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Sunday, September 6 Late Evening Services 8:15 p.m. Mondaay, September 7 Morning Services . . . . 8:00 a.m. Youth Services 10:15 a.m. Mincha-Maariv Serv. G:15 p.m. Tuesday, September 8 Morning Services . . . . l):00 a.m. Youth Services 10:15 a.m. Mincha-Maariv Service 6:15 p.m,
Beth Israel Sunday, September I! Evening Services 0:30 p.m. Monday, September 7 Morning Services 7:30 a.m. Serman 10:15 a.m. Junior Congregation 10:30 a.m. Evening Services 0:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 8 Morning Services 7:30 a.m. Sermon 10:15 a.m. Junior Congregation 10:30 a.m. Evening Services 0:35 p.m.
B'nai Jacob Adas Yeshuron Sunday, September C Evening Services 0:30 p.m. Monday, September 7 Morning Services . . . . 7:30 a.m. Evening Services 0:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 8 Morning Services . . . . 7:30 a.m. Evening Services 0:35 p.m.
Temple Israel Sunday, September C Evening Services 8:15 p.m. Monday, September 7 Morning Services .., .10:00 a.m. Children's Services ... 3:00 p.m. A service primarily for children in the Sunday Division of the Religious School, Kindergarten through fourth grade.
B'nai Israel of Council Bluffs Sunday, September G (Daylight Saving Time) Evening Services — 7:00 p.m. Monday and Tuesday September 7 and 8 (Daylight Saving Time) Morning Services — 8:30 a.m. Torah Reading 0:30 a.m. Sermon 10:00 a.m. Musaf 10:30 a.m. Adjournment . . . . 12:30 p.m.
Jewish Thoughts For Rosh Hashanah In the seventh month on the first day of the month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not perform any servile work; it shall be a day of tho sounding of the Shofar. (Bible) * • • Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world, (Talmud) • » « When a man sins during the year a record of his transgression is inscribed in faint ink. If he repents during the 10 dajrs of penitence tho r e c o r d is erased, If not, it is rewritten in indelible ink. (Mldrash) -
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Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks Congregation of Temple Israel
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There are those who look with suspicion and with derision upon the o b s e r v a n c e of the Holy Days. The flood of Jews to the Synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur does indeed tax the capacity of our places of worship which for the rest of the year will often have more seats empty than filled. Yet, I submit, the return of even the most estranged Jews on the High Holy Days is a remarkable testimony to the endurance of the Jewish tradition and the historic memory of our past which stirs the hearts of all Jews, Our kinship and our common hopes for ourselves and all humanity are unmistakably dra> matized. The themes of the holy season arc not specifically J e w i s h . They are the expression of tho hopes of humanity everywhere. A purified human nature, a renewed sense of high purpose and a better understanding of God's will as it relates to our human relations with each other are the repetitive themes of our prayers. May each of us, as he recounts his failings, be reminded of his limitless possibilities for good. And may all of us as wo are reminded of our great heritage be unswervingly recommitted to our even greater future.
Our tradition emphasizes time and again that Rosh Hashana is a day of judgment. All the creatures of the world pass before the Almighty on this holy day and the Divine decree is promulgated—"This one shall live; that one shall come to the end of his days; this one shall wax wealthy; that one shall become impoverished." Yet the ominous tone of this somber day has never depressed the spirit of the observant Jew. He dresses himself in white vestments and he partakes of special foods—especially honey —as a symbol of his confidence in the favorable outcome of his judgment. I find a parallel in the divergent reactions of students who are proparing for important examinations. The diligent scholar who has carefully prepared each day's assignment never suffers fright or panic when he takes his seat and begins to write his final test. But the careless student hurriedly begins to cram a few short days before the test. The implications are obvious. We should conduct our lives as if each day represented a special preparation for Rosh Hashanah. Thus, when the Day of Judgment will arrive, we shall be prepared to face it with the utmost confidence.
As the New Year approaches I am happy to send my greetings to the Jewish community through these columns. This New Year is one in a long series of years of crisis through which our world must pass. Since the early years of the c e n t u r y we have been struggling with p r o b l e m s to which no end is yet in sight. The meaning and purpose of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, however, are not entirely contained in the ideas that attend the concept of a Time of Judgment. Included, too, through the sheer and unfailing Jewish religious genius, are the ideas of hope and aspiration—hope that mankind may yet attain spiritual maturity and that continuing aspiration in the human breast that urges man to noble effort and high achievement. As we come to the New Year —a year of thirteen months in the religious calendar—as it is full of days so may it be full of advance on the road to peace, security and justice for our beloved America, for the children of the House of Israel wherever they may be, and for all humanity the world over.
By Arthur If. Goldstein President of the Jewish Federation of Omaha The unique and characteristic nature of our Jewish Federation of Omaha is that through its widespread pro-<*~' ti grams and activi- ( . ties it serves the ' entire J e w i s h c o mmunity. Throughout 00 years of its continuous existence, the Federation has been a symbol of service, cooperation and solidarity in our community. Goldstein Whether it be activities for the young or old, care for the aged, welfare of individuals, camping, Jewish education or Jewish library—all these functions are performed by the Federation for the community. And in harmony with organized Jewish groups in Omaha, we consolidate our forces in our annual United Jewish Campaign, the Jewish Philanthropies, to provide Omaha's share for local, national, overseas, and Israel needs. There are many more avenues for joint programming w h i c h enable the Federation to maintain the tradition and reputation of a "Jewish Community Geared for Service." We are therefore, proud of the community unity in Omaha, The lay leadership on our many committees and boards are proof that the Federation i3 the concern of many persons. We are especially proud of our young adults who are beginning to share in our community work, and are preparing for community leadership, by participating in community labors. May the Jewish Federation, in the years to come, grow from strength to strength and may our common heritage for community living—the Jewish Federation—continue to function On a most productive level for the benefit of us all. As we enter a New Year, I would like to extend to the members of our community, on behalf of the Jewish Federation boards and committees, our very best wishes for a happy New Year. May it be a Year of Joy, Satisfaction, Health and Universal Peace. 1901
5725 Jewish Calendar Rosh Hashanah . . . . .Sept 7-8 Yom Kippur Sept. 16 Sukkot Sept. 21-27 Shemini Atzeret ...Sept. 28 Simliat Torah Sept. 29 Hanukkah Nov. 30-Dec. 7 All observances begin on the eve of the holiday.
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How The JEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA, founded in 1903 as the A S S O C I A T E ! ) JEWISH CHARITIES, conducts, coordinates and supervises all Jewish Social Services through several departments, with the object of planning and maintaining :n integrated program of community services for Omaha Jewry. FEDERATION DEPART.MENTS Federation Departments are administered by committees of the Jewish Federation anil are responsible to Hie Federation Board. Their functions are as follows: A.D.L. ADVISORY COMMITTEE, conducts a community relations program, coordinating Jewish civic-protective activities in Omaha, establishing and maintaining good relations in matters affecting the Jewish and general community, and promoting b e t t e r understanding among all groups in the community. DR. PHILIP SIIER J E W I S H HOME FOR AGED, provides a Jewish home atmosphere, which includes boarding, nursing and convalescent care for J e w i s h aged, as well as a program of occupational and recreational therapy for its residents. ESTHER K. NEWMAN CAMP, a co-educational camp for children which provides outdoor vacation, and opportunities for personality d e v e l o p m e n t , with emphasis on meeting spiritual needs of Jewish children; facilities for youth and adult groups for camping ,and educational seminars.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, serves the leisure time need of the Jewish community, of all ages, through recreation;]!, cultural, social, educational, athletic and character building programs and facilities. It promotes the American way of life as well as intensifies Jewish loyalifies and traditions. It is the "Town Hall" of the Jewish community. J E W I S H COMMUNITY LIBRARY, contains a comprehensive collection of books on all Jewish subjects, recordings of Jewish interest, a film library, a library of film.slrip.s, extensive reference files of materials and helps for Jewish club programs and activities and a children's Judaicu Department. J E W I S H EDUCATION BUREAU, promotes Jewish education in the community, sets standards, coordinates, supervises and provides financial assistance to religious schools conducted bythe Synagogues in the community, collects statistical information and maintains pupil enrollment data. JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE, conducts a program of family casework to promote and maintain wholesome Jewish family life. It offers counwling in problems of family relationships, behavior difficulties with children, personality adjustment, old age problems, physical and mental illness and handicaps. It provides financial assistance where needed, maintains an employment bureau; administers the displaced persons program; provides assistance to Jewish Iran-
The By CHARLES E. SHULMAN The New Year 5725 inherits many of the Jewish problems and concerns of the past year. Chief among these ar f.e position of the Jews in the Soviet Union, the tensions in the Middle East, the deliberations of the Ecumenical Council of the proposed schema designed to relieve the Jewish people of the blame for the death of Jesus and the endemic problem of Jewish eduaction and culture in the United States to m a t c h American Jewish wealth and affluence. S o v i e t Jewry's difficulties grow greater with the mounting attacks on Jewish life and culture carried out with the knowledge and approval of the Government. Protests from Jews and Christians abroad have thus far proved unavailing. Only recently anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union reached incendiary proportions with the Ukrainian publication of a book "'udaism Without Embellishment" which was so vile in its Streicher-like caricature of the Jews that the Russian Government felt compelled to disavow it. But the repression of the three million Jews in Soviet Russia continues unabated. An eighteen point program was drawn up by a Conference of American Jews which met in Washington to protest the denial to Soviet Jews of their basic institutions and facilities granted to other religions and nationalities in Russia. But thus far there has been little success in implementing this program. The coming year will increasingly challenge the American Jewish community to more positive action to prevent the spiritual death of the great Jewish community remaining in Russia. In Israel the problem of defense remains paramount in the face of continued Arab hostility and threats of war. The presence of German scientists in Egypt supervising the manufacture of rockets ostensibly designed for the destruction of Israel has not lessened the perturbation of the Israelis. It has, in fact, given them second thoughts about establishing diplomatic relations with the Bonn Government. The
State visit of Prime Minister Eshkol to America, while occurring in a cordial and friendly a t m o s p h e r c , left unanswered many of Israel's hopes of greater American help in countering the enormous Egyptian arms biuldup of Soviet Russia. More important than the results of the visit was the visit itself. It was the first time in the sixteen year history of the Jewish State that its Prime Minister was officially invited by the President of the United States to be a guest of the American Government. The fact that the State Department finally saw fit to reprimand the Arab ambassadors for their breach of diplomatic propriety in connection with the Eshkol visit has not obviated the problem of dealing with Arab propaganda in America. The case of the Jordan mural still remains as a vicious attack on Jewish integrity at the World's Fair in New York. Other problems relating to the State of Israel still await solution as the New Year dawns. Stronger bridges are needed between Israel and the Diaspora. The loosened Zionist structure in America and abroad calls for some means of organized maximum loyalty and interest of world Jewry in the development of the State of Israel. In addition to fund raising which is essential there is the necessity for closer personal ties among American Jews with the life of their brothers in Israel. This can only result from fuller consciousness achieved through more intensive Jewish education than now prevails generally in the Diaspora, The Jewish world has followed with interest the deliberations of the Vatican Council, especially the schema proposing the removal of the doctrine of Jewish responsibility for the death of Jesus, There was disappointment in Jewish ranks when this proposal was tabled almost a year ago. Now at the turn of our New Year, dispatches f r o m Rome raise doubt as to whether this age-old cause of religious anti-Semitism will be eliminated from the Catholic doctrine. They suggest that this particular item (Continued on Page 35.)
sients; gives service to Jewish patients or inmates in state mental or penal institutions: and processes applications to specialized hospitals in Denver and ]lot Springs. JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES, is the kind-raising department of the Federation, which conducts the annual ,-ver-all campaign for funds to meet Jewish need in Omaha, nationally, overseas, and Israel. This campaign eliminates duplication in fundraising by conducting one drive for all agencies and institutions, which are listed elsewhere in this report. JEWISH PRESS, is i s s u e d weekly and within its limited .size it aims to serve as the medium of Jewish news of local, national, and worldwide interest. and for Jewish education through its articles and news columns. AFFILIATED COUNCILS FEDERATION OF JEWISH WOMEN'S CLUBS, cooperates with the Jewish Federation of Omaha in carrying out its community-wide functions; participates as a unit in city-wide civic causes, maintains a calendar to prevent conflict in program activities and serves the Armed Forces. JEWISH YOUTH COUNCIL, is a Federation of all teenage clubs that aims to bring about unity among Jewish ; outh, and through which they act together on common problems, and carry on joint activities. It aids groups in the development of their programs, y o u t h education and leadership development.
