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SABBATH SCRIPTURAL SELECTIONS
This Sabbath, the 15th day of bar, 5735, the following scriptural selections will.be read in our synagogues.-`
Pentateuchal portion, Levit. 21:12.4:23. Prophetical portion, Ezekiel 44:15-31.
Candle lighting, Friday, April 25, 7:06 p.m.
OL. LXVII. No. 7
Page Four
Friday, April 25, 1975
Truth About an Anti-Israel Canard
Perhaps the most misleading of all the can-
ards that have been introduced by the Arab tac-
tics aimed at Israel's destruction is the sugges-
tion that keeps puzzling the knowledgeable and
deluding the naive that the opponents of Israel's
statehood are not aiming at Jewry's destruction;
that all they propose is a secular state that
would include Christians, Moslems and Jews
alike. They do not deny that the aim is the re-
duction of Jews into another minority, and they
probably would not even deny. that Jews would
thereby be submerged into a new ghetto as a mi-
nority without the right of retaining self-gov-
ernment and self-determination.
The point that may be ignored is that only
Israel, and Lebanon alone among all the states
involved, is both democratic and secular, and
both these social conditions would be destroyed
under the proposals of the PLO and its terrorist
leadership.
An analysis of the religious and political
conditions in the countries under consideration
is of great need under the conditions created by
the savagery of Israel's enemies.. Here are the
facts seriously to be disseminated among the
many who may be misled by the propaganda
aimed at Israel's destruction:
ISRAEL
From Declaration of Independence, May 14,
1948:
"The State of Israel . . . will foster the develop-
ment of the country for the benefit of all its inhabit-
ants . . . it will ensure complete equality of social
and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective
of religion, race or sex . . . We appeal — in the very
midst of the onslaught launched against us now for
months — .to the Arab inhabitants of the State of Is-
rael to preserve peace and participate in the up-
building of the state on the basis of full and • equal
citizenship and due representation in all its provisi-
onal and permanent institutions."
Under the 1952 Citizenship Law, a non-Jew had
the right to automatic citizenship if he was regis-
tered in the 1949 census, or was a resident since the
declaration of the state, or was born there since its
founding to parents who were citizens by the time the
1952 law was enacted.
ALGERIA
The Algerian Nationality Law (1963) determin-
ing citizenship qualification notes two categories::
those who have automatic citizenship include anyone
whose father and grandfather, at least, had Moslem
juridical (Koranic) status. All others — and above all
those of European origin — must apply for naturali-
zation.
Article 34 of the Algerian Citizenship Law:
"The word 'Algerian', in matters of nationality,
refers to any person whose father and father's father,
at least, were born in Algeria and there possessed the
status of a Moslem."
Constitution of the Republic, September 8, 1963,
Article 4:
"Islam is the religion of the State."
EGYPT
Constitution of the Republic, September 11, 1971,
,..- Article 2:
"Islam is the State religion and Arabic its offi-
cial language. Islamic jurisprudence is a chief source
for legislation."
IRAQ
Provisional Constitution, July 16, 1970, Article
4:
"Islam is the religion of the State."
JORDAN
Constitution of the Kingdom, January 8, 1952,
Article 2:
"Islam is the religion of the State."
KUWAIT
Constitution of the Principality, November 11,
_1962, Article 2:
"The religion of the State is Islam, and Islamic
jurisprudence shall be a chief source for legislation."
LIBYA
Provisional Constitution, December 11, 1969, Ar-
ticle 2:
"Islam is the religion of the State."
SUDAN
Constitution of the Republic, April 14, 1973, Arti-
cle 16:
"In the Democratic Republic of Sudan there is
the Islamic religion. Society is rightly guided by Is-
lam, the religion of the majority. The State tries to
express its values."
Historically and socially-minded people
should be embarrassed to be reminded of these
existing conditions. Facts are facts, and are not
to be destroyed by propaganda. Nevertheless
Israel and world Jewry are constantly subjected
to deplorable misconceptions that may fall on
blinded. eyes and deafened ears when Israel's se-
curity is involved — because the Arab propa-
ganda has become so widespread. What a pity
that basic truths must be repeated and their ac-
ceptance pleaded. The obligation remains —
that there be constant repetition of truth until it
becomes undisputed.
