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idealistic of our young, in each was not a good German; nor is Syria of land belonging to it? Nasser a good Arab. No one Has Israel denied Saudi Arabia, period of history. (Kdi.lor, Canadian Jewish News) who leads his people into a war Iraq or Yemen, or faraway Yes, we believe we are the , No, Mr. Pearson, this time in order to extinct another peo- lands in the Arab Mahgreb tha Chosen People—but not in the there will be no armistice. There sense our enemies interpret it. ple loves his own kind. This is right-to exist? Has it coveted will be peace or else. We, the have chosen voluntarily one of the lies which very few their possessions? Jews of this generation who Yet we also know that the at We It even had remained silent Sinai to be a Holy Na- detect at the beginning. And have trusted «the world while God of Heaven has given the tionMt. and Kingdom of Priests— If there is any peculiar, racial when six-hundredt ho u s a n d our nearest of kin were burned earth to the sons of man to in service to him who is made characteristic of the Jew, it is Jews' — Arab speaking, living alive with their womenfolk and make it pardise or hell. And our the sixth sense inborn and de- among Arabs during millenia-" in His image. offspring in the Auschwitzes and generation of Jews will fight the veloped throughout millenia of were coerced into leaving their # • * Maidaneks, will not exchange devil and hell—whether a ghetsuffering—to detect the evil in native lands like thieves in the We never believed that man security either for a Nassrrile to for Negroes, oppression of the mania graridiosa of dicta- night, abandoning everything is not responsible for his felscrap of1paper nor for new "as- Rhodesians, terror a g a i n s t they possessed. They came to tors and tyrants, lowman. In fact, the holiest of surances ' from the debating Po'es or Hungarians; certainly Israel. • • * * our books begins with the conclub at East River. none of us will return to a politiAnd if a few hundred-thousand demnation of him who asks, cal situation where Jews beThe Jewish people never have "Am I my brother's keeper?" intended, to fight Arabs or any- Israeli Arabs were stirred up by come, in the infamous medieval their misleaders to flee Israel We are the generation of term, Schutzjudcn—Jews with a Yes, this is one of our basic one else for that matter. in 1948 in order to return and, Jews that lias sworn to fear not yellow badge_ protected by the contributions to the civilization, For months and months the push the Jews into the sea, tomen but God only, the eternal mighty of this earth. culture and .the social order to voice from Cairo has revived duy the state of affairs has beGuardian of Israel. We are not » • • which all men of goodwill as- the Egyptian iniquity which, we come an equation in the sense afraid of holy cowa but we are thought, was only a biblical of an exchange of population. filled with reverence for and On this earth there are no pire. * 4> * In this moment of travail and term, archaic and irrelevant to faith In God's promise. And in mighty. There is the power of The same number of Arabs time of need we profoundly be- The Book and that of the Divine agony millions of Jews do not our time. But this impurity born lieve that He is the Lord of promise and of tho ten com- think only of the present bat- In the muddy waters of the Nile that left Israel is equated Hosts, who neither slumbers nor. mandments for which genera- tles but are genuinely sorry for from ( the copulation of croco- by the number of Arab Jews tions of Jews have died. those poor Arab Fallaheen who diles in human form has been who have found a haven in the" sleeps. • brought to life. Holy Land. We havo died in all revolu- are led like sheep by demaAnd the God of Mercy is wit• * • Day in, day out Cajro radio ness that our generation is tired tions, In all movements for hu- gogues without any conscience, of war. Our young and the best man progress. Every step for- by reckless adventurers who! has threatened me and my Mr. Prime Minister, we in the among oiir children ore perme- ward in tha annals of humanity build political careers upon tht: brethren with annihilation. Why? West believe—and this also is a ated with the ideal that all men was followed by Jewish blood blood of their own brethren.! , ".Has Israel taken territory contribution of the Jewish ToMr. Prime Minister, Hitler; from Egypt? Has Israel robbed continued on Page 0.) •r» equal, that 'nil men—white from the veins of the m o a t IS.v

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A Year o aware of the common cord that By Harold Rlbalow As Jews all over the world binds them. Israel won a military victory prepare to celebrate the New Year of S728 the mood is one over its Arab enemies for the mixed with exaltation and some third time in 20 years. Books anxiety. In past seasons—the have been coining off the press Rosh Hashana holiday being recounting the heroic feats of one of reflection and judgment Israel's generals and soldiers. —we survey the world scene The Israeli has assumed the and weigh the condition, the image of a military superman. status and the security of the Jokes abound concerning the efficiency of Moshe Day an as Jew wherever he lives. This year,' our hearts and against the bunglings of other minds h a v e focused on the military leaders a r o u n d the State of Israel, on the chal- world whose armies are bogged lenges it faced and on the re- down in military stalemates. sponse of the world Jewish It is, of course, a switch, and community to the threat of Is- to many Jews, tired of being rael's annihilation. the permanent victims of cruel More than ever, we gave evi- oppressors, this is an encourdence of the credo,' Kol Yisroel aging change. Chaverhn,—All Jews are BrothYet the military a c h i e v e ers." I shall not linger over the ments of Israel are, in this parJewish response to Israel in ticular season, less impressive terms of financial support — than the spiritual s t r e n g t h which was phenomenal, unprec- shown both by Israel and the edented and of extraordinary Jewish people elsewhere. The material value to the State of thousands of young men and Israel. women in the United S t a t e s , England, France, and Latin and Jewish Unity What was more impressive South America, who literally was the demonstration of Jew- stormed the offices of the Isish unity. There was an intense rael Consulate and the Jewish emotional f e e l i n g in Jews Agency to fly to Israel and give everywhere, regardless of the themselves to the cause of Zion, lands in which they lived, re- were performing an act of faith gardless of the depth of their not dissimilar from the one that religious commitment, and re- brings us to the synagogue on gardless of their previous in- Rosh Hashana. difference to the fate of Israel. Volunteers I know some young people We like to think that the Jews, as a religious commun- whose lives were permanently ity, give evidence of their One- altered by v o 1 u nteering for ness in the synagogue, particu- service in Israel, whether or larly during the High Holy not they managed to reach the Days. It is comforting to con- shores of that embattled counsider that there are certain try. Those who did manage to days of the year when the en- get to Israel returned to the tire Jewish people particiate United States with a f e e l i n g in a religious ceremony that that their lives here had sudunifies them and makes them denly become less meaningful

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mid' that—to fulfill themselves —they must return to Israel. Even those who were held back in this country b e c a u s e of United States Government regulations, are looking forward to serving in Israel at the earliest possible moment, so long as they can rearrange their school programs, their job responsibilities, or their personal family relationships. To carry it one step further, I have met a comparatively large n u m b e r of American Jewish college youths who hitherto had e x p e n d e d their idealism, talents and abilities in causes unrelated to the Jewish people. They had had great sympathy for social projects, humanitarian programs, which related to Africa, to Asia, to American poverty programs, to civil rights causes—and suddenly they discovered t h e mselves fired by a new cause: that of a small people unafraid of team hordes of enemies bent on their destruction. These young people now had an insatiable curiosity about the State of Israel, its leaders, its past history. They found that the stories of Israeli soldiers were suddenly far more interesting than that of Hindu pacifists. It came to them that the achievements of the Israeli kibbutzim were more meaningful than that of the Chinese communes. They realised that the history of David BenGurion, J o s e p h Trumpeldor and Moshe Dayan were far more intriguing than the stories of the French Revolution and the history of the British monarchy. Some of them began to seek out books by Hebrew w r i t e r s , where earlier t h e i r interest focused on French, Italian and English writers. In brief, these Jewish youths rediscovered their Jewish identity through the victories of the young men and women of Israel in the sands of the Sinai Desert, in the hills of Syria and in the skies over Israel. Commitment The question of commitment to the Jewish people is always with us, especially as we enter upon a new year and realize that we are an ancient people whose survival always seems to be in question. Our rabbis worry about assimilation and intermarriage. Our c r e a t i v e writers probe the question of the meaning of being a Jew, our sociologists wonder whether we shall disappear in the tolerant atmosphere of countries like the United States. It now turns out that the State of Israel, through military strength, fs winning over a generation of youliig previously" indifferent to the symbol of the rebirth of Jewish statehood.. I t is perhaps disquieting that military a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s should be able to achieve what spiritual exhortations failed to achieve. Yet there may be hope even now, for once 'involved, the young American Jew may find himself "hooked" on Jewish history and the Jewish people. Judah Maccabee was a military hero, but he was motivated by a strong spirituality. There is no d o u b t that the young men and women of Israel fought as brilliantly as they did not because they loved soldiering and blood-letting, but because they were convinced that they had to survive as a people. It is this sense of survival that makes relevant the connection between the High Holy Days this year and the victories of Israel in the y e a r just passed. Unfortunately, the . world does not always accept the achievements of a generation, in the sense that these achievements r e m a i n permanent. Israel has won three victories, and who is to say that she s h a l l not be challenged again? The price of victory'was heavy; the challenges which have gr«wn<iut,pf4UJ»,tictory are greater th^n any l^rifcl has faced before.

By Mickey Gerelick For many years it has been the custom of the Jewish Press to carry out a particular theme in the page ads of the New Year's edition. Selection of the theme, sometime in June, is usually the most difficult part of the task-but not this year. The events of the Six Day War in June eliminated any other possible choice for a New Year theme. If the selection of a theme was easy, the execution of It was (he most ditficult of the three New Year's editions I have done. How does one tell the story of those fateful six days—the dangers, the heroism, the far re a c h i n g effects? Historians, military experts, social scientists have yet to scratch the s u r f a c e of interpretation of those amazing 0 days. Little wonder then that the layman is still overwhelmed by this miracle in our time. How difficult it is to believe thai after ]!)00 years, our generation was chosen to witness the fulfillment of the prayers of our fathers. For the first time in 1900 years we have seen a united Jerusalem under the flag of Israel. We have watched a small nation thwart the attempts of complete annhiliation by enemies 40 times her size. These things cannot |>e told —in a New Year's edition, In a book, in a mountain of words. And so this issue, dedicated to the people of Israel, makes no attempt to review, analyze or even choose highlights of the Six Day War. Rather it is a commentary about the people and the places that make Israel the most special place in the world. To be sure, there were many others worthy of mention.

These are just some of the people, events and places responsible for writing a new blight chapter in Jewish history. "Am Yisrarl Clint"—The people of Israel lives. /

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This has been a year of monumental importance for our people. A year which ha.; witnessed a renewed vitality, unity and strength of the Jewish people in all parts of the world Reborn as it was in crisis, may it flourish in peace. From a personal standpoint, 1 approach the New Year with prayers of thanks for the many blessings which have been mine for another year. I give thanks for the blessings of health, love, home and family—and a community which has been more than generous with praise and encouragement for my weekly ventures into print. To our readers, I express my thanks for your help, your kind words and patience. To our advertisers a special thanks for making this issue possible. To nil my most sincere wishes for the very happiest of New Years. SPKCIAI, THANKS As time for this edition to go to press csme down .to the wire, I found m y s e i f swamped with more than 75 gallics of proofs to be read. My sister, Shirley Fisher, came to the rescue and relieved me of all proofreading responsibilities. "A greater love hath no sister than one who will read 75 gallies of type—with no pay" To her goes my sincere thanks, and to her.also you should bring your complaints if there are any proof-rending errors.

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"And M will give to thee and to the ®eed after thee the land of ifii/ uhode9 all the land of Canaan, foran 'everlasting possessimt, Genesis 17:18

This was the beginning—the beginning of the bond between the people of Israel and the land of Israel. This sacred attachment of the people to their land has never weakened. Thousands of years of conquerors and exile could not dim the dream which became reality in May, 1948, when the State of Israel was born. i Threats of a n n i h i l a t i o n by Arab neighbors have plagued this tiny country throughout her 19 years of statehood. So it was that on June 5, 1967, for the fhird time in 19 years, a people dedicated to the i d e a l s of peace, were forced to take the path of war* It shall be recorded in the pages of history as "The Six Day War." The miraculous victory of Israel, a country of 2,700,000, over Arab nations numbering 110,000,000.

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The Year in America-Israel Relations from one war, did not want to dele.ited with even minor AmerISy Milton Frirdnwtn become embroiled in another. ican participation, Washington The national capital lias witfeared a raging torrent of reHawks and Doves nesst'd 'dramatic changes in Issentment in the "uncommitted" rael-American relations during Before June 5 only a fraction nations. the past year as a result of the of Congressmen favored AmeriAnother vital factor was the Israeli military \iuor\ can intervention. Many of the Administration's hawks in the desire to avoid a nuclear conA nation bon (i Viet Nam war became doves frontation with the Soviet Union. and vexed by til? when aggression threatc-ned Is- As one official put it, the stakes endless war in rael. The State Department con- were not high enough. Israel Viet Nam was veniently "misplaced' a com- was not sufficiently important thrilled by If. mitment by former- Secretary to risk atomic war unless Rusrael"s !ij;hmiiit' of State John Foster Dulles, sia openly used her own forces triumph. Befoic signed in Iit57, to guarantee free to.aid the Arabs. the outbreak of transit in the Strait of Tirnn. The Stall h o s t i l i t i e s on President Johnson said nothing J u n e 5. t h e Tlie Administration sought to about application of his "domi- stall Israel and looked for a American Jew no" theory to Israel. i s h coniniunitv compromise formula for Gulf responded \v i t h "SI. 1'rii'dm.in Senators were told at a White of Akaba shipping. President unprecedented unity and aid to House briefing late in May that Johnson carefully limited action tlie Israeli cause. After June 5 American involvement in Is- to a concept that included coa vicarious identification thrill- rael's defense had to be avoided. operation of other maritime nat-d most Americans. The United States, it was said, tions. It was apparent that ether The public saw Israel as the would fall into a Communist nations would not act. America intended victim of Communist- Imp if American forces aided would n<>t use unilateral force backed Arab aggression. A deep Israel. The line was that this to open the strait. current of sympathy existed. would f a c i l i t a t e Moscow's Once Egypt's Nasser realized But most Americans did not penetration of the Moslem world that he had turned the' clock want to v,o to war over the Is- from M o r o c c o to Indonesia. back to I!I56, he decided to go rael-Arab issue. The Administra- Even if Communist-instigated a step further and undo 1948. tion,'intent on extricating itself aggression against Israel were Arab mobs were delirious over the prospect of liquidating Israel. Was h i n g t o n ' s pet, the "moderate" King Hussein of Best Wishes for a Jordan, quickly joined the Nasserite camp. The armed forces HAPPY NEW YEAR of Egypt. Jordan, and S y r i a massed on Israel's borders. It was no longer a question of •k shipping rights 'uul of life and death. Wht?n Israel Foreign MinBJORNSON SHEET METAL ister Abba Eban reported in the last days of May that his flight COMPANY to Washington had failed, the Israelis realized that their fate Ventilating — Air Conditioning was in their own hands. The Cairo-based V o i c e of Sheet Meial Work of All Descriptioni Palestine declared: "We shall Phone 3426775 1407 Davenport Street not spare women and children." But the State Department was "neutral in word, thought, and deed." '• \7S«L» On The Bandwagon Caution gave way to exultation, however, when it was apparent that Israel needed no help in thrashing the A r a b s . Congress erupted in an outpouring of praise for the heroic Israelis. National magazines featured Gen. Moshe Dayan on their covers. Children of all faiths adopted the Dayan eyepatch as a fad. The Administration, through various top-level officials, had gleefully proclaimed that nil '-itizens who had been doves in the Viet Nam controversy had been transformed into hawks by the Swanson Building Middle Eastern war. But it soon 391-7677 8-jOl West Dodge Road became apparent that Americans viewed the two situations as distinctly, different. S o u t h Viet Nam was South Viet Nam and Israel was Israel. Each situation was judged on its merit, •'President Johnson had been in no great rush to equate Israel and South Viet Nam during May, when Israel's fate was in doubt. This did little to motivate critics of the case for involvement in Viet Nam to change their minds. The public, the press, and Congress were in ecstasy. The Communists had been handed a tremendous setback in efforts to take over the Middle East. Arab and Communist delegates at the United Nations sought to link the United States with Israel in a manner that was as phony as it was infuriating. Public opinion stood solidly behind Israel's contention that there should be no arbitrary withdrawal from" occupied territories except in the context of a general peace settlement. Negotiations President Johnson's famous "live points" were embodied into American policy. Sops were thrown to the Arabs in the form of expressions of concern about the Arab refugees, the "annexation" of Jerusalem, and other issues. This was done because the Phone 393-5225 State Department insisted that America should take the initiative to restore diplomatic relations with the Arab states. 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UiHtarir 3Sessaae <>i the Chiei of Stafi. Yitzhak Btabin. to the iMuei' Meiense Forces at the &lose oi the Six-nay War "Soldiers of Zahal! Now, with the cease-fire, there comes to an end the struggle we have waged against those who would have shrouded us with oblivion. The Israel Defense Forces, on land, sea and in the air, have shattered the armies of four Arab states. Undivided Jerusalem is free. The West. Bank is in pur hands. The entire Sinai Peninsula is under our control. The Syrian threat to the northern settlements has been banished. The war was not an easy one. It was waged by Zahal and Zahal alone. The battles spread over wide .areas. All the forces of Zahal, the regulars and the reserves, the border settlements and the home front—all have a share in this great endeavor. Many of our commanders and soldiers have fallen in b a t t l e . We shall remember them with sorrow—and pride. The struggle may not be over. I want to state here, at the Western Wall, with full confidence, that as we went forth to fight for these achievements, so shall we know how to safeguard and protect them in the future. Commanders and soldier—we salute you."

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(Continued iroin P:igo 1) rah—(hat men liveth not on bread alone; nor do nations and peoples exist only bt cause they possess oil. There are intangibles that guide human destiny. And outstanding among the.se immaterial facts is the mystique of Israel, the people living apart. For where and when was there ever a case of a people returning after two thousand years to their homeland nnd lighting lor such r'.-lurn, "(ten sacrificing luxury and comfort for such life only because this land has been promised to us by God? When will the world of the Gentile understand what Israel means to the Jew—and what (he Jew means to the world?

