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Sabbath Scriptual Selections
This Sabbath, the 30th day of Kislev, .5735, the following scriptual selections
will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Gen. 41:1 - 44:17, Num. 28:9 -15 and Num. 7:42 - 47. Prophe-
tical portion, Zechariah 2:14 - 4:7.
Pentateuchal selections for the last two days of Hanuka: Sunday, Num. 28:1 - 15
and Num. 7:48 - 53; and Mondaii,IVum. 7:54-8:4.
Candle lighting, Friday, Dec. 13, 4:43 p.m.
VOL. LXVI, No. 14
Page Four
December 13, 1974
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RespectabilLty for terrorists?
Out of the tragic conditions resulting from
the recognition of terrorists by the United
Nations, there is the sad aspect of the victim
of the inhumanities being compelled to nego-
tiate with the criminal terrorizer. An import-
tant indication of such a development was pro-
vided in statements by one of the Arab emis-
saries, Hussain al-Bahama, Bahrain's minister,
of state for Arab League affairs.
Paul Hofmann, N.Y. Times correspondent
at the UN, reporting on an interview with
the Bahrain diplomat,_ stated:
The minister appeared to imply that the
PLO would be willing to sit down at a con-
ference table with representatives of Israel,
if invited to do so by the two superpowers.
The Palestine Liberation Organization, he
said must "naturally" be a party to any talk
aimed at Middle East peace. Dr. Bahama, also
declared that the Arab states in effect were
acknowledging the existence of Israel.
"Israel needs no particular recognition,"
he said. "It's a fact."
This assertion is part of the new trend by
ArabS to attain respectability for the PLO
and other Arab terrorists. It is a sad com-
mentary on humanism. Will civilized society
be compelled to submit to such new Macch-
iavellian-framed tactics?
Respectability may have its ethical values
in a normal, civilized society, but it loses its
weight when terrorism can equate military,
action in a nation's defense with the massacre
of children. Yet there are members of the
world's academic community who support the
murderers while denying Israel the normalcy
of self-protection. This is an aspect in the
respect-seeking process of PLO actions not
to be ignored.
Blot on Honest Journalism
,
That the Associated Press should have per-
mitted the \use of its name for an outrageous
comparison of Arab murderous acts against
Jews and Israelis and innocents of other
nations with those of Jewish fighters for free-
dom ' in pre-Israel statehood days is -one of
the lArst blots on decent journalism
By permitting the use of the honored AP
designation
i for the article by William L. Ryan
an avenue was opened for . a type of anti-
Semitism thdt disgraces American traditions.
Only the names of the Jewish libertarians
and the dates of their services are true to fact .
in the Ryan article. Otherwise it is untrue
to state that they were like Arafat's murder-
ers because Zionists in the 1940's were at war
with British intransigents and not with inno-
cent people, Arabs or any others. The state-
ment that appeared in our columns two weeks
ago over• the signature of the eminent Chris-
tian writer, Robert St. John,. told the truth in
its historical perspective and was an advance
refutation of the Ryan sham.
The one tragic incident that involved many
Arab lives, at Deir Yassin, followed the mas-
sacre 'of Hadassah doctors and nurses in the
horrible Arab-Jewish war. It is yet to be
proven that Deir Yassin was entirely Irgun's
fault.
The AP as well as Ryan owe the Jews
and all American readers an apology and a
retraction for the shameful article which is
unforgivable for its distortions and misrep-
resentations.
Is Time Russia's Gaining Factor?
Time may prove to be the most valuable
-weapon utilized by Soviet Russia in its quest
for most favored nation status in American
trade relations.
A few weeks ago there was jubilation over
the assumption that the American-Russian
negotiations inviting favorable action on the
pending trade bill in the U.S. Senate was
based on a tacit consent by the USSR to per-
mit the emigration of 80,000 Jews yearly.
Senator Henry M. Jackson • gloried in this
assumption. Secretary of State Henry A. Kis-
singer had not confirmed it, although he im-
plied that there were chances for an enlarged
Russian Jewish emigration. With the passing
of time the hoped-for emigration figure was
not reached, and from all indications there
will be a drop rather than an increase in the
number of Jews emigrating from Russia.
• Existing Middle East conditions unques-
tionably affect the situation, and the Russian
position of being the chief provider. of arms
for Israel's enemies, with continued emphasis
on demands for Israel's territorial submis-
sions, may have served to diminish anxieties
among Russian Jews to go to Israel. A con-
siderable number now seek haven in the
United States, yet there is a drastic decline
in requests for exit visas.
A President's Muse
Zalman Shazar's Yiddish Poems
in Translations by Leftwich
Shneur Zalman Rubashov was among the leading and most im-
passioned interpreters of the Zionist ideal. In the ranks of Labor
Zionism he was among. the most active in leadership and in inter-
pretative skills. He was among the most effective of the move-
ment's literary giants. As editor of the Histadrut Publications he
guided the cause ideologically. At the
same time, he wrote poetry in Hebrew
and in Yiddish.
He became even more famous as
Zalman Shazar, the third president of
Israel. He found comfort from arduous
duties by continuing his love for poetry
and he penned many Yiddish verses.
A major portion of these poems has
now been published in a small volume.
"Poems of Zalman Shazar," (A. D.
Barnes & Co., Inc.) in a translation by
the eminent British-Jewish writer, Joseph
Leftwich.
This volume, which was prepared be-
fore the passing of President Shazar, has
Zalman Shazar
special merit. In the introductory essay
by the translator, Leftwich tells how Shazar, the only one of Israel's
first three presidents to have lived through his entire two terms of
office, continued to write poetry, to show an interest in the Chabad
Hasidic movement, to retain deep devotion to Hasidism.
This is what time has done for Russia. It
has quieted dissension among many Jews and
Jewish ranks' may have been infected with
fears over their security. Even the increased
persecutions, as evidenced in many reports
In evidence in the Shazar poems is the faith he retained, and
from those who have not lost their courage,
devotion to his many associates and friends is similarly expressed
may not have retained strength in the ranks his
in verses dedicated to them.
of those seeking emigration.
Very naturally, his hasidic spirit is reflected in some of
Dr. Kissinger and President Ford insist verses.
that adoption of the trade bill most favored
A typical sample of his writing is his "Father Israel":
nations status for Russia is essential for a
proper detente. There is no doubt, judging
Great God, Father of Israel,
by the) grain and sugar deals that Russia is
Help me only that I should not feel
the- gainer from all the deals that have been
Downcast because the Faithful fail,
That I should always remember all
conducted, yet it is to be hoped that Dr.
Their good deeds, Father of Israel!
Kissinger is totally correct in his insistence
All the good that they have done,
that this country can best be served by the
Old and n-etiv, everyone.
adoption of the trade bill.
And even if I cannot gain
What we must Strive to attain,
Senator Jackson and the overwhelming
Hold me, Lord God, on my own height,
majol'ity of the needs of Russian Jews may
And let that be Your sign, to indicate
not be ignored in a political fracas when the
That as long as 'I live I shall not fall so low
time arrives in the coming days for definite
As to belittle whatothers do.
action. Time is running out. So far Russia
President
Shazar's literary role emerges anew in the translated
seems to be gaining many advantages. It is
poems.
Leftwich's
intimate story adds significantly toward an under-
not too late to strive for fairness. The action standing of the spirit
and devotion of the Zionist orator who became
yet to be taken by the Senate may 'set an head of the Jewish state.
His hasidid associates and admirers of his
important precedent in American foreign literary skills will welcome the publication of this volume of 26
policy-making.
meritorious poems.
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