President Johnson Issues 5725 Holiday Greetings Washington (JTA)—The White House issued the following Jewish New Year's greeting, signed by President Johnson: "On the eve of Rosh Hashanah and the High Holy Days, I extend to allmy fellow Americans of the Jewish faith cordial greetings and my w a r m e s t wishes for a happy, tranquil and spiritually meangful year. "The High Holy Days, with their penitential and exalting liturgy, constitute a perennial reminder of Judaism's profound dedication to the advancement of social justice and to the pursuit of world peace. These are everlasting imperatives. Ours is an age of both social and spiritual revival. Although marred at times by conflict among nations and bigotry within the family of man, it is nevertheless an age of new hope—hope for the sick and the poor—hope for those who suffer persecution— hope that our children will live in a better and brighter world. "It js appropriate that all Americans join in the resolve to work for the uprooting of bigotry, discrimination and persecution, and in prayers for peace."
Grave Found of Gaon's Disciple The grave of Rabbi Israel of Shklov disciple of the Gaon of Vilma, was discovered in the Old Cemetery of Tiberias last week, a spokesman of the Ministry of Religious Affairs announced on Tuesday in Jerusalem. The identifying inscription was found d u r i n g reconstruction work on the ancient tombstones. Until now, the burial place of the rabbi was unknown. Rabbi Israel of Shklov was one of the founders of the Ashkenzai community in the Old City of Jerusalem. He died at the end of the 18th century in Tiberias where he had come to bathe in the hot-springs.
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By RAPHAEL KOTIISTEIN In front of the main Post 01fice in Jerusalem long tables laden with greeting cards have been set up. Wizened Yemenites assisted by their whole'families and East European Jews compete with each other for the attention of passers-by. T h e s e street vendors usually deal in such items as toys, razor blades and tooth paste. But each year fit this time they deal in good will. Similar scenes are being enacted all over the country. In front of the great Synagogue in Tel Aviv, an elderly, religious couple do a brisk business in yarmulkes, talesim and prayer books. With any luck the weather at this time of year is crisp and sunny, and sometimes the vigorous fall breezes in Jerusalem scatter the n e a l l y arranged cards. A Yemenite patriarch will bark a command in richly accented Hebrew, and one of his sons will move smartly to gather their scattered wares. And. as is customary in the Orient, haggling between seller and buyer precedes every traasaction. The New Year cards range in size and sentiment. Some large ones depict land marlts such as King David's Tomb, views of the Old City and the seaport of Haifa. Others are gaudily decorated with sprays of flowers, and many of them feature military subjects—tanks on parade or pretty girl s o l d i e r s surrounded by orange trees. It may seem curious that a Rosh Hashanah card should carry pictures of the Army, but it must be remembered that, in Israel, the Defense Forces are very close to the people's affection. The army makes the young country's continued existence a reality. The East European influence, in particular the Rumanian spirit, are represented in lush cards with pictures of devoted and romantic-looking l o v e r s . The written inscriptions range from the simple "Shana Tova" to a more elaborate wish for health, wealth, peace and general well-being. One card shows a hand grasping a bankroll with the sentiment: "A year of wealth and prosperity to you." In many ways the variety of greeting cards indicates the rich variety of tastes and attitudes emanating from Israel's many ethnic groups. . . » . The days preceding R o s h Hashanah are more material in spirit than spiritual. A walker in any of the towns or villages is impressed by the consumer rush to acquire all the necessities for the proper celebration of the holiday. The mood is elated, for Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of a long holiday season that terminates with the dancing and rejoicing of Simhat Torali. In the open markets, where much of the country's food buying is done, a profusion of colors and smells delights the senses. Stall after stall offers vegetables, live poultry, fruits and other food stuffs. The sweet little tangerines called Clementinas have just been harvested. Their tart, sweet smell give a foretaste of the juicy Jaffa oranges and grapefruits w h i c h winter brings. Selling in the manner of their forefathers, the stal! vendors accost the customers with promises of fine quality and the lowest prices. In little alleyways, bearded old men Ioy out their collection of spices, and doze in the sun seemingly unmindful of the noisy confusion around them. In Mea Shearim, the ultra-religious quarter of Jerusalem,' the hefty wives of Hassidim sternly and professionally stack crates and p l u c k chickens while their husbands engage in the arduous rituals and prayers necessary, for purification before the forthcoming day of judgment. In elegant shops of Tel Aviv, fashionable Israelis outfit themselves w i t h new clothes and furnishings. In a back street of the Negev city of Beershcba, a ragged little Moroccan girl bargains with a crafty Ashkenazi for a flashy new Shawl. '
The New Year approaches. On Erev Rosh Hashanah the eloquent voice of Moshe Hovav, the voice of Israel's chief radio announcer, greets the nation with "Shana Tova" and then reads the President's and the Prime Minister's New Year's messages. As in every year, the leaders of the nation pray for peace, the fervent hope of this young and constantly threatened country. Families enter the synagogues and the New Year's service begins. In Israel, ns in most centers of Jewish life, Rosh Hashanah is the occasion for more than u s u a 1 synagogue attend-"* ance. All over the country many temporary shuls have been set up in schools, abandoned structures and meeting halls. Sons proudly don the white yarmulke and fathers fondly guide them through the mysteries of the "mahzor." *
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Israel, the land of contrasts, embraces Jews from the four corners of the earth. Each group brings its own cherished rituals and traditions. Walk through the neighborhoods of Jerusalem and you are overwhelmed by the variety of observances. All Jews. All have guarded their communities, kept their traditions and survived the torments of exile. Tonight they pray in Yerushalayim, each in his own way. In Mea Shearim, each llassidic cult gathers around its Tzadik. Tiny Moroccan shuls observe unfamiliar rites. Down the street, young Yemenites intone strident chants, unrecognizable to one brought up in the European Jewish tradition. In the well-to-do residential section of Rehavia, the Prime Minister and other government leaders worship at the stately B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue, while a little down the street, in the imposing building of the Chief RabbinateHeichal Shlomo, a professionally trained choir chants in the luxuriously appointed chapel. In the Jerusalem suburb of Talpioth, a little, unpainted, wooden stiebel houses worshipers led by tho world famous Hebrew writer, S. Y. Agnon. Many in Israel do not celebrate the New Year in a religious way. The two, invariably sunny, days are a time for picnics and outings. The beaches are crowded and the r o a d s jammed. For those of lesser means, the day is a quiet ono of strolling and visiting friends. It is not a day of rest for all. In army camps, Chaplains hold services, and the cooks do their best for soldiers unable to leave their posts. • • • The holiday runs its course. Towards evening of the second day, many gather outside tho synagogues to hear the shofar. The prayers come to an end and the shofar is blown. Fathers take their restless children by IV hand, kiss their wives and exchange the time honored hope of Jews everywhere: "Shana habaa Be Yerushalayim Ha Banuya" —Next year in Jerusalem—the restored Jerusalem.
Dimona Deputy Mayor Resigns Beersheba — The D e p u t y Chairman of the Dimona Ldca! Council, Mr. Avraham Shima, has submitted his resignation. The Jerusalem Post l e a r n e d here on Sunday. Mr. Shima and other Council officials last week admitted a number of irregularities committed during Chairman Armand Laredo's absence l a s t month, which were uncovered in an investigation by the Ministry of Interior. The Ministry last week told the Council to rectify the irregularities in its fiscal affairs within a month or face dissolution. According to Ministry circles here, their legal adviser is now investigating the legality of Mr. Shima's retaining his posts as Chairman of the Council's Education Department and Principal of Dimona's Slate Elementary school.
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Once s c o r n e d and ostracized, he was almost a legendary figure in medical science when he died in 1939.
He specialized in clinical neurology, studying the brain and nervous diseases of childhood.
Sigmund Freud by his writings and experiments brought about a revolution in the study of psychology and in the treatment of nervous and mental disorders.
He c a u s e d an uproar a m o n g his medical colleagues when he turned to curing patients by hypnosis.
His theories of the unconscious and his method of bringing man's repressed thoughts t o the surface of his conscious mind have created a new and dynamic psychology. Endowed with a brilliant intellect, he
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By KAIilJI SAML'KL J. FOX Ql'KS'iiON: Why do Jews greet each other on the first night cf Rosh Hashanah with the special greeting "May you be inscribed and sealed immediately ior a good year of life?" ANMVKK: This greeting is based upon the Talmudic (Tractate Rosh Hashanah) description of the three books that are opened on Rosh Hashanah. In one. the righteous are immediately inscribed for life In one, the evil are immediately inscribed for death. A third is kept open until Yoni Kippur for what are known as the "in between' humans. If by Yoni Kippur they have repented, they are inscribed for life. If not, they are inscribed for death. The Mishnah (Aboth Chaper ;it states that whosoever is liked by people is liked by the Almighty. Thus, every Jew wishes his neighbor that to be among the righteous who are immediately inscribed for life without even having to wait until Yoni Kippur. This also shows the confidence and trust one Jew is supposed to have in another. It is for this latter reason that this greeting is not said again after the first night of Rosh Hashanah. Greeting one in this fashion on the next morning, for example, would indicate that the individual whom I greet has not as yet been inscribed for life. Thus 1 do not consider him among the righteous who are ••immediately" inscribed for life and so I am really insulting him by wishing him so after the first night of Rosh Hashanah. QUESTION: Why is the Holy Ark opened so often during the Prayeis of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur while it is not opened a* all during the week days of the year and only once on Sabbath morning' ANSWER: The opening of the Ark indicated the most serious of moments during the liturgy. It was opened only upon the most important of occasions during the prayers. Some open it during the year only while praying during an emergency involving life and death. Rosh Hashanah is considered such an emergency since humans are being judged either for life or for death and so the Ark is opened at special prayers during the high holiday services. This is not done through the year so as not to lessen the effect on those important occasions when the Ark must be opened. Furthermore, on Rosh Hashanah and Yoni Kippur a Jew feels himself nearer to G-d because of his special state of purity and penance. Thus the ark is especially opened during this period to demonstrate our closeness to Him at this time, as well as to show how dire and urgent are our circumstances during the period of judgment To demonstrate how awe inspiring is the moment when the Ark is opened, the congregation must always rise when the Ark is open Since Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are days when we stand in the synagogue most of the time, the Ark is especially opened during that period. QUESTION: Why is the shofar kept covered in the synagogue on Rosh Hashanah when it is not held in hand for blowing? ANSWER: A number of reasons are offered for this practice. It is contended that since the shofar may not be used for any other purpose on Rosh Hashanah except for blowing the prescribed notes. Jt is covered at all other times lest it be handled and used for some purpose extraneous to that for which it was intended. There are some who see a mystical meaning behind the covering of the shofar. They claim that the ram. which was eventually substituted for Isaac at the Sacrifice on Mount Moriah was kept hidden until the special moment of its appearance. This was symbolic of the fact that our Salvation is usually hidden and unseen until the moment of saving conies to be. The shofar. which is the symbol which reminds us of that ram (since the shofar is a ram's horn), is likewise kept hidden until the moment of its use for blowing the liturgical notes which ask for our salvation before the Almighty. QUESTION: Why do we dip our Challah in honey on Rosh Hashanah? ANSWER: This seems to be an old practice dating back at least to the Gaonic period. Rabbi Natronai Gaon used to drink liquids with honey on Ros.h Hashanah and verbally express the prayer and hope that "thp coming year be sweet." The honey is thus an omen for a good and pleasant year ahead. Others claim a special reason for the honey. They claim that fools seek to have excessively sweetened foods. And it is considered better to be a fool Who erred than a wise man who is evil. Others, using a similar vein of thought, say that if the Almighty will find that ve have sinned, and who has not, let him at least judge us as fools who do not know better or who made foolish mistakes, rather than alert individuals who wilfully wronged God or man. This is in line with a Talmudic cictum that no man sins unless a foolish notion had entered his head. Others claim that honey is used because it reminds of the bee who stings and yet gives sweet produce. We thus pray that even if we shall be subject to the sting of fate for the coming year, at least let us have the sweet fruits of our labors to make up for this sting which brings pain. QUESTION: What is the origin of the "Avinu Malkenu" prayer that is chanted on Rosh Hashanah? ANSWER: This same prayer is also changed on every fast day and also during the ten days of Penitence which begin with Rosh Hashanah and end with Yom Kippur. The Talmud (Taanith 25b) relates that once during a period of drought, Rabbi Eliezer went before the congregation and uttered many prayers and they seemed to have been of no avail. Rabbi Akiba then came forth and chanted the opening and closing verses of "Avinu Malkenu" and his prayers were answered. "Avinu Malkenu" thus seems to be the formula of prayer in times of distress.
