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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the third day of Heshvan, 5735, the following scriptural selections
will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Gen. 6:9-11:32. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 54:1-55:5.
Candle lighting, Friday, Oct. 18, 6:28 p.m.
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Terror in Control of World Society
Terror has gained a foothold in the world
organization whose original purpose was the
assurance of peace for mankind. Now the
worst • stumbling block to international co-
operation has been introduced by giving in-
ternational status to an organization that has
applauded murder.
Apparently the United Nations has for-
gotten Munich where participants in the
world Olympics were brutally massacred. It
was an act of the Palestine Liberation Orga-
nization which now has a place of honor in
the society of nations. That is how human
rights are abused and honor besmirched.
It was the PLO that claimed credit for
hijackings that caused many tragedies and
the deaths of many innocent people.
It was the PLO and its leader who now
receive a platform at the UN who boasted
that they had murdered children in Israel's
Ma'alot community. These are the people who
are honored by society that calls • itself civi-
lized.
, The entire world can sit in mourning over
what has occurred in the East River head-
quarters of the world organization. 'Civilization
has been stabbed and 105 nations are jubi-
lantly condoning and encouraging terrorism.
.Only four nations have opposed the horri-
ble act, and the United States acted as if it
were a matter of technicalities rather than
justice and humanism. Israel and Jewry are
grateful to Bolivia and the Dominican Re-
public. But the abstainers, lacking courage to
act, have a stain on their records for failure
to speak out against the terrorists.
'October 14, 1974, will go down on record
as a day of shame at- the UN. -
Eban's Visit: Honoring Akiva Day School
Abba Eban comes here in a new role. The
diplomat who has gained world fame is now
in this country as visiting professor at Colum-
bia University whose students have much to
gain from his extensive and authoritative
knowledge of international affairs and the
most intimate aspects of the social and politi-
cal sciences.
Mr. Eban has much to offer also as an
historian. His several books on Israel gained
best-seller status because his written word
approaches the eloquence of his oratory.
These are the qualities of a genius in the
field of diplomacy that have made him one
of the most sought after public speakers.
Mr. Eban's American assignment as a
Columbia visiting 'professor provides an op-
portunity for his many admirers to continue
long-time friendships with the former Israel
foreign minister who has held many other
important posts, including - the Israel ambas-
sadorship to the United States and the presi-
dency of the Weizmann Institute of Science
in Rehovot, Israel. There was genuine regret
that the eminent statesman should have been
omitted from membership in Yizhak Rabin's
Israel government cabinet. But an Eban role
is never terminated and he is certain to con-
tribute immensely to his country and to world
Jewry's cultural aspirations.
Beth Midrash plus Beth Tefila
Jewry's traditional pride is that the house
of prayer is as often a house of study as it is
one for reciting supplications. Often the Beth
Midrash supersedes the Beth Tefila — the
research center gains supremacy over the
prayer room. The numerous adult education
programs that are again under the sponsor-
ship of many congregations provide a measure
of endorsement for this view.
It took a mere weekend after the Holy-
Days to give added emphasis to this idea. The
packed synagogues emptied and the Sabbath
services had the usual minimal attendance.
Butzel Award Winner
Selection of Alan E. Schwartz as the 1974
recipient of the Fred M. Butzel Award em-
phasizes the appreciation the community has
for the services rendered by its chosen lead-
ers. This year's award winner has attained a
notable record for services to the Federation,
to the Allied Jewish Campaign and to the
Community Chest of the United Foundation
in which Detroit Jewry shares responsibilities
for many social services.
Deserved recognition for his many devoted
services to the community marks
the addition
of Mr. Schwartz's name to the - roster of emi-
nent men and women now listed in the honors
annually accorded by the Federation.
The weekday services already are reduced
to a minimum. The hopes of synagogues are
that adult education courses will stimulate a
return to the Beth Tefila that will serve as
the Beth Midrash, with study and research
resuming importance in Jewish life.
