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invaded often by armies and
terrorist gangs. And Lewis
libels it as not an "egalita-
rian and tolerant" people!
No equal democracy exists
in a Middle East dominated
by single political parties
which mostly exclude
women from voting.
Yes, Mr. Lewis, Israel is a
"fortress." It functions de-
spite world hostility, from
petropolitics — a greed for
profit — possible genocide
notwithstanding. If only
Mr. Lewis would divert
interest to Arabs who refuse
to negotiate for peace, who
only vow another jihad to
liquidate infidels who in-
trude upon even the tiniest
spot of land in the vast
Mideast!
S. Norman Course
New York
Judge Andrews'
`get' decision
We wish to extend the
plaudits of the Jewish com-
munity to Judge Steven N.
Andrews, circuit judge for
the County of Oakland. It
was the judge's decision,
dated Aug. 1, of this year
that ordered the husband in
a divorce case to give aget to
his wife or otherwise be held
in contempt of court.
Jewish Law and tradition
go to great length to show
sensitivity and redress to a
woman "frozen" because of
the recalcitrance of the hus-
band to fulfill his respon-
sibilities in the event of the
dissolution of the marriage.
Unfortunately, the husband
living outside of Jewish
municipalities has had the
ability to ignore the sum-
monses and warnings of the
Jewish courts with impun-
ity, leaving our authorities
with little control over the
situation.
What Judge Andrews has
done, parallel to similar de-
cisions in other states, is to
recognize the contractual
secular obligation that is
mandated in the giving of
the get; as such, the "im-
permissable entanglement"
of church and state is never
approached.
Judge Steven Andrews'
ruling will bring a sigh of
relief for many women in an
unfortunate position as well
as to the entire community.
It is his sensitivity to the
issue as well as his judicial
insight and courage that
will allow an unjust situa-
tion to be righted.
Council of Orthodox Rabbis
NEWS
Civil rights fades in Administration fog
BY ROBERT E. SEGAL
They were three young
idealists determined to act
upon their convictions. One,
James Chaney of Missis-
sippi, was black. The other
two, Andrew Goodman and
Michael Schwerner of New
York, were Jewish. In the
summer of 1964, seeking to
learn the facts in the bomb-
ing of a black church in
Neshoba County, Missis-
sippi, they were murdered.
The three young martyrs
had come into the world at
approximately the same
time that the Supreme
Court ruled unanimously
that segregation in public
schools was "inherently un-
equal."
That historic decision
came down May 17, 1954.
Allowing time for the
machinery to desegregate
the schools to be set in mo-
tion, the court, on May 31,
1955, declared the process
was to go forward "with all
deliberate speed."
This dramatic series of
historical events was re-
called a few weeks ago when
blacks and Jews gathered in
the chapel of the Union of
American Hebrew Congre-
gations "to reappropriate
the bonds of covenant and
commitment which brought
the three to their deaths."
The 1954 and 1955 court
decisions had to do with the
schools. The Civil Rights
Act of 1964 was a much
more comprehensive meas-
ure. It prohibited discrimi-
nation for reason of color,
race, religion, or national
origin in places of public ac-
commodation covered by in-
terstate commerce. It also
prohibited discrimination
in jobs.
Keeping the heroic sac-
rifices of Jim Chaney, Andy
Goodman, and Mike
Schwerner in mind and re-
calling the determination of
our chief executives, law-
makers, and judges in the
1950s and 1960s to con-
cretize the imperative of
equality of opportunity for
all, we are now saddened
and alarmed to behold vast
retrogression in the areas of
ethnic, racial, and religious
amity and bold frontal at-
tacks on enforcement of
civil rights laws.
Recall the Supreme
Court's 1955 "with all de-
liberate speed" dictum and
then compare it with the
startling pronouncement
earlier this summer by
William Bradford Reynolds
regarding the new federal
fair housing law. "The gov-
ernment ought not to be in
the business of trying to
bring integration about,"
the assistant Attorney Gen-
eral in charge of the Justice
Department's Civil Rights
Division said.
Where have all the pretty
flowers of civil rights law
enforcement gone? Why is
the memory of the gallant
trio of martyrs in Missis-
sippi no longer green?
A Seven Arts Feature
Sephardi voting
patterns studied
New York — The over-
whelming support of Is-
rael's Sephardi community
for the Likud Party, as evi-
denced by this summer's
election results, stems from
the "polarization, fragmen-
tation and ethnicity" inher-
ent in contemporary Israeli
society, according to a study
by researcher Hanoch
Smith conducted for the
American Jewish Commit-
tee.
Pointing out that the
1984 election demonstrated
once more the "powerful
propensity" of the Sephar-
dim to support Likud and its
allied parties, the Israeli
pollster concluded that cer-
tain demographic factors —
such as a higher birthrate
and younger overall popula-
tion than the Ashkenazim
— indicate an increasingly
important role for Israel's
Sephardim. "No govern-
ment can last long without
winning their support,"
Smith said.
To our
readers. .
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