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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 11th day of Kislev, 5740, the following scriptutal selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Genesis 28:10-32:3. Prophetical portion, Hosea 12:13-14:10.
Candle lighting, Friday, Nov. 30, 4:44 p.m.
VOL. LXXVI, No. 13
Page Four
Friday, November 30, 1979
SENSATIONAL HEADLINES
Had there been less of an urge to sen- Arabs travel daily to industries operated by Is-
sationalize the headlines there could have been raelis. The 100,000 Arab job-holders are more
a reduction in suspicions among people and a important to this problematic development
better understanding of social and political val- than the Arab mayors who are expected to re-
ues.
turn to their posts or to be ready for replace-
Had black-Jewish relations been treated as a ments by equally qualified successors.
human factor in life and not defined as an "is-
The fact remains, insofar as the Israel situa-
sue," there could never have developed the con- tion is concerned, that the Israeli courts operate
fusions that react with discredit to many in legally and the people observe their rulings.
leadership in this country.
They did in the Elon Moreh instance and will in
Had the arrest- of a mayor of an important the case of the Nablus mayor. The fact remains
Arab city in the territory administered by Israel that there is need for a solvable approach to
been judged in legal terms, the anger that was disputes and it is in the best interests of Israel
generated by attacks on Israel would have been and the Arabs to reach an accord. The fact re-
averted.
mains that Jordan is already the Palestinian
Even the resignations of 25 mayors of other state and if and when a pact can be made with
cities in the areas populated by Arabs could Hussein as it was with Sadat there will be an
have been treated with greater respect for end to quarreling.
human reactions had the treatment of the news
Then there also will be an end to sen-
been accompanied by the fact that 100,000 sationalized headlines. But, will there?
RELIGIOUS DIGNITY
Respect for Hanuka and Christmas, while the
two do not collide calendar-wise thi§ . year, jus-
tifies the advance admonition to adherents to
all faiths that mutual respect in no sense jus-
tifies or requires observance of Jewish festivals
by Christians and the Christian holy days by
Jews.
The holiday spirit that will predominate
Hanuka will inspire enthusiasm among the
youth and the elders will observe the Macca-
bean festival with them.
Christians will have an interest in Hanuka,
just as Jews will be affected by the Christmas
spirit. There will be gift-giving and the ex-
change of greetings as well as gifts. But this
need not fuse the two festivals. The respect for
religious preferences will ever remain-a basic
rule and a duty, yet this time of year there must
be separation and this is the time to emphasize
the mutual respect while denoting the necessity
of a separation in the best interests of the faith-
ful.
On many occasions there have been conflicts
over the basic ideal of separation of church and
state, of respecting the faith of others while
remaining faithful to one's own. In the past
there have been incidents of unpleasantness,
when Jewish children refused to participate in
Christmas plays and programs. Those who un-
derstood the realism of the situation credited
the Jewish youths- with the right to separate
themselves from un-Jewish religious practices,
and in the more pragmatic environments there
was the emphasis on obligations in schools —
and this applied to other -environments — not to
introduce religious practices in public affairs.
This is the time to alert parents and children
to be prepared for the separation. The friend-
ship for Christians is a supreme need, a great
desire, an obligation. The adherence to faith-
fulness in Jewish observance remains strong.
Hanuka for Jews, Christmas for Christians, is
not an absurd slogan. It can be adhered to while
exchanging good wishes and gifts. This is the
human, the American, the respectful way.
THE HAVERIM HOMES
Dedication, Sunday, of the third Haverim by a second in Oak Park on Meadowlark. The
Home serves to emphasize an important corn- third home has begun to function on Marlow in
munity obligation to the handicapped in the Oak Park and will be dedicated formally on
area of retardation.
Sunday.
The plight of the large number of unfortu-
In welcoming the new development there is
nates has long been ignored. Long ignored, be-
cause it was misunderstood. The needs of the the duty not only to support the three homes but
retarded were treated ignorantly on a national also to recognize the great need to support the
scale. Resultantly, the Jewish retarded simi- total movement for the retarded. While the new
larly suffered from an ignorance that was per- home was made possible with family gifts as a
mitted to dominate an otherwise progressive memorial to Seymour Gilmore, it should not be
forgotten that facilities are needed for many
society.
The errors are being corrected. The retarded more adult retarded; that, having established
who are in the hundreds of thousands nation- the homes, the movement needs generous sup-
ally are receiving due consideration nationally. port. The progress already made in this field
In the process, increased Jewish interest is ac- should encourage increased assistance to this
cause on the most generous scale.
corded a serious social problem.
The Jewish retarded, the young and the el-
There is an awakening to this great need and
derly, number in the hundreds. The Association it is to the credit of a responsible community
for Jewish Retarded began its services with the that a commendable encouragement is being
first home established on Evergreen, followed given to a pressing need.
,
Pantheon Books Series
Illustrated Einstein, Freud
Biographies for Beginners
An authoritative biographer and a skilled artist combined their
efforts to produce a fascinating book, "Einstein for Beginners"
(Pantheon Books).
In the vast selection of cartoons, in an accumulation of facts, all in
pictorial fashion, the story of Dr. Albert Einstein is presented here so
impressively that the reader is certain to gain historical data while
learning much about the eminent scientist's theories and achieve-
ments.
Dr. Joseph Schwartz, associate profes-
sor of physics at the City University of
New York, authored the selected text.
The illustrator is Michael McGuinnes,
who has gained wide status with his
work.
The Einstein story commences with an
analysis of the background of anti-
Semitism and its effects on the framer of
the Theory of Relativity, the attacks upon
him as a Jew and the affronts to the
Jewish people. Appropriately, therefore,
the book commences with this quote from
Einstein himself:
.
"If relativity is proved right the Ger-
ALBERT EINSTEIN
mans will call me a German, the Swiss
will call me a Swiss citizen and the
French will call me a great scientist. If relativity is proved wrong the
French will call me a Swiss, the Swiss will call me a German and the
Germans will call me a Jew."
The Einstein book is part of a series on famous personalities
published by, Pantheon.
Another book of great interest in this series is "Freud for Begin-
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The author of the Freud book is 411-
novelist poet and art historian, .
Appignanesi, a native of Montreal who
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rate.
Here, too, the Jewish aspects are noted
and the controversial aspectS of Freudism
are fully noted. The analytical methods
developed by Freud are illustrated and
defined in the collection of drawings and
cartoons.
The many factual inserts in the Freud
volume include "Little Dictionary" based
on Charles Rycroft's critical dictionary of
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SIGMUND FREUD
In both the Einstein and Freud vol-
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