THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Lack of Responsibility Hurts Israel

(Continued from Page 60) been a reason — even if
one of many — for the
schedule of consultations president-elect's assassi-
with foreign officials, trying nation.
to upset the policies of their
There were negotiations
own government. Knesset underway about a possible
members travel all over the deal between Israel and
landscape to consort with Switzerland. The Swiss
sworn enemies of the army contemplated buying
Jewish state. Others use Israeli arms. As soon as the
their positions in order to news broke in the Israeli
get into the news and to press, the deal was off. It
make headlines. certainly would have helped
Newspapers and report- create more jobs- and cer-
ers cry "censorship" when tainly would have aided Is-
anyone objects to their do- rael's balance of payments.
ings. But it would not have It would not have been a
hurt anyone if the Israeli calamity if this news item
press had not reported would not have seen the
that Begin had met with light of day.
Lebanon's President-Elect
The examples cited show
Bashir Gemayel to elicit his a lack of responsibility. Re-
views about a peace treaty. porters talk too much.
Nobody would have Politicians talk too much.
been disenfranchised if Those in high places talk too
this news item had never much. And all of them are
appeared. Democracy harming the country — and
would not have suffered. a cause.
But in an open society
But Israelis are not alone
such as Israel's every- in their desire to talk and to
thing gets into print re- make headlines. American
gardless of the conse- Jewish leaders have a simi-
quences of the "scoop" or lar proclivity. They have
the headline grabber. No shown during the past
one apparently stopped months that publicity
to think that a 'report of featuring dissension and
Begin's meeting with disunity cannot be much of
Gemayel might have an asset — not to American

Birkhat Kohanim Explained

By RABBI SAMUEL FOX

(Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.)

The blessing of the priests
(Birkhat Kohanim) is per-
formed only in the morning
service. -
This has been explained
on the basis of understand-
ing that the morning serv-
ice takes place before people
(especially the priests) have
eaten anything. When we
arrive at the period of the
afternoon service people
have already consumed
solid food as well as liquids.
The fear that one or some
of the priests might have
consumed some intoxicat-
ing beverage led to the exc-
lusion of the priestly bene-
diction in the afternoon
service, since one who is in-
toxicated cannot recite the
benediction.
Generally speaking, the
benediction requires the
full presence of mind from

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the one who recites it. One is
most clear in mind in the
morning before one eats or
drinks.

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Jewry, not to Israel, and not
to themselves.
There are people who
believe that constant at-
tacks on Israel in full-
page ads in the New York
Times and other news-
papers induced PLO
chief Yasir Arafat to
postpone and to post-
pone again the departure
of his terrorist organiza-
tion from Beirut, thus
contributing to addi-
tional Israeli casualties.
A house divided cannot
gain anything; it only loses
political clout.
It hurt to see the names of
Jews appear alongside the
names of anti-Israelis. It
hurt to read articles and
pronouncements of people
indulging in attacks on Is-
rael and Israeli leaders.
In future history books,
these past months will not
be recorded as a credit to
American Jewry. Nor will
American politicians soon
forget the spectacle of Jews
attacking each other and of
Jews attacking Israel.
One says a reluctant
goodbye to Israel as the
plane takes off from the air-
port. The roar of the plane's
engines goes on and on.
The constancy of the
engines' roar invokes - a
sense of security and of
safety. They will soon slow
down as the plane comes to a
landing. The captain will do
it all. But where is the cap-

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