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Building Boom In Beersheba Beersheba. — T h e Hashomer Hat/air kibbutz movement and Hapoel Hnmisrahi are the main investors in two large new buildings which are to rise in adjoining plots here at an outlay of almost 11,5m. Mishad, a company financed by Hapoel Hamizrahi. has already started building a IL3m. seven story complex which will include a shopping arcade, 2-1 shops, a restaurant, a bank, offices and a 70-room hotel. The other building, six floors of offices and shops, is being erected by a group which in eludes Hakibbulz Ha'artzi, Mr. Ze'ev Zarisi, the Mapam Deputy Mayor, and Mrs. Michael Hanegbi. the first Military Governor of the Ncgev. at an investment of about ILl.Sm.
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Never Did So Few People Understand A Formula Which Benefited So Many Out of the fertile mind of Albert Einstein, one of the greatest thinkers of all time, was born fhe "General Theory of Relativity," the law that would show the continuous unitary universe. Einstein, who fled without a possession from Germany to America when Hitler came to power, s p e n t his entire lifetime explaining the workings of the universe. He tecame a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, never ceasing to battle the secrets of the universe. Einstein spent much of his time a f t e r Hiroshima arousing the world to the dangers of the atom bomb. With other scientists, he sought to protect the world from its terrors. Survival rather than destruction was his first thought. Ironically, destiny tapped the man, Einstein, a foremost pacifist of his time to unlock the forces which ushered in the atomic era.
In a memorable statement, he said, " W e must never cease to warn, we must never relax in our efforts to make the nations of the w.orld, particularly their governments, conscious of the inexpressible disaster which they are sure to provoke if they do not alter their attitude toward one another and toward the task of shaping the future." His thoughts for science did not end with his death in 1955, at the age of 76. For, in his will, Einstein left his brain to science, the brain that created a revolution in thinking. As Professor Zion Dinur, formerly Minister of Education and Culture of Israel, described the great man—"Albert Einstein exemplified the ideal man of wisdom as conceived by the Jewish sages-—one who explores nature with a view to attaining the highest knowledge and understanding of God."
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Cornhusker No. 1760 President: Harold Novak Vice-Presidents: Michael Ennan, Stewart Tully. Allen Siegel Recording Secretary: Dr. Murray Simon Corresponding Secretary: John Anderson Financial Secretary: Josef Mayer Treasurer: Martin Kolnick Chaplain:
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Chapters Purpose: To perpetuate Judaism in philanthropic, religious and social endeavors, helping all religions and people, widows, orphans, mentally and emotionally ill, and physical ills nnd youth.
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Purpose: Supporting hospital at Dr. Philip Sher Jewish Home for the Aged, visitation to Lincoln Hospital, p r i v a t e medication and general help to the needy. President: Mrs. Jake Wine Vice-Presidents: Mmes. Morris White and Fred Hahn Recording Secretary: Mrs. Sam Manvitz Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Sam Freed Financial Secretary: Mrs. William Epstein Treasurer: Mrs. Eylvia Ross
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President: Mrs. Bernard Kaufman Vice-Presidents: Mines. Simon Feldman. Arthur Walker, Gilbert Aronoff Treasurer: Mrs. Charles Fisher Financial Secretary: Mrs. Sam Shy ken Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Norman Krizelman Recording Secretary: Mrs. Gertrude Zneimer Dues Secretary: Mrs. Robert Wiseman Sentinel: Mrs. Frank Sekar Guardian: Mrs. Rose Garrop Historian: Miss Ida Raphael Counselor: Mrs. Bernard Goldstrom Trustees: Mmes. Harvey Gershein. Meyer, Max Sacks Federation Women: Mrs. Charles Stern
Cornhusker No. 1032 President: Mrs. James Wax Vice-Presidents: Mmes. Wyman White, Maynard Finkle, Jeyer Halprin Financial Secretary: Mrs. Martin Lesser Treasurer: Mrs; Rodney Shkolnick Recording Secretary: Mrs. Maurice Schwartz Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. MiJton Simon Historian:
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SCIENTIST AND STATESMAN OF VALOR Chaim Weizmann was the perfect fusion of scientist and valiant statesman.
He traveled wide and far to raise funcjf for the land's reconstruction.
Component parts of a brilliant personality, he served both with great physical endurance and intellectual abundance.
He founded the famed Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Weizmann Institute of Science. In his laboratories, he sought the economic solution for lands like Israel, poor in mineral resources but rich in sunshine.
He discovered the process for making acetone and butylene from starches, an achievement recognized as a "forerunner of all modern industrial fermentations, such as those of antibiotics and vitamins." Parallely, he transformed the organized Zionist movement from an exclusively political movement to a practical program of building in Palestine.
Israel came into existence May 16, 1948. Chaim Weizmann, ill, weary and nearly b l i n d , became the first president of the new nation. He lived only four years longer, but long enough to give the homeless a sanctuary and t o pave the way for new scientific contributions for those who chose to follow in his footsteps.
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Hadassah Omaha Chatper Purpose: Sets the pace in expanding, modifying, creating programs to meet the needs in Israel in the fields of medical research, healing, teaching, vocational e d u c a t i o n , youth aliyah, land redemption and education in Israel; and in America helps us to live with greater understanding of the needs of our people, and the need to create the desire for peace at home and abroad. Honorary President: Mrs. J. Harry Kulakofsky President: Mrs. Morris C. Fellman Vice-Presidents: Mrnes. Nathan Turner, Leonard Bernstein, Saul Graetz, Henry Appel. Lawrence Epstein, Edward Zorinsky Treasurer: Mrs. Joe Guss Financial Secretary: Mrs. Dave Katzman . Recording Secretary: Mrs. Meyer Rosenbaum Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Ralph Nogg Regional President: Mrs. Morris M. Franklin
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David Sarnoff's Name Is a Symbol of Achievement in the Yearning of "One The turn of the century brought to America a lad of nine, whose genius was to hold the key to world communications. Georgraphical barriers became obliterated as David Sarnoff unlocked the lines of global communication. It was under his leadership in the vineyards of modern science and technology that an extraordinary transformation had taken place in the field of sound. The study of radio, and later, television, challenged and captivated the brilliant mind of David Sarnoff. In a fantastic career, David Sarnoff rose from a job as a messenger, when an orphan of 15, to head Radio Corporation of America.
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(Continued from Page S.) man welfare in the Jewish and general communities, locally, nationally, and internationally. Through education, service, and social action it advances human welfare and the democratic way of life. Honorary President: Mrs. Harold Farber President: Mrs. Justin Manvitz Vice-Presidents: . Mmes. Herbert Meiches, Gerald Bernstien, Morris Shapiro, Ernest Priesman, Harry Altsuler Treasurer: Mrs. Sherman Sperling Recording Secretary: Mrs. Morton Soiref Financial Secretaries: Mmes. James Samu?lson, Erwin Lando'v, Sidney Schwartz Federation Women: Mrs. Lou Sogolow
Pioneer Women Purpose: Help to provide education, rehabilitation and an assured future for women, youth and children through Moetzeth-Hapoalot and child-rescue in Israel. Also promotion participation in American and Jewish civic life. Honorary President: Mrs. Sara Okun President: Mrs. Milton Ncarenbers Financial Secretary: Mrs. Rose Schwartz Treasurer: Mrs. Harry Shrago Program: Mrs. Dave Epstein Recording Secretary: Mrs. Ethel Rosenberg Board: Mmes. C h a r l e s Guss, Jack Lincoln, Sam Rifkin, J. Kaplan, Philip Crandell Federation Women: Mrs. Sam Richman
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This Year in Americcan-Bsrael Relations From the tragic spectacle that President Shazar witnessed at the funeral of President John F. Kennedy, to the triumphal joy occasioned by President Lyndon B. Johnson's hospitality to Prime Minister Eshkol, Israel-American relations reached a zenith of rapport. Kennedy was mourned in Israel with heartfelt anguish. But Israelis found a measure of reassurance in the new leadership of an old friend, Lyndon B. Johnson. President Johnson, as Senate Majority Leader, understood Israel's predicament at the time of the Suez-Sinai war. He led the congressional group which insisted that Israel be accorded fair treatment. The real significance of the last year, in terms of IsraelAmerican relations, was the normalization of Israel-American relations. During the Kennedy Administration, the concept of an invitation to an Israeli leader for an official state visit emerged within the White House. Many leaders of Asia and Africa had been similarly honored. But the State Department had quietly discouraged such an invitation to an Israeli. President Johnson lost no time in picking up the idea and acting upon it, He had already redesignated Myer Feldman, one of Mr. Kennedy's closest aides, to advise him on the Israel situation. Mr. Feldman, as special counsel, now assists Mr. Johnson on such matters in addition to his other staff duties. President Johnson asked him to go again to help arrange details of the Eshko visit. Mr. Feldman had done much behind the scenes to normalize Israel-American relations. . (Continued on Page 40.)
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A Synthesis of Science and The middle ages gave the world its first great Jewish physician whose conception of health embodied the moral and spirtual needs of man as well as those of his physical being.
Maimonides was called upon to save the life of the English King Richard when wounded near Jerusalem.
In an hour of darkness the young Moses Maimonides escaped from Spain to Cairo, Egypt,
Had he lived today, his skill and perception might have helped unravel some of medical science's secrets.
Endowed with a magnificent intellect, he studied to be a rabbi. To earn a living, he studied medicine to become a famous p h y s i c i a n and surgeon.
Or, as a man of the gospel, his good works might have intoned tranquility and kinship among the bitter of the earth.
A man of great piety, he has been compassion, and skill in medicine and learning. The Sultan Saladin elevated him to court physician. It is said that during the Crusades,
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A Street Scene in Abu Gosli, a little Arab village adjacent to Jerusalem. This is one of the earlier, pre-abstract works of Ahron Elvaiah, shown at the Ilerzl Gallnry.