There is no one among us who doubts your good intentions or the btst wishes of President Johnson when you proclaim a return to the status quo ante. But twice have the Jews of Israel trusted the United Nations and accepted a patehedup armistice in order not to affect the vanity of some Arab exploiters of their people. In fact, in l'J-18-Jft the Jews of the Holy Land could have occupied the entire historic territory of (he T,:iii.d of Israel. They sacrificed a victory in the battlefield for moral conquest and hope? of peace. In 1057 they again returned conquered land to their avowed enemies because they believed, and still do, that the Arab masses finally would liberate

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themselves psychologically from their adventurers and tyrants. Instead the world b e c a m e ever so much more attuned to the lie that it is little I s r a e l which makes it impossible for ail Arabs to unite. We know history, recent history, and we know that, had it not been for the fear of Israel, Nasser would have swallowed long ago his dear, little brother Hussein and his d e a r e s t big brother Keisal. Certainly the war'in Yemen, the events in Aden, the battles between Syria and Jordan, the quarrels between Morocco and Algeria had nothing to do with the Jews. In fact, the slogan of anti-Jewishness very often saved the Arabs from a destiny a la Congo. Mr. Prime Minister, now it has begun again. The peace loving people of Israel have been harassed for weeks with fear and threats of complete annihilation. I need not repeat the statements of Nasser and his ilk during r e c e n t weeks, outbursts reminiscent of Hitler's nienac, ing speeches to Czechosolvakia and upon other occasions when he had proposed to conquer foreign nations. In 1!I5G you. Mr. Prime Minister, asked, in good faith, the Israelis to e v a c u a t e Sinai. Sharmel Sheikh and Gaza. You believed that Nasser had learned hjc lfscmi As a humanitarian you refused to admit th.it Nasser really is Nasser. Perhaps he is not: perhaps he is mereiv the satellite and vassal of the newest colonialist empire which committed the gn Acst sacrilege in the development of semantics: it termed Fascism. Socialism. It repeated in practise v.hat infamous Molotov had expressed in V).V.) during the Stalin Hitler pact: that Fascism was a matter of taste. Is Fascism a matter of taste? Can a country which, brazenly, unashamedly, falsifies facts at the United Nations by calling Israel an aggressor make any claim to its purported ideal of social justice? The Rabbis of Old have taught us that preversion of justice b r i n g s the sword upon the world. ,

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belligerent rights has established in practise the peaceful conditions which must govern navigation in waters'having such an international interest." In fact, during that period following Israel's voluntary withdrawal from this area. President Kismhower stated: "We should not assume that, if Israel withdraws, Egypt will prevent Israeli .shipping jrom using the Gulf of At|aba. Mr. Prime Minister, on March 4, 1957, addressing the United Notions as chairman of the Canadian delegation, you said: " C o n c e r n i n g the Gulf of Aqaba and the Straits of Tiran, I .suggested then that t h e r e should be no interference with innocent passage through those waters, nor the assertion of any claim to beligerent rights there. I was not suggesting, nnd 1 am not now suggesting that legal rights in those waters should be (lt-tti mined by this Assembly in any particular way . . . I do suggest however . . . in order to maintain a situation of peace and quiet . , . tho Assembly should recommend . . , that there should be no intereferenco with the innocent passage of ships through the waters concerned . . . does any member of this Assembly believe that interference with such innocent pas-

sage will not provoke conflict, and thereby threaten the peace of the area?" It stems at this moment that the Soviet Union wishes to return to the status quo ante and that Israel once again be at tho mercy of Egypt's interpretation of its legal or political commitments. This time I do not believe Israel will settle for n shaky armistice. It will not expose its people again to such hell as it h:is experienced in the past weeks; nor will decent nun the world over tolerate an armistice Arab adventurers can break at will. This time the A r a b s must recognize the Israeli fact: its existence, its right to live. I doubt whether Israel will settle (or less; nor should you, Mr. Prime Minister, nor any decent government. Unless one wants to play into the hands of a power which enjoys provoking conflicts, the situation in the Middle East must be solved now, And if a solution is effectuated, those who have died, whether Jews or Arabs, will not have died in vain. In any event, our generation of Jews is forced to bravery by lessons of recent history. It demands the right to live-nothing more, nothing less. C9,

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Never has a map been changed as drastically as the map In the Middle East following the Six-Day War. How long these changes last and the final delimitation of frontiers will depend on a peace settlement betv/een Israel and her neighbors—settlement which may be long in coming. The Israeli government lias not yet Spelled out its intentions in detail, but some things seem certain. Israel will insist on recognition of its rights of access to tho Gulf of Aqaba and of unimpeded navigation for her shipping in tho Suez Canal. There is no doubt that Israel intends to keep fhe Old City of Jerusalem—no mattor what other negotiations take place. Other occupied areas as shown on the map are: 1. The Sinai Peninsula: Israel occupies all of the peninsula including the east bank of the Suez Canal.

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The Arab Destruction In the War of Liberation in VJVd, the Jews of the Old City of Jerusalem put up a heroic and desperate struggle against overwhelming odds. They held out for s e v e r a l months, but finally were forced to surrender. The combatants and all males ol military age were taken prir.oner and transferred by the Arab Legion to a POW camp in Jordan. The aijed and i n f i r in, the women and children were left to the mercy ol the Arab mobs and in many cases were molested by them. Later they were sent to the Jewish part of Jerusalem. No sooner had the Jews been evacuated, then the Arab Legion, under British command, began demolishing and burning the synagogues and houses of Jewish learning; There were 57 synagogues and houses of study in the Old City of Jerusalem. The overwhelming majority of these were razed to the ground. The few remaining buildings were desecrated and defiled. Some were c o n v e r t e d into dwelling quarters or worse still,

into (-.tables for d r a u g h t an irnals. • Not one voice was raised m protest when Jordan took control of the Old City and pie vented the access of Jews to their holy places. Hut when Is rael cleared the minefields, barbed wire entanglements, gim emplacements and other death traps that scarred the heart of the Holy City —.when Israel granted freedom of access to the holy places of all religions — a hue and cry was raistd t h r o u g liout the non-J e w i & h world and governments. . The enlightened world kept silent when the safe-keeping of the places in Jerusalem, sacred to Christianity, Mnhonwned.in ism and Judaism fell to Jordan. Dcscrrcatcd tombs on the .Mount of Olives The destruction and deseciation of the centuries-old Jewish Ccnu-lcrv. cemetery on the M o u n t of Olives, as well as of the many synagogues in the Old City of Jerusalem, failed to arouse one voice of protest from those who are now perturbed over Israel's authority over the Old City. It is difficult to understand.

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Just as Israel's military forces were united in the goal of preserving the freedom and safety of the country; so, too, were political differences put aside during the days of crisis. A united country gave strength to a government faced with weighty decisions. And a united government, headed by Prime Minister Levi Eshlcol gave strength to its people during the tension-filled days.

Historic Statement by Prime Minister Levi Eshkol in the Knesset, June 12, 1967

" A week ago the momentous struggle opened. The existence of the State of Israel, the hope of the generations and the vision that has been realized in our days, were direly endangered.

The threat of war has been lifted from our country. The skies above our heads are safe. The Israel Defense Forces dominate the Sinai Peninsula; the passage through the Straits of T i r a n is free; Jerusalem has been re-united.

For the first time since the establishment of the state, Jews pray at the Wailing Wall and at Rachel's tomb. For the first time in our generation, Jews can pray at the cave of M a c h p e l a in Hebron, the city of the Patriarchs.

In "these battles, the soldiers of the I s r a e l Defense Force fought, in their fens of thousands, with indes-. cribable courage and heroism. They showed infinite devotion and comradely loyalty, resourcefulness and skill. It was by virtue of this dedication and fraternity of fighters that we won. Happy the people that has such on army.

Throughout the generations, Israel in dispersion maintained its spiritual and material links with this country. Similarly, this land has kept faith with us; it has not given itself to any stranger. This historic and spiritual right of ours has been confirmed by international law and forged on the anvil of reality. Today the entire world realizes that no force can uproot us from this land.

We did not take up arms In any joyful spirit. We acted because we had no alternative if we wanted to defend our lives and our rights. The roots of the Jewish people in this country go back to primeval days.

Israel has emerged stronger than before from the test of fire and blood. Faithful to herself and looking with confidence to the future, with the aid of the rock and redeemer of Israel, this nation shall yet dwell in safety."

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Behind the Of By RABBI HARVEY J. FIELDS Associate Itabbi, Tfinple Israii, lioston I had no idea three and a half years ago, upon assuming the position of assistant rabbi of Temple Israel in Boston, that I would be devoting a large portion of my rabbinate to those interested in conversion to .Judaism. Heecnt studies have estimated that, on the average, Reform rabbis arc receiving two converts annually. My filrs indicate that during the last Ihree years I have converted 18 men ami 41 women. In other words, nearly 10 times the average of my colleagues. I point this out because this article is an outgrowth of my own experience with the increasing phenomenon of conversion to Judaism. It has been estimated that there are in the United States alone, no less than three to four and a half thousand converts to Judaism each year. Ninety-five per cent of these, as you might £u«?ss, come about because of marriage. These are the statistics, but like most statistics they tell us little, if anything, about the emotional, intellectual and spiritual struggle of those involved. By "those involved," I mean, convert and spouse, the parents, the rabbi and the Jewish community. All are a part of the conversion challenge and" syndrome. And all must ultimately come to grips with it if a degree of success End fulfillment is to be achieved. It is out of this context and concern that I write. My thoughts promise no easy solution. Yet. if I am able to evoke a wider appreciation and understanding, my purpose will be served. Converts and Judaism Jiiuiiisiii, even in perilous times, encouraged and welcomed the convert. Moses Maimonides, the great luminary of the Middle Ages, speaks for the best in our tradition. In a letter addressed to Obadiah the Proselyte he writes: "All who adopt Judaism'and profess the unity of God are Abram's disciples. . . . There is absolutely no difference between you and us.' It should be clear from this evidence that Judaism accepts converts. Indeed, we have the sacred duty to'welcome them warmly and joyously into cur midst. Motives of Converts At this point another question asks itself. What are the reasons non-Jews seek conversion

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A Very Happy New Year to You and Yours to Judaism? I have already mentioned that ninlyfive per cent of those converting come because of marriage. Historically this has probably been true from Ezra's time to our own. Does this wean, then, that convenience is the sole motivation? Are we to assume that those who convert are not really doing so out of earnest spiritual commitment? Does il mean, as one resentful rabbi of the last century argued, that "anyone who wants to become a Jew these days must be either insincere or unbalanced"? I think not! I do not mean to imply that there are not convenience conversions and insincere, unbalanced converts, of course there are. But let's be honest-there are- ambivalent, insincere, selfhating and yes, some very mixedup Jews as well! What is of primary importance is that the sincere convert usually has solid reasons, beyond that of marriage, which draw him to Judaism. My own counseling experience attests to this. There are those who are impressed with the centrality of the family in Jewish life—with the values and traditions making for warmth and unity in the home. Others are drawn by the emphasis of education — the importance placed upon learning. Some commit themselves because of Judaism's unique combination of ritual expression and ethical demand. And there are those who, having rejected trinitarianism and doctrines of the miraculous, find the monotheism and theological freedom of Judaism something with which they can live. It is clear that while marriage may thrust a person to the examination of Judaism, there are many reasons accounting for honest and sinrpri* commitment. The rabbinic sage, Rav, had good advice for as: "Whoever seeks to be converted should be accepted. Do not impugn the motives of converts; perhaps they come in the Name of God." Way to Commitment What is the program through which a nonJew convert to Judaism? Rabbinic tradition tells us that the proselyte should be pushed away with one hand and lovingly welcomed with the other. At first such advice seems paradoxical if not dishonest. Yet, upon scrutiny, it makes uncommonly good sense. No one need convert to Judaism to be saved. One should convert be(Continued on Page 48)

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The women of Israel know well the bitterness of war. Three times in 19 years they have seen their country threatened. Three times in 19 years they have seen their loved ones take up arms. These things they know. But the women of Israel do not know the luxury of idle waiting and weeping. The women of Israel are soldiers, serving with equal strength and dedication as the men who are sent to battle. Each woman soldier serves on the home front — doing whatever must be done. Her eyes are dry, her head held high, her hands are busy. She serves valiantly. Only her heart knows the tears of a woman who three times ?n 19 years has seen the bitterness of war. ] : ;

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TEL AVIV (Special)—H is still a Jitlle difficult for themto grasp, to realize fully what has happened to them. It seems the heart cannot contain, all at once, this great new happiness. They still find it hard, the two girls from Gaza, to give expression to their tremendous joyBack home. After thirteen years of horror, after thirteen years of the steady undermining of their human image. After thirteen years of continuous hell, without a chance to gather the strength that would enable them to stand up to one of the most soul-shuttering experiences to which two young girls have ever been subjected. Home once more. But not alone. They came back, these twin-sisters — Helena ("Lena") and Josephine ("Suza"}—bringing 13 children with them. Thirteen children of Jewish mothers and Arab fathers from Ga?a who taught them, over the years, 1

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their mother. And yet the seeds of hatred did not sprout, and instead of hatred for their Jew(Bo&lcn Jcwiih Advocolr) ish mothers, they developed a Lena and Suz;i, returned to Israel after 13 years of bring great love for them—falling on held captives in Gaza, show a childhood picture of themselves. their necks and covering their hair, their faces, their hands suffering—a heartrending Jew- mother was a Russian immiand arms with hot kisses and tragedy. It is hard to listen grant, the father a Sabra <namurmuring words of gratitude ish to it. It is hard to take it all in. tive Israeli). In 1933 they gave and endearment in their native It is hard to look into the eyes birth to a son, Antoly ("Tully"). Arabic. of Lena and Suza, to see the The father made a living, It is a story of the war, per- deep furrow of tribulation in the though as a port worker he was haps one of many. Yet it is an torture-racked faces, not able to provide his family extraordinary story. Not a story with all the comforts of life. The Beginning of conquest, nor one of heroism In 1936 the twin sisters, Lena in battle, of blood-andthunder. Their parents had married in Sam Diamond Rather, this is a story of great 1M2 and settled in Haifa. The and Suza were born. They were small and frail at birth—but strikingly beautiful. Their hair was blond, their eyes dark Stanley Diamond brown like the dark brown of fertile soil. They were nine years old when the family left 4415 CUMING STREET Haifa and moved to the town of Gaza, which at that time was still under British Mandatory rule, as was the rest of Palestine. If Papa Yosef had been able, at that moment, to foresee the Best Wishes lor a consequences of his eagerness OFFICE for a better job and a higher SUPPLIES HAPPY NEW YEAR S U P P L I E R S FURNITURE (alary, he would no doubt have preferred to continue to wrestle with cargoes in Haifa port From 2611 Fcrnom St. Phone 342-2000 and with a badly unbalanced family budget. Foresight, however, is riot among the traits with which nature has endowed most men. In Gaza, Yosef Ben Yaakov West Wishes i® AM Bur received a position with a BritHouse of Delicacies ish firm, and the British Treasury compensated him for havFriesad® Sor a Very 391-3207 ing had to leave Haifa and hav- 7830 Dodge St. ing to adjust to life in an Arab Happy, BBealthg New Year society. What more could he ask for? . , The family—the elder son, Tully, the twins, Lena and Suza, the younger sister Victoria and MR.and MRS, 12 ELEWITZ (lie mother—were put up by Josef, in a pleasant, spacious flat MR. and MRS. DICK ROSENTHAL that he had rented in Gaza. A From short time later, Tully was sent to the Zion Boarding Schoolin MR. and MRS. MANNY GOLDBERG Jerusalem. Then came May 14, 1948 —the proclamation of Israel's independence and, the following morning, the Arab invasion of SELECT NEW AND USED CARS the newborn State. 73rd *nd Maple Yosef rushed to Jerusalem, picked up his son and took him back with him to Gaza, where Ovor 100 Cars In Inventory for Your Selection the rest of the family was makVVill Talcs Trades and Arrange Finance ing hurried preparations to go MR. end MRS. JERRY SHERMAN back tojlaift. • Over 50.Years Experience in.Business . But ft was too late*. • ' ' ' . Stranded la Gaza The' coastal road had been cut of/. The Ben Yaakov family was stranded in a hostile 72nd and M@rcy Ud. 1 ,«ty in the midst of a war to ifehdo Pitta . \ . ' < •the death between --Jews and 2Blks. No. of Center 391-4731 Arabs. Suddenly Iheir livelihood ' SOth and Blond© and their entire future were jeopardized. Gone were the Brit-

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Mi»1<pri<* 3$e»»ttif4f ol the MPetense Minister to the Msrnel Befeiase Wvrees 4m the Virsi Utty oi the "Soldiers of Zahal! We do not aim at conquest. Our sole objective is to put to naught the attempt by Arab forces to conquer our land. We seek to brealc and destroy the ring of blockade and aggressions surrounding us. The Eqyptians have enlisted the aid, and have assumed command of the forces of Syria, Jordan and Iraq. These have been joined by units from Algeria and Kuwait. They outnumber us, but we shall overcome them. We are a small nation, but undaunted; loving peace, yet prepared to fight for its life and land. The home front will certainly do its share to bear the burden. But the main effort will be up to you, the soldiers, f i g h t i n g in the air, on land and sea, they who man the trenches in the border settlements and they who mount the tank attacks. Soldiers of Zahal! Today our hopes and trust is with you."

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(Editor's Note: The following excerpts are from ;IH address given by General IFcr/.og, First Military Governor of tlic West Rank of Jordon, shortly alter the war.) We are too near to the awe inspiring events which have engulfed Israel and the Middle East, indeed the whole world, to be capable of evaluating them in their correct perspective. A major revolution has occurred, not only within the context of the area in which we live, the Middle East, but also in the power struggle in the world, and we, the two and a half million citizens of Israel, have been in the vortex oi the upheaval. Within the context of In the various conciliation 4.1)00 years of Jewish history, our generation has been privi- moves undertaken by the United leged to take its place together Nations after that war Israel to take back 100,000 refwith the lew chosen generations offered () i V of our history, the 'generation of *j ?i s • urn! to *}2 c°Minf>nsnf ion •following direct negotiations for Moses, of Joshua, of King David, and* King Solomon, of the all abandoned Arab property; these proposals were rejected Maecabis and Bar Kochba. out of hand. In 1051, the .Security For years now the history of Council, that very body to which the .Middle East, ever since it the Arab leaders run only when began to emerge from the sloth the going is not so good, reand the lethargy of (ho rule of solved that the Suez Canal must the Ottoman Empire, has been be opened to Israeli shipping as testimony to the short-sighted- well—it remained closed. In 1!)32 ness of those who would mala1 a new star arose in the firmathemselves out to he lite leaders ment of the Middle East—Nasser. of the Arab world. If one takes the history of the New Leader Arab/Israeli conflict- a i u i i t r , We fonuiy iinagiiieu iiidt iitri'c without delving more into re- now was a leader great enough mole history, one sees how this to grasp the nettle of Arab/ leadership has thrown away one Israeli relations and to meet chance after another for a rea- with us in order to talk. There sonable settlement in the area, was much coming and going only to be forced a few years but the Fedahin raids into the later by a more difficult prob- heart of the country mounted lem which they refused to face in severity, the Straits of Tiram up to, and so on. and the Suez Canal were closed Take but a few examples; the to us, closing us off from our Peel Commission proposed par- natural markets in Asia and tition a year or so before World Africa, the Rus'siaii arms build

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U War II. The Arabs rejected it out of hand. The Anglo-American Commission with President Truman's full support, brought forward a proposal for the absorption of 100,000 Jewish refugees, remnants of the European holocaust alter th1-' war—they wouldn't lienr of it. The U.K. proposed a partition oi the country into a separate Jewish and Arab slate, linked economically one to the other—the Jewish leadership accepted it. the Arab reply was to invade I he country with .seven Arab Annies, with the aim of wiping out the 600,000 Jews and driving them into the sea. They wore, defeated, and in the process the Arab refugee problem of HHi! was created.

