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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the fifth day of Iyar, 5741, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 21:1-24:23. Prophetical portion, Ezekiel 44:15-31.
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Candle lighting, Friday, May 8, 8:20 p.m.
- VOL. LXXIX, No. 10
Page Four
Friday, May 8, 1981
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ISRAEL: HEAD HIGH
Israel, aging, remains ever young. At 33, the
Jewish state approaches middle age as the
counting of years relates to an individual or to a
young nation. Israel represents the ages in the
history of mankind, in the records of the entire
world.
Yet, having been reborn in the chronology of
the Universe, it must be rated as a young na-
tion. Never having been abandoned in memory
or prophecy, in adherence to the hope for rede-
mption, the state is the undying in age.
This is more than a juggling of words and
phrases in the experience of the people that is
the dreamer evolved into the builder: In that
capacity, the developer of Zion Redeemed must
also be the realist. In the pragmatism of the
people that has been tested by many fires, by the
hatreds accumulated in a variety of prejudices,
a state reborn is compelled to live under the
pressure of always fighting for its very exist-
ence.
This is the chief as-
pect of the numeral 33,
of an anniversary
greeted with joy by the
People Israel, yet con-
fronting the
animosities that compel
undiminished stub-
bornness rooted in the
determination of the
undying spirit of the
Jewish people.
The fact is that while Jews everywhere are
observing the anniversary of Israel at Thirty-
Three, there is the enemy carrying on a struggle
for delegitimizing Israel's very existence. A
state reborn after the most tragic era in world
history, when the mass murder of Six Million
was routinely performed with most of mankind
a silent witness, is begrudged to survivors of the
Holocaust, the dreamers for fulfillment of
prophecy, the nation whose rebirth was sought
through the ages while its reply to bigotry was,
"I shall not die but live to declare the works of
the Lord."
While hailing the achievements of the small
state in spite of the many obstacles, both the
creative spirit of Israel as well as the dangers it
confronts must be taken into account. The posit-
ive, the achievements, must be recorded and the
world must be kept aware of it. The menacing
elements cannot be ignored.
Everything that is Israel's today, all that is
humanly Israeli, is rooted in the remarkably
miraculous. How can there be a measurement of
the great achievements, the redemption of the
nation, the building of cities, the settlement of
survivors from many hatreds, the establish-
ment of universities, the industrial progress,
making neglected soil fruitful again?
The accomplishments justify a boasting over
the emergence of a people held in submission
into a self-liberating dignity. This is the miracle
of the ages.
While this has taken place and continues to
be the life-style of the people of Israel, her very
existence is threatened. The celebration, there-
fore, an alertness to dangers, a duty to be on
guard against possible destruction, the prayer
of rejoicing over a life of honor mingled with the
tools for defense and self-protection.
How tragic that the civilized folk in mankind
does not join in rejecting fully the attempt to
undermine the homeland of the millions who
are carrying on the traditions that spell Rede-
mption? There is more talk of delegitimizing
Israel than there is of justice for an embattled
nation. That is why in a time of celebration
there also must be emphasis on defense, on
self-protection.
Marking the Year 33 for Israel, her fellow
Jews throughout the world, her friends who op-
erate in her behalf, must keep mobilizing the
strength always necessary for the very exist-
ence of those surrounded by many nations wav-
ing weapons aimed at destroying her. There can
be no celebration without organized efforts to
assure continuity for the celebrant.
The pride in what is Israel, in the redemption
that ended the homelessness that was enforced
upon Jews for some 19 centuries, serves as an
invitation for celebration, for rejoicing that re-
deeming Zion with justice became prophecy
realized.
Therefore, the rejoicing without limit, the
parades, the social functions, the public rallies
here and in all Jewish communities, asserting
that Israel at Thirty-Three - invites all her
friends into a holiday spirit.
Israel is redeemed, lives with dignity, defies
dangers, because Israel holds her head high.
