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The Detroit Jewish News, 1970-05-22

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951

Member American Amociaton of Englsh.Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17615 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield. Mich. 48075.
Phone 3565400
Subscription $7 a year. Foreign 58.

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Editor and Publisher

CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ

Business Manager

CHARLOTTE DUBIN

City Editor

Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 17th day of /gar. 5730. the following scriptural selections
will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Levit, 25:1-26:2. Prophetical portion, Jeremiah 32:6-27.
Lag b'Omer will be observed on Sunday

Candle lighting. Friday. May 22, 7:34 p.m.

Page Four

VOL. LVII. No. 10

May 22, 1970

An End to Fears Restoration of Fair Play

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Our nation is in distress, and the division soap box orators, we must strive for reason ,
in our ranks emerges more threatening be- without panic to hold firm to the ideals that
cause there is a condition often approaching are rooted in our traditions as Americans—
and as Jews.
panic that is not healthy for our society.
There is too much irresponsibility in
We link the Jewish and the American tra-
branding the entire nation as having turned ditions because young Jews are so deeply
into a sick society, and the defeatism that involved in the present struggle for just rights
marks warnings of suicidal tendencies is in America, because so many of our youth
are the leaders in what has been termed a
especially deplorable.
Equation of studies of conditions in our revolt, because Jews have been the supporters
midst with those in Nazi Germany, or under in the battle for civil rights for Blacks who
Stalin in Communist Russia, might add to the must be accepted as the equals of the whites
panic. Because there are disturbances, there and because our youth were among the vic-
are fears; because students smash windows tims of a tragic occurrence at Kent University.
and destroy valuable university records, we
In his address at the annual meeting of
could easily be led into believing that what we the Anti-Defamation League, in New York,
are experiencing is akin to what had happen- last week, U.S. Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana
ed at Heidelberg or in universities in Russia. declared that "the most serious danger to
They could be akin if we permitted them America today comes not from the activities
to become like those in authoritarian lands. of young militants, but from the magnitude
But we live in a democracy. Dissenters are of the backlash that may result from the
free to write and to publish anything they increasing polarization of our society."
wish. The mockers of our traditions are not ' He made an interesting comment that
deprived of the right to speak their minds.
"zealous men in well-intentioned law enforce-
Therefore, there has to be a sense of con- ment shortcuts undermine the very founda-
fidence that by approaching the issues fear- tions of liberty," and while he was severely
lessly we will come through the crisis in a critical of the President, the vice president
constructive way.
and the attorney general, he took into ac-
We are not ostriches and we do not bury count "unrealistic fear of unorthodoxy" and
our heads in the sands of delusion or miscal- admonished that because of fear there is
culation. Rational beings know that we are public acceptance "of seemingly small sacri-
facing tests unmatched in our annals. There- fices and insignificent relaxations of time-
fore, with a sense of realism, we must take honored rules of law and justice"
into account historic experiences. There have
Agreeing with him that we must "elimi-
been demonstrations on many occasions.
nate the the causes of frustration before it
Presidents have been molested or criticized builds to explosive proportions," conceding
and mercilessly condemned on many occa- the errors of the present administration, we
sions. The country survived because changing join in the plea for the abandonment of fear
conditions have led to progress more often and for strenuous efforts to reach accord, on
than they did to calamities. Faith in the a non-political and non-party basis to make
nation keeps us firm in our convictions that the American idea of fair play, with youth
we are not a dying people.
as equal discussants of the issues.
There are, indeed, traditions—and em-
Nevertheless we are forced to take into
account the state of affairs in the world at blems—that cannot be abandoned. The wav-
large. We have had warnings that even so ing of a Viet Cong flag during a demonstra-
democratic a country as ours can be influ- tion against the Establishment is not accept-
enced by'reactionary elements. We have had able as a symbol of dedication and devotion
an era of threats from the Know Nothing to a great ideal. We must reason with this
groups, and knowledgeable people. especially type of dissent and we must restore our na-
those who have been on the scene in Germany tional thinking along lines of - rationality.
during the emergence of Nazism, now admon-
Primarily, we must reject panic. If we
ish us that we can be affected by fascism.
yield to panic we may be doomed; if we reject
It is on this score that our people must be fright we have a chance to emerge into a
on the alert, that there must be an orderly restored state of 'confidence in our heritage
way of life, that we cannot permit those who and in our ability to survive every threat,
advocate destruction to have their negative whether it is from the right or from the left.
It is for this chance that we plead—and
ideologies take root in our land.
Adhering strictly to any and every citizen's we plead for it while refusing to panic in an
right to dissent, protecting the rights of the era of deplorable threats to our generation.