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up was moving apace, yes, there was one then too, as were political moves designed to remove Western Influence from the area and the Arab ring around Israel was closing following Jordan alliance to the Arab military pact with Egypt and Syria. This mounting pressure of events led to the Sinai Campaign, with results which are well known. At that time it was hailed militarily us the Hundred Hours War, a miracle of speed and dash. Now in the light of what has happened in Sinai in June in three days, that campaign lasting one whole week, is being characterized as a s!ow-mo!ion exercise. After much hard bargaining at the international negotiation table. Israel withdrew her forces from Sinai, Gaza, Sharm el-Sheik and the Straits of Tiran. alter an agreement for the stationing of United Nation Expeditionary Force along the frontier and Shnrm-clSheik believing that this might open a new era, and relying on a declaration of the maritime powers including the USA, Britain and France, that the blocking of the Straits of Tiran will be considered an act of war. But again, Arab leadership failed to face up to the challenge; instead of resettling homeless refugees they spent billions on re-arming, as we have discovered w our gain, instead of attempting to harness their vast water resources in Litani, Ironies and the Euphrates in order to feed their starving disease-ridden masses, they devoted considerable elforts and large sums of money in order to divert from Israel the little water she receives from the Jordan, War, Not Peace Instead of peace they talked war, instead of preparing for the challenges of the modern age, they devoted all their wealth and energy towards the preparation of the destruction of Israel, while at the same time engaging in internacine Arab intrigue designed to subvert their fellow Arab regimes. Remember, that until June 5th, , the only army killing Arabs was an Arab army, mainly (he Egyptians in the Yemen, while bombing defenseless tribesmen With poison gas. The Egyptian .-Army" killed a great number ol Arabs. The favourite traitor to the Arab cause in Cairo Hadio and Sultan Arab H a d i o was none-other than King Hussein. May ana June. 19G7 Early in May the Russians informed the Egyptian Government that Israel had concentrated eleven brigades, pome IJO.OOO to 40,000 troops along the Syrian frontier, and was preparing ' to invade Syria. Nasser in his famous resignation speech confirmed the receipt cf this intelligence from Russia, and its im-

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parlance in all his decisions. There was not one brigade in the area at the time. There was not even a battalion—the force was nearer one company —120 men in size. The Russians must have been aware of this fact, for a hundred or see diplomats in their Embassy and in the Satellite Embassies enjoyed freedom of movement and indeed exercised this freedom to the full, in fact more than that is their wont. The great question is why did they pass on false information to Egypt knowing that it was completely false. I would

say that the answer to this question would explain much of what happened in our region for years. One thing is clear however, the Russians bad a clear policy; there were and, I might add, are pursuing with single-mindedness, which is more than one can say of other powers normally assoicated with the nrca. Act of War This was to be the final batHe. Nasser .struck by closing the Straits of Tiran—this was the act of war—and all discussion as to who struck first is (Continued on Page 5D

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The Bitter Price of Victory

The rewards of war are bitter. Even the victors must suffer losses. This is the sad futility of war. Israel paid dearly for fiier June victories With the lives of the flower of her youth. • Some 700 died in battle. Husbands, sons, fathers, brothers have been laid to rest Deeply mourned by Ioyed ones left behind. In defense of peace, they went to war. They died so that their country might live. W e pray that they

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The Heroe People wage wars: war make stories. War also make heroer to figure '. those stories. The men and women . of the recent 6 day war in Israel are not those who know how to kill their enemy, but those who do not want to kill, but are forced to do so. People who love their country as mi'tii as they love peace. People who bear no grudge against their enemi?s. but simply do not desire to be exterminated. They fougl' for their country and peace, and no uniiy which is armed wi'h such desires can ever be f'e.'eated. Soldiers who are not h'pp. tu kill nor to be killed, are invincible. The following is but one of the many s'-nes ol the heroes cf the short war.

"Train up a child in file way he should 90, and even when he is old, he wi!! nor depart front if."

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"You shouldn't worry dear. We are doing some marvels which nobody could explain. I cannot tell you from where I am writin, , but tomorrow 1 will. Tomorrow you may hear about us too. History will remember BAR MITZVAK CFXEBRANTS Gordon Hoberman Howard Jay Katzman what we 0'"' as you will too. If Leonard Barron anything happens, be brave as Sieves Barren Stephen Kirshpiibaum befits --" Israeli woman. We Nathan Beber David Kutlcr shall nipet ain, no d o u b t , iMark Belmont Mark Kutler sooner or later. Loving you, Richard Bernstein James Lehr Amos . . . " Richard Scott Bernstein Douglas Lincoln • • • Steven Blumkin Mark Allen Lippett Amos took his men to the as- Frank Brodkey Howard Zachary Marshall sault on one of the Augusta Vic- Joel Brooks Jerry Manheimer toria positions of th" Jordan- Spencer Brookstein ians, which commanded the Old David Brophy Bruce Meyers City of Jerusalem. Two of his Sanford Burstein Ronald Steven Meyerson Amos 0. was only 23. As a men got injured in the lirst out- Sanford Michael Cipinko Steve Nepomnick student of Ancient History and burst of fire. Amos took care of Alan Marc Cohen Steven Noodell philosophy he would graduate them, then resumed his charge Jeffrey Lynn Ostrow and stand in a lecture room forwards. Then, on his left, a Larry Cohen , himself within two or three Jordanian machine-gun started David Colm Jay Parsow years. But the war cut all histo rattle. From behind him he Howard Cohn Mark Raduziner c o u l d hear one of his men David Cooper dreams sMrt. Randall Ratner groaning. Then he heard himMarc William Crounse He belom'ei" to the paratroop- self -houting: "Take Cover!" Michael Rips Marc Delman ers, and like all of them he had Richard Robinson volunteered. When tension startBut he di-l not. Drawing a Larry Denenberg Bennett Rodick ed to rise in the Middle East hand grenade out of his pouch Dennis DePorte ; Gary Roffmnn and his friends were mobilized he unlocked the safety catch, Arthur Diamond Andrew Rosen he could have sought exemption and raised his hand in a wide Harry Don John Rosenberg on the grounds of being a stu- curb to ^ain momentum. Joseph Eisenberg . Elliot Rosner dent. Instead he reported to his At that moment a bullet Barry Engel Robert Rovner unit. slashed h" wrist. The live gre- Scott Fihkle .Larry Ruback Ta!! with black e"es short • .www t w f | - ~ « * ••*»»• .••« *..U««. *~ Michael Joseph Forman Michael Howard Saikm cut hair and a smile that never ed hand. In a moment it would Alan Fredricfca Mark Sanford vanished frrm his face, Amos go off. But if it did all his men Eric Fried Mark Schupack was more than a commander to w o u l d be ead or vmnded. Scott Frohm Stephen Sherman his platoon *' vas a friend and Amos could take no chance, and Larry Gendler Edwin Morris Stiver in a matter of 'w.. seconds he Stewart Allan Ciller father t" y ig and old alike. Richard Paul Siref' had to decide. Jerusalem Bailie Daniel Slosburg Michael Goodman The war started in the south Michael Staenberg He threw himself on the dead- Steve Gotsdiner < Craig Starr and do to the brilliant success ly grenade, and clutched it to Brad Greenstone James Steinberg of other forces "the paratroop- himself. 'Vhen it went off, it did Larry Hafits Joel Stern ers were left jobless." Then the not hurt any of his men, though James Harris Alan G. Stoler •war in .Jerusalem started and ' he did not live to know it. U

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The Israel War: How Deeply Has If Touched World Jewry? into a sustaining love fi r JudaBy liabbi Isaac Nadolf More Own land was con- ism? Or will the passage r of quered in the recent war in the time cause us to return to it Mid-East. The Soul of the Jew more usual state of indifference and unconcern. was also conquered. These are the questions that The Jewish people the world over 'responded with unprece- must be asked, and answered, dented intensity to the e'tnts us the new Jewish year apwhich led tip to the War of Six proaches. We have it in our Pays. They reacted in a manner power to make it a year of dediwhich revealed a strong com- cation and commitment to Jube mitment to, and involvement daism. In so doing we will 1 with, the life and destiny of giving lasting meaning an- sigour people. The immediate and nifigance to one of the great total response manifested itself moments of h i s t o r y through not only in a generous outpour- which we have recently pass '. ing of funds, tiie iikes of winch we have never seen. Jevs gave their services, their time : .'1 Purpose their efforts in whatever way these were needed. Jewish youth To foster and further the highfrom all corners of the world est ideals of Orthodox Judaism; rushed to Israel in answer to to promote closer fellowship the call to serve the State in its among its members and to encourage religious, social and hour of grave trial. educational activities. : A marvelous degree 01 unity President was achieved in all segments of Mrs. Jay Stoler, 55G-5-355 Jewish life. All differences were Vice-I'rcsidcnls put aside in the face of the Fund liaising omergenrv. that thrp.itpnpr] thp Mrs. Sam Herman. 553-534G existence of Israel. A sense of Membership personal identification with the ?>Trs. Maurice Eoguchwal, 5531311 fate and destiny of the Jcvi.sh Program Elate was evident for all to see. Mrs. Maurice Karpcn, 393-3412 The Fu'urc Social Arrangements The important question now is: will this sense of commit- Mrs. Frank Cohen, 55G-9040 Synagogue Service ment and involvement in the historical destiny of our •••eople be Mrs. Maurice Schwartz, 55G-7718 Public notations maintained? Or will 'he enthusiasm so dramatically evidence-] Mrs. Harry Shrago, 551-3800 be dissipated. Will the lovr and Treasurer concern for the future of our Mrs. Henry Coren, 553-7977 people, which we displayed in Recording Srcrelary such abundance, be translated Mrs. Bennett Fishbain, .">5G«390 Corresponding Secretaries Mrs. Paul Rifkin, 538-3017 Mrs. Sandor Bernstein, 550 0282 Financial Secretaries Mrs. Milton Parker, 553-3249 Mrs. Elliott Brown, 556-4092 President Paul Crounsc Directors Virr-I'midcnt Mmes. Sidney Katelman, Harry Dr. Maurice B. Schvrartz S,\dman, D. W. Lewis Financial Secretary Meeting Dale Abner Rubin Second Tuesday of each month. Treasurer 12:30 p.m. luncheon. Beth Israel. Herbert Meichps Kcrorriing Secretary Edward Parker Happy Now Year Executive Board Past Presidents to All Our Friends Dr. Abe G r e e n berg, Max F r o m kin, Harry Si dm an, From " Maurice Katzman, Dan Gordjnan, Maurice Katelman. Henry •Appel, Dr. Haskell Morris, Ernest J. Hochster. Board of Directors B. Gilbert Aronoff, \z Bogda- Hair Styles for Men noff. Irving Epstein. Dr. Bennett 1325 So. 72nd rishbain. Joseph Kirshenbaum, George Shapiro, Eli Schupack, 391-9882 Jay Stoler.

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The Israel Air Force, with lightning swiftness and unblievable perfection, carried the war to the enemy's airfield, wrought havoc among his armor and transport and assisted the ground forces in all their battles. Brigadier Mordecai Hod, commander of the Israel Air Force, has earned his page in history as the man who carried our the most successful air operation the world has ever known.

Historic ftflessisye bt§ Air Foree Commander Hod to 3tembers of the Israel Air Foree on the First lhu$ of the War "The impudent and malicious Egyptian foe has raised his hand to destroy us. The Air Force, clenched fist of Zahal, has its orders. We are taking off for battle. The third link in the chain of our struggle for i n d e p e n d e n c e and freedom, in the historic land of our birth, is about to be forged. The triple thread of 1948, 1956 and 1967 shall not be snapped. The spirit of Israel's warriors throughout the generations will be with us in battle—David, Joshua, the Maccabees, the valiant fighters in the War of I n d e p e n d e n c e and the Sinai Campaign. This spirit will be our source of strength and inspiration as we engage the Egyptian foe, the threat to our security, our sovereignty and our future. In his smashing defeat v/e shall find peace and security for ourselves, for our children and for generations yet to come. Aloft then—after the enemy—so that Israel may forever dwell secure in its land.11

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Oddities of the Jewish Year By Kabbi .Myer S. Kripke I am intrigued by some oddities of the High Holy Days this year, oddities that counterbalance each oilier. The one is that Rosh Hashan.-ih and Vcm Ki[> pur come very late in the civil calendar. But the oilier is daylight saving time, which counteracts some lit the eifecls of the late calendar dale. Involved here is nothing less than man's encounter with nature the fact that we live on a specific planet with a specific orbit, which produces a specific solar year. So far as we know our year of :!65 days is peculiar to us. We alone have it. No competitor can make this statement. Jewish Year But we Jews have a different year, peculiar to us. No other cultural group or religious group has the identical year. In any case, the turn of the year involves us always in s o b e r thoughts, the fact that time runs

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out. that orbits are completed, that times of renewal—and of Judgment!—recur in an endless cycle. And it man is not a clod, he is perforce confronted with questions of inclining, the purpose of his striving within this continuous process of nature, nature which apparently is not concerned with man. Judaism insists that Cud is foiitf-rned with man if nature is mil. and that man (il he is nut a clod) must lie conecriicd with Cod. To these questions of meaning Jews necessarily add concern with their survival as Jews, physically and spiritually. The House of Israel is high on our list of vital interests, Israel the Slate and the House of Israel the world over, And we ore concerned with man and the human condition, Man as a human race and men as they live in lands of freedom or oppression, in nations at peace or at war. To all these thoughts we are called by the Days of Awe, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. And may they bring to us a year of peace and fulfillment, well-being and joy.

President Jack M. Green j nurniay OCIVIUCO j Vice-Presidents Yale Richards ROSH.HASHANAH Ray Simon Wednesday, October 4 Morley Zipursky Evening Service: 8:15 p.m. Secretary Thursday, October 5 Eli Zalkin Morning Service: 8:30 a.m. Treasurer Youth Service: 10: in a.m. Louis Blumkin MinchaMaariv: 6:45 p.m. Board Members Friday, October 6 Ernest B, VVintroub, Alvin Morning Service: 8:30 a.m. Abramson, H. Lee G e n d 1 c r, Youth Service: 10:15 a.m. Leonard Goldstein, Joseph Horn- Sabbath P>e Service: 8:15 p.m. Stein, Dr. Benton Kutler. Morton * * * Richards. Jerold Rosen, Hubert YOM KIPPL'R Rosenblum. Barton Greenberg, , Friday, October 13 James Lipsey, Stuart Simon, Kol Nidre: 6:45 p.m. Abe Slusky. Arnold .Stern, StewSaturday, October M art Tully. Mines. Sheldon LinMorning Service: 8:30 a.m. coln, E. R. Simon, Nathan Turn-' Youth Service: 10:15 a.m. er and Norman Pred. MinchaNeilah Service: 4:45 p.m.

Sisterhood Purpose Share .similar goals with The United Synagogue of America and cooperate c 1 o s e 1 y with them. Dedicated to the perpetuation of traditional Judaism and the translation of its high ideals into practice, through a living Judaism in the home, the Synagogue and the •community. President Mrn. Sheldon Lincoln. 391'G3ti3 Vice-Presidents Administrative Mrs. Maurice Alpcrin, 551-5345 Cultural Mrs. Stewart Tully. 31I3O713 Social and Welfare Mrs. Arthur Grossman, 550-4033 Ways and Means Mrs. Harold Novak, 55:)-0il51 Corresnomliiig Secretary Mrs. SolParsow. 536-3211 Financial Secretaries Mrs. J. Arnold Stern. 5.r)3(ifi51 Mrs, Morton Trachtenbarg, 3!)33127 Recording Secretary Mrs. Marvin Steinberg. 558 0346 Treasurer Mrs. Barton Greenberg, 31)37240 Auditor Mrs, Max Falk, 551M4U1 Directors Mines.'Ray Simon. Jake Turek, David Colin. Ervin Simon. Stanley Kaplan. Sol Crandell. Meeting Date Second Tuesday of each month. 12:30 luncheon. Beth El.

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were the Volunteers. From al parts of the world they came, Jew and non-Jew; They came to help—in whatever way they could.

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I Holiday Services ROSH HASIIANA Wednesday, October 4 First Service: 7:15 p.m. Second Service: 9:15 p.m. Thursday, October 5 Morning Service: 10 a.m. Youth Service: 3 p.m. The youth service is primarily for children in the Sunday Division of the Religious School: Kindergarten through f o u r t h grade. Shabbas Sliuvah Friday, October fi: i!:15 p.m. Saturday, October 7: 11:30 a.m. Sunday, October 8 Annual Memorial Service: 2 p.m. at Temple Israel Cemetery YOM KIITI'H .

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First Service: 7:15 p.m. Second Service: ii:J5 p.m. Saturday, October H Service begins at 10 a.m. and continues throughout the day. Afternoon Service: 3 p.m. Youth Service: 1:30 p.m. The Youth Service is primarily for children in the Sunday Division of Religious School: Kinderkarten through f o u r t h grade.

Congregation Officers President David E. Beber Vice-President Morris J. Lipp •Secretary Jack E. Cohen Treasurer Maurice J. Aresty Hoard Members Mrs. Maurice Aresty, Mrs. Norman Lincoln, Messers. Frederick Cassman, Harold Cherniack, Lloyd Friedman, Willard Friedman, Harold Garber, Maurice R. Gilmore, Abe Katelman, Stanley Perimeter, Bernard Ruben, Stanley S1 o s b u r g. Norman Smeerin, Marlon Somberg, Sidney Osten.

Men's Qiub President Harold "Sonny" Garber Vict-1'rcsidents Charlie Scuddcr Murray Newman Robert Kully Robert Livingstone Louis Klein Secretary Charleu Morgenthau Treasurer Donald Luben

By Itabbi Sidney H. Brooks It is a little too easy simply to wish each other a Happy New Year. The High Holidays which we observe together are not so much celebration as consecration. So to wish tor a good year is not as much to the point as to strive lor one. And there is so much that de- 'tmds our attention, our concern, our work, our .sympathy and our ceaseless effort. At so many points the vorld bleeds. In so many places the earth shakes with discord and death and destruction. All this as we gather in our synagogues io pray to the Father »f mankind, the Lord of Peace and the Author of Life.

Sisterhood Purpose To further every interest of the congregation; to cultivate the religious, education and civic interests of its members; to promote fellowship among its members; and to advance the program of Temple Israel and the purposes of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. President Mrs. Maurice Aresty, 553-5580 Vice-Presidents Religion and Education Mrs. Norman Lincoln, 391-4498 Membership and Administrative Mrs. Harold Weinhoff, 391-J405 Advancement of Judaism Mrs. F. Ronald Cohn, 391-5120 Publicity and Community Cooperation Mrs. Henry L. Greenberg, 5538219 Recording Secretary Mrs. Marlon Somberg, 393 6844 Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Sidney Osten, 333-3710 Dues Secretary Mrs. Nathan Novak, 391-7016 Treasurer Mrs. Joseph Stern,. 391-0735 Auditor Mrs. David Beber, 551-2301 Parliamentarian Mrs. I. M. Liberman, 556-1269Advisor Mrs. Sidney H. Brooks, 397-3138 Meeting Date Second Tuesday of each month. 1 p.m. luncheon. Temple Israel.

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I can only hope that all of us can this year pray with a new fervor, a . rekindled zeal and a fresh humility. For among the greatest mysteries of life is the reason why for us life is more secure, more prosperous, more fruitful than for the vast majority of mankind. Ourj is a great blessing. And the message of our High Holidays is simply that we learn to use our freedom, our material possessions and our power as a community for the good of all men, In reviewing our conduct may we Learn how to live more nobly. In recalling our errors may we learn how to behave more wisely. In confessing our sins may we learn how to be more iorgiving of others. And in wishing each other Shonah Tovah. a Good and Peaceful Year, may we wholeheartedly s t r i v e to make the days ahead n Good and Peaceful year for all.

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"Onfy rarely are oratory and diplomacy brought into c r e a t i v e alliance, yet Abba Eban has contrived by a grace of mind not only to reconcile these diverse gifts, but to fuse them into an essor.tsa! unity. He has mobilized the E n g l i s h language and sent it into battle in defense of Israel." Washington Post and Times Herald

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Israel's Nationhood "It would seem to me that after 3,000 years the time has arrivpd to accept Israel's nationhood as a fact. Here is tin* only State in the in I er-iiiitional community which lias the same territory, speaks the .same language and upholds the same faith as it did 3,000 years ago." " •

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"Jerusalem, now united after her tragic division, is no longer an arena for gun cmplacements and barbed wire. A people has come back to the- cradle of its birth. It has renewed its link with the mystery of its continuity."

"The Arab States can no longer be permitted to recognize Israel's exist.e n e e only for the purpose of plotting its elimination. They liave come face to face with us in conflict. Let them'now come face to face with us in peace."

'.'Most clocks move forward and not backward. This should be the case with the clock of Middle Eastern peace. Not backward to belligerency, but forward to peace. "Israel in recent days has proved its steadfastness and vigor. It is now willing to demonstrate its instinct for peace. Let us build a new system of relationships from the wreckage of the old, Let us discern across the darkness the vision of a better and brighter dawn."

Israel's Army "Alone, u n a i d e d, .neither seeking nor receiving help, our nation rose in self-defense. So long as men cherish freedom, so long as small states strive for the dignity of'exislence, the exploits of Israel's armies will be told from one generation to another w i t h the d e e p e s t pride."

