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Sabbath Passover Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the concluding day of Passover, the following scriptural selections
will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portions, Deut. 15:19-16:17, Num. 28:19-25. Prophetical portion,
Isaiah 10:32-12:6.
Candle lighting, Friday, April 16, 6:54 p.m.
VOL. LIX. No. 5
April 16, 1971
Page Four
Pragmatism Dictates Israel's Decisions
"We are not at war with the Soviet
Union," Moshe Dayan told a Labor Party rally
in Tel Aviv last week.
Does any rational person need to be con-
vinced it is Russia that is encouraging war
against Israel, while Israel would welcome
a resumption of diplomatic relations with
the USSR and a return to friendly attitudes
with the Kremlin?
Nevertheless Senator Fulbright has re-
sorted to a new form of witch-hunting — ac-
cusing Israel—all Jews?—of conducting an
anti-Communist campaign.
History will judge the Fulbright bombast
as an enigma, as something so totally confus-
ing that it will be difficult to abandon judg-
ment that it was lacking in prejudice.
In spite of the impressions that keep
being circulated that Secretary of State Wil-
liam P. Rogers tackles the issue on the basis
of pressuring Israel into withdrawal, it is dif-
ficult to believe that either the Senate or the
best informed men in the news media do not
recognize the dangers that are inherent in
such a policy. If Israel withdraws, what is
there to expect in the form of further ne-
gotiations? That would mean abandonment of
security. And since the Arabs in the main
continue to speak in terms of annihilating
Israel, why should Israel yield in any form
whatever to a position that would assist in
such a program of extermination? That hap-
pens to be a major policy: Israel will not sub-
mit to annihilation.
Should Israel give away the ball game be-
fore it even starts? That's what some states-
men would adivse and that's how a few corn-
mentators and news analysts — and some
such very wise editorial writers! — would
have Israel do: it's tantamount to advice to
commit suicide. But not all commentators are
so blind to reality. John P. Roche under-
stood the situation much better when he
wrote:
aggressive, militaristic greed. Gunnar Jarring has
told Israel that, as an indication of its sincere
desire to negotiate a permanent peace, it must
withdraw from the territory occupied after the
1967 war. Jarring has not moved to bring the
Israelis and Arabs together to negotiate an Israeli
withdrawal, to work out a map. He has handed
Israel this requirement as a precondition for
genuine negotiations.
"If Israel were not a democratic state sincerely
interested in peace, the Israelis could treat the
whole affair as an exercise in political warfare.
The appropriate response would be to gather to-
gether a group of disaffected Egyptians and set
them up as the legitimate government of Egypt.
This 'Gaza government' would call upon the Egyp-
tian people to rise against the Soviets and their
puppet Anwar Sadat, demand admission to the
UN and negotiate a peace treaty with the Israelis.
"The trouble is that democratic societies are
incapable of playing games of this sort. Madame
Binh claims to represent a Vietcong government
at the Paris negotiations, a 'government' that has
all the clout in South Vietnam that the 'Gaza gov-
ernment' I just set up has in Egypt. But there she
is, making speeches. In contrast, it would take the
press about an hour to demolish the 'Gaza govern-
ment' as an Israeli invention.
"Our Israeli friends should relax. It's very de-
pressing to be on the receiving end of one of
these negotiating campaigns, but the alternative
is to give • away the ball game before it even
starti."
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Legend and fact intermingle in the analysis of the German Jewish
immigrants who came to this country. Dr. Rudolf Glanz, as part of his
research into the backgrounds of Jewish groups from various lands,
delves deeply into the subject of German Jews in America, and his
"Studies in Judaica Americana," published by Ktav, contains a wealth
of interesting material on the subject.
The gathered data about German Jews represents a veritable
wealth of information provided by Dr. Glanz. And in the instance of
legends, many of which stem from anti-Semitic occurrences, there
are the refutations that assist the reader in reaching an understanding
of truthful developments.
Dr. Glanz goes to the source to trace the migration he analyzes
Roche, who Wrote this realistic appraisal and the settlements that followed them.
of the - situation„ is not alone in expressing
In the course of his development, he adds a 'chapter of merit to
pragmatism. Roscoe Drummond called atten the . entire history of Jewish immigrants to this country.
to the State of -the World Message in Which- -- He deals with many aspects of the German Jewish progressive
President Nixon said that the Nixon Doctrine - activities, the rise of the immigrants from peddler status to merchant,
means "that other-_nations can and should princes..
assume greater responsibilities (for self-
And he-deals also with their social life
i.activities and
defense), for their sake as well as ours." political interests.
Then Drummond analyzed the problem:
Dr Glanz does not hesitate to trace' even the hatreds that existed
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Most Serious Obligation
"Nixon also put it this way: 'We , shall look to
the nation directly threatened to 'assume the
primary responsibility of providing the manpower
for its defense.'
"This statement by the President corresponds
to the Israeli position. Israel is assuming com-
pletely its 'primary responsibility for its defense'
and is candidly saying to the United States that
it would be unwise, unnecessary and mistaken to
commit American manpower to protecting Israel's
future borders.
"Perhaps the unspoken reason why the United
States is proposing a United States-Soviet 'peace-
keeping' force is that we hope it will persuade
Israel to accept borders it would otherwise deem
indefensible.
