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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 11th day of Kislev, 5743, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Genesis 28:10-32:3.
Prophetical portion, Hosea 12:13-14:10.
Candlelighting, Friday, Nov. 26, 4:45 p.m.
VOL. LXXXII, No. 13
Page,Four
Friday, Nov. 26, 1982
KREMLIN LEGACIES
A change of guard often denotes new trends,
changing policies based on lessons learned from
experience.
It is not so happy an hour either for Soviet
Jewry or for the relationships between the new
Russian regime and the state of Israel.
The basic fact must be accepted with realism:
that insofar as the chances for increased emig-
ration from Russia are concerned, they are min-
imal. The previous policies were controlled by
the KGB, and the Russian police bureau re-
mains in power.
This applies also to relationship with Israel,
aid the Russian encouragement given to those
who would annihilate the Jewish state appar-
ently is not eliminated from the Leonid
Brezhnev succession.
The notoriety given to the head of the ter-
rorist movement that seeks Israel's destruction,
when he was selected for constant notoriety
among the "dignitaries" present at the
Brezhnev funeral, continues as an indication
that the partnership of the USSR with the
would-be annihilators of Israel remains intact.
It is a continuing legacy which places the
Kremlin on the top rung of a ladder of rising
anti-Semitism. The end of Czarism did not spell
obliteration of anti-Semitism in Russia. On the
USSR record, hatred is illegal; in practice,
anti-Semitism. The end of Czarism did not spell
were instituted by the Czars who were known
for triple aims — the conversion of Jews to the
state religion, the expulsion of others and the
murders by means of pogroms. In some fashion
or other, anti-Semitic aims are being accom-
plished, even if not in the categories that had
been Czarist policies. Under the Czars there
was a massive emigration, even if most of it had
to be means of "stealing across the border," as it
was then termed in Yiddish. This is not an im-
possibility and the legalized emigration, which
had some numerical value for a few brief years,
has practically ended.
The pressures for renewal of opportunities for
Jews to emigrate from Russia now require a
renewed campaign to influence public opinion
in support of such aims. Perhaps there will
eventually be some leaning in the Kremlin
ranks in that direction.
Meanwhile, there are other pressures to be
exerted, at present chiefly in behalf of Anatoly
Shcharansky, whose sufferings as„ a Russian
prisoner are endless2His life is endangered and
he serves as a symbol of the challenge for a
worldwide appeal in defense of his life. Saving
him also will lead to better treatment for others
now under Russian torture.
Together with a plea of Shcharansky there
also should be a continuing call for revision of
policies which dominate Russian treatment of
Refusniks and those desiring to emigrate.
The Russian legacies are not inspiring. The
change of guard thus far has not led to hopeful-
ness. The United States and other progressive
countries have their problems with the USSR
and mankind hopes for improved relations.
Perhaps, in the process, there will be an aban-
donment of the Czarist legacies and an assump-
tion of better attitudes to improve relations
with Jewry and Israel.
TRUTH TO THE RESCUE
Confusion has reigned for already too long not
to be considered in all seriousness in an obliga-
tion to establish the basic facts regarding Israel.
Jews are as puzzled by many issues as are
their non-Jewish neighbors, and the difficulties
created. by conditions in the media added to the
concerns over the misinterpretations that have
arisen.
Truth is, therefore, the subject of a wide
search and establishing it is an obligation in the
quest for realism affecting an important area in
the world and the nations involved.
Therefore, the importance of a mission from
Israel, composed of young people with concerns
over the existing situations, who will be visiting
here on Sunday to assist in proper evaluations
of the issues at hand.
Settlers in Israel from the United States and
Latin America forming the Israel Scene Cara-
van, will have a one-day stopover in Detroit on
Sunday to address participants in symposia and
to discuss vital issues with individuals. Their
visit to the Jewish Community Center will
bring knowledgeability involving many aspects
on current matters of Jewish concern. They
have studied and know Zionism and are well
informed on the situation in Lebanon. They
have made serious study of the trends which
have led to increased anti-Semitism. Their aim
is the clarification of the issues and diffusion of
the confusing that have crept into the social and
political life of this country.
The participation in the symposia of the De-
troit Round Table of the National Conference of
Christians and Jews and of the Ecumenical In-
stitute, together with all the Zionist groups and
the Jewish Community Council, lend signifi-
cance to this projected clarification of the issues.
All interested members of this community
are encouraged to meet Olim to Israel who are
visiting here temporarily as members of the
Israel Scene Caravan and to join with them in
giving emphasis to truth as the means of clear-
ing the air and removing prejudices.
The sponsoring groups, and the Israel Aliya
Center, merit all the support available for this
and similar tasks in the interest of truth.
MEDIA CLAPTRAP
Under the heading "Middle East Hopes," in
the New York Times Nov. 19, Flora Lewis wrote
that the war in Lebanon had provided a new
opportunity for peace in the Middle. East. She
suggested that if Israeli Prime Minister
Menahem Begin cannot take advantage of this
opportunity, "President Navon is capable."
That's how the media seeks to dictate to Is-
raeli voters. It is symbolic of media eruptions in
current crisis.
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Book from Ahduth Press
Israel-Published Volume
Personifies Katsh, Shazar
Ahduth Press in Israel has issued a volume of multiple interests.
Specifically, it is a work devoted to two eminent personalities — the
late President Zalman Shazar of Israel and Prof. Abraham I. Katsh,
president emeritus of Dropsie University, Philadelphia, and now
president of the Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences.
It is a bilingual volume and the
Hebrew section is a tribute to Dr.
Katsh by Dr. Yaacov ben Yosef.
Dr. Ben-Yosef was a student of
Dr. Katsh. Like so many who studied
under the eminent scholar ; when Dr.
Katsh headed the Hebrew Depart-
ment at New York University, where
he is nowprofessor emeritus, the
former student provides a scholarly
resume of the many achievements of
Dr. Katsh.
Taken into account are the liter-
ary activities of the teacher, his skill
as a linguist.
He recalls the Katsh visits in
ABRAHAM KATSH
Russia, Poland and Hungary, where
he arranged for the microfilming of
historic manuscripts and rare docu-
ments of Judaica and Hebraica.
The other portions of this vol-
ume are in English. Notably, they :=
include the essay "Zalman Shazar —
1890-1974."
Dr. Katsh was a fellow student
of the late President Shazar in Rus-
sia and was his classmate and room-
mate in Moscow. The tribute to
Shazar by Katsh serves as an historic
memo, and Dr. Katsh declares in
honoring his friend and colleague:
"The political controversies and
achievements of past generations
fade from memory and the leaders of
one era are frequently forgotten in
the next. But men attached to eter-
ZALMAN SHAZAR
nal values are unique personalities –
who are remembered. Zalman Shazar bore a heavy burden of mourn-
ing but he remained an optimist; he rehabilitated the messianic
ideal and made it relevant to the 20th Century; he personified the
responsibility of the Jew to transmit the heritage of Sinai, and he
contributed prodigiously to the unity of the Jewish people. He was a
brilliant morning star whose light did not dim as he soared exquis-
itely to the celestial' realm."
Supplementing these tribute articles are two important essays
by Dr. Katsh, "Terror, Holocaust and the Will to Live," and "The
Meaning of Freedom and Responsibility in Judaism." They are
valuable studies of the tragedy of the Holocaust and an expression of
glory dedicated to American idealism.
This bilingual volume has great merit for scholars and stu-
dents, merited by their historic and biographical values.