THE JEWISH NEWS lnecrrporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member Ammican Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Assad- ation Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co.. 17511 W. Nine Mile. Suite NZ, Southfield, Mich. 48015. Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield. Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription NI a year. Foreign $5 Advertising Marrow City Editor Business Manager Editor and Publisher DREW UEBERWITZ CHARLOTTE DUBIN CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 23rd day of Kislev, 5732, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Gen. 37:1-40:23. Prophetical portion, Amos 2:8-3:8. Hanuka Torah read- ings: Monday, Num. 7:1-17: Tuesday, Nuns. 7:18-29; Wednesday, Num. 7:24-35; Thursday, Num. 7:30-41; Fri- day, Num. 7:36-47. Candle lighting. Friday, Dee. 10, 4:43 p.m. December 10, 1971 Page Four VOL. LX. No. 13 Hanuka as a Festival of Joy and Honor But the lesson of Hanuka is not for the Jewish people alone. It is for the world. It is a lesson for the Arabs. Just as we admonish anti-Semites on Purim not to forget Haman and to remember that the bigots have never triumphed over Jewry, so, on Hanuka, we say to those who would deprive our people of the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that there is a lesson for them from the MaCcabean age. That lesson was emphasized in the Isra- elis' war of independence in 1948. It as- sumed significance in two other wars. It gains importance in the determined will of the Jewish people to live and to make the sover- eign state of Israel a symbol of that inde- structible quality of an embattled people. Why can't Israel's neighbors understand this undeniable fact? Why do they fool their oppressed populations when there could be so much honor and dignity for all if neighbors lived together in peace? The neighbors say no, Israel says "I shall not die but live to declare the works of the Lord." The spirit of the Maccabees empha- sizes this ideal. It lives in the hearts of a people determined to carry the banners of its heritage with honor and with courage. There will be light and jollity in Jewish homes in celebration of a festival that marks a great historic event for our people. Hanuka is linked with our own experiences in an age of trials and tribulations. Youth who rejoice over the triumphs of the Maccabees of old can and should equate the occurrences that date back two millenia with the occurrences two and three decades ago. The previous generation was threatened with extinction as a result of a holocaust that was engineered by beasts. As in earlier times when life was cheap and there were whole- sale murders of those with whom the con- querors of Judea of old differed, there was an effort to exterminate the Jewish people. Resistance often was impossible, but the will to survive could not be annihilated. Out of that era had grown the new Mac- cabean valor. Israel was restored, and the resultant attainment of sovereignty called for an heroic stand to defy those who begrudged Jewry the right to a homeland. The experience of the New Israel is well known. Its state-builders d e f ended their rights gloriously. - the Israel of today is a result of the new Maccabean valor. Thus the Hanuka of old is perpetuated in a new spirit. Keep Record Straight on Arms for Israel Very few members of Congress - have been misled by claims that Israel's strength balances that of the Arabs. They know better. That is why support for Israel is so over- whelming-the Senate having voted for the Jacksod amendment- 82 to 14. To avoid misrepresentations-due in the main from assurances that little Israel can beat all of the big Arab powers in spite of the great odds against them-it is necessary that the facts be given unequivocally. Near East Report, the Washington news letter on American policy in the Near East, has given details of comparative strength. We reproduce it here as a warning -to those who become complacent, so that demands for all-out aid for Israel should not subside. Unless Israel is kept strong, anything can happen on the shores of the Mediterranean, and if Israel's security ever is sacrificed, woe unto all of us-and to the entire world that may then be in throes of another international calamity. 1118 Population (000) Mobilized Forces 8,300 fetal lasiilizal Fumes 70.000 10,000 1,800 81,800 Talks-Heavy 120 Army Air Force Navy -Medium -Light Total Tasks 30 100 40 290 1966 9,700 5,500 _ _ JS-3 1-54/55 T-34 800 60 250 250 1-54/55 T-34 PT-76 M-24 1966 6,200 30,400 PT-76 45 40 40 few Tu-16 11-28 Su-7 _ _ 30 100 MIG-21 45 60 MIG-17/15 80 139 11-14, C-47 Helicopter SA-2 Missiles-SAM 14 Submarines - Missile Boats -Torpedo Boats --Other Total Skips 50 20 960 30 40 _.. 48 120 Subchaser 14 6 20 3 12 10 25 6 4 18 12 4 46 Minesweeper 2 Subchaser Landing Komar - - 6 12 2 22 4 9 10 44 10 105 1171 2,300 399,000 68,000 25,000 1,500 ... 