THE JEWISH NEWS ■ r A ens , ::r r stc7 .n r,,, A as,s47;:a r he n j,ef . E , .11 , g1, 1,11 Secnnt11. ' I a ss Post age Pe id at Sou t h'r PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher 70 -, 1 coniateiwirii; with Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Citron !S , en ■1■ 31N . 1 g pr ess ■ % "IA in li" ;a 1 V: ‘ a "n't. i 4171c. 11111:riL a.1 \•1 CHARLOTTE DUBIN CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ City Editor Business Manager k A ssi ,a tii in • t DREW LIEBERWITZ Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 11th 11,1:4 of Sira,, 5732. ti , ,' (. 17,, • r r, ill Ire retld it, our syllogrqpfes pentateuclutl porttor:. Num Prorhct ■ ca , Jr ,t 4 21 7 I .indln Ise htine, E ride, , 1.1i1. so . 11 Sias 15. 7 3i1 1. rn Page Four May 21i, 1972 Sadat's Threat Challenge to Complacency There is nothing new in an Egyptian threat to kill a million Israelis. And Israelis do not get panicky over such boast-threats Yet, Middle East Information Media found ft necessary last week to release the following In a speech on .lay Pay 1972, President An- war Sadat declared: That star with Israel is unavoidable. That in the coming war Egypt will inflict upon Israel losses which Will be far in ex , ie., of one million human lives. The population of Israel is three million. Israel's army—when all the reserves are called up—is only a small fraction of one million. What Sadat's declaration means is that Egypt intends if ever it is capable to do so, to commit mass murder among Israel's civilian population. We Israelis lake seriously what Sadat says. Bitter experience has taught us that when the leader of a nation says he intends to iburder people by the million—his intention is serious. Sadat's intention is to carry out massive war against the population of Israel. Fortunately, although Sadat serious!y means what he say s, we completely belies e Israel is strong enough to make his threat ineffectise. Be are also sober enough to realize that what Sadat Sal, may bother w and opinion sery Ettle. Or do you think differently? If you think you can do something about pub- lic opinion—we shall deeply appreciate your doing so—then by all means, go ahead and do it. crimes An appended suggestion is that readers of this appeal. published in the media news letter Brief, should write their protests and call attention to the Sadat threats, in the press through human rights organizations and by contacting government officials. Apparently the dangers always lurk on the Middle East horizon and there must be no complacency in dealing with the impend- ing menacing situations. Warning: Avoid Cultural Bankruptcy! Millgram's 'Jewish Worship' Gives Fascination to Liturgy For Jewish News readers both the author and the title of the new Jewish Publication Society book are well known. Already having been Columbia University sociology professor of the World History of the Jewish People privileged to reprint some of the material in this work—especially the Paul Ritterband warned, in an address at the demonstrates this in that articles on diverse Rosh Hashana story in our New Year issue—"Jewish Worship" by annual conference of )(IVO Institute for items'are not coordinated. An example is Rabbi Abraham Millgram should Command large readership because of .lewish Research. that Jewish studies pro- the high quality of its descriptilve contents on the vast subjects it the essays on the activities and the work of covers. grains could become as superficial as Black Rashi. The problems of writing Jewish his- studies if they are based only on student tory should be discussed by an international Rabbi Millgram has incorporated in this work all the aspects of demands and not on real scholarship. In his our faith, the development through the ages of worship in the synagogue society of Jewish historians. and the spiritualization of the horhe. Many works have been written to opposition to ideas of making Jewish studies These are views not to be ignored. They part of the currently "fashionable" ethnic must be taken into serious consideration describe festival observances, their meanings and historical back- studies departments, Prof. Ritterband said especially now, when we are in the course of grounds. In this new work there s a thorough research into history, a the Jew ish courses could degenerate into welcoming the establishment of Jewish pro- philosophical approach into realities and the description of the role of `cheap psychotherapy," relating to the "gut" fessorships in many universities, including the synagogue that challenges anyl previous accomplishment of its kind. rather than the brain, and then disintegrate the University of Michigan. Few works have so expressively defined the Sidur and the when .1 new generation of students lost in- We are seriously concerned about abuses festival prayer book, the Zemirot and the Piyyutim. terest. as has been the case with many Black in scholarship, as well as laxity in approach- Liturgy is not the ordinary method of prayer as defined by Rabbi studies programs mg the religious obligations in our commum- Will such warnings be taken seriously? ties With an awareness of what is transpiring Millgracn. Into his analyses have been embodied the results of a life- time of study and devotion, and the reader is linked in these explana- pint soloinon Zeitlin of Dropsie University. in the ranks of our youth. we must take into tory facts with the ages during which there was developed the col- the world's leading authority on the period consideration the "revelations" in an article lection of prayers that have grown and gained inspiration from historic In our history dealing with the Second ('owl- on "Jews: Why Some Turn to Jesus'' in the experiences. monwealth and one of the outstanding schol- New York Times. If, as one rabbi asserted, It is not only prayer itself but the Kavana, the key to prayer, the ar, of our time. had OCCaSiOn to point to "the Jesus People can often be a substitute devotion as the author describes At and the approach to it, that gains distortion of historic facts in a volume deal- for the family: and if, as a Jewish philosopher importance here. mg Itlth the life of Yohanan ben Zakkai by is quoted in that article, "Jewish religious It is in such form that, by Outlining the foundations for Jewish a professor of Jewish studies in an Eastern organizations have become so 'secularly mind- uni , ersity :Ind in Prof Zeitlin's article in the ed' and 'insensitive to deep religious con- worship, Rabbi Millgram lends significance to proper study of worship. Naturally, the role of Ilebre ,it becomes important in such explana- (ul rent 1,1 , 11e of .1e ,Aish Quarterly Review, of corns' that they. have forced young Jews to %%hi, h he was the editor for more than 35 look elsewhere for meaningful religious ex- lorN - terms. years. he declared periences," then we must make a new ac- Because the contents oi the Sidur get proper description. counting of our role as a Jewish community. - Before senturing to w rite on the sages with reference to the history of the emergence of Tefilot, the or the "Falmud, a thorough knowledge of Clearly: we must reconstruct the .lewish reader who desires to gain information about the prayers he utters the Talmud is indispensable. Intelligent values in the .Jewish family life, and we must becomes knowledgeable. ThoSe who recite the kidush are moved re - examine the status of our schools which readers as well as Christian scholars who emotionally, and as a result of the information provided in Rabbi are not well versed in the Talmudim may have begun to fail in their duties to youth Millgram's work acquire much needed spirituality. he misguided. This type of scholarship is and community. In the process. we must not ignore scholarship! harmful to true scholarship. Disce aut Unless Prof. Zeitlin's Equally significant is the review of the theology of the Sidur, diseedel" admonitions are taken seriously, we may be and the chapter that deals with the effects of persecution on religious We quote this out of the text of Prof. on the road to spiritual and cultural bank- poetry and the church-synagogue confrontations. The author refers to Zeitlin's review because it is applicable to all ruptcy. allegorical descriptions of the church as proud, while the synagogue matters of Jewish research which need ac- bows its head under the burden of persecution. Yet the synagogue's banner "was held in readiness to be unfurled when the Messiah would curacy and knowledge. come and vindicate their sufferings in the sight of all the nations . . • Very recently. we. had occasion to refer Urgent Cash Within the humble synagogue, there was a wealth of piety and learning, to Prof. Zeitlin's views on the writing of which added to the Jew's conviction that the Church's power was only history. tie had reviewed Rutgers University's The successful Allied Jewish Campaign physical. In the realm of the spirit, the synagogue was the Jew's first volume of the "World History of the and its related Israel Emergency Fund can citadel and his assurance of eternal life. • ' Jewish People," and in the course of his not be considered a total triumph until the t s ob f eha n z o a ted ootthat Rabbi Millgram also dealt with the hazan analyses he commented: large sums so urgently needed in behalf of and t he hr o ou l l e d Heinrich Graetz, although the greatest Israel and for the many national and local of Jewish historians since Josephus, relied Furthermore, in deScribing the Sidur he did not ignore either causes are made available for the function- the Reconstructionist Prayer Book or the Reform Union Prayerbook, only on the literature of scholars—he did ing agencies and philanthropies. not have a profound knowledge of the orig- Israel's needs are immediate. The large While criticizing the latter, he also indicated the revisions. inal sources. S. Dubnow drew from Graetz, Notable also is the attention he gives to translation, their pitfalls, influx of immigrants from the Soviet Union and also from Isaac Hirsch Weiss, who places serious obligations upon world Jewry, the "plethora of new translations' that have appeared in this country. lacked historical vision, (see also No. 171). and primarily upon the American Jewish He points out: "The old translations into Spanish, Italian, and Jewish history cannot be written by one community. Judeo-German vernaculars were usually published in Hebrew script man. it is a continuous development, and Having expressed our dedication to the and were intended primarily for Women. In modern translations Latin is used. This accords with the education of modern Jews, which must be written as a unit and can he done major Jewish causes, it is now of the ut- o i script , as r e sd o derived rule, d o e cr e i h from t e secular school systems of the countries correctly only by the united efforts of a most importance that payments on pledges is, their group of specialists in their own fields. Un- be made promptly. The cash mobilization It is the totality of coverage 'oaf prayers, devotions and all related like the Cambridge History, Jewish history campaign under the chairmanship of Louis subjects that makes "Jewish Worship" by Rabbi Millgram a most must be systematic and unified. The edition Berry must be turned into a huge success. valuable work for the Jewries English-speaking countries. Mobilization