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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the ninth day of Adar I, 5741, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Exodus 27:20-30:10. Prophetical portion, Ezekiel 43:10-27.
Candle lighting, Friday, Feb. 13, 5:44 p.m.
VOL. LXXVIII, No. 24
Page Four
Friday, Feb. 13, 1981
FAIRNESS IS NOT STIFLED
Arabs and Jews are neighbors who could
make great contributions to the area in which
they live and, indeed, to all mankind if there
were peace in the Middle East.
Israel pleads for amity. There has been no
response, other than the historic achievement
in the accord with Egypt.
Whenever there is talk about "getting to-
gether," - the heartbreak is that no Arab re-
sponds in words of friendship or willingness to
end animosities or even to talk to Israelis, to
Jews and their friends.
There are many Jews who bend backwards,
who concede, who are accused of appeasing and
who are the antagonists to their own people in
their willingness to accede.
When, therefore, even a single Arab speaks
out as a rejector of libels against Jews and Is-
rael, it is a matter for acclaim.
- Arab spokesmen in the United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly drag the basic tenets of decency
into the gutter by resort to the Protocols of the
Elders of Zion. It was the most atrocious display
of anti-Semitism yet heard in an international
arena.
To the credit of one of the most prominent
Arab representatives in this country it should
be said that he has shown his sense of fairness
by repudiating that display of ignorance and
hatred. Dr. M. T. Mehdi, who has spoken often
in behalf of the Arabs and has attacked Israel in
public statements, emerges as an exception to
the rule in Arab ranki by speaking out against
the vilest of bigotries.
The Mehdi role in this aspect of hatred that
has once again disgraced the basic principles of
the UN is outlined in the Near East Report of
Jan. 23, 1981. It merits being quoted in full:
"It is good occasionally to be able to agree
with our opponents. For example, Dr. M. T.
Mehdi, Secretary General of Arab People to
American People and Executive Editor of Ac-
tion, a pro--Arab, anti-Israel newspaper. In a
hand-written missive to Near East Report Mr.
Mehdi wrote, "Dear Friends and regretfully
thoughtless opponents: I am sorry that some
stupid Arabs and/or Moslems supported The
Protocols. I was glad that you criticized the
stupid idiots.' He was referring to the Dec. 26,
1980 issue of NER which noted use of the Pro-
tocols by a new anti-Semitic bi-weekly, Islamic
Revival.
"Since Dr. Mehdi is a great fan of Near East
Report (he calls it 'one of the better Zionist pub-
lications') and he reruns NER editorials in his
column As Zionists View Things,' we felt that
we could hardly do less and we would like to
quote from Action's Jan. 12 editorial, The Pro-
tocols of the Elders of Zion.' To wit:
"This booklet, the Protocols of the Elders of
Zion is a forgery written by some probably (sic)
anti-Semities who thate the Jews and therefore
put together certain ideas which they attrib-
uted to the so-called elders of Zion . . . We call
upon the readers of Action and our friends to
discard that forged document, never touch it
and never refer to it . . .
"Ignorant Arabs and ignorant Moslems who
wish to built (sic) their case against Zionism on
the basis of a distorting and forged document
such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion do
damage to the Arab Cause and Islam. Their use
of the Protocols is detrimental to the cause of the
Arabs and humanity, as it helps perpetuate
prejudice, increase hatred and does damage to
common sense."
"Admirable sentiments. Less admirable are
some of the Action's other points: that it was
anti-Semitism that created Zionism, that
hatred, against Jews is in the Zionist- interst,
and that there is no need for a forged document
to indict Zionism.
"Mere quibbles! We enthusiastically join with
Dr. Mehdi and Action in condemning the
notorious Protocols."
A hearty welcome to Dr. Mehdi to the ranks of
protectors of truth and rejectors of bigotries.
A related question must be directed to Dr.
Mehdi:
How, Sir, do you react to a group of people
under the leadership of an academician who
offers an "Arab Guide" for use in public schools
and inserts in it a map that eliminates, Israel
from her very presence in the Middle East? An
answer is in order.
