10 Friday, March 25, 1983
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Passover Signifies Struggle of Liberation and Justice
By RABBI MARC
TANENBAUM
(A Seven Arts Feature)
Known in Jewish tradi- an event of spiritual libera-
tion as Zman Herutenu, tion that decisively trans-
the "Season of our Free- formed the religious orien-
On Monday evening the dom," Passover commemo- tation of mankind.
Jewish people throughout rates the liberation of the
To the ancient Israelites,
the world begin the obser- Israelites from bondage to spiritual liberation was
vance of Passover, the old- Pharaoh in Egypt. The term more than a religious piety
est and undoubtedly the "exodus" conventionally is of liturgical exercise. It in-
most influential of Jewish understood to stress the volved a monumental
.
festivals.
physical aspect of libera- struggle in actual daily life
tion, but the exodus from against the spiritual values
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worship. The rejection of
Egypt by Moses and the
Israelites was thus a life-
shaking victory in the
struggle of spiritual and
human independence of
life-denying values.
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as a present-day experience,
a search for its continuing
meaning in our present in-
dividual and communal
lives. That is why the
spiritual and physical
plight of Jews in the Soviet
Union and in Arab coun-
tries such as Syria and Iraq
will be uppermost in the
minds and hearts of Jewish
families everywhere as they
seek to confront modern
Pharaohs with the compel-
ling moral claim, "Let my
people go."
When the fourth Matzot
of hope is uncovered at the
Seder table, and when the
millenial hallowed words
"Next Year in Jerusalem"
are recited, these will be not
simply reminiscences of the
ancient exodus, but occa-
sions of fervent recommit-
ment to the struggle for lib-
eration and justice, until
the exodus of Soviet Jews
and the exodus of all people
who seek freedom and
human rights are realized
everywhere.
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NEW YORK (JTA) — For
the first time in its history,
the New York United
Jewish Appeal-Federation
of Jewish Philanthropies
Campaign has reached the
$100 million level, accord-
ing to Martin Kornreich,
general chairman.
When the books on the
1982 drive officially closed
Feb. 28, the bottom line
showed $100.9 million
pledged to the Campaign.
This figure, which is $5 mil-
lion more than the 1981 to-
tal, does not include $11
million raised for the spe-
cial Israel Emergency Fund
which started last July,
Kornreich said.
American-Israel
Friendship Must
Never Be Destroyed
Someone is throwing a monkey wrench into the
machinery of cherished goodwill.
Obstacles are being erected on the road to good rela-
tions between the United States and Israel.
Americans who are always motivated by a spiritof fair
play must not permit disruptions which stand in the way of
a continuity that has assured cooperative links between the
two nations.
The obstacles become evident as a result of a "leak" to a
correspondent of the Knight-Ridder newspapers which in-
clude Detroit's morning paper, and that correspondent pur-
sued a policy of sensationalizing every negative report
about Israel.
The latest needling of Israel rises to the surface as a
possible deliberate attempt to create animosities. It is all
based on incidents, the incidents themselves savour ill
faith. They involve the U.S. Marines in Lebanon and it is
admittedly the result of an order to American troops not to
fraternize with Israelis.
Why? Because such fraternization would negate the
winks constantly given to the enemies of Israel in the Arab
world that there is an evenness of attitudes by the U.S.
toward the Arabs and the presence of Americans in Leba-
non is not to be interpreted as a friendship for Israel.
Meanwhile, the French and Italians in the peace force
are fraternizing with Israelis and there are no incidents on
that score, and the terrorism aimed at the foreign peace
protectors does not prevent, attacks on the Marines. There
are wounded among them, regardless of their fraterniza-
tions.
The animosities that are apparently inspired come to
the surface in a revelation in the McCartney Knight-
Ridder correspondence from Washington, March 20, which
states:
"In this situation, the U.S. is an ally of the Lebanese
government, and the marines are under instructions to
work with and help the Lebanese.
"Thus the Israelis — in effect —*are not American
allies. By U.S. reasoning, the Israelis are not supposed to be
in Lebanon.
"Some U.S._ officials say they believe at least some
Israelis want to stir up trouble with military incidents to
undercut political support at home for American involve-
ment in Lebanon.
"As one U.S. official put it: 'They say to themselves,
let's provoke the Americans so that they will lose a consti-
tuency at home in support of American involvement. Then
we will once again be in charge in Lebanon.' "
In support of the American principle of fair play, the
query must be posed and pursued: whence comes this an-
tagonism? If it is from the Pentagon, how come that area
where there was so much friendship with and admiration
for Israel has now developed a negativism? If it stems from
the Department of Defense, let there be an explanation for
a monkey wrench into the machinery of good intentions. If
it comes from the White House, let the culprits be exposed,
because the President himself is the endorser, with all his
friendly statements, of the majority pro-Israel declarations
in all the conducted polls of American sentiments support-
ing the two nations' traditional cooperation.
From every American with a sense of justice there
must come a demand upon all the functionaries in the
nation's capital:
The American-Israel friendship must not be tampered
with!
Thoughts of Passover
By IDA OLSON
Passover is a Forever Ember,
Of the strife that Jews endured
Be it in the past, our hearts cannot dismiss
Knowing, our future was not, then, re-assured.
We've come a long way,
With struggle, designed
Our Faith and togetherness has brought us glory
And triggered the mind.
We feel that bloodshed, of the past
The sacrifice that eluded
Now, we look back in tranquility
And Thank God, that we're included.
May these memories line our future,
As we strive for better ways
And surround us with hope and fulfillment,
For "A Happy Pesach"- and a future,
Worthy of people's praise.