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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

This Sabbath, the second day of Kislev, 5739, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Genesis 25:19-28:9. Prophetical portion. Malachai 1:1-2:27.

Candle lighting, Friday, Dec. 1, 4:44 p.m.

VOL. LXXIV, No. 13

Page Four

Friday, December 1, 1978

UJA's Fortieth Anniversary

This is indeed a time for genuine commem-
oration of a most notable American Jewish
achievement. Marking the 40th anniversary of
the great philanthropic and social services
tasks represented by the United Jewish Appeal,
American Jewry must view the event as one of
major significance.
It was not only the significance of the emerg-
ing state of Israel that brought into being this
important movement. Even before Israel's
statehood American Jewish leadership recog-
nized the necessity of unifying the existing
forces into a movement to assure succor for the
needy, homes for the dispossessed and displaced
who were thrown by fate at the mercy of their
fellow Jews who enjoyed freedom in countries
that were not marred by the ravages of war.
Many causes were involved in the effort to
combine the tasks for assuring relief for the
needy and-homes for the homeless. Out of World
War I arose the strengthened Joint Distribu-
tion Committee and the Zionist-oriented United
Palestine Appeal. The latter was a combination
of forces that included the Keren Hayesod and
the Jewish National Fund.
The unity that developed with the formation
of the United Jewish Appeal, 40 years ago, be-
came evident during and after the Holocaust
and with the rebirth of the state of Israel. Large
funds were needed and only with the creation of
a strengthened force like the UJA could this be
possible.
The Allied Jewish Campaign in Detroit be-
came the representative of the UJA in this

Peace

community. The Jewish Welfare Federation

supervises its activities and the Allied Jewish
Campaign has uplifted Greater Detroit Jewry
into perhaps the most generous of the cities with
large Jewish populations in this country.
The evolution in UJA achievements, judged
by Allied Jewish Campaign developments in
Detroit, is especially significant. The results of
a number of contrasting fund-raising years are
worth alluding to. The Allied Jewish Campaign
of 1938 raised $390,732. It was then considered
a triumph. The 1945 figure was $1,135,940. The
income jumped to $5,607,000 in 1967 and in
that year the Israel Emergency Fund was estab-
lished and an additional $6,188,369 was col-
lected as the community's response to +he
threats to Israel's existence. The 1978 income of
$17,250,000 now gives added proof that the
generosity of a responsive community is
genuine and that Israel will not be abandoned
by world. Jewry.
The Detroit figures equate with the national,
giving credence to the reality of a great partner-
ship between Israel and world Jewry.
Michigan Jewry served the UJA well. Max M.
Fisher was its national chairman. He was suc-
ceeded by another Detroiter, Paul Zuckerman.
Now an even younger man, Irwin Field, who
rose from the UJA Youth Leadership ranks,
serves as national chairman. It is in the local as
well as national pride that this community will,
surely join in marking the 40th anniversary of
the United Jewish Appeal.

and Bonds for Unity

Peace is in the making. Whatever the obsta-
cles, even those who apparently are erecting
them speak in terms of the nearing realization
of the hope that an accord will be reached be-
tween Egypt and Israel. This is the path
towards good relations among all of the Middle
Eastern nations
Even the skeptical, the cynical in the com-
munications fields, now use the term "irrever-
sible" in treating the negotiations for peaceful
agreements in process in Washington.
Therefore, a special period has been assigned
for an anticipated celebration. With Dec. 10 the
pivotal date, as the day on which the Nobel
Peace Prize is to be awarded in Oslo to the two
recipients, Anwar Sadat and Menahem Begin,
celebrations with practical applications have
been arranged, this time specifically under the
direction of the Israel Bond Organization.
This is realism. Amity among peoples is de-
pendent upon their economic security, their cul-
tural progress, their social contacts. When the
means are proviaed to assure such benefits
there is greater hope for good neighborliness.
The Jewish interests have specific involve-
ments and definite obligations. Especially
under peaceful arrangements there will be
added needs to assure uninterrupted construc-
tive tasks for Israel. There will be the need to
provide housing, education and welfare for
newcomers, with an anticipation of increased
aliya, as well as for the 300,000 now settled in