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By David Schwartz When I was a child everyone used to take a bath before Rosh Hashanah whether they needed it or not. r In those d a y s , every f a m i l y didn't h a v e a shower and tub like today. The fact is that bath tubs, radio and television came in almost at the same t im e There were no frigidaires eitli- I). Schwartz «r. The ice man would come around and sell you a block of ice. The men folk all went to the Turkish bath to bathe for Rosli Hashannah and, b e l i e v e me. you got a real bath. First, you were boiled, then they would fchmriss you with a kind of a broom to get the circulation stirring and then pour buckets

of cold water on you. Alter the bath, you could look at your neighbors and tell which were naturally brunette or if it was an accumulation of unreitioved dirt. The c h i l d r e n all got new clothes for R o s h Hashanah, Papa used to buy up odd-jobs of merchandise and sometimes both of the shoes would be left or both right. But anyway, both were new. You musn't t h i n k because there was no television or radio that the children didn't have any fun. If the gas went out, you would put a quarter in the slot and it would be a pleasure to see the light turn on. And if there was no television, there was plenty of broadcasting of a sort, around the synagogue on Rosh Hashanah. You bought a ticket to enter the synagogue, but a lot of people would spend more time outside talking. You could meet everyone at the

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synagogue on Rosh Hashanah. The Choir On Rosh Hashanah, the cantor always sang with the choir, it was like grand opera. My brother was in the choir and I wanted to be.in it, too. I went to see the cantor. He said, "I'll try you out. Sing alter me," and he sang. I sang the way he said and his face sort of turned. He Paid, "Let's try again. Sing, it," he said, "just the way I sing and be sure the last Babababababa goes way out." So he sang it again and so did I, and I sang way out just like he s a i d . W h e n I got through, he looked at me for a minute and then took a penny out of his pocket. "Go and get yourself some candy." •So I didn't eel to sing with the choir. Still, I had some profit from the deal. Tashlich 1 used to like the Tashlich ceremony, where you went to the water to symbolically throw your sins in. We had no river in the town but there was a park with an artificial pool in it and there were some boats there. My sister would warn me —it was a joke of course— about throwing my sins in the lake. She said it might poison the fish. One time on Rosh Hashanah I met my little friend, Joey there. He asked me where 1 was going. I said I was going to throw my sins in the lake. He asked me, "Did you murder anyone?" "Of course not," 1 said. "Are you sure?" he asked. 'Of course, I am sure." "Well," he said," "what did you steal?" "I didn't steal nothing and you know it," I said. "Well," Joey said, "if you didn't kill nobody and didn't steal, you haven't got any sins, so let's go rowing instead," 1 always liked the S h o f a r blowing on Rosh Hashanah, I used to hear the story how the rabbi of Berdichev chose the man to blow the Shofar in his synagogue. He asked all the applicants for the job what they thought when they blew the S h o f a r , They all s p o k e of the high thoughts they entertained when they blew the Shofar, but the rabbi, for one reason or another, didn't like the answers. Then a poor man came along and the rabbi a s k e d h i m w h a t he thought when he blew the Shofar, and he said, "Rabbi, I'll tell you what I think when I do it. You know, Rabbi, I am a poor man and I am not an educated man and I h a v e four daughters, so I say to God, 'O God, I have done my duty in bringing them into" the woriu, according to Thy will, and now O God, it's up to You and I beg of You, please see to it that these four daughters of mine get husbands.'" The rabbi of Berdichev gave this man the job. I think the man who blew the Shofar in our 'synagogue had four daughters, too. He blew the Shofar fine.

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the views and writing's of ;:ome of our local college youth prepared during the summer. While our high school youth can voice their views in the weekly Teen Talk column in the Jewish Press, we rarely have a chance to probe the thinking of our young people who are away at college. This was the motivation for a special college section in this edition. In discussing the format for this section with the young people involved, it was agreed by all that the section would not have to follow a New Year theme, nor would the contributors to the section be limited i.z to subjects or views.'As <i ifEiilt. this section represents a wide variety of thoughts on many subjects. Keaclions As I read these articles when they were .submitted to me. I had a variety of reactions. I was disturbed by some; impressed by others and unmoved by .some as well. The important thing is that these young people gave their time to this

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piojict 'Jlity »:ml vh.U tht\ wanted to .say. By reading their copy .1 •'listened"—an important part of communication where many of us fail. I'm most grateful to those who participated in this college .section, and I urge all readers to "listen" carefully to what has been written. You may not agree with all these young people have to say, but it's important that they be heard. Tin; Slait Not pictured with the rest of our college staff is Floyd Frieden, a junior at Northwestern Univer* sity, whose picture was not available. The only 'commissioned" author with a "spe. 'jitic" assignment was Mrs. Morris (Audrey) Shapiro, mother of Lisa Shapiro, one of the college staff. After reading Lisa's delightful piece on "So You're Going Away To College," I contacted Audrey and asked her to do the companion piece on "Ho Your Daughter's Going Away To College." Many thanks to Audrey who now" has the honor of being the only parent to be heard in this special section of college views.

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By ItU-lianl Friedman Despite all the advances which have been made in science, questions remain which perplex man—questions whose answers are forever unknowable. No scientists will ever be able to tell us what will happen tomorrow; what death is; or what life means. Whatever other purpose religion has served, it has served man by interpreting these great mysteries in an authoritative manner, providing him with a psychological basis for life. In

From One Mother to Another

By Sharon Herman By the end of my freshman year 1 had decided that college was not for me, and I returned home. After being away. for a year, I had as big an adjustment to make coming home, as had to be made when I went away to school. Where could I fit into society again? Where would I find the friends to replace those who I had left at college. Was there anything left of my old high school gang? "No man is an island." I needed people .with, whom I cotild talk and exchange ideas. These feelings I had experienced before—they were the same feelings I had on the High Holidays while I was away at school. I remembered it was a Holy day as I rode to the Temple in a car full of strangers. The con-

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grcgalion sang strange songs, and although there were people surrounding me, I felt v e r y much alone. New Job I found my place—and my people quickly. I now hold a position in the Physical Therapy department at Douglas County Hospital. Here my education by books and lectures has stopped, and the real education of life has begun. Everyday I work with all kinds of people from different environments. They become a part of me until they are able to walk on an artificial leg, bend w i t h o u t pain, or their burns are healed. They then don't need me anymore, and I go on to help someone new. New Philosophy My b e l i e f in God is very strong, however as my conceptions have changed about other things, .so have they changed about God. He is still powerful, all mighty and One; but now he is a feeling deep inside me, and not something I can see in my * mind's eye. J • My religion1; teaching have never failed me. I know enough about Judaism to appreciate its beauty. I want to be a good Jew and when I have children I want them to share my feelings about Judaism. I know who I am now, and I know I'm very lucky. My parents are always near,-not to lead me, but to walk by my side. I have found friends of every race, color and creed and I have found my place in this gigantic mixed-up world. The books have been put away for year, yet I am now taking the biggest exam in the world. I don't exist— I live, and I never cease to learn,

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By LISA SHAPIRO When a girl goes away to college, a whole new world opens up for her. She is free from parents' rules, parents' curfews, parents' nagging, and most important of all—parents. However, she soon learns that rules were made to be kept, and if she is to survive her Freshman year of college, she's going to have to set up some of hpr pan. She also learr.3 thst never—no mailer now hard shetries, no matter if she goes to the University of Kuala Lampur, is she going to escape the influence of her parents. For as long as she and millions of other girls remain in college, the Bell Telephone Company will continue to religiously deliver the voices of her parents to her at least twice a month. Keeping in mind the preceding, the college-bound girl should undertake the listing of a sot of rules. This'set of rules should be designed to bring to both the girl and her parents the least amount of "tsuris." Now, rules may vary according to the college that the girl is to attend. These rules are general, and may be altered according (Continued on Page 53)

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By Betsy Raskin "He who know he know not knows." So goes an old Chinese proverb, knowing how little I know, I've hesitated to write about some things that are bothering me. The solution: to cite sources dealing with such areas of general concern as the "hippie revolution" and the war in Viet Nam. Hippies, "social dropouts," have inspired much shock and many articles. While their physical appearance and way of living is repugnant to "straight" society, their ideas are more important. Highly appealing and indicative of growing disillusionment among young people, hippie ideas are—from the straight view—more dangerous and disturbing than their visible effects. Here are two statements on "Why hippies:" Time Magazine, July 7, MfiV "By contrast with the rebels of every previous generation in the U.S. . . . the hippies have no desire to control the machinery of society or redirect it toward new goals. They have no urge to reform the world, if only because its values seem irrelevant to them. "What offends, perplexes and yet also beguiles the straight senior is hippiedom's total disregard for approbation or disapproval. 'Do your .own thinking,' they say, and never mind what anyone else may think or do . . . • "Indeed, it could be argued that, in their independence of material possessions and their emphasis on peacefulness and honesty, hippies lead considerably more virtuous- lives thari the great majority of their fellow citizens . . . despite their blatant disregard for most jit society accepted mores and many of its laws—most notably those prohibiting the use of drugs . . . In the end it may be that the hippies have not so much dropped out of American society as given it something to think about."

By MKS. MORRIS J. '(AUI)RKY) SHAPIRO Congratulations! Your daughter has just been accepted by the college of her choice, and if you sell your house, both cars, and everyone in the family gets a job, you can almost afford it. Clothes Before shopping for college necessities, you must go through old clothes and pray everything from Jr. High on still fits. If

dinm coat, a parka, rain coat, •heavy jacket, winter c o a t (school), winter coat (dress), mittens, fur hat, mukluks, boots (two pair, one to wear while the other pair dries out), and then what will she wear if it really gets cold? Of course you drive her to the campus, the .shipping., cost of clothes, typewriter, hair dryer, clock radio, towels, sheets, memorabilia being more than

go on a shopping spree. Why should she go to tiie University of Hawaii where all she will need is a bikini and a bottle of Coppertone? She will go to the University of Alaska, where she will need a light jacket, a sta-

The First Days For the first few days after yo.ir daughter has lift for college the house is strangely quiet. No madly ringing phones, no honking cars, no wild giggling or hy.steria, no lighting for the bathroom, Then you begin to relax and enjoy it, and even consider renting out her room. . No'w you receive the first letter or phone call. She is having a wonderful time and she wants to know if she can join a gentile sorority. You, of course, turn pale while she gives you (Continued on Page 55)

Look Magazine, August 22, 1!)G7 "What the hippies say they are 'doing' in the more important sense is living creatively, experimenting with new styles of living and generally appreciating the wonder and changeability of human life. They have consciously 'dropped out,' or detached themselves, from what they consider the regimented, stultifying, dog-eat dog 'games' of the straight world, and have redefined 'progress' and 'success' in purely human terms. No boundaries are drawn between art and life. Everyone is creative and can realize his own full creative potential in everything he does, whether it is sandal-making or song-writing. ". . . Straight life, in the eyes of most hippies, is a long, stifling process designed to thwart and hem in all that is natural and spontaneous in humans. They believe that social conditioning, mass taste-making and indoctrination steadily stunt and narrow the individual human potential, with the result that society itself has become fragmented, specialized and narrow —and thereby tense, alienated and lonely. By contrast, . . . 'Hippies don't separate and pigeonhole and categorize. All is one. All is love. And love is where it's at.' "If life to the hippies has any 'purpose' in the ordinary context of the word, that purpose is religious discoveiy. For' religion isnot only consciousnessexpanding but it offers a further sense of identification and com. mon understanding among those who have 'seen the the light' " 'The hippies are more honest with themselves than anyone else is,' said a San Francisco cab driver. '"Most people spend all their time working and then enjoy life only as a sideline. With the hippies, life comes first, and work is the sideline.'" •

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It is the eve of Yom Kippur, tl year, and the mournful wail of the 1 the small gathering of Jews. But the inside a synagogue, and yarmtilkc; Utilises the shoulders of the praying r is being chanted on the chalk cliffs Denmark. The Jews at the makeshift waiting for a fishing boat to transr waterway to the free shores of Swe her «, 1!I43. This particular evacuation seem took place in Denmark in these fir A Night of Watching, Elliott Arnold of the fact that in these two weeks, I ground smuggled virtually all of Dei The people of Denmark were an , the.Germans had occupied Denmark told the Germans that Danish indus occupying Germans with essentials promise not to bother the Danish JCWE But, after Vh years, Hitler sends must be deported for eventual exteri waited too long to give the order, IV mans who had occupied Denmark for at the pride and protection the Dane.' the Jews. '-Although the generals decide up' Days to round up the Jews, one Ger of the Danish Underground, Peter Ha provides Hansen, along with his crew, ers, a chance to formulate and carrj of the Jews. What follows is the sub; moving and intensely exciting novel. One of the most amazing things ;§§ displayed by not only the Undergo Danish populous to help save the . lives for members of a religious min and about whom most of the world <«, only that these people were fellow | | were to be persecuted. , The respect that the Danes felt them to carry out extraordinary d those of courage or of simple hu; A Night of Watching, the thought n Jew's mind as to whether, if throw* fellow countrymen would risk their, he it a Jew, but because he id a U B)i along with this thought should comc risk his life to save a group of citii-i' know, who were religiously or. rocinlSb

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n ler to .serve lliis purpo.se, reion had to speak a.* an ub.sue uutliority. Although it has dom been a matter of con•ii for most men living under ;h systems, almost every lerican quickly spots the danr of totalitarianism inherent authoritarian mystery iuler.•tation. In answer to tins dan:, yet recognizing Hie nerd for lie answer to lite's mysteries,' • thinkers of ancient Athens, nj; only their own [;<>od rea1, developed "philosophy." vloik'rn Judaism, in so far as is nut an authoritative rcliHI, must be considered a phiophicnl one. But the basis 1 authority, whether faith or [id reason, has so broken wn in our time, that We live a state of moral and intellecil anarchy. .ntcllcctunls are no longer the Ihoritat.ive priests of nntinity nor are they philospliers. critic in our society speaks h moral authority which is loly accepted. None of AinerI'S many rebels accepts any iral authority outside -himself, jo it is that we find many >ple suggesting that what is .•(led is a revival of faith ;1 a renaissance ot God. Such recommendation, h o w e v e r •ix'ct its logic may be, is as .•less as suggesting that what : poor should do is get rich, what thp siok should do is . well. do not mean this little essay an obituary either for ornized religion or for our soty. But our society is chiing: very rapidly and in ways pleasant to most of us. The inge is clearly related to the :akdown of traditional relin and our inability to find rkable alternatives.' I'he great danger of course ihiit in our quest lor stability, will accept tyranical author, 1 don't know the answer—I I only intellectualize—but I know that breast-beating is enough, . . . . . .

Shapiro holiest night of the Jewish il Nidre prayer is heard by rvice is not being conducted lo not cover the heads or n. For the ICol Nidre prayer f Mocn, a (ishing village in iervice are Danish refugees rl them across the narrow :n. It is the night of Octowas just one of many that two weeks of October. In rites a fictionalized account ; courageous Danish Underark's 8,0f)0 Jews to Sweden. Hisiial breed. For 3Vi years, Yet, the King of the Danes y owners would supply the nly if the Germans would i order that all Danish Jews nation. However, Hitler has ny of the high-ranking Ger\U years are openly amazed have.for their fellow Danes, the week of the High Holy an officer informs the head jen, of the tragic plans. This if young Underground worknit plans for the evacuation nice of author Arnold's fastnut this'novel is (lie courage nd, but also almost fill the ws. Many people lost their ity whom they did not know 1 not care. The Danes knew •anes, like themselves,, who r their fellow Danes caused ds. But were their actions in decency? After reading ;ht creep into an American into'a similar'(situation, his cs to save his, not because led States citizen/However, mother one. Would the Jew 8, moat ol whom he did not different from himself?

lietsy KasKIn Junior, Northwestern If.

By ItlCTSY HASK1M How green and and dark is the western sky! Not a whisper slirs the air. Suddenly] .. . "Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow, you cataracts and hurricanes . . ." Glasses have rattled tonight and lights have sputtered. A black whirlwind has sucked a woman into death. But now, the sky is almost .spent. Only a gentle rain falls new—threads that link a hundred spiders from sky to earth. 'After midnight, and no oiie walks the misty courtyard below. They are all inside, studying. Or a:;!ccp. As I should'be. My mind will be neither directed nor lulled. Kven as I feel the freshness of the air, the magical serenity of the time, something swells within

me. Something is there, inside threatening me. Yet I cannot trap and subdue it. It is so very late. I must be alert at an « a.m. class. From nowhere comes the memory of a 14-year-old's essay . . . * * * . . . I lay in my cave warmth for a long time, but 1 found that I could not sleep. So I applied my mind to decide what made a birthday so important. It wasn't the ring that was twinkling at my bedside; nor was it the money and presents I had received from my relatives. What mattered was that I had survived 14 years in this hui'd, miserable, but oh so wonderful world. What mattered was that somehow my mother, with assist(Continued on Page fi3)

ewis By Sandii' Gieeiibrrg Bradley University's homecoming celebration in Peoria, Illinois this fall will occur .simultaneously with the observance of Yom Kippur. The administration claims the date was chosen inadvertantly, and regrets, that no other weekend is suitable for Homecoming. At one point, the entire InterFraternity Council refused to participate in the Homecoming activities, but reconsidered after talking it over with the administration. '. . Hillel, two Jewish Fraternities and one sorority have decided not to participate in the weekend activities from Thursday through Saturday even though the Yom Kippur conflict is only on Friday night and Saturday. SOT Efforts I am a member of Sigma Delta 'i'au, the sorority that voted against Homecoming participation. They did so even though they have been less that successful in their own meager attempts at providing a Jewish atmosphere for their members. At the SDT house we ate mat7,o last Passover, but bacon was also on the table. Someone gave us a .nic7.U7.ali for our sorority house, but it was months before it was finally hung—by a visiting parent. I would have been in Temple on Yom Kippur Day regardless of what the sorority stand on Homecoming would have been. I wonder if group efforts for Judaism-on-the college campus are necessary at all. All my sorority sistcs are Jewish. It is this common background that draws us together, but this is where Jewish sorority life ends. There is no sorority observance of the Sabbath, npr, until this year, any attempt at mass observance of the High Holy Days. I believe that each of my Jewish sorority sisters, will continue to practice Judaism in college in the same manner she practiced it before coming to college without the aid of "Jewish surroundings." Social Organization I joined SDT as a social organization and not as- a Jewish organization. The purpose of sorority life is' to form friendships among its members and not to foster their religion. Although Christmas trees are restricted to upstairs bedrooms at our sorority house, I doubt if it would bother me if there was a nativity scene in the living room. I am secure in my religious beliefs. I don't need a sorority to enforce them.

Susan Lincoln Junior, Nebraska U.

