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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Sabliath. the third rla, of
Heshvan, 5742. th e following scriptural selections uJll he read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Genesis 6'9-11.32. Prophetical portion. Isaiah 54:1-53:5
Candlelighting, Friday, October 30, 6:10 p.m.
VOL. LXXX, No. 9
Page Four
Friday, October 30, 1981
ECHOES OF THE AGES
History need not repeat itself. It does. It is
inconceivable that barbarities copied from the
Middle Ages should again be constantly experi-
enced. It is unbelievable that in the 1980s,
towards the end of the 20th Century which has
to its credit the most amazing technological de-
velopments, there should be a negation of
humanism. There is.
Who would have believed that the bombing of
a synagogue in Vienna would be marked by the
repetition of such an outrage only a few weeks
later. There was — in Antwerp last week.
The anemic way in which the Viennese out-
rage was treated by Austrian Chancellor Bruno
Kreisky did not alleviate the horror that was
instigated by the depraved who are motivated
by hatred and insanities. It took an attitude of
juhiliation over the murder of Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat, treated as a triumph by
Israel's enemies under the leadership of the
PLO, to cause the Austrian leader to speak of
altering his policies of comforting the terrorists
who are the cause of the bombing of synagogues
as part of a campaign of bestialities aimed at
.Jews. In the course of time, it is certain to
undermine the civilized spirit in all mankind.
Thus, the barbarities that were the methods
of Inquisition and Crusades, of Chmielnicki and
Torquemada, of Hitler and cohorts inspired by
the anti-Semitic ideologies of Richard Wagner,
that have come in to play again.
The repetitive in the anti-Semitic fashion are.
the echoes of the ages. Too many are deaf to
them.
These echoes compel the determination of the
experienced and those who remember to keep
emphasizing the "not again." That is why it is so
saddening that a conflict should arise in Jewish
ranks involving so staunch a friend as Zubin
Mehta. Suppose Hitler were a great musician
and a composer of unmatched creations —
would his works obviate his insane manipula-
tions that led to the death of more than 12 mil-
lion people?
Isn't it possible that those who rejoiced over
the murder of Anwar Sadat because he labored
for peace with Israel might have danced in their
jubilation to the music of Richard Wagner?
In judging the echoes of the ages which have
the shrill intonations of hatreds it is inevitable
that errors by those who lend comfort to the
barbarians should be taken into account, in the
hope that the echoes will keep reaching their
hearts and they will not lend credibility to bes-
tialities.
The echoes are heart-rending. They invoke
the unending call to constant awareness of what
may recur in the duty to confront the menacing
with courage. If the echoes can not be stilled,
they must be listened to with readiness not to
permit the worst to recur. That is continually
the message of staunch resistance to their gain-
ing hearing wherever they may resound.
BEAR HUG F OR TERROR
The Kremlin's close alliance with the ter-
rorists of the Middle East has been a matter of
record for many years.
Soviet military supplies, coupled with the
hundreds of millions of dollars from Saudi
Arabia, gave the PLO the power to subdue
Lebanon, to create a center for organizational
activities for terror in Beirut, thereby adding to
the horrors stemming from the Arafat -
engineered dangers to Israel and the entire
area.
Now the PLO and Arafat have an official
political anchor in the USSR with ambassado-
rial status. The terrorists now have a formal
role. It was first earned in the UN General'As-
sembly, where Arafat appeared with a gun in
his holster. Then Austrian Chancellor Kreisky
gave the man who seeks Israel's destructiqn the
credibility thatgave courage to barbarism. Now
it is topped by the Soviet Union:
An additional cause for shock is that the Rus-
sian bear's embrace for Arafat came on the 40th -
anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, when
tens of thousands of Jews in that Ukrainian
murder spot were shot and most of them buried
alive by the Nazis. The Russian policy of seek-
ing to bury that memory in secrecy is one of the
continuing horrors of the Hitler era, the Krem-
lin sharing guilt of preventing the memorializ-
ing of a most tragic occurrence in history.
The Russian bear has no excuses for guilt..
This accounts for the suspicions with which so
much that is Kremlin-oriented is being treated
everywhere.