Even Moscow Recognizes Israel's High Rank in Science and Know-How United Nations, N. Y.—As this is being read, an Israeli expert is in Moscow as one of only 15 experts from regions all over the world, playing a leading role in a symposium of global interest, organized by the United Nations. At the same time, 15 to 20 other Israeli experts are off to Geneva, to attend another, major United Nations conference. The Moscow event deals with the planning and development of "new towns," intended (o help governments in the formulation of national policies for the redistribution and resettlement of population. The Geneva conference is the third of its kind brought together by the U.N. since 1955, for studying the peaceful uses of atomic energy. In Geneva, the use of nuclear energy for desalination of sea water will play a very important role. Here at U.N. Headquarters, where both these conferences were planned and organized, the fact that Israel can make significant contributions to world knowledge is now taken for granted. When it comes to science, technology and organizational skill, even the Russians steer away from fuss as Israel is included among the states that possess knowledge of value to the rest of the world, and as Israel is included among those members whose sharing •of such knowledge can benefit the rest of the world. In the face of such wide recognition by diplomats and leading members of the Secretariat alike, the bitter-end Arabs can only go through the motions of throwing up hurdles against Israeli representation behind the scenes, but must stand mute when even their Kremlin friends accept Israel's status as one of the world's more important reservoirs of brain power. The USSR is not only the host for the U.N. conference in Moscow. It is one of the groups that has participated in the planning of that event—along with the Housing Building and Planning Branch of the U.N. Bureau of Social Affairs and the U.N. Bureau of Technical Assistance Operations. The Arabs were quite unhappy when Israel was given one of the 15 places in the leadership of that symposium. Those 15 were not elected—they were appointed; in other words, (hey were selected for their expertise. The Israeli chosen, the
man from Israel in Moscow now, is Aryeh Douadi, directorgeneral of "the Institute for Planning and Development, in Tel Aviv. Furthermore, in this Israeli, the Arabs received another slap. Israel was chosen to represent at the Moscow symposium not only itself—but the Middle East region. The Arabs always speak of the Middle East as if that broad region were the private fief "the Arab nation." Now Moscow and the U.N. as a whole have recognized Israel as a representative of the Middle East. To be sure, an Egyptian was also given membership in that 15-man symposium group. But the Egyptian, Prof. A. M. Abou-Zeud, of Alexandria, was designated as one of three Africans invited to participate. At the Geneva conference, where water and desalination will play a very large role, 750 papers will be presented by scientists and economists fror* 37 nations and five international agencies, led by the United Nations' own International Atomic Energy Agency. A total of 11 Israeli papers are on the agenda, some of the papers involving several authors who have pooled their expertise for this purpose. Desalination is an item very high on the agenda of the Geneva conference. A special technical report on "Desalination of Water, Using Conventional and Nuclear Energy" has been issued by the LAEA in preparation for the Geneva conference. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has highlighted the general subject of "water and life" in its official publications. It is seen as significant, therefore, that some of the most important papers to be presented at Geneva in the subject of "water and life" have originated in Israel and will be presented by Israelis. Israel's water problem is a serious one. The country is now approaching the. point where about SO per cent of its total, available water will be in use. Furthermore, some of Israel's currently available water is too saline for agricultural use. It is for that reason that Israel has placed such heavy emphasis on desalination researches, • since it must not only produce more water but must also make avail(Continued on Page 27.)
(Haifa)—Each year, on the eve of Rosh Hashonab, vvi select the ten names which made top headlines in Israel during the preceding year. This year's list is a varied one. Not all those listed are heroes; not all will have lasting influence on history, but they have this much in common—that in the past twelve months they captured the fancy and the imagination of the Israel public for their role in the news of the day. These are all "new" names in the sense that once a'person has been chosen in a previous year he is no longer eligible. Thus names like Ben Gurion, Abba Eban, Levi Eshkol, etc., have already b e e n entered on the rolls. In alphabetical order, here are the ten "new" names of the year: ABRAHAM F E I NT BERG, young American, manager of the apparently successful chain of Supersol supermarkets in Israel, who has been charged with falsifying accounts, forging documents and finally setting fire to the Supersol offices in an attempt to destroy the bookkeeping records. It was one of the scandals of the year. Feinberg will have his day in court. NAIIUM GOLDMANN, after a lifetime of service to the Zionist movement and the Jewish people in various capacities abroad, this year settled permanently in Israel. The big question being asked: Will he enter local politics and run in the 19G5 Knesseth elections? He is 70 years old. MAHMOUD IIILMI ABBAS IIILMT, 26 year old Egyptian flight lieutenant, fled from Egypt with his plane and sought refuge in Israel, claiming he could not fulfill Egyptian orders to bomb
defenseless Egyptian villages. After long interrogation he was given a clean bill of health by Israel intelligence authorities and enabled to leave Israel for a new life abroad. Rumors were later heard that he had been caught by Egyptian agents. His fate is unknown. V L A DI M r K JABOTINSK Y, (Continued on Page .'!!).)
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Hebrew University's new campus ar Givar Ram. Twelve cornerstones, s y m b o l i c of the t w e l v e tribes of Israel, were laid by the late Chaitn Weizmann at the founding of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Mt. Scopus in 1918. Today, hailed as a major world center of learning and scholarship, the university has built a new campus among the rocks which abound in the area of Givat Ram — Steep Hill —Jerusalem. The university was cut off from its original site on Mt. Scopus following the establishment of Israel fn 1948. Since then, it has made t r e m e n d o u s strides. Training and research are provided to turn out the farm experts, scientists, doctors, dentists, pharmacists, economists, lawyers, librarians and social workers, needed so urgently by the growing state. Archaeologists on the faculty have made
history with important excavations and with the deciphering of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other treasures of the past. Dr. Benjamin Mazar, eminent archeologist and historian, who as its president, heads a distinguished staff of scholars. The University is open to all students on the basis of their academic qualifications without distinction as to race, creed or national origin. Some 50 countries are represented among the students whose total number is 5,000 and includes 100 Arabs. . As it begins its fifth decade dedicated as always to the service of Israel and all humanity, the Hebrew University stands as a symbol of social justice taught by the prophet who said "Out of Zion Shall Come Forth Torah and the Word of h Lord From Jerusalem."
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The Year 5724 By JOSHUA II. JCSTMAX Jerusalem — When approaching the review of events of a year past, one invariably finds himself here facing an onrush of t o p i c s , each claiming its rights to the lead—all reflecting the never abating tempo marking life Israel. Events here assume a significance of t h e i r own, not to be measured by a foreign yardstick—this is natural lor a country that, with all the marked c h a n g e s taking place, still retains, beneath the eft misleading surface of "normalcy," the drive of the pioneering spirit and the feeling of urgency. The year 5724 stands as no exception. Yet, two events do stand out. One is the completion of the Lake Kinnereth-N e g e v National Water Carrier—a gigantic project, the constitution of which took four years, 2,500 laborers and more than $100.000,000. Built in the fa.:e of Arab threats^ the completed 65-mile long conduit, with its intermediate reservoirs and pumping and booster stations, will in its first
stage provide 150.000.000 to 180.000,000 cubic meters of water and. in the final stage, the quantity is expected to reach .'100,000,000. The importance of this carrier to Israel's development can hardly be overestimated. The other major event, the full significance of which it is as yet too early to evaluate, were the visits by Prime Minister Levi Eslikol to Washington and Paris. The visit to Washington—the first official one since the establishment of the State—was a p o w e r f u l demonstration of American-Israel bond; of friendship and, as expressed in the Washington communique, of the U. S. determination to preserve the peace in the Middle East. In Paris, President de Gaulle repeated to Mr. Eshkol what he had told Premier David BenGuiron four years ago—that he views Israel as France's "friend and ally." For weeks, prior to Mr. Eshkol's visit to P a r i s , Cairo's press and radio heralded a change in the French attitude towards Israel in the wake
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of improving French-Arab relations. However, the French Government made it clear to the Arabs, also in a public statement, that the improved relations with the Arab countries would in no way affect its ties with Israel. In Washington, an agreement was reached on a joint $150,000,000 pioneering project for the desalination of sea-water with nuclear energy, an agreement which has already entered the stage of implementation. Besides other implications, this joint venture between the U.S.A. and the young State of Israel represents a high tribute to Israel's s c i e n tific achievements and will, no doubt, contribute much to the enhancement of her prestige on the international scene, especially among the developing countries where Israel is active in the field of technical assistance. This is also true of the Franco-Israeli agreement on scientific cooperation in the field of oceanography and the development of arid zones, concluded during Mr. Eshkol's v i s i t to France. Both in Washington and in Paris, Mr. Eshkol found full understanding regarding Israel's security needs for the mainten a n c e of her own deterrent force in the face -o! repeated Arab threats and the continued flow of Soviet arms to Egypt. It was, incidentally, on the eve of Mr. Eshkol's departure for the U.S.A. that Mr. Khrushchev, accompanied by Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and an entourage of 80, spent 16 days on a visit to Egypt. Indeed, encouraging as Mr. Eshkol's visits to Washington and Paris were, they cannot diminish the e x t e n t of Israel's concern for her security and the task of maintaining a strong enough deterrent force, with all the economic burden involved. And, indeed, as in past years, the aspect of security remained paramount in Israel's life—as did the unchanged Arab enmity and intransigence. Over the year Israel continued to develop her relations with nations across the world and with the countries of Africa, w h e r e Nasser's endeavors to (Continued on Page 3J.)
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The Year 5724 at the United Notions By SAIL CAKSON Uniteu Notions. N. Y. This, in summary, was the year that was at tlie United Nations, insofar as Israeli and general Jewish issues are concerned: 1) Pusillinimity in regard to the only is e on the agenda of direct concern to Israel; 2) self-exposition by the Russians who p r o v e d themselves i if further evidence were needed) as touchy on the Jewish question, resorting to trickery and subterfuge in an effort to hide their anti-Semitism. Israel: Once again, the Arabs had come here to the General Assembly loaded for bear. They had very large group of shouters and yellers. headed by none other than Ahmad Shukairy, a gentleman under one Arab payroll or another for the last umpteen years, always eager to earn his salt. He was accorded the dubious honor of designation as chief spokesman for the batfalion of Arabs att 'iding the Ass e m b l y committee meetings dealing with the Arab refugee problem. He spoke so often and at such great length—and with £0 much bitterness against Israel, not to mention distortions ni facts bordering upon prevarication—that he impressed no one but his paymasters. Even the Russian pals of the Arabs were bored by his diatribes.
A cute maneuver was tried •sented a resolution of its own, here by the Palestine Concilia- Then the U. S. A. amended its tion Commission. Just as the own dralt — by accepting the refugee debate was to start, the pro-Arabic Moslem formula. In PCC let on, obliquely, that some the end, that was the draft that mysterious n e g o t i ations had was passed. The move to get been carried on with "high lev- Arab-Israeli negotiations under el" Israelis and Arabs in an ef- way was dropped—under Washfort to solve the refugee ques- ington arm-twisting. That was tion. Just what these negotia- the "debate" that was on the tions were about — and with Arab refugee problem, the only whom, precisely — was never question on the Assembly's enmade clear. But the motive of tire agenda that had any imthe plot was t r a n s p a r e n t mediate importance for Israel. enough. The purposes obviously, The American delegation's attiand maneuvers did not add as to tell the U. N. not to try tude to Washington's lustre. to do anything about the r fugee Human nights, Russia, Jews: p r o b l e m , since ''something"' Meanwhile, back on the huwas in the wind. man rights front, other things A lot of maneuvering took were going on. Everyone knows, place. Friends of the Israelis of course, that the world's most brought in a resolution calling a r d e n t champions of human for Arab-Israeli negotiations on rights are the Russians—after the refugee problem. Moslem all, they've advertised that fact friends of the Arabs brought in often enough, ad nauseam. But ;t resolution. This draft tied the there are humans and humans, refugee problem to the work of as there are rights and rights. the PCC in a manner that based Item: Rights for all races are the whole issue on an old, 1943 important—but the Jews are not clause which linked the refugee a race (say the Russians). For a problem with the kind of "solu- couple of years, there was a tion' the Arabs want—^'repatria- strong move under way here for tion'' of the refugees or other adopting a draft declaration and compensation by Israel. convention which would outlaw A peculiar thing happened at racial and religion- discriminathat point. The U. S. A. — as tions at one fell swoop. But that indicated in that PCC release on didn't suit the Russians. Racism the opening day—wanted that concerns the type of humans nothing be done. In order to put whose good will they seek. But that line over, the U. S. A. pre- religious rights concern Jews— and they are different a breed of humans to the Russians. So the Russians exercised a maneuver. First they separated the two issues; racism is racism, religion is religion (they insisted). They won on that move. Next, they saw to it that a convention against racism was adopted. As for -eligious rights—well, you can't have everything all at once; tomorrow will do—and tomorrow, and tomorrow. Thus things would have stood (Continued on Page 29.)
