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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath. the 15th day of Heshvan. .5741. the following scriptural selections will he read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portiiin. Genesis 18:1-22:24. Prophetical portion. 11 Kings 4:1-37.
Candle lighting, Friday, October 24, 6:19 p.m.
VOL. LXXVIII, No. 8
Page Four
Friday, October 24, 1980
XENOPHOBIA UNDER SCRUTINY
A poll taken by L'Express of Paris showed
that one out of eight French believe there are
too many Jews in their country.
This is an apparent reaction to the 250,000
Algerian Jews who settled in France and made
the Jewish community in that country the sec-
ond largest in Europe.
It is one of the many sad commentaries on the
increased anti-Semitism that has subjected the
French Jews to a state of terror.
They are not the Algerians alone who have
contributed to the increased hatred.
Xenophobia, dislike or hatred for-Jews, dates
back to the Affaire Dreyfuss and much earlier.
The French pollsters did not discover any-
thing new or specific. It is something that
existed before and regurgitates.
Of greater concern is the fact that the human
tragedy that anti-Semitism is on the increase in
other countries, that there are manifestations of
it in England and also in the United States; that
the poison has gained adherents while giving
impetus to the neo-Nazis, to the Ku Klux Klan,
to reactionaries who are making the Jew the
scapegoat again for the many ills afflicting
mankind.
The renewed attention drawn to the venom-
ous elements everywhere causes the injection of
the query, now heard at many American Jewish
gatherings, whether that which has resulted in
a state of terror in France and elsewhere can
also happen here.
One evaluator of this situation posed this
question in an extensive report on the spread of
anti-Semitism. He concluded by stating "Not
now!" This is in itself an indictment of
humanism and represents a warning that the
dangerous menace is on the world agenda and is
not to be ignored.
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Framework of Jewish Ethics
Defined in Two Ktav Volumes
In "Governmental and Judicial Ethics in the Bible and Rabbinic
Literature" (Ktav), Dr. James E. Priest, professor of Bible and reli-
gious education at Pepperdine University, California, outlines basic
concepts in Jewish teachings. His emphasis on the variety of subjects
covered in this volume is:
"From its very inception the Hebrew nation was governed by
Toroth ( instructions) from God. They were His Elect People. A cove-
nant relationship existed between God and .Israel."
An approach to renewed negotiations for Begin have been excused had he been silent on
Prof. Priest deals with such subjects as capital punishment,
such
a
vital
issue,
even
if
President
Carter
goes
firmer peace actions in the Middle East ap-
enforcement
of judicial ethics, reward and punishment, governmen-
peared to be an accomplished fact, until new to extremes, when meeting with Jewish leaders,
tal ethics in war and peace and related topics.
The author emphasizes that his exemplary topics "have shown
obstacles seemed to interrupt the much needed to justify the American abstention?
There is much that is inexcusable in diploma-
the similarities and differences between Torah and Talmud, between
amity.
tic and media judgments of Prime Minister Be-
the Hebrew Scriptures and rabbinic literature. Also, the judicial and
Once again there is talk about the need to gin. Occasionally, the facts properly portray Mr.
governmental ethics of the two literatures have been compared and
postpone the planned conference until after the Begin as the image of his, people and their
contrasted. It has been noted that, generally speaking, the Halakhic
November elections. If the intention is to give spokesman.
work of the sages reflects , a more detailed concern with the ethical
ramifications of judicial legislation and procedures then do Hebrew
the impression that President Carter, if re-
What has happened in the process of peace
elected, would then have a free hand to deal
Scriptures."
with Israel, then it implies a desire to seek a planning is that every time an effort was sought
An impressive code of ethical principles in business practices is
to
discredit
the
Israeli
role
it
was
that
nation's
way for unhindered pressures upon Israel. If prime minister who was the target and the
embodied in the framework of Jewish law.
