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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 21st day of Elul, 5738, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8. Prophetical portion, Isaiah. 60:1-22.
Candle lighting, Friday, Sept. 22, 7:12 p.m.
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VOL. LXXIV, NO. 3
Friday, September 22, 1978
`Shalom,' 'Salaam,' Peace Reality
"Shalom," "Salaam" and "peace" are, of course synonymous. At Camp David they
became merged into reality.
It was a mere beginning, but a very positive one.
Sunday afternoon, September 17, .1978, already is being written into history as one of
the great days of Prophetic fulfillment. The lion and the lamb, as envisioned in Isaiah,
embraced, laughed together, rejoiced over an agreement that two kindred peoples shall
not make war any more.
Even more: they agreed to fraternize, to be good and sociable neighbors, to make peace a
reality.
It developed into faithfulness to an ideal.inspired by President Jimmy Carter who had'
given so much-to this task of establishing an accord in the Middle East that fulfillment of
the decisions will surely place his name inerasably in the annals of Jewish, American and
world history.
It may have been only a beginning irrachieving an accord, but it had its roots in another
historic event, the visit of Egypt's President Anwar Sadat in Jerusalem and his address at
the Knesset.
Perhaps the bitter disputes that followed were inevitable. Israel's Prime Minister
Menahem Begin relegated them to a past to be forgotten because the future looms with
hopes steeped in dignity and in the human aspirations towards which all sensible ele-
ments must attune with rejoicing.
It all began at Camp David with prayers by the three leaders of the three nations
engaged in the deliberations. And the prayers were fulfilled for an obvious reason: the
responsible leaders had made it obligatory for true faith to be adhered to, respected and
pr- acticed with honor and self-respect. Once self-respect was attained, mutual respect
became a reality. .
The dramatic effects of what had happened in this interesting period in world history
was so deeply moving that it is certain to inspire this and the oncoming generation.
The obstacles yet to be hurdled may be many. Not all nations are attuned to peace.
The struggle to make all men appreciate the effects of what had occurred at Camp David,
then transferred to the White House, now to be fully enacted in Jerualem and in Cairo,
are yet to be fully analyzed by historians. The future is, however, rightfully envisioned as
brighter than ever before, with recognition of the genius of Jimmy Carter, Menahem
Begin and Anwar _ Sadat.
Blessed be this historic occurrence.
They Shall Break Their Swords Into Plowshares
The Prophecy of Isaiah
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To• the I louse of the God of Jacob; .
That He may instruct us in His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths."
For instruction shall conic forth° from Zion,
,
2 In the days to 'come.
The word of the Loll') from Jerusalem.
House
LORD'S
The Mount of the
4Thus He will judge among the nations
Shall stand firm above the mountains
And arbitrate for the many 'peoples,
And tower above the hills;
And they shall beat their swords into
plowshares'
And all the nations
Arid their spears into pruning hooks:
•. Shall gaze on it with joy.
3 And the many peoples shall go and shall say: Nation shall not take up
Sword against nation;
"Come,
They shall never again know'. war.
Let us go up to the Mount of the LoRD,
'The word that Isaiah son of Amoz
prophesied concerning Judah and
Jerusalem.
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Abba Eban's `My People
"My People" by Abba Eban, first published in 1968 as a 600-page
book which became a best seller, is now available as a large 246-page
paperback. It is an adaptation by David Bamberger, who had the
cooperation of Bernard and Henry Bamberger in producing this
Behrman House book.
The condensation is even more of a
compilation because the book is fully
illustrated with valuable historic
photographs provided by the Israel
Museum, Jerusalem, and Jewish
Museum, New York.
"My People" was the first of Eban'g
works and its appearance is thus de-
fined by Eban in a prefatory. note in
which he states:
"You hold in your hands one of the
most amazing of all stories. It is the
story of my people — our people — the
story of the Jews.
"Of course, Jews have always affected
the non-Jewish world and been influenced by it. We have, therefore,
begun each section of the book with a general history of the period we
are about to discuss. In -these -chapters- you will find-many names
which are familiar to you — Julius Caesar, Muhammad, Napoleon.
You will see how their lives affected the history of Judaism.
"When all the influences have been accounted for, however, we
shall still not have explained the special and distinctive features of
Jewish history. These must be sought within the innermost recesses
of the Jewish religious spirit and the Jewish national genius. By
telling the story of our people as they themselves lived it over
thousands of years, with all the sympathy and understanding at our
command, we may hope to come somewhat closer to that solemn and
thrilling mystery which lies at the never-dying heart of the people of
Israel:"
Pride is taken in the inclusion in the illustrations of one of the
photos taken by Gail Rubin, the American girl who was one of the
victims -of the Arab terrorists' attacks on bus passengers in Tel Aviv in
March. Miss Rubin was shot while on the beach as the terrorists
landed to conduct their bestialities against innocent tourists.
The Eban book in its adaptation by Bamberger is well annotated,
splend'.dly condensed and the quotations are properly indexed. A very
large book thus is made available for readers who can better be
reached when important works are made available in summations.
`Secret Press in Nazi Euro
,
With more than 270 documents to substantiate the revealed facts
about an underground press that fought Nazism during the last war,
"A Secret Press in Nazi Europe" reveals how the terror of Hitlerism
failed to silence some of the voices which were heard in some quarters.
The compiler and author of this volume, Isaac Kowalski, conducted
thorough research to find the facts which he gathered under the very
noses of the Nazi murderers.
Kowalski, son and grandson of printers in Vilna, was himself an
escapee from Nazism. He was active in the underground and was a
partisan and a leader of the anti-Nazi printing press in the forest.
There were two hard-cover editions of this revealing work and it . ■
is now available as a Simon and Schuster Pocket Book paperback.
It is because he was himself an organizer of the press he describes
that Kowalski's story is of immense historic significance as one of the
very important books in the anti-Nazi library. As the story of the
underground press, it also serves to emphasize an aspect of resistance
to Hitlerism. As such, "A Secret Press in Nazi Europe" is indispensa-
ble for a knowledge of how Jews fought the savageries of Hitlerism.