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Prophetical portion, Jeremiah 7:21-8:3; 9:22-23. Candle lighting, March 20, 6:26 p.m. VOL. LXXIX, No. 3 Page Four Friday, March 20, 1981 SOLIDARITY ON AGENDA Formal commencement of the Allied Jewish Campaign, set for next Tuesday, has special meaning in this epoch in world and Jewish his- tory. It would be calamitous if the Campaign were treated as a routine occasion on the calendar. These are crucial times. In an era in which ter- ror has gripped mankind, by threats of conflicts motivated by hatreds, there is an increasing need for solidarity in the ranks of all who crave for a measure of solace. For the Jew, a time of challenge caused by political enmities and social greed is more seri- ous than for any other group. The defensive factors are more limited. The need for unity is more pressing. That is why the obligation for solidarity is urgent. It stands to reason that for survival com- munities need dedication and generous support. Such assistance to the Allied Jewish Campaign is emphasized by the inclusion in its more than 55 supported causes of the United Jewish Ap- peal, its chief beneficiary, whose funds provide assistance to new settlers in Israel, aid for the social services in behalf of the indigent and the elderly, allocations to assure continued educa- tional services, especially the universities which are advancing the cultural aspects of the country and the many research programs for the advancement of scientific studies. The schools and the social agencies in the commu- nity depend upon the income from the oncoming Campaign. TheSe must not be abandoned. There is an even more important factor to be considered in responding to the Allied Jewish Campaign. It is the forcefulness that is vital in the image of the Jewish people that must emerge in dealing with the world's crises and with the dangers threatening Israel. Threats to Israel's very existence are so seri- ous that they cannot be ignored. They are mounting. Whatever encouragement given the Israelis will be helpful. Whatever the sources for the nation's defense must be encouraged. American government aid, friendly, attitudes of other countries, few as they may be in the record of Israel's defenders, are vital. Most im- portant, however, is the Jewish response, the loyalty and the kinship_ that creates family strength. Without it the defensive is weakened and the resistance to tyranny hampered. The unity in Jewish ranks is especially vital for a major reason: that of signaling to friends that the People Israel will be solidly in defense , of the state of Israel, which is the last rampart in the battle for survival. A new administration in Washington is now judging the Middle East issues. There is com- mitment to adhere to the American pledge to keep Israel strong and secure. That commit- ment will remain and will be adhered to as long as the Jewish people nourishes it. The moment there is an abandonment of such a duty, the friendships may also disappear. Therefore, the major task is to retain solidar- ity in Jewish ranks, to strengthen it, to demon- strate it as a basis for Jewish unity. The new U.S. Administration will be expected to be loyal to pledges for a secure Israel in an area of friendship for this country in the Middle East — as long as that partnership is based on a sol- idified Jewish front. It must not be weakened. The Allied Jewish Campaign symbolizes the unity of the Jewish people. It is more than a philanthropy. It is a people's dedication to the needs of its kin. With loyalty to it there will be the symbolizing for the American people and for the world that Jews will not abandon their kin. Such devotions spell assurance that there will be respect for the great partnership between the United States and Israel, of friendship for the Jewish people. The response with generosity to the Allied Jewish Campaign will emphasize these obligations and effect them into realism. CITIZENS • • UNITE! Emergence of reactionary forces in the American society is cause for grave concern. Ku Klux Klan activities can no longer be treated with the derision the hatemongers in- vited for themselves during the decades of threats by white-robed gangs to innocent people. They who were a menace to the South have now intruded the peaceful areas of the nation with their reborn inanities. A KKK candidate is on the Michigan ballot. KKK gangs have burned crosses on the lawns of peaceful people in many cities and have threatened the security of synagogues and churches. Now one of their 'gangs has shown its venom in a local high school. This is intolerable. What is needed, therefore, is the determina- tion of all honorable citizens — and the citizenry of this land is basically honorable! — to be united against any, recurrence of the cross- burning, mind-demented acts that are disgrac- ing American life. There is an urgency for citizens to be united against such outrages. KKK is a threat not to blacks alone, nor to Jews and Catholics, but to all Americans. Unity against such manifestations calls for a sense of justice on a national scale. It demands that citizens should not be split among them- selves, that there should be no internal rancor. It demands that there shall never again be divi- siveness between blacks and whites, between blacks and Jews. In the latter sphere especially anything like corruption of truth and disunity should be discouraged. The unspeakable horrors in Atlanta add im- mensely to the concerns that motivate the need for caution prepatory to action both to avert as well as to outlaw every semblance of inhuman- ity in these social spheres. The brutalities call for concerted movements to damn bestialities. There is a common enemy, and against it there must be united action. In the interest of American fair play, the plea to be supported by all is: Citizens of this nation, unite! Elon's 'Flight Into Egypt' Pinpoints Confrontations Amos Elon frequently emerges as chief interpreter of the con- troversial issues affecting the Israel-Egyptian confrontations. In "Flight Into Egypt" (Doubleday), the prominent Israeli journalist provocatively analyzes the events that marked the end of the 30-year conflict between the two nations, culminating in the Camp David decisions. Interviews with the most prominent leaders, with Egyptian spokesmen and impressions gathered among the people he encountered in Egypt, reveal the fears of Islamic fundamentalism. This document is a revealing account of a people that was oppressed by the war at- mosphere and had an urgent desire for an ; end to the sufferings that were encountered, with cravings for a new life. Elon deals with the sentiments both of Israelis as well as the Egyptians. Return- ing from a study tour of Egypt into Israel, he comments on the aftereffects of the Camp David experiences: "The ink has hardly dried on the signatures and already they are expostulating upon the military and economic ramifications of failures! AMOS ELON Why wonder about such nervousness? If the peace treaty failed, it would be unfortunate for Egypt, perhaps very unfortunate, but for Israel it would be downright disastrous." Critical of Menahem Begin, the Elon account delves into the major political aspects of the long conflict with Egypt. Primarily, the hope for an end to warfare dominates his theme which is based on results of studies in the major Egyptian communities and the im- pressions gathered from the war-afflicted nation. In his analyses of the events and of the reactions gathered from chief spokesmen involved in peace searching, "Flight Into Egypt" induces concern for all the threatening problems evolving from an accord yet to be realized. It adds invaluably to a search for realism an era filled with a desire for peace yet never without the contini war threats. This is a volume filled with grave admonitions for boLn Israel and Egypt. Concise Halakhic Studies of Healing in Judaism Healing is more than a science. It is rooted in Halakhic studies and impressive analyses are presented in "Judaism and Healing: Halakhic Perspectives" by Rabbi J. David Bleich. The author, recognized as an authority in the field of bioethics and conductor of a seminar in medicine and Jewish law at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, deals with such subjects as abortion, sex change surgery, test tube babies, circumcision, population control, contraception, sterilization, homosexuality and a score of related topics. He discusses artificial insemination and defines the Halakhic rules on the obligation to heal, the role of the physician and the preservation of life and health. Dr. Bleich's is the most informative book available on the topics outlined. "Judaism and Healing" is must reading for all who seek information on the vital health subjects and the book makes an excellent textbook for physicians as well as lay people.