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SLOMOVITZ Business Manager PHILIP SLOMOVITZ ' Editor and Publisher ALAN HITSKY News Editor HEIDI PRESS Associate News Editor DREW LIEBERWITZ Advertising Manager 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.