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rophecy is never en-
ding and never aban-
doned. The studious
never fail to learn from it. In
every religious aspect, there
is the constant resort to
Isaiah. This is especially
evident in an intriguing
book whose very title is de-
rived from Isaiah, Saving
Remnants by Sara Bershtal
and Allen Graubard (Free
Press).
The search for current
identification of Jews in all
elements in our life reveals
at once that the very title
reflects Isaiah (10:21): "A
remnant shall return even
the remnant of Jacob."
It isn't necessary to repeat
concerns about numerical
losses suffered from mixed
marriages. Equally as much
can be said about abandon-
ment of faith by those who
enter other spheres of re-
ligion. Overwhelming in
defections is undeniable in-
difference. How else could
one be unaware of the real-
ity of the smallness of Jew-
ish numerical strength?
Nevertheless, there is a
totality we often refer to as
peoplehood which embraces
the fractionated as well,
those just referred to as in-
different. There is the temp-
tation to turn to a Yiddish
term, "dos pintelle Yid." A
definition is given in a
modern English-Yiddisn dic-
tionary as, "The
quintessence of one's Jewish
identity."
The authors of Remnants
certainly were concerned
with defections in our ranks.
Our own experiences are
that we are forced into an
awareness of vanishing that
has always compelled us to
face a reality not to our lik-
ing.
As an aside, it is necessary
to take into account our
losses resulting from those
who have strayed from us
into other faiths. About 40
years ago the Jewish Post
and Opinion sensationalized
a news story revealing that
the son of the leading Jewish
social worker of his time,
Jacob Billikoff, had adopted
the Catholic faith. It was a
great shock for world Jewry
because Mr. Billikoff's son
was a grandson of Louis
Marsahall, who, with Chaim
Weizman, was co-founder of
the Jewish Agency for
Palestine in 1929. Such
shocks were not isolated
occurrences.
We do not often study the
records about the vanishing.
Some of us did when in in
1954 we were celebrating
the 300th anniversary of the
settlement of Jews in
America. It was a great
event for us. Historical
recollections enticed us into
thinking of the past and we
began to trace occurrences.
We repeated the question
of what had happened to the
descendants of the com-
mittee of the 250th cel6bra-
tion? In interceding years,
we had the names of fewer
that half a dozen surviving
leaderships.
It is not unfair to ask again
and trace the records to
know if there are survivors
from the 300th anniversary
function.
Because of this challeng-
ing question, it is well for us
to continue historiography.
In the New Jewish En-
cyclopedia under the title
"The Remnant of Israel," we
are provided with the follow-
ing:
After mass punishment
and destruction of the
Jewish people for their
sins, a faithful few,
dedicated to God and His
teachings, will survive to
maintain and benefit from
God's covenant with His
people. This remnant
would return from exile to
its own land and would
thereafter live in security
and peace ... The Jews
returning from Babylo-
nian Exile considered
themselves as con-
stituting the prophesied
remnant. The concept
also entered the liturgy,
while in modern times the
phrase "the surviving
remnant" was applied to
survivors of the Holo-
caust.
That's how it has been and
continues to be. The in-
destructible survivor is a
powerful remnant. That's
how out of a minority always
emerges a thriving
peoplehood.
Assuring Exposure
Of Falsehoods
Among the duties of assur-
ing truths and demanding
condemnation of the Nazi
lies is the retention of the
libertarian commitment to
expose those who advocate
ignorance of the Holocaust
occurrences.
In an excellent compila-
tion, the World Jewish Con-
gress summary affecting our
people includes the follow-
ing:
HOLOCAUST DENIAL
After several weeks of
public controversy, the
University of Washington
student newspaper has
decided not to run a guest
editorial denying that the
Holocaust took place.
DENIERS FINED
A French court has fined
two history students and
banned them from public
office for five years, for
circulating leaflets deny-
ing that Nazi gas
chambers existed.
It is encouraging that the
big lie defaming the Holo-
caust has found exposure in
an American university and
in France. These compel a
continuing commitment to
confront deniers and defiers
everywhere. We need
endless militancy in univer-
salizing the truth. The dam-
ning of the Nazi ideology is a
duty for all mankind. ❑
immmimmil NEWS
Educators
Tour Camps
New York (JTA) — The
only visitors Camp Morasha
typically gets during its
summer camping season are
parents bearing junk- food
and kisses for their kids.
But recently, Tenzin
Sangpo and Phyntsosk
Namgyal came to spend a
few days at the Indian Or-
chard, Pa., campsite.
The two Tibetan educators
came all the way from India,
where they run schools for
orphaned and destitute
Tibetan children, to observe
the educational and organ-
izational techniques
employed by Jewish camps
around the United States.
The pair visited eight Jew-
ish summer camps, in-
cluding Morasha, during
their five-week stay in the
United States. Their visit
was underwritten by the
Nathan Cummings Founda-
tion.
The schools at which they
are principals are part of the
Tibetan Children's Village
School network in northern
India, which is charged with
the year-round education
and upbringing of about
9,000 Tibetan youngsters.