THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

• Friday, February 24, 1918

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Zionist Leader Leon Dulzin Blames HIAS for Soviet Drop-Outs -

(Continued from Page 1)
Dulzin's attack on HIAS
reflected the belief in
Jewish Agency and other
Israeli circles that the
American-based agency is
influencing Jews from the
Soviet Union to go to coun-
tries other than Israel.
HIAS has vigorously denied
this. It has noted repeatedly
that it provides aid only
after the immigrants have
decided against Israel and
after Jewish Agency rep-
resentatives in Vienna have
fail e d to persuade them to
e their minds.
A__ his speech, Dulzin
claimed that the public
was insufficiently aware
'.of the achievements of
the Zionist movement
and criticized those who,
he said, undervalued it.
"Let us not live with an
inferiority complex and
contempt for outselves,"
he said. "Let us come out
of this Congress as proud
Zionists and though we
may not have ac-

complished everything,

the speech by the outgoing

we are still achieving WZO chairman, Yosef Al-
mogi.
much."

The "grand opening"
The ceremonial opening
momentarily
obscured the
of the Congress took place in
the Jerusalem Convention bitter differences among the
Hall before 2,000 delegates various Zionist factions that
and guests. Anschel Reis, are expected to liven the
92, a Congress delegate for Congress proceedings. Dul-
65 years, announced the of- zin has declared that he
ficial opening, followed by wants the next WZO execu-
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi tive to be a wall-to-wall co-
Shlomo Goren who deli- alition representing all
vered a prayer composed Zionist parties.
But a major battle is
especially for the occasion.
looming over the alloca-
The shift of political tion of portfolios on the
power in Israel in last May's executive, including, the
elections was starkly evi- key office of treasurer
dent at the Congress open- which Dulzin vacates.
ing where, for the first time, The Labor Party is de-
the Labor Zionist contin- manding that post and is
gent was relegated to the understood to have the
back rows while the trium- support of the Confeder-
phant Likud occupied the ation of General Zionists,
front of the hall. Former the second largest body
Premier Golda Meir was attending the Congress.
honored with a seat in the Dulzin has vowed that
first row. But she was virtu- the office of treasurer
ally ignored by the Cabinet will'remain in the hands
members who sat near her. of Likud.
In his seconding speech,
She was mentioned only in
Allon disclosed that he once
had been approached by
Dulzin to ri,in for WZO
chairman after the death of
Talmud states that if one the incumbent Louis Pin-
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)
prays while he is ineb- cus. He said he declined at
The basis of Jewish law riated it is regarded as if the time because he wished
regarding intoxication is he practiced idolatry to continue as minister of
derived from the biblical in- (B'rakot 31a). It is thus to absorption in the govern-
junction (Leviticus 10:9) be understood that a ment of Premier Golda
which forbade the priests state of intoxication was Meir. But he welcomed Dul-
from drinking intoxicating considered a state of ir- zin's offer of support. "I am
liquors before they entered responsibility. In such a now proud to pay Dulzin
the sanctuary.
state a person cannot ful- back and support him for
Rabbinic sources con- fill all his duties and func- the same position," Allon
tended that intoxicating tions required of him by said. He expressed the wish
that the new WZO execu-
drink confuses the mind and the Jewish tradition.
tive will reflect the unity of
impedes one's speech (Ibn
It is interesting to note
Ezra). A priest must have that among the various all Zionist parties.
Premier Menahen Begin
both clarity of judgement opinions which try to iden-
and clarity of speech. tify the nature of the fruit paid Dulzin the honor of ap-
Others said that such a that Adam consumed while pearing at the election ses-
priest would become the ob- in the Garden of Eden, one sion. He congratulated the
ject of public ridicule thus contention is that it was a new chairman. But first he
subjecting the entire holy grape. The consequence was had some warm remarks for
operation of the Temple to that Adam became intoxi- the outgoing WZO chair-
man, Laborite Yosef Al-
ridicule (Da'as Z'kenim).
cated and irresponsible and
Maimonides regarded an thus failed to carry out the mogi. He called Almogi one
intoxicated priest as an in- moral norm that had been of Israel's best sons, a true
sult to the temple. On this laid down for him by the pioneer who succeeded in all
the tasks he took upon him-
basis we have talmudic and Almighty.
self.
rabbinic prohibitions which
A "Council of the Jewish
Intoxication thus renders
prohibit any intoxicated
person from rendering man morally irresponsible People," embracing Israeli
Halakhic decisions (Erubon and exposes him to the pos- government leaders and
64b), and from praying (Er- sibility of shortening his life Jewish leaders from the
gin 64a). and even bringing about his Diaspora is planned by
Premier Begin and Dulzin.
One opinion in the death.
The Council will evolve
soon after the Congress, out
of the present "Mossad
Letium" (or coordination
agency) which is a commit-
tee of top ministers and top
Jewish Agency officials that
convenes at infrequest in-
tervals. Both Begin and
Dulzin regard it as the pos-
sible nucleus of their plan to
construct a "Council of the
Jewish People," and to this
end they will invite to the
next session of the "Mossad
Letium" a fairly large
These Israelis found a comfortable spot in the number of top-flight Jewish
Arava park created by the Jewish National Fund. The leaders who are not for-
park contains picnic grounds and separate recreation mally connected with the
areas for younger and older children.
WZO-Jewish Agency.

