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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Ben-Gurion's Israel Vision
By MISHA LOUVISH
World Zionist
Press Service
It is natural to think of
David Ben-Gurion on Is-
rael's Independence Day.
This is not only because he
wrote the final draft of the
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It is also because he fo-
cused and personified the
collective national will that
created and consolidated
the Jewish state and the
ideals which are still a chal-
lenge to its people in these
days of crisis and perplex-
ity, six years after Ben-
Gurion's death.
He was not, of course, the
one and only God-given
leader of his people: he al-
ways had a profound respect
for people like Chaim
Weizmann, the president of
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the Zionist Organization
and the Jewish Agency,
even when he vehemently
opposed his policy; and,
though he was a man of
strong opinions and iron de-
termination, he- was a
democratic leader' and de-
voted a great deal of energy
to the task of winning the
support of his colleagues
and the nation at large.
But, from his election
as chairman of the
Zionist Executive in 1935
until his resignation as
Prime Minister in 1963,
he played a leading role
in forging the crucial de-
cisions that led to the es-
tablishment of indepen-
dent Israel. Afterwards,
as first Prime Minister,
more than any single per-
son his policies deter-
mined the course of de-
velopment and moulded
the character of the
young state.
When, early in 1937,
members of the British
Royal Commission (known
as the Peel Commission)
proposed the establishment
of a Jewish state in part of
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shipped the state as such,
but because Jewish inde-
pendence, even if•limited in
territory, would give the na-
tion the power to bring in
more Jews and settle them
on the land.
It was characteristic of
the man that he im-
mediately sat down and
drew a partition map.which
would provide for a Jewish
majority in the proposed
Jewish state.
He was not deterred when
the British, in effect, with-
drew their offer; in 1942 he
was responsible for the
adoption of the Biltmore
Program, in which the
Zionist movement placed
the demand for an indepen-
dent Jewish commonwealth
on public record.
After the war, when it
became obvious beyond
a shadow of doubt that
Britain was unable or
unwilling to carry out the
basic provisions of the
Mandate, he placed the
achievement of state-
hood at the top of the
Zionist agenda as an op-
erational objective.
As Prime Minister in the
early, formative years, he
made many fateful deci-
sions, but perhaps the most
important were two: the es-
tablishment of the united
Israel Defense Forces,
under a single command
subordinate to the civilian
authorities, and the in-
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Heads of six major Jewish
congregational and rab-
binic bodies have called for
a massive religious demon-
stration throughout the
U.S. and Canada to
dramatize the critical im-
portance of keeping Shabat Fish Meal
Symbolism Told
Jerusalem united.
In a letter to 3,000 Ameri-
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
can and Canadian rabbis,
(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)
the leaders proclaimed
It
is a custom to eat fish on
Sept. 14 "United Jerusalem
the
Sabbath.
Some claim
Day" and urged that the that fish symbolize
reprod-
religious. community stress uction because fish repro-
"Jerusalem — United
Forever" during the High duce so rapidly.
The growth and increase
Holy Day season.
of
the Jewish people is espe-
Citing the fact that this is
cially
symbolized on the
the "Bar Mitzva" of the
Sabbath because it was on
reunification of Jerusalem, the Sabbath that family to-
the leaders said that "the
pressure, economic, politi- getherness and love is pre-
cal and social that has been valent.
It is also claimed that the
placed on Jerusalem is of Almighty
seemed to have
utmost concern to us all."
especially
blessed
his Cho-
Rallies, symbolic West-
sen
People
(Israel),
the Sab-
ern Wall ceremonies,
special religious school bath day and the fish. It is
assemblies and High on the Sabbath that these
'Holy Day sermons will three are thus joined to-
stress the centrality of gether by having the chosen
Jerusalem in Jewish life. people eat fish on the Sab-
Joining in the call for con- bath.
Some say that the fish
tinued. support of a united are eaten because the
Jerusalem were: three
presidents of rabbinic asso- Sabbath is a symbol of
ciations: Rabbi Sol Roth, the peace to come in the
era and in that
Rabbinical Council of Messianic
America (Orthodox); Rabbi era a great feast would
place where the
Seymour Cohen, Rabbinical take
people
would eat the
Assembly (Conservative)
and Rabbi Jerome Malino, meat of the giant fish, the
Central Conference of Leviathan. '
It is also claimed that fish
American Rabbis; as well as
Rabbi Alexander Schindler, were at one time very ex-
president, Union of Ameri- pensive and one is supposed
can Hebrew Congregations to save the best food for the
(Reform); Simon Schwartz, Sabbath. Thus the fish were
saved for the Sabbath meal.
president, United
Synagogue of America
The intoxication of anger,
(Conservative); and Julius
Berman, president, Union like that of the grape, shows
of Orthodox Jewish Con- us to others, but hides us
gregations of America — from ourselves. We injure
representing the three con- our own cause in the opinion
gregational arms of Ameri- of the world when we too
passionately defend it.
can Jewry.
David Ben-Gurion, center, is pictured visiting the
front during Israel's war for independence. Shown
with him, are, from left: the late Eliezer Kaplan, Is-
rael's first Finance Minister; and then army chief-of-
staff Yigael Yadin, now Deputy Prime Minister.
gathering of the exiles
through unlimited immi-
gration, despite the hard-
ships and difficulties in-
volved.
There were some who ex-
pressed open doubts when
Ben-Gurion insisted on
opening the gates wide
without delay to all the
Jews who wanted to come or
could be brought to Israel,
and they had sober logic on
their side. How could a
small community, number-
ing 650,000, battered and
bruised by war, still be-
leaguered by enemies, itself
consisting largely of immig-
rants, provide food, hous-
ing, employment and edu-
cation for more hundreds of
thousands?
It had to be done, Ben-
Gurion said. There was no
alternative. He was sup-
ported by Golda Meir and
S.Z. Shragai, the Jewish
Agency's aliya head. The
population was doubled in
three and a half years.
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