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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the ninth day of Shevat, 5737, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Exodus 10:1-13:16. Prophetical portion, Jeremiah 46:13-28.
Thursday, Tu b' Shevat
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VOL. LXX, No. 21
Page Four
Friday, January 28, 1977
New Administration . Old Dilemmas
A new administration is commencing
its role in governing the affairs of this na-
tion. The domestic problems are over-
whelming, the foreign policies are filled
with numerous challenges.
The State Department and the White
House may be faced with Middle East issues
much sooner than expected. Even if the
necessity for some form of action, which can
only be in an expression or interpretation of
anticipated policies, the Arab-Israel issue is
certain to arise very soon.
It may be in the form of a response to
requests for increased military or economic
aid or- both, and such requests are re-
peatedly dealt with both for Israel and the
Arab states. Then an old question will arise
anew: is there pressure upon Israel, espe-
cially in view of the continuing threats of
increased prices for oil as an effect upon
impending energy crises?
Even if Secretary Vance has spoken in
the past of pressures, both from the U.S. and
the USSR, he can be expected to deny it.
There will always be the emphasis on the
traditional policy of an American-Israel ac-
cord and of a pledged American policy to
protect Israel's sovereignty and to assist in
assuring security for the Jewish state.
. . . The Speculative Media
This is where speculation and rumor
step in. Here is where the media play an
important role. Every bit of rumor, every
whisper on the Hill or at State, will be ab-
sorbed, grabbed at, commented upon, specu-
lated with, by news commentators and the
experts (sic!) who deal with any and all is-
sues.
That's where the trouble starts. There
are too many authorities and every time
there is a viewpoint that is negative to Is-
rael there are many who suffer the jitters,
who panic and yield to fright. This, more
than anything else, is to be seriously
avoided.
The experts will utilize a sentence from
Arafat, a gesture from Sadat, a grimace
from Assad, as indications that Israel must
yield or ,else, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
This, more than anything else, must be
treated with kid gloves, with caution, with a
sense of suspicion of the wisdom of the
comments and the acceptability of the
sources.
It is to be expected that the Carter
pledges to Israel during the political cam-
paign for the presidency will become sus-
pect, that there will be accusations of bet-
rayals of trusts, of the yielding to the oil
magnates. There is always partial truth to
such accusations and fears, but they are al-
ways subject to change, to discussion, to re-
versals of the original policy of America's
concern for Israel's security and therefore
of adherence to an established code of honor
between the two nations.
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. . . Sadat and Jordan
New approaches are in evidence in the
Middle East. It was not so long ago when
Arab potentates would not speak of Israel or
refer to the Jewish state by name. The
Arafat forces still adhere to that policy, as
was evident at a demonstration in Lebanon
only two weeks ago when the shout was
"Palestine forever," an implication that
Arafat's forces adhere to an aim of destroy-
ing Israel. Sadat speaks of and about Israel.
He has indicated a desire to include a
planned Palestinian area as a Jordan-
merged territory. This comes closer to the
sense of reality than the threats upon Israel
from Arab, Moslem and pro-Arab non-
Moslem sources. Israel has maintained all
along that what is referred to as a Palestin-
ian state already exists in Jordan. There-
fore, the solution for those who have fled
from pre-Israel Palestine is in Jordan.
. . . Only Direct Negotiations
Egypt's President Sadat speaks of
negotiations at Geneva. He places hopes on
some form of amicability at Geneva. There
remains the question of the PLO role which
continues to be damaging, which has a
background of terrorism, whose ideology is
Israel's destruction.
If and when Jews and Arabs can sit to-
gether to reach an accord — even if it is only
an extended armistice to end warfare, since
peace is so remote! — then Sadat's views
and the Israeli suspicions may be amelior-
ated and brought to terms.
. .. The U. S. Role
The urgency now is to make certain that
the approach both in State Department and
White House is rational, that it retains a
policy of justice for embattled Israel.
