2 Friday, March 14, 198Q ` TNTbE ~R~ OIT1NI lSr Purely Commentary By Philip Slomovitz Out of the Folly of the White House and the State Department Emerges One Certainty for Lovers of Justice and Peace: Israel's Sovereignty Is NOT Negotiable Is the Fiasco an Assurance of an End to Pussyfooting in the Peace Process? In spirt of the Carter apology for the U.S. blunder of voting for the UN Security Council resolution which served as a condemnation of Israel on the Jerusalem and settlements matter, there is now the growing tendency to assert that the U.S. withdrawal does not negate teh resolution; that what had been adopted remains on the international ledger as an irrevocable ruling; that Israel will .be consistently condemned and the demands for abandonment of settlements and withdrawal from East Jerusalem will be considered an irrevocable act. This is a lot of baloney, certainly insofar as Israel and her friends are concerned. Israel has attained sovereignty. This is not negotiable, no matter who may seek to undermine the status of the Jewish state. On this score there remains the need for unity and it is to be hoped that what had occurred will serve to cement such unity. Meanwhile the UN Security Council action, with the U.S. approval, of March 1, 1980, has inflamed angers not to be appeased too soon, if ever. The President blundered and admits it; the secretary of state pleads to be the guilty one; the U.S. chief delegate to the UN says he followed orders. In every respect there is such a conglomeration of incredibility that the U.S. image stands abused and shamed on the international scene. On the eve of the first anniversary of the signing of the peace accord by Israel and Egypt, at the White House, it was to be expected that the President would be more cautious in reaching decisions involving foreign policy. Now it is urgent that all others who are seriously involved in the process should strive to avert a calamity stemming from An Expose by Nodding Carter About the World Olympics: When Hitler Was in Power President Carter's firm stand on the Olympics, his challenge to the USSR, may be decisive. Whatever the ultimate,it is reasonable to believe that Americans will not go to Moscow for the originally-scheduled summer games. There are always those who, seeking fulfillment in their aspirations to reach high goals in the variety of sports, will be aggravated by the official American position. Had the complete story been told of the human experience that was marred by prejudices in earlier periods, notably the Hitler era, there would have been greater unanimity on the sub- ject. Seven years before the scheduled 1980 Games, the late president of the AFL-CIO warned against going to Moscow for the Olympics. Now another prominent person reveals how the Hitler menace threatened the sanctified games. Hodding Carter, chief spokesman for the State De- partment, in a letter that was published in the New York Times, under the heading The Year Hitler Almost Had His 2nd Olympics," retraced history as a reminder of the Nazi menace that had already been cloaked in the Olym- piad spirit and threatened continuity of the bigotries. The Hodding Carter letter follows: Recently, there has been renewed controversy about the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. Were Hitler's designs, both domestic and foreign, clear enough by 1936 so that the Interna- tional Olympic Committee (IOC) and the world community should have refused to hold the Games in Germany? Did world participation at the Berlin Olympics contribute to Hitler's convic- tion that he could pursue his racial programs and aggressive foreign policy without opposition? Or did the success of Jesse Owens and other black athletes help dispel Hitler's claims of Aryan superiority and constitute a serious propaganda defeat for the Fuhrer? While these questions continue to generate de- bate, most people are unaware of the other Nazi Olympics. On June 9, 1939, the IOC accepted Adolf Hitler's personal invitation to transfer the 1940 Winter Olympic Games from St. Moritz, Swit- zerland, to Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bava- rian Alps. The IOC and the St. Moritz Olympic officials had become embroiled in a dispute over the status of ski instructors. The International Ski Federa- tion insisted that instructors be permitted to compete in the Games, but the IOC refused to recognize them as amateurs. The Swiss supported the Ski Federation's position that Alpine skiing be deleted from the Olympic program if the in- structors could not participate. The IOC refused to hold Games at St. Moritz under these circum- stances and accepted Hitler's invitation. June 1939. By this time, Germany had annexed Austria and dismembered Czechoslovakia. Hit- ler's campaign against the Jews in Germany was in full swing. On the same day that the IOC trans- ferred the Games from Switzerland to Germany, The New York Times reported, "East Prussian Jews and thousands of others scattered through- out Germany have been ordered to leave or go to concentration camps appealed to their leaders in Berlin tonight for help in finding homes outside -this nation." The IOC saw no impediment. Its president, Count de Baillet-Latour of Belgium, declared that the decision to move the Games had been taken regardless of political considerations and that the the "error" by the man who had a great role in the peace-making: Jimmy Carter. The issues involved are multiple. Major in the view of the President is the future of Jerusalem. All other aspects aside, perhaps this is the time to ask the Democratic Party leaders: what's happening to the 1976 party platform pledging to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel? -- This question has also been addressed to former President Gerald Ford who, as a Michigan Congressman, before becoming vice president and then President, committed himself to the Jerusalem-as-the-capital-of-Israel necessity. The politcal and other issues are evolving from what will be labeled in many __ insulting adjectives in the course of the next few weeks, and possibly months, because of the campaign for the Presidency. Perhaps it is all to the good that the issue arose — challenging the abstainers to commit themselves to realities.