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Intermarriage Will Lead To
Self-Demeaning `Auch Juden'
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor Emeritus
I
n the approaching years,
strategic planning based
on our communal experi-
ences is anticipated to
clarify current needs and
challenges to lead us into
decisive activism for leader-
ship roles. Guidance is cer-
tainly needed for the
younger generations. The
duties are immense, and the
obstacles that unavoidably
arise will need to be con-
fronted with great courage.
The problems are too nu-
merous for brief confronta-
tion. The training of a prop-
erly educated peoplehood
will involve loyalties to
create enthusiasm and con-
viction so vitally needed.
There have already been
admonitions. They will sure-
ly be tackled in the strategic
planning. We are already
aware that we need more
learning. We are more con-
scious than ever of the
threats that stem from mix-
ed marriages. We no longer
dare to ignore the implica-
tions.
Intermarriage has always
been a problem in our exis-
tence. Often it was accom-
panied by assurances that
we could be making gains
from new adherents. At best
the acquisitions were
minimal. In the main they
have been accompanied by
agonizing uncertainties.
It is when the threats to
our solidarity become
disrespectful that we are
compelled to end confronta-
tion with those who may be
abandoning us. We must
teach with greater emphasis
on loyalty.
The failure in some ranks
to be faithful to one's self has
begun to be accompanied by
disrespect. We found
evidence of it not only in
resorting to church obser-
vances but also in accep-
tance in some cases of per-
formance of wedding
ceremonies by " spiritual
leaders."
In one community in
California, a Japanese
woman performed the
ceremony and resorted to
breaking the glass as a con-
cession to the Jewish mem-
ber of the couple.
Other concessions are
proving shocking. One
intermarriage was sensa-
tionalized in a New York
Times story of Oct. 1. The
participants in the mixed
marriage declared that the
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bridegroom would retain the
male offspring to be raised
as Jews, and the bride would
raise the females as
Catholics. The Catholic
bride faced up to family
celebrations by buying a
Jewish cookbook.
The trouble is that for
many Jews food and holiday
delicacies predominate.
Dr. Max Nordau referred
to this knowledgeable only
about the products of the
kitchen in a speech to the
Zionist Congress:
The communal demands
did not weigh heavily
upon them, and they only
remembered the way to
the synagogue on the Day
of Antonement. Never-
theless, they deluded
themselves into the belief
that they were good Jews
because they loved Heine
... and left nothing to be
desired in their praise of
kugel and sholnt (sic) .
They protested that.they
were "auch Juden" (also
Jews). I say that they are
mere "bauch Juden" (bel-
ly Jews).
It is sad to lose adherents
to our faith and our
peoplehood. Every effort
must be exerted to interfere
with and reduce intermar-
riage. The tolerance of it
must not become an en-
couragement. It would be
pitiful to continue to
apologize for condoning it. ❑
N EWS I
Polls Show Israelis
Favor Conference
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israelis
overwhelmingly support
their country's decision to
participate in the Madrid
peace conference, according
to the latest public opinion
polls.
The two latest surveys,
published in leading Israeli
dailies, show heavy
majorities favor Israel's par-
ticipation in the talks, and
significant numbers expect
them to yield positive
results.
But the figures differ in
the two polls.
On the key question of
Israel meeting with its Arab
neighbors and the Palestin-
ians, a poll published in
Ma'ariv and conducted by
the Teleseker organization
got a 73.5 percent favorable
response.
Only 14.6 percent opposed
Israel attending the con-
ference and 11.6 percent had
no opinion.
A Dahaf poll, published in
a rival paper, the tabloid
Yediot Achronot, showed
even more overwhelming
sentiment in favor of the
peace conference. Israelis
support it by a huge majority
of 91 to 7 percent, that poll
said.
By a 57 to 37 percent
margin, respondents to the
Dahaf poll believe the con-
ference will produce signifi-
cant results.
• By a margin of 61 to 12
percent, Israelis are willing
to pay some price for peace,
the Dahaf poll reported. For
19 percent, the price is
autonomy for the Palestin-
ians; 26 percent would
return most of the ad-
ministered territories; and
16 percent would accept a
Palestinian state.
The poll published in
Ma'ariv showed that 71 per-
cent of Likud voters and 86
percent of Labor Party sup-
porters favor the peace con-
ference.
Another poll, taken for
Ma'ariv by PORI, the Public
Opinion Research Institute,
found that Prime Minister
iNivo surveys show
heavy majorities
favor Israel's
participation.
Yitzhak Shamir is marginal-
ly more popular than For-
eign Minister David Levy.
Mr. Shamir outpolled the
more moderate Mr. Levy by
38 to 34.4 percent in a
survey conducted before Mr.
Levy was sidelined by Mr.
Shamir's announcement last
week that he would head the
Israeli delegation to Madrid.
But Mr. Shamir, an
Ashkenazic Jew, led his
Moroccan-born rival among
Israelis of North African and
Asian origin by an even
larger margin of 48.2 to 40.4
percent.
Mr. Shamir also got a
higher rating than Levy
among less-educated Israelis.
Some 42 percent of those with
eight years of schooling or less
preferred him over the foreign
minister.