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Diaspora Plus Israel
Continued from preceding page
of our attachment to the ideal
of settlement in all parts- of
Eretz Yisrael, we abandon a
huge Jewish community in
the Soviet Union to anti-
Semitism and assimilation.
For thousands of years the
Jews have said: "Next year in
Jerusalem," meaning it, yet
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not meaning it. The same is
true today; however, in the
past generation a new group
has emerged that cannot say
"next year in Jerusalem," be-
cause it is already living in
the real down-to-earth
Jerusalem. This group will
never again be satisfied with
the abstract concept of celes-'
tial Jerusalem (a Christian
concept that first appears in
the New Testament: Galatians
4:25, Revelations 3:12 and
21:2).
The great debate between
Israel and the golah must be
resumed at once, without
hypocrisy, with all its fierce-
ness and honesty.
The many thought-provoking
essays in the Diaspora volume,
by Israeli and world Jewish
leaders, invite serious considera-
tion. The portion by Dr. Mor-
decai M. Kaplan, whose name is
inscribed in American Jewish
history as the founder of the Re-
constructionist movement, the
devout and dedicated Zionist
and Jewish leader who died in
Jerusalem three years ago at
the age of 101, merits special
consideration. Dr. Kaplan's
lengthy essay concludes with
this admonition of "How
Zionism May Unite Jewry":
Our aim should be to for-
mulate the specific: halachah
or way of life, which might
help our people to live and
grow as one people through-
out the world. With that in
mind, we should give heed to
the concluding statement
made by Bailik in his well-
known essay on Halachah ver-
sus Aggada:
"A people which is not
trained to translate its Aggada
into Halachah delivers itself
into (the power of) endless il-
lusions, and is in danger of
straying from the only direct
path that leads from willing
to doing and striving to
achieving ...
"A Judaism which is only
Aggada is like iron heated in
the fire but not cooled there-
after in water. Yearning of
the heart, stirrings of the
spirit, profound love — these
are beautiful and helpful
provided they lead to action
that is steeled and to duty
that is stern.
"If you really wish to build,
do what your ancestors did
(in the days of Ezra and
Nehemiah). Make a firm cove-
nant and write it . . and lay ob-
ligations upon yourselves."
The Jews of the Diaspora
definitely refuse to serve
merely as the scaffolding of
the House of Israel. They in-
sist on constituting an integ-
ral part of that entire house.
The time has arrived when
we must realize that one God
has created us, one past has
formed us, and only one fu-
ture has preserved and will
preserve us. If we will live up
to that realization, the words
of the prophet Malachi will
come true: "Your own eyes
will behold, and you yourse-
lves will say 'The greatness of
the Lord is manifest beyond
the boundaries of Israel' "
(Mal. I:11)
Dr. Kaplan's . lifelong emph-
ases have been appeals for un-
ified Jewish action worldwide.
The great Zionist he was, he
was striving for the movement
to be a catalyst for unity.
Perhaps this is also the sum
total of all the sentiments gen-
erated in Diaspora. The volume
is challenging. It is also in-
structive.
Episodic U.S.
Jewish History:
Many Gems
Properly and authoritatively
researched historical documents
are dependent on statistics, de-
batable issues, political
analyses, personality sketches
and concern for the, social issues
of the era under consideration.
Dr. Abraham J. Karp has taken
these obligations into considera-
tion in the preparation of his
newest work, Haven and Home;
A History of the Jew's in
America. (Schocken Books). As
the title implies, the recorded
facts are about the. immigrant
Jews who settled here and found
a haven in America. It is about
the Jewish generations who
gave dignity to the "haven' they
found and the marvelous in-
stitutions they created, lending
them the significance into which
Jewish life had developed in the
generations under consideration.
Dr. Karp 'has earned a place
among the Jewish historians in
this country. He headed the
American Jewish Historical
Society and has helped advance
its aims of gathering and pro-
tecting the Jewish records. He is
professor of history and religion
and the Philip S. Bernstein Pro-
fessor of Jewish Studies at the
University of Rochester, and his
specialty is the very title of his
new book.
Dr.: Karp has assembled fac-
tual data and recollections that
enrich a history filled with ac-
tion and glorified by ideological
considerations. The East Side of
New York and :its early settlers
emerge in an aura of fascina-
tion. The struggle for economic
survival, leading to progress and
to changing neighborhoods ,
plays an important role. Press
and theater are in evidence.
Then there are the strivings
for cummunal building and the
developmnt , of the. Kehillah, as
envisaged by Dr. Judah L.
Magnes, has repeated lessons for
this generation.
The definition of Kehillah as
reintroduced in Magnes' eloqu-
ence could serve anew the lead-
erships that administrate
Jewish community councils to-
day. Magnes' Kehillah dream
ended years after he assumed
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