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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sahhoth. the 12th
day of Tishri. 5742• the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateurhal portion, Deuteronomy 32.- 1-52. Prophetical portion. 11 Samuel 22:1-15.
Sukkot Scriptural Selections
Tuesday. Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 29:12-16.
Prophetical portion. Zechariah 14:1-21.
Wednesday. Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 29:12-16. Prophetical portion, I Kings 8:2-21.
Hol Hamoed Sukkot
Thursday. Pentateiphol imirtion. Numbers 29.17-25. Prophetical portion, Ezekiel 38:18-39:16.
Oct 16. Penna.-who( portion. Numbers 29:20-28. Prophetical portion. Ezekiel 38:18-39:16.
Candle lighting. Friday. October 9, 6:41 p.m.
VOL. LXXX, No. 6
Page Four
Friday, October 9,1981
FRAIL STJKKA'S MESSAGE
A frail Sukka will be on the scene again, sym-
bolizing its inhabitants' strength.
It withstood the sands of time, the imperiling
dangers from all of its exposed portions. Every-
thing surrounding it envisioned collapse. It
never vanished. It keeps reappearing, as it
will again next week, wherever the Jew may
reside.
It would be sheer folly to say that it does not
need protection. It is in constant need of vigi-
lance. This is the very basis for survival, for
continuity, for indestructibility.
Therefore, in the symbol that is inherent in
the Sukka there is also the related historic les-
son: that for indestructibility there is the duty
to be vigilant.
It is the spirit that dominates, the devotion,
the memory of the historic, the respect for and
pride in the legacies that are imbedded in every
piece of wood that serves as a Sukka wall, every
branch that covers it.
The protection may appear ineffective, the
fragility overwhelming. The spirit within it is
its power.
This is evident in every generation. So it is in
the present period of apparent distress. No mat-
ter where the Jew turns, there emerges a
danger. It may be insignificant in spots; it grows
in immensity in some — perhaps too many —
areas of the world.
The suspicions and bigotries, the animosities
and the jealousies, the religious antagonisms,
all frequently reappear in some form or other.
These recurrences are to the discredit of the
haters. They seldom realize that those who are
their targets for destruction are given added
strength for survival and continuity by their
hatreds.
This is where the Jewish spirit enters: the
never-yielding to threats and terrors, to fears
and to whatever dangers there may appear on
an horizon that could be glorious for all but is
blemished by venom.
The Sukka may well be judged also as a sym-
bol of humanism for all mankind. When the
Jews succeeds in resisting bigotry, he also con-
quers hatred for all peoples surrounding him.
With the Jew's continuity in spirit there is also
the continuity of devotion to the sacred princi-
ples that are imbedded in the teachings which
have been absorbed by all faiths.
Therefore, the Sukka's strength and the devo-
tion of those who utter the many blessings
within it.
No matter what the challenges in the people's
experience, the Sukka also is a source of joy for
all who embrace its symbolism. So the tradition
and the people's experience continues.
WHITE HO USE ANGER
Tht• chief resident of the White House a
couple of weeks ago exchanged pleasantries
earth the chief of state of the friendly nation
I-rael A few days later he expressed dis-
ph•asuer over his friend's viewpoint on a mat-
ter of seriousness to Israel. Thereupon. the
New York Ti mes, in its editorial last Sunday,
undertook to set straight the President of the
forted States, under the title - Mr. Reagan
blames Nit-. Begin, - indicating that the
AWACS is a greater threat to the U.S. than
to Israel, declaring:
The President did not quite say
"Choose Begin or Reagan," or accuse the
opponents of his AWACS deal of putting
Israel's interests ahead of America's. But
those are the repugnant implications of
his prepared statement Thursday that "It
is not the business of other nations to
make American foreign policy."
Of course it isn't. But it's Congress's
business, as much as the President's. And
it's absurd to contend that large
majorities of the House and Senate are
ready to vote against the President
merely to please Israel and its friends. It
is even more ridiculous to suggest that a
few complaints by Prime Minister Begin
could have destroyed a cogent case for
AWACS by such a persuasive President.
