THE JEWISH NEWS („sp32755201 Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with the issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Postmaster: Send address changes to The Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $15 a year. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher ALAN HITSKY News Editor CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Business Manager HEIDI PRESS Associate News Editor DREW LIEBERWITZ Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the eighth day of Tishri, 5740, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Deuteronomy 32:1-52. Prophetical portion, Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27. Monday, Yom Kippur Pentateuchal portion (morning), Leviticus 16:1-34 and Numbers 29:1-11; (afternoon) Leviticus 18:1-30. Prophetical portion (morning), Isaiah 57:14-58:14; (afternoon) Jonah 1:1-4:11 and Micah 7:18-20. Candle lighting, Friday, Sept. 28, 7:01 p.m. VOL. LXXVI, No. 4 Page Four Friday, September 28, 1979 WHO WILL DO THE ATONING? A basic admonition for Atonement Day is re- corded in Leviticus 16:30: "On this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before the Lord." Should mankind, in this turbulent world, consider the atonement of person to person, na- tion to nation, evil doer to victim? On this Day of Atonement, the sacred day of Yom Kippur, in an era when stocktaking is so vital in preparation for hopeful days when the humanity of man to man will be the rule rather than the exception, the question may well be posed: who will do the atoning, granted that Atonement leads to sanctity in human rela- tions? Out of the horrors of the pisf have emerged some aspects of freedom and dignity for a por- tion of the Jewish people settled in Zion re- deemed. Heroic tasks were pursued to establish secure homes for, the homeless Jews in reborn Israel. Many obstacles were overcome. Now there are new obstructions. Enmities have blos- somed and the restored Israel -is threatened again. Once again there is evidence of an indif- ferent humanity that is more concerned with the power of oil than with the security of four million Jews. Who is to atone for the newly emerging menace? Is there a semblance of con- science among the nations who witnessed the destruction, are evidencing the progress at- tained in reconstruction, yet condone the threats to a people struggling for life and lib- erty? A miraculous peace has been achieved on Is- rael's borders with Egypt. Two peoples who have been enemies are creating an amity that can be an example to the nations of the world, and most assuredly to their saber-rattling neighbors. Why the hesitancy in extending that effort 'at good will in an area that can benefit from the introduction to peace? Instead of a question mark there is now an exclamation point at the regrettable fact that, at the moment at least, it is too much to ask for atonement from the war threatening peoples! In this great land of freedom and democracy, a new confrontation is-being experienced. Blacks are flirting with the very enemies of Israel who are obstructing a more extended peace. Suspi- cions have been aroused and they could incite to hatreds. These are inexcusable occurrences. Will the guilty who have started the feud atone? 'They are religious folk. Will they abandon faith and fail to erase the venomous aspects in life? Perhaps there are too few who are guiltless, who fail to admit errors. In our own ranks there are those who contribute to misdemeanors, who submit to suspicions and prejudices. They, too, must atone! In our own ranks there are the refusniks — resorting to a term coined among dissident Rus- sian Jews — who refuse to learn the facts, who submit to negative propaganda and fail to join the unified forces among 'their people for sol- idarity in defense of Israel in time of crisis. Will they one day atone for indifference and submis- sion to misinformation? For the Jewish community there is the urgency of assuring youth identification with the traditions and the elders, both they and the parents holding aloft the banner of a great le- gacy. This has become a problem of great mag- nitude. Why is youth deficient in its duties and interests? Whence comes atonement on this score? The need is great for friends. There were never too many, but always the righteous Christians spoke emphatically in behalf of jus- tice for the Jew. Now there is hope and pleading that this may remain a factor in the inter-faith relations. Is there need of atoning for failure to make this factor more expressive in the society of nations? There is much room for atonement. Let it come forth now, in an age of great challenge. The truth that calls for a truly human spirit must emerge from an atonement that will make mankind responsive to honor, decency and free- dom for all peoples. HATRED UNLIMITED An anticipated enlightenment, in an age that gave birth to an international organization aimed at assuring peace and good will among nations, has developed into a revival of hatred. The Jew