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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 27th day of Heshvan, 5736, the followiw scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal po-rtion, Gen. 23:1-2.5:18. Prophetical portion, I Kings 1:1-31.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Rosh Hodesh Kislev, Gen. 23:1-25:18
Candle lighting, Friday, Oct. 31, 1975, 5:10 p.m.
VOL. LXVIII,
No. 8 _
Page Four
Friday, October 31, 1975
Symbolization of Balfour Anniversary
Nov. 2, as the 58th anniversary of the Bal- tion that is traditionally steeped in biblical devo-
four Declaration, may again witness demonstra- tions. The ideal of Jewish national rebirth is
tions by Arabs and instigations to lawlessness much more sound. It is the very essence of Jew-
and terrorism. It can not, however, deter the de- ish survival, of devotion to the prophetic augur-
termination of the Jewish people to carry on the ies of an eventual return of the people Israel to
work that was encouraged by the historic decla- the state of Israel. It is the ideal that was given
ration for the redemption of Jewry's homeland. special consideration by the United States
Most of the Arab states, now numbering 20, which became Israel's major friend. In viewing
were non-existent when Arthur James Balfour the entire history of Zionist achievements the
issued the famous declaration on Nov. 2, 1917. role of Balfour assumes major significance in
Many of the states came into being after the re- his country's leadership in recognizing world Je-
birth of 'Israel. In their totality the Arab states wry's legacies in the Holy Land. The negations
now form one of the most powerful territorial by British officials in later years in no sense re-
and financial combines in the world. Yet they duce the importance of the Balfour Declaration
begrudge Jewry the tiny state of Israel which is in Jewish history.
In this community the Balfour Declaration
struggling for existence in the midst of the pow-
'erful Arab nations who surround her and keep anniversary is observed in the form of an annual
concert sponsored by the Zionist Organization of
threatening her existence.
In spite of the obstacles, the work of re- Detroit. The enthusiasm it generates is due to
demption and upbuilding goes on. The Balfour the community-wide interest that echoes ac-
Declaration's anniversary is occasion for com- claim for Israel and the Zionist cause. This is in
memoration that calls for endless support of Is- the spirit of saying to the Israelis that they will
not be abandoned by kinsmen who will uphold
rael by the Jewries of the world.
their hands in the great task of securing secu-
The Balfour Declaration was, indeed, a rity and of attaining the spiritual strength that
symbol of humanitarian considerations by a na- is vital to Israel's existence.
Maskit a Major Israeli Achievement
Ruth Dayan is already acknowledged as one
of Israel's great ladies. Her pioneering efforts in
establishing the Israel crafts industry — Maskit
— grant her a place of glory in the multiple
tasks that have been introduced to advance her
country's needs.
Through Maskit Mrs. Dayan has encour-
aged the skilled among the settlers in Israel
from many Oriental countries to continue their
skillful craftsmanships, to produce and to estab-
lish a market for manufactured embroidered
works, fashioned clothes for women, pottery,
glassware, hand-made knotted rugs and dozens
of other varieties of skilled creations brought
from their native lands.
Mrs. Dayan recognized the need for such
creativity and she devoted many years to accom-
plishing the aim of preserving the skills while
assuring the making of the artistic products to
assure a livelihood for the skilled and an income
for the industry that has gained fame as Maskit.
_ By bringing the display of Maskit products
to Detroit and making them available to pur-
chasers, and also by reintroducing Mrs. Dayan
to Detroit audiences invited to these shows,
Adat Shalom Synagogue is rendering a multiple
service to an Israeli industry and to the Greater
Detroit Jewish community that is thus enabled
to benefit from a share in Maskit.
Abandoned Hopes for UN Sanity
An old, hellish admonition now is applica-
ble to the international organization. Anyone
who entertains faith in a better day for mankind
at the United Nations is repeatedly warned, the
moment the Communist and Third World blocs
assume the role of "tyrannical majority," to
"abandon hope, all ye who enter ere."
Majority action by both houses of the U. S.
Congress condemning the most recent anti-Sem-
itic resolution which labeled the libertarian
Zionist ideal as racism, the disgust that action
incited in civilized society and the pleadings,for
decency and abandonment of obscenities seem
to have failed completely.
