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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the seventh day of Tammuz, 5743,
the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Numbers 19:1-22:1.
Prophetical portion, Judges 11:1-33.
Candlelighting, Friday, June 17, 8:52 p.m.
VOL. LXXXIII, No. 16
Page Four
Friday, June 17, 1983
PEDDLING PANACEAS
Striving for peace is the most difficult task laboration, the acceptance of multiple freedoms,
for humanity. It is not always fully attainable,
in citizenships and in kinships. It proposes abso-
and a peacenik often suffers from his efforts.
lute libertarian rights for all concerned with the
Yet, it is a duty never to be shunned. Therefore, right to choose citizenship between Israel and
the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and its Jordan. In the extreme it would, at the same
membership of academicians must be treated time, fulfill the concerned doubts of the Israeli
with great respect and with an appreciation for settlers about protection and defense.
an effort that may not succeed speedily. Hope-
What a plan so proposed confirms is the
fully, it may have paved the road for greater right of people to choose their citizenships and
devotion to means of ending, or at least curtail-
at the same time to select the areas where they
ing, the tides of hatred stemming from the can earn their livelihoods and live peacefully
Israel-Arab conflict.
with their neighbors.
The academicians who have just proposed a
Is such a plan feasible — and acceptable?
new means of attaining peace include very re- The academicians, in their dreams for peace, in
spected names. Daniel Elazar, with training the offering of a panacea, concede that there is
begun in Michigan and continued in many no response of acceptability from Arab sources.
areas, is recognized for the seriousness of his
It is to be assumed that the Jewish element will
research in matters relating to the Middle East.
respond with great hopes for an end to warfare.
Dr. Benjamin Akzin not only possesses a long Whence comes the Arab participation? Is it
academic record. He has a political background possible that beleaguered and war-torn Arab
that began with association with Vladimir neighbors of the Israelis cannot envision the
Jabotinsky, and therefore with Menahem Be- glory that is suggested for an end to conflicts
gin. Therefore, the selection of his name from among kinships on the binational scale?
the group of eminent scholars who have just
Indeed, there may be some difficulty attain-
proposed a peace plan for the Judea-Samaria- ing the aims proposed. Withdrawal of Israeli
Gaza area. Because Dr. Akzin is in the ranks of troops from Lebanon is already obstacled, while
the traditionally-oriented in demands for inclu- the casualty list is growing.
sion of the newly-resettled areas by Jews, a plan
The quest for peace requires cooperation.
like the one under consideration should not be
the plan proposed is feasible. It needs the over-
shelved. Not to shelve it, however, demands the whelming Jewish support. It must have strong
concern and participation of Arabs as much as Arab collaboration. It needs the encouragement
for Jews, and therefore a panacea must be tested of the Arab nations. It must have American
with all seriousness.
assistance.
The fact is that the new proposal by the
Will these be attained?
committee of academicians headed by Dr.
In the process, the panacea is merely in the
Elazar suggests the highest form of human col-
peddled stage.
BIGOTRY IN THE KREMLIN
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From the Kremlin emanates a new spate of
hatred, another venomous attack on Jews, an
outright onslaught on Israel and on the Zionist
idea.
Urgent appeals that the Russian doors be
opened for those desiring to seek havens of es-
cape from the Soviet ideologies has resulted in a
rash of venomous assaults on Jews with the new
form of distortion — that of calling everything
they disapprove of Zionism and resorting to the
anti-Semitic, UN-created slur of branding what
is disapproved in Jewish ranks as Zionist ra-
cism.
Thus, the hatred's spread by official USSR
ranks has developed into the most vicious on
record. It emerges as a renewed obligation to
counteract the menacing situation that adds to
the horror of Czarist-inherited prejudices.
The Kremlin poison stems from the vile act
that was perpetuated from Czarist days. The
constant repetition by Soviet spokesmen of the
stupidly-fabricated "Protocols of the Elders of
Zion" keeps indicating that there is no end to
the hatred perpetrated in USSR ranks.
The continuing endorsement by the Soviet
Union of the Arafat-promulgated plans to de-
stroy Israel add to the evidence of a venom that
has no match and must be contended with.
There is a renewed incitement to virtual
terror in the continuing attacks on Jews and
Israel, with "anti-Zionism" as the excuse.
