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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath. the 13th day of Elul, 5741. the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateurho! portion, Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 54:1-10.
Candle lighting, Friday, September 11, 7:29 p.m. -
VOL. LXXX, No. 2
Page Four
Friday, September 11. 1981
HEMISPHERES POISON E RS
The Menahem Begin visit with President
ionald Reagan has ended. Truth would be pol-
uted by permitting anyone to believe that the
'resident of the United States and his Adminis-
ration are leaning toward those who seek to
lestroy the foundations for peace begun at
;amp David. This is the policy of Israel's
.nemies who are bent upon uprooting a flower-
rig amity that has been planted, with the aid of
he United States, between Israel and Egypt.
1n unfriendliness undeserving of a civilized age
las been brewing in many quarters, and more
ubstance is given in many quarters to King
iussein's propagandizing destruction for the
'amp David agreement than to the veritable
.ims for peace which continue to retain the
artnership of the Egyptian president.
While such unkindness persists, there are too
nany in important quarters, the press included,
'ho fall prey to PLO propaganda, who fail to
ee the Soviet influence upon the terrorism
vhich is aimed not at Israel alone but at the
'ewish people everywhere, as evidenced in Vie-
Ina; a distorted attitude bathed in venom that
.ffects all mankind. It is imperative, therefore,
or all who are concerned that the roots of ter-
-oristic venom be destroyed should know the
acts and adhere to them.
In an expose assembled by the Near East Re-
ort, "The Enemies of Freedom" are introduced
)r popular inspection:
as "... a serious escalation of U.S. im-
perialist provocation ..."
And Saudi Arabia, along with its five
partners in the Gulf Cooperation Council,
accused the U.S. of engaging in "cowboy
politics" and called the American action "a
provocative trap and medieval piracy on
the high seas."
Because every time hate is poured upon Is-
rael's Prime Minister Menahem Begin there is
the semblage of venom not for Israel's head of
state alone but for his nation and the entire
Jewish people, and in many respects upon the
United States and mankind,
these quotes must
m
not be ignored. They must be taken into account
in the interest of human values everywhere and
good will among peoples.
A retiring American diplomat, who is leaving
his post in Syria, poured a bit of poison upon the
brutally-afflicted Middle Eastern sphere with
the bitter assertion that proper negotiations
must await the end of the Begin administration.
No true adherent to the democratic way of life
could dare spew such venom upon a people's
right to select its leaders in the normal way in
which the Israelis selected the Begin adminis-
tration. This venomous comment is an echo of
all the hatreds that accompanied Menahem
Begin to Washington. Fortunately, the horse
sense of good Americans who adhere to fair play
Last week, President Reagan promised will not condone the poisonous. No hatreds,
hat America would always remain strong whether showered upon Begin or his nation,
n the face of threats by "enemies of free- will, in that spirit, force the destruction of the
lom" such as Libya, following its established American-Israel friendship.
,ncounter with U.S. jets. Here are some re-
sponses to the American action:
PLO head Yasir Arafat sent Libyan
eader Muammar Qaddafi a congratulatory
.able stating: "The heroic act by Libyan
Mots has forced America, the enemy of
3eoples and the head of world terrorism to
;top its maneuvers in our territorial waters.
voice of Palestine radio quoted Arafat,
'This dangerous action is not only directed
igainst Libya, but is also a threat to our
whole Arab nation. It marks the start of a
Jew stage in the conspiratorial plan against
Libya and the whole Arab nation."
Jordanian newspapers added their voice
o the editorial comment from the Arab
world: "The American piracy against Libya
s a form of international terrorism and a
inique form of piracy unknown by the
world and previously only carried out by
Irganized criminal gangs," wrote Al-Rai.
Syria claimed the clash represented
'American aggression against Libya and
Syria alike,' and Damascus Radio reported
.hat "America is the No. 1 enemy of the
gabs and should be treated as such."
The Kuwaiti paper, Al-Anba, stated that
the "aggression against Libya is aggression
igainst all the Arabs who reject U.S. Middle
East policy."