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because in Jewish traditional Lydda Airport — A diamond By Ituth Morris ring reported missing by a rerite the victim was not disHappy and Prosperous On the second day of Rosh patched with a stab, but with a turning El Al passenger on July Hashanah, the Binding of Isaac cut across the throat w h i l e ,'il was found on the same plane New Year (Akedah) recalls the J e w i s h the sacrificer shall "lay his hand when it returned to New York. ideal of martyrdom exemplified upon the head of the burnt-ofIt was returned to the owner, in the Haftorah with the Di- fering," as directed in Leviticus Mrs. Clarice Georgi, of Tel Aviv. Passengers on the plane had vine promise of Israel's redemp- 1:4. The placing of the father's hand upon the boy's face gives been searched by Lydda Airtion. us the impression that Abraham port police after Mrs. Georgi We read in Genesis 22 thedoes not wish to look upon the slated she had left the ring on a touching story that our aged trusting eyes of his son. In the washbasin and later found it Council Bluffs, Iowa Patriarch Abraham, who longed culminating moment of this epi- was gone. for a rightful heir, and who had sode, as the knife is raised for A crew member found the had his longing fulfilled in the the s a c r ifice, God intervenes ring, worth IL2.500, u n d e r a birth of Isaac, is bidden to offer "And the a n g e l of the Lord seat. up this child as a burnt-offering called unto him out of heaven unto the Lord. The purpose of and said: Abraham, Abraham! this command was to apply a supreme test of Abraham's faith And he said: Here am I. And thus strengthening his hand, the angel said: Lay not thy hand capable of intervening as He upon the lad neither do thou did intervene, and as it was the anything unto him." purpose from the first to interIn the Bible, the angel is repvene, as soon as the spiritual resented only as speaking, but end of the trial was accomp- Rembrandt shows him as a lished. figure in action. He accompanies IZ WEINER JERRY DANN ]n Abraham's age. it was as- his spoken word with his left tounding that God should have arm uplifted while with his right interposed to prevent the sacri- hand he grasps Abraham's wrist fice, not that he should have with such v i o l e n c e that the cRatauiant asked for it. A primary purpose knife falls from the old man's 19>h and Fornam of this command, therefore, was hand. to demonstrate to Abraham and his descendants after him that God abhorred human sacrifice. Unlike the cruel heathen deities. it was the spiritual sacrifice alone that God required. Moses warns his people not to serve God in the way of the surrounding nations. "For every abomination to the Lord which He hateth have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in fire to their gods (Deut. 12:31). The binding of Isaac opens symbol of belief so profound that neither the long w a r f a r e of Israel against the abomination of child indifference nor hostility could dim it . . • sacrifice which was rife among the Semitic people as well as their Egyptian and Aryan neighEXODUS XXVII VERSE 20 bors. The willingness of Abraham And thou shalt command the children of to make this sacrifice and the Israel, that they bring unio fhee puro olive readiness of Isaac to offer his life at God's command was reoil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to garded as a claim for forgiveburn continually. In the Tent of meeting, ness of sin which God would always remember to the credit of without tho veil which is before the testithe Jewish people. This thought mony, Aaron and his sons shall sot it In orappears in the Mishnah (Taan 2:-S4) in the liturgy for public der, to burn from evening to morning beiast days: "May He Who anfore the LORD; i t shall be a statute for ever swered Abraham on Mt. Moriah h e a r our supplications." The throughout their generation on the behalf sound of the Shofar on New of the children of Israel. Year is explained in the Talmud as a reminder of the ram which Abraham offered in place of his willing son and God considers it. "as if ye had mound yourselfs before me" (Rosh HashonahlGa) ]n the Musaf on the New Year, in the Zichronoth Division (Remembering), the following prayer is found: "Remembe unto us. 0 Lord our God, the covenant HIS LAMP, which liar, hung in snyagoogues all over the world since the origin nnd the oath which Thou didst swear unto Abraham our father of the Bible itself, is an inspiring symbols of the profound, unceasing faith of en Mt. Moriah; consider his a great people and their untiring efforts toward a better tomorrow. binding of his son Isaac upon the altar suppressing his comIn thirty scattered lands, this lamp of faith burns with the same inspiration for passion to do Thy will with a perfect heart. So may Thy comall those on whom its light falls, be their place of assembly a synagogue of stone passion suppress Thine anger or a tent of goatskin. It has been so through the ages. against us so may Thy compassion in Thy great goodness, may We need look no further for a better symbol for the uncertain times today than the fierceness of Thy wrath turn away from Thy people, Thy city faith like this . ... the knowledge that man, with the help of God, can solve his and Thine inheritance. Rememown problems . . . that lasting peace in the world will come to us only when the ber this day the binding of Isaac principles of charity and justice govern Ihe actions of man. in mercy unto his seed." Tlie Scene in Art May this new year bring the answer to prayers of man of all faiths for a peaceThe story of Abraham's Sacrifice has been frequently used ful solution of the world's problems . . . t h a t Rosh Hashanah will be recorded as in Jewish art. It is found on the the beginning of a new era for man . . . that within it he will reach a greater walls of the synagogue of Duradignity through a more complete realization of the purpose for which he was Europos and in the mosiac floor of the synagogue of Beth-Alpha. intended. When looking at Rembrandt's master portrayal of the dramatic scene, our feelings are deeply stirred; Rembrandt has given careful attention to the traditional ritual. The knife in Abraham's hand is not a p o i n t e d blade, but is round at the tip' BITOlflimn^lO^M'pTil^TnTB^-- - - ' i l i a / - ' ^ ~ - - r ^ - « - j - -
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Personal MR. and MRS. CHARLES LIEB and Family wish their relatives and firends a Happy and Prosperous New Year . * • * MR. and MRS. .SHELLY LINCOLN and Family wish their friends and family a Happy and Healthy New Year. •
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N MR. and MRS. MORRIS NADLER and Family wish their relatives and friends a Happy nnd Prosperous New Year. • » • NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN, OMAHA SECTION extends to you and your dear ones sincere Good Wishes for a Healthy and Prosperous New Year. ». • • •« MR. and MRS. AL NEPOMNICK, RONNA, PIANE and STEVE wish their friends and relatives a Happy, Healty, and Prosperous New Year. •
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o Friends of THE OMAHA HEBREW ACADEMY e x t e n d Greetings for the New Year 572ii to the Jewish Community of Omaha. Members of the OMAHA WORKMAN LOAN ASSOCIATION extend their Greetings and Best Wishes to the community for a Happy and Healthy New Year. * * * THE OMAHA CHAPTER OF HADASSAH wishes the community of Jews everywhere a year enriched by strength of body and spirit, joyous by virtue of its goals and accomplishments. •
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MR. anil MRS. IIYMIE RICHARDS e x t e n d New Year's Greetings and Good Wishes to friends and r e l a t i v e s for Health, Happiness and Prosperity. MR. and MRS. MORRIS RICKS and Family wish their relatives and friends a Happy and Prosperous New Year. * * # DR. and MRS. MORRIS E. ROITSTEIN and sons, LARKY and LLOYD, wish their friends and relatives a Happy and Healthy New Year, *
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MR. and MRS. HAROLD SOBEL and Family wish their friends a Happy and Prosperous New Year. * * « MR. and MRS. JOE SOKOLOF and Family wish their relatives and friends a Happy and Prosperous New Year. * * # MR. and MRS. SAMUEL S. STEINBERG and Family extend New Year's Greetings and Good Wishes to friends and relatives for Health, Happiness and Prosperity. * * * MR. IZZIE STISS and JACK STISS want to wish friends and relatives a Happy and Prosperous New Year. * * * MR. and MRS. SOL STISS of Washington, D.C., take this means of expressing their Best Wishes for the New Year to their relatives and friends.
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Best Wishes for the NEW JEAR Marcia Miller Welter and Alan Baer Rochelle H. Somnier and Arnold G. Ban Cathie Ellen Gould and Dr. Richard A. Beber Marilyn Katzman and Marshall Bernstein Mary E. Schimmel and Thomas C. Bernstein Estelle Webman and Morris I. Brodkey Carol Fisher and Peter J. Brodkey Maureen Ann Zcvitz and Doug Colin Giselle Bouganim and Thomas E! Dobbertin Beth Ann Makiesky and Robert Feldgardeu Susan Bloch and Arnold Fellman Beverly S. Bloom and Richard M. Fellman Zelda Bush and Frank Fishberg Sheila Baskin and Stephen Fisk Joan Friedlander and Laurence M. Fogel Mary Brown and Izzy Garsick Isabel Kliegman and Richard Gilinsky Arlene Grossman and Burton Gitles Cherna Schrager and Dr. Gary Citnick Leya Rose Szmerlak and David Goldberg LeAnne Goldberg and Frank Goldberg Joanne A. Pollock and Terry E. Goldenberg Janice Edelman and Stephen Greenberg Ethel Sabes and Jacques Hcmsi Betty Lubetkin and Richard II. Hiller Diane II. Fogel and William S. Hurwitz Sarah Milder and Robert D. Jones Frances Cooperman and Richard Juro Marilyn Kay Hoberman and Saul Kaiman Betsy Dolgin and Michael Katz Diane Rubinow and Michel Marks
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Two More Held In Gem Robbery By DAVID KRIVINE, Jerusalem Post Economic Reporter The new taxes on motor vehicles came into force at midnight on Tuesday, raising the price of imported cars by an average of 20 percent, and the price of locally assembled cars by 10 percent. A notable exception is the Contessa, whose price is reduced. As a special concession, 19G4 models ordered up to Tuesday will be taxed at IL1 per kg. less if they are cleared through customs before September 15 and if dealers do not raise their price net of tax. The price cuts applying to locally-assembled vehicles—the Contessa and pick-up trucks—are effective immediately. Those whose price will rise—the Lark, the Sussiia station wagon and the Carmel —will rise from September 15. The price of lorries, taxicabs. Jeeps and imported commercial vehicles will remain unchanged. Station wagons will be dearer, but those of a four-wheel drive will become slightly cheaper than twowheel vehicles, since they are generally used for transport in development areas and by the armed forces.
Ashkelon.—Two m o r e men were on Sunday remanded into custody in connection with the Kiryat Malachi diamond robbery last month. Magistrate's Court Judge E. Leron ordered Eliahu Dolshan and Reuven Rutinski, both 20 and from Tel Aviv, held for seven days. This makes a total of four suspects now detained by the Police. Last week, two men were remanded in ten days' custody in Beersheba.