The clarion call from Israel, emphasizing the
achievements, adhering to continuity of a
people's creativity, is: Head High! •
DEDICATED
VOLUNTEERISM
A proud record of dedicated services to Jewish
needs, at home and abroad, gained added status
in the 1981 Allied Jewish - Campaign.
For Metropolitan Detroit Jewry, the appeal
for support of the scores of Jewish causes locally
and nationally, and the needs overseas, was a
call to action defying all obstacles. There were
many obstructions, the economic and the politi-
cal, and none was permitted to stand in the way
of an obligation to uphold the hands of the buil-
ders of Zion while assuring strength for the
home community.
Israel has the message — that this Jewish
community will honor a partnership of kinship.
The educational and social services are given
the assurances that they will not be abandoned,
that they will gain strength from a devoted con-
stituency.
The sharing of responsibilities, youth as-
sociating with their parents in meeting them,
represents the acme of the dedication now being
acclaimed.
These are the messages from a successful
Campaign, conducted by dedicated leaders and
an army of devoted volunteers. Volunteerism
rose to new heights in this Campaign.
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`Walking Through Israel' Adds
Value to Historical Studies
Daniel Gavron is eminently well qualified to describe every as-
pect of Igrael's geographic lures, the beauty of the land, the attitude of
the people, their conflicts, their aspirations. As news editor and re-
porter for Israel Radio, he has a background that provided him with
authority on the subject in his "Walking Through Israel," (Houghton
Mifflin Co.).
It is a remarkably good book and it overshadows in importance
the best of guide books on Israel.
Gavron lived in Jerusalem for eight years and his travels ex-
tended through every portion of the land.
It isn't all glory. Where there is pressure Gavron defines it. For
example, he states that "much of what is least admirable in Israeli
society is to be found in the large towns." He describes the blocks of
luxury apartments going up, often "next to festering slums."
He doesn't pull punches describing th! boorishness of wealth, the
overcrowded and seldom punctual buses, rudeness of civil servants.
He even points to the rise of crime arts the ;drug problem that has
begun to emerge.
Yet, he states, it is still possible or young; girls to walk safely on
the streets of Tel Aviv and he comri ents , "I {AY ould rather stroll the
night time streets of Jerusalem than those oaf London."
Conditions have changed, he admittedly N:yrites, and his interest-
ing volume proceeds to describe le results of Nis decision to walk and
to see and study the country. That's how his book developed.
He walked for 31 days. He could have made it in two weeks. He
gathered viewpoints, from Arabs as well as Jews. The currency of
Israel's existence is reflected in these pages, just as the conflicting
thoughts in the many elements of the population are echoed here.
There is a fascination in Gavron's experiences as evidenced in
this paean to his walks thatprove so profitable for the discriminating
reader:
"I had not walked to Zilat; not quite. Threes more days would have
done it — two going all-oat — yet I had no regrets. The past days had
been a splendid interlude, but it was time to return to real life.
"I had journeyed through Israel from the rolling hills of the nort
to the dusty spaces of the southern desert; ,-L-om the limpid Sea
Galilee to the oily crater of the Dead Sea; from the choppy, blue
Mediterranean to the equamarine mirror of the Gulf of Eilat. I had
climbed oak-covered Mount Carmel and scaled the bleak, stunning
heights of the Negev.
"I had stayed in communes and cooperatives, villages and towns.
I had slept in inns, hotels, and private homes, and out under the
stars. I had argued with nationalist Arabs aria prayed with religious
Jews. I had formed new friendships and renewed old ones. I had been
through the sun and wind and rain. I had felt the land through my feet
and had borne witness to its wonderful variety."
"Walking Through Israel" is a meritoriou..i definition of a search
for-realism that emerges as a study of a land and its people. As an
addendum to the necessary guide book while touring Israel, this is an
especially compelling work. At the same time it serves well as ati
addendum to historical treatises for an understanding of Israel, her
geography, her diverse peoples.
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