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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

This Sabbath, the ninth day of Tammuz, 5741, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues;
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Pentateuchal portion, Numbers 21:2-25:9. Prophetical portion, Micah 5:6-6:8.

Candle lighting, Friday, July 10, 8:51 p.m.

VOL. LXXIX, No. 19

Page Four

Friday, July 10, 1981

UNFINISHED BUSINES S

An old Al Smith battlecry of"Let's Look at the
Record" demands repeating in the tests that are
being applied to the turbulence in the world, the
particular developments in the Middle East.
Whoever is inclined to the view that Israel is
being tested should be advised that there is
greater need to test American public opinion,
the media, the legislators, and in equal measure
the parliamentarians worldwide and those who
influence public opinion everywhere.
There is little that is new in the accusations
leveled at Israel and her friends, and in the
charges that the government of Israel commit-
ted the great crime of trespassing on interna-
tional obligations with an attack on the
facilities of another nation. The facts need re-
stating, and the failure to grasp the truth in the
situation involving the bombing of the Iraqi
nuclear reactor is appalling.
Condemnation of Israel ignores the threats
which motivate the bombing at Osirak. Since
the criticisms continue, it becomes necessary to
keep reverting to the menacing evidence of a
justified concern by Israel which resulted in the
June 7 action. Speaking on Aug. 19, 1980, dur-
ing a visit at the Al Quadisiyah Camp for Popu-
lar Work in Iraq, Saddam Hussein, president of
Iraq, declared:
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. . . Sol (le time ago the Zionist entity adopted
a serious decision to consider Jerusalem the
Zionist entity's capital. Though quite serious,
this decision reflects nothing new in the Zionist
entity's mentality and its aggressive intentions.
When we reject the Zionist entity's decision to
take Jerusalem as its capital, we do not mean
that we recognize Tel Aviv as its capital. We
consider it a usurper of the territory of Palestine
and of the other Arab territories.
"It was necessary to take an effective stand.
What then is the effective stand? Any gradual
response cannot represent a serious reply to the
Zionist entity. Therefore, we decided to confer
with the brothers in Saudi Arabia and to study
with them the adoption of the decision with
which you are aware . . . .
"Now most of the Arab states have expressed
their support for it. The states which have em-
bassies in Jerusalem must remove them, or else
we will boycott them at the end of a 30-day
ultimatum. . . .
". . . Some people may ask if this decision is
the best that can be taken. No, a better decision
would be to destroy Tel Aviv with bombs.
(applause, cheers) But we have to use the
weapons available until it is actually possible to
respond to the enemy with bombs. The other
Arab brothers can help us in this respect."
Notable reactions to the occurrence in the
American newspapers had special significance
in the manner in which Israel's policies have
-been treated.
Especially significant were the editorials and
special article in the Wall Street Journal,
strongly supporting the Israel position.
Equally revealing are these two items which
appeared in U.S. News and World Report:
"Pentagon officials were privately pleased by
one aspect of Israel's surprise attack on Iraq's
nuclear facility: Though the Air Force's new
F-16 fighter-bomber has undergone extensive
testing, the Israelis were the first to use it in an

