THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
The Story of Purim
By HERZL B. SHUR
In far off Persia lived Ahasveras the king,
Of whom his people great praises did sing.
A proclamation send forth did he,
The fairest in the land my queen shall be.
Dayan: End Israel Military
Government in Territories
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Sur-
prisingly little attention
was given here last
weekend to Foreign Minis-
ter Moshe Dayan's proposal
A Jewish maiden Esther did Ahasveras choose,
that Israel abolish the
And throughout the kingdom spread the glorious news.
military government on the
And no one knew, not even the king,
West Bank and Gaza Strip
That Esther was a Jewess, no one knew a thing.
and unilaterally implement
Premier Menahem Begin 's
"Who knows", said Mordecai to Esther the queen,
peace plan offering "self-
"God has placed you here for a cause unforseen."
rule" to the Arab inhabit-
And it so happened that in the king's palace,
ants of those territories.
Thrived Haman the wicked, with a heart full of malice.
Dayan made the sugges-
tion at a political forum,
He was the Grand Vizier who counselled the king,
known as. "Bama," which
Pulled wool over his eyes on most everything.
met here last Friday. He in-
He hated everyone who did not do his biddance,
sisted he was not announc-
And of Mordecai the Jew he wanted complete riddance.
ing a new government plan,
but was merely offering food
He issued a decree in the name of the king,
for thought. Dayan will ac-
Death and destruction to the Jews I shall bring.
company Begin to
When Mordecai heard of Haman's *wicked plan,
Washington next week for
Straight to Esther he quickly ran.
meetings with President
Carter.
"Here is your chance if you but get a good start,
The Foreign Minister
"The wicked Haman rightly to outsmart."
said that his proposal was
Queen Esther listened and was greatly concerned,
intended to give the Arabs
Over the lot of her people, whom Haman had spurned.
freedom to administer their
own affairs as long as it did
"Great Ahasveras." she cried as she put herself to test.
not threaten Israel's sec-
"Would you be so kind, as to grant my request?"
urity.
"Ask what you will Esther my dear,
According to Dayan,
"Take half my kingdom and put away all fear."
Israel's security de-
mands the continued
Then with added courage, Esther spoke on.
existence of military
"Here is my request, oh great King of Iran.
bases in both territories
"There's a man in your court, with designs upon my life,
and measures against
"Who wants to destroy my people, as well as your wife."
terrorist activities. How-
ever, he said, the Arabs
"You see, I'm a Jewess, and if my people are killed, "Then should be allowed to ad-
I, too — want my life to be stilled."
minister their own
"Who is this man," roared Ahasveras the king,
health, education, ag-
"Who tears and heartaches to my Esther doth bring?"
riculture and other sys-
tems.
"His name is Haman," replied the queen,
Israel should offer them
"The like of him I have never Seen."
assistance, he said, adding:
"To the gallows take him," shouted the king.
"We should tell them, if you
"Let's bury hatred 'ere more trouble it shall bring.
want the Agriculture
Soon the Jews of Persia gladly received the news,
That Haman the wicked would cause no more abuse.
And they celebrated Purim with great stimulation,
And peace and joy reigned throughout the nation.
Ethnic Bias Charge Rejected,
Califano Orders Bronx Grant
NEW YORK (JTA) — A
$44,000 grant for a program
in a Bronx school district
which was rejected earlier
this month as ethnically
unbalanced has been ap-
proved by Secretary of
Health, Education and Wel-
fare Joseph A. Califano Jr.
The grant had been re-
jected after one of three
HEW evaluators had given
the program a sharply lower
score by charging that "all
the people cited as resource
management seem middle
class (Jewish in ethnicity)."
Califano ordered. Dr. Er-
nest L. Boyer, U.S. Com-
missioner of Education, to
investigate after Rep. Mario
Biaggi (D-NY), the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee,
American Jewish Congress
and District 11 superinten-
dent Nicholas Cicchetti pro-
tested the grant's rejection.
The district has a heavy
concentration of .Jews and
Italians.
In a letter to Cicchetti,
Califano said that Boyer
had reviewed the grant
application and con-
cluded that the ethnic
criteria were "inapprop-
riately applied. We regret
any suggestion of bias
that may have been
suggested in the District
11 application."
Boyer was reported to
have said that in view of the
incident, the criteria used in
the award of education
grants will be reviewed and
rephrased. The funding
proposal for the school dis-
trict had involved prepara-
tion of educational material
free of sexual stereotypes.
Museum Funded
Ministry's aid we'll gladly
help you. If they say no, let
them grow their own
sesame seed and that's that.
The same attitude should be
applied to health services
and others."
Dayan said the plan
should be implemented in
accordance with the clause
in Israel's peace plan that
concerns self-rule. "But,
since we cannot force 'elec-
tion of an administrative
body by the Arabs, we can
alter basically, if not
abolish, the military gov-
ernment's rule. The Arabs
would then have more free-
dom than they had under
the Ottoman rule, the
British rule, the Jordanian
regime or the Israeli milit-
ary government," Dayan
said.
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`Jumbo for El Al .
WASHINGTON — El Al
Israel Airlines has purch-
ased a sixth Boeing 747
Jumbo jet' for delivery in
mid-June. Aviation Week
and Space Technology
magazine reported that El
Al is also planning to buy
another 747 freighter for de-
livery by the end of 1978 or
early 1979
Blooming Desert
JERUSALEM (ZINS) —
Prof. Haim Drobkin said to-
pographic research shows
that the Negev desert could
support six million persons
on land suitable for cultiva-
tion.
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PHILADELPHIA — The
Museum of American
Jewish History in Philadel-
phia received a grant from
the National Endowment
for the Humanities. The
grant, for $9,885.00, will be
used to help the museum
plan its permanent exhibi-
tion- on the Jewish experi-
ence in America.
Pardon Me?
JERUSALEM — A
member of the Knesset
wants legislation trans-
lated from legal parlance
into colloquial Hebrew.
Mordehai Virshubski
said Hebrew legal terms in
bills are so high-flown that
no one but lawyers can un-
derstand legislation.
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