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News Editor

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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

This Sabbath, the fourth day of Au, 5742, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 1:1-27.

Thursday, Fast of the Ninth of Av
Pentateuchal portion, morning, Deuteronomy 4:25-40.
Afternoon, Exodus 32:11-14, 34:1-10.

Prophetical portion (Lamentations is read Wednesday night),
Jeremiah 8:13-9:23, Isaiah 55:6-56:8.

Candlelighting, Friday, July 23, 8:42 p.m.

VOL. LXXXI, No. 21

Page Four

Friday, July 23, 1982

DEMOCRACY TESTED

Civilized society is presently being provided
with material for a textbook on democratic pro-
cesses. In the midst of harrowing experiences, in
an atmosphere of warfare, the right of people to
assert themselves, to adhere to the right to dif-
fer, to challenge their own government, is on
public display.
This is the current occurrence in Tel Aviv,
where demonstrators are protesting, the war; in
San Francisco, where students from Israel are
similarly declaring their opposition to their
government's "invasion" of Lebanon, and front-
ing them is the son of the Israel ambassador to
the United States who is meanwhile upholding
his government's justified position in the battle
to uproot the forces seeking Israel's annihila-
tion. In the media, several distortions received
the support of a few Jews with names that at-
tained prominence in literature and, to the
deep regret of their confreres, gave comfort to
Israel's enemies.
That's how it works in pursuance of democra-
tic aspirations. It is the action that serves as a
challenge to uniformity. It is the high goal of
mankind in search for truth and justice, there-
fore allowing — indeed, encouraging — differe-
ing views in order that the spirit of freedom
should not be abused.
Out of the turmoil must develop the spirit
that is so vital to human existence — a continu-
ing aspiration for peace and a determination to
strive for its attainment. Because this has been
and remains the basic idealism of a people con-
stantly pursuing peace, an ideal for life, there
will always be the counter query of the need for
two to make a pact, of the sheer fantasy of ex-
pecting the aspiration of one party to a conflict
searching for an accord that is rejected by the
antagonist.
This is truly the continuing problem never to
be ignored. There can be all the manifestations
for peace that can possibly be mobilized, and
they become futile and fruitless as long as there
is only one party to such a search for amity.
This is the tragic fact that confronts the ges-
ticulators for peace, the demonstrators in Tel
Aviv, the shoutings in American cities, the ad-
vertisements in American newspapers which
have, in tragic measure, helped to fan hatred
while distorting facts.
It is on the latter point that there is need for
greater elaboration. Regrettable exaggerations
may be the fault of all parties to the conflict. But
those which smear Israelis as toturers, now
being properly disputed, are ascribable to so
many who have been misled, to the radicalized
who bend backwards in preachments, that the
spreading of malice prior to ascertainment of
facts is a deplorable contribution to hatreds.
All elements, Israel a -, d her friends, the Un-
ited States and those wC also are antagonistic
to Israel, are attaching to what is termed the
Palestinian issue a priority for tackling the
Middle East issues. It is on this score, too, that
distortions create misfortunes, that a matter

that could and should be properly resolved is
dragged through the mud rather than offered
the light of truth and sincerity.
A redeeming factor is the submission to the
reality. that Palestinians are not to be confused
with PLOism. Even on its own, however, what is
called Palestinianism is not treated with re-
spect. Israel's plan for autonomy for the areas
that are Judea and Samaria, and the appeal for
Arabs in that area to be harmonious and to
assist in planning neighborliness, is a compul-
sive need. Had there been cooperation from Jor-
dan, whose king is silent in the wake of so much
trouble in Lebanon, the problem could be solved
because Jordan is already the desired Palestine,
in view of the enormity of Arabs who settled
there after leaving their homes in what is now
Israel.
The new U.S. Secretary of State, George
Shultz, has given emphasis to the Palestinian
issue. As the man now in power, the hope is that
he will be so influential with Saudi Arabia,
where the firm he was associated with had an
important constructive role, an others in the
Arab areas he may have befriended, will benefit
from his influence to work in harmony in all
efforts to abandon saber-rattling and to talk
peace with the Israelis. This must remain the
dominating duty in what is assured will be a
continuing American-Israel friendship.
Democracy is being tested in the current crit-
ical period in Middle East history. In the process
there is the search for its application to sincere
efforts for peace. These must be rooted in truth
and in an adherence to justice stemming from
realism. It is from proper testing of these chal-
lenges that peace may gain a proper road for
attainment.