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Arthur Rosenberg Michael Rosenberg Julius Rosenfeld Dave Rosenstock Mrs. Bessie Rosenthai Harry Rolhkop Miss Annie Rubin Mrs. Jennie Schlanger Stiaendel Schloff Irving Sehoenbaum Kate Schreibstein David Schwalb Albert Schwartz Harry Schwartzberg Nathan Seiner Dr. Philip Sher Beverly Sherman Millard Siegel Julius Simon Abraham Simons Mrs. Ruth Simpson Fannie Solomon Meyer Solzman Mrs, Lena Somberg Mrs. Else Spies Ben Spector Mrs. Gertrude Stein Dr. Abraham A. Steinberg Mary Surpin Maynard Taxman Simon Temin Harry Tucker Sidney H. Wasserman Jake Weiner Mrs. Jenny Weinholf nobert Weiner Annie Weintraub Allen Weinstein Leopold Weitz Sam West Mrs. Gertrude Wezelman Louis Whitebook Sam Wienzveg Bessie Yettra Harold Zelinsky Mrs. Rose Zollotuchen David Zoorwill Fred Zweiback
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The Jewish Year ii By .MILTON IKIIOOM.YN ." Washington-Great strides in the advancement ot h u m a n riyhts in the United .States were . observed with special interest during the past year by the American Jewish community. Despite rioting and tensions, the cause of social justice moved forward. Jewish organizations li :i v e long been committed to tlie proinotion of a climate of equality for all Americans. The be.-;t defense of any minority was seen in tlie period ion of democracy and termination of discrimination based on race or creed. Oiher major religions became active in recent years in the fight for civil rights. Jews had participated far more actively in civil rights efforts than their relative numbers would tend to indicate. Now Jewry iound itself just one of the American religious communities deeply concerned. Tlie enormity of the civil rights struggle brushed aside other issues of Jewish interest. An attempt was made to amend the Constitution to override the S u p r e m e Court decision on school prayers. It got nowhere. The Administration souyiit adoption of new legislation to end the discriminatory national origins quota system and otherwise liberalize immigration laws. The Senate was asked to consider ratification of the United Nations conventiens on Genocide and human rights. But the main thrust of Jewish domestic interest was in the situation generated by the civil r i g h t s struggle. Were antiSemitic tendencies developing among fanatical Negro national-, ists? Had a Pandora's box of racist extremism been opened? What about the revival of the Ku Klux Klan and the new mantle of resnectability achieved politically by the John Birch Society? These were the questions Jews asked. *•
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President as he signed the bill. "Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our Nation w h o 1 e. President J o h n s o n stressed that the new law does not restrict the freedom of any American, so long as he respects the rights oi others." lie added that "it does not give any special treatment to any citizen." Passage of the controversial bill came alter a tortuous year of. struggle. Tlie measure, conceived by the late President John V. Kennedy, was .strongly supported by the new President. The vote of 2W to l^li by which the Mouse accepted the Senate bill brought a decision foreordained by the momentum of history. it marked the first time since Reconstruction days that Congress had enacted a truly comprehensive civil rights measure. Bills passed in 11157 and l%(> nibb'ed at the edges, dealing chiefly with voting rights. The new iaw protects rights in the fields of voting, education, public accommodations, employment, publicly owned facilities, and the use of Federal aid funds. To pass it, the Senate for the first time voted to cut off a civil rights debate. The debate had raged on for 'A'.i days. The House Rules Committee for the first time formally took control of that body away from its chairman. Rep. H o w a r d W. Smith, Virginia Democrat, to push the bill to the floor. Following adoption of the bill, leaders urged national acceptance and restraint. J e w i s h groups were honored by civil rights advocates for the important role taken in support of the bill during the long and bitter legislative struggle. Jews were the direct beneficiaries of some aspects of the bill. The p u b l i c accommodations provision would end much of the discrimination still inflicted on Jews by some resort hotels and motels in various places. The major impact of bias against Jews in the area of employment is on a sophis ticated, executive level. This is not covered by the bill, because it is too subtle for the law's general application to mass problems, Jews are also still victims of housing bias in some suburban areas. Housing require-
ments were not contained in the bill. Title I of the Civil Rights Act bans discrimination in voting. Title 2 bans discrimination in public accommodations. It outlaws discrimination in hotels, motels and other places of lodging except owner-occupied places renting nut more than five rooms. It forbid:; bias in eating places and entertainment establishments. Private clubs such as country clubs—are exempted. Title :i bans discrimination in public facilities. These include .such places as hospitals, parks, swimming pools, etc.. owned, operated or managed by state or local governments. Title •) seeks to expedite school desegregation. Title 5 extends the life of the Civil Rights Commission, and gives it additional authority to become a national c l e a r i n g house on civil rights. Title li deals with programs that receive Federal aid. It says that i:o person, because of race or national origin, shall be subjected to discrimination in any p r o g r a m aided by Federal grants, loans or contracts. Title 7 bans discrimination by employers, labor unions and employment agencies in hiring, firing, promotion, or referral of workers because of race, religion, or sex. Title fl requires the Census Bureau to compile statistics on voting in areas designated by the Civil Rights Commission. Title !l allows the Attorney General to intervene in any civil rights case brought under the 14th Amendment, if he certifies it to he of general public importance. Title 10 establishes in the Department of Commerce a community relations service authorized to seek voluntary compliance with the bill. This service, headed by Leroy Collins, former Governor of Florid;- and former, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, will use conciliation and mediation to bead off such outbursts of racial violence as took place in both the North and South. Title 11 provides for a jury trial in all criminal contempt cases arising under Titles 2 through 7 of the Act, Judges may also use civil contempt procedures without jury trials to enforce anv title of the bill. Abraham Jonas, who had come like Lincoln from Kentucky to Illinois, presided at one Of Hie famous Lincoln-Douglas debates: in Quincy, 111. When Lincoln came to Quincy, he always hung around Jonas's office.
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Israel issues Three Setups loRomr Jewisfi Hew Year The State of fsrael issued 3 stamps in honor of Jewish New Year 5725. The stamps depict beautiful ancient glassware from the collection oi the Museum Haaretz in Tel Aviv. Israel and the Mediterranean countries are closely linked with the history of glass. Excavations of burial and archeological sites have revealed g l a s s vessels ranging as far back as the beginning of glass making in 7000 B.C.E. These beautiful objects were considered precious possessions and were priced as precious stones because of the extreme difliculty involved in glass jnaking by the old pottery method. The Museum Haaretz contains potter's glass objects dating back to 5000 B.C.E.
The invention of the glassblower pipe around '300 B.C.E. caused an industrial revolution making certain kinds of glass a necessity to the householder. However, the demand among the wealthy for luxury glassware vases and funerary urns caused artesans to outdo themselves in developing colored glass, superimposed colors and fancy carvings. The three re-' cepticles shown on Israel's New Year Stamps are from that period—1st to 3rd century C.E. The denominations in Israeli Pounds are IL 0,08, IL 0 35 and IL 0.70. •Israel stamps may be purchased from the Omaha Jewish Community Center Library.
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iContinued from Page VI.) able waters with lesser saline content for agriculture, for industry and, in some cases, for home use. In the course of its researches <md experimentation, Israel has acquired vast experience in the fields of water resource development, including desalination and the use of nuclear energy for desalination. That is why its scientists and other experts are invited to world forums—so that (hey may share their knowledge with the rest of the world, inchiding the Arabs. Two points made by this department earlier enn stand emphatic reiteration in the context of the two latest U,N. conferences. One is that Israel's policy of emphasizing peaceful development instead of conflict, despite the recurrent attacks and threats by its Arab neighbors, has paid off through international recognition of the validity of Israel's policy. The other is that (hose very neighbors stand to gain a great deal if they would only cooperate with Israel toward raising the standards of
living for the vast populations in the entire Middle East region. Recognition of Israel's value to them is still not in sight from the Arab side. But certainly the world—including even the USSIi —had taken note.
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When William Howard Taft was a boy, his parents lived opposite the home of Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, the father of American Reform Judaism. Taft was a Unitarian and Rabbi Wise often spoke at his church.
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Twelve Major Problems Face Israel in 5725 By C'AKL ALI'EKT (Haifa)—In this solemn High Holy Day period the leaders of Israel can review the problems which beset the country during the past year and which will, face it in the 12 months ahead. These are not the petty annoyances which disturb us from time to time and then disappear, but rather the basic dangers which face (he State over a long range period. I drew up a similar list ;J year ago. Reducing the problems to writing did not, by any incantation, make them vanish. Indeed, the 12 difficult questions here listed, with which Israel must grapple as it looks into the future, are the same which I listed a year ago. Only the relative order of crisis has changed, as some have increased or lessened in intensity. Israel's dozen major problems, as I see them: 1, I'cace Willi the Arabs. It has come no nearer. Our neighbors still threaten, still create border incidents, still exploit every opportunity to maintain tensions. This undoubtedly remains Problem No. One. 2. The Hole of Religion. The clash between religious and secular groups has become more severe. Fundamental issues are at stake and this conflict from within is undoubtedly a grave menace to national security. Wiser heads both sides are striving to postpone the showdown which seems inevitable* .1. Integration of (lie Communities. With Jews from Asian and African countries already over 50 per cent of the population, tiie nation must take revolutionary steps to sole the grave economic, cultural and social problems which an? involved. Israel can not long retain internal stability if large elements of the population are underprivileged, and on top of that harbor deeprooted grievances, of which the imagined are as dangerous as the real. 4. Water. O p e n i n g of the great pipe line to the Negev is a palliative. Objective, physical factors make it vital that Israel vastly increase its water supply if it is to irrigate its fields and feed its people. Science and technology should hold the answer. 5. Inflation. Economic factors can undermine a nation's security as surely as an enemy at the gates. The struggle goes on to keep prices down, to encourage saving, to maintain the value of the Israel pound. The defenses held this year, but air kinds of special interests continue to batter away. Can the government hold to the strong, hard line, despite the fact that elections come up in Israel next summer? 6. The Unfavorable Balance of Trade. Tiiis, too, is an economic problem. E x p o r t s in(Continued on Page 34.)
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The Year 5724 at the United Nations (Continued from Page 10.) that way, had it -ot been for one factor. The Human Rights Commission has a subcommission dealing specifically with p r o t e c t i o n of minorities and elimination of d i s crimination. The Russians and the Poles are on that subcommission. But so is the United States. It so happens that the U. S. man on that group was a man named Morris Abram (he was not as yet presi- • dent of the American Jewish Committee when his subcornmission met last January). Between Mr. Abram and a liberal Indian, Sir Arcot Krishuaswarni, aided by world-wide Jewish organizations, the religious issue was not swept under the rug as the Russians wanted. Furthermore, Mr. Abram — without once naming the USSR —managed to get into the record the criticisms with which we are familiar about Russion cultural g e n o c i d e practiced against the Jews in the USSR. No declaration was adopted on religious freedoms, as had been in regard to the racist issue. But the subject had been aired —aplenty. That subcommission had no sooner adjourned, when its parent body, the Human R i g h t s Commission, convened — again after efforts to cancel that session had been defeated by the real champions ol liberty here. Here, again, the Russians, Poles and allies fought, stalled, filibustered to keep a declaration
or convention on religions rights from being adopted. But here, again the friends of freedom won—and Russia had been put on the spot as a persecutor of Jews entitled to religious and cultural rights. And here, something very interesting happened. The same U. S. delegation which had acted with so much fright on the Arab refugee issue proved itself courageous on human rights. Credit for that stand must go first of all to the U.S. delegation chairman on the Human Rights Commission, Mrs. Marietta Tree. It was she—picking up a suggestion made by Dr. Isaac Lewin, U. N. representative of World Agudath Israel—who introduced a resolution condemning antiSemitism outright — something never done by the U. N, with so much candor. And while these things were still being fought, Mr. Abraro exploded his bomb—disclosing that the Academy of Science at Kiev had issued an out-and-out anti-Semitic book,' " J u d a i s m Without Embellishment." True, that announcement was made outside the halls of the V. N. But Michael S. Comay, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, saw to it that a report on the "Judaism" b o o k with its Nazi-type carticaturcs was entered in the official United Nations records. The whole thing became so unpleasant for.the Communists that the TJkranianinns representative on the Human R i g h t s
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I5y Alfred Segal L'Shono Tovo! . . . Yes it means a good new year fur us all . . . and how am I going to keep it good in my daily living . . . what about you who are reading this column of mine? Is it enough for us all to be in schul on that Holy Day . , . and to forget what L'Sliono Tovo really means the day after. Oil, I, myself, have come to a time of life when at last most of us become quite decent in our ways of living. There's no more reason to feel greedy, because in the ripe years one doesn't need any more of wealth. And there's no more reason to feel hateful . . . because one's mind had grown old cnougli and wise enough to reject the poison of hate and there Is reason to be kind because one's heart may no longer be strong enough to take the poison of unkindness into it. It's so easy to sit in the synagogue several hours on Rosh Hashanah morning . . . listening to the rabbi and singing along in the heart with the cantor . . . to go on from there toward one's lesser way of living for another year. So really, what docs Rosh Hashanah mean to many of our lives? What of the day after Itosh Hashanah? Yes, Kosh Hashanah should be a day for starting to live better than through the years before. Yes, even I who has lived long enough, discover some faults of my own during the past year. I pushed off from me that guy who had asked me for some help; I pushed him away because he didn't look clean enough, though I should have noticed rather the hunger of his stomach. But, really, my own poor wisdom isn't qualified to speak up for Rosh Hashanah. Maybe I should rather let the wisdom of the Talmud speak in this Rosh Hashanah column of mine. Well, the Talmud reports the story about the King toward advising us all always to be quick and ready along the worthwhileness of our lives . . . "Repent today, lest ye be summoned tomorrow," Talmud tells me. "The aim and end of wisdom are repentence and good works. The truly repentant are more meritorious in the sight of God than the most righteous. One good deed brings another in its train, and the result of sin is sin." Oil yes, nil this sounds Jo me as high counsel for all as we start off the new year. It points to me the way in which we should all keep going through all the years. And Talmud goes on (o (ell me: "The dying benediction of a sage to his disicples was: May your fear of God be as great as your fear of man; as you avoid sin before man, so avoid it also before God." And I hand on U> the minds of my readers some more of the wisdom of Talmud . . . As a Rosh Hashanah gift in the hope that all will treasure it in their heads through the coming years. Yes, Talmud is saying: "He who gives charity in secret is greater even than Moses. Honor the children of the poor that they may devote themselves to the pursuit of learning. Let the honor of thy neighbor be to thee as thine own. Rather let them cast thce into a fiery furnace than to
put anyone to shame publicly." Talmud isn't saying this to us just for Rosh Hashanah, but rather for each day of our lives. It goes on to tell us "There are three crowns; the crown of the law, of the priesthood and of royalily; but the crown of a good name excels them all. Iron breaks stone, fire melts iron, water extinguishes fire . . . fear unmans man, and death conquers
all, oven sleep, but Solomon tha wise says: How can you escape sin? By being mindful of threa things: whence thou comest, whither thou goest and to whom thou must give account for all thy deed; to the king of kings, the AH Holy, praised IJC he." And as we start the new year, we may be wondering what will become of our lives tlirough the (Continued on Page 36.)
