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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

This Sabbath, the fourth day of Adar 1, 5738, the following scriptural selections will he read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Exodus 25:1-27:19. Prophetical portion, I Kings 5:26-6:13.

NEG.orwr ioNs

Candle lighting, Friday, Feb. 10, 5:40 p.m.

VOL. LXXII, No. 23

Page Four

Friday, February 10, 1978

Quoting Scripture Peacefully

In his historic address in Jerusalem, when he
made the courageous trip to Israel, Egypt's
President Anwar Sadat quoted Scripture. Like
all devotedly religious people of all faiths, he
shares Holy Scriptures with the Jews as a le-
gacy of the Bible to the world, and he resorted to
Proverbs and Psalms, quoting the following in
his speech:
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;
But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs 12:20
Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith,
Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Proverbs 17:1
Draw me not away with the wicked,
And with the workers of iniquity;
Who speak peace with their neighbors,
But evil is in their hearts.
Psalms 28:3
It was a gloriously thoughtful idea. It was one
of the gestures to the Israelis to symbolize a
wish for peace.
President Sadat could have spoken for hours
quoting Scripture for his purpose. He could have
gone to the Bible for many ideas on peace. He
could have read into his speech such thoughts
as:
Peace be to you.
Gen., 43:23
Go in peace.
Exod., 4:18
The work of righteousness shall be peace.
Isa., 32:17
There is no peace, says the Lord, unto the wick-
ed.
Isa., 48:22
Peace, peace to him that is far off and to him
that is near.
Isa., 57:19

Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
Jer., 6:14, 8:11
I will make a covenant of peace with them—it
shall be an everlasting covenant with them.
Ezek., 37:26
My covenant was with him of life and peace.
Mal., 2:5
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep.
Ps., 4:9
The Lord will bless His people with peace.
Ps. 29:11
Seek peace, and pursue it.
Ps. 34:15
There is a future for the man of peace.
Ps. 37:37
Great peace have they that love They Law.
Ps. 119:165.
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity
within they palaces.
Ps. 122:7
When the mountains bear grain, the people
enjoy peace.
Gen. R., 89:4
Tranquil peace shall make its way to Asia, and
Europe shall then be happy.
Apocrypha: Sibyls, 3.367f.

Having begun to preach peace, the hope of
mankind now is that war threats will be av-
erted. How sad that they should still come from
so many areas, and if there are Israelis who also
speak of war, they, too, should be reprimanded.

The picture is not totally of gloom. While
there are 21 powerful Arab states aligned
against Israel, only a few are preaching destruc-
tion and the terrorists domiciled in Syria, Iraq,
Libya and Lebanon are the_most violent. There-
fore, there is always the measure of hope for
peace. In such an atmosphere the Bible-quoting
Sadat has the blessings of seekers of amity.

Freedom to Destroy Freedom?

AdvocateS of an unlimited right to free speech ing American society is to risk their denying to
are determined to seek enforcement of their their benefactors the very principles for which
views and the issue must eventually reach the ACLU is battling. The communal reaction is
highest court in the land.
apparent in the loss of memberships in ACLU.
There is equal determination on the part of Freedom of speech is unlimited, it is true, but
those who will not yield to Nazi intrusions into freedom for advocates of genocide is not a
the free society of America, also aiming to take privilege to be countenanced in a society of free
the case to the U. S. Supreme Court if necessary.
and civilized people.
The ruling by the highest court in Illinois
which permits Nazis to parade in Skokie aggra-
vates the issue, and the position taken by the
American Civil Liberties Union adds to the
created tensions.
Concern over the fate of the white Rhodesian
There is no doubt about the basic principle in and South African populations applies with
the issue, that freedom of speech must not be equal intensity to the Jews in the two countries.
curbed. But this is not merely a free speech
Yet, the situation may be a bit more tense for
issue. It is also one affecting all liberty-loving Jews. Inevitably, in time of crisis, there are
people who would soon lose their own rights to those who have inherited religious and social
speech if unlimited liberties were granted to the hatreds.
villainy that is now built up as a plea for justice.
Aliya to Israel may increase from both coun-
Whoever rules in these matters must look at tries as a result of the emerging anxieties.
the background of the Nazism that - is being pro- Surely there will always be room for new
tected by ACLU policies and the type of prop- settlers in the Jewish state. In the interim, life
aganda that is spread by the American Nazis. for Rhodesian and South African Jewries means
They not only freely advocate racism and urge a hope, and hope applies to all of the peoples in the
revival of Hitlerism, but their literature in- two lands now embroiled in a war of neighbors
cludes pamphlets that warn the Jew that "there and brothers. Only amity among all races and
is an oven in your life."
religions can possibly lead to good will among
To grant freedom to the beasts who are invad- them.

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QuE5Ti o N

Weinreich's Yiddish-English
Dictionary Is Paperbacked

Lexicography was enriched a decadt ago with the publication of the
"Modern Yiddish-English Dictionary." It was edited by Uriel Wein-
reich and was published by McGraw Hill Book Co. Now this immense
work is available as a 790-page paperback by Schocken Books. Once
again the Jewish bookshelf is enriched and the continuity given this
great work in its popular paperback edition will add immensely
towards the encouragement that is so vitally needed for those desiring
to perpetuate thw Yiddish language.
Mr. Weinreich's introduction to this immense work was dated
March 1967. The book was published posthumously. The editor died
that month ,at the age of 40. He perpetuated a great task that needed
his skill and scholarship. His memory is honored by the Uriel Wein-
reich Program in Yiddish Language and Culture at. Columbia Uni-
versity. It functions in cooperation with the Max Weinreich Center for
Advanced Jewish Studies at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
The Weinreich dictionary serves as an imperishable monument to
his memory. There are more than 20,000 items. Spelling rules pro-
vided for the reader assist in learning the tongue. Grammar regula-
tions add to a knowledge of Yiddish.
A unique accumulation of subentries provide knowledge that as-
sures perfection in learning the language, in understanding its
phraseology, in gaining an intimacy with the popular terms as well as
the classic that had emerged as part of the vast literature produced by
Yiddish masters.
For more than 20 years there was dedicated research into the total
area of Yiddish words and their roots. This is the first Yiddish dictio-
nary to appear in 40 years and the completely newest in 75 years.
It required the skill of a linguist like Dr. Weinreich to assure the
totality of the task and the compiler's personal 20 years' devotion to
Yiddish and its related aspects, the many additional years of YIVO
research that backed him up in his labors, make the new work the
most important reference work of its kind for Yiddishists and those
thirsting for knowledge in this field.
It is the convenient and the impressive combination of both the
Yiddish-English and the English-Yiddish in one volume.

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Rhodesia, S. Africa

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