14,000 438,000 69,500 95,500 2,000 250 97,750 PT-76 AMX-13 150 _ 1650 Tu-16 11-28 Su-7 18 25 110 SA-2 SA-3 Centurion • 140 Patton - 150 290 250 36 25 F-1044 Hunter 15 18 10 7 DC-3, C-47 Helicopter 6 7 78 46 420 In his consideration of WC role of wisdom in the life and thought of 'ancient Israel, he deals with piety, with the legacies of Israel, and he gives major consideration to 'Wisdom in Revolt," in chapters in which he outlines the significance of the Books of Job and Kohelet. His view on the role of Wisdom in the Bible is summarized in a statement that "wisdom is germane to life," and he declares: "To all spokesmen of wisdom man is not merely the animal which in one aspect he is. He is other and more than .a political entity, a warrior willing or unwilling, an economic integer. He is . a person who feels and thinks and can believe. His life values are not to be measured in the marketplace. He is a being who can learn to live well and worthily, and can find in living a more than ephemeral happiness. He may choose to live for some- thing beyond himself which is greater and better and, as Job found, more true and wonderful and gracious than anything he had imagined." This evidences the inspiration that encouraged the writing of this book and the enthusiasm and knowledge engendered by a noted Christian scholar who asserts with regard to his MUM. theme and the Bible Wisdom: ARES IIIIAL 1271 1966 1171 1913 "The dominant theme of these sacred writings 2,999 2,600 52,100 46,200 is the age-long dialogue between Yahweh, Israel's covenant God, and this people which he had 285,000 706,000 289,000 522,000 chosen to hear his call, obey his commandments 17,000 45,250 8,000 35,500 and serve his purpose on earth." 8,000 3,000 18,000 19,100 310,000 769,250 300,000 576,600 Imbedded here are the interpretations of per- sonal devotions and the analyses of religious and 370 250 . Centurion 450 heavy 460 oral instructions derived from the wisdom , de- 300 Patton 200 tanks lineated in the scholarly reviews of scriptural 25- M-60 _ 1430 medium 3060 writings. 211 Sherman 100 tanks 100 _ 154/55 About stories that were told for entertainment 195 156 AMX-13 300 light 110 -he points to such in his review of Bible readings tanks -Dr. Scott says that there is more than that to 1375 3625 811 2161 • such tales. "They were cultural instruments," he 10 Vatour 15 states, "forming and confirming the values and 142 Bombers 268 30 Ouragan 40 purposes of those who listened. They. memorialized _ . Skyhawk A-4 72 heroes, antiheroes and events of continuing sig- _ Phantom F-4 75 nificance. "They belonged to a living tradition 695 Fighters 898 72 Mirage III 60 whose highlights were tales of Abraham's migra- 36 Mystere 58 tion to the land of promise, of Jacob's dream of 60 Magister 85 a stairway between earth and heaven, and of a 6 RF-4 C-46/47 29 24 241 Transport 319 miraculous deliverance - under Moses at the Sea Stratocruiser 10 of Reeds." 24 Helicopter 65 There is the lesson in Job, and Dr. Scott com- 478 1465 293 1178 ments: "It is not surprising that the wisdom 48 Hawk 12 468 teachers drew on the inherited gift of lively nar- SA-2 120 SA-3 260 Professor Emeritus R. B. Y. Scott of Princeton University has authored a most fascinating book, "The Way of Wisdom in the Old Testament," in which he outlines the wealth of Wisdom Literature. In this Macmillan-published book, Dr. Scott reviews the historical background of the Old Testament stories he outlines in a stimulating spirit. Already having previously edited a book on "Proverbs and Ec- clesiastes," he emerges authoritative in his definitions of prophecy and wisdom, in his comments on similes and metaphors, in the stories he quotes and his commentaries. 260 1 4 6 5 Subchaser Escort 10 _ 38 43 Landing 20 12 9 12 British I Skory 14 Minesweeper 6 6 _ JORDAN 1966 2,000 33,900 200 MIG-21 130 150 MIG-17/15 200 M1G-19 80 74 MIG-14, YAK 150 90 An-12, 11-14 60 2 2 - 1871 12 48 Helicopter 140 903 236 642 Ships-Destroyers -Medium Vessels EGYPT 30 30 Centurion _ -50 51 200 15-3 60 600 450 1-54/55 1200 250 T-34 150 350 780 90 - 5. 500 6 20 30 45 Tu-16 11-28 Su-7 T-52 MIG-21 MIG-17 Hunter 1171 106,500 280,000 10,000 15,000 1,750 16,000 118,250 311,000 Centurion An-12, 11-14 24 Dakota Helicopter 56 300 219 -fighters SYRIA 105,000 104,000 8,250 9,000 2,000 1,300 115,250 114,300 24 4 _ 16 28 Total Aircraft 1971 9 12 48 16 85 15 35 Aircraft-Bombers -Transport IRAQ Aorgi Dr. Scott's 'The Ways of Wisdom Inspired by Bible Literature Corvette Komar 6 ration for purposes of instruction, as in the schematized folk tale in Job 1-2." 2 British Z 1 Frigate __ 3 Landing 10 2 28 20 30 105 8 70 20 171 26 54 20 160 _ 4 9 - 19 3 12 9 8 43 The Book of Job is defined as "a work of majestic poetry that lays bare the agony of a human soul." As in relation to Job, so, also, the other com- mentaries and evaluations in this work provide basic background for more extended studies- and Dr. Scott's "The Way of Wisdom" certainly encourages acquisition of additional inspiration from the guidance he provides in a most informa- tive book.