The UN and the U. S. in Menacing M. E. Crisis

While the battles continue in the Middle fear the effects of an anti-American move.
East's endless war, the United Nations, upon Yet our government is not firm in its stand
which so much hope was pinned as a forum at the UN, and Israel conducts a lone battle.
for peace, remains a destructive, impotent Meanwhile the report that the number, of
agency from which stems much of the poison Russian pilots who are operating in Egypt
that pollutes the air and clouds the major is increasing, with 100 already apparently ac-
needs arising from the Middle East crises. counted for, and that there is a military ad-
visory force of nearly 10,000 Soviet experts
The U. S. delegate to the UN, Charles assisting the Egyptians, does not add to the
Yost, finally spoke up last week when he sense of security that Israel needs.
accused Syra of "a large share" of responsi-
Will the U. S., in view of the unending
bility for the continuing warfare. But only dangers, provide I s r a el with the vitally
Israel has dared to exnose the Russian crime, needed defensive Phantoms? U.S. Senators
and while the USSR spokesman. Yakov Edward M. Kennedy, Charles H. Percy and
Malik, is believed to have toned down its Birch Bayh have made urgent pleas for
militant enmity toward Israel by reverting immediate provision of jet planes for Israel.
to approval of a return to the Big Four talks Others in Congress have made similar ap-
and renewal of the Jarring mission, the peals. It is hoped that there will be no fur-
preiudices that have added to the injustices ther delays in giving Israel assurances of
against Israel at the international organiza-
American aid. But there is also the ques-
tion continue unabated.
tion of how far the Nixon administration will
There are Arab threats aimed at the U. S. go in its diplomatic talks with Russia. It is
that the flow of oil to this country will be upon such talks that we must depend in our
stopped. But the compensating flow of dol- hopes that the menacing situation will not
Lars into Arab countries remains a tempta- further escalate into greater dangers for the
tion that may never be overcome, and few entire Middle East and for the world.

Mrs. Joan Comay's Excellent
'Israel—An Uncommon Guide'

Joan (Mrs. Michael) Comay's new guide to Israel is exactly what
its title specifies: "Israel—An Uncommon Guide." It is such a skillful

outline of Israel, prepared for students and tourists alike, and contains

such fascinating data that it emerges as
a beautiful description of the land and as a
story of accomplishment detailed by an
authority.
Mrs. Comay, already having authored an
Israel guide previously, has an entirely new
book in this Random edition. It covers all
of Israel and includes descriptions of the
territories redeemed and occupied in the
Sik-Day War, thus making it a complete
geographic compilation.
It is, however, more than geography. It
is the dramatic story of a people and its
land, and it touches upon all faiths ob-
served in that land.

Mrs. Comay
David Ben-Gurion wrote a foreword to the book, and in a brief
statement he pays honor to the author for the manner in which she
captured "the mood of a developing country."

In her introduction Mrs. Comay speaks of past as well as present.
but holds to the view that "This is a land where the present matters
more than the past , and the future even more than the present." There
is an inviting note in the statement "What the visitor encounters from
the first day he arrives is the lingering voices of the biblical past and
the exciting shapes of the future, blended uniquely in a sunny, friendly
and busy land."
There are two parts to this guide. The first deals with history,
geography, the state's political setting, its economy. It is titled "Profile
of a Nation." The second part, "From Dan to Eilat," is devoted to
descriptions of the areas that comprise Israel. With the aid of maps, the
able author accomplishes her task with marked pragmatism.

Its practicality*lies in the fact that she deals with cities and
peoples and also with their faiths, the foods they eat, the calendar
of festivals.

She suggests how to utilize a single week's or a 10-day tour of the
country and her summary of historical Jewish events assures at least
a minor knowledge of the history of the people who have built the land
and those who inhabit it.
Mrs. Comay, an architect as well as a journalist, is therefore pro-
fessionally well suited for the job she had undertaken in preparing a
guide to the land she had adopted with her husband, both having come
from South Africa. Her husband, a former Israel ambassador to
Canada, also served as permanent Israel delegate to the United Nations.

The maps in Mrs. Comay's "Israel—An Uncommon Guide" are by
Rafael D. Palacios.

Prayer Book for Children

A prayer book for the Sabbath and the Jewish festivals, in rhyme,
is believed to be the first of its kind prepared for children. "Sabbath
and Festival Services for Children" by Rabbi Sidney Greenberg and
S. Allan Sugarman was published by Prayer Book Press of Hartford,
Conn.
Modern is its approach, it is in both Hebrew and the English
rhymed translations, and it appears in a format to inspire its use.

The publishers place emphasis on the fact that the pages of this
brochure are not numbered, as "an encouragement to the children to
learn the geography of the prayer book — to learn to locate individual
prayers by their position in the service rather than by page number."
But it is added in the announcement that if the children feel otherwise
it should be left to them to do the numbering, because "it might he
well for them to be told of the ancient tradition which requires every
Jew to write his own Sefer Torah."
The most important prayers were selected for inclusion in the
children's prayer book, and the complete contents offer brief but im-
pressive services. By including the most important passages the chil-
dren are enabled to have an effective service.

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