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The past year saw the tide of immigration at a continued high level, and the prospects for the coming year are for at least the same number of immigrants to come. A crash program for the b u i l d i n g of new immigrant housing is now under way. A notable feature in the past year was a high and growing rate of immigrants from the South American continent. •
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chambers used for rtores and habitation by the heroes, and a mass of various articles including papyri fragments in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and even Latin script, The excavations will continue and, by the time they are completed, a full picture of the last days af Massada's heroic defenders will emerge and more light will be thrown on that dramatic period in Jewish and human history. « * * The past year was Mr.'Eshkol's first full year as Israel's Prime Minister. When former Prime Minister D a v i d BenGurion resigned, some wondered whether and when he would return and, moreover, whether Mr. Eshkol would no remain (Continued on Page 30.)
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«y 11AUUY S1M0NIIOFP Recently 1 attended a synagogue wedding. As the piocesSion started down the itisle the organ pealed the bridal chorus from Lohengrin. Kichard Wagjier's music struck me in the face, I felt outraged as if someone insulted inc. The revulsions experienced on seeing Dachau smil Bergen Helseri came hack. With Wagner's music, I imagined the screams, the moans, the dying gasps nt the crematories. Siting next to n bright young feilow 1 remarked: "Do they have to play Wagner's music at i\ Jewish wedding — mill in a Temple?" The young man looked sit me condescendingly and said: "Why not? You want music to be chauvanistic?" I answered: "But that is exactly what Richard Wagner's music is. Did you ever read his pamphlet Judaism in Music?" Evidently he did not Jike my tone. "I am not interested in Jewish propaganda." "Obviously I was wasting my time. Besides the ceremony ended with Mendelsohn's Wedding March. Wagner's Pernicious Essay The intellectual snob's approval of Wagner's music at a Jewish wedding is by no means exceptional. It is shared by artists and rabbis, by reguces and professors. How many Jews ever heard of Wagner's pernicious essay? Or know about his vicious anti-Semitism? Are they aware that the renegacle Englishman, H o u s t o n Stewart Chamberlain married Wagner's (laughter? This arch "anti-Semite's Foundation of The Nineteenth Century became a Bible lo the Nazis. Was it merely accidental that Wagner's daughterin-law, the widow of his son Siegfried, was among the first in the art world to back Adolf Hitler? Jt was her prestige as owner of Wagner's Music Drama Theater sH Beyreuth that enabled Sliikelpruber to meet and influence the German intelligentsia. Vicious Writings Wagner's anti-Scmilfc writings were especially vicious. Until (he middle of the 19th century (he arts were singularly free of Judeophobia. Any sensible person might ask what has music to do with race hatred? But such tolerance was changed by Richard Wagner, who incidentally, is suspected on pretty strong evidence, to be the son of Ludwig Geyer, an actor of Jewish descent who became his step-father. The Chief of Police, Karl Friedrich Wagner and Jo : hanna were estranged for good at the time Richard was born. Unquestionably, Richard Wagner was one of the great musical geniuses of all time. Vet he could be spiteful, envious and ungrateful. He never believed in p a y i n g an honest debt. He thought nothing of seducing the
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wives of his best friends, espe- Herman Levi to conduct the incially of those who trusted and ternational premiere of Parsifal helped him. When W a g n e r at Beyreuth, an historical event started his career, the outstand- of high magnitude in the muing mimes in music were Men- sical worlti. But his subconscious delssohn, Meyerbeer, Halevy, wishes were completely fulfilled Oflcnbach and others. They hap- when Jewish singers, conductpened to be Jews. When Wagner ors, violinists, pianists and comsaw these musicians successful posers were either banished or and i'lolized while he struggled hi u r d e r c d in concentration in poverty to gain recognition, camps. lie decided to get even for this Wagner's Judeophobia did not neglect. In the tradition of Ha- stop with music. He embraced inan, lie took revenge, not on his racism in all its aspects. Jews competitors alone but on the en- became the demons exploiting tire Jewish people. "the adorable and beautiful Germans" as described by bis of Nazism Wagner's vicious pamphlet, "Meistersingcr" who dogmatized Judaism in Music, became a that by controlling the banks text book for anti-Semites, hot and the press Jews dominated only in Germany but throughout the entire German life. But he Europe. And as he emerged insisted that there is something from obscurity to international racially mystical about the Gerfame this venomous tract was man language which Jews could taken more and more seriously. never hope to acquire. In the It established Richard Wagner face of Heinrich Heine's exquias the anti-Jewish Pope, the god- site handling of the language in father of Nazism. The central poetry and verse. Wagner artheme of his creed is that Jews gued that Jews could never feel, as an alien race cannot possi- understand or create in Gerbly comprehend the German man. soul. Since he held that people In the last paragraph of Judathink with their blood, a Jewish ism in Music, Wagner addresses artist could not express or inter- the Jews: "But, think you that pret the Germanic spirit. Thus, one thing only can redeem you if he composes music he intro- from the burden of your curse: duces an alien element which the redemption of Ahasuerus— corrupts the pure fountainhead ann ihilation." Can psychotic of Teutonic Kultur. It follows hate go further? This was carquite logically that all music ried out by Hitler in Buchenwritten by Jewish composers wald and Treblinka, in Auschmust be torn root and branch witz and Maidanek, in Dachnu out of German art. This poison- and Bergen-Belsen. ous germ grew into a catalysis How can Jewish parents lead that drove the Nazis to burn mu- their sons and daughters to the sical works by Jewish compos- marriage canopy in the synaers and to far more criminal gogue to the crashing rhythmic excesses. Wagner's dream was chords of Wagner's Wedding symbolically realized with the March? destruction of. Felix Mendels(Seven Arts) sohn's marble statue at Dusscldorf. Judah Touro, the American Utilized Jewish Talent Jewish philanthropist, who gave Yet Wagner never hesitated a good deal ot the money for the to welcome Jewish assistance in Bunker Hill monument, and who popularizing his music dramas. also was responsible for the beThe anti-Semite is seldom a ginning of the development of wholesome or consistent person. the new Jerusalem, outside of This becomes apparent when,, in the Old City, fought as a soldier spite of his anti-Semitic ravings, under Andrew Jackson at New Wagner utilized the talents ot Orleans.
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Elected Chairman of Welfare GommfHee Tel Aviv. — Aluf-MishneliAharon, Ze'ev, 64, former Chief Educational Officer of the Defense Forces, was unanimously elected Chairman of the Soldiers' Welfare Committee at a meeting of its Board of Directors here on Tuesday. The post was vacated recently by Mr. Yosef Baratz. who was elected President of the Committee. Mr. Baratz founded the Soldiers' Welfare Committee in 1940 when the Visliuv launched its recruiting campaign for the British Army.
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(Continued from Page 2ii.' creased this year—but imports increased even more, and the margin widened. Some of the difference is made up by "unearned" support from abroad, but that will not go on forever. 7. Moral and Etlik-al Standards. Perhaps there is a tendency to glamorize the "good old days" when the population was much smaller, but there is concern here for what seems to be a general letdown in standards. Perhaps it is too much to expect a heavy dose of idealism, but there should at least be a little more all-around decency. The national character is at stake. 8. Kelations w i i h Diaspora Jewry. With all the good will and the el forts at understanding b e i n g patiently displayed by leaders on both sides, it is becoming ever more obvious that the Jewish community of the free. Western world, for all its sympathy with and support of Israel, can not narrow the philosophical gap between it and Israel. Many Israelis are convinced that creeping assimilation can not be arrested in the Diaspora. 9. Itt-liitions wllli Germany.