actual combat situation — and without a hitch."
"Members of Congress — confused over con-
flicting views of experts on the purpose of the
Iraqi nuclear reactor knocked out by the Israelis
— asked the Central Intelligence Agency. The
CIA assessment, delivered in closed-door hear-
ings: The reactor was all wrong for scientific
research, undoubtedly was part of a program
meant to produce bombs."
Destruction of Iraq's nuclear reactor could
also relate to the continuing threat of provision
of military supplies to Saudi Arabia that could
prove most devastating for Israel. The state-
ments addressed to President Reagan, protest-
ing such supplies, by 54 Senators and 224 mem-
bers of the U.S. House of Representatives,
marks a continuing call to action for . enforce-
ment of the views of the required majority in
Congress to prevent Saudi Arabia's securing
weapons against which no nation could defend
itself.
The Detroit Free Press, often accused of being
overly-critical of Israel, took a strong stand in
support of the congressional action urging the
President to withdraw his pledge of such air-
craft to Saudia Arabia. The Free Press stated:
The Saudis have played oil politics down the
line to win approval of the sale: first arguing
within the Organization of Petroleum Export-
ing Countries for price restraint, and now decid-
ing to reduce their own oil output. First, there
was an act of seeming friendship, now there is
the reminder that they have the capacity to
disrupt supplies long-term. The dependence of
the U.S. on foreign oil may be diminished, but it
remains a serious vulnerability. And the Rea-
gan Administration has seemed far too willing
to trade the sophisticated arms for temporary
price stability.
"Having accepted the proposed sale of the
AWACS planes which was initiated in the clos-
ing days of the Carter Administraion, the Rea-
gan Administration does indeed have a di-
lemma. Rejection of the sale will be offensive to
the Saudis and will bear some risks.
In this case, though, the risks inherent in
rejection seem to us to be less of a hazard than
that presented by going ahead with the sales.
The security risks involved in the sale ought to
stiffen the resolve of Congress to stand firm on
this one and to reject the agreement. There is a
Congressional veto over such sales as a check on
Administration judgment about its appropri-
ateness. Now, if ever, is surely a time to use that
veto power. The Administration made a mis-
take, and Congress will have to correct it."
Those in the Administration, including Sec-
retary of State Alexander Haig, who favor sup-
plying the AWACS to the Saudis, are motivated
by the delusion that it is the protection against
Soviet attacks that necessitates such provisions
for the Saudis. The Saudis themselves have ne-
gated that contention by reiterating time and
time again that the threat to her is not Russia
but Israel. Therefore, the enemy is Israel
against whom the AWACS would be used.
Therefore, the urgency of carrying on the pro-
tests against providing them for the Saudis.
Therefore, such a campaign must be carried on
unhesitatingly more vigorously than ever.

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Teaching Learning Disabled
in the Jewish Classroom

Two Jewish educators with Detroit ties are deeply involved in an
invaluable book for parents and teachers of children with learning
disabilities.
"A Question in Search of an Answer — Understanding Learning
Disability in Jewish Education" (Union of American Hebrew Congre-
gations) is a paperback volume that allows laymen to recognize and
understand learning problems in students and gives teachers the
tools to recognize individual problems and classroom techniques to
deal with them.
The book was written by Roberta M. Greene and Elaine Heaven-
rich. Heavenrich is a member of the religious school staff at Temple
Beth El in Birmingham and was formerly a teacher at Temple Beth
Shalom in Needham, Mass. where Ms. Greene was on the schobl
committee and chaired the religious school board.
Their book was edited by Rabbi Daniel M. Syme, national direc-
tor of the UAHC Department of Education and son of Rabbi and Mrs.
M. Robert Syme of Temple Israel, West Bloomfield.
"A Question in Search of an Answer" gives a step-by-step ap-
proach for a teacher to evaluate the problems of individual students
and then adapt Jewish classroom techniques and materials to meet
those individual needs.
The book describes in clear and simple language classroom char-
acteristics of children with learning problems, gives explanations of
the technical language often used to describe learning disabilities,
describes how to observe children in the classroom and provides
sample forms to be used in observation.
The book also stresses how teachers, parents and principals must
interact to deal with the problems of the student and stresses that
information about the student's educational problems may be avail-
able from the public schools, other public sources, the synagogue and
others.
The authors then provide five examples of students with learning
problems and how they might behave in the classroom. They describe
how each child's problems can be approached by the teacher in a
regular classroom situation. .
Modifications of lesson plans are described and individual needs
are dealt with.
The final three chapters of "A Question in Search of an Answer"
deal with the problems of teaching Hebrew to the learning disabled,
suggested modifications for Bnai Mitzva, and proposals for flexible
standards and alternative testing methods.
Greene and Heavenrich in the earlier pages of their book give an
example of a child with learning disabilities. Their example cuts
quickly to the heart of the problem: a child who struggles all day in
public school, who may receive special help but who may feel inferior
or "different" because of it, must then contend with a new set of
problems after school, at Hebrew school. A child in these circii
stances will often rebell. "You associate religious school and
going to temple with failure, the religious school as just one inure
place where you can't make it. You have to go to public school — but
you don't have to go to religious school."
In the words of Rabbi Daniel Syme in his editor's introduction,
"Every Jew, youth and adult alike, deserves a full and complete
Jewish education as a matter of right. In recent years, we have come
to understand that certain members of our community have been
denied full access to their heritage, not by fiat, but rather through
insensitivity to their special learning needs .. .
"This book constitutes an effort to bring the agenda of the
special-needs child before every educator, rabbi, school board, and
congregational committee. It aims at sensitizing classroom teachers,
parents, and Jewish professionals to the problem and the opportunity
that is within our grasp.
"We are indebted to Roberta Greene and Elaine Heavenrich for
coming forward with a concept and bringing it to fruition."