Ity Susie Lincoln There's a war raging in American youth today.' It's evident in the way they dress, the way they talk, and cxpecially in the way they act. Many feel that our young people are simply undergoing an "identity crisis" while others sympathize with their rebellion. "What's the matter with the younger generation" is a familiar cry heard following news reports of draft-card burners, hippies and long-haired guitar players. Is there anything really wrong with the younger generation? Opinions are split; however, the young are undergoing violent criticisms about their ambi-

By Floyd Fi'cidcn To most Jewish college students the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation is a place to go when they first arrive on campus to be introduced to other Jewish students. Often, this visit at the Hillel house will not only be the first, but also the last. The majority of college students seem to have little interest in the facilities or services that the Hillel Foundations offer. They complain lhat the people who frequent Hillel are cither religious fanatics or people that seem to be completely removed from social contact with the outer world. The rabbi of the local chapter is often accused of various and sundry transgressions ranging from encouraging Jewish college students to join the Hasidic cult, to trying to replace "Yenta the matchmaker" in creating pairings, Finally, the students complain that the facilities at the Hillel house are old and that they find il difficult lo enjoy things in outdated facilities. All of these complaints, and many more, have some justification. However, I feel that the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations do offer the Jewish college student many worthwhile opportunities. Hillel IEabhis The rabbi Is the key to the success or the failure of the chapter. If he is well liked and cognizant of the fact that he is dealing with college students and their problems, and that he is not running- a crusade or a Yeshiva, the chances are good that many young people would be attracted to Hillel. Unfortunately, the Hillel Foundations

do not have enough rabbis that are capable of developing this relationship with college students. Once a nucleus is established, the Hillel Foundation can sponsor a lecture series by leading campus personalities, a guest lecture series by nationally prominent people, art exhibits, Sunday evening suppers, Passover meals, Israeli and popular dance parties, theater parties and religious services. Only with the proper support from the student body can Hillel even begin to function toward the fulfillment of the ideals upon which it was founded. ; Personally, I have found Hillel to be a place to sludy, make friends, relax while listening to records, discuss my problems with someone who will listen, and finally, as a place to learn in both the religious and academic spheres from the many different people who come to Hillel. Expectations Parents are often disappointed with Hillel and the sponsoring B'nai B'rith organization because they feel Hillel. has failed their child at college. These people expect Hillel to magically "make their children positive Jews," Hillel can, and does, offer the setting and the opportunities; but Hillel cannot make people take advantage of these opportunities. Perhaps the fault lies with the parents in not giving their children the close Identification with Judaism during their pre-college years Which would encourage them as college students to seek out the opportunities available to them at the Hillel House.

international convention which , By Itichard Friedman promised the Vietnamese free The purpose of any rational elections and national unity, but foreign policy is to further the for 13 years we have hindered interests of the nation. We arc told by our government (hat it ' both. Meanwhile, we have sys-' tematically destroyed Vietnam, Is in our national Interest to North and South, by prolonging fight in Vietnam—bill no one is sure why!. ' ' . . ' . - • . a war that is none of our business. All ill the name of national' Before the war our Vietnam intei est. investments weren't worth menWe are spending over $20 biltioning. We participated in an

lion a year—almost $(!!) million daily--on this war when we can find almost nothing to rebuild our blighted cities, clean our polluted air and rivers and, above all, pay. what will be the great financial cost of preparing our nation for racial integration. We can afford the Vietnam War, but not at the same (Continued on Page 52)

tions. their outlooks on life and their moral behavior. •• Much criticism has been voiced about the ambitions of youth. Author Paul Goodman asserts that college students are the most exploited class in our society. Youth is exploited by its own ambitions, by its own contradictions and by its own destructive violence. These are the pressures that face the youth of today with regard to their ambitions. Pressures It is the ambition of the majority of the young to get into a first-rate- c o l l e g e , and later, graduate school. It is common knowledge that it is g e t t i n g more difficult to get along in the world without a good education, and most students, under this tremendous pressure, work harder than their parents did in seeking this education. The older generation had nothing to look forward to other than a" world of unemployment and war. The war that faced them was considerably larger in size than the current phase of the cold war that exists today. A l t h o u g h the draft has cramped the ambitions of some of today's youth, they are far better off than their parents were, for this country has never been as prosperous as it is today. ' Compared to the majority of college students who support the U. S. purpose in Viet Nam, the draft card burners are a mere handful. The older generation asserts that they have set a good example for today's youth and are offended by those young people who do not choose to follow in the same footsteps. Itad Examples What examples really have they set? History records a generation that solved its problems by atomic bombs, genocide and civil-rights murders. This is the s.ime generation who, t o d a y , looks with horror at draft card burners, hippies and long haired guitar players. Moral behavior is a n o t h e r criticism leveled at t o d a y ' s youth. It is true that y o u t h seems to be more permissive about sexual norms, but thero is no real evidence that sexual behavior has changed significantly in the past 30 years. What was done secretly 30 (Continued on Page 53)

Sandi Grcenberg Junior, Bradley U.

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New Tear'* Edition —THE JEWISH HSE.S.S — Ro*h Hath&ath 3728

Thnrtdajr, October 5, 1W7

Personal Greetings for MR. AM) MRS. JOHN ABRAHAM and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MR. AND MRS. HAROLD L. ADLER and family extend warm Rredmgs and good wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New Year. MR. AM) .MRS. WILLIAM AU BERTS and family of Portland, Oregon, extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MRS. MAX AKBITMAN and family wish all their relatives and friends, both far and near, a very happy New Year. MR. AND MItS. CHARLES ARNOLD and daughter wish their relatives and friends a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

B MR. AND MRS. ABE BAKKR wish all their relatives and friends h e a l t h , happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR- AND MRS. PHILIP BATT extend warm greetings and good wishes to all their relatives and friends for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New Year. MRS. ALBERT BEBER wishes all her relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

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ISRANDEIS UNIVERSITY NATIONAL WOMEN'S COMMITTEE OF OMAHA extends greetings and good wishes to all their members and friends for a happy and healthy New Year. MR. AND MRS. E U G E N E BIJAl'N and family offer sincere good wishes to all for a New Year filled with all the good things of life.

RABBI AND MRS. SIDNEY II. BROOKS, MIRIAM and JOEL, extend their greetings and best wishes to the community for health and happiness in the coming year.

MR. AND MRS. REUBEN II. BROWN wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. LAWRENCE M. CHAPMAN, wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

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MR. SAM CLAYMAN extends warm greetings and good wishes to all his relatives and friends for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

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D MR. AND MRS. NORMAN DENENBERG and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MR. AND MRS. SAM DIAMOND and family extend sincere good wishes to all for health and happiness in the New Year. MR. AND MRS. OSCAR DIAMOND and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. DUNDEE SMART SHOP extends New Year's greetings and good wishes to all its customers and friends. MRS. BEN NEWMAN.

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MR. AND MRS. JACK EPSTEIN and daughters, RONEE and DIANE wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year. MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM EPSTEIN wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year. BOB AND nELEN wish their families, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Heyman and Mr. and .Mrs. Ira Ehrenreich a very Happy New Year:

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MR. AND MRS. KURT M. FREIBERG wish all their relatives snd friends health, happiness, p r o s p e r i t y and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND .MRS. LAWRENCE J. IIOBERMAN and JEFFREY cf Indianapolis, Indiana, extend warm greetings for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year for all.

MKS. ROSE FREIDE.V extends warm greetings and good wishes to all her relatives and friends for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

FRIENDS OF THE OMAHA HEBREW ACADEMY extend good wishes to all for a happy and h?althv New Year.

MR. AND MRS. SAM HORNSTEIN extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a h a p p y , healthy, prosperom New Year.

THE JEWISH PRESS EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL ITS READERS AND ADVERTISERS.

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MR. AND MRS. ABRAHAM B. GENDLER and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. R O B E R T GERELICK and c h i l d r e n HOWARD, JERRY, and MARCIA extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MR. AND MRS. MARTIN S. GREEN, MITCHELL, CYNTHIA and ERIC of Dallas, Texas, extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

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K MR. AND MRS. IRVIN C. KAIMAN sr.d fsMiiiv extend ~cod wishes to all lor a happy, h e a l t h y, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. LEO KAMISAU and family extend w a r m greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MR. AND MRS. J O S E P H R. KAPLAN and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, p r o s p e r o u s New Year. MR. AND MRS. ABE KIItSHENBAUM and family extend warm greetings and goed .wishes to all for a h a p p y , healthy, prosperous New Year. SENATOR AND MRS. SAM KLAVER and son, LINCOLN, extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New Year.

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DR. AND MRS. A. D. FAIER and children, MATT, SUZIE and JERRY wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, p r o s p e r i t y and peace in the New Year.

MRS. LENA GROSSMAN and family wish all their relatives . and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MB. AND MRS. X COHEN wish oH their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

FftOKitAtf ON Of J E W I S H WOMEN'S C L U B S extends best wishes to the, community •for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MK. AND nuiS. BERNARD MR. AND MRS, A. KLOPPER, GURTENSTEIN wish all their and family wish their relarelatives and friends health, tives and friends both far and happiness, prosperity a n d . near, a very happy New Year. peace in the New Year.

BETH EL SISTERHOOD extend* warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, h a a l t h y , prosperous New Ye»r.. • - . ; . •

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MR. AND MRS. ROBERT M. FEINBRftG extend W a r m greeting!? and good wishes to all for a hapoy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

BETH JSKAEL SJSTEKIiOCD extends best wishes to all its members and friends for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MB. AN© MRS. SAM COLICK and EDIE of Council Bluffs, .wjsh all their relatives and friends h e a l t h , happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. M O R R I S L FIRESTONE wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, p r o s p e r i t y and peace in the New Year.

warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New Year. Inft. AT-iir iriitS. 3VJ. • A. *j

COVICI wish all their tiv'es and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year. ;

THE BISUR CHOLIM ORGAN- MR. AND MBS. MEYER COLIZATION wishes all its memNIC and children wish all relber* and friends a year filled atives and friends health, hapwith health, happiness, prospiness, prosperity and peace perity and peace. • •: • in the New. Year.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES FORMAN and sob extend warm greetings and good wishes to ' all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.-

MR. AND MR9,-IIYMAN GUSS and family' extend w a r m greetings and good wishes lo all their relatives and friends ' for a happy and healthy New Year.

MRS. LEONARD KLEIN extends warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy New Year.

MR. AND MRS. SIDNEY L. KLOPPER and coa extend warm greetings and good, wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New Year. MISS JANE K O H L extends warm greeting* and good wishes to all for a happy, h e a l t h y , prosperous New Year.

MR. AND MRS. DAVE MAISN and AVEVA extend their wishes for health, happiness and prosperity in the New Year to all their relatives and friends. ,

MAJOR AND MRS. FRED KOLM and DEBBIE offer sincere good wishes to all for a , New Year filled with all the •good things of life. •'•

MR. AND MRS. J A M £ S BLANKER and family extend warm greetings, and- good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MR. AND SIRS. HARRY CfOOPEBMANfwisb all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year. '.•. ,

MR. AND MRS. MORRIS J. MR. AND MRS. YALE HALFRANKLIN sad family ex- • PBRIN ,and. fatally extend MR. AND MRS. M A R T I N * tend sincere good wishes for '• warm greetings * and ' good,, KOLM and JOHN extend wishes to all- for a happy, a New Year of health and hapwarm greetings.-•< and- good healthy, p r o s p e r o u s New piness for their relatives and wishes to all for a happy, : . . . Y e a r . . • • • • : ' . , . . „ ., ../., , , : frjends. •• •• . healthy, prosperous NewiVear.

MR. AND MRS. SAW BLOOM . wish alt their relatives and -.'iriendS'ihoalth, .happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. PHILLIP CRANDELL wish all their relf: ative3 nruHrieDds health, happiness, prosperity and peace in; the New Year,

MR. AND MRS. LEON S. FRAN- MB, AND MRS. M E Y E R L. MR. AND SIRS/ MARSHALL HALPRIN and daughters ex-. KEL aad family extend warm, KUSHNER and family offer greetings and good >ishes to tend warm greetings and good sincere good wishes, to all for wishes to all for a happy, a New Year filled with all ths all for a happy, healthy, proshealthy, prosperous New Year. good things of life. perous New Year. ',

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titxr Trar** Edition — THE JKWISir I'RKKS — R«f,b Hn«lianah 8728

Personal Greetings MR. AND MBS. SHELDON LINCOLN and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all lor a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

DR. OTTO MORGANTIIAU, CHARLES II. MORGENTIIAU extend heartiest greetings and good wishes to their friends and acquaintances for a happy healthy and prosperous New Year.

MR. AND MRS. STANFORD IJPSEV ;md family extend MR. AND MRS. BEN MORRIS wish ail their relatives and warm greetings and good • friends h e a l t h , happiness, wishes to all for a happy, prosperity and peace in the healthy, p r o s p e r o u s New New Year. Year. THE UPTONS PEARL, JOE ELISE ANN extend warm greetings and good wishes to nil for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. HARRY LIPI'ETT extend best wishes to all their relatives and friends for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. HARRY AND LUCY LOEWENSTEIN extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. BEN LEFITZ and family wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year. MR. AND MRS. AARON LEVINE: MR. AND MRS. ARNOLD LASSER wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity a n d peace in the New Year. MR. AND MRS. LEO LEVY, MR. AND MRS. WERNER LEVY wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year. MR. AND MRS. SAUL LIBOWSKI, JEFF and JUDY wish nil their relatives and friends . health, happiness, prosperity end peace in the New Year.

May you and all whom you hold dearie graced with the blessings of good health, happiness, peace, freedom and security. DR. AND MRS. J. MILTON MARGOLIN. MR. AND MRS. SOL MARTIN and family offer sincere good wishes to all for a New Year filled with all the good things of life. MB. AND MR8. NATE MARCUS and family extend best wishes for a healthy, happy New Year to all their relatives jtnd friends, both far and near. MR- AND MRS. HERMAN MEYERSON and family wish all their relatives and friends II happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

N NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN, OMAHA SECTION, extends sincere good wishes for a healthy, happy, prosperous New Year for ali.

OMAHA CHAPTER OF IIADASSAII wish the community of Jews everywhere a year enriched by strength of body and spirit, joyous by virtue of its goals and accomplishments.

ASSOCIATION extends greetings nnd good wishes to the community for a happy and healthy New Year. MR. AND MRS. IIYMAN OSOFF wish all their relatives and f r i e n d s health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. LOUIS PAPERNY and family extend their greetings and good wishes to relatives nnd friends for health, happiness and prosperity in the New Year. THE PIONEER WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION wishes all their members and friends health, happiness, prosperity an d peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. IIYMAN RICIIAKDS wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in New Year.

MR. AND MRS. 1SARRY SIDMAN extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a Happy New Year.

MR. AND MRS. MORTON A. RICHARDS wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

DR. AND MRS. 7MILTON SIMONK, J E R It Y, CAROL, SlIAItl and LAURIE wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. HARRY RICIILIN wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year,

MR. AND MRS. ABE SLUSKY and HOWARD, extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

DR. AND MRS. MORRIS E. ROITSTEIN, L A R R Y nnd LLOYD wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. JEKRY SLUSKV wish all their reaitives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. BEN ROSEN, BILLY and PAUL e x t e n d their greetings and good wishes to friends and relatives for health, happiness and prosperity in the New Year. tend warm greetings and good wishes for a healthy nnd happy New Year for all. MR. AND MRS. JEROLD I. ROSEN and family offer sincere good wishes to all for a New Year filled with all the good things of life. MR. AND MRS. RICHARD R0SINSKY and family wish their relatives and friends a happy, healthy, p r o s p e r o u s New Year. DR. AND MRS. A. S. RUBNITZ, wish all their relatives and friends h e a l t h , happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. MAX SACKS and GEORGE wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, p r o s p e r i t y and peace in the New Year.

DR. AND MRS. DAVID C. MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL PLATT, TOM, DOUG, ALICE, (MICKEY) SACKS extend LINDA and GARY extend warm greetings and good warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, wishes to friends and relahealthy, p r o s p e r o u s New tives for a healthy and happy Year. New Year. MRS. CHARLES SALTZMAN wishes ali her relatives and friends h e a l t h , happiness, MR. AND MRS. MORTON prosperity and peace in the PLOTKIN and family wish New Year. their relatives and friends ' both far and near, a very happy New Year. ; MRS. DAVID SCHWALB and family wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, MR. AND MRS JOSEPH P0prosperity and peace in the LONSKI and family extend New Year. warm greetings, and • good wishes to all for a h a p p y , MR. AND MRS. BERNARD II. healthy, p r o s p e r o u s New SCHWARTZ v/ i s h all their Year. • • - . ' • ' relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity a n a peace in the New Year. MR. AND MRS. BENNETT RADUZINER and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, p r o s p e r o u s New Year. "

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I>n. AND MRS. MAURICE B. SCHWARTZ and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, p r o s p e r o u s New Year.

MR. AND MRS. MEYER MEYERSON SR. offer sincere good wishes to all their relatives and friends for a New Year filled with all the good things Vcf life.

THE SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB extends good wishes to the entire community with the hope thnt the New Year will bring health, happiness and peace for all.

MR. AND MRS. JOE M. RICE and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

MRS. TOBY MORGAN extends warm greetings and good withes to all for a happy, b«Bltby, prosperous New Y«ar. • • •

MR. AND MRS. 6AM RICE and MR. AND MRS. DAVID SHUALAN wish all their relatives KERT- and JAY wish all their and friends health, happiness, relatives and friends health, prosperity end peace in the . happiness, p r o s p e r i t y and • New Year. peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. HAROLD VV. SOBEL and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, p r o s p e r o u s New Year. MR. AND MRS. JOE SOKOLOF and family offer sincere good wishes to all for a New Year filled with all the good things of life. DR. AND MRS. M A U R I C E STEINBERG and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. SAM L. STEINBERG wish all their relatives and) friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year. MR. AND MRS. SAMUEL S. STEINBERG wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, p r o s p e r i t y and peace in the New Year. MRS. CHARLES STERN wishes all her relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year. DR. S. Z. STERN extends warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, pro* perous New Year. IZZIE AND JACK STISS extend warm greetings and- good wishes for a linppy and healthy New Yenr. MR. AND MRS. SOL. STISS and family of W a r r e n s v i l l e Heights, Ohio wish their relatives and friends a v e r y happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. MAX STOLLER and daughter wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity a n d peace in the New Year. MR. AND AIRS. SAM SUSMAN wish all .their relative* and friends h e a l t h , happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

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MR. AND MRS. MYRON TARNOFF Wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the New Year.

MR. AND MRS. STEWART TULLY and family wish all their relatives and friends health, happiness, prosperity nnd peace in the New Year.

V MR. AND MRS. ABE VENGER and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MRS. U. A. VENGEK and JERRY extend warm greetings and good wishes for a happy and healthy New Year to all their relatives and friends. BARTON VERET sends greetings from Lagos, Nigeria, for a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful New Year. MR. AND MRS. PAUL VERET extend sincere wishes for a happy and peaceful New Year..

w and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. LOUIS WEINER, FRANKIE, RICK and WARREN, extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. MORRIS WEfNER and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. SAM WIESMAN and family extend warm greetings and good wishes to all for a linppy, healthy, prosperous New Year. MR. AND MRS. SAM WOLFSON wish all their relatives and friends h e a l t h , happiness, . prosperity and peace in the New Year. THE WORKMAN'S C I R C L E DRAMATIC CLUB e x t e n d s best wishes for a very happy New Year to all their members and friends. . . ' THE WORKMAN'S C I R C L E LADIES AUXILIARY wish their members and friends a happy New Year filled with health, peace and prosperity. THE WORKMAN'S CIRCLE MIDWEST DISTRICT COMMITTEE" wishes all the district members and their families a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

MR. AND MRS. ALLEN ZALKIN nud family wish their relatives and friends, both far and near, a very happy New Year. MR. AND MRS. EDWARD ZO> HINSKY and family extend their good wishes for a happy New Year to all their relatives and friends.

THE SISTERHOOD- OF TEM- MS. AND MRS. HYMIE ZOPLE ISRAEL wishes all its IUNSKY extend warm greetfriends: a hniipy, liealthy and ings and good wishes for A peaceful New Year now and healthy, happy New Year to tor nil the years to come. • • ' their relatives end friends.

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New Year's Edition — TUB JEWISH PRF.ttH —ICorii Haslianah 5128

Thursday, OctoT«»r S, 1987

A Happy By CAM, MA'lAil Haifa —U is our anmuil cu^ torn of many years s>taiulnr; at this nosh HashaiKili season to list the 10 top new luiui-s tthiih burst into the news, in Is:iu>! during the past 12 inonllr>. Once listed, ii name is not icpe.ited in .stihb c c| i! e n t yeais I his will explain absence uf a name like M o s Ii e Dayaii. for e x a in |> 1 c, from tile following list. VV h a t nniiieo new tu our lisl, .. . made ton lif.ulA| crl P hnc-s in Israel this year? Which ones do >ou know? Naturally. Hie war takes top billing, but durin;; the year there were non-military persons as well who attained '(arise or notoriety. In alphabetical order: Slimuel Yosef Agnon —Israel's grand old man of letters, much

praised but seldom read at home, brought glory to Israel literature by winning a Nobel Prize iirst in the history oi the young state. * * • Aluf Shlonio Gorcn, paratrooper chief chaplain of the Israel Army, accentuated the drama of the year by his colorful appearances with the troops in the field, and as shofar blower at the Temple Wall and on Mount Sinai. * * * Meier Halevi, chief figure in the collapse of the Somerfin Shipping Co.. of which he was general manager. He denied any irregularities in the financial disaster which cost Israel part of its merchant marine and millions of dollars.

b u i l d public tonfidtnce and failh. For many lie became a symbol of victory on the home front. ^ Kliezcr Matelii. His year-long trial on charges of accepting bribes became One of the most sensational court cases in the history of the state. The verdict is now awaited.

