THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
32—Friday, February 13, 1970
Chaplain Takes Leap
Chaplain Harold Wasserman,
shortly after returning from
Vietnam after 20 months as a
Jewiss chaplain in that area,
reported to the commission on
Jewish chaplain in that area,
tional Jewish Welfare Board that
he campleted a parachute train-
ing course at Fort Benning, Ga.
He qualified as "the Outstand-
ing Leader of Airborne Class
Number 22," as stated in the
letter of appreciation from the
commanding officer of the Air-
borne School Brigade. Chaplain
Wasserman, of Newark, is now
serving as the Jewish chaplain
at Fort Meade, Md.
Buenos Aires Jewish Club
Tar-Bombed; Anti-Semitic
Leaflets Found by Police
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Four
tar bombs were hurled against the
facade of this city's largest Jewish
club, the Sociedad Hebraica Argen-
tina, before dawn Feb. 5. There
was no damage apart from defac-
ing the structure.
Police found leaflets signed by
the "Guardia Restauradora Nu-
cionalista," a local anti-Semitic
group. Argentine Jews were asked
by their representative body, the
DAIA, to contribute generously for
the victims of a railroad disaster
which took over 100 lives, the worst
in Argentine history. "Only broth-
erly understanding from all sec-
tions of our people can comfort
those who have suffered so terri-
bly," the DAIA said.
The organization also published
the text of a letter it sent to the
Soviet ambassador, luri Volski on
behalf of the 18 Georgian familes
who have appealed to the United
Advice: The smallest current
—Ambrose Bierce.
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Book of Joshua-Link of Past With Present
Judaica Press has undertaken
so unique a publishing project that
its newest work, the new English
translation of "The Book of
Joshua," with a commentary di-
gest, the original Hebrew text and
the Rashi in the original form de-
serves more than
passing interest.
It is a noteworthy
work that is
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approach and the
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Dr. Hoenig
The editor,
Prof. Sidney B. Hoenig of Yeshiva
University, is one of America's
most noted Jewish scholars. The
translation, by Rabbi P. Oratz, is
highly commendable. The asso-
ciate editor is Rabbi A. J. Rosen-
berg. The Rashi translation and
the commentary digest are by
Rabbi Rosenberg and Rabbi Sid-
ney Shulman. All are noted schol-
ars who were selected for the task
because of their acknowledged
suitability for the tasks chosen.
Because of current events in
the Middle East and the terri-
tory affected in Joshua, this
Black Columnist
Writes Impression
of Trip to Israel
NEW YORK (JTA)—Dick Ed-
wards, a columnist for the New
York Amsterdam News, the largest
Negro weekly newspaper in Amer-
ica, says he thought "This will be
the pablum tour" when he was in-
vited to participate with nine other
black journalists in a fact-finding
tour of Israel.
He said he was convinced that
the Israel government issued the
invitation in order to score propa-
1 ganda points. But in the first of a
series of articles, titled "Black
Man in Israel" which began in the
Amsterdam News this week, Ed-
wards wrote: "I am going to
admit that all of my suspicions
were lulled because the tour also
included a session with hostile
Arabs and Arab leaders and they
really showered down on the
Israelis. even though we taped the
session."
Edwards said his group was
briefed in Jerusalem by Mordechai
Lador, of the American desk
of the Israel Foreign Ministry who
told them that Israel was con-
cerned over Arab efforts to in-
fluence the black community in the
United States.
The journalists asked Lador how
he thought the Arabs were doing
in their campaign. Edwards quoted
his reply at lenght: "Our Arab
friends and - neighbors, in their
activities—what they are trying
to project is that here are the
Israelis, of European origin, there-
fore they have pinkish, or a
white or a colorless pigmentation
—which is only partly true as there
are as many dark skinned Israelis
as fair skinned . . . Arabs are not
all black either, but many of them
are dark or brown.
Of course, Israel has ties with
Western countries, especially the
United States. Anti-establishment
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sentiment which is in the black
communities is played up these
days. Here is Israel, a friend of
the establishment; you are anti-
establishment, we are anti-Israeli,
therefore you are our friend, say I
the Arabs."
Lador went on to say, Edwards
reported, that "There is always
this kind of mathematical logic
which equates certain things and I
tries to make a full circle out of I
it. We believe that rather than
try to get out and win everybody
over into fighting our neighbor,
we try to sit down and settle our
differences with our neighbors."
