THE JEWISH NEWS SF'S 275.520 Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with the issue of July 20. 1951 CoprigN c The Jewish News Publishing Co. Member of American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, National Editorial Association and National Newspaper Association and its Capital Club. l'ubl,hed every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Po.tmaster Send address changes to The Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 cond-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $15 a year. CARMI M SLOMOVITZ PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher ALAN HITSKY News Editor Business Manager HEIDI PRESS Associate News Editor DREW L1EBERWITZ Advertising Manager Sukkot Scriptural Selections This Sabbath. the 19th day of Tishri. 5742. is Ho/ Hanioed Sukkot iind the fiilloteing scriptural selections mill he read in our synagogues: Pcntateuchal portion. Exodus 33:12-34 - 26.- Number, 29.23-28. Sunday, Numbers 29:26-34. Prophetical portion each day. Ezekiel 38:18-39:16. Monday. Hoshana Rabba Pentateuchal portion. Numbers 29:26-34. Tuesday, Shemini Azeret Pentateuchal portion. Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 29:35-30:1. Prophetical portion. 1 Kings 8:54-66. Wednesday. Simhat Torah Pentateuchal portion. Deuteronomy .13'1-14.12; Genesis 1.142 -3; .Numbers 29:3.5 30.1. Prophetical portion. Joshua 1 - 1-18. Candle lighting, Friday, October 16, 6:30 p.m. VOL. LXXX, No. 7 Page Four Friday, October 16, 1981 THE SADAT LEGACY Anwar Sadat's world role, which began with his visit in Jerusalem, was in itself a legacy. kVill it be accepted and adhered to? Will it be respected and will it continue to provide hope for peace in the Middle East and therefore in the entire world? He was a truly great man. There was charisma in the courage he displayed in being the only leader in the world of Islam to raise a banner that spelled peace. The Sadat legacy is a challenge to his kinsmen, to his coreligionists, and to the peoples of all faiths: is their admira- tion for him a call to action, to pursue the peace, and will they reject the appeals to hatred that marked the vindictiveness heard in many quar- ters'? The challenge is also to the civilized in man- kind and especially to the United States. Will the spokesmen for this nation adhere to policies leading to peace or will they be bowed by cries of Jihad? Not only the Middle East leaders but the freedom-loving and justice-seeking in all man- kind are put to the test. Whether the aim is genuine peace or whether vindictiveness will gain a foothold where amity is so vital for man- kind is the major question. The Sadat legacy beckons for good will among all, for peace and an end to warfare. The re- sponse to it will be the test of the human spirit. Hopefully, as Sadat surely would have wished it, man will rise above beast. AWACS: NAT TONAL. IS SUE Shocking examples of misunderstandings and misinterpretations have crept into the debate over the proposed sale of AWACS jets to Saudi Arabia. At the outset, finding the prime minister of Israel a suitable target, there were attacks on Menahem Begin, as if he were engineering all of the strategic man- ipulations of the Middle East and the effects upon them of the Russian Bear. So, a phrase like "Begin over Reagan" used by a responsible senatorial leader should have been widely condemned as politically odious. It had its echoes, in a most unfortunate manner. Then came many other distortions, especially the one of "thisis our country and no one can dictate to it," implying that little Israel was attempting to dominate over a major issue in American foreign policy. The irony of it all was that simultaneously, in Israel, Begin was ac- cused of knuckling under to Reagan and was submitting to American pressures. Nothing could, of course, be further from the truth. An Israel leader or any responsible Israeli citizen does not condone threats to the very existence of the nation. The distortions, misunderstandings, misin- terpretations, the resort to the search for a scapegoat in the situation — Israel being the most suitable one — lies in the failure to ac-f knowledge that what is happening is a threat to the United States, not to Israel alone. The sophisticated weapon, the one that could menace the security of nations, a weapon not yet available to the Russians, could fall into the hands of the rulers in the Kremlin. It is not a toy to be bandied. It is something