Civilized World Recites Kadish for the Massacred

The civilized world sits in mourning over the horror that was perpetrated on
the tragic morning of Oct. 23 in Beirut.
To the families of the murdered go forth the sympathies of all who nurture
compassion as a human quality.
"Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people" is the message of Isaiah to be
shared by the victims of the atrocious horror with the government they
represented in the accursed area of venomous tragedies.
Wherever the human spark continues to shine as a comforter there is the
admonition from Psalm 23, which is recited as a legacy from the People Israel by all

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nations of the world: "Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me."
As mankind recites the Kadish for the many dead, with the heartaches strik-
ing all people who cherish peace in the framework of human decency, there is this
additional comforting message that was composed by Rabbi Richard C. Hertz of
Temple Beth El:
The Kadish is not a prayer for the dead, but a mandate to the living . . . It bids
man rise above his sorrow . . . and fixes his piew upon the welfare of mankind. It lifts
his hope and vision to a day . . . when mankind shall at last inhabit the earth as
children of the one God and Father, and justice reign supreme in peace.

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October 28, 1983

U.S. Downplays Its Rejection
of Israeli Aid for the Wounded

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Reagan Administration maintained this week that the U.S.
rejected an Israeli offer of its hospital facilities for the Marines wounded in Sunday's terrorist
bomb attack in Beirut because the military was following its "normal" procedure for evacuating
the wounded.
White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the wounded were "initially treated" at
battalion field hospitals and aboard U.S. Navy ships off the Lebanese coast and then taken to
NEW YORK (JTA) — The faculty of the Jewish Theological Semi-
nary of America approved by a large majority on Mondaythe admission
U.S. naval hospital facilities in Naples or to the army hospital in West Germany.
of women to the JTS rabbinical school for ordination as Conservative
"That's the standard procedure, the way the military operates in that part of the world,"
rabbis.
Speakes said. "There is no other reason." The death toll is above 200 in the suicide bombing of
The vote of 34-8, at a special meeting called by JTS chancellor
Marine headquarters at the Beirut airport.
Gerson Cohen, ended a long-running controversy in the Conservative
According to reports from Beirut, most of the wounded were taken by helicopter to
movement, in which a steadily growing number of Conservative rabbis
the
Iwo
Jima, an amphibious assault ship, the battleship New Jersey and the El Paso,
endorsed admission of women by the JTS for ordination, while a sub-
an amphibious cargo ship. A Marine spokesman was quoted as saying that an addi-
stantial number of JTS faculty members remained in adamant opposi-
tional 21 men were flown by the British for treatment at a Royal Air Force base in
tion.
There are 55 faculty members at the JTS. Three from the
Cyprus.
Talmudic program boycotted the meeting Monday.
The reports also said that some dead and wounded were taken to a dozen different hospitals
Cohen, who headed the commission he named in 19', 7 to study the
in Beirut, including the Shiite-run Al Zahra hospital which has burn treatment facilities.
controversial issue, and who was chairman of the meeting Monday,
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger called Sunday for a "coordination" between U.S.
said after the vote that he regarded it as "evidence that the Seminary
and
Israeli forces and others in order to change the "balance of power" in Lebanon.
and the Conservative movement in Ainerican Judaism are able to
"It
is an amazing phenomenon that the Israeli army is sitting 20 kilometers from where
respond to the challenges of modernity in traditional terms."
Americans are being killed and there seems to be no coordination between our policies at all,"
After the 34-8 vote, a second motion was passed which called on
Cohen to name a committee, with former Detroiter Dr. Joel Roth,
Kissinger said on the ABC-TV "This Week With David Brinkley" program. The United States
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has to define its policy in Lebanon, the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. It is not clear what the
U.S. wants to do in Lebanon, he said.
Referring to the terrorist attack on U.S.
Marine headquarters, Kissinger said the out-
rage today" was a "symptom" of the present
situation in Lebanon in which U.S. forces were
"passive" while there was a daily "gradual dis-
Climaxed by the shocking initial reports of the horror-striking events in Lebanon, meeting in an assembly already
integration" of 'the Lebanese government.
dedicated to fulfillment of manifold responsibilities confronting American and world Jewries, the annual conference of
"The problem in Lebanon is whether the radical
the United Jewish Appeal's East Central-Midwest Region assumed the significance of a national inaugurating task
forces, supported or encouraged by the Syrians and
serving as an inspiration for the entire American Jewry.
the Soviets, will gradually gain such a degree of
Regional, national and local leaders devoted sessions which commenced on Friday morning and continued until

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the early afternoon on Sunday to a review of the year's needs and to decisive tasks for their achievement.
The news of the Beirut wholesale murder of U.S. Marines and French military came as a shock to the more than
350 delegated participants in the numerous assembly sessions. U.S. Sen. Lowell Weicker of Connecticut, who was the
guest speaker at the Saturday night dinner session, who had planned to meet with Jewish leaders at breakfast and at a
subsequent meeting with national leaders, left for Washington hurriedly after expressing disgust over what had
occurred in creating tragedies for hundreds of families of the murdered and for the governments they represented.
In his address here which was an off-the-cuff resort to personal expressions of gratitude for the
cooperation he had received in his official duties and
the policies he adhered to, Sen. Weicker implied hours
before the murderous act in Beirut that he had not
favored the War Powers Act.
Relevant to the existing conditions, Weicker had
stated in his speech that some legislators are beginning to
think, "we should stop doubting Israel and start listening,
because we will do well to listen to our ally."
Sen. Weicker made a strong appeal in behalf of the
many philanthropic needs supported by UJA, the Israeli,
the national, and he placed emphasis on civil rights,
black-white friendship and support for movements to aid
Shown at the weekend United Jewish Appeal the retarded.
At all the sessions, held at the Michigan Inn, the emph-
conference with guest speaker Sen. Lowell
ases
were on the aged, the cultural needs in Israel in the
Weicker, center, are conference organizers Dr.
Richard Krugel, Edie Mittenthal, Susan Citrin and form of support for universities, the continuing emigration
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Lawrence Jackier.

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Joel Tauber Elected
Federation President

Joel D. Tauber was elected the 16th president of the
Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit at the Board of Gov-
ernors meeting Tuesday in the Fred M. Butzel Memorial
Building. David K. Page and
Jack A. Robinson were
elected vice presidents.
Formerly a vice presi-
dent of Federation, Tauber
was general chairman of the
1982 and 1983 Allied Jewish
Campaigns.
He is a former president
of Ole Jewish Community
Center, where he has served
on the board for a number of
years. Tauber also is a board
JOEL TAUBER
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