THE JEWISH NEWS Incorpo.rotznq The Detrott Je :el l Member American F•f Putnninshf,d est., 7 1, /One S., ond-4 :ass Po.tage P.1•1 at nun„,fie PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publ,her /, .P.'s 20. 7, N. F' • n • ,• A A F 7 77 x CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ M - P'• -• N • • „. NI„ • V. n . . • /951 N„•nornal EcInt“nal iitn75 n•••,uthrleld. Mich on PI a sear Yurneninr. f. CHARLOTTE DUBIN DREW LIEBERWITZ C ■ ty Editor AdverttSong Manager B us,ness Manager Sabbath Scriptural sele ■dions 11 14 12 22 I And Insh.flg. IFrld„‘ June n , %Of.. I.I. X No. ii Page Four June 16. 1972 Serious Lesson for War Mongers F. : - war mongers there is a serious lesson in the figures that have been released to show comparatively the casualties suffered by Israel over a three-year period The record shows. 1971 1970 1969 Total 19 113 182 639 208 77 409 1,479 10 52 50 157 33 238 93 447 194 1,028 1.206 2,428 Soldier. —killed —wounded e'ii. iii ant —wounded Tidal casualties The reduction in the losses is due entirely to the cease fire which went into effect on Aug 7. 1970. A new low was reached from ‘ November 1971 through February of this tear During that time. the Israeli casualties were. three soldiers and one civilian killed, lo soldiers and eight civilians wounded In the same period in the previous Sear the civil- dead numbered five soldiers and and ians. and the wounded were 41 . , tant 4:1 ( i‘ilians These are Indic a)i , declines in serious losses Terrorist losses also showed a drop to a new low and it is a fact that more people are killed in automobile accidents in Israel than 10 warfare. An Israeli is quoted saying: "If the Arabs wanted to finish Israel off all they have to do is provide every Israeli with a The lesson to be acknowledged from the developments since Aug. 7, 1970, is that a cease fire saves lives. From an armistice of sorts can and must come a measure of peace. Out of a temporary halt in war operations can and must come a more lasting peace. The mere fact that there is a cessation in operations that cost many lives should en- courage perpetuation of the cease fire. Israel has benefited from it, and so have the Arabs whose figures for casualties are not available. The Israelis are blessed by the cease fire. 1)o the Egyptians and their allies feel equally blessed? If they do. and therefore reject Sadat's warmongering. then there is hope for an approaching peace. Problem of 'Intellect ual Unemployment • r i , t In Saturday Review. portray - speaker ad- .Ink; the graduates. sends them forth into world with this admonition: "As you leave these cloistered walls and ivied halls with your hard-earned PhD. we, your teachers and mentors. charge you Be good waiters. courteous cabbies and honest nar.•: - Is this satire or realism'' The world has gone a long way to he pro- L;ressive The American people have few com- petitors in the world of science and culture ' Inc distances between peoples have been re- duced. and without brampower we become tallible Vet. in this great land. we have reached a sta::e or intellectual unemployment. There is need for stock-taking riot only in the areas cif university studies and the products that are i rwitnaqi by Our Colleges, but nto14, urgently in the industries, in the utilities. in the scientific fields that call for research as well as actual labor on the production lines 'the area of apple vendinki, which preceded thc - iict'esses of Franklin 1) Roosevelt on the „ tle is 0iuie fore ,.er. but there are lih. ersity ommencement the inure serious challenges that stem from paralysis in assuring employment for our university - men and women. We have the billions for the Vietnamese fiasco, and we get to the mocn without obstacles—at tax- payers' expense. But when half the teaching staffs of many American cities are suddenly deprived of their professional occupations, it should be termed a modern American tragedy. Indeed. there is need for new approaches to our economic problems. We live in a daze. We deplore revolt against established ec- onomic dynasties and political chauvinism, yet we make these protests possible through apparent economic failures. Japan and Germany do not seem to have such problems Israel didn't have them until the new influx of intellectuals from the Sov- iet Union, but the little Jewish state is mak- ing a valiant effort to solve the newly emerg- ing issue. ('an we, in this great land, measure up to the new difficulties created for the most educated of our youth? Perhaps this too, will he a Presidential campaign issue. with re- spons ■ hility resting on all parties not to ignore our basi. tnator needs. Terrorist Mind: Ste eped in Stupidity •Ferrozasts in the Middle East have only one a In Israel's destructi o n. They are of one mind: imbedded in stupidity. They can't un- derstand the historic truth that the people thew would destroy have a will to live and tlhit history has mapped for them a destiny for life. When they employ people to do the kill- ing. they acquire mercenaries, but they are blind to reality. The realities have not reces- sed in Israel From the very moment that the mercenary killings demonstrated the insanity of depraved minds, the normal life of Israel nevertheless proceeded uninterrupted. The hotels are filled, the tourists are pouring into the land. Christians and Jews share in a deep-rooted interest ur the ancient homeland ■ d: the People Israel MIFF are remaking tIm lit t L...! mt, Ale \rah mankind's loss as much as Israel's. In the main. they were the innocents who suffered. But the massacre has not frightened the sensible. The progressive life of Israel draws to it the admiration of Israelis' kinsmen and the respect of civilized society. A guest plan- ning his visit in Israel will continue to need more than eight weeks' notice to reserve a hotel room or arrange for a guide. Activity is uninterrupted. New settlers are finding homes in this land—many from the Soviet Union, some from kVestern lands—all with a dafke spirit—a defiance of terror. 