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DE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
JNF Leader Warns Against, Animosities, Self-Destruction
By RABBI WILLIAM
BERKOWITZ
President
Jewish Notional Fund
A strange tale in our trad-
ition relates that the course
of Jewish history was
changed by a dinner party.
Not public relations, not
foreign policy, not even
domestic programs; none of
these. No: the course of
Jewish history was altered
by a breakdown in a per-
sonal relationships. Naive?
Absurd you may say?
Hardly.
It all began during the
time of the Second Temple
when a certain individual
who was a leader in the
Jewish community of
Jerusalem once had a din-
ner party. To this party he
invited his good friend,
Kamza, but his servant who
was making out the guest
list invited by accident Bar
Kamza who, as it turned
out, was an enemy not a
friend of the host.
When the host saw his
adversary, Bar Kamza, at
the party he said: "What are
you doing here? You who
badmouthed me! Please
leave." Bar Kamza hesi-
tated: "Look, I am here al-
ready, let me stay." "No,"
said the host. "I'll even pay
for what I eat and drink,"
said Bar Kamza. Again the
host refused. "Well then,
look, I'll even agree to pay
for the entire party." The
host was insistent. "No,
1,000 times no." And with
this, he threw Bar Kamza
out of his home.
Bar Kamza left in anger
and in alienation and
eventually, the tale re-
lates, became an in-
former to the Romans
against the Jewish
people leading to the
eventual destruction of
Jerusalem.
From this, says the Tal-
mud, you learn that
Jerusalem was destroyed by
a breakdown in personal re-
lationships and increased
animosity between Jews;
and what's worse, it con-
tinues, were those at the
dinner party who witnessed
the entire incident and re-
mained silent and indiffe-
rent to it.
Hence, what the Romans
could not do, the Jews did,
and we have been paying for
it ever since.
If we pause at this time to
reflect on the course of
Jewish destiny in the public
and private realms, both in
the land of Israel as well as
in Jewish communal life, we
can see that this theme is a
most worthy one. For if
Jewish history teaches us
anything, it is that our tale
is a cycle on the line of time.
What changes are the tel-
lers of the tale, but the set-
ting, the stage, the charac-
ters and most of all the tale,
remain the same. It is this
eternal quality of our jour-
ney that lends it paradoxi-
cally its very contem-
poraneous dimension.
For Kamza/Bar Kamza
are still with us. Sinat
chinam — Jews hating
other Jews — petty
jealousies, Jewish disun-
ity and personal
animosities are all here
and still spell the ultimate mud does not record
disaster for our people. , whether Kamza/Bar
While we are told that Kamza lived or died. And
this is a sign-of democracy, \ some astute observers be-
rather than disunity, lieve that they never died
nevertheless those who but live on in every genera-
view the Jewish condition tion: serving as warning
from the historical perspec- and punishment. Again,
tive know it to be a sign of perhaps many will scoff and
disaster. And who gains say: How silly.and juvenile!
from it the most? Only our But the readers of Jewish
enemies. All they need do is history know differently —
sit back and watch as we de- and better.
They know that without
stroy. ourselves.
Interestingly, the Tal- unity we are doomed. They
know that while Jewish
unity need not be unifor-
mity if we are not one —
then all is lost. They know
that the disease of animos-
ity will destroy us before
anything — or anyone —
else. And they know that
hinei matov umanaim
shevet achim gam yachad
— "How good and pleasant
it is for brothers to sit to-
gether in unity" — is more
than just a command: Ulti-
mately, it is a warning.
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