to be protected. The Detroit Free Press editorially, on Sept. 29, warned of the danger under the headline: "AWACS: More than Israel security is at stake in the sale to the Saudis." The editorial outlined the danger to this nation, stating: "The AWACS embody an airborne intelligence-gathering and control system so sophisticated and sensitive that we have not yet turned it over to our European allies. It is inte- grated with electronic detection and control sys- tems basic to our entire defense capability. Yet we now propose to sell the system to a nation that is — for all its oil wealth — backward, potentially unstable and lacking an adequate security structure. "Saudi Arabia is far from immune to the kind of upheaval that occurred in Iran. That sort of revolution would surely put the AWACS under the control of a government hostile to the U.S., perhaps willing to use them offensively in the Mideast, and very likely to let their advanced technology fall into the hands of the Soviet Union. "Even if the Saudi rulers survive the next several years, few secrets, military or other- wise, can be kept in a country marked by the rivalry of the oil princes, the divided loyalties of the army and national guard, the restiveness of the middle class and the presence of a large number of foreign workers and military per- sonnel who not only have no loyalty to the Saudi regime, but may be actively opposed to it." Sad innuendos have been added to the regret- table elements that have entered into the AWACS case. There is the spreading warning that one must not differ with the President, implying that the President can't be wrong. This is a sort of politics that can destroy the very basis of the democratic way of life. It is not new, yet it is being repeated ad nauseum in this case, that the President cannot be criticized. It is a shocking example of a sink- ing into the sort of reactionary thinking that is undeserving of any nation, let alone the great American democracy. The warnings are apparent. The message must be sent on to all members of Congress that in their hands lies a cherished legacy — to act justly and not to permit the undermining of the democratic way of this nation's life. Inspired Bilingual Volume: `Love Poems' by Amichai Linguists generally, Hebraists specifically, will be fascinated by the bilingual volume, "Love Poems," by Yehuda Amichai (Harper and Row). Recognized as Israel's leading poet, Amichai attained a highly- acclaimed role in the Western world. He is especially admired in this country, and his works have appeared in English translations, pub- lished by Harper and Row, since 1968. Now the added recognition comes in the bilingual form, the 50 poems in this volume appearing in Hebrew with the English translations on the oppo- site pages. He is not only the poet par excel- lence, inspired and motivated by the influences of his environment and the history of his people. Ile is also the master Hebraist who has become equally adept as lecturer in English, as evidenced in his appearances in De- troit, Ann Arbor and many other communities; and also as becomes ap- parent in his being his own translator of some of his works. The translations of "Love Poems" are by former De- troiter David Rosenberg, who has YEHUDA AMICHAI gained wide recognition as a poet of the Bible; Asia Gutmann, Ruth Nevo, Warren Bargad, Debbie Silk, Robert Friend, Harold Shimrnel, Tudor Parfitt and Glenda Abram- son; and some of the poems were translated jointly by Amichai and Ted Hughes. The Hebrew text retains the contemporary flavor and is influ- enced by the spiritually-inherited Scriptural dedication. It is a com- bination of the very old and the very young, and the poet's leadership in the ranks of the world's greatest poets thus becomes a matter of linguistic and spiritual fascination. 'The following excerpt from the book, translated by Amichai and Hughes, exemplifies the bilingual character of Amichai's "Love Poems": An Old Toolshed What's this? This is an old Toolshed. No, this is a great past love. Anxiety and Joy were here to- gether in this darkness and Hope. Perhaps I've been here once be- fore. I didn't go near to find out. These are voices calling out of a dream. No, this is a great love. No, this is an old toolsbed. t355 1W! Pr,iv .134 7Z Ns Mr:71V rit tairn2 .rto1;:nit rt114 ri;u6 IT ,X47 itistg rrna 'v' AID 7irti t3v9 *ix .rriptn mix1`7 11”1171%.1 .DiSo nixTip reps rett-Li ri;;3 it ,te, .ro'n 5to 1vr.n2 ;II .16