No, this ill-tempered, premeditated re-
mark was a crude effort to blame the "Is-
raeli lobby" for the likely defeat of a
mismanaged venture. But the strongest
arguments against the deal actually have
little to do with Israel. They question the
wisdom of letting Saudi Arabia dip ever
deeper into America's arsenal, in viola-
tion of previous commitments to Con-
gress. They challenge entrusting the most
secret weapons to an obviously insecure
monarchy ...
And if foreign voices are unwanted in
this discussion, why did Mr. Reagan per-
sonally invite a Saudi prince to promote
the sale all over Washington — and hint
at reprisals that would adversely affect
American commerce with Saudi Arabia?
The fact is that Israel's concerns will
not decide this struggle. Dozens of
senators want to rescue Mr. Reagan from
international embarrassment. Although
uneasy about the reliability of the
Saudi-American connection, they are
prepared to change sides and let the deal
go through if only the Saudis agree to let
Americans help manage the AWACS.
To suggest that Congress is under
foreign influence merely makes a bad
predicament worse. To raise the specter
of undue Israeli influence, with all the
ugly echoes that this theme can have in
American society, risks turning a bad
deal into a disaster.
Janusz Korczak Diary:
Martyrdom and Heroism
Janusz Korczak is a name that will remain indelibly in the-
history of the Jewish people
In the records of the Holocaust and its tragedies, the name of the
famous physician and author, the man who was beloved by the chil-
dren in the homes he administered as well as the adults, will be
revered in memory. •
In the Holocuast Lubrary published by Shocken, the Korczak
story will be among the most impressive, both in the records of
martyrdom as well as heroism.
"Janusz Korczak: Ghetto Diary" is
so moving, so replete with the unyield-
ing to the horrors, despite the road to
his death together with the children
s he cared for with great love. It is a
tribute commensurate with the
humanism of a very great personality.
Igor Newerly, in the preface to this
Schocken volume, reveals that this is
the first time the text of the Korczak
diary is being released from the
typewritten copy of the martyr's story,
the only one saved as a manuscript
from his will written just before his
deportation to the Treblinka death
camp.
Newerly was himself arrested but
he managed to hand the manuscript
JANUSZ KORCZAK
for hiding to Maryna Falska. He re-
covered the typewritten copy after he returned from the concentration
camp.
Korczak began to write the diary on Jan. 1, 1940, sensing the
accumulating dangers.
The text of the diary gives the details of the suffering as de-
scribed by the 64-year-old Dr. Korczak, the latter's intercessions with
the Nazis for the children aged 7 to 17 in theliome he directed, the
children he would not abandon when he led them to the death camp
determined to share their fate.
The final insertion in the dairy is dated Aug_ 4,1942. The signifi-
cance of the entire text is defined in these concluding comments in the
Newrly preface:
"Piotr Zalewski, a former grenadier in the Tsarist army, has been
janitor and in charge of central heating in the Children's Home for 20
years. When the order for removal came, Zalewski wanted to go to the
ghetto, too. Wolanska, who for many years had run the laundry in the
Home, went with a similar application to the Nazi police. Her they
merely kicked out, but to Zalewski they administered a bestial re-
minder that he was an Aryan. (During the Warsaw Uprising in 1944,
'Zalewski met his death in the courtyard of the Children's Home.)
"So Korczak recalled Zalewski with an obvious though unformu-
lated reproach — 'You see, a janitor would not leave the children
because he was attached to them, and you propose that I, their tutor,
their father . . .1s it thinkable that ! should leave the children alone to
suffocate in a gas chamber? How could I live after that?' He could not.
He did not.
"He kept his word — as always. Shortly after the 5th of August, I
received the diary."
The Korzcak diary gains added historic significance with an
appended lengthy tribute by the distinguished Yiddish author, Aaron
Zeitlin. The poem is entitled "The Last Walk of Janusz Korczak." It is
in itself a great tribute and an evaluative epic. Combined with the
diary, this volume emerges as one of the most moving in the Holocaust
Library.