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A Message To Baltimore's Jewish Community
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of the National Mall, it will stand as a reminder and warning of civilization's dark side.
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APPEALS FOR JEWISH UNITY
appeared as federations and
other American Jewish
organizations took out ads
calling on Israeli leaders to
recognize their concerns.
ADIN STEINSALTZ, who has
spent the last two decades
translating the Talmud into
Hebrew, will see Random
House publish his edition of
the Talmud in English this
winter. His works were
banned by some elements of
the Orthodox community in
Israel for referring to the
Biblical Samson, in his
writings, as a "thug."
with, Israel by American Jews.
For despite public protesta-
tions to the contrary by Jewish
leaders, the sense of total iden-
tity of American Jews for Israel
has diminished in recent years.
True, for most Jews who
remember the tragedy of the
Holocaust and the miraculous
creation of the State of Israel,
52 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989
NEW YORK TIMES reporter
Tom Friedman, winner of two
Pulitzer Prizes for his
coverage ,of the Mideast from
Beirut and Jerusalem,
authored a best-selling book
on his ten years in the area,
"From Beirut To Jerusalem."
support for the Jewish state re-
mains unshakable. But for an
increasing number of younger
Jews, with less visceral attach-
ment to Israel and more ten-
uous ties to their religious
heritage and values, Middle
PROF. JEROME SEGAL of the
University of Maryland worked
with the PLO in softening
their public views toward
Israel and declaring
Palestinian independence. He
also formed a Jewish Peace
Lobby, which called for a
Palestinian state.
East events in the last few
years have caused them to ques-
tion more openly the correctness
of Israel's policies. The war in
Lebanon; Israel's role in the
Pollard spy case, and the
Shamir government's opposition
to a land-for-peace approach to
negotiations with the Arabs
have contributed to this atti-
SHOSHANA CARDIN of
Baltimore, shown here at the
General Assembly of the
Council of Jewish Federations
meeting in New Orleans, led
a delegation of top American
Jewish leaders to meet with
Yitzhak Shamir and other
Israeli leaders to protest the
Who Is A Jew legislation.
tude. But it is the intifada, the
Palestinian uprising that began
22 months ago and has become
a way of life, that has caused
the most damage to Israel's
image. Scenes of armed Israeli
soldiers beating stone-throwing
Palestinian youths have given
way to those of a society whose
settlers heckle their leaders,
where Jewish vigilantes seek
revenge on Arab citizens, and
where the once-revered army is