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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the sixth day of Iyar, 5731, the following scriptural selections will
be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Lev. 12:1-15:33. Prophetical portion, II Kings 7:3-20.
Candle lighting, Friday, April 30, 7:11 p.m.
VOL. LIX. No. 7
Page Four
April 30, 1971
A Salute to Israel's 23rd Anniversary
EGYPT' 1971
Israel's 23rd anniversary is being saluted this weekend by Jewish communities
throughout the world and by Christian friends who recognize the historic significance of
Prophecy fulfilled. In spite of the tensions, the war threats, the uncertainties that mar
relations between Israel and the Western powers, the entrance upon a 24th year of exist-
ence by redeemed Eretz Israel is an occasion for worldwide consideration of the great values
that have emerged in the Middle East with the rebirth of political Jewish nationhood.
An anniversary of the magnitude of Israel's is not limited to celebrations, to exchange
of birthday greetings to a young state that endured so much. It is a time to take into
account the difficulties yet to be endured. The tasks ahead are not simple. The challenges
are colossal. Presently compelled to place major emphasis upon the military aspects of sur-
vival, the compulsion to defend people and borders is not the only obligation that confronts
her. She retains a role of adhering to the principle of the ingathering of the exiles; she
must fuse within her the various conflicting and differing elements; she must build a strong
economy and her standards must be high on the spiritual and cultural level.
Redeemed Israel is as much a home for the Jewish spirit as for the oppressed and the
• downtrodden in many lands. The educational standards of the Jewish state must be high.
The ethical goals must retain the teachings of forefathers who gave to mankind the ideals
imbedded in all faiths practiced by the nations of the world.
The commencement of Israel's 24th year is marked by reminders to the people of the
As part of the Bnai Brith Jewish Heritage Classics Series, W. W
embattled state that it dare not rest while there are dangers without and they must not rest Norton Co. has issued another important volume—"Reason and Hope,"
until the many problems that involve religious differences, conflicts between Occidentals and selections from the writings of Hermann Cohen, translated by Eva Jospe.
Orientals and political struggles are resolved with dignity and with the aim of creating the
To understand Cohen's views it is necessary to know his back-
Am Ehad — the united nation — that will serve symbolically as an example of good govern-
ground
and his life's story, and it is fortunate that the introduction by
ment and emphasis on humanitarian obligations of man to man.
Mrs. Jospe reviews his life so well.
It is because of the confidence that world Jewry has in Israel's ability to meet these
It was the Messianic Age that beckoned Cohen, and he was a strong
challenges nobly and courageously that world Jewry salutes Israel on the state's 23rd anni-
opponent
versary with a sense of pride. And because the partnership between Israel and world Jewry of his life: of Zionism. But the editor of this volume explains in her story
is sound and firmly established, the present anniversary, celebrations assume responsibilities
in the Diaspora akin to those in Israel proper. This is the occasion to reiterate world Jewry's
"Cohen's repudiation of Zionism is not due to his Messianic--belief
duties to our kinsmen in Eretz Israel—to assure them that the integration of settlers in the and his universalistic reading of history alon_e_. •sonie extent–it is
attributable also to his fervent German liatriotisnr .which leaves no
young state is primarily ours.
room for any other 'national' claim upon his
loyalty. Cohen considers
It is in this fashion that we join in a celebration of great historic significance. Our
salute to Israel at this time is in the form of a renewal of faith in the ideal that led to an Germany not only as the political fatherland and cultural motherland of
end to Jewish homelessness and to an assurance that Jews will be able, in the land of our the indigenous German Jew but as the matrix from which a large seg-
ment of Western Jewry—including all those East Etiropean Jews whose
heritage, to affirm that our fellow men have the ancient homeland in which to assure for mother tongue is Yiddish—has grown and received its spiritual values."
our people the right to be masters of their own destiny. -
And there is an incident, recorded in Mrs. Jospe's introduction,
It is in this spirit that we salute our --
in Israel, with a pledge for all of us which causes one to ask anew whether it is the antagonistic in society
to carry on the labors for complete fulfillment kinsmen
of the goals for redemption, awaiting the day
when all the- peoples in that area of the world will be free men, working together for the that causes Jews to awaken to their Jewish heritage. Mrs. Jospe writes:
highest humanitarian goals.
"Despite his total immersion in the intellectual and cultural
Prof. Hermann Cohen's Writings
Issued in a New Translation
Protective Israel Bond Plan
Israel's security depends in large measure
upon its economic stability. The vast sums
that are needed to maintain military superi-
ority over the combined forces of overwhelm-
ing numbers of war-threatening neighbors
come from the Israelis themselves. They are
heavily taxed and they carry great burdens
to assure the retention of military strength.
If this position is to be maintained it
must be assured through continuing function-
ing of the country's industries and the avoid-
ance of unemployment. While that nation's
manpower is constantly drawn upon for mili-
tary service there will be no unemployment.