Anwar Sadat is hinted as the responsible person
The basic ideas are embodied and analyzed in an extensive study
in postponements, then it would be an unfortu- media joined the attack upon the available
by Rabbi Arnold Levine in his latest work, "Free Enterprise and
nate implication of the Egyptian leader to influ- scapegoat.
Jewish Law" -(Ktav).
The established facts are that the opposition
ence the Carter role in the approaching election.
The many aspects of these 'ethical codes include monopoly and
restraint of trade, ruinous competition, contract law, costs and bene-
Meanwhile, there is a shocking continuation of to Begin had in itself initiated the settlements
fits, ethics of business pricing policies, role of government in the free
uncalled for abuse leveled at Israel's prime program and in the main the parties involved do
enterprise economy, public finance.
minister, and this is a distortion of facts that not differ in the policies aimed at assuring secu-
should not have a place in an effort to establish rity for Israel.
Dr. Norman Lamm, president of Yeshiva University, in a preface
Two matters appear on the surface as injec- commending this extensive study, welcomes the inclusion of this
peace in a war-torn area.
tions of menacing aspects in an already volume in the "Library of Jewish Law and Ethics." He states that to
When the U.S. voted an abstention on a cru-
his knowledge "this is the most exhaustive and knowledgeable vol-
cial issue in the UN Security Council, Menahem dynamite-filled situation. One is the implica- ume produced anywhere in such a scale and in such breadth on the
tion
that
peace
talks
can
be
trifled
with
on
the
Halakhic and ethical views of Judaism on the subject of free
Begin was horrified and expressed his nation's
basis of a presidential contest. The other is the enterprise."
protest over what was termed an inexcusable
insistence of making the Israel prime minister a
act by the U.S. spokesman on a resolution that
In his introduction, Dr. Levine, who is professor of economics a'-
scapegoat in a matter that affects the peace of
is proving very damaging for Israel. Im-
Yeshiva University, compares "the approaches of free enterprise ar.
an entire area and the human relations between Jewish law (Halakha) to various economic issues revolving around
mediately there were heard the attacks upon
,
Begin, who is all-too-often portrayed as the evil peoples globally. Both 'should be treated with competition, efficiency and economic freedom."
caution.
Two important glossaries are appended to Dr. Levine's notewor-
man in the Middle East. Could Prime Minister
thy study: economic and legal terms and of Hebrew and Aramaic
terms.
BEGIN AND ISRAEL'S DIGNITY
YOUNG ISRAEL ON THE SCENE
Delegates from a number of cities in the Mid-
dle West states, appearing here this weekend
for the Young Israel Midwest Conference, attest
to a vital role in Jewish religious ranks by the
youth in Orthodoxy.
It is the dedication of the affiliates in this
movement that has helped provide vital leader-
ship in many communities.
In the Detroit area, one of the Young Israel
synagogues has just marked its 25th anniver-
sary in a single building, thus indicating that
the movement also is able to assure continuity
in protecting a neighborhood for Jewish resi-
dents.
The theme of the Young Israel - conference
here, "Orthodoxy's Quest in Contemporary
Society," must surely inspire importance to the
Young Israel movement and to the community
that welcomes the delegates.
The emphasis on Torah learning, the educa-
tional programs sponsored by the Young Israel
movement, the dedication thus inspired, con-
tribute towards the creative efforts which earn
appreciation from the larger community. It is a
basic program to be emulated on a larger scale.
Hanuka Laughter
In perhaps 100 words, -in a small book of 24 pages with a dozen
illustrations, Miss M.B. Goffstein creates laughter on Hanuka for the
very young.
In "Laughing Latkes" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), she tells stories
relating to the Hanuka festival, all asking why the latkes are laugh-
ing.
Each question relates to a factor and facet of Hanuka.
The result is the teaching of the holiday to the very young to
whom the entire story can be read in a matter of minutes.
Yet in the few minutes, and the reading can be repeated for the
very young, the Hanuka heroics emerge. This gives status to .a very
small book.