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VOL. LXXVII, No. 21
Page Four
Friday, July 25, 1980
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A PROUD ACHIEVEMENT
A handful of dedicated people, aware of the right of all in the social and economic settings of
unjust treatment accorded the growing number American life.
of retarded, many of them aware of the agonies
Those who are dependent for such homes were
created by the existing conditions from personal afflicted unfortunately by handicaps which
experience of having such innocently afflicted necesitate special care. Under supervision they
in their own families, sought a solution that care well for themselves. It is this supervision
would eradicate the human errors.
that calls for unstinting community support for
Numerous groups arose to strive for solutions the programs initiated by the Jewish Associa-
to the needs. They propagated, pleaded, began tion for Retarded Citizens. Under its supervi-
to establish homes for the retarded who would sion, with the commendable assistance of the
thus be treated not in institutions which often Jewish Vocational Service and its Community
aggravated rather than showed the necessary Workshop, with the encouragement of the
judgment for aid to an unfortunate group.
Jewish Welfare Federation, the residents in the
The Jewish Association for Retarded Citizens homes created here not only have proper hous-
struck the first blow for fairness for some of the ing and most suitable recreation but also have
retarded by establishing the Haverirn Home. In employment.
the decade since, four homes have become a
A program of understanding, of fairness to
reality for those who can be accommodated the handicapped, becomes more complete when
under Jewish supervision.
they are provided with work which gives them
It is to the credit of the valiant group of a feeling of self-sufficiency. The Jewish
enthusiasts in the association that the success Vocational Service, in its vocational workshops,
attained in establishing four homes now has fulfills such great needs. JVS workshops are
paved a road for more such homes, for accom- blessings for senior citizens as well as the re-
modations in the Jewish environment for scores tarded, and support for them should be
more in the ranks of the hundreds of males and encouraged on a local, state and federal basis,
females who must be provided with love and with supplementary aid from the Jewish com-
care, leading them towards a life of dignity.
munity.
An awakening has been in evidence in recent
The achievements of the Jewish Association
years in the labors exerted to arouse public con-
for
Retarded Citizens should not be minimized.
cern in matters affecting the underprivileged
There
is community pride in it. It carries with it
awho, because of birth injuries or other maladies
a
community
obligation. The support given in
that restricted their activities, have become de-
these
efforts,
the
encouragement provided, will
pendent upon human kindnesses fdr assistance
assist
in
increasing
the provisions for further
and encouragement to pursue a life of dignity.
Misunderstandings that often developed into a services. This is the pride to share in these
lack of kindness and compassion resulted in highly commendable and greatly needed serv-
prejudices when homes were sought for the re- ices.
Federal and state support for the needs of the
tarded and others who for no conscious guilt of
their own must have the compassion of the handicapped and retarded is so urgent that an-
community. Fortunately, resistance has built ticipated cuts in allocations is cause for concern.
up against restrictions and a new light is in Community programming has already been re-
evidence in dealing with the many in such duced. As much as $21,000,000 may be cut from
the budget of assistance for the retarded. What-
ranks of the less fortunate in our midst.
Those who, in the Jewish community, have ever effort is possible to avoid harm to programs
rallied to give comfort to such unfortunates who should be utilized. This should be taken into
consideration in planning assistance to the
have the right to share in the bounties of Ameri-
can society now can nourish the hope that is the handicapped.
A PODIUM FOR HATRED
To the detriment of the cause for peace, the
international organization, which was created
to assure peace for mankind, once again
emerges as a medium for hatred.
It is in evidence at the United Natioris Con-
ference on Women in Copenhagen.
The "keynote for hatred" was sounded at the
very outset of the conference when. Leila
Khaled, who figured in highjacking and
planned mass murders of Jews and friends of
Israel, spoke for the PLO and said: We speak to
the world with words, and to the Israelis we
speak only with weapons."
Israel is not alone as the target for hatred.