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Oatnal Abdul N'asser finds his way into a list of names that made news in Israel because of * • ia terrible mistake of judgment cost him dearly in terriA!nf Ilaim Herzog as daily which tory, troops and equipment, but news commentator on Koi Yis- brought Israel now possibilities rael during the war did more for success. than any other single personal* • * ity to sustain morale (luring the most trying periods, and to Hav-Aluf Yitzhak Itabin, Chief of Staff of the Israel Army, became the new national hero following the startling successes of the armed forces in the Six-Day War, Modest and soft-spoken, he was nevertheless a model of confidence and efficient thoroughness. from • T •

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And outside of Israel Jewish History was being written also. For years prophets of d oom had lamented the apathy, the lack of commitment, the assimilation of Diaspora Jewry.

All doubts of world Jewish identity were dispelled by an unprecedented display of giving. The Israel Emergency Fund grew with generous gifts from all segments of world tlewry. Israel and the Jewish Community of the Diaspora stood solidly united. The heart of the Jewish people beat as one

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UUDS Purpose To cooperate with the Jewish Federation of Omaha in carrying out its commimitywidefunetions. To participate as a unit in any city-wide Jewish cause. To represent the Jewish women of Omaha in the community-atlarge. To p r o m o t e inter-club friendliness, understanding and good will in the Jewish community. To discuss group activities and objectives to gain better understanding of each other's programs. To maintain a calendar to prevent conflict in program activities. President Mrs. A. C. •Fellman.- 553-75-17 Vice-Presidents Mrs. Sam Katzman. 391-5439 Mrs. Morton Richards, 393-5358 Secretary Mrs. Marlon Somberg. 393fi841

Workman's Loan Association Purpose To provide financial loans for members. President Iz Abramson Vice-President Harry Richlin . ' '* Secretary Harry Staenberg Treasurer H. Guss Board members Milton Rcsnick, Ben Lindenbaum, Isaac Dloogoff, Jay Kaplan, Abe.'Epstein, H. Osoff, M. Weiner.

Women's Com. PURPOSE To aid, support and maintain the three libraries at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. President Mrs. Ajon Farber Vice-Prcsidents

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Mmcs. Norman Wine, fund raising; Maynard Finklc, donor groups; Martin Lesser, donor cards; Wyman White, trees; Neil Bloom.' new brides; Nita Falk, board arranger; Harry Greenberg, meeting arranger; Mickey Simon, telephone; Milton Katskee bulletin; Richard Rosenthal, dolls; Werner Levy, James Wax. ADL; Steven Dloogoff, Meyer Halprin, BBYO; Rodney Shkolnick, blood bank; John Anderson, philanthropies; Sam Fried,. sunshine; Miss Marsha Plotkin. • bowling. Meeting Date Third Monday of each month, 8:15 p.m., Essen Home.

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Purpose Dedicated in the s p i r i t of Judaism, to furthering welfare in the Jewish and general communities, locally, nationally and internationally. Through education, service and social action, to advance human welfare and the democratic way of life. Omaha Section Officers President Mrs, Edward Malnshock. 3!il2284 Vice-Presidents Executive Mrs. David Fredricks, 391-0K59 Ways and Means Mrs. David D. Weinberg, 55B02GB Community Services Mrs, Hubert Rosenblum. 3914006 Education Mrs. Charles Monasce, 393.7230 Membership Mr:;. Richard Martin, 553-30.'!I Treasurer Mrs. Alan Blotcky, 391-9292 Secretaries Recording Mrs. Kenneth Rosen, 393-8910 Corresponding Mrs. Bernie Meyers, 393-0425 Financial

Mrs. David Meyers, 391-7370 Mrs. Stanley Katelmnn, 391-8222 Mrs. Morris Roitstein, 551-8178 Parliamentarian Mrs. Justin Manvitz, 393-1770 Directors Mine:;. Morton Frank, Irvin Kaiman, Harry Altsuler, Robert Levine, E r n e s t • Priesman, Phil Laser. Mrs. Herbert Meiches, Ex-Officio; Mrs. Harold Farber, Honorary President; Mrs. Lloyd Friedman, Honorary Vice-President. Meeting Date Third Tuesday of each month.

Omaha Chapter Purpose To help unite persons of the Jewish faith in the work of promoting their highest interest and those of humanity, by inculcating the principles of philanthropy, honor and patriotism, of supporting science,and art, alleviating the wants of the poor, needy and sick and corning to the rescue of victims of persecution.

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Mrs. Jack Fox. 391-0975 Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Morton Mellen. 391-4078 Honorary President Mrs. J. H. Kuiakolsky, 393-5916 Meeting Date Fourth Wednesday of each month

Purpose Social and Recreation President David Bernstein Vice-President Henry Greenberg Secretary Harry B. Cohen Treasurer Harold Farber Executive Secretary Morris Lipp Hoard Members Robert Bernstein. Edward IJ. Brodkev, Philip Fox, Maurice Fleisehi, Maurice G i 1 m o r e, Stanley Slosburg. Milton Yudelson, Howard Kaplan.

PUKPO.SE Supporting hospital at the Dr. Philip Slier Jewish Home for the Aged, Visitations to the Lincoln Hospital. Private medication aid and peneral help tn thp needv President Mrs. Jake Wine, 551-fiOGQ Vice-Presidents Mrs. Fred Halin. 3!I3-1173 Mrs. Morris White, 3100231 Treasurer Mrs. Sylvia Ross, 553-1100 Financial Secretary Mrs. William Epstein, isf-Oi44 Corresponding Secretaries Mrs. Sam Freed. 553-5507 Mrs. Leonard Lewis. 553-0221 Mrs. Jennie Bear, 550-1714 Recording Secretary Mrs. E. H. Morris, 551-7146 Federation Women Mrs. Nathan Gimple, 550 2338 Chairmen Mines. Leonard Lewis, publicity; Harry Sidman, fund raising; David Wine, hospitality; John Zorinsky, h o s p i t a I i t y; Rose K u k 1 i n, luncheon; Ben Kahn. occupational therapy; Nathan Gimple, bingo; Jake Wine, Lincoln Hospital; William Epstein, Beatrice Hospital. Meeting Date First Tuesday of each month. 12:30 luncheon, ,'CC. '

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I Senior Citizens | Purpose Co sponsored by the Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women and the Omaha Jewish Federation. The Senior Citizens Club is dedicated, in MIL- spirit of Judaism, to furthering relationships a in o n |* Senior Citizens through a program of education, community service and social activity. President Mrs, J. M. Margolin. 553-4M8 Vice-President Morris Nachman. 55!M!if>7 Secretary Mrs. Lou Cutler, 455-7143 Lounge Treasurer Mrs. Sam Poska. 551-20(12 Club Treasurer Sgt.-At-Arnis Sigmond Hesscl, 556-8480 Max Crounse, 3110137 Chairmen Bonj. Klaiinan. Rose Kukliu Past President Mrs. Nathan Simon Meeeling Date Fourth M o n d a y of each month. J.C.C. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

u Purpose To provide education. reha< bilitation and an assured futuro for women, youth and children through Mcotzeth-IIapoalot and child rescue in Israel. To promote participation in American and Jewish civic lite. President Mrs. Milton Nearenbera. 3122591 Treasurer Mrs. Harry Shnigo, 551-3800 Secretaries Financial Mrs. Rose Schwartz, 551-1272 Corresponding Mrs. Milton Nearenberg 3422591 Chairmen and Hoard Mines. Sam Richman, Dave Epstein, Isadore Forbes, Hyman Fried, Jake Kaplan, Charles Guss, Ben Klaiman, Sam Rifkin. Mrs. Sara Okun, Honorary President. Meeting Dale Wednesdays

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Is My inspiration? By Nancy Kaplan

I am wailing for an inspiration. For some great message to come to me and fow through my pen. So the w rid may know that I am alive; and jwake and that I worry about the future. I worry aiout Man. and the Universe, and planets and | eople, and plants and germs that do nasty things when they get inside you. Then, wh le I'm waiting. I'm wondering, If there i such a thing as an inspiration. Or if thesi! things people say and do have always been nside them; lying dormant and waiting to be aroused and called to do their duty; to he p the world stick together. If this is JO, then there are many people just s tting around while they could be doing or saying great things. Only they don't know they're capable of doing them, so th y don't try—they sit. Wouldn't ,t be nice if we could go and wake up a few people who would go and v ake up a few more people? Then the vorld would be full of Great people doing Great things for this cculd-ce Great work and it would stick together better. I war waiting for an inspiration. And row that I think about it, I bel pve I just had it!

I i MIRIAM BROOKS Judaism t not "just another religion." It is the or.iy faith after death 1 ecause Judaism uniquely places much more v lue on man's ethical life here on earth. The Je\'s are constantly concerned about their actions. Our faith teaches us that "All study of the ,'orah which is not supplemented by work must prove futile in the end and may lead to iniquit'." Thus we are told that all prayers and study! in the world are of no value to us unless we carry them out by our actions. . ewish Contributions It might b» because of our faith that Jews have contribu ed much to make this a better world for us 'md the generations following us. Jewish musici ins. poets, authors, painters, doctors and even comedians contribute to our present society an I add to the long history of Jewish culture. Who cannot respond to the beautiful music compos :d and directed by Leonard Bernstein? Who cpnot appreciate the magnificent

By Saragall Kal/.man To be, to exist, to live. To jump, to laugh, to cry. To sing! He who exists Will never suffer great sorrow, But too. He will never know great joy. To die Is to stop living. To sing the song You could never sing. He who merely exists Will never die, For he never lived To bc-gin with. To be, to exist, to live, to die. Tp love and be loved. To laugh, to cry. To live.

writing by Bernard Malamud? Who cannot be awed by the explosive beauty in a painting.by Ben Shahn? And who cannot laugh at the antics of Buddy Hackett? Kach of these men and many more like them leave an unforgettable part of themselves to our world and our society largely because of their Judaism. Rabbi Eliezcr once said: " . . . repent one day before thy death.'' Good Jews everywhere accept this as the way to lead an ethical and fulfilling life. For what man knows the day he is to die? If we live every day as though it were our last, we know we will not be.regretful when we die. Judaism leaves its mark, too, in the attitudes its people has toward prayer and ritual. Jewish ritual is beautiful and extremely meaningful. But all too often we confuse ritual with routine. As Rabbi Simeon said: "When thou prayest, do not make thy prayer a form of routine; let it raiher be an appeal to God for mercy and (Continued on Page 38)

By Marc I)e!i..an Rosh Hashana is the Jewish New Year, and it is also the time when the new school year begins. Both public schools and religious schools are now in session, and students have many different feelings about the return to school. I asked some Junior High students about their feelings with regard to religious school. Here are some of their reactions. Betsy Katz, age 12'i lielli' El "I like going to Sunday School because it gives you a better knowledge of the Jewish people. I lind it very interesting. The thing I don't like about Hebrew School is that after you put in a long day at school, you are tired when you have to go to Hebrew School." •

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Steve Nepomnick, age Is Temple Israel ' I don't really like going to Saturday school, but I guess it is necessary, because you should learn about your religion and the history of it, and be proud of it. I know that the services are necessary, but I don't really like going. I don't think that some of the teachers have good control over the classes, :-nd some of them just scream. I think that t h p v uhniilrl An a l i t t l e m o r e

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just have the class read a chapter and have a test." Jeff Spiegal, age 14'i Beth Israel "I enjoy learning about the history and the Torah. It is good for us to know about our religion and to learn about God. Also it is important to know who the leaders are of the Jewish people. However, I don't like having to go to school so often." David Bropliy, age 13 Beth El "On Sunday morning we have two different classes—the regular Hebrew class and the his-

tory class. I really enjoy history. It seems that we get a little more done on Sunday morning! than we do on other days. I don't think that it is too jjood that we have to go to school from !! to 11 on Sunday, because that is the only day kids got t<» sleep late." Vickie Katz, age i:S Temple Israel "I enjoy the Ethics class, I like the way they are conducted. We form our own opinions about different people. I think history is a bore."

By Nancy Kaplan Isn't it a swell world whore wa can see, see through the .smog; the glare; the tears; the dead bodies, and see the Hondas go by? Isn't it a keen world where we can listen listen through the whine of sirens; the cries of babies; the screech of tires; the exploding bombs, and hear the Monkees sing? Isn't it a sharp world where we can reach, reach through the dirt; iiie broken t;iiir>.i; trie g a i l / o g c ;

the bloody bandages, and reach the car keys in our pockets? Isn't it a cool world where we can smell, smell through the stench; the rotten decay; the poverty; the blood, and smell hamburgers and Jade East? Isn't it a tough world where we can ignore, ignore the retards; • the poor; the other guy; the deformed and the dead? Yes, it's a very tough world.

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President Larry Cackin 451-7636 Vice President Brian Poster 558-GG49 Se Tetary 8-3017 Bob Rifkin, 5 asurcr Tr S58-2421 Bill Gilinsky, aplaln C • Dave Rifki 451-1079 Sgt At-Arms Ron Kwiatek 556-4070 Pled emasters Steve Pitlor, i58-5144 Gary Rifkin, 151-1079 Sw 'cllieart Marty Maure 536-5058

AZA1G0 President Bob Beber, 551-5048 Vice-Presidents Rick'Gilinsky, 3931888 Mike Sellz, 393-G9G0 Keith Tepperman, 333-8545 Jeff Hochster, 553-8916 Secretary Bruce Gilinsky, 393-1883 Treasurer Stuart Cain, 556-0826 Sg(.AI-Arms Allan Mayper, 333-8537; Editor Rich Sophir, 553-3950 Pledgcmaster Ed Kulakofsky, 391-5341 Chaplain Steve Rosen, 393-4553 Sweetheart Karen Sokolof, 391-6610

I Rayim Fraternity President Dan Milder, 51-1010 Vice President Bob Guss, 55 1210 Sc erclary Mark Singer, 551-1302 Tr >asurcr Howard Goul 1, 551-2970 Sgti •At-Arms Mike Sherma , 556-6363 Steve Epsteir 3935137 You! Council Jerry Raznic £,5534823 Steve Nogg, f'56-2430 Dr< am Girl Susie Friedm in, 558-5906

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Secretary Lee Sloan, 553-2446 Treasurer Howard Freedman, 553-2492 Pledgemasters MarkTrustin, 3910882 Bennett Greenspan, 391-1954 Sgf.-At-Arms Ron Epstein, 393-3299 Youth Council Bob Kutler, 550-0912 Sweetheart Pam Weiss, 5504439

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Julie Taren, 391-4421 Judy Hahn, 551-5594 Secretaries Barb Guss, 5531210 Dale Garber, 55:s-6«:t4 Treasurer Judy Dolgoff, 556-5478 Editors Joan Faier. 55G041S Ricki Goodman, 553-6634 Sgl.-At-Anns Patty Shaffer, 551-1173 Susie Levine, 556-0400 Youth Council Jane Rice, 55G-3402 ' Judy Sloan, 55:)O:i94 Historians Marsha Foreman, 556-4334 Nancy Ruback, 391-2185 Beau Jerry Raznick, 553-1823

Hohanue BiG President Gayle Lerman, 553-2818 Vice-president Karinela Fraidenraich, 558-1493 Secretaries Frankie Weiner, 342-0661 Terry Mandell, 451-4715 Treasurer Marty Maurer, 55G-5058 MIT Mom* Judy Pitlor, 558-5144 ; Sharie Cohen, 556-3571 Sgt.-At-Arms Leslie Finkle, 323-9810 Amy Jo Meyerson, 391-6143 Editors Leslie Cohen, 558-3571 Marcia Ortega, 558-3627 Historians Linda Fedman, 553-9242 ' Susie Speigal, 556-9787 Youth Council Karen Jabenis, 393-9797

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President Janice Meyerson, 391-5958 Vice-President Lita Diamond. 556G524 MIT Moms Barb Fishbain, 550-2570 Vicki Meyers, 3930425 Secretaries Sharon Miller, 453-5420 Evy Render, 3936896 - Awareness Chairmen Arlene Trachtenbarg, 553-3197 Debby Canfield, 551-8262 Michelle Halprin, 391-4137 Treasurer Gail Diamond, 391-1298 Editor Nancy Summer, 391-5465 Youth Council Lynda Frank, 391-3769 Beau David Levin, 550 8271

Temple Youth Group President Nan Schulman, 333-3145 Vice-Presldent Dan Bleicher. 55GG6G7 Secretary Kay Bernstein, 323-8145 Treasurer Bob Cummers, 55G-2137 Sgt.-At-Arms Bob Kirshenbaum, 553-5956 Chaplain Anne Aresty, 553-5580

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By haragail Rut/man From two people's lov<: comes A new being. He is raised on :ill the love Two people can give. He grows. lie is strong, He is a man. The draft card conies And he goes off to war. How hear ''"-' w '" ( ' whine Over his grave.

