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and
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Two Men of
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THE JEWISH NEWS
A Weekly Review
Commentary
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of Jewish Events
Implications of
Arab Boycott:
Immorality
of U. S.
Permissiveness
Editorial
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mity
Is
Pursued
Hebron A
Desecrations Are Mourned
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VOL. LXX, No. 5
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October 8, 1976
JERUSALEM — A total of 3,000 people from all over Israel streamed towards
Hebron Wednesday morning to take part in the burial rites there later in the day for
the Torah scrolls defiled by Arab rioters Sunday.
Military command cars carrying earthenware jars holding the desecrated
You Shall Rejoice in Your Festival . . . in Jerusalem!
torah
scrolls and wooden coffins holding the other religious articles made their way
By JOSEF GOLDSCHMIDT
slowly
from the Machpela cave to the Jewish cemetery of Mt. Hebron. The funeral
Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem
procession was followed by the,two chief rabbis, Knesset members — among them
opposition leader Menahem Begin, Likud Knesseters Geula Cohen and Ehud 01-
There is no place like Jerusalem; and there is no
JERUSALEM
Sukkot festival as in Jerusalem! This is nothing new. It is almost a
inert — and other dignitaries. When the procession arrived at the cemetery it was
truism that Jewish Law—the Torah—was given specifically for Eretz
joined by Res. Gen. Ariel Sharon and his wife.
Israel, for its climate, its topography and its annual cycle in agricul-
No speeches were held at the burial site.
ture and wild life. There are few more convincing proofs of this -than the
The Machpela itself, meanwhile, has been closed by government order to wor-
Sukkot festival.
shippers of both faiths for the next several days — as a move to cool tempers in the
Now the palm tree is ready with its leaf buds (the lulav), the etrog is
town, and also to allow repairs to go ahead to remove traces of Sunday's violence.
just at its first glossy yellowish green, the myrtle now offers its fra-
The evening newspaper, Yediot AharOnot, reported Wednesday that the govern-
grant branches and the willow tree has its reddish stalks and serrated
ment was contemplating sending the tough border police to permanently patrol the
leaves. The summer is drawing to its end and there is plenty of plant
Machpela tomb and old town of Hebron, since the regular soldiers had obviously
matter to cover your sukka. They days are still quite hot but "and there
failed to keep order there, suc-
shall be a sukka for a shadow in the day time from the heat . . ." as
Isaiah tells us.
cumbing to violence by both Arabs
The evenings in your sukka, too, are lovely and unforgettable in
and Jews.
Jerusalem. You don't need heavy roofs and awnings against rain, and
Security sources said Wednes-
you need not worry that a down-pour will ruin your festive meal. You
day they did not expect any radical
can even enjoy a night's sleep in the sukka, as the law demands. Yes,
changes to be made in time-sharing
By ALAN HITSKY
this is the season for which this holiday was made, to give yourself over
arrangements at the Machpela
A pioneer
Zion, the
whose
in
to the joy of harvest.time, to thanksgiving for the past and confidence behalf
of Israel builder
began of
before
state efforts
was re-
once the tomb was reopened. They
in the future — and "thou shalt be glad with your festival" (Deut: 16, born, will perpetuate the names of himself, his
hoped that after the current
14).
cooling-off period, and once the on-
wife and son in Israel with the endowment of a
$250,000 chair at the Weizmann Institute of Sci-
going police investigationn into the
ence at Rehovot.
riot is concluded, life would gradu-
The Harry, Betty and Malcolm Cohen Chair
ally return to normal in H-hron.
at the institute has been pledged by the Cohens
The Arab town was to be kept
and several other Detroiters. Cohen has had ties
under
curfew until after the fun-
with the institute for nearly 30 years beginning
eral rites Wednesday, the security
with often-clandestine operations following
sources said. The restrictions
World War II and the birth of Israel in supplying
would not, however, apply to
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Kiryat Arba residents.
The rioting was precipitated by
the destruction of Jewish religi-
ous artifacts in the Machpela
Cave (Tomb of the Patriarchs)
where Jews and Moslems are
permitted to worship, but at sepa-
rate times.
Accordint: to eyewitnesses, the
cave was entered Sunday morn-
ing by a "frenzied mob" of about
200 Aral: youths who left the
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SUKKOT
5737
—
Builder of Israel
Gives Endowment
HARRY and BETTY COHEN
American Interest in Israeli Security
Affirmed by Congressional Candidates
A comprehensive poll of Michigan's Congressional candidates, as well as President
Gerald Ford, by the Zionist Organization of Detroit has revealed a strong re-affirmation of
the traditional U.S. support for Israel.
Eleven of the 15 incumbent Congressmen and nine challengers queried responded to the
unique poll conducted by Louis Panush, chairman of the public relations committee of the
ZOD. It was the only poll of its kind undertaken by any district of the Zionist Organization of
America or any other Zionist body.
The 11 in Congressional races responding to the survey included: Dr. Edward Pierce,
Democratic candidate in Ann Arbor; incumbent Gary. Brown (R-Schoolcraft); Dave
Stockman (R-St. Joseph); Harold Sawyer (R-Grand Rapids); incumbent,Bob Traxler (D-Bay
City); incumbent Guy Vander Jagt (R-Cadillac); David Serotkin (R-Mt. Clemens); incumbent
William Brodhead (D-Dist. 17) and Republican challenger James Burdick; incumbent James
Blanchard (D-Dist. 18); and incumbent William Broomfield (R-Dist. 19). Michigan'S candi-
dates for the U.S. Senate, Republican Marvin Esch and Democrat Donald Riegle, and
President Ford responded as well.
All 11 Congressional candidates who responded favored providing Israel with "the
necessary military assistance to maintain her deterrent posture and defense capacity"
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