Because Egypt is in the process of peace-
making, the Sadat government similarly is
threatened, as was indicated when the PLO ad-
vocates walked out of the session when Jihan
Sadat, the Egyptian president's wife corn-
menced her speech at the Copenhagen sessions.
Mrs. Sadat's speech followed the line of de-
manding widespread Israeli withdrawals. It
does not help the peace process, while Egypt
keeps negotiating with Israel. The issues re-
main muddied and confused, with the UN al-
ways on the side of the destructive.
Meanwhile, in the act of plotting Israel's de-
struction, a special session on the Palestinians,
with the obvious intention of again condemning
Israel, has opened in the UN General Assembly.
This is how the UN becomes the international
podium for the advocacy of another Genocide.
The so-called free and progressive countries
of Western Europe are being put to the test. Will
they, together with the U.S., withstand the aim_
of reintroducing Genocide and imposing it on
the world at large, by using Jews as the
scapegoats? Those who call themselves civilized
again are being tested.
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Noted Scholars' Tributes
Memorialize Joseph Lookstein
Tributes compiled to pay honor to Dr. Joseph Lookstein have
become a memorial volume upon their publication.
Thirty eminent Orthodox personalities have written essays
which form the "Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein Memorial Volume"
(Ktav).
Dr. Lookstein died July 13, 1979. A volume of his essays and
sermons published posthumously under the title "Yesterday's Faith
for Tomorrow" was reviewed in The Jewish News Oct. 26, 1979.
The memorial volume-expresses the
tribute of the American Jewish com-
munity to the noted leader who was a
strong adherent to Halakhic laws and
who upheld all the basic traditional
regulations, teaching them to his con-
gregation (Kehilat Jeshurun in New
York), and at the same time associat-
ing with the leaders in American and
world Jewries in the major Jewish
movements. As chancellor of Bar-Ilan
University in Israel, as a professor at
Yeshiva University, as a Joint Distri-
bution Committee leader, as one of the
noted figures in the ranks of Or-
thodoXy and Zionism, he was upper-
most in leadership.
DR. JOSEPH
The memorial volume honors him
LOOKSTEIN
for the many achievements in behalf of
Jewry and Israel, and as a chief advocate of continuity in advancing
traditional Jewish ideals.
The appreciation of Orthodoxy is expressed in the two articles of
tribute by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Yeshiva University
President Norman Lamm.
Noteworthy about this memorial volume is an essay by Rabbi
Haskel Lookstein, the son of the eminent 13ader, entitled "Eulogy for
Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein." As the latter had delivered the eulogy for
his father, so also his son delivered the eulogy for Joseph Look *.
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein's essay "Joseph: the Master or
Dreams" adds notably to the son's appreciation of his father.
The scholarly essays on a large variety of subjects dealing - - qh
bi
Halakha and historical matters includes another essay by
Lookstein, "the Biblical Hero as a Non-Hero."
A special section in this volume appropriately is in Hebrew. It
contains three essays by Prof. David Weisberg-; Prof. Meyer S.
Feldblum and Prof. Menahem Z. KAddari.
There are 23 essays in the portion of the book devoted to Judaism.
Authors included in this category are: Irving A. Agus, Albert I.
Baumgarten, Saul J. Berman, Norman M. Bronznick, Abraham G.
Duker, Arnold Enker, Leon A. Feldman, Harold Fisch, Nathalie
Friedman, Lawrence Grossman, Max Gruenewald, Jonathan I. Hel-
fand, Sidney B. Hoenig, Leo Jung, Norman Lamm, Leo Landman, Sol
Roth, Michael W. Sigall, Haym Soloveitchik, Joseph B. Soloveitchik,
Leon Stitskin and Elie Wiesel.
They are rabbis, professors and noted scholars, with the essay by
Dr. Stitskin pubished posthumously.
The memorial volume is a distinct tribute to one of the most
eminent Jewish personalities of this century.