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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1990

Ingathering

Continued from Page 2

for her lost children:
"There is hope for your
future, declares the Lord,
your children shall return
to their country" (Jet
31:15-17). Ezekiel similarly
reiterates these promises
(20:41, 34:13, 37:21),
specifically linking them to
the Jewish people's
religious obligations
(11:17-20).
In the talmudic era, this
"Ingathering of the Exiles"
became a full-fledged
Jewish concept, "equal in
significance to the day on
which heaven and earth
were created" (Pes. 88a).
After the Second Temple's
destruction and the exile of
the Jews, it was apparent
that the dream of an "In-
gathering" would be far
harder to realize. That
dream therefore became
associated in rabbinic
thought with prayers for
the Return to Zion, faith in
the coming of the Messiah,
and an unshaken belief in
Israel's final Redemption.
The notion of kibbutz
galuyyot remained a deep-
ly cherished hope which
found expression through-
out the Jewish liturgy.
"Bring us in peace from
the four corners of the
earth and lead us proudly
to our land" is a phrase in
the ahavah rabbah prayer,
while the tenth benediction
of the weekday amidah im-
plores God to "sound the
great ram's horn for our
freedom, raise the banner
to assemble our exiles, and
gather us together from
the four corners of the
earth." Similar statements
can be found in many
other portions of 'Nile
liturgy.
Kibbutz galuyyot became
a central Zionist concept,
enshrined in Israel's
Declaration of In-
dependence, and the mass
immigration (aliyah) of
Jews from over 100 lands of
exile, which began in 1948,
was regarded by some as
the first stage of this pro-
phecy's fulfillment.
In this guideline to Jewish
aspirations, we have the basic
principle of the Jewish will to
live. It is an impressive affir-
mation of the nobility of
Jewish devotion to people and
home. It lends credence to the
values of political as well as
spiritual triumphs of
Zionism.
With this triumph of kib-
butz galuyyot — the Ingather-
ing of the Exiles, we have one
of many ways of measuring
the joys of welcoming Rosh
Hashanah. The Ingathering
triumph, as we commence

5751, is cause for jubilation
even under the multiplying
obstacles which we confront
with vigilance. ❑

Memorializing John
Mames, Linguist

T

he naming of the Mich-
igan Chapter of Magen
David Adorn, the Israel
Red Cross, in tribute to Dr.
John Mames will be an event,
at the annual dinner next
week, to express tribute to the
Detroit leader's services to
Israel and the Zionist cause.
Ideally to be remembered is
his scholarship and his
linguistic strength. His Yid-
dish and English were part of
his communicating with the
communities he was
associated with. His Polish
stemmed from being born in
Cracow, and Russian was
related to it. His German was
related to his graduate
studies in the post-war era.
His friends, who shared in his
scholarly activities, learned
to admire him also as a
master of Latin. Understan-
dably, a combination of all of
them elevated him to recogni-
tion as a most respected
linguist. ❑

NEWS P•mmimm

Emigre Aid
Big In Toronto

Toronto (JTA) — Ina city
with an approximate Jewish
population of only 120,000,
the United Jewish Appeal's
Operation Exodus campaign
here has already passed the
$50 million mark, second
only to New York's cam-
paign, which covers a
population almost 15 times
larger.
Toronto's contribution is
substantially ahead of all
other major Jewish com-
munities in North America,
and its final figure is ex-
pected to yield an additional
$20 million to Operation Ex-
odus.
While the Toronto com-
munity has raised these
funds for the resettling of
Soviet Jews, the community
has also been able to main-
tain its regular annual cam-
paign on the same level as
last year.
The latest available fig-
ures reveal that more than
$78 million has been raised
in Canada for Operation Ex-
odus.
A spokesman for the
United Israel Appeal at-
tributed the phenomenal
success of the campaign to
its "remarkable depth and
very broad base."