NOBEL PEACE NOMINATIONS
Once again, two names have been presented
as nominees for the 1981 Nobel Peace prize —
those of former President Jimmy Carter and
Raoul Wallenberg.
Perhaps consideration of these two per-
sonalities for the prestigious award will be more
successful now.
It has happened before that two nominees
shared the award, as in the instance of Egypt's
President Anwar Sadat and Israel Prime Minis-
ter Menahem Begin.
Perhaps the Swedish committee that decides
on the awardees can be induced to make it a
two-some again this year by dividing the honor
between Carter and Wallenberg.
The former President played an historic role
in effecting the peace agreement between Israel
and Egypt. These columns have indicated prey-
iously that the same tributes expressed for
Sadat and Begin should be accorded to Carter.
It has similarly been expressed in these col-
umns that the Nobel Peace Prize fits the record
of courage and humanism attached to the name
of Raoul Wallenberg. He vanished as a Russian
prisoner in 1945. The USSR claims that he died
in one of her prisons. It is now believed, based on
reports from visitors in Russia and some who
had served as Soviet prisoners, that they had
seen Wallenberg alive. His release might be
speeded in the recognition that would be ac-
corded hilt with the Nobel Peace Prize.
These, therefore, are nominations for the
peace award. Hopefully, these editorial views
will be shared by the Nobel Committee in Stoc-
kholm.
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`Let's Talk About Loving' an
Authoritative Children's Guide
Dorothy K. Kripke has an enviable record of having produced five
notable books for children. She had the assistance of her husband,
Rabbi Meyer Kripke. Both are well known in many communities and
have appeared before Detroit groups.
The latest of the Kripkes' works is especially commendable.
"Let's Talk About Loving" was co-published by Women's League for
Conservative Judaism and Ktav publishers.
The Kripke book is impressively and appropriately illustrated by
Lazio Matulay.
This is perhaps the first book of its kind dealing with the subject
of Jewish family love and sex.
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Providing the Jewish aspect on the subject, this is a work that
should serve excellently as a textbook, as well as a guide for parents in
their concerns with the subject matter to be taught to children in the
home.
It is a book for children 8 to 11, nevertheless the authoritatively
provided data makes it suitable for the elder as well.
Writing from a Jewish religious point of view "which we believe
is psychologicallysound," the subject matter includes the meanings of
love, how to recognize love, loving God, loving the family, falling in
love, facts about sex, and even touches on divorce, adoptions and
related facts.
Writing in the language children understand, the Kripkes' guid-
ance is towards creating good relations in society as well as perpetuat-
ing the Jewish family. On that score the advice by the authors is:
It is very important that a Jewish boy find a girl who is Jewish,
and that a girl who is Jewish find a Jewish boy. Indeed, the idea of
Jews marrying Jews is so important that it deserves' a whole book on
this one subject. The subject of this book is more general. Here, we are
talking about loving.
"It is loving that makes us really human, makes us real people.
Even when we were babies and little children, before we knew it we
loved those who took care of us and loved us.
"But loving a husband or wife is much more than that. What each
gets from the other is important. But it is even more important that
each wants to give to the other. Loving a husband or wife starts from
wanting to give affection, to give care, to give love.
"It is loving that makes us belong to each other, that binds us to
each other very closely — husband, wife, son, daughter, sister,
brother, mother, father. Loving is a feeling. It awakenS us to the most
cherished experiences of our lives, and the happiest. Loving makes us
a little like God, for it lets us open wide to others the treasures of our
hearts."
In the wholesomeness of the author's approach to the firmness ov
relationships in Jewish family life, a brief treatment of divorce deW
fines it as "Not Always." An explanatory legend is accompanied by
the explanation of how divorces are acquired according to Jewish law
and Mrs. Kripke adds: "A divorce is not the children's fault. The
parents have just stopped loving each other as they once did, but they
have not stopped loving their children." The realism is therefore
retained, as in the entire text of this book on loving in Jewish family
and community life.
In an age of increasing mixed marriages, of broken homes and
therefore the abandonment of what had been pride in Jewish family
unity, such advice is powerful as an advocacy of assuring the unity of
the family.
That's why the Kripkes' "Let's Talk About Loving" merits
acclaim.