In view of the efforts for detente, because
there is so much power in Communist ranks and
in the Chinese sphere, there might have been
hope for a measure of sanity in the world organ-
ization. Future generations will be puzzled by
what had happened. No one has ever denied ter-
ritorial and national autonomy, least of all has
Israel ever expressed such inhumanism. But Is-
rael is denied the right to live. The smallest of
the nations territorially is a target for destruc-
tion. Zionism, the superb effort at libertarian-
ism, is being assailed and its humanitarian
goals are sullied by the insaned and prejudiced
minds of a group of bigots who are reviving the
vilest forms of anti-Semitism and are embody-
ing them into the platform of the international
body whose foundations were the antithesis of
the poisons now injected in the UN.
How tragic, in an age that was to perpe-
tuate human rights and freedoms, that these
things must be said, that the civilized in man-
kind must be warned to anticipate the worst
from an organization representing the nations
of the world. It is being dragged into the gutters
of medievalism and barbarism!
Yet, the lovers of liberty and humanism
need not lose courage. As long as the free world
rejects the new manifestations of barbarism, so
long as the entire American people and the de-
cent in Western Europe, in Latin America and
among the sane in the African sector reject the
threats to justice and liberty, there remains the
hope for a better day. It is being delayed, but it
must come! For the sake of all humanity, the
bigotries of anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism and
other inhumanities that are the terror of the UN
must end. May that day come very soon!
Sachar's Best-Selling 'Course
of Our Times' Paperbacked
A best seller two years ago when it appeared as a hard cover by
Knopf, "The Course of Our Times" by Abram L. Sachar has been re-
issued as a 65-page paperback by Dell Publishing Co.
While the subtitle explains that the eminent president emeritus
of Brandeis University was describing the men and events of influence
in the 20th Century, the reader finds much more in these pages. He
reads a summary of all the important happenings of the century. He
meets every person of note, and all conceivable situations are under
review.
All of the occurrences that affected mankind in more than half a
century, the crises, the tragedies, the changes that caused revolution-
ary developments, are discussed in detail.
We have here the Zionist, Palestinian and Israeli developments
chronicled into an historical outline presented with the skill of a
trained historian.
The Sachar treatment is distinguished by the research which has
provided the author with behind-the-scenes facts that make his new
work of value to historians, to students, as well as to lay readers who
will be greatly enlightened by the eminent author.
More than anything else, it is the anecdote that sparkles in
Sachar's writings. An old hand at drawing upon historical
nuances, he goes to the root of problems when he digs up witti-
cisms and applies them to his historical records.
And there are the debates over major issues, the reparte from
great minds, the quick retorts to unjustified claims.
A typical story is included in Dr. Sachar's chapter on,"The Rise
of Israel." The tragic era of Chamberlain and the White Paper is sum-
marized by Abram Sachar as follows:
In the fall of 1938, Hitler and Mussolini burst through the status
quo. The Chamberlain government had been retreating from obliga-
tions that threatened the peace, and it was determined to avoid a dan-
gerous confrontation with the Arabs. In May 1939, Chamberlain re-
leased a White Paper that, in essence, scrapped the Balfour
Declaration.
It decreed, after a 10-year period of transition, creation of an in-
dependent state with the population frozen permanently in a ratio of
two Arabs to one Jew. Churchill and the anti-appeasement Conserva-
tives joined with the Labor Party in denouncing the White Paper,
labeling the action as a betrayal of pledges and a blemish on British
honor.
But the debate was soon academic. Appeasement did not stop the
Axis powers, and Britain found itself drawn into the war for survival
that it had tried so hard to avert. David Ben-Gurion, the Jewish leader
in Palestine, immediately pledged the support of his people to the Al-
lied war effort.
He declared, "We shall fight the war as if there were no White
Paper, and we shall fight the White Paper as if there were no war."
Thirty thousand men and 3,000 women, an extraordinary proportion
in relation to the total number of eligibles in Palestine, enlisted in
British fighting units.
"Throughout, the Arab leaders remained hostile. General John
Glubb, who was in command of the British-trained Arab Legion in
Transjordan, said later that with the exception of his own unit, 'every
Arab force previously organized mutinied and refused to fight for the
Allies or faded away in desertions.'
"The Grand Mufti, who headed the Arab League, took up resi-
dence in Nazi Germany as Hitler's personal guest, and from there, as a
rabid partisan of the Nazis, he continued to direct Arab opposition to
the Allied war effort. The British vowed, as they had during World
War I, that they would never forget who had been friend and who had '
been foe when survival itself was at stake."