By liYHON' WAGNKR in the narrow confines dictated At the outset I would like to by his society which stifles new clarify the terms, When I speak thoughts and ideas, or to step of the Hippie Movement, I re- out of those confines and by givfer to fairly conservative mid- ing'vent to these new ideas, fordle-ground opinions, not ex- feit his place in the respectable tremes although extremes are 'community. readily found. There has to he a b e t t e r Because of its basic nature choice than that. and attract ion lor lion-conforinjsts, a hippie colony is usually n melting pot for both people and ideas. ]iy Ski]) Kaliani' Many Jewish teenagers share My name is Lucius. I am one Ihe same basic views as the hippies; ntich a~ peace in Viet of the few chroniclers left in Nam; total integration of all existence. It is the year 2070 racial groups into society; and A.D. The location is Israel, the avoiding conformity for its own a n c i e n t homeland of a once proud people. L e g e n d has it take. that in the year 1M7. the peobecause of the tremendous ple of this land fought to keep pressures put on the Jewish their country alive. They won teenager by society as well as their battle, but it no longer the inhibitions resulting from matters, his desire to avoid hcin;; 'I'lif last living memlirr of (lie thought of as "odd" or "weird" .Jewish race is jiboiij to (lit1. This or casting reflections on his is truly a tragic end to ;i proud parent.';; most Jewish youth people. Hut the responsibility keeps up the facade of heing for this tragedy lies in the long "So and So's son. the nice little (lead Jews of the year J!)f*7. who Jewish hoy (or girl.)" So it is ignored the call of their homethat to avoid all this trouble, land, indeed . . . their heritage. he crawls back into his shell After the war in this country Jind acts as his stereotype in I!M>7, Ihe future looked bright image dictates. indeed, for this valiant littin Then .suddenly it's fuIf the Jewish teen were to country. dimmed. The Jews of the speak out. he would immediate- ture world grew weary of aiding the ly be classed as a "rebel" or a courageous little country. They "beatnik" or even a lazy draft s t o p p e d their contributions, dodger who should be ignored broke off relations with Israeli because he is too young and im- industry. Some Jews even went f * 4 II I mature to know anv better. This is the unfair choice that a small nation that would pubmany teenagers face—to remain licly violate the Council of

By Skip Kahanc There are various drugs in circulation among Omaha's teenagers today. The most common group in circulation is the group containing the psychedelichullucegenic drugs, LSI), Marijuana, Mescalinc, Feyote. I have been informed through personal contacts with various people that in Omaha the major supply of almost all these drugs comes from the west coast. Some drugs are purchased by Omaha teenagers on vacations in these areas, and brought back with them; some are procured by buyers who travel to the west coast exclusively for the purpose of stocking drugs for shipment back to this area. Drug Sales Sale of drugs in Omaha seem to be high. It is surprisingly high in tlie west Omaha area. Alter these drugs reach the city, 1 am told that they are dispensed to guppies, or small pushers, who are usually teenjigers in the community. The sellers are in the 12-20 age group, leaving no teenage group untouched. The most popular drug seems to be Marijuana. It is the wenk est of the Psychedelic drugs as well as being the most simple to take and relatively lowest cost drug. LSD has much popular appeal, however high cost and limited supplies have held back its use. Tim Users I would guess that 50 to 70 per cent of the users of these drugs make the initial purchase because they want to "understand the experience." To understand, one must first undergo. Some 30 to 50 per cent are repeat users of these drugs and do so for "enrichment" of their knowledge, faculties, etc. The level of drug use among Omaha teenagers does not seem to be a major problem at this point, however, there are indications that It is gaining popularity and could mushroom into n gigantic problem locally In a very few years. Effeds In my opinion, the problem of drugs, us with nil other social

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By Nancy Kaplan Some people .say Dial religion is disappearing. Some people say that Judaism is disappearing, because Jews are disappearing. They say that they are real Jews. but that we, the young adults, are not. They say we don't care; don't believe. They believe. Solidly and wholeheartedly, they believe in the existence of God. They find no "gray between the white of right and the black of wrong. They

Nations (then colled the United Nations). In doing so, they waled the death warrant of the country, and it's people. The inhabitants lost the fervor for work, the pride in seeing things flourish in the desert. They abandoned their farms and factories. They reasoned that if they had lost the support of Jews the world over, then they could iiot succeed in making their country truly a "J e w i s h Homeland.'1 Perhaps they were in error. None the less, they gave up. 'their economy sagged. Thn country became over-run with foreign settlers. In time, the Council of World Nations took c o n t r o l of the country. The Inhabitants of the Jewish faith intermarried. They c:wt off the teachings of their ancestors. And now, .scarcely 10U yc.-irs later, I'm at the bedside of the last surviving Jaw. The last remnant of a proud and n o b l e race-religion that destroyed itself. I might mention iiiul ihi.s is the first of man's truly great religions to disappear from the face of the Earth. Perhaps more will follow. A few days a,<;o, just before the old Jewish ihan slipped into a coma, he uttered these words. "The covenant is ended. It is said in Proverbs XII-11 "Where there is no wise giiidnncc a pi'o|)le must fall," so it has come in pass." But the old man did not finish the proverb. It reads c n v i romnent problems (smok- "Where there Is no wise guiding, drinking, etc.) is a time-rela- ance a people must fall; but it tion thing. It takes so much time will obtain help through the for any one thought, product or muUimle of counselors." philosophy to establish its efPerhaps someone will take up fects on society, What we are the promise of this man's reexperiencing now with drugs is ligion, for it was truly beautiful. simply the impact on society It was described thus in the old and the current effects of this man's bible (prayer book); "But new impact. The long time ef- little is required of thee; only fect In'.s yet to be reckoned to do justly, lovt mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." with.

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Gi>JE£T!NGS AMD BEST WISHES (Continued from Page 3d grace." Jews are taught not to make prayer mechanical and not blindly to accept prayer as unchangeable, but to be sincere and mean what we say in our prayers. This leads to another unique Jewish attitude. There is no dogma, as such, in Judaism. This is largely why the Reform Movement was developed. Jews are encouraged to question, to probe, and to doubt, for this is what expands our minds rather than blind obedience. Klhics The basic and most fundamental part of Judaism and a good Jewish life is the stress placed upon ethics. Ami the most fundamental foundation of Jewish ethics is, of course, the Ten Commandments. These contain the most basic rules for following a morally good life. In them we can see nearly nil the things that Judaism considers holy: the sanctity of God, the sanctity of the Sabbath, the sanctity of one's parents, the sanctity of human life, the sanctity of marriage and the sanctity of truth. ; It is interesting to note that although these laws were written many reni'iries ago, they are still applicable today. These laws effect the lives of Jews and they, in turn, affect the lives of others. The great rule of Judaism is that every human being must be held sacred. For no matter what his station in life may be, he is still a child of God. When we hold this attitude, then jt is carried out in actions. .In'our social actions Judaism is also unique. For example there are laws concerning honesty in business dealings: " . . . you shall not withhold the wages of a hired laborer overnight until the next morning." Often in our present society. K is noted that Jews are frequently very large contributors to the various rharilnfilfl organizations. Thin \z "Ot just coincidence. Judaism stresses very strongly that it is not only our right, but our duty to see to it that the poor are taken care of. This is regarded as a grave responsibility that every Jew carries. " . . . you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand against your needy brother; you shall open wide your hand to him and freely lend him enough for his needs." 'The poor will never cease to be in the land; that is why I command you to open your hand to the destitute and the needy in your land." It should be noted here thai in the above

quotation from the Book of Leviticus, the word used 1in regard to the poor is "lend'' and not "give ' for Jews recognize human dignity even In the poor and never undermine it. I have discussed a few of the ways that man applies God's laws to himself and to his life. By themselves, these laws are not entirely unique, for other religions besides ours believe in them. But there is one important unique difference: motivation. -

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Uniqueness of Judaism Jews believe that the reasons behind our efforts are more than humanistic. Certainly we want to rid the world ot poverty, disease and war. But why? What are our reasons? The answer itself is one of the very unique things about Judaism. We believe that there is a close relationship between man and God. It is a partnership. God created man in His own image and, according to Judaism, man was created pure. He is potentially good or evil and has the power to shape his own life. God gave to man the laws and commandments. God also ex plained them and gave us prophets to interpret them. All through the ages lie never let man forget His laws He perpetuated them and they are still alive for us today. God also gave man the freedom to choo.se how to use these laws, Thus we have the gift of being able to choose between good nnd evil and with this gift we can mold our lives and our desliny. Everyone desires a perfect world. In our strivings toward a Messianic age. the partnership between man and God is revealed again. Again we see one of the unique factors of Jewish belief: Neither man nor God can make a perfect w/orfd alone. It is a joint effort, both working for the same end: the perfect world. This altitude is completely unique to Judai M d Gd C Gd \ i ' man and this belief is what separates Judaism from all other faiths. These things have influenced me personally and directly. I have had the chance to decide between two paths to take and I have found myself wondering, "Am I choosing the right one?" Consciously or not, I think of my religion when making decisions, for I know that Judaism influences the way I decide. This is just one of tha ways Judaism is unique and special. It is a major difference and one with which I find myself involved daily.

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"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and ihey shall be one flesh." '_ Genesis 2:24

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The Reecfi©gis to Rockwell .on Campus By Betsy Raskin George Lincoln Rockwell, late chairman of the American Nazi Party, was not a crank. He was a clever, articulate, charming man. Rockwell came to Northwestern in December, 11)05. He had been invited to "testify" at a mock h e a r i n g of the mock House Unamerican Affairs Committee of the university's Mock Congress. S t u d e n t s were to question him; professors were to speak only alter he had left. Some 600 students clawed for seats to watch Rockwell; hundreds more listened on radio. I managed to find a seat near the back of the balcony. From there, I could barely see Rockwell, wearing a conservative business suit, stride on stage. Funny lie didn't look like a crank. He didn't r a n t and rave, either. Rockwell'" answers were careful; his s t a t ements held enough truth to seem correct. No student had the facts necessary to debate him. The few who tried were made to look ridiculous. In his remarks, R o c k v / e l l cited a 1920's study made in Virginia that "proved" that biological factors made Negro children intellectually inferior to whites. Of course, the study is outdated and, probably, biased and unscientific, but no one knew how to directly refute it. Communist Jews Rockwell didn't say that he wanted to kill all Jews. He wanted to execute only communist traitors. Of course, many Jews were Communists. Rockwell finally estimated that 110% of the adult Jewish population were "traitors." They w o u l d have to be executed, and their c h i l d r e n would have to be watched for seditious tendencies. Nevertheless, R o c k w e 1 l's

statements were not, by themselves .frightening. What upset me wits audience reaction. In 19G5, Northwestern was a conservative c a m p u s . It was dominated by upper m i d d l e class WASPs, "states-righters' and Vietnam hawks of the Bar ry Goldwater hue. These students had expected to hear the irrational venom of a crank. But Rockwell surprised them, lie didn't talk like a fanatic. He spoke, calmly and cited seemingly impressive sources. He attacked "creeping socialism" in government — and drew ap plnu.se. He waved the flag and called for s t r o n g e r military measures in Vietnam—and got cheers. Doubt Many students left impressed, wondering if Rockwell in i g h t inake some sense, after all. I don't think the Nazis made any converts that night. But Rock-

well had accomplished m o r e than enough; he had created doubt. I am not glad that Rockwell was killed. He was a peddler of Ideas. Attacking him was useless; it is his beliel that must be shot down. It seems that one of Rockwell's own killed him. I am.relieved, for that may prevent his '•martyrdom." The Nazis may be able to convince themselves that Rockwell d i e d a hero at the hands of Jews, Negroes, and other Communists, but they'll have difficulty using the death to get converts. Hopefully, the Nazis haven't another Rockwell. In his own way,' he may have been a genius, He was certainly a dangerous man. L i s t e n i n g to him, I got a crawling feeling down my spino and in the pit of my stomach. As if I'd seen a snake.

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Kibhyfi It must be hard for an America bride to picture a Jewish wedding where the bride has no expense at all Except for providing her own w e d d i n g dress, a kibbutz bride lias no arrangements to make - - not even the selection of bridesmaids. All the members of the kibbutz will be at her wedding, in any case. She won't have to worry about hiring a hall, for the reception will take place in the k i b b u t z dining hall. She won't have to give any thought

at all to catering, either. The catering staff of the kibbutz will serve a lestive meal. And it really will be festive. The kitchen staff will do their utmost to see that their efforts do justice to the great day. She can unite as many guests as she likes. If they have to stay overnight at the kibbutz, arrangements will be made somehow, even if accommodation is short. The kibbutz bridegroom, too, has fewer problems than his counterpart elsewhere. He does

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not have.to w'orry about buying a house or raising a mortgage. The kibbutz will provide a home for the newly-weds if they plan to remain permanently. The present standard of kibbutz housing is quite pleasant. P Thaps only one room, but more often probably two nicely designed and self-contained, including own toilet, kitchenette and spacious built-in wardrobe. Basic furniture and household linen will be provided by the kibbutz, though most p e o p l e have some personal possessions which they like to use. Wedding presents to kibbutzniks? Well, not saucepans or cookers. All main meals are provided in the communal diningroom. But any of the refinemerits of life will be welcomed, such as china tea sets, glassware, clocks or decorative teacloths. Most of the arrangements for the wedding will be made by the k i b b u t z . The basic one, of course, is sending (or the rabbi. It is not for the bride to name the day. Circumstances do that. Having regard to the considerable period when marriages cannot take place by reason of rabbinical law, and the fact that the rabbi probably has to come a long distance, the Wedding Day is the Day of Weddings. When the circumstances make a Wedding Day possible, all the engaged couples on the kibbutz get married on that occasion. The ceremony is invariably

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It's Hard toBe a New York (JTAI—A project City where, he said, " all 73 of aimed at the restoration and re- the major synagogues" were Minister in Israel construction of the? scores of found, to be "either completely

Israel Damaged Synagogues synagogues in the Old City of Jerusalem destroyed or damaged during the Jordanian occupation over the past two decades has been launched by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. The project was announced by Rabbi Joseph Karasick, president of the .synagogue group, following an inspection tour of the holy places. He deplored the widespread destruction of Jewish houses of worship in the Old

destroyed during the Arab occupation or converted for such secular use as theaters or even stables." Rabbi Karasick announced that a drive has been launched by the UOJCA "to enlist the aid of affiliated congregations in 73 communities in the United Stales and Canada, each of which would become a patron to rebuild one of the destroyed synagogues in the Old City."

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(Continued from Page lO.i cause he finds within Judaism a valid sacred vehicle for his spiritual fulfillment. What we say to a prospective proselyte, therefore, is not. '"Come and be saved," but rather: "Study Judaism! Familiarize yourself with the Jewish community, the synagogue and communal worship. Then, on the basis of understanding, make your commitment to Judaism because you believe that living as a Jew your life will be enhanced." In order to accomplish this, our Reform Jewish movement has established in nearly every major city in the United State:;, classes in Basic Judaism, Here in Boston, the class lasts 15 weeks and those considering conversion, together with their present or future spouses; are asked to attend. During the same period they meet regularly with their referring rabbi, attend worship services and participate in other congregational activities. In all of this, both the non-Jew and Jew have the opportunity of studying Judaism, and shaping out of their experience a mature relevant Jewish life.

who was born of non-Jewish parentage could become a Jew. One man spent 15 minutes of my time and his energy explaining how Jews were a race and Judaism was passed on by blood. When I remarked, facetiously, that Hitler and anti-Semites had done an excellent job in teaching him his perverted anthropology lesson, he replied—"In that they were right." The second difficulty the convert faces is partial, even suspicious acceptance. Let a convert speak for herself. Her expression reflects a sensitivity far greater certainly than that possessed bv those who have hurt her. These are her words, verbatim, as a tape recorder caught them: «•

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"I have tried faithfully, sincerely, to live a good life as a Jewess. I observe many of the Jewish rituals . . . 1 kindle the Sabbath candles and attend Sabbath services with my husband regularly. I work with all possible devotion for Hadassah. the Women's Zionist Organization, and many other specifically Jewish organizations . . . I do just about everything I can to One fascinating phenomenon is the reaction bring honor to the Jewish name and yet 1 am many—not all, but certainly many—of the Jewunhappy, very unhappy. Why. please tell me. do ish partners involved/Some of them have a pitiso many Jewish women, who are far less defully shallow knowledge of their people and voted to Judaism than I, still regard me as a faith Others have revolted from a rigid and stranger? Why do they still ask me: How does superstitious experience. And still others are it feel to be married to a Jew? . . . Will I never drifting without address or identity. For many - he really fully accepted?" (A Gordon, IN'TKK-of these the study of Judaism on a mature inMAKKIAGR p. 7.J-74) tellectual and spiritual level means coming ' * * * home—a fresh, even exciting discovery of what There is another painful dilemma facing the liberal Judaism has to offer. sincere convert. It is. to speak plainly, the ancStrange as it may seem, though I am by no means advocating inter-marriage, sometimes the ' • mic, and more often than not, hypocritical commitment to Judaism one discovers in the Jewish very fact that a Jew studies his faith with a .mate or family. prospective convert with whom he is in love At first the new convert's reaction is a sort means the difference in his return to Jewish of incredulous wonder at how people misuse or life. One such Jew put it bluntly to me in these c refuse to enrich themselves by such a beautiful v.'ords. '"Rsbbi I ;nu t udpy* thiit I "«;nc ic** "i" heritage. Then comes the question: "Why did fiancee. But Ibis experience has given me a new they want me to convert—when they find nothappreciation of Judaism. I couldn't say this1 being of meaning in it themselves?'' And then, infore, but I can now: I am proud to be a Jew. ' evitably, the apathy and indifference builds, I'uin and Challenges choking the last sparks of feeling for the new When all the study i.s accomplished, and the faith. commitment is made, however, there are at Tin- Task times painful problems facing both the "convert' and his spouse. All too often.these are ignored. During the rest of this century conversion to The time has come. I think, to expose them for Judaism is going to increase. First, because of the shame they bring us. Perhaps in the light intermarriage. Secondly, because Judaism has we may begin to solve them. something unique and significant to say to the The first of. these is outright, rejection born heart and mind of modern men. of ignorance. 1 have received numerous calls ' How shall we meet this challenge? The anfrom outraged Jews who argued lhat no one swers nrc by no mean easy.

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(ContiniK'd from Page 12.) us from ;i slow hut sure death from starvation." The family's only source of livelihood in those trying days "were the twins, who were still drawing salaries as nurses at the local hospital . . . Yosef Bon Yaakov finds it liard to talk. In fact, he finds It iiard. to realize that he and his family have actually, at long last, been reunited with their beloved Lena and Suza. AS if to reassure himself that lie is not. dreaming all this, Papa Yosef keeps drawing his daughters to himself, hugging them and running his hands through their hair . . . ••It was in 1U54," Yosef lakes up the narrative in a hailing, tear-choked voice. "Lena and Suza were still working at the hospital and sleeping in. We •would vi.sit them there, and they came to the house from lime to

time. They would bn'nft us the money they earned at the hospital—every penny of it—to help us make ends meet. Visits Stop 'Then, suddenly, they stopped coming. Two days. Three, Four. I rushed to the hospital. It had never happened that they had not turned up for so long a stretch at a time. I arrived at the hospital and asked about my girls. But nobody answered me. Everyone seemed to avoid me or, worse yet, to laugh in iny face- -an evil, mocking kind of laughter. It was frightening! Something told me that a terrible thing had happened, but I didn't know what. Nobody wanted to tell me anything. Some just shrugged their shoulders. One man said, "They went. Don't look for them—you won't find them!" "I ran to the police, but they too laughed in my lace-. They

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wouldn't give me a chance to talk, to tell them whnt had happened to me, to beg them to help me find my girls. They literally kicked me out of the police station and called after me: "If you don't like it here, why don't you go and die!' If Yosef Hen Yaakov had known (hen what horrors late lieiil in store for his daughters, lie might very well have taken lint constables' advice and put an end U> his life. We asked Josephine — Suza —lo fill in the missing details in their story , . . Josephine — a face distorted by years of endleys suffering, large, dreamy eyes that are still beautiful but now reflect a deep AVellsclimen. She never raises those eyes for a moment while .speaking, in a jumble of Hebrew, Arabic and Russian. You have tin; uncanny feeling that she isn't really, here, talking to you, that she is somewhere else . . . "Heath — yes, death is a good Ihing. If we could die, l.cir.i and I, (hat would be the host thing of all. We wanted to die. Many times \vr did things — we tried lo die — but it didn't work. And so we lived. And Ilial was hardest of all . . . to live—like (hat. . . . "Early in 1954 we began to notice that a group of Arabs kept hanging around us. We began to hear stories, whispered s t o r i e s . We 'heart! Liml two •Arabs wanted us and had paid off several men to kidnap us and take us to them. We were just two silly IByear-okLs: Instead of running home and telling our parents about it, so they could protect us, we stayed at the hospital. But,, then, what difference would it have made? Tliose h o r r i b l e people would have tracked us down' anyway. "We began to he afraid. We'd work all day from 6 in the morning till fi in the evening and then loefc ourselves in our room. We were so scared that as soon as any Arab started talking to us, we'd turn heel and run. We wanted to go to the police, but we knew they would only laugh at us — if not worse. "One night, we had just finished work and were going to our room. We had to ..walk through a small garden. We tried to walk fust—but we didn't walk fast enough. They fell on us from behind. I don't know how many of them there were. Maybe five, maybe eight Arabs, They tied us up and started choking us. Then they gagged us and blindfolded us with some stinking rags. We tried to resist, and that's when we got our first boating. They went at it mercilessly, until we lost consciousness. The 'Wedding Night' "We woke up in a strange house. A rich man's house. VVe were lying on the. floor, still tied up. Several Arabs were sitting in the room, smoking narghilas and enjoying themselves. The 'wedding' would take place that night, they were saying, no point in putting it off. That night they were nice lo us. We cried, and they told us not to cry, that everything

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would be all right. We would get to know the noble Arab character, they said. We cried out: 'No! We .don't want to! We are Jewish! Help! Save us, somebody! We'll call the Police! But they just laughed that loud, raucous laughter of theirs that sent a chill down our spine. '"Then one of the Arabs came over to me. He was well-dressed. He untied me and pulled me (o my fci'i, and then c a l l e d another man lo his side. 'Under .Moslem law, I can make you man and wile. This is your husband. His name is Rajeb Alyan. From now on, lie is your master, and you will spend the rest of your life with him.' After that they went through the Karne 'ceremony' with my sister. Her 'husband's name was Muhammad San d u c k a. Mine was a young man; hers was old. That was how we became the wives of two murderers.. That was the start of 13 years of hell on earth. That hell is something we will never forget . . . it's in our bones . . . it finished us.