has been the barometer for testing the human factors in mankind. When the Jew was unmolested there was hope for his neighbors. With the spread of anti-Semitism there was always an equal measure of prejudice imposed on faiths other than Judaism. Much as one would wish to judge current con- ditions in the world as mere routine occurr- ences, it is impossible to avoid branding the spreading anti-Israel propaganda as also repre- senting a resurgence of anti-Semitism. Too many of the world capitals are showing evidence of hatred and growing prejudice for truth to be ignored. Under the PLO headgear there are now the propaganda mills that are grinding out evil at- tacks on Jews and Israel throughout the world. The venomous PLO had already been ac- cepted in Turkey where it now operates as part of the global movement to enroll supporters for the movement aiming at the destruction of Is- rael. The movement's leader has received an offi- cial welcome in Spain and the memories of a beastly past were thus revived in the land of the Inquisition. Fortunately, the American-Israel friendship is too deeply rooted to be affected by such condi- tions. The infections of bias demand greater vig- ilance but they can be overcome, On the global front, hatreds are unfortu- nately unlimited. Domestically, they are con- fronted by a libertarian approach that must overcome the menace of injustice. It is in this fashion that every intolerant cloud also has a silver lining. --mma,TA From Sepher-Hermon Press `My Jewish Roots' Helps in Tracing Your Ancestry Alex Haley touched a raw nerve in this country of immigrants with his best-selling book and TV dramatization, "Roots." Haley's tracing of his ancestry has led to amateur sleuthing throughout the United States and in many other countries as individuals look inward and try to ascertain who they are and where they come from. Historian David Kranzler has come to the aid of Jews looking for their roots with his "My Jewish Roots — A Practical Guide to Tracing and Recording Your Genealogy and Family History" (Sepher- Hermon Press). Dr. Kranzler's large (8 1/2 by 11), paperbound volume has 88 pages of text and additional appendices, and includes 10 different charts and a detailed description of how to systematically trace your family tree. - According to Dr: Kranzler, if his book is followed completely it will allow the individual to trace his ancestry and create a multi- dimensional family record with charts, photographs, documents and tape recordings. Dr. Kranzler stated, "Jewish family research has to proceed from premises entirely different from any other ethnic group. The reli- gious, linguistic and historical factors which distinguish Jews from others demand that anyone in search of his Jewish roots first familiarize him/herself with some of the basics of Jewish history, religion and sociology. Our book provides this basic information through the inclusion of such chapters as 'Genealogy in the Bible and Talmud,' The Diaspora and Jewish Migrations,' The Jewish Calen- dar' and 'Jewish Names.' It also includes listings of specialized Jewish archives and libraries as well as a bibliography of publications per- taining to Jewish family research.. "Another unique chapter in this book will instruct you how to create an oral history of your family through conducting tape- recorded interviews with senior members of your larger family. "You will be taught what questions to ask and how to elicit answers. Through these interviews you will be able to learn, for instance, why some of your family stayed in the shtetl while others left for the United States, South America or Eretz Yisrael. Also, where did your grandparents settle first after their arrival to these shores, and how many moves did your family undergo on their soci climb from the cold-water tenement on New York's lower East Side the present generation's affluent residence in Lawrence, Long Island or in Beverly Hills, California. "Going even further, what outstanding personal traits did each of your relatives bring to these shores? What challenges did they face and how did they meet them? How, for example, did a Sabbath- observing grandfather maintain his faith in the face of economic and social pressures? "Through the answers obtained to these and other questions and by utilizing fully the many other features of this guide you will be able to reconstruct the saga of your family with a family tree as the framework for a broader history of your people. "In the process you will come to learn that Jewish history is the sum total of the story of every single Jew and of each Jewish family.. Not everyone is a descendant of Rashi, R. Meir Katzenellenbogen or Don Isaac Abravanel. But every Jew, great or not so great, scholar or unlettered, rich or poor, shared in the collective inheritance of Israel's glory, splendor — and tragedy. "It is this collective heritage in addition to the particular physiological and psychological traits of your forebears that contrib- uted to making you what you are."