R • •
'sing Ti
ide of New Jewish Scholarship
On his most recent visit here, the eminent
scholar, Prof. Harry Orlinsky, 'brought a cheer-
ful message. He spoke enthusiastically about
the new element in Jewry, the rising generation
of students in theological seminaries, with an
appreciation of their desire to devote themselves
to Jewish scholarly work and to the advance-
ment of spiritual and cultural needs in the ranks
of American Jewry.
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Dr. Orlinsky's optimistic view of the gener-
ation of new scholars was a - most heartening
message from a teacher who appreciates his
students.
• The notes of pessimism that have crept into
Jewish ranks had been marked by a sense of
gloom over a future that seemed to augur a mea-
sure of despair. The encouragement provided by
an anticipation of a knowledgeable element to
assume leadership provides significant encour-
agement.
American Jewry depended for two genera-
tions upon the guidance that came from scholars
who emanated from Eastern Europe. It was a
dependence that was rightfully deplored when'
the reservoir was being depleted by the Holo-
caust. The assurances from one of the most dis-
tinguished Bible historians of our time that a
new generation is offering new inspiration come
at a time when inspiration is needed for greater
faith in the stability of continuous devotion to
learning.
Not only in the Diaspora but in Israel as
well there are frequent expressions of concern
over an oncoming Jewish leadership. These are
crucial times which call for guidance and leader-
ship based on fullest understanding of Jewry's
needs. An emergence of scholarly attainments is
vital to the time marked by despair that world
Jewry call ill afford.
Dr. Orlinsky's message to the Jewish com-
munity provides cause for confidence in a rising
generation of scholars who may well be the crea-
tors of a courageous new leadership. It is good to
have a happy note in the testing of time's chal-
lenges for world Jewry.
'
Jewish History Source Reader'
Profs. Marc Lee Raphael' and Robert Chazan, both members of
the faculty of Ohio State University, provide a wealth of background
material for Jewish studies in "Modern Jewish History — A Source
Reader" (Schocken ).
•
Commencing with the critical period that preceded_ theEmancipa-
tion, drawing upon material relating to the anti-Semitism of the latter
part of the last century, incorporating the data marking the emerg-
ence of political Zionism, the volume leads up to the present, to the
emergence of Israel and to current problems.
Much of the material in this volume hIs unusual historical signifi-
cance. For example, the statement by David Ben-Gurion, in his conver-
sation with Moshe Perlman, on his emotions when he decided to stand
firm in favor of a declaration of independence and statehood for Israel,
is of major significance at this time. He recalled the appeal by the then
Secretary of State General George Marshall that such a declaration be
deferred.
Ben-Gurion respected Gen. Marshall and considered him a friend
of Jewry and Zionism. But Marshall feared that Israel would be de-
stroyed. This is one of the chapters in Jewish history not to be ignored,
and Ben-Gurion's views serve as inspiration and encouragement to
this day.
Then there is the section on "The New Anti-Semitism." It exposes
the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" forgeries. It recalls the hatreds
that were espoused by Heinrich von - Treitschke nearly 100 years ago.
By quoting from Treitschke the editors of this source book provide the
reader with the actual material that was published in the period of the
propagation of a newly extended anti-Semitic movement.
Hayim Nahman Bialik's "The City of Slaughter," works by Isaac
Babel, Emil Zola's "J'Accuse" and the Dreyfus Case record are among
the noteworthy selections that add much merit to this valuable source
book.
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Hebrew-English Bible Lexicon
Students of Hebrew and of the Bible are provided with a thorough
compilation to enable them to follow the biblical texts in the new
Schocken-published Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Bible.
Based on Friedrich Leopold's "Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldiacum
inv'eteris Testamenti, ordine etymologico compositum," published
Leipzig in 1832, it provides background for the layman's studies
well as scholarly research.
,
This work also includes background material traced to Wilhelm
Gesenius and George Benedict Winer.
The background of this lexicon is emphasized in a publisher's pre-
face which states:
The original preface of the present lexicon stated that it "is
specially designed to put into the hands of the English [predomi-
nantly Christian] student in a compressed and compendious
form, the contributions of modern philology to the interpretation of
the Hebrew Scriptures." Wherever the learning of the time did not
succeed in elucidating a given phrase, the compiler offered the ren-
dering in the Authorized English Version rather than indulging in
uncertain speculations.
The last generation of biblical scholarship has added much to
our knowledge. Comparative Semitic linguistics, form criticism,
the writings of Ugarit have greatly enriched the field of biblical
studies. But more time is needed until these insights will find their
way into a student's dictionary. Until then this little manual will
be of good service to a student.