Look at us—we're like a couple of miserable old hags . . . " Degradation and I'ain First, there was the degradation: "They shut us up in our rooms. It was dai-Ii. For (wo years they kept us locked up in (hose rooms. The windows were barred. They treated us like a couple of bitches. All they wauled from us was lo bear (heir1 children. And when we l>efjimt pregmuil, Ihcy spat at us . . . " Then—physical suffering: "They didn't bother, most of the time, to look for a reason to beat us. They just went at it; it was 'open season' all year round. Whatever we said, whatever we didn't sny—they let us have it. They broke my arm and my leg — for no reason. Once I said I would run away. So Hajcb Alyan pounced on me and beat, me to a pulp and told me I should go ahead and run if I still felt like it. There were times when we would get sev(Continucd on Page 50.)

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Papa, Mama, 'fully and Victoria war. the sisters had remained had gone back to Israel bclore at their hospitals. They did not the borders were sealed once leave the cellars that served as more. They tool: a small Hat in shelters. Until, finally, Suza took OIK- of Ihft poorer sections of Tel courage and ran to the police Aviv and began slowly to re- —where she found that the Israel Defense Army had already build their broken lives. This change had one positive taken over. But before she could eflect on Lena's and Stiza's open her mouth to tell her story, lives. Now that their husbands she fainted. didn't have to worry about the Freedom—at Last twins getting in touch with their Little by little LSuza fainted family, they ordered them back several times more before manto their jobs-but at two dif- aging to finish!, the incredible ferent hospitals. For the sisters, talc of the twins' experiences this meant a partial r e s p i t e emerged to the light of day. from their anguish: the long Even before she had finished hours on the job were that her story, Israeli officers and many hours less of beatings and soldiers had rushed off to the indignities at home. homes of the two sisters. There in the cellars they found, thirThe June War teen children, half starved and Then came the war of June, pining for water. 1U67. Once again, tho shots The husbands were not there. from Israel's cannons rang out like bells of salvation in Lena's They had fled. With Suza looking after the and Suza's tortured ears. Once again, hope sprang up in their children, Lena joined some offibreasts: Maybe . . . maybe this cers of the Military Governor's office in a search for the rest time! of the family in Israel. MeanYes! This time freedom was while, Tullv had instituted an at hand! inquiry of his own at the other There was f i g h t i n g in the end, asking that the Israeli austreets of Gaza. There were still thorities now r e s u m e their pockets of Arab resistance. And search for the missing sisters. snipers hiding behind shuttered And so the loose ends came windows and on rooftops. But together and contact was finally before long tfie fighting ended, made. About two weeks after the pockets of resistance were their liberation, Lena and Suz;t eliminated, one by one. and the and mother, brother and sister snipers were flushed out of their were reunited with their father hiding places. Gaza was cap- . . . and introduced to them tho thirteen new members m" the During the brief days of the family.

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Our • Continued from Page ~!ii time as a solution to racial strife. Is tliis in our national inteiest? Limited space prevents explaining \ihy our nation lias become tdininiltt'cl to this policy. It is too late anyhow to question whys. Hs.it v.e can talk about how we became committed. It is an interesting story. How We Got There In l'.nt. after almost a decade of war, tin1 French agreed to pull out o! Indo-China. an area including Vietnam. The United States clirl not sign the resulting Geneva Accord of 1M4—we had no reason to sign a peace treaty to a war in which we hadn't been involved—but we promised to abide by it. The agreement staled explicitly that Viet Nam was one nation, that the division into North and South was a temporary military situation and not a permanent political settlement. Elections were lo be held in I9f>f> lo reunify the country. Ilrrause of United States Intervention, those elections were never held. Our reason: we feared an election would not serve our NATIONAL INTKI5KST. General Eisenhower, in his Mandate for Change, candidly states that had we allowed free national elections. Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam's national hero, would have won 80 per cent of the vote. And so we installed someone who would serve our national interest—a man named Diem. Diem Leadership Diem served the United States well. Too well. In doing so. he failed his own people who had, after all, fought a long, bloody war to be free. Diem stupidly made the worst mistake possible for the leader of a peasant nation: lie reversed land reform laws. Long exploited peasants found that the 1<)54 Viet Minh victory over the French gave them—for the first time—their own land. Diem took back most of the land, Landlords returned and started charging exploitative rents again; in addition, they demanded back rent for the years they had not been been paid. The peasants fought b a c k . OVn 3G0,0fifj Southern men have joined the fight against Saigon and its allies. These peasant boys want to replace the repressive Saigon generals with a government of their choice. Nevertheless, by the early 'GO's, we -were fully committed to the Saigon regime. Diem was assassinated and an incredible string of would-be Napoleons followed. But the commitment to Saigon was strengthened. Communist Aggression By . lflG-i America was told that South Viet Nom was the victim of communist aggression. Let me trace this complicated assumption.

North and South Viet Nam, the administration claims, are separate and foreign nations •with no more interest in one another than any two nations. 'fills contradicts history, geography, the Geneva Accord, and Vietnamese sentiment. It is also interesting that both Diem and the present Saigon dictator. Division Marshall Ky, were born and raised in North Viet Nam; so if the two Viet Nams theory has any .sense, the Saigon regime's claim to legitimacy is cloudy. Nevertheless, the concept is essential to the theory of aggression. For the claims of foreign aggression to slaiul up, we must also overlook the fact that in l!)(i,'S the only foreign troops in Vietnam — North or South— were Americans. There is no proof that any North Vietnamese soldiers were in the South until iftfl-l, and then Secretary of Defense McNamara said that the number was under 500. At the same time, almost 20.000 American troops were fighting "foreign aggression" in Viet Nam. NLF '•Viet Cong" translates '•Vietnamese Communist." Doesn't this prove that we are fighting communism if not aggression? It might, if our opponents called themselves that. Alas, our enemy hasn't cooperated even in this. Viet Cong is a Saigon term. Our opponents call themselves ihe National Liberation Front and insist that although they accept communist aid and participation, theirs is not a cominunigst group. I realize that NLF victory would result in a government unattractive to most Americans. For one thing, landlords would be thrown out without compensation. On the other hand, I can't believe that any American familiar with the present Saigon government finds that the least bit attractive, either. At least NLF government, or even unification with the North, would be popular with the South Vietnamese—that is: if Eisenhower is to be believed. We might not choose the same for ourselves, but the Vietnamese aren't asking us to live there. U. S. Policy You may ask, "If all this be true, why has the administration told us otherwise?" I invite you to check the facts—v/e are a democracy, and truth can't be suppressed. I can't tell why the administration creates a ''credibility gap." Each of us must choose his own course of action, and some choose strange ways. Nor can I tell why our government has involved us in an Asian land war against the advice of every American military leader. Gut I can tell this: We have no interest In Viet Nam. Our presence there is not moral; it is not legal; it is not

even intelligent. The war has become, like all wars, an excuse to avoid confronting domestic problems. Even if we win, all we will have conquered is a backward, hostile land. Is this in our national interest? What can we do? As a nation we can invite the KLF to the conferer.ee table — something our offers of "unconditional negotiations have never included - a n d be willing to accept the terms of that conference table. I am not the one to suggest treaty terms. But if our nation would accept this civil war as civil war and agree to cease interfering in Vietnamese politics, our military involvement •would end tomorrow. And that is in our national interest. As individuals v;a must encourage our democratic government, which is responsive to the wishes of its people, to take this step. Americans opposed to the war—and I think most Americana are — must make their opposition heard—and felt in the ballot box. Only by speaking out now, loud and clear, caii we hope that the major parties will run peace candidates in '08, thereby giving us a choice. Let there be no' doubt in Washington—Americans know PEACE-IN VIETNAM is in our national interest.

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1. l)<i not altcnd mixers. A mixer is an informal dance usually held (lie first week that Kreshmen descend upon a college campus, fls purpo.se is to help acquaint male ami female Freshmen. However, when :i coed attends these functions, she is advertising the fact that .she does not have a date after being at college 72 hours already. Belter she' .should sit in her dorm and look at the 310 (dlier dateless Freshmen women while a mixer is being staged. Once a coed has signed up for her courses of study, she must h<•( d Rules No. 2 and '•). 2. Itiiy iiseJ textbooks only. Chnnccs are that the boy who first owned the coed's used psych text just graduated magna cum laude. This will be most beneficial to the student come finals time. Provided she has not opened said psych text all .semester, the coed will easily be able to glance over all the important ideas that the )iiagria cum laude graduate has undoubtedly underlined, and she'll paf.s her final with flying colors. * * * 3. Memorize trivia in all courses. This will add an authentic touch to one's wisdom when it comes time to write a final. For in;tance, when writing about F.ngli.-.h society during the Industrial ftevolution in a world history cour.se, do not hesitate to throw in fh«' fact (hot."There were lOO.OOO pickpockets in London in )»•'!»." Professors will be sufficiently impressed by this tidbit of factual trivia. During her four years of college life, Betty Coed will undoubt<dly receive an innumerable amount of 'CARET packages from home." This age-old tradition serves a dual purpose. It reassures the coed that somebody back home loves her, and it also reassures , the coed's mother that there's somebody away from home to love. Which brings us to Rule No. 4. *

4. Do nof get loo excited or nostalgic over any rare package tirforc opening it. Chances are the box one's mother has carefully wrapped, pasted $1.50 postage onto, and insured for .$25 is merely a bottle of Chap-ans hand lotion she received as a free introductory offer. S""i! fie!!" Coed will f:::d thai she is dc!'j"cd with dstcs the greater percentage of them being blind dates or "fix-ups." Thus come Rules No. 5 and fi. * * * !i. Xevcr asl; a friend what yniir blind date for Saturday night loolis like—you'll find out. Said friend will answer you in one of three ways: <a) "The nicest thing I can say about him is that he has acne." ibl "HE'S your blind date? Well. I hope you won't mind walking his seeing-eye dog. 1IEIMIEH-HKII." ic.) "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha." •f

(Continued from Page 20) ance from my father, a. little help from .some doctors, and a big boost from God, had performed a miracle on a blizzardly day in November, J4 years ago. 13y some mysterious process she had molded life— all-powerful, every-eontimiing Life. It was a srawny, red bit of Life, to be sure, but its very existence made it as important as the earth il.self. For in this or any other world, Life is the moving force. Men work incessantly to sustain it; women often die to continue and, thus, preserve it. It is the common bond between the lowliest one-celled plant and the most ingenious human being. Death may be the power that eventually takes all things; but Death is the vague future, and Life is the vital Present. It is the only thing that really .matters; it's reproduction is the most important accomplishment of a lifetime, and it's anniversary is the most important day of the year. On some future day I will he a woman. No longer will I be nble to play as I do now; no longer will I be as free as I am from responsibility. But I do not grieve lor the passing of my childhood, nor do I fear thnt day when I shall achieve womanhood. For then I will have the power of God within me— the power to create Life. I wrote that essay 4la years ago. I believed then, with pride, that the piece expressed well a beautiful thought. Today, I must confess that I still feel that the words are worked well and that the thought is lovely. But, hard as I try. I can no longer believe the thought itself. Within the pit of my chest, I am bleeding for the end of innocence. It's not that I have suffered terribly since I wrote the essay; I have not been hungry or poor or ill. Nor have I lost family or honor. I have only suffered the loss of the ideal, of illusion. When I was small, I was taught that man is "little lower than the angels." That man is not perfect, but that he can strive to be like God. That he is God's partner in creation. That God is good and rewards virtue. I believed it, all of it, with Iho magnificent innocence of youth. But during the last few years, I-have begun to doubt. I have seen, and for the first time actually noticed, lust for wealth, indifference to depravation, encouragement of ignorance. I have heard, and for the first time understood, the petty ugliness of wars and politics and all the conventions necessary to life in modern

6. Once you do get a good date, don't bother telling your parents about him. It will only upset them. A typical telephone conversation will go something like this: "Dnddy, I had the neatest date last night." " "What is he studying?" "Medicine." (Continued from Page 2!)) "What year is he in?" , years ago, is simply now being "He's a Freshman. He still has Vri years of study to go." done out in the open. The situa"1 don't want to send him through medschool." tion existed then as it does now, "But Daddy, I've only been out with him once." and whether it is done openly or "What kind of doctor is he going to be?" secretly is not the point. The "A Gynecologist." . . same behavior will probably "I don't want you to ever see him again!" exist 30 years from now as well. All too soon, Betty Coed's Freshman year of college is comIt cannot be denied, however, pleted, as as she packs to come home, she will find use for Rule that there is a small but signifiNo. 7. cant portion of the younger gen* * * eration that is at war with so7. Keforc parking, check all possessions for practical Jokes. ciety .It should be noted careOtherwise, the coed will one day find her mother passed out on fully however that this is a the bedroom floor in a cold sweat having just innocently come small portion and that it is not sicross a bottle of aspirin that the coed's best friend jokingly la- representative of the majority beled "Birth Control Pills." of today's youth. If the college-bound girl will adhere to these simple rules, she The older generation suggests will find her four years of higher education a pleasurable and less-. that the troubles of the young I rnnmntic experience for both herself and her parents.. nre new, but they are as old as the human race. Persecution of youth for the most part, is unHAPPY NEW YEAR fair. The problems youth faces today are the result of the errors made by those who malte the criticisms. There's nothing really wrong with us. We're just Now! Four Shops Serving You! growing up. Give us a chance.

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society. My contemporaries, too. have seen and heard: perhaps that is why they down booze and put ;ii)<! LSD. I cannot speak for them—only for niy.sclf. I realize now the true nature of that "miracle of life." It is paii). Dull pain, sharp pain, chronic pain, periodic pain. Pain of separation, pain of meeting, pain of losing, pain of gaining. Pain relieved only by ;i few transitory pleasures, and pain, and more pain. "Even such is Time, that takes in trust, Our youth, our hopes, and all we bave./And pays us but with age and dust." Oh. God! How great is the pain of life. Greater than that of birth, even than that of death. For in life we must face the reality of man. Man who can torture his fellows. Who knows Ki'ffd, lust, sadism. Wlio is never content but must always seek in vain a fantasy of happiness. Who can tolerate only that which is just like him, which poses no threat to his own shallow beliefs and his own narrow way of life. Who must constantly feed unearned self-admiration. We look at him. if we are brave enough, and we see ugly stains on his soul. And we see in him, if we are honest enough, the reflection of our own image. No. man is not good. He is. He can be good, he can do good things. Man can arrange sounds that stir every fiber of one's being, mix colors thnt dazzle one's eye. combine words that elevate one's imagination. When man is good, he is very, very good. But when he is had, he is . horrid. I see you, life. I see that you would draw me into the mire. You would suck out that soul that gives me existence, and leave me an ugly puppet responding to stimuli. You would make me bitter, or desperate, or resigned, or mad. But I say—be damned to you. I see you, but I will not break in your trap. I say, So men are equal to one another. So men bite and kick and scratch over trivials. So they consider only themseives, not knowing or not caring that they increase Ihe suffering of their fellows. I will not join your game, I will not become a part of the vicious scramble. Even if I am vulnerable to attack, I choose to try to avoid hurting others, to try to be tolerant, to try to show compassion. Not because God wants me to, not because I will gain material or spiritual rewards, but because I wish to exist. Only by preserving, at all costs, that quality of consideration or tolerance or compassion, can I maintain my honesty, my self-respect, my dignity, my humanity. . .

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(Continued from Page 14) War H in Britain and with the J e w i s h consciousness. The utterly irrevelant. The Great British forces—I was here in Jewish people are not the same Powers had solemnly declared London during your Finest Hour today as they were two months in 1957 that the closing of the and saw this nation at its great- ago. What we witnessed was a Straits would be an Act of War. est. Our War of Independence sudden realization of what IsThe Government of Israel had when we stood 000,000 souls rael had done for the Jewish repeatedly [;one on record to against seven Arab Annies, and image and spirit throughout the this effect. What then did Nas- when we lost one per cent of world, an understanding of its Ber think when he took this our population, the epic of Si- role in the life of e a c h and step? Can lie have imagined nai. everyone of us as a symbol, a that his bluff w o u i d not be very deep historic arousing in It lit somehow there was some- which the suppressed sentiments called. If he was encouraged in thing special in the atmosphere his gamble it was in my view, of centuries have come to the by the vacillating indecision of (his time which I liml impos- fore, coupled with an unspoken sible to describe. I suppose it the Western Powers. Surely the oath in the heart of every Jew, world must have learned \>y would be that mixture of the however it-mote he may be spirit of Dunkirk and the Ratnow that you cannot be equivofrom the stream of Jewish life, cal about dictators. And while tle of liritxiin. with that addition- that never again will a Jew go al touch produced liv the knowlI gathered that referring to down without fighting. This subPresident Nasser as a dictator edge that there' is no alterna- conscious awareness brought us tive, by the knowledge of each is frowned upon in certain together as never before. circles I shall be very interest- and every one of us, man, womThe Peace an and child, that we were fighted to learn how his regime How now do we win the ing literally for our very lives, should be characterized if not for our very existence. The .sum peace? This is no less complias a dictatorship. result was a national magnifi- cated than waging war, perThe final stranglehold on Is- cence, a national stature which haps even more so. And like in rael had begun and war had must have been lived through war, so in approaching peace, been upt-neil bv Nasser. The to he believed, and which defies we must take all (lie factors world looked on in horror all description, perhaps Patrick into consideration before makaghast and hesitated and hesi- Donovan slimmed up what he, ing the estimate and our plan. tated and debated and dis-as a correspondent, felt when Recent events have proved that cussed and waited for the final he wrote from Tel Aviv a the subject is being approached cla'jh. Facing this was Israel strange admission that "some- in this country, to our regret, on which in my view experienced how lie felt ashamed not to be the basis of slogans rather than on the basis of facts, that it is its Finest Hour. Silently and ef- a Jew." being discussed with tendentious ficiently the mobilization sysHut this strange elation of and inaccurate newspaper retem moved into operation, encompassing as it dots every as- spirit was not only to be ours, ports as tht; basis for discussion pect of daily human existence, It was one of the entire Jewish instead again of facts. manpower, transportation, wa- people. We have never known Take the West Bank w i t h ter, electricity, foodstocks, civil sympathy such as was ex-which I am somewhat familiar pressed from the whole free defense, fuel supplies, everyby now. We expected no. war thing that makes a country op- Kimflft Wrirrjc fnil Me f*\r i n . with Jordan, we were even unerate in time of pe;:ce and in stance, when we even recall prepared for it. And there was how the entire Dutch nation not one unit of the standing time of war. united behind us, or the feel- army on the Jordon front when ings here of the British people hostility began. The war against .Spirit of lite People But all this pales into insig- or the French despite their of- Jordan was carried out entirely nificance beside the spirit of the ficial policy, or the Americans, by reservists. We came to a poppeople. I have lived through and so on. ulation which had been mentalmany crises in my life, the riots The events of June 1907 ly prepared to massacre us. In Palestine in 1936/38, World moved something very deep in They openly admit that they fully expected the same treatment at our hands. Instead they found, when they recovered from their (Continued on Page 55)

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To Our Many Friends A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR The opportunity provided by the upsurge of Jewish interest and concern sparked by Hit* June crisis unhappily oilers v» fresh answei's to that familiar problem: how to enroll unaifiliated Jews, how to keep them enrolled and how to involve them in the activities o! the organization. This, reduced to practicalities, is what is meant by the goal of involving such Jt-ivii in "new rind lasting commitments." Reducing the great issue to such mundane elcmentals pro-. vicles the raw material for determining what the f o r m u l a must r e a l l y be. In practical terms there is no single, simple action the American J e vv i s h community can take because that community is made up of a Variety of organization!) reflecting a variety of J e w i s h idealogies and programs. If the question of what can be done to commute the crisis interest into longterm commitment is put to the Orthodox Jewish leader, he will naturally and properly reply that the task is to win these nni n v o 1 