From Moscow, Tass reported that "The
U.S. fighters' attack on the Libyan planes
was an international if not a premeditated
provocation." The Soviet World Peace
Council condemned the act and viewed it
PHILANTHROPY NOW
SERIOUSLY TESTED
Newly introduced legislative regulations
aimed at reducing the national deficit now are
threatening the philanthropic causes which had
previously provided for impressive tax de-
ductions.
This is truly a test for contributors. The belief
was widespread that many big donations could
be traced to the temptations inherent in tax
deductions. It was a common allusion that
Uncle Sam is in fact the Big Giver because he
allows extensive tax allowances. The threat
now is in the U.S. belt-tightening to reduce such
allowance.
Therefore, the contributors in oncoming fun-
draising drives will be judged as to their
genuine generosity, whether they will be giving
out of their devotions to great causes. The time
will be an interesting philanthropic challenge.
ROY WILKINS
This nation will long remember the courage,
the sense of justice that elevated Roy Wilkins to
notable leadership.
His services to his people, his message of
humanism calling for fairness to all, will always
be a message immemorable for mankind.
His Jewish associations, his support of Israel,
add gloriously to the career of Roy Wilkins, one
of the great personalities of this century.
Volume Updated, Re-Issued
`Golda Meir Story' Retains
Its Fascinating Appeal
Golda Meir wrote her name indelibly in history. It is equally
inerasable in the literature about Israel and the era in which she
performed dramatically and courageously.
Margaret Davidson wrote "The Golda Meir Story" (Charles
Scribner's Sons) for children before the great lady's passing. Now it is
available in a revised edition, supplementing the facts pursuant to
the earlier events covered in this book and perpetuating the tributes-
to the one-time Israel prime minister acclaimed in the final years of
her notable career.
This is a story which will excite the interest of young readers for
whom the book was written. The Davidson account of the life of the
noted personality has as much fascination for the senior reader.
Ms. Davidson incorporates all of the Meir experiences in her
story, starting with Golda Mabovitch, later as Golda Myerson, the
wife of Morris Myerson, and then under the Hebraized namerof Meir
which became famous in her services as Israel ambassador to Russia,
as an advocate of the Labor Zionist ideologies, as prime minister of the
country which could also count her among its architects.
Golda as a child during the pogrom
era in Russia, when her own family
barely escaped death at the hands of
the Cossack barbarians, marks an im-
portant introduction to the lady Who
soon became an American citizen,
taught school in Milwaukee, endeared
herself among the Jewish masses
enrolled in the Poale Zion movement.
Mrs. Meir's role in the United Na-
tions, where she pleaded Israel's
cause, is among the highlights re-
corded by Ms. Davidson. What she
considered "the most successful speech
in my life" was one on the street corner
in Milwaukee in a plea for Zionism. It
GOLDA MEIR
was when her father, Moshe .
Mabovitch, threatened to prevent her from speaking on a street
corner. When he came to listen, he left with admiration.
She shared in the struggles of establishing the foundations for
statehood, as a member of a kibutz, as a laborer in Palestine. Her rise
to fame, when "Golds Shelanu," the expression of love in the acclaim
that "she is our Golda," was echoed from Palestine, then from Israel
and appreciatively in the communities throughout the world to whose
Jewries she brought the Israeli message.
The final two chapters in the revised edition of Ms. Davidson's
book, the addition to the volume that was published in 1976, com-
pletes the story of Golda under the chapter titles "The Yom Kippur
War" and "The Last Years."
She was saddened by what happened during the Yom Kippur
War. It was•soon thereafter that she gave up the premiership to be
succeeded by Yitzhak -Rabin.
It is in reference to the wars and the loss of lives that a famous
Golda Meir comment is quoted: "The Arabs' greatest sin is not making
war against Israel and killing her sons. We can forgive them for that.
Their greatest sin is that they-made us kill them. That they made us
teach our boys how to kill."
Deeply moving as a summary of what this great lady had
achieved, the last years are depicted in the final chapter, which
contain the eulogies of Jewry and the eminent personalities in man-
kind. But at her request there were no eulogies at the funeral service
Dec. 8, 1978.
Ms. Davidson's"The Golda Meir Story" is in itself a commendable
eulogy to the subject of this book.