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RABBI IRWIN GRONER Special to The Jewish News T his week's sidra tells us of a great mutiny led by Korach, a Levite, who gathers unto himself all the malcontents of the people and attacks the authority of Moses. He lays two charges against Moses and Aaron: "You did not take us, as you prom- ised, to a land flowing with milk and honey. Instead, you have led us to die in the wilderness." These complaints attracted widespread approval. Korach was able to win a large following. The challenge of Korach causes us to address the issue of leadership. Who are the leaders of society? By what criteria shall we judge their accom- plishments? How can we answer the indictments levied against Moses? A leader can be defined as one whom people will follow, a com- pelling personality who sways the masses. But the Torah does not agree with this definition. Although Korach had many fol- lowers and won great public support, Moses was the true leader. By what standard did the Torah establish the preeminence of Moses? For the Bible, popu- larity does not validate leader- ship but moral authority does. Moses recognized the need of the people, he saw the degradation that slavery had imposed upon them, and he brought to them the discipline of the moral law. Moses presented a program to fulfill the Divine mandate. Korach was not moved by a moral purpose. His message is hatred, his aim is discord, his popularity arises from the hos- tility to authority he evokes from his followers. In his lust for power, Korach utilizes all the destructive impulses he can manipulate. The most vivid contemporary illustration of the spirit of Korach is in the leadership of most of the Arab world. Arab leaders have the capacity to lead their people to great achieve- ments: to the elimination of il- literacy; to economic progress; to raising the standard of living; to the attainment of peace. In- stead, that leadership, particu- larly of the rejectionist states, is based on hatred, violence, de- struction and despair. The second accusation oi Korach is similarly instructive. "You have failed, Moses." In- deed, Moses eventually died in the wilderness together with the whole generation. How do we answer that charge? It may be that all noble lead- ership fails, for it never attains its highest goals. The true leader must fail, because he is committed to an ideal so ele- vated, a hope so exalted that Rabbi Groner is spiritual leader of Cong. Shaarey Zedek. reality can never fully conform to his vision. Jeremia failed, and so did Akiva. Abraham Lincoln failed, and so did Woodrow Wilson. But authentic leadership is not measured by material achieve- ment. The leader brings an enhancement of life. He offers an awareness of truth, an ex- perience of beauty and goodness. The leader is only temporarily defeated, but mankind is im- proved; for out of his faith social Shabbat Korach Numbers 16:1-18:32 I Samuel 11:14-12:22 forces arise which continue to express the hopes and ideals which the leader cherished. Akiva died a martyr's death, but the Torah survived. Jeremiah didn't see the rebuild- ing of the Temple, but the resto- ration came later. Lincoln didn't see the fulfillment of his dream for a reunited America, but this took place in the years and de- cades that followed his death. All the generations that re- membered Moses, even unto our own day, were able to discover strength, courage and wisdom out of the spiritual gifts he had bestowed upon them. The ulti- mate vindication of the great leader lies in a future guided by his vision. France Revokes 'No Holocaust' Doctoral Thesis Los Angeles (JTA) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center hailed the French Government's deci- sion last week to revoke a con- troversial doctorate granted to Henri Rogues last year by the University of Nantes. The 371-page dissertation question- ed the existence of gas chambers at Nazi concentration camps and argued that there is no con- clusive evidence to prove that the Nazis had ever gassed their victims during the WW II Holocaust. "The Wiesenthal Center ap- plauds the decision of French Education Minister Alain Devanguet to throw out this bogus doctorate. Further, we are pleased that French authorities have also ordered the suspension of professor Jean-Claude Riviere, who headed the examining board which granted Rogues the doctorate and who clearly failed to fulfill his basic responsibilities as custodian of a university's commitment to the pursuit of truth," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.