Israel whose social status needs elevating and
whose needs for economic improvement are ur-
gent.
It is to the credit, therefore, of the congrega-
tional leaders in this country, the lay and reli-
gious leaders of American Jewish communities,
that they have assigned the coming days for
priorities for the Israel Bond investment efforts.
- Assuming a role of leadership under the
guidance of Rabbi Richard Hertz, Temple Beth
El is among the congregations that is mobiliz-
ing forces for rejoicing with Dec. 10 as a day of
peace. Scores of congregations are pursuing this
task. The community-wide Israel Bond celebra-
tion at the Shaarey Zedek on Dec. 5 is another
factor in the unified labors for peace with a
purpose.
The Nobel Peace Prize is a reality. Now the
acclaim for its recipients serves as a symbol of
universal interest in the reason for the selec-
tions — the world-wide concern for peace in one
of the most troubled areas in the world. To make
the peace workable it is necessary thatthe most
threatened part of the imperiled world, Israel,
should be secure. Philanthropically, the objec-
tives are being observed by the United Jewish
Appeal, locally through the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign. Economically, the Israel Bond movement
serves the very important purpose of making
peace real. The unity in this effort is an aspect
for strengthened communal labors and corn-
mendation for the leadership.

UOJCA Volume

An Orthodox View of
The Arab-Israeli Conflict'

Dr. Mordechai Nisan, who is associated with the Truman Research
Institute and the School for Overseas Students at the Hebrew Univer-
sity in Jerusalem, presents the views of the Orthodox on existing
issues in "The Arab-Israeli Conflict, a Political Guide for the People
Perplexed,'.! published by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congrega-
tions of America.
He submits again, that "the more talk there is about peace the more
anxious one is that war may be approaching."
He deals with many ironies, warns of the dangers inherent in the
continuing Arab threats and he affirms the following as a basis for
Jewish action and Israeli policies:
"ZiOhism wanted to 'normalize' the situation of the Jewish People in
its land, yet Israel's present condition is still 'abnormal'. The Jewish
Problem is just beginning to be resolved.
"However, the dream calls for a return, as well, to other sources: a
Jewish way of life, tradition, and the Bible. The ultimate strength of
the people and its hope for the future are linked to its connection with
the past. Jews must know why they must live in their own country,
why that is important and 'natural'. They must realize that without
drawing from their own national sources, they will be led astray by
foreign sources.
"Without a consciousness of the Biblical world and atmosphere, -
they will be unable to fully understand and confidently confront the
harsh Middle Eastern reality of war and violence. In short, the na-
tional fiber of Israel is ultimately of poor quality if it does not include
the historical, cultural, and religious dimensions of Judaism.
"The dream of Israel demands carrying out the important tasks of
aliya (immigration), economic growth, social development, and rural
and urban settlement throughout the country. These matters are
important in themselves, but especially when seen as the foundation
for preparing the nation for a long struggle against the Arabs.
"The quest for domestic progress is not separated from the need to
consolidate Israeli society to face external dangers. The material base
must be strengthened in all ways — economically, socially, and de-
mographically — with a sense of vision and hope to overcome the
many difficulties on the road ahead.
"Lastly, to break the walls of silence, Israel's story must be 40
People must know her position and problems, and realize the .
demands and pressures facing her — at home and abroad. But th
s
no doubt that this 'crazy' and noble Zionist experiment will succeed.
"As the late Rabbi Kook wrote, the Jews have come home: not as a
despised people requesting a refuge from its persecutors and pur-
suers, but as a special people, the Lion of Judah, awakened from a long
sleep and returning to its heritage, to the glory of its destiny.
"This is the dream and this is the reality."

Paperbacked

"Zalman, or the Madness of God," Elie Wiesel's play about a
visionary in Russia, depicting the plight of Russian Jewry, has been
re-issued as a paperback Simon and Schuster Pocket Book.
It is the anguish of survival that gets emphasis here, once again
mirroring the life of the eminent author.
The play about Zalman is based on Wiesel's visit in Russia on Yorn
Kippur Eve in the Russian synagogue which serves as the locale for
the play.