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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the first day of bar, 5736, the jbllowing scriptural selections will I)( moil in our synnuognes:
Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 19:1-20:27; Numbers .2•:9-15. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 66J-24.
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Candle lighting, Friday. April 30. 8:11 p.m.
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VOL. LXIX, No. 8
Friday, April 30. 1976
Israel, the Historic Reality
Israel is the historic reality with roots in the Bible, in antiquity, in age-old dedications to
redemption and in modern fulfillment of prophecy.
The 28th anniversary to be observed on the fifth day of Iyar, the coming Wednesday, is a mere
symbol of national redemption and restoration of sovereign statehood after centuries of exile and
martyrdom.
The road to redemption has not been an easy one. The trekking of libertarians for assurances of
security in the revivified statehood is filled with obstacles. The faith that has sustained the People
Israel.keeps providing confidence in the future of the state of Israel.
In the nearly 19 centuries of aspirations for the rebirth of Jewish national existence, Jews
everywhere never ceased praying for the Return and three times daily the observant and faithful
Jews pray:
"V'tekhezano eineinu b'shuvkha le-tzion b'rakhamim — may our eyes witness the re-
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and Tel Aviv to Anywhere
demption of Zion with mercy."
Such prayers and age-long aspirations are indestructible and are not to be obliterated by
hatreds and threats of annihilation.
Israel's lifeblood is devoted to the attainment of peace in neighborliness and justice.
The path is strewn with difficulties, yet it is imbedded in the realism that the people who never
faltered in faith will not submit to negations no matter whence the pressures and the dangers.
Now Israel has the serious task not only of retaining the military strength that is so vital to
security and survival but also to strive for improved economic conditions and for retention of the
highest goals in education and the social services that aid the incoming settlers as well as those
already rooted in the state's citizenship.
The anniversary of the redemption, of Israel's 28th year of sovereignty, is an occasion for
celebration by Jews everywhere. It is also a time for renewal of faith in the state and its people and
of re-affirmation of solidarity in Israel's behalf by Jewish communities everywhere.
American Jewry, as the bulwark of strength and numerical leadership in world Jewry, is espe-
cially committed to the preservation of the ideals which mark the undeterred lifeline of Jewish
statehood. In striving to assure international guarantees and protections for Israel and in the phil-
anthropic duties towards the less fortunate in the embattled state, the people Israel is merged
undeterredly with the state of Israel. The salutes to kinsmen in Israel on this anniversary go forth
with pledges that the hands of Israelis will be upheld with courage and with dignity and that the
the people Israel lives — will be adhered to as a reality never to be
affirmation of am Yisrael hai
denied.
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'Remember Amalek' New and Old
New emphasis placed by educational media
on the Second World War and the horror that
turned it into a cauldron of hatred is of special
interest in educational ranks.
In spite of the terror caused by Hitlerism,
at the cost of more than 15 million lives, six mil-
lion of them Jews, the occurrences were either
ignored or distorted.
There is evidence that the Nazi spirit pre-
vailed even in American schools. Unknowledgea-
ble teachers who could have been expected to
deal with the Holocaust and not to keep it secret
from students were unprepared to deal with the
subject. Others emerged as prejudiced and lean-
ing towards hiding the issues. Then there were
the panicked who did not know the meaning of
remembering the past as a means of preventing
the recurrence of the worst of inhumanities in
the midst of a generation unprepared for terror-
ism by a lack of knowledge of the lessons of the
past.
Many educational circles now emphasize
the Holocaust. A vast literature is being pub-
lished on the subject. There is a lessening of ad-
monitions of "let's forget." There is more of the
learning, "Remember Amalek!" This being the
case, there is cause to believe that the brutalities
of the Nazi era will not be forgotten as a preven-
tative of their recurrence.
Threat to Jewish Majority in Galilee
Unless the Jewish population in Galilee is cent, grows in seriousness in view of the already
increased by the establishment of new settle- menacing situation on the West Bank.
The -disparity in birth rates represents
ment, thereby attracting additional settlers,
Jews will become a minority in that part of Is- threats to Israel on a much larger scale, involv-
ing the total picture of Israeli conflicts and con-
rael by 1978.
trasts with the Arab population. These are addi-
tional factors in a challenging situation that
This
warning,
substantiated
demands
the Arab-Israel
earliest possible
solution to the un-
based
upon
an Arab
birth rate of in
5.9 figures
per cent
fortunate
conflict.
compared with the Jewish birth rate of 1.5 per
Leo Rosten fills a great need with his joys of humorous literary
gems. He has to his credit the everlasting "The Education of
H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N," and more recently provided laughs as
well as information in "The Joys of Yiddish."
His newest has its laugh-provoking elements and the quality of
genuine humor.
Rosten's "The 3:10 to Anywhere" (McGraw-Hill) is a travelogue.
But it is much more than that. From one end of the globe to the other
— wherever Rosten traveled — he gathered bits of anecdotally de-
scriptive data. That's in his new book, in briefer as well as lengthier
forms.
He has gathered the funny experiences into a book that again will
delight the readers. Like his "Joys of Yiddish," there is that great
value of being able to read the book leisurely, to have it on the night
table for short absorptions of the lighter vein of traveling.
Several typical Rosten items from his "The 3:10 to Anywhere"
provide an indication of the contents of his delightful collection of an-
ecdotes:
Las Vegas
Not the flaming heat, the blazing sidewalks, the icy-hotel
rooms. Not the housewives lined up at slot machines, dropping
dimes and quarters in catatonic dreams of fortune. Not the
ten-gallon hats and cowboy boots of ranchers, nor the fringed
leather skirts of their "womenfolk."
Not the sequined beach slippers around the gigantic pools.
Not even the insane incongruity of desert hostels aping Per-
sian palaces or the mosques of Istanbul. What I see is one de-
mure ad in a local paper: "Wedding Gowns For All Occa-
sions."
Tel Aviv
An American tourist picked up the phone in his hotel room
and asked for a bottle of 7-Up.
The switchboard operator answered in a charming ac-
cent: "7-Up? Yes, sir!"
The beverage never arrived; but the next morning the
tourist was awakened precisely at seven o'clock.
Jerusalem
We were driving in the blistering heat from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem, and as I read a road sign, "Gaza . . . Beersheba
. . . Eilat," a disembodied head swam into view just beyond
the open window of our moving car. A wide-brimmed, very
black hat sat on the head, and long - payess (sidelocks) and a
black beard were beneath it. Then the beard and payess flut-
tered in the wind, together almost horizontal. A Hebrew pro-__
phet drifted past me — calm as a cucumber — on a motorbike
"AND THE Lord shall give them wings . . ."
A frequent visitor to London, Paris, Rome, Tokyo and other cities,
Rosten shuns the tourist attractions and guidebook approach to em-
bark Oil a marvelous voyage of the mind.
He compares two trips to Venice, shares his apprehension of
being alone in the desert, evokes his efforts to photograph Lenin's
Tomh and bring- s to life such offbeat people as a small sect of Russians
in the outposts of Mexico.
Unerringly, Rosten pinpoints details which make traveling really
worthwhile. Globetrotter and armchair voyager alike will enjoy a
lively and unrorgettable trip on "The 3:10 to Anywhere!"
.\ \\Titer Of remarkable versatility and intellectual range, Leo
Rosten is described by Evelyn Waugh, "as true and inventive an ear as
there is in the English-speaking world." In his latest book he has used
his ear to catch nuances of places and characters which will become
part of our literary folklOre.
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