But a nation dare not mould its future on a
military pattern and the Israelis and their
friends are obligated to formulate economic
programs on a sound peacetime basis.
To assure Israel's solidity in economic
planning, it is vital that investment programs
should be encouraged and in this respect
American Jewry can play a most vital role
in Israel's behalf.
While there are many investment projects
in Israel, the major and the basic one revolves
around the Israel Bond appeal. It is within
this sphere that the government of Israel
cooperates with the Jewries of Western coun-
tries, primarily the United States, in provid-
ing numerous ways of assisting Israel through
the establihsment of industries, the creation
of manufacturing media that provide many
jobs and the protection for exporters of
Israel-made goods.
Events like the citywide program at which
Rabbi Shlomo Goren, the chief chaplain of
Israel's military forces, will be the guest,
lend themselves to continued cooperation
between Israel and American Jewry.
7,11r fa-r. • .Sra
Crucial Days for Drive
atmosphere of Marburg, Cohen never severed his ties with either
Judaism or Jewry, as did so many Jews who were members of the
German intelligentsia during that period and indeed until . the.rise
of Hitler. This is not to say that the young professor'. was particti-
larly visible or audible in Jewish matters. In fact; his 'Jewish stance
appears to have been somewhat ambivalent, AS 41 ■ 114encett by the
fact that of three essays he wrote on Jewish. subjects in the-.•1860s,
only one was published at the time a second anonymously, and a
third many, years later.
Wednesday, May 5, has been designated
as the date for the conclusion of - the current
Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel -Emergency
Fund and as a time to mark the victory of
our communal philanthropic effort._ .-
"But in 1880 an incident occurred that turned Cohen into What,
If the function next Wednesday evening
in - retrospect; he was to call a bad teslitsva'(one-Wh tOeturtis). In
is truly to be a Victory Dinner, much irlgtt
that. year; • the eminent German histOrian.Tteitachke la*Ched an
to be done. Thousands are yet to be reache44,
"academie' attack • on - .JUdaisnr.- He .denied Jut/Asti1'i continued
The hundreds of volunteer workers are en-- -
`spiritual significance;_and therebrarouSect COhen's Jewish loyalties,
gaged in telethon solicitations, in making
Which had lain . dormant since his Sendjiary .days. -
Cohen countered
personal contacts with prospective contribu- -
l'reitschke's intellectitil conileinniatieff' or denigration of Judaism
tors, in reaching out into a community that
as the national religon of -atribe that is alien to us with a public
has done well in its generous responses to
declaration, in which he indignantly rejected what he considered to
urgent needs.
ti false interpretation of the distinctiveness of Judaism. and
-.hence of the Jew. He strongly affirmed his conviction that German
Nevertheless the job not only is far from
Protestantism and liberal Judaism Were not only equally enlight-
finished, but there are always hundreds—
ened but essentially alike. And venting his deep-seated and abiding
they may run into the thousands--who are
abhorrence of any nationalistic interpretation of Judaism, he sug- :,
either unresponsive or who are difficult to
Bested that the German Jew strive, in every way, for the ideal of
reach. It is to these that a renewed: appeal
national assimilation. Yet while he ardently expressed his love of
goes forth not to falter in their duties and
the German ethos and whole-heatted identification with it, he also
'declared his unwavering belief in the supreme value of Judaism's
to be generous in their consideration of
basic concepts—its absolute monotheism, the pure spirituality of its
Israel's needs and of the responsibilities to
God, and its Messianic and as yet unfulfilled but fulfillable hope
many causes locally and nationally. _
and promise. He admonished his fellow Jews to deepen their Under-
Our schools depend for their sustenance
standing
of and commitment to these concepts by serious study.
upon this campaign. The aged must be as-
. And he made known, in no uncertain terms, his decision to take a
sured comfort. Succor is needed for oppressed
stand at their side in the face of any threat to their religious con-
and homeless who are aided through the
victions. In this sense, he had indeed returned. From then on, he
United Jewish Appeal, the major beneficiary
became increasingly concerned with and vocal about theoretical as
of the local campaign.
well as practical Jewish problems; the detached philosopher
The appeals that have been issued by our
changed into a devout (though not necessarily traditional) believer
campaign organization, headed by Meyer Fish-
whose writings and lectures on Jewish subjects fill four substantial
volumes."
man and Max Shaye, must not fall on deaf
ears.
Many of Cohen's inspired ideas have relevance today, and the writ-
In the few days that remain, it is urgent in gs newly translated in this Bnai Brith-sponsored book are of inevit-
that those who have not given should respond a ble interest.
to the volunteers who have approached them
In "Reason and Hope" we have a reconstruction of an eminent
or should voluntarily call in their gifts to the p
hilosopher's
views on Judaism that will draw the interest of Jewish
headquarters of the Allied Jewish Campaign. sc holars for many
years to come.
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