"There are four reasons why the Israelis turn
away from, this proposal: They believe that a
country which cannot defend itself alone cannot
depend on others to defend it indefinitely; they
do not trust Soviet military forces on Israeli soil;
they are convinced that a Big-Power guarantee
would turn every potential for a local war into a
Soviet-American confrontation and that this would
be a peril to Israel—and a peril to the United
States; they believe such an arrangement would
escalate the danger of war in the Middle East,
not decrease it.
"The Nixon Doctrine has found an ardent
supporter in Israel."
From the viewpoint of a community's self-
respect and its readiness to back up fellow
Jews who are struggling for security, the in-
strument for kinship is provided by the Al-
lied Jewish Campaign.
The United Jewish Appeal is the major
philanthropic fund for aid to the Israelis.who
must be integrated into a new society that is
creating progress for the Middle East. And
the Allied Jewish Campaign has made the
UJA its major beneficiary. To assure the
needed aid for this most important fund it is
important that the generosity of the past
should be increased as extensively as pos-
sible.
This is the time to make the Allied Jewish
Campaign a triumphant venture. Every mem-
ber of our community, young and old, must
share in this serious obligation.
There is no fooling about this situation.
It is a matter of grave concern to the United
States position in the Middle East, and Israel
is the only democrary to uphold that position.
Involved here is the added problem of Rus-
sian intrusions with vast arms supplies to the
Arab states: last year alone—the prestigious
Institute for Strategic Studies revealed in
London — Cairo received from the USSR
$2,500,000,000 in sophisticated weapons, 600
SAM-2 and SAM-3 surface to air missiles, 200
Soviet pilots, 4,000 advisers, 15,000 crewmen
and it has been ascertained that at - •t
20,000 Russians -now are operating the war
game in Egypt.
Under these circumstances, in the best
interests of Israel and the United States, is
it any wonder that the Sadat threats and
proposals, like Nasser's before him, meet with
Israel's contempt?
"For those who have never watched the Com-
munists employ negotiations as a weapons system,
the current Israeli and American predicaments are
instructive. The basic gambit is the non-negotiable
precondition for negotiations.
"We have been told that productive negotiations
with the Hanoi regime could start in half an hour
once we have (a) agreed to pull out all our troops,
and (b) busted the Saigon government. Of course,
this would leave nothing for the 'genuine negotia-
tors" to negotiate about except, as one sardonic .
North Vietnamese put it, what music the Amer-
icans would like played for their departure.
"The U.S. government has to stonewall in the
face of this bogus generosity, though in the process
it gets a reputation for inflexibility, stubbornness,
if not sheer international malevolence.
"Now the Israelis are in the same boat. They
have been handed a bogus proposition, and roughly
the same cast of characters accusing Jerusalem of
Dr. Glanz's Studies of Jewish
Immigrant Relationships in U.S.
b etween B avarian and Polish Jews. He epy740 in a chapter on the
"Bayer" (Bavarian).,and "Polack" in Ainert - '
Dr. Jacob R.. 'Marcus, director. of
JeWislir–AWil
, tes
Cincinnati, in an introduttory essay to this -Volume calls if-':01'17quarry
for the historian," thereby giving a splendid , recommendation for its
informatiVe qualities.-
Italian-Jeivish -Assoticiiions
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gyiewed
Italian-Jewish relatibaships in this c_olin0y-are dese'ribed in a study,
"Jew and GrOtip Relations and the New immigration,
1881-1924," resulting froin another study =by Dr. Glani.
Appearing in_a. revised: edition published by Ktav as its new dis-
tributor, this volume dwells
. On-the-role of ItalianS in various industrial
and labor relationShips."
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Much light is thrown here on many of the personalities in the'im-
migrant struggles for integration in this country. The labor union activ-
ities, the political effects, the fraternization and other aspects of the
Italian settlers and their Jewish associates are 'recorded in the study by
Dr. Glanz.
Employer-employe relations and social standards are touched
upon. There was a gap in understanding between the two groups, unlike
the Irish-Jewish contacts which were vastly more extensive, the author
of his study states. The lack of a socially established class among
Italians is held to be accountable for the lack of cohesion. Neverthe-
less, the relationships as indicated are part of the vast study of immi-
grant settlement in this country.
Goldsmith's 'Jews in Transition'
In "Jews in Transition," JTA's London correspondent, S. J. Gold-
smith, has incorporated a series of essays in which he reminisces,
relates experiences with some of the most eminent Jews, describes
the role of Yiddish and pays honor to some of the most distinguished
writers and actors.
Published by Herzl Press, this volume is enhanced by the impres-
sive illustrations by Juliet Pennett.
Goldsmith writes here about such eminent authors as Agnon,
Peretz, Mendele, Sholem Aleichem . . .
There is a sketch of Ben-Gurion, and the friends he writes
about include Itzig Manger, Louis Goldings and others.
Major current events are covered in numerous essays, and there•
are references to the Holocaust as well as to important features about
Israel, British Jewry, Zionism and other topics that have an interest
for all Jews. 'Many of his essays will have an appeal for readers of
all faiths.