Editorial: Battle for Life Never Ends A cease fire may have ended the war. It does not terminate world Jewry's responsibil- ities. Thousands of casualties cry out for human tasks in a new era of reconstruction. Israel's survival was never in doubt, but the damage to life, the security of the embattled nation's existence, make unprecedented demands upon world Jewry never to end the philanthropic practical efforts to give our kinsmen strength to resist aggressions, to regain strength never again to permit the infamy of a Yom Kippur war to be repeated by deluded enemies. The Israel Emergency Fund must receive our wholehearted and most generous support. Israel Bonds investment dollars will provide assurance for the Israel government to function uninterruptedly. Our solidarity must never be impaired. This is the message of the People Israel to the State of Israel in the present hour of an unending determination to perpetuate the nation's will to live. THE JEWISH NEWS IN3 A Weekly Review V LX IV, NO. 7 of Jewish Events 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Southfield, Mich. October 26, 1973 Yom Kippur War Is Over, With Israel Gaining More Land Sporadic fighting in what appeared as a tenuous cease fire remained in evidence on all battle fronts, on the 20th day of the Arab-Israel war, while Israel kept gaining territory and encircling the Egyptian 20,000-man army on the east bank of the Suez. Yet, the Yom Kippur War appeared to be ending, with an assurance from Moshe Dayan that Israel is ready for complete adherence to the truce, provided there also is an end to attacks from Egyptians and Syrians. TEL AVIV (JTA)—"I believe that we have reached the end of fighting. Syria has agreed to a cease fire, and the Egyptian army is in no position to stage a fight. So I believe that the cease fire is not only formal but factual," Defense Minister Moshe Dayan said Wednes- day while visiting Israeli forces on the western bank of the Suez Canal. Dayan said that his impression was that the cease fire has at last gone into effect though there was sporadic firing here and there. But the resistance of the Egyptian force on the western side of the canal, in the southern sector, has ceased and the soldiers gave in. It's quiet in the region near the town of Suez, he said. It was a hectic night for Dayan who, together with the United Nations head of the observers headquarters in Jerusalem, the Fin- nish general, .Siilasvuo, arranged the new cease fire hour, four hours after the Security Council passed its second resolution on ending the fighting in the Middle East. On Thursday morning, it was announced that U.S. troops had been put on alert in a show of strength to the Soviet Union, who had announced they might send troops to enforce the Mideast cease fire. The Soviets were responding to a request by Egyptian Presi- dent Anwar Sadat, who asked both President Nixon and Soviet Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev to send forces to police the cease fire. Mr. Nixon had rejected the request. Among the key units in the U.S. and overseas that were put on alert were three on Michigan bases—at Kincheloe, K. I. Sawyer GEN. DAYAN and Selfridge Air Force bases. It was stressed that this was not a full mobilization of U.S. forces. At the same time, `A King of Flesh and Blood' Nobel Prize winner Shmuel Y. Agnon wrote this poem after Israel's War of Independence in 1948. It is ap- propriate as a message to the world at this time, and as a means for world Jewry to mourn the dead and to express compassion to the thousands of casualties in the Yom Kippur war that was infamously imposed upon our kinsmen. By SHMUEL YOSEF (SHAI) AGNON A king of flesh and blood who goes out to war against his enemies Brings forth his force to kill and be killed. There is doubt whether he loves his soldiers Or whether he does not love his soldiers, Whether they are important in his eyes. Or whether they are not important in his eyes. And even if they are important in his eyes. They are no more important than corpses. But our King. The King of Kings, the Holy one, Blessed be He, Desires life, loves peace and pursues peace, Lovs -Israel His people, Not because we are greater in number. For we are the least in number. And because He loves us and we are few in number, Each one of us is as important in His eyes as an entire regiment. Therefore, we pray after the death of each Jew, Yitgadal v'yitkadash shmay raba, May the power of the Name be magnified. And may no lessening of power come to him Who is blessed and sanctified In the worlds He has created according to His will. And if we pray thus for each one who dies; How much more so for our dear brothers and sisters, The children of Zion, the slaughtered ones of the land of Israel, Whose blood was spilled for the glory of His name And for His people, and for His land, and for His inheritance. Therefore, our brethren, the whole House of Israel, Who mourn in