THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 18, 1973-7
Keating Picked
for Next U.S.
Envoy to Israel
ItrNNETH KEATING
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Kenneth Keating, a former
Republican senator from
New York and former am-
bassador to India, was nomi-
nated Monday by President
Nixon to be the next U.S.
ambassador to Israel.
His nomination is expected
to be confirmed by the Sen-
ate. (The announcement of
Keating's planned appoint-
ment appeared in The Jew-
ish News April 6.)
Keating, 73, served as am-
bassador to India from 'May
1, 1969 to Aug. 18, 1972. Pre-
viously, he had served 15
years in Congress — as a
representative in .1946-53 and-
1956-57 and as a senator in
1958-65. He is a partner in
the New York City law firm
of Royall, Koegl and Wells.
During his years as a
member of New York state's
congressional delegation,
Keating was popular with
Jewish voters and frequently
espoused the cause of Israel
and other issues of Jewish
concern.
As ambassador to Israel,
he will succeed Walworth
Barbour.
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`Disengagement? From Liberalism Inspires Urgent Warning
listen to the warnings of oth- by a rightwing America."
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These people were as con-
Rabbi Polish found that ers.
He asked whether Jews are cerned people were as con-
"we are experiencing not
only ideological dislocation, "truly more sensative ethical- Jews as their Jewish oppon-
but psychological trauma," ly than their neighbors," as ents, he conceded. But so
and that Jewish certainties Judaism teaches, "or are were the "rabbis who knew
about their convictions "have merely adaptive to changing and would not tell their
been banished while the well- social trends." He noted that people the truth about the
hidden antipathies, dogmas some say the Jews have be- extermination plans of the
and bigotries of some of us trayed their heritage while Nazis."
Rabbi Polish went to ex-
have erupted to the surface. others claim that "we have
We have undergone a collec- realistic ally come to terms amine the thesis that "Nix-
tive change of consciousness with it." One claims that "we on's America is good for the
—a consciousness of anger, have wedded ourselves to Jews."
"We are moh prosperous
self-righteousness a n d re- Satan," while others say
leased shame bearing the "that we are at last veering then ever before in Jewish
toward a correct, traditional history," he said, and "we
image of defiance."
have felt more secure than
position."
"We are no longer ashamed
ever," are the arguments
Rabbi
Polish
said
that
the
to be bigoted," he charged,
being given.
"tough-minded
.Jewish
non-
and asked: "Are these the
However, "American pros-
Jews whose brothers came liberals claim that the ex- perity is being acquired at
clusive
concern
of
Judaism
is
out of Auschwitz? Are these
the expense of an accelerat-
the Jews whose fathers fell the Jewish people; that times ing social and political dis-
are
too
stormy
to
permit
oth-
sick rolling cigars in dark
holes-in-the-wail for $15 a er considerations; that the
week? Are these the Jews Jewish ethic is "not encum-
who belabored an insensitive bered by the malaise of an
world of ignoring the doomed alien world," and, lastly, that
"liberalism is harmful to the
six millions Jews?
Jews."
"What happened to the
As for whether liberalism
moral consciousness of the
is good or harmful, Rabbi Po-
U.S. Jews? Is it gone with
the general moral conscious- lish asked' whether the anti-
ness? If so, then it was a frail war and civil rights position
thing. Has it proved too of many Jews was good or
great a luxury for us to be bad for Jews, and concluded
embattled over Jewish issues, that they v; ere good.
Jewish concerns over
and in a U.S. moving toward
a dictatorship as 1976 ap- crime, over encroachment in-
to the teaching profession and
proaches?"
If so, then Jewish liberal- deteriorating neighborhoods
ism was "not necessarily do not help," Rabbi Polish
said. What he said disturbs
deeply rooted in Jewish eth-
him is that there is no "rea-
ics," he said.
soned strategy of defense of
Rabbi Polish said he did
inter ests but the
not agree with those who say Jewish
emergence of an irrational
that Jews have not turned to and violent counter attack,
the right but have stood still
the emergence of Jewish Ar-
while everyone else has gone chie Bunkers in the various
to the left. He called this
"fatuous" in the face of Jews communities."
He said that those Jews
helping to "elect rightwing-
who linked their concern for
ers as city mayors."
"Many Jews," he went on, Israel with their own econom-
"have been banking on tak- ic interest during the election
ing their places in the priv- compaign "were not lying."
ileged sanctuary of rightwing They saw both issues as
America." He deplored the closely interlinked, "a right-
fact that these people do not turning for Israel, protected
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raised $300,000 in Israel bond
subscriptions. General Motta
Gur, Israel military attache
to the U. S. and Canada was
guest speaker.
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Golda Meir, With Good Medical Report,
May Retain Office; Gets 73 Pct. Backing
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Pre-
mier Golda Meir returned to
her office Wednesday after
spending five days in the hos-
pital for what was described
as a routine medical check
up. The 75-year-old premier
is known to have been in
good health since she took
office in 1969.
Political observers here be-
lieve her latest medical re-
port may determine whether
or not she decides to remain
in office after the national
elections in October.
They said her five-day rest
in hospital gave her an
op, -,unity to consider her
next step.
Mrs. Meir promised before
Israel's Independence Day
celebration May 7 that she
would announce her plans
within a week or so.
(Prior to Mrs. Meir's hos-
pital check-up, it was specu-
lated that she would take
advantage of the good re-
port on her medical examina-
tion to indicate that she is
physically capable of con-
tinuing in office.)
location which is resulting in-
creasingly in a widening gap
between the powerful and
rich on the one hand, and
the weak and the poor on
the other," he declared.
"To sustain this system,
heavier and more formidable
security guards will have to
be mounted to protect the
powerful. We need only go
into a luxury apartment build-
ing to see almost para-mili-
tary protection provided for
the dwellers. This is Fortress
America.
Where should the Jew
stand? "I would have, to con-
cluded that, for reasons of
prudence and morality, there
is better hope for the Jew
in a liberal than in a repres-
sive world," Rabbi Polish
advised'.
$300,000 for Bonds
Seventy-three per cent of
the Israeli public would like
Premier Meir to remain in
office after the national elec-
tions, according to the results
of a public opinion poll pub-
lished May 10.
The Dahaf Public Opinion
Institute which conducted
the poll said that 27 per cent
replied negatively to the
question. "Are you for Golda
Meir staying on as prime
minister?"
Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan continued to be the
favorite to succeed Mrs. Meir
if she decides to step down.
He was picked by 32.5 per
cent of the respondents to be
her successor.
Deputy Premier Yigal Al-
Ion was second, with 15.5 per
cent; Herut Chairman Mena-
chem Beigin was third, with
6.5 per cent; and Finance
Minister Pinhas Sapir was
favored by six per cent. For-
eign Minister Abba Eban was
chosen by 5 per cent of the
respondents and Yitzhak Ra-
bin, the former Israeli Am-
bassador to the U.S. was
backed by 2.5 per cent.
Sapir, who is reportedly
Mrs. Meir's personal choice
to succeed her, gained in pop-
ularity since the last poll on
the subject when only 3 per
cent of the public supported
him for the premier's office.
His gains may have been at
the expense of Dayan and
Allon who had the backing
of 35.7 and 17 per cent re-
spectively in the last poll.
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