Edwards reported that the
Israeli official told the black
journalists that he could offer no
prediction as to when peace and
understanding with the Arabs
about._
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volume is especially relevant to
the conditions of our time, and
the work now offered by Judaica
Press gives the reader an oppor-
tunity to become fully acquaint-
ed with the events in olden
times as they relate to the
present.
By means of a descriptive map,
the reader is able to find his way
through the various areas into an
understanding of the struggles of
the past and the current defensive
means for Jewish national exist-
ence.
Talmud and Midrash, Rashi
and Ramban, are drawn upon for
commentaries. Because the bouk
deals with the conquest of Canaan
it shows the way to present defen-
sive areas.
Dr. Hoenig explains in an intro-
duction that "in general, the book
is the realization of the promise
to Abraham that his descendants
would enter the Promised Land.
Joshua is the first of the former
prophets, liked to the Covenant."
Dr. Hoenig also explains in his
introductory corn m cut a r y on
Joshua that "the Israelite pat-
tern reflects Israel's non-mytho-
logical religion" and that "The
cult is that of the farmer. This
does not mean a transition, for
the tribes have always been
half-nomads. They also tilled the
soil, though not bound to a speci-
fic territory. The argicultural
element in Israel's cult there-
fore is not less primary than
the pastoral. Hence the shape of
the agricultural element does
not portray any Canaanite in-
fluence."
The general introduction ex-
plains: "The conquest of Israel,
Jewish Group Pleads
for Renewal of Talks
in Gravediggers' Strike
NE WYORK (JTA)—The Emer-
gency Committee for Jewish Burial
called on management and labor
involved in the city's gravediggers
strike to return immediately to the
bargaining table.
"It is appalling," said Rabbi
Samuel Schrage, committee chair-
man, "that as the strike enters
the fourth week, the parties are
completely stalemated and no talks
are scheduled."
The Emergency Committee,
which won a court order from Su-
preme Court Justice Harold Baer
on Jan. 16, allowing for private
citizens to dig graves for the pur-
pose of burying Orthodox Jews, re-
ports that 109 such burials took
place. However, the freezing weath-
er, is causing undue hardship on
nonprofessional diggers who must
use conventional tools to open the
ice-packed grounds.
The committee reported that
bodies by the hundreds are being
storaged in cemetery warehouses
"like excess baggage," and that
in addition to storing bodies in
warehouses, cemeteries are plac-
ing sealed coffins on the cemetery
grounds, covering them with can-
vas or a make-shift tent.
Kramer Tax Relief
Bill Aids Elderly
State Representative Albert A.
Kramer announced that thousands
of senior citizens will be able to
obtain tax relief under a bill
which has been passed by both
the House and Senate.
The bill, cosponsored by Kra-
mer, is awaiting the governor's
signature.
The act would expand the home-
stead property tax exemptions for
senior citizens. The old law limits
this $2,500 exemption in property
taxes to persons 65 years old or
older who have an income of not
more than $5,000 a year and a
home valued at no more than
$10,000 in state equalized valua-
tion.
The bill forwarded to the gov-
ernor increases the limitation of
income to $6,000 a year and does
away entirely with any restrictions
on the value of their property.
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described in detail in the Book of
Joshua, shows the military prow-
ess of Joshua, and his cam-
paign has been studied carefully
to the present day by military
commanders up to and including
the War of Liberation in 1948. But
Joshua himself emphasizes time
and again the Divine aid to Israel,
without which it would have been
impossible to achieve even the
initial objective of conquering the
walled city of Jericho."
Past is always linked with pres-
ent in Israel's history, and in
Joshua we have a specific example
of retracing steps of conquest of
the land and Israel's commen• e-
ment of life under a Divine prom-
ise, the Jericho conquest, the re-
lated experiences which re-create
the link between people Israel and
land of Israel.
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This Book of Joshua is unique in that the Hebrew text is surrounded
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Roshi's annootions, and the major ideas of such other great luminaries
as Redak, Abravanel and Maimonides. Generous use has been made
of pertinent Talmudic and Midrashic sources. Special attention is
given to pasages describing the pattern of the division of the Holy
Land. Scholars tend to regard these geographic details as of great
historical importance. A map showing the route taken by Joshuo, and
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