this mourning, We turn our hearts to our Father in Heaven, The King of Israel and its Redeemer. And we pray For ourselves And for Him: Yitgadal v'yitkadash shmay raba, b'olma di'vra hirutay V'yamlikh malkhutay. That we may be worthy to live and see with our very eyes, Oseh shalom bimromov, Hu yaaseh shalom aleinu v'al kol Yisrael, That He who, is in His mercies, makes peace in the heavens Will make peace for us And for all Israel And let us say AMEN. Congress Mobilizes Aid for Israel Under the leadership of Senator Henry M. Jackson, of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, with the cooperation of Senators Henry M. Jackson, Jacob Javits and Abraham Ribicoff, and endorsements of two-thirds of the U. S. Senate, a resolution is pending in the Senate supporting President Nixon's request that $2,200,000,000 go to Israel to carry on its labors for defense and reconstruction. A total of 67 senators co-signed the resolution. Senator Philip A. Hart of Michigan is one of its signers. More than 200 members of the House of Representatives are sponsoring a similar resolution. (Detailed story on Page 5). (Continued on Page 48) Rabbi Goren Brings Torah Back to Mt. Hermon, 'Nearest to Heaven' Trade Unions Bach Israel, 'Brothers' Meet Condemn Soviet JULE. Role at Suez Canal TEL AVIV (JTA)—On Tuesday there was one of the most heroic— yet bloodiest — battles of this war, the battle on the Mt. Hermon positions. On Wednesday the scroll had come back there. And it was none 'V than Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren who brought up the scroll to the s y - “.gogue. As the Syrians captured this position on the first day of their invasion—it was Yom Kippur — they desecrated the synagogue which was there. When Rabbi Goren heard of this—it was he who in- augurated that synagogue while still army chief chaplain—he decided to take the scroll that accompanied him through- out the wars of Israel. It is the scroll that was first near the Wailing Wall, that was first in Bethlehem and Hebron..That same scroll he brought Wednesday to the position which is "nearest to heaven" because of its altitude. Soldiers who Tuesday fought the Syrian RABBI GOREN commando units in this region, on Wednesday danced and welcomed the scroll back to the synagogue. The Israelis who retook the Israeli positions are holding the Syrian Hermon position and the peak of Hermon which provides a vantage point for observation deep into Syria and Lebanon's Fattah land as well. NEW YORK—Following the lead of AFL-CIO President George Meany, who had wired Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that "in so critical a moment no nation must be allowed to doubt, even for a second, where the United States stands" in the Middle East crisis, scores of international and state trade union bodies expressed their solidarity with the people of Israel and their labor federation, Hista- drut. Meany also condemned the Soviet Union, "which not only sup- plied the arms for this (Arab) treachery but knew it in advance.' Leonard Woodcock, president of The United Automobile Work- ers, issued a statement which "unreservedly condemned the unpro- voked Egyptian-Syrian military attack suddenly unleashed on Israeli positions on the morning of Oct. 6, 1973." The UAW leader expressed "solidarity and support of the state of Israel, the Histadrut and all Israeli workers. "This war erupted because certain leaders have fed the fan- tasies of their followers with vain dreams of a final and total knockout blow that will wipe the opponent from the face of the earth. Peace is necessary to Israel to survive. Peace is necessary to the Arab states if they are to regain any of their lost territories. Peace is necessary to all of us outside the Middle East, just as it was in Vietnam." In his opening address at the convention of the AFL-CIO, Meany criticized America's "new detente policy." Meany said: "They call this new policy detente; that's a French word, in case you didn't know. It means relaxation. You know that I mean relaxation like in the Middle East. Russian-made tanks (Continued on Page 3) PHILADELPHIA — One way to drive into the enemy's territory unnoticed is to use his own mili- tary equipment. Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D., Wash.) said he learned the Israelis managed their push across the Suez Canal by driving Syrian tanks captured earlier. Some of the tanks and armor used by the small force of Israelis were captured in the Six-Day War. Others were seized on the Syrian front and driven down. There were no casualties, and the Israelis, dressed as Egyptians, went un- noticed for half a day. Jackson said his sources in- formed him that as the Israeli unit drove freely over pontoon bridges guarded by Egyptian soldiers, the latter waved at the Israeli troops, thinking they were Arabs returning for refueling. The senator said he didn't know how many soldiers or tanks were involved in the drive.