The multiplying Soviet guilt as a war-
'manipulating force is evidenced in the
thousands of Russian military who encourage
threats to Israel's existence.
Every available source contains the fact of
tens of thousands who are clamoring for exit
visas in order to build a new life in an atmos-
phere of freedom. But the Russian propaganda
machine resorts to denials in the traditional
nature of the Czarist-Communist hiding truth
and distorting it when it becomes apparent.
That's how the menace has grown. But the truth
is not, can not, be buried.
What the Soviet hate-spreaders can never
deny is that Jews are not alone in a demand for
exit permits, that Christians who resent perse-
cutions also demand the right to emigrate, as
evidenced by Andrei Sakharov and many other
eminent Christian scholars and scientists.
The USSR hatred continues to meet with
very wide condemnation from official American
sources, members of Congress and churchmen.
The battle for justice and against the bigotry
that has the backing of the Kremlin is unend-
ing.
Elements of Anti-Semitism
in the Cult Tendencies
Soul-snatching, the capturing of young people away from their
family religious affiliations by the expanding cult movements, has
become a problem in this country.
"Cults in America: Programmed for Paradise" (Holt, Rinehart
and Winston) by Willa Appel is a thorough study of the problem,
based on impressive research.
An anthropologist who has studied witchcraft, rituals and mes-
sianic movements, Ms. Appeal penetrates into the agonies that have
confronted parents over why s their children went into the cults.
Delving into the question with objectivity; the author exposes
myths with her explanations of why cults get a response, treating the
issue psychologically and socially.
Dr. Appel provides documentaries, taking into account medical
opinions and the experiences of psychologists.
Deprogramming is taken into consideration and Dr. Appel draws
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upon the views of ex-cultists as well as deprogrammers.
Touching upon the Jewish victims of cultism, Dr. Appel draws
upon an expert opinion which declares that often the father is rela-
tively passive and the mother domineering. Disinclination to trust
their own feelings is given as a related reason for such adherence by
young Jews to cultism. Dr. Appel states:
"These parents lived for their children, working to win for them
the material comforts, education and financial security they had not
had themselves."
This is considered a predominantly Jewish pattern, "which in
part accounts for the observation that a disproportionately large
number of Jews join cults."
Most revealing in Dr. Appel's study is proof of existence of anti-
Semitic trends in the spreading cultist movements. The following is of
unusual interest:
"In the early days of his national power, when Hitler was asked if
he wished the complete destruction of Jews, he replied, 'No, it is
essential to have a tangible enemy.' Anti-Semitism also plays a part
in some of the contemporary cults. Reverend Moon tells his followers
that the Holocaust was indemnity and Jews paid for having murdered
Christ. The Way International recommends reading books like 'The
Myth of Six Million' and The Hoax of the Twentieth Century,' which
assert that the mass murder of the Jews by the Germans during World
War II was a giant hoax perpetrated by left-wing intellectuals.'
"Cult rhetoric also strikes a familiar, if unhappy, chord. 'Why is
the Dollar inflating?' David Berg, founder of the Children of God,
asks. The Jews are selling out their European currencies and buying
Dollars instead ... Any Christian who stands with the Jews at a time
like this is a traitor to his own faith!' The declarations of Lyndon
LaRouche, founder of the U.S. Labor Party, a political cult, sound as if
they could have been written 40 years ago: The U.S. Zionist Lobby,
since its creation by Theodor Herzl, Louis Brandeis, Eugene Meyer of
Lazard Freres, and the British Foreign Office earlier in this century,
has served as a foot-in-the-door for British sabotage of U.S. industrial
growth and for the terrorizing of American industrialists and work-
ers.'
"The anti-Semitism of these groups is not too surprising.
Scapegoats, as Hitler pointed out, are necessary to the messianic
vision, and Jews have always been preeminent candidates for that
role. They are different, relatively few in numbers, and perceived as
inordinately powerful. Beyond that, anti-Semitism has a particular
meaning for messianic groups because of the biblical designation of
Jews as Chosen People, the precise role the cults have claimed for
themselves."
Much attention is being given to this problem, with special inter-
est by the American Jewish Committee and other Jewish groups. Dr.
Appel's "Cults in America" is a most valuable contribution toward the
tackling of a serious issue for many, including the concern caused in
Jewish communities.
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