THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Assoeis- lion. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075. Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $10 a year. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Business Manager CHARLOTTE DUBIN City Editor DREW LIEBERWITZ Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the ninth day of Tamuz, 5734, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Num. .19:1-22:1. Prophetical portion, Judges 11:1-33. • Candle lighting, Friday, June 28, 8:54 p.m. VOL. LXV. No. 16 Page Four June 28, 1974 Jerusalem—a Prophecy and Battleground New battlefronts are being set up in the unending aim to diminish Israel into a ghetto. "Move to the brink" is one cry that demandS a continuity of withdrawals from areas administered by Israel. "Get out of East Jerusalem" is the other slogan that is now heralded as a ,battlecry by the enemies of the Jewish state. New defenses must be erected to clarify Jerusalem's status for the world. Truth must not be stifled. The non-Jewish world must remember the Holy City's Jewish historicity. Jews everywhere should not forget the historic links of the people with the City of Peace the Jerusalem , of Jewish heritage and tradition. How can the City of David ever be forgotten? Who is to ignore the prayers chanted by Jews, for some 2,000 or more years, which continue to be recited three times daily, proclaiming: , I1 Pttir11 c't;:n; 17,1 .1 t i17 tf1 `ol?1 1 11 ttE21 .12?V 1! IrM4 =ITT; mr,114 t rt4;1 nv., 1 ?tfr-r rpiz rind In; ri;int ? riTy? ltft:P "Return with compassion to Jerusalem, Thy city, and dwell therein as Thou hast spoken. Rebuild it soon in our day for all time, and establish soon therein the throne of David .. . Blessed art Thou, Lord, who rebuilds Jerusalem." rirtitt 117 str??TrIq a ; *1;10 ; w?"1 2.71 4 1 111 "May our eyes witness Thy loving return to Zion. Blessed are Thou, Lord, who will restore His Divine Presence to Zion." The prayer has been fulfilled. Jerusalem is being rebuilt. Its newly acquired freedoms are the spiritual and ethical profits attained by all faiths. Yet there is need to reassert the Jewish historic role in Jerusalem, and in a world of antagonism it is necessary to show that Jews have never been separated from their Holy City. There are these incontrovertible figures of the Jewish presence in Jerusalem:_ 1827 1838 1841 1856 1873 1891 1900 1913 1922 1931 1938 time. 1,500 3,000 5,400 5,700 10,000 25,000 28,200 out of a total of 45,000 48,000 of out a total of 75,000 33,171 51,222 78;000 out of a total of 126,000 These figures are based on official counts made by the governments in power at the There are other basic facts relevant to the discussion, as evidenced in the following official figures of Jews who predominated in Jerusalem's population: Year 1948 1967 1970 Jews 100,000 195,000 215,000 Muslims 40,000 54,000 61,600 Christians 25,000 10,800 11,500 Because prejudices have been obliterated, cooperation by all faiths has been effected, fairness is the major objective of administrations of the New Jerusalem, in its united form, a sense of satisfaction should emerge in the international community. But just as the refu- gees are being used as pawns against Israel,' so is the Jerusalem question being utilized as a weapon in the aim to destroy Israel. It is, apparently, useless to recount Israel's experience vis-a-vis Jerusalem from 1948 to 1967, when Jordan dominated over Jerusalem. Jews were driven out of the Old City, there was a denial of access to the Holy Places to Jews. There are no such restrictions or prohibitions under Jewish rule. But the truth has no weight on the subject when hatred is the dominant spirit. It is the ,limination of this hatred that is vital to the issue, and at the moment it is doubtful whether President Nixon, who came to Israel to inspire "courage" for peace— something Israel and Jewry have. begged for all these years—and the magician, Henry A. Kissinger, who is to be blessed for having attained disengagements, have even approached the miracle of injecting good will in an area of saber-rattling and terrorism heralded amidst negotiations. If they were face-to-face negotiations there would be some hope. But the barriers have been erected high, out of sight of pleaders for peace. That's why Israel's agonies are unabated. Jerusalem's status, which may become non-negotiable because the city can never again be divided, must be resolved in justice. It can not be treated with double talk. The other major issue, that of the Palestinians, will call for equal statesmanship. Will it need Magician Kissinger, or will a sense of fair play emerge both in the United Nations and at the Geneva conference to remedy •the situation? If the Geneva conference will be a series of sessions at which the Arabs will refuse to be at the same negotiating table with the Israelis, then the handshakes of friendship will be too remote. That's why the terrorists remain under attack, why the Israeli planes are bombing their Lebanese shelters and why the prophetic "Peace, peace, when there is no peace" (Jer. 6:14) continues to plague mankind. Jewish Archives Make Available Notable History of Surinamese As a combined publications effort of the American Jewish Archives and Ktav Publishing Co., the "Historical Essay of the Colony of Surinam 1788" marks another valuable addition to retention of records about the Americas. As the story of the Surinamese Jews in the 1700s, and the 1,000 Jews who lived in Paramaribo in the mid-18th Century, this is a fascinating study of Dutch Jewish settlement. The book was translated from the French by Simon Cohen. It was co-edited by the directors of the American Jewish Archives, Dr. Jacob R. Marcus and Dr. Stanley F. Chyet. In his preface to the volume, Dr. Marcus stated: "In 1788, the Regenten or communal leaders of the Sephardim— "the Portuguese Jewish Nation" — in Surinam (Dutch Guiana) pub- lished in French a work bearing the title: Essai Historique sur la Col- onie de Surinam, etc. This two-volume work appeared in Paramaribo, the capital city of Surinam, and has itself an interesting history. The Regenten had read "On the Civil Improvement of the Jews" (Berlin, 1781-1783), a book by the eminent German publicist, Christian Wilhelm von Dohm. It was a plea for Jewish emancipation, and when the Surina- mese Jews wrote to congratulate von Dohm, he encouraged them to undertake a detailed study of Jewish life in their country. The Historical Essay was the answer to von Dohm's suggestion. The Dutch Guianese Jewish leaders were happy to publish this essay recounting their his- tory, for they deeply resented the disabilities to which they still found themselves subjected in an age of expanding liberties in Western Europe and North America." The value of this work is its thoroughness, the description of the activities in plantations, of life of the Jews, their religious activities, their entertainment, their theater. It describes the relationships with the natives, with those of other faiths. ' Its special importance lies in the extensive documentations which add historical significance to a work first published by American Jewish Archives and now available for permanence in the history of the Americas in an attractive book. Middle East Viewed Politically. Economically; Some Prejudices Israel and her neighbors, their political and economic status, are reviewed in the fourth edition of "The Middle East," published by Oxford University Press. Edited by London's Sunday Times correspondent Peter Mansfield, the texts, by responsible writers who have covered the many fields involving the entire area, covered events in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, the Sudan, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan, in addition to Israel, Factually, this volume provides important data dealing with the Middle Eastern countries. Except for some minor errors, the Israel chapters are fairly well related to existing conditions. Of interest is the editor's comment in his introduction that, during the years of Jewish efforts for the recognition of rights to statehood in Palestine, "in the United States the voice of Zionism drowned all other opinions on the Palestine problem." Perhaps this indicated what- ever prejudice may nave crept-into the attempts to outline the Middle East crises. A bit shocking is the fact that the large map appended to the volume at the very end of the book does not mention Israel. Was this deliberate? There are enough facts, especially in the economic sphere, to lend status to this book. The political angles must be studied carefully to detect possible prejudicial approaches.