1-iefiril ;'irlistic Abe' bilarksNhewest World Jewish History Volume 1 Nearly 300 years of Jevvislh history are covered in the fifth volume of "The World History of thie Jewish People" published by Rutgers University Press. There will be 21 volumes in the entire series. The first was edited by the late Pruf. Ephraim A. Speiser. The second and third volumes, on "Patriarchs" and "Judges " had Prof. Benjamin Mazar as editor . The series then jumped to Vo ume XI. It dealt with "The Dark Ages." edited by the late Dr. Cecil R h. The newest of the votum s begins to fill the gap, and as Volume VI. edited by Prof. Abraha Schalit, is devoted to "The Hellenistic Age," dealing with the pali ical history of Jewish Palestine from 332 BCE to 6i BCE. Hebrew University rof, Schalit, as editor of the newest volume in the series. is the author of the concluding chapter devoted to a review of the political institutions in the Hasmonean state, the military institittions and the tax system, the Pharisees and the rift with John Hyrcanus, the Hasmoneans under Jannaeus Alexander and the conflicts that arose upon Jannaeus abolishing the Sanhedrin and the flight of the Pharisees. Introductory to these evaluations, there are the very important historical analyses by three eminent scholars—Profs. Joseph Klausner. V. Tcherikover and M. Avi-Yonah. Dr. Tcherikover deals will the Hellenistic period, the religious and cultural aspects, the political and social conditions, leading up to the persecutions under Antiochus These are followed by tlhe Avi-Yonah account of the "War of Liberation." the revolt in Mddiin, Judah Maccabeus' war against the Syrians. The struggles that I ensued are elaborated. the inner dif- ficulties are indicated in the problematic stages of the Hasmoneans' rise to power. • The major portions related to the Hasmonean period are in Prof. Klausner's essays which cover the occurrences from 161 to 76 BCE. Dr. Klausner developed he important historical data describing the rule of the Hasmoneans the fate of Jonathan and Simeon, the high priesthood of John Hyr c nus .1 and the war with Antiochus Sidetes. the civil war in Judea and the final conquests of Jannaeus. An entire section is devoted in Prof. Klausner's contributions to this volume to the power-seeing Queen Salome, the influence of the Pharisees during her reign, he elevation of the status of women in that period. Of interest, in relation t the Pharisees, is that "the knowledge of the Law was disseminated i the nation by means of public schools." Prof. Klausner pointed to th establishment of the Jewish school - in its popular form" under Janbaeus and Salome." While there were no significant political consequences, Dr. Klausner stated that "tile brief period of Pharisee rule in the peaceful days of Salome did not pass without important results for the survival of the illation and its spiritual development." The emphasis on the o •currences which had an influence on future generations, from Pharisaic and other Hasmonean influences of these periods, give special status to this important volume. The 78 illustrations. the numerous maps, the annotations, the scholarly and authoritative sltudies offered by four great scholars— these add immensely to the mportance of the Rutgers history of the Jewish people. New UAHC Hebrew Textbook New trends in Reform ‘Iewish schools to encourage the study of Hebrew is evidenced in a nCw textbook for the very young. "Olam Gadol." Prepared by Abrahain and Adaia Shumsky, this large volume is Alef—Volume I--in the series to be published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Well illustrated by Leo lGlueekselig. this textbook should serve More alertness will be needed. The police force will he on the lookout for the violent. good purposes as a brush-up or young and old in the quest to acquire International airlines will be more careful a good reading and speaking - nowledge of Hebrew. In his interesting introdu lion to this work, the editor of the series in checking the passengers. But in the pro- for CAliC. Jack I). Spiro, cit tes the following from the UAIIC Com- , ess the stupidities of the terrorists will rele- mission on Jewish Education . "Guiding Principl, ,- : tirco. to the buffoonery of those in our The knowled2c of the P .hrew lorcuazr in its various forms ha' ly. - •,oiu experience \kilo. like Hitler and Tor- al,a:is liven and still i, a rehalau, road to Jewish i, ier thal i and the Ilamans of all ages w rote (1 , M fl as ;!l'itilliell. And madmen • nor n iH tht•. eker frighten Israel the will to Ike is in this ,pir,t that World • is being introdaced and Sariety - of Hebrew, the fa- --t ‘..:iin c of ". dam t;:ol m'vns of eNperien• the