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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 25th day of Elul, 5733, the following scriptural selections will
be read in our sunagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Deut. 29:9-31:30. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 61:10-63:9.
Rosh Hashana Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portions: Thursday, Gen. 21:1-34, Num. 29:1-6; Friday, Gen. 22:1-24,
Num. 29:1-6.
Prophetical portions: Thursday, I Samuel 1:1-2:10; Friday, Jeremiah 31:2-20.
Candle lighting, Friday, Sept. 21, 7:14 p.m.
LXIV, No. 2
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September 21, 1973
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Record of International Hypocrisy
An endless wave of terror, discovery of
bombing attempts on El Al planes, the arro-
gance of bandits who aim at Israel's destruc-
tion—many revelations are piling up as evi-
dence of the hypocrisy that dominates the
United Nations whenever the Afro-Asian-Sov-
iet bloc seeks and finds a scapegoat.
It is an established fact: at the UN, if the
anti-Israel bloc wishes to reprimand Israel
it will vote night as day, black as white. Any-
thing functions against Israel.
But when a UN agency like the Interna-
tional Civil Aviation Organization and Diplo-
matic Conference Assembly votes unanimous-
ly to condemn Israel for an interception of a
Minyan-ation . • •
Fragmentation .
Disenchantment
In an era of disenchantment in Jewish
ranks, while there is a depletion of interest
among the youth, religious leaders have found
a diversion: the minyan issue.
The debate is raging, whether women
should be counted into a communal religious
observance while observing the tenets of ten
to form a quorum for davnen, for prayer.
In the process, there is a handful of wom-
en whose spokesman say they are as able as
the men to conduct services, that they have
more knowledge of language, liturgy, method
of leading congregants in prayers, and there-
fore should be granted the same rights as the
men in the house of worship. Their argument
undoubtedly is valid—for a minority, and they
are right in asserting that many men are as
unqualified to lead in services as most of the
women are, and therefore the privilege of
a minyan should not be their exclusive right.
While such debates progress, there are
few at minyanim anywhere—neither men nor
women attend services more than on the Holy
Days, except for preferences given at Bar
Mitzva and for the recitation of the kaddish
—and the dispute is an indictment of the
religious hierarchies.
If more time and thought were devoted
to consideration of the disenchantments
among youth—(Heaven forbid repetitious use
of the aspersion of indifference that has
always plagued Jewish communities!)—there
might develop less fragmentation. With
more earnestness—by a united community—
in facing up to the collapse of Jewish involve•
ments, especially by youth—(Heaven forbid
resort to the panic-striking term of vanishing
community!)—perhaps there could be an en-
couragement of increased identification.
The disillusioned do not dominate the
ranks of youth: they are to be found in the
ranks of all ages in Jewry.
They won't diminish while disputes dis-
rupt Jewish ranks over matters that should
be settled and arrived at by rabbinical agree-
ments; while anger distorts the image of
Jewry over issues that could be abandoned
to the concerns of those who feel affected by
them, while the rest of the community goes
about the traditionalism it may prefer.
What is needed is serious concern with
the challenges that either divide or disrupt
Jewry. Honor for our legacies is dependent-
upon loyalties and identifications. To attain
a goal of unified dignity there must be a
diminution of internal disputations, else there
will be magnified disruption.
plane, without taking into account all the
terrors that have been imposed upon mankind
by the accusers, it goes against the human
and moral grain.
Without condoning what Israel did, it was
necessary to take into account Israel's aim:
it was to capture one of the chief culprits
in the crimes that have been committed and
continue to be plotted not against Israel alone
but against mankind. A reprimand may be
have been in order, but not a threat to Israel's
very existence.
If it had not been for the United States,
the ICAO action might have been even more
drastic. But even the U. S. position is inex-
cusable. Why could not the U. S. representa-
tives at least point to the following crimes—
which were mentioned only by the Israeli
spokesman—as an indication of the guilt and
where it lies?
Here is a partial record of terrorist
crimes — Arab crimes! — which must not be
ignored:
1. Algeria detained ex-Congolese Premier Tshom-
be when his plane was in transit in Algiers, and
jailed him until his death.
2. An El Al flight was hijacked to Algiers on
July 23, 1968. The plane and passengers were de-
tained at length by Algeria.
3. President Nasser having declared on Cairo
Radio on July 23, 1969, his total support for such
Arab terrorism, the Egyptian authorities did nothing
in September 1970 to prevent the PFLP pirates who
hijacked a Pan-American jumbo to Cairo., from
blowing it up.