Jewish spokesmen who often meet with
the heads of state have the responsibility of
avoiding exaggerations and of dealing with
the hard facts realistically. Perhaps there
will be a lessening of protests and an in-
crease in sensible statesmanship as the
newest approaches to better Middle East
relations develop in the months to come.
• • • Kissinger Inevitability
President Carter will be confronted
with the need for expert assistance in han-
dling the situations that are certain to
emerge to avoid new crises. One person
stands out immovably in whatever issues
may have to be tackled. Former Secretary of
State Henry M. Kissinger remains the
major authority on the Middle East and it is
inconceivable that he should be left out of
the negotiating teams or that he should be
ignored in dealing both with Israelis and
Arabs.
In spite of the bitterness that often
marks the views of many regarding the Kis-
singer role during Republican adminis-
trations, his guidance must prove valuable
and it is reasonable to believe that he will be
called in to deal with the Israeli leaders,
who, in the main, respect him, and with
Anwar Sadat who called him "my friend."
. . . Strong Israel Assures Peace
One thing should have been learned
from the conflicts that have divided the
peoples in the Middle East: that when war
was averted it was because Israel was de-
fensible.
If there is to be peace, Israel must not be
weaker than the combined forces of her
war-threatening neighbors. This must be
understood at State and White House. This
is the very essence of realism in the Middle
East.
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All of Kafka's Short Stories
and Parables in Paperback
With the exception of his three full-length novels, all of Franz
Kafka' short stories and parables are included in the 500-page Schock-
en-published "Kafka."
Edited by Dr. Nahum N. Glatzer, this volume is a veritable liter-
ary treasure for the growing admirers of the eminent Jewish writer
who had left an inerasable mark on his and the succeeding generation.
This is a volume that will fill a great need for those who have come
to see in Kafka the equivalent of Dante
and Shakespeare, Goethe and Dostoyev-
sky. .
The stories, many already rated as
literary classics, provide the inspiring
literary products for discriminating lov-
ers of the best in literature and more
especially for students for whom Kafka
has become a must in attaining knowl-
edge of the best in literary gems.
Translated from the German by
skilled linguists, the stories in this vol-
ume include many of the best known
classics, including the longer and
shorter serials, and such popularly ac-
olaimed as "The Judgment," "The Penal
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liolony," "The Country Doctor," "The
Village Schoolmaster," "The Giant Mole" and others. The parables
themselves form a veritable library of literary gems in this paperback.
It serves well in emphasizing the glory of the Kafka name in the liter-
ary world.
'Treasury of Yiddish Poetry'
Emphasizes Language Folklore
The beauty of Jewish folklore, the dedication to just causes
and to aspirations for libertarianism are attested to in the
poetry that has been an enrichment for Yiddish literature.
The evidence is in a collection, "A Treasury of Yiddish
Poetry," (Schocken Books), the product of the labors of tv-
well-known scholars, Dr. Eliezer Greenberg and Prof. Irvi.
Howe.
Greenberg and Howe have collaborated in the gathering of
Yiddish literary works in a number of volumes, including one of
short stories and the republished, in paperback, poetry treas-
ures.
The current one first was published by Holt, Rinehart and
Winston. As in their earlier works, the two anthologists have
appended a long introduction in which they present a scholarly
evaluation of Yiddish literature, interpreting the views of the
authors, their inclinations to the highly spiritual, to their dedi-
cation to.the laborer, to their love for the traditional.
Here we have a collection of the best known poetic works of
Yehoash, Abraham Reisen, Mishe Landau, Mani Leib, Morris
Rosenfeld, H. Leivick, Rashelle Veprinsky, Anna Margolin,
Jacob Glatstein, Itzig Feffer, Itzig Manger, Jacob Glantz, Aleph
Katz, Chaim Grade, and a score of others.
All countries where the Yiddish writers created their im-
pressive works are represented in this volume, including Russia
and the United States.
Not only lovers of Yiddish but all who admire the best in
poetry will be rewarded with the reading and the possession of
this notable anthology of Yiddish poetry.