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News Editor
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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 11th day of Elul, 5740, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19.
Prophetical portion, Isaiah 54:1-10.
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Candle lighting, Friday, Aug. 22, 8:04 p.m.
VOL. LXXVII, No. 25
Friday, August 22, 1980
Page Four
WRITERS SHOULD ALSO READ
. Editorial writers and some commentators
have found a target to shoot at in their judg-
ments on occurrences in the Middle East. The
Jerusalem issue has provided means for added
attacks on the present Israeli government, and
Menahem Begin is a suitable person to attack.
The jibes are merciless and the prime minister
is already ruled out of power although he has
more than a year to complete his term of office.
In the process of leveling attacks on Israel and
her leaders, the "shooting" is merciless and the
reason for piling up ammunition is a compila-
tion of charges packed with vehemence and
much hatred. Jerusalem is ruled out as an ac-
cepted capital, the government that calls it her
seat of operations is charged with making it
"occupied territory," the head of state is treated
like a criminal.
All of which poses the question whether
editorial writers, such as have penned a vile
piece like the one in Detroit's afternoon news-
paper, read and study the facts. Are they aware
of the historic role of Jerusalem? Contrary to
the unwise pressure of an additional resolution
on Jerusalem as Israel's capital when it is al-
ready an accepted and undebatable fact, is it
possible that the judges of what is occurring are
unaware that Israel merely redeemed the Old
City of Jerusalem whence Jews were ousted and
were prevented from even praying at the West-
ern Wall, the Kotel Hamaaravi?
Also to be posed is the question whether an
editorial writer has the right to ridicule the
head of a state without reading his views and
taking into account his leadership which stem-
med from a routinely resultant election by a
democraticlly operated nation? Why the smack-
ing of lips with hatred every time it becomes
necessary to make a scapegoat of the head of a
nation whose chief concern is the security of his
people? Why the deifying of the head of another
state, Anwar Sadat of Egypt, without reading
the text of the Camp David agreement which
states specifically that differing views are sub-
ject to negotiations, without ruling out the
entire Camp David achievement?
As a matter of fact, Sadat himself teaches a
lesson to those who would destroy the peace
pact. The Egyptian president has made an issue
of Jerusalem, has irritated the Israelis for vot-
ing with Israel's enemies in the UN for a de-
structive resolution, but he has re-affirmed that
negotiations with Israel continue. Why, there-
fore, the horrifying attempt to write about the
Camp David experience as if it is a total flop?
Indeed, writers, editorial opinionists and
commentators should read as well as write.
They must learn the facts and refrain from dis-
torting them. The policies many pursue add to
animosities. They can be averted by studying
the facts and applying them to judgments of the
existing situation.
CONTINUING RE S1
With the approach of Rosh Hasfla-na , the
duties confronting Amprilan Jewish com-
munities in 574:1 are apparent.
y for the educational and cultural
needs has never been disputable. These are
major in Jewish programming. The duty to edu-
cate the youth and to keep people of all ages
aware of the legacies is paramount.
The needs in all aspects of communal living,
aid for the elderly, compassion and encourage-
ment for the handicapped, assistance to incom-
ing immigrants whose settlement in the U.S. is
aided, these and a score of other obligations
share the ledger of causes which depend for
their sustenance on the responsibility of con-
tinuing every means of supporting Israel's
status as the developing Jewish state.
Because of the needs that have arisen, the
obstacles that emerge from inflationary ills, the
economic pressures and their irritations, well-
functioning communities are compelled to plan
their philanthropic endeavors much earlier
than usual. This is true of the Allied Jewish
Campaign and its chief beneficiary, the United
Jewish Appeal, added to the three-score agen-
cies whose activities are dependent upon the
incomes from annual drives.
