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AT DRIVE TODAY y 2 PRICE! • The Plan is available at all 3 Mel Farr locations. All Fords, Mercurys, LJncolns and Toyotas qualify for Y2 Price Program. • The Plan is a Company Authorized 2 year lease previously unavailable. See dealer for details. Customer must qualify. New '90 and '91 vehicles In stock only. 1/2 Price refers to MSRP. Prior sales excluded. Offer ends two weeks after last ad. 116 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1990 Our Need Exists To Go To Jerusalem HASKEL LOOKSTEIN Special to The Jewish News A merican Jews are, correctly, outraged by the Arab rock throwers and knife-wielders in the Holy Land who attack worshipers at the Western Wall and innocent civilians in the streets. We are angry at a United Nations which condemns Israel unfairly and ignores the atrocities of Israel's enemies. We are disap- pointed in the Bush ad- ministration's readiness to join in that condemnation in the interest of maintaining the coalition of the nations of the world against a vicious and dangerous tyrant in Iraq. All of our rallies have ad- dressed these awesome prob- lems and we must maintain vigilance and pressure in the weeks and months ahead to deal with these vital issues. But there is another prob- lem which we have thus far ignored, and which threatens to dwarf all of the others in importance. That problem is the disap- pearance of American Jews from the streets of Jerusalem and all of Israel during the past three years and, particularly, for the past three months. Those few who have returned from spending the High Holy Day season in Israel report that the hotels are empty. At one point dur- ing Sukkot, there were nine guests in the Jerusalem Hilton, a hotel where, in the past, one practically needed to know a government min- ister in order to get a room during the festival season of the year. But the issue is far more than economic. The issue is the morale of our brothers and sisters who know that they are repudiated by much of the world but who now fear that they are being abandoned by American Jews. That fear is potentially much more destructive than Arab rock throwers, U.N. blame-throwers and even United States guilt- throwers. The feeling that Israelis are isolated even from the Jewish community here in the United States is Rabbi Lookstein is chairman of the Greater New York Coali- tion. for Soviet Jews. potentially so demoralizing as to raise the possibility of hopelessness in Israel itself. If, in fact, we leave the streets of Israel empty of American Jews, then we are handing the Arabs their greatest victory. If we are afraid to go on missions and to daven at the Kotel, to see the beautiful sights of the Holy Land, what do we ex- pect of Israelis? When will they turn around and call us cowards, traitors or, even worse, bystanders as were our forebears 50 years ago? The terrible irony of our timorous mood here is that the facts of life in Israel are vastly different from what American Jews fear. I was in Tel Aviv during the last three days of August, when the talk of gas masks and storing provi- sions was at its height. Friends of mine questioned me about why I was going at such a dangerous time. In Tel Aviv, however, I felt ab- solutely no danger. I looked at the crowds on the beach, the sunbathers around the pool in the Tel Aviv Hilton, and all of the other people going about the business of working or touring and hav- ing a wonderful time doing it. The reality in Israel is so different from the false images conjured up by sen- sationalist reporters on TV and in the newspapers. The reality is, quite clearly, that it is much safer to walk on any street in Israel than on Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue in New York. One's health and life are at far greater risk in utilizing public transportation in our metropolitan area than riding the buses in Israel. It is up to you and me to change this distorted perspective about Israel. It is up to you and me to show other American Jews that a visit to Israel is joyous, uplif- ting, inspiring — and very safe. The only way to do this is by going. You and I must pick ourselves up, drop whatever we are doing and go and spend time, happily, in Jerusalem and in the other cities of Israel. That is why Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun and the Ramaz School launched "Operation L'hitraot" with a mini-mission to Israel from Nov. 10 to Nov. 16. We urge other congregations and schools to form their own mini-missions. Give up a week and gain a land. ❑