- Tops in realism is that Israel is sovereign and remains so, that Jerusalem will not be abandoned to bandits who polluted the Holy City under Hussein's rule, that there is an absolute commitment to the justice and historic reality of Jerusalem, undivided, as Israel's capital, and to a challenge to those who submit to taking orders, without questioning the justice of such domination. Indeed, perhaps out of it all there will emerge a true libertarian commitment, with Jerusalem, the Ir Shalom, the City of Peace, sending forth the message, Out of Zion, for true peace and justice for mankind, and the inalienable right to it for Israel. the kind of reason and moderation that will allow committee had in view only the interest of sport the classic ideals of human conduct to remain and the Olympic movement. intact. , Less than three months later, on Sept. 1, the It may be argued, with some persuasion, that Nazis invaded Poland, and the European phase of the current world situation demands a state of World War II began. The IOC still did not cancel readiness that may well require military con- the Games. However, on Nov. 24, 1939, Germany scription. But it is equally true that our nation has officially informed the IOC that it could not host traditionally relied on the religious values of its the Games. The government declared that it had citizens as an indispensible force of national hoped peace could be achieved before the Winter strength. The forced conscription of women Games were scheduled to take place, but "since would constitute for many segments of our Britain and France have rejected proposals for society a fundamental and profound upheaval, world peace, the war must continue." and the inevitable heated debate on the issue will This revealing reminder of an experience during the be divisive at a time when national unity is im- years of horror under rising Nazism emphasizes the impor- perative. tance of never hiding the facts, of speaking out against The above position represents the concerted prejudices and persecutions. There is emphasis in this re- views of the entire spectrum of the Orthodox miniscence of the need to apply the lessons of the past to Jewish community, embracing both rabbinic and newly developing situations. lay leadership. We issue a fervent plea to The jubilations over the American team's triumph in President Carter to consider seriously the moral the hockey contest at the just-concluded Winter Olympics and religious implications of his plans to register carries with it more than the joy over the sportsmanship women for the Selective Service System. and athletic prowess of our fellow citizens. It has the added The rising tide of opposition to the proposed draft may aspect of glory in that the Games were conducted in an atmosphere of freedom, in a democratic spirit. This is what be supplemented by this traditional attitude of a vital reli- gious element. This undoubtedly contributes to the in- sportsmanship must always aim for. terpretations drawn upon in the policies in Israel. How far the influence of such an attitude will go remains to be seen. Women in the Registration-Draft Dispute: The Jewish View Bar-Ilan Biology Unit Aids Israeli Students, Teachers Disputes over the impending decisions on the planned registration and possible draft legislation have focused interest on Israel. Incidentally, the Jewish traditional view may be sought on the subject. RAMAT-GAN — Bar- Women are drafted in Israel. Seldom, however, are Ilan University's Biology they drawn into actual military operations. They assist in Supply Center serves more all social, medical, health and educational tasks related to than 200 schools in 100 army life. They have not fought on war fronts; except for localities in Israel. limited occurrences. The center's aim is to What is the Jewish traditional attitude toward regis- achieve a permanent per- tration and the draft necessitated in time of crisis? A letter sonal link with the teacher by Rabbi Bernard Rosensweig, president of the Rabbinical in order to help him by sup- Council of America, and Julius Berman, president of the plying material and advice. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, as- For a nominal subscription, serts that Jewish law prohibits drafting of women for the schools receive prepared military forces. Here is their explanation: sets of materials assembled The national registration of women in the Selec- according to specific labora- tory subjects in the syl- tive Service System would confront the Orthodox labus. These materials are Jewish community with a very painful dilemma. for direct use by the pupils. Foremost authorities in Jewish law have ruled During the course of a that Jewish women may not participate in any year hundreds of substances form of conscription. The Jewish religion has al- are provided, which save ways been concerned to protect the woman's role teachers time and effort, in the family and the moral standards which and often provide them with should prevail in society. To enforce military par- material they cannot obtain ticipation of Jewish women would create an un- elsewhere. Examples of lab- precedented predicament, namely, a clash be- oratory sets are those deal- tween the tenets of one's faith and the law of the ing with antibiotics, plant land. We endorse, enthusiastically, the application of hormones, blood types and the principle of equality to every segment of our micro-organisms. society. But we are deeply concerned that these Some of the live mate- liberating endeavors not collide with traditional rials are prepared at moral and religious ideals to which we are equally Bar-Ilan. Others are ob- tained from other committed. Orthodox Judaism seeks to inculcate a sense of laboratories or from ex- modesty, self-discipline and family purity in rela- pediticins by the staff into tions between the sexes, and it militates against the field. Films on a the wanton permissiveness so prevalent in many variety of subjects are segments of our society. Drafting women and hav- available on loan, as are such instruments as ing them occupy the same barracks as men (as in audio-visual aids and many college dormitories) and fight in isolated posts over extended periods creates tensions and laboratory equipment. Scientific reprints for temptations which are morally unwholesome. students and publications The principle of equality should be governed by for teachers dealing with innovations in biology teaching in secondary schools are also available. A major part of the cen- ter's activities are special in-service training courses. These aim at introducing teachers to new concepts and techniques, including those based upon selected parts of the syllabus and new films. Laboratory assistants are trained in the use and maintenance of equipment and live matter sent by the center. Summer vacations arP - used for intensive course lasting one to three weeks. All throughout the year, special one-day courses an held. Once a year, a full-day gathering of biology teachers and their pupils from the upper biology classes is held. Selected projects executed by senior biology students are presented and dis- cussed. The projects cho- sen by a teachers' panel are awarded gifts of books. The study days encourage teachers and pupils to con- duct individual research. Projects are guided by re- search workers all over Is- rael.