TORCH DRIVE 9 s CHIEF AIM
Five important Jewish social service agencies
benefit from the Torch Drive of the United
Foundation. They are: Fresh Air Society,
Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family
Service, Jewish Vocational Service and Com-
munity Workshop, and Shiffman Clinic of Sinai
Hospital.
-It would be sheer selfishness if such participa-
tion in a great community project were to be a
chief reason for generous support of the Torch
Drive. The compulsion is much more vital and of
greater seriousness.
It is the total community participation, the
fact that all elements in this community are
involved in this effort that matters specifically.
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The Torch Drive represents a unifying force
in the Metropolitan Detroit area. Black and
white, people of all faiths, are partners in this
•great enterprise.
If there is a single factor that strives for coop-
eration, for unity, for the elimination of rancor,
it is this apprecation of just treatment for all
basic needs that elevates the people to highest
goals.
Thus, the Torch Drive now, more than ever,
when there are such great needs in behalf of the
less fortunate, that the major community-wide
philanthropic cause must be given the unstint-
ing support of all who make up the totality of
this area.
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Behrman House'Volume
Book. of Jewish Holidays
Features the Legendary
Books defining the Jewish holidays are available plentifully. The
newest in that category, "The Book of Jewish Holidays" by Ruth
Kozodoy (Behrman House) has the merit, in addition to being all-
inclusive, of drawing upon the legendary as well as the traditional.
In addition to the Holy Days and festivals. Miss Kozodoy explains
the newly extraordinary. Yom Hashoah, which commemorates the
tragedies of the Holocaust; and Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel Indepen-
dence Day.
In the Yom Hashoah explanatory portion, there is this tribute to
the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance:
"The most famous Jewish resistance, one of many, took place in
Warsaw, the capital of Poland. There the poorly armed Jews fought
back bravely, inside their ghetto, against powerful Nazi troops: They
held out for nearly a month, until finally the ghetto was overrun. But
even after that, fighters hid out around Warsaw and continued to
battle against the Nazis. The date of Yom Hashoa, tfie 27th of Nisan, ,
is close to the day on which the Warsaw ghetto uprising began, to help
us remember that brave battle."
The factual and the historicl are included in this complete com-
pendium on the many days of sacred observances, including the Sab-
bath.
The manner in which the author-compiler treats the devotional
observances and the festival spirit of the sacred occasions is best
illustrated in this as "The Secret of Rosh Hodesh":
"In ancient times, after the Romans conquered Israel, it was
forbidden to observe the Jewish religion in any way. So on Rosh
Hodesh, in order secretly to pass the message that the new moon had
emerged, Jews whispered to one another this proud phrase: 'David,
King of Israel, lives and goes on. "
Drawing upon the many available definitive works dealing with
Jewish observances, Miss Kozodoy's "The Book of Jewish Holidays"
shares with its readers the gems from scholarly writings. Among the
selections in her book is this item entitled "The Second Temple — You
Can Still See It":
"After -the first destruction, the Jews who returned to Israel
rebuilt the Temple according to the plan of Solomon's - Temple, al-
though not as grandly. Many additions were made to it over the years.
It was this second Temple that the Maccabees rescued and rededi-
cated.
"During the Roman times, the Temple was rebuilt and greatly
enlarged by King Herod. When the Romans seized Jerusalem and
burned the Temple, one part of the outer wall survived and still stands
today. The great Western Wall has been a very important symbol for
Jews ever since the Temple's destruction 2,000 years ago. The West-
ern Wall is a symbol of Israel's earlier glory. Jews cane to this wall to
weep for the destruction of the Temple and the scattering of the
Jewish people. That is why it was often called the :Wailing Wall.'
"At the wall they prayed, hoping the Jews would one day be able f
to come back to Israel again. Today the Western Wallis in the modern
state of Israel, where you can visit it. It is a place for prayer, for I
remembering our long, long past, and for feeling hopeful about our
future. Where once we wept, today we feel proud."
Appropriately and extensively illustrated by Susanne $uba, thi
volume was compiled especially for young Jewish adults. It will
welcome as a most informative work by readers of all ages.
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