RALLY FOR TRUTH

While it is commonplace to say that "in unity
there is strength," there is much more to the
solidarity rally arranged for Aug. 1 by the
mobilized Metropolitan Detroit Jewish com-
munity than mere demonstration. The planned
gathering will, hopefully, enroll a representa-
tive gathering of non-Jews as well — all in thd
interest of peace and of affirming the realities in
the current Lebanese crisis which has been pol-
luted with exaggerations and misrepresenta-
tions.
What is needed is the emphasis on facts and
the repudiation of fabrications. The Lebanese
Americans, including a very representative
group from this community, have already de-
clared their attitudes for the cleansing of Leba-
non from PLO and Syrian terrorism.
The purpose of a rally such as this, which
must enroll many thousands of supporters, is to
strive for the dignity of an honorable tackling of
an issue which involves the role of the United
States. It calls for a peace based on justice and
truth, and in support of it there must be the
unity that strives for an end of terrorism.

Biography of Elie Wiesel
by an Admiring Interviewer

Elie Wiesel has been accorded much recognition for his evalua-
tive works defining the Holocaust and mobilizing forces to remember
the tragedy and not to forget it.
His is recognized as the Voice of the Holocaust, as the historian of
the era of the mass murders.
His 17 published books, his scores of essays, his many public
addresses, have established him as the inspired interpreter who keeps
awakening the conscience of the generations to the horrors perpet-
rated under Nazism.
A native of the Transylvanian village of SighA, he suffered in
concentration camps; upon being liberated he went to France; he
began writing about his experiences, the first of his works in French
and subsequently in the English; the translation became famous
under the title "Night" and was a beginning for a career pursued soon
afterward in this country.
His story is told in "Elie Wiesel: Witness for Life" (Ktav) and the
author represents an echo to the calls for remembrance by Wiesel. She
is Ellen Norman Stern. She was 11 years old when she accompanied
her parents to this country from Berlin and thus escaped the horror.
The memory of the genesis of the tragedy led her to the books, the
lectures, the admiration for Elie Wiesel. She met with him, inter-
viewed him, told the dramatic story in this book.
Her deeply-moving story is much more than a biography. It is a
tribute to an eminent personality who epitomizes the experiences of a
generaiton of suffering and despair and raises above it in faith and in
dedication to a duty to remember the past, to sanctify the self-
confidence in an unconquerable Jewish spirit.
This is a volume about Wiesel the Hasid, the inspirer of the
masses, the teacher of faith who himself continues to study.
Mrs. Stern relates how Wiesel con-
tinues his studies to this day with Prof.
Saul Lieberman. She states: "He is
conscious that his time on earth, time
granted him by virtue of his survival,
is a gift which must be utilized to the
fullest."
The world gathering of Jewish
Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem last
year, of which he was honorary chair-
man, was to him a dream come true. It
was something never to be forgotten,
"never to be repeated."
The biography describes him as
worshiping daily with fellow sur-
vivors, in a treatment of equality,
simplicity, mutual respect and
realization of the gratitude for survi-
val.
ELIE WIE SE L
Mrs. Stern provides a collective
review of the Wiesel books, and in every aspect she indicates the dep
of feeling with which the eminent author described the experiences*
the past which keep influencing his devotions, his Hasidism, his
lifetime dedication to an ideal that motivates the feelings of
Holocaust survivors.
There is something deeply moving about the manner in which the
Stern-Wiesel interview concluded. He said to his biographer-to-be:
"Make this book your own. Tell your story the way you feel it."
She did just that. She has injected into the biography deep feel-
ing. The result is a good book for those who admire Wiesel, for readers
desiring the interpretive about his novels. The Stern book is a de-
served tribute to the admired personality.