational action enhanced by the gains
Jewish, and especially in Zionist, ranks. Theo- acquired from protest and revolt.
1Dramatic Memories of Refugee _
l'Arlosoroff Ship' Israel Voyage
One of the most dramatic stories of the return of Jews to Israel,
the rescue of displaced persons who had survived the Holocaust and the
• defiance of the British who stood in the way of the survivors seeking
admission to what was soon to be the state of Israel is told in the recol-
lections of a distinguished Israeli of the role of
a battered ship and the courage of those who
I traveled on it.
Arie L. Eliav, affectionately referred to as
"Lova," who was the commander of the refu-
gee ship "Ulua." which was later renamed
Hagana Ship Haim Arlosoroff," tells the
story in a volume that becomes part of the
history of Israel's rebirth. Under the title "The
Voyage of Ulua," published as a Sabra Book
by Funk and Wagnalls, Eliav gives a full
account of the travels of the Ulua, the gather-
ing of the more than 1.000 refugees for the
voyage, their battle with the British as the
road to Haifa Harbor was being blocked by
submarine boats and warships from the Bri-
Arie L. Eliav
tish navy.
-
The course taken by the Ulua before it became the Haim Arlo.
soroff describes the difficulties that were encountered, the obstacles '
that were placed in the ship's paths, the aid received from a num-
ber of people who sympathized with the escapees from Hitlerism.
The highlights of the story include the struggle with the British
navy and the eventual arrival of the escapees before they were shipped
to Cyprus.
Eliav gives a full account of the pursuit of the Haim Arlosoroff by
the British destroyers, the warning to the travelers, their reply, the
battle, the determination to return to the ancient homeland.
There was the advance warning from the British boats that the
voyagers were to be taken to Cyprus and to be accommodated in camps
set up for them there. There was the reply from the refugee boat, also
in English:
"Sailors of the British Navy, before you is a ship of Jewish refs•
gees who are returning to their homeland after a long exile and
after the murder of their people by Hitler and the Nazis. It is 1St
we but you who are violating humanity's law by detaining us. It is
not we but you who are in this country Illegally. The land is stints,
and ours she will continue to be. Our brothers are standing on shorn
waiting for us. No one will stop us. We shall resist you—and whihn
The story of the battle is one of the most impressive regarding Iba
rush towards what was then Palestine, the determination of the ref ►
gees to land, the readiness of the Israelis ashore to mingle with them
on their arrival and to assist their settlement.
After the bloody struggle, the refugees were rounded up, detained,
questioned, and in that respect, too, they displayed the courage of a
people returning to its homeland. There was this type of question and
answer:
"What Is your name?"
"I am a Jew from Eretz Israel."
"What language do you speak?"
3 -wig
"Hebrew."
The defiance was firm. It was an introduction to a life that Wag
later to be theirs in IsraeL
Eliav describes the camp they were taken to, the role of the Jewish
Agency and the JDC, and he tells of one of the men who was present at
the interrogation of the refugees in order to be prepared for action is
support of the refugees' rehabilitation—Dr. Joseph Schwartz who Walt
then the JDC director and is now the directing head of the Israel Bond
Organization.
There also is a romance linked with the 'Ulua-Haim Arlosoreif-o
Eliav's love affair with one of the women who came with the refugee
Tanis, now Mrs. Eliay.
Eliav is presently deputy minister of the newly-created ministry Of
absorption in IsraeL He is a member of the Knesset and is an outstan&
ing authority on Russia, having written "Between Hammer and Sickle'
under the pseudonym Ben-Ami.
"The Voyage of Ulua" was translated from the Hebrew by Israel'L
Tastlitt.