Major in the obligations to be fulfilled in the
months ahead is the • support to be given the
Israel Bond drives. The investments in Israel
Bonds are not contributions. They are interest-
bearing. They are much more than that. They
are conscience-healing. To assure Israel's exist-
ence as a viable economic force, to guarantee
that the funds necessary for many economic de-
velopments will be available, the Israel Bond
~ IB.ILITIES
dollar becomes most vital.
Industries have emerged in Israel on a profit-
able and constructive basis thanks to the Israel
Bond Organization. The hands of the Israel gov-
ernment are upheld and kept firm when roads
are completed and harbors are protected with
loans from Israel Bond investments, thus assur-
ing national security.
Israel Bonds do not substitute for the philan-
thropic needs. They supplement them. Such
needs become imperative duties for Jews who
are able to give as well as to invest. Both factors
are vital. The Israel Bond duty is imperative.
SEEKING FACTS
In the weeks of vote-begging, the citizen who
wields a powerful weapon for the quadrennial
election day will have much to be puzzled by.
The candidates, soon to become independent
because triumph at the polls often frees them of
responsibility to lend sanctity to a party plat-
form, will be bandying with charges and
counter-charges. The constituent who is bound
by the highest principles of citizenship will try
to get to the roots of problems posed and will
know whether truth is sacrificed on the altar of
office-seeking. The average citizen may not be
that successful.
Therefore the responsibility of movements
like the League of Women Voters, who certainly
search for honesty in politics, to analyze con-
testing arguments and to emphasize the factual
for the sake of basic truths on the political
arena. How to avoid ignorance should be the
prime motivation for those claiming to provide
guidance in political contests.
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Dewey Stone: World Jewry's
Tribute to a Noted Leader
Dewey David Stone was one of the giants in Zionist ranks in this
country. He was a leader in the United Israel Appeal and therefore
also an outstanding personality in the United Jewish Appeal.
He gave primary leadership to efforts in behalf of the Weizmann
Institute of Science and had earned honorary citations from it and as
chairman of American Friends of the Weizmann Institute.
Attention is therefore given to a
volume, "Solidarity and Kinship:
. Essay on American Zionism," pub-
lished by the American Jewish Histor-
ical Society, as a tribute to the emi-
nent leader, whose death occurred in
1977.
lv oteworthy in this volume are the
essays by Abba Eban, who served as
president of the Weizmann Institute
when Stone was its chief advocate on
the international scene; and Gottlieb
Hammer, who was the executive vice
president of the United Israel Appeal
and the Jewish Agency.
The tribute to Stone serves as a re-
capitulation of the movements in
which the departed leader served for
many years.
DEWEY STONE
The late Dewey David Stone was
born in Brockton, Mass., in 1900. Until his death in 1977 he also was
active as a member of the board of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and
many American agencies. Jerrold Hoffberger, president of the United
Israel Appeal, joined in expressing gratitude to the American Jewish
Historical Society for publishing the tribute to Stone.
- The many illustrations in the Stone memorial volume cover
many activities of his life and incidentally portray the decades c
Zionist and Israel-building activities.
Publication of the volume was made possible by the Stone
Charitable Foundation.
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New Bazak Israel Guide
Retains All Major Features
Guides for tourists to Israel provide opportunities not only to
select the most desired itineraries but also include studies in the
history and development of the land.
The Bazak series offers excellent guidance and is a valuable
source for knowledge of Israel in the volume devoted to the Jewish
state. Bazak Guide to Israel 1980-1981 (Harper and Row) is properly
subtitled "Israel's Own Best Selling Guide."
This volume is replete with information about the best routes to
the most historic places, supplemented with maps that are always
helpful. There are the magical mystery tours, special articles about
women in Israel, the history of the land and the Jewish state and
archeology.
The kibutz is defined, the communities are delineated, the reli-
gious aspects are indicated.
Practical information deals with the accommodations, restau-
rants, health resorts and other factors.
The new Israel Bazak Guide was produced by Avran Levi. It was
edited by Alec Israel.