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In the top photograph, at the recent medical physicians dinner for Israel Bonds are, from left, Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum; Dr. William Leuchter; Mrs. Abraham Becker and her husband, the dinner hon- oree; guest speaker Dr. Michael Wiener; Dr. Hershel Sandberg and Dr. Lloyd Paul. In the bottom photo- graph, at a Women's Division event, are from left, hostess Janet Aronoff, Anne Parzen, Linda Bloch and guest speaker Ruhama Goldstein. • Expert diagnostic tune-up ■ Electronic analyzer - all engine systems ■ Professionally trained mechanics ■ Perfect results assured Expanded Services Call Sanford Rosenberg for your car problems 398-3605 VISA' master charge Jerusalem - Battered Bride of Israel By MAURICE CROLL, M.D. Still the city of hope. Somewhere the grass may Greener grow. The birds, in peace, so brave Still sing A sweet Ulysses song Of eternal hope, With enchanting notes so Clear and lyrical. To captivate your very soul And round your heart These notes will flow, Unending, to capture your Heart and nourish it complete. In Jerusalem, city of eternal Hope, Capital of Israel's future, the grass does greener grow In the beloved city that King David built. The most glorious days Of freedom. As a warrior general, He conquered wisely. A patient, forgiving, leader With the sweet pure heart Of a sensitive poet. As a gifted leader he Brought the holy, revered Ark Into his city, Jerusalem; Established a solid groundwork For the religious concept of One Almighty God. There was dancing in the street, And King David led them all. He was a singer of songs Meaningful, And he played sweet music On his harp. If he had written only the Twenty-third Psalm — even today — And nothing else, It would have been enough to be Immortal. Even to this day his precepts Still hold and are worshipped - By the Jews the world over. He lives eternal in our hearts. Alas, our own King David Was a man — lusty, full Blooded man — And, alas, King David did sin He then looked squarely at himself In a most revealing mirror, And he anguished continually All his remaining, tortured days. In acute anguish, he atoned. He knew that for every sin There is an equal and opposite Moral reaction, Even for beloved kings. Eventually he composed And wrote "The Tillyim," A monumental, living epic Of poetic prose. King Solomon, the wise, followed. In the glory days of Israel, Solomon built the first temple And anchored for all times The Israelis to their hallowed Capital. To them, the center of the Universe — The central, geographic base 0 their religion — Supreme In their longing — to stand Before the western (Wailing) wall And pray At the remains of Solomon's temple, A rallying haven For all the Jews. Jerusalem and her peoples Had sinned against God In a most inglorious pagan way, Against the laws God had prescribed. Now Jerusalem was in a period Of God's wrath. Her holocausts had begun. The hosts of war and Destruction now plagued This most beloved city. . From then until the present era Jerusalem knew the hosts Of 36 wars — of her enemies. From Babylon, Persia, Seleucids, Maccabees, Romans, Christian Conquerors, Hadrian, Byzantine, Moslem, Crusaders 1948 - A divided city 1967 - Six-day War, Jerusalem reunited. Seventeen times glorious Jerusalem Was stricken and cinderized, Right down to bare ground. Yet, each time it was destined To be rebuilt. The spirit of Jerusalem Is the prime rallying point For all the Jews of the world. Jerusalem — the Bride of Israel, Birthplace of most religions. Den mother with outstretched Welcome hands To all people of all religions, Where true, meaningful religion Still lives. She is the chupa maid With the broken glass. Her happy marriage to All the Jewish people, Where'er they dwell, Is forever, It is the longest and most Fervent love match of All recorded time. It exists — it is real — and Grows more intense with Each passing year. But Israel has sinned and The holocaust episodes Began to surface — to Devastate and then disperse The wandering Jews to the Four corners of the earth. In the meantime, Jerusalem God sent down his wrath Of fire. The black clouds gathered Overhead. The path of prayers to God Were blocked. Jerusalem — her people lay groaning In feeble tones. Their neighboring enemies exulting In sheer delight, As they looked down on A broken people without bread. All their worldly cherishments, Their sacred Torah desecrated and burned. The daughters of Judah Abused, degraded, misused. The sons of Israel Broken — in their bones, Bodies ripped asunder, Till the groans of utter Despair Could no longer be heard. At night, when all is still, Jerusalem, the widow torn, Still weeps. Bitter tears; unending, burning, Till the waters overrun_ Their banks And inundate this sacred land With tears and flowing Blood. Are gathering with their armor, Seeking out a Solomon-like sword T,o divide The Old and New Jerusalem. A fatal stab right in The heart of a tortured People fighting valiantly For their very existence. Jerusalem is the western (Wailing) wall; Jerusalem is the Ark with Torah; Jerusalem is the living hope; The covenant home for all the Jews. Jerusalem is the last and only Port of call Of all the stormy, violent seas The Jews have lived thru. Here in Jerusalem, a Mosque, A church and a synagogue Stand side by side in quiet Harmony. All their prayers, in different Tongues, Ascend, side by side, together To the heavens above In equal forte. Oh Lord, look down upon Your hapless people. Is not 36 brutal invasions Enough? Is not cindreized Jerusalem 17 times, enough? Be not enraged at my people. Give them wisdom and understanding To bring harmony to our people, With Arabs and Christians, In kindness, love, understanding And prayer. CREDITS: The statistics (36 wars, 17 destructions of Jerusalem) were taken from Jill and Leon Uris' book on Jerusalem. It is an incredible historic and photographic monument on Jerusalem. In 1948 Israel was declared A state, A_fter another life and death War, Now recognized by the United Nations. Old Jeruslaem — The western wall — Forbidden To the Jews by Jordan. Their synagogues destroyed. The cemeteries and tombstones Used for sidewalks and latrines, And the worshipped symbol of prayer, The sacred western wall, besmirched. My favorite prophets are Isaiah and Jeremiah. Parts of this poem were inspired by the lamen- tations of Jeremiah, written in the days of the prophets, yet pertains to the actual conditions existing today in Jerusalem and Israel. The world looked on. No voice was raised in protest. Isaiah, my favorite prophet, was reviewed in its entirety. Only after the Six-Day War of 1967 Israelis captured Old Jerusalem And, uniting it with New Jerusalem, Made it whole again, Now a free city — open With welcome to all the religions. Western wall (Wailing Wall). The modern nomenclature today is western. All my life to me, it was the wailing wall. In my book, Adven- tures in Poetic Prose, I have written a poem called "The Wall of Bitter Tears." Once again the forces of evil All around the tiny state of Israel Jewish News: Four lines were taken from an editorial by Philip Slomovitz, Editor. No poem on Jerusalem could ever be complete without paying tribute to Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem. However, that is another story all by itself. A most remarkable man, a doer of so many marvelous things.