Adult education courses are important as
cultural media for the elders. They are vital
if the parent will utilize them for re-enthusing
the home, as strength-bearing means of inspir-
ing the entire family, as an assurance -VW the
bond between the kehilla, the community,
and its affiliated citizens will be unbreakable.
. Some years back it was necessary to ad-
monish Jewish groups, including the congre-
gational, not to encourage the mocking and
self-degrading forms that some programs had
assumed. Still deplorable is the emphasis on
bingo games. The yielding to the cheap thea-
tricals that degraded Jewish dignity has been
abandoned. Now it is vital that adult educa-
tion should be geared to the highest levels
of Jewish learning.
With few exceptions, such policies are now
pursued diligently by our synagogues. They
give hope that what is aimed for through adult
education will lead to inspirational results on
the family basis. That's how learning and re-
search become most significant in the spir-
itual-cultural dedications of Jewish communi-
ties.
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Kissinger's 'Foreign Policies'
Analyzes His Israel Approach
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger was assistant to 'President Nixon on national
security affairs when he compiled his speeches, his views of foreign
policies and his statements at con-
gressional hearings on matters relat-
ing to Vietnam, the Soviet Union,
NATO, SALT and other related topics
and included them in his "American
Foreign 'Policy" volume.
Other issues emerged, especially
those relating to Israel, the Arab
states and the Middle East, upon his
elevation to the high role as the head
of the State. Department.
With the addition of the data that
has accumulated in the most recent
months, Secretary of State Kissinger's
expanded edition of "American For-
eign Policy" has just been issued by
Dr. Kissinger
W. W. Norton & Co. and its value
to the reader' is best explained in this prefatory note by the author:
"The publication of this voluine in early 1969 brought together three essays
I had written before I came to Washington as assistant to the President for
national security affairs. Toward the end of 1973, after my appointment as secre-
tary of state, the publisher sagested that it might be useful to readers to gather
into this volume some of my recent public statements as a government official.
I welcomed this suggge.stion and have selected the items included herein.. They
cover a range- of specific current problems in United States foreign policy, such
as our relations with our allies and our adversaries, arms control, the Mitalle
East, and issues facing the United Nations. Most importantly, however, they all
bear on the fundamental problem in our foreign policy, that is, to restore the
national consensus on our broader purposes in the world."
Major in the expanded volume is the address Dr. Kissinger delivered
Dec. 21, 1973, on the Middle East question at the Geneva Peace Con-
ference. It was in that speech that he quoted the "im ein ani_li" — the
famous statement in Ethics of the Fathers, when he said:
"The problems of the Middle East today have such a character. There is
justice on all sides, but there is a greater justice still finding a truth which
merges all aspirations in the realization of a common humanity. It was a Jewish
sage who, speaking for all mankind, expressed this problem welt: 'If I am not
for myself, who is for me, but if / am for myself alone, who am l'."
In the same context he then resorted to an Arab proverb when
said:
"There is an Arab saying, '1W Fat Mat,' which means that the past is dead.
Let us resolve here today that we will overcame the legacy of hatred and suffer-
ing. Let us overcome old-Myths with new hope. Let us make the Middle East
worthy of the messages of hope and reconciliation that have been carried. for-
ward from its stark soil by three great religions.
Among the points he emphasized was the reference to Jerusa
and the Palestinians. He stated:
"A peace agreement must include these elements among others: withdrawals,
recognized frontiers, security arrangements such as demilitarized zones, guaran-
tees, a settlement Of the legitimate interests of the Palestinians, and a recogni-
tion that Jerusalem contains places considered holy by three great religions."
Is it good for Israel? The emphasis in the Kissinger programs is
that they are American_policies. His emphasis therefore that "we
in the American delegation are here to spare no effort in
in the quest of
a lasting peace in the Middle East, a task which is as worthy as it may
be agonizing."
While Israel and world Jewry await anxiously for .proof that the
Kissinger program will lead to peace, his declarations in his expanded
"American Foreign Policy" temporarily serve as a guide to his thinking.