4. In August 1969 Syria detained two Israelis
for many weeks, after a TWA flight carrying them
was hijacked to Damascus by Arab terrorists.
5. In 1972, Libya compelled a BOAC flight to
land, detained two passengers and handed them over
to the government of Sudan, which had them exe-
cuted.
6. Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is the head
quarters of terrorist organizations, where the fol-
lowing assaults on civil aviation were planned and
launched:
a. Attacks on El Al flights in 1968, 1969, 1970
b. Hijackings of TWA flights in 1969, 1970
c. Hijackings of Swissair, Pan-Am and BOAC
flights in 1970
d. The mid-air destruction of a Swissair flight
in 1970
e. Mass murder at Tel Aviv airport in 1972
f. Hijacking of Lufthansa flight in 1972.
There is cause for real concern over what
is happening in the international forums. The
UN, some of its agencies, its major represent-
atives, the world powers, are concerned with
power politics to a shocking degree. There
is a selfishness in motivations and a prejudice
in action. The anti-Israel trend is appalling.
The hypocrisy in international actions con-
tinues unabated. Any wonder that Israel oc-
casionally acts defiantly?
Extremists to the Fore
For a decade or more, young Latin Amer-
ican Jews turned to Israel for what was
termed a place of refuge from anti-Semitism.
Chile's Jews had begun to run for safety
when a Communist assumed power. Some
5,000 had left the country.
Then came a period of quietude and com-
parative security under a regime in which
some Jews played governmental roles.
The end of the Communist regime inevi-
tably results in fears of repercussions from
Fascists.
The extremists are battling for power.
Are we due for an emergence of a new panic
stemming from extremism at both ends, the
right as well as the left?
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Rabbi Goodman's Fascinating
Sukkot, Simhat Torah Anthology
A wealth of literary material relating to the Jewish holy days
and festivals has been accumulated in a series of books issued by the
Jewish Publication Society. It is a series that has provided valuable
guidance for information-seekers and for teachers, and the editor of
the series, Rabbi Philip Goodman, has earned Jewry's gratitude for
his labors.
Rabbi Goodman has additionally en-
riched his series with the newest work,
"The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthol-
ogy." It is another of the impressive
collections that elevate the standards of
JPS creativity.
There is so much merit to the new
volume that a reviewer is compelled to
advise that the work be given an honored
place on every Jewish bookshelf. The
new anthology should add to the enjoy-
ment of the approaching festivals be-
cause of the appreciation they add to the
holiday spirit in the treasures incorporat-
ed in the 475 pages of text.
Expertly linking all aspects of the
"Season of Our Rejoicing in a collection
of Bible and Talmud definitions of Suk-
kot and Simhat Torah, stories, poems,
songs, legends and humor relating to
Rabbi Goodman
the festivals, Rabbi Goodman again ful-
fills a mission of vital significance. He has already authored anthol-
ogies on Purim, Rosh Hashana'and Yom Kippur.
In the current volume, as in his previous works, he has elab-
orated upon the collective theme with an introductory informative
essay. He has gathered details about holiday observances in many
lands, and his work provides data about Jewish law relating to Sukkot
and Simhat Torah, the liturgical texts, the place of the sukka in Jew-
ish tradition, the makeup of the lulav, the etrog as a symbol.
As in all his similar previous works, Rabbi Goodman has
called upon an eminent Detroiter, Prof. Joseph Gutmann, to de-
scribe the artistic factors of the festivals. The Gutmann y
"Sukkot and Simhat Torah in Art" fulfills an important neeu in
achieving an understanding of the festivals' beauties.
The many tales included in the- Goodman anthology will bring joy
to the readers. The Hasidic tales will certainly add to the enchantment
gained from learning about the approaching holidays.
Rabbi Goodman provides added significance to his collected ef-
forts by providing the housewife with recipes for Sukkot. Hanna Good-
man authored this section, and she has included in it a variety that
will provide for the needs in assuring the proper bounties for the
festive meals.
Rabbi Goodman, who is the executive secretary of the Jewish
Welfare Board Book Council and editor of the JWB periodicals,
emerges as an educator who understands the community's needs with
the linking of the many elements related to the festivals to appeal to
young as well as the elders. The children's stories and poems in this
volume provide the means for proper family and home celebrations.
There is the full coverage of synagogue observance, and the songs,
the variety of narratives, the poems—the games suggested and the
programatic advice—all combine to make of this work a most use-
ful inspiration for true holiday enjoyment and Jewish knowledge.