Halakha Sees. Intoxication
as Form of Irresponsibility

JNF Park a Desert Oasis

The meeting is scheduled
for some time in the spring
and the "Council," if it de-
velops as Dulzin hopes,
would become a forum for
high-level consultations be-
tween Israeli and Diaspora
leaders on Israeli and
Jewish problems.
Obviously, Dulzin says,
Israel's sovereign
decision-making process
on its own policy would
not be affected. But the
"Council" would serve as
a much-needed sounding
board and opportunity
for exchanges of views.
Looking ahead to his term
as WZO chairman, Dulzin
stressed the two themes
that he intends to dwell
upon in all his addresses to
the Congress: Jewish edu-
cation and aliya.
With only 20 percent of
Jewish children in the Dias-
pora receiving any sort of
Jewish education at all, "a
great number of Jews are in
danger of simply disappear-
ing as Jews," he said.
He proposes to set up, in
tandem with the Israeli
government and the Israeli
universities, a single "edu-
cation center" which will be
eqUipped materially and
professionally to put his
ideas into operation. These
call for: setting up day
schools around the world;
training teachers; prepar-
ing textbooks and other
learning aids; initiating
and assisting educational
projects within the Jewish
communities
Dulzin declared that
the long-hallowed divi-
sion between the WZO
education department
and its Torah education
department ought to be
ended.

On aliya, his prognosis of
the future without it is
equally stark. "If Israel's
Jewish population remains
in the order of three to 3.5
million, th-e State is in
danger. Israel's security
cannot be ensured in the
long term merely by peace-
ful borders."
The 29th Congress, Dul-
zin said, is incomparably
more representative of the
great masses of Jewry than
any of its predecessors. The
Reform and Conservative
movements, with their mill-
ions of members, have be-
come affiliated, as has the
World Sephardi Union and
World Maccabi. These
groups will All have rep-
resentation in the Congress
and in all the elected bodies
but their rights will still be
less than equal, for their de-
legates may not vote on
election of office-holders.
Dulzin said he opposed
this "injustice," but cannot
overcome opposition to any
further concessions from
within the party organiza-
tions. In general, he said, he
favors a diminution of the

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near-exclusive hold of the
Zionist political parties over
the WZO and pledged to
work in this direction dur-
ing his term as chairman.
"I'm all for Zionist ideol-
ogy," he said. "But not for a
narrow; party approach."

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