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L'ShonoTovo (Continued from Page 30.) coming months and years . . . and how to keep on living, maybe after we're buried Talmud has the answer. "Four shall not enter Paradise: The scoffer, the liar, the hypocrite and the slan: derer, To slander is to murder! Toward the new year and how to behave through it. Talmud tells me: "There is no great difference between who is ashamed before his own self nnd him who is ashamed only before others. It speaks well for a man if he has a keen sense of shame. Contrition in the heart is better far than much torturing of the flesh. He who humiliates himself will be lifted up: he who exalts himself will be humiliated. Honor avoids him who seeks honor; honor comes to him who shun/, honor." (WNS)
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The By BEN GALLOB The selection of a set of news events—such as the biggest stories of the Jewish year (or anybody's year)—is essentially an exercise in egotism. Ten viewers of the news, separately undertaking such an effort, almost certainly w o u l d produce 10 widely varying end-products. But the news is eternally fascinating and judgments about it, however hazardous, share in that apeal. With allowance for such inevitable pitfalls, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency offers its annual review of the major news events of the past Jewish year. A strong case could be made for the proposition that the most impressive development of that year on the American scene was the assembly in Washington on April 5 and G of some 500 Jewish leaders, representing every element of organized Jewish life in the United States, to express the anguish of American Jews over the continued mistreatment of Soviet Jews and the denial to them of elementary religious and cultural rights. It was not what emerged from the two-day conference of the representatives of the 21 Jewish organizations that was so significant — groups and organizations of almost every imaginable type had taken similar stands before the convening of the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry and did so after the conference. What was notable was that, for once in American Jewish history, the components of this variegated community suspended their ideological and polemical differences to join in one solemn voice of protest and appeal to the Soviet rulers. But it was also significant that American Jews were not alone in urging the Soviet rulers to restore at least minimal religious and cultural rights to the Jews of Russia. The biennial convention of the AFL-CIO spoke out for Russian Jews. A group of world figures in London—i n c 1 u d i n g Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Dr. Linus Pauling and Bertrand Russell—emphasizing that they spoke as friends of the Soviet Union, also appealed to Soviet Premier Khrushchev. Pope Paul VI told a Jewish War Veterans delegation that he was concerned over the lot of Soviet Jewry and that he intended to pray "for these poor people." The effectiveness of such appeals and pressures on the Soviet rulers remained uncertain. Soviet courts continued to impose sentences of exceptional severity, including death, on Jews for a l l e g e d economic crimes. Yet there was also the case of a viciously anti-Semitic book, "Judaism Without Embellishment," published by the Ukrainian Academy of Science in Kiev. Once the contents of the book were made known to the western world, a storm of criticism fell upon the Soviets, not only from non-Soviet sources but also from Communist parties in a dozen European countries. In unmistakable response, the Soviet condemned the book and confiscated and destroyed all copies. Nevertheless, the same Soviet ideological commission which had denounced the Kiev book approved a similar effusion, "Catechism Without Embellishment" which— though lacking the Nazi-like cartoons of the Kiev book—was equally anti-Semitic. Equally unsatisfactory was the outcome of the struggle against the Soviet ban on provision of matzohs for Soviet Jews. In 1962 and 1963, the state bakeries refused to bake matzohs, leaving for observant Jews the risky alternative of home baking. Some Jews who did so were arrested on charges of profiteering in the sale of
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U.S. Relations two presumed facts together, pessimists wondered whether this American Jewry was not likely to be, if not the last, at least the next to the last in J e w i s h history. That Jews should be concerned was understandable; what was unique was a similar expression of concern by non-Jews, in the form of an article in Look magazine, discussing the data on mixed marriages and declining Jewish fertility. The article, apparently the first on such a subject in a mass-circulation magazine in the United States, was written from an unmistakable stance of concern that a valuable national asset might be lost to the'American society if the fears proved to be factual. Another major American development was the struggle over the Supreme Court ban on sectarian Christian practices in the public schools. The organized Jewish position—resoundi n g 1 y sustained in the Supreme Court rulings—has been that s u c h practices breach the wall of church-state separation, expose children of minority groups to undesirable pressures, and seek to shift the responsibility of religious education from the home and house of worship to the presumably non - sectarian public school. Foes of the Supreme Court ban forced the House JuEarly in June, it was reported diciary Committee to consider a that the portion dealing with the series of proposed constitutional crucifixion had been deleted amendments to void the ban. In from the draft. The Vatican de- weeks of public hearings, a wide nials were inconclusive. With variety of Christian Church the third and presumably final spokesmen, appearing before Ecumenical Council s e s s i o n the Committee, sustained the scheduled to open shortly after Jewish position with such vigor the Jewish High Holy Days, a as to make it unlikely that any question mark hung mutely over of the amendments wou 1 d the degree of determination of emerge with a Committee enthe Roman Catholic Church to dorsement for House approval. condemn clearly and unequivoIn another major event, Pre_ cally Christendom's most de- mier Eshkol made a whirl' structive libel against the Jew. wind Levi 12-day visit to the United The other was the furore—in States, the first by an Israeli violent debate and violent ac- Premier on offiical invitation tion—touched off by the staging from an American President. in a number of European cen- With one exception, the exters of a play which raised once changes between the Premier again, in a compellingly dra- and the President served mainmatic setting, the issue of the ly to confirm the Johnson Adrole of the Catholic Church in ministration's evident determithe Nazi period. Rolf Koch-, nation to maintain the delicately huth's "The Deputy," asserted poised balance of power in the that Pope Pius XII had re- Middle East within a long-estabmained silent in the face of the lished framework. This framemonstrous Nazi decimation of work included a continuing re6,000,000 European Jewish men, fusal to sell offensive weapons women and children. The im- to Israel or to sign any kind of plicit theme of the play was defeasive agreement with Isthat, had the Pope spoken out rael. in condemnation, thousands of The exception was a joint anJewish lives might-have been nouncement that the two counsaved. tries would-cooperate in a reThe, play touched off rioting search effort to determine the in most European cities but applicability of nuclear energy opened for an extended run on to desalination of salt water. Broadway with no greater pro- President Johnson had forecast test than picketing. Among the the agreement when he offered in his first apdefenders of the late Pontiff such cooperation as President at a Jewwere many Catholic figures, in- pearance ish organization affair—a dinner cluding some in the Vatican, of American Committee for which published a variety of thetheWeizmann Institute. The documents designed to prove availability of the tremendous that Pope Pius did all he could American know-how in the use without risking Nazi reprisals of nuclear power to help solve against Catholics. The debate the pressing problems of Israappeared certain, to continue el's water shortages was a genand to stir, profound emotions erous offer. among both Catholics and Jews. One Israeli activity which preOn the Amerioon scene, there sumably was considered in the was an extraordinary upsurge Johnson-Eshkol talks was Isof concern me the future of rael's vast Negev irrigation projAmerican Jewry, a Jewry so ect, which is to tap the Jordan blessed with freedom and oppor- River through Lake Tiberias to tunity as to seem to preclude help make the largely barren any pessimism. But it was just soil of southern Israel capable this freedom, it appeared, which of cultivation. From the start contained a threat equally with- of the huge project, the Arab out parallel in Jewish history: rulers have made loud threatenCould Jews, long trained to sur- ing noises. After a Cairo "sumvive in adversity, survive in mit conference" last February, America's unprecedently open however, it appeared there was no leadership for a coordinated society? . Arab military blow to prevent Data on mixed marriages— the project. Talk emerged of admittedly haphazard and in- diverting Jordan River tribucomplete—suggested that Amer- taries in Arab countries to lower ican Jews were using their un- the river level and thus deny matched access to the general the water to Israel. Irrigation . society not only to mingle. wi|.h engineering experts expressed non-Jews but also to m a r r y doubts that the Arabs could or them. Data on American Jew- would spend the enormous sums ish fertility suggested that Jews needed for such a project alw e r e not reproducing them- though oil rich Kuwait said it selves as a group. Putting the was ready to contribute millions home-baked matzohs. Again apparently in response to worldwide indignation, the Soviets indicated last February t h e y would permit Russian Jews to accept inatzoh parcels from overseas. Jewish organizations, particularly in the United States, quickly organized a massive inatzoh parcel shipment campaign. But it l a t e r became known that few, if any, of the parcels reached the intended beneficiaries. Two continuing developments during the Jewish year focused the spotlight on Christian Jewish — particularly Catholic-Jewish — relations. One was the failure of the second session of the Ecumenical Council to act on a draft declaration specifically absolving the Jews of responsibility for the crucifixion of Christ and warning all Catholics against anti-Semitic thought and behavior. For months after the adjournment of that session last December, Catholic dignitaries, particularly American Cardinals, insisted that the inaction was for procedural reasons only. The dignitaries included even Augustin Cardinal Bea, head of the Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity, who prepared the draft on specific instructions from the late Pope John XXIII.
of the American dollars it gets for its oil to the scheme. A few weeks after his American visit, Premier Eshkol made an equally triumphal tour of France, Israel's most dependable source of weapons. Jew'sh concern with the- struggle of American Negroes for first-class citizenship lias been manifested for years by support of various phases of that struggle. The past Jewish year witnessed a different kind of response. The scene was the crime-ridden Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. There a group of Hassidic Jews, reacting to what they considered inadequate police protection against robberies, muggings and killings, organized and operated radioequipped car patrols. Negro groups reacted with charges t h a t the "Maccabee" patrols were a vigilante effort aimed at Negroes. Subsequently, after police officials indicated there was nothing illegal about the patrols, the project was expanded into a Community Patrol, with endorsement by Negro clergymen and with Negroes helping to man the cars on the Sabbath, when the Hassidic Jews rested. Relations between the Jews of Israel and the Germans of West Germany h a v e had several nuances since the restoration of the Jewish State. A new one was added during the Jewish year, one of Israeli anger over the activities of West German scientists in Egypt, particularly in the development of big rockets. There was little comfort for the Israelis in the insistence of West German officials—and the scientists themselves—that no work was being done on atomic, bacteriological or c h e m i c a l weapons, nor in the opinion of most experts that the Egyptians were far from possession of the kind of g u i d a n c e systems needed to deliver warheads by rockets. The Israelis wanted the weapons-building stopped and they wanted the West German Government to do the stopping, What particularly infuriated Israel was the evasiveness of Chancellor L u d w i g Erhard's Government about enacting the necessary legislation. Israel's Knesset voted unanimously for a resolution demanding that the West German Government halt the "criminal activities" of its nationals in Egypt but the possibilities of early action seemed dim. In another area of European relations, Israel signed this year a trade pact with the European Economic Community which fell far short of Israeli hopes. Those hopes, at their most optimistic, were for an associate membership for maximum protection for Israel's hundreds of exports to the booming six-nation European Common Market. What Israel got was some limited tariff concessions on some two dozen products which did not include its vital and lucrative citrus exports. The pact did include a joint review committee to deal with any Israel complaints and a pledge that the EEC would do its best to protect Israel's citrus sales from European competitors. The I s r a e l i s Suggested that they would try. again for a better pact when the time was suitable but meanwhile they buckled down to the task of getting maximum results f r o m what they actually received. And that—in considerable part —was the Jewish Year that was.
New Swim Records Set Tel Aviv—Two new Israel records were set on Saturday at swim meets at Kibbutz Yifat and at the Sharon Hotel. Yoram Schneider of Tivon beat his previous record in the 200-metre backstroke, setting a new time of 2.28.5 minutes, at Kibbutz Yifat. At the Sharon pool, Margaret Kovarsky of Brit Maccabim Atid set a new mark in the 100metre breastroke, with a time of 1.23 2 minutes.
(Continued from Page 10.) Mr. Feldman worked industriously to prepare for the arrival of the Prime Minister. Tha visit went off with perfection. An animated rapport emerged when Mr. Eshkol and Mr. Johnson met and talked at length. Mr. Eslikol was deeply impressed by both the President's warmth toward Israel and tha tangible rosult of the discussions. Mr. Eshkol was taken to tho bosom of America. He saw tha wonder world of Cape Kennedy and its promise for the future. He witnessed Israeli troops and American troops marching side by side at Fort Bliss, Texas. Tho Israelis are being trained in tlio use of anti-Aircraft missiles. They were overwhelmed by tha hospitality of the U.S. Army. Other aspects of American life were witnessed.—Los Angeles, with its movie industry and dynamic Jewish community; Chi> cago, where the civic welcome showed great enthusiasm, and New York City, site of important private meetings with leaders of American Jewry. Mr. Eshkol discovered a new America. He found that he could call for immigration to Israel without creating a nervous response. He found American Jewish children who addressed him in Hebrew and sang Israeli songs. He found a new maturity and self-confidence a m o n g American Jews. The visit reflected what had already happened in Washington. The atmosphere of "Gevald" was no longer present. In tho old days, it seemed that, every Monday and Thursday, friends of Israel used to fly excitedly to Washington to protest some anti-Israel treachery. Crisis situations still occur. But now they are quietly handled through normal Israel diplomatic channels. Normalcy developed because of Israel's consolidation and increased strength. But a vital factor was the respoase of tlio White House. The new situation began developing during the Kennedy Administration. The late President took Israel's problems seriously. He met with David BenGurion, then Israeli premier, in New York City in May, 19G1. A surprisingly candid discussion took place. A change in official Washington philosophy then became discernible. To all but some diehard State D e p a r t m e n t elements, Israeli became accepted as a nation worthy of serious treatment. She was no longer just a little Near Eastern pest. The first tangible indication was the Kennedy decision to provide Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel. Washington wa3 responding to the procurement by Egypt of Soviet ultra-modern weapons. For the first time, Israeli military units were trained on American soil. President Johnson's attitude toward Egypt's Nasser was formed in the 19S0's. It was reflected during the Eshkol visit when the Egyptian Embassy issued a vituperative denunciation of the President's guest. The release was signed by 13 Moslem embassies. President Johnson was infuriated at this breach of protocal and propriety. The Secretary of State summoned the offending envoys to> the State Department for a stern lecture. Israel's stature has become apparent in contrast to the immaturity and instability in neighboring states. Her progress is viewed in Washington by nonJews as akin to the "Miracles" of development in postwar Germany, France, and Italy. Tho Israeli aid programs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America have* won admiration. Israel's proWestern orientation ndded to the respect accorded her. Vital issues involving Israel and America remain to be resolved. But it is clear that the New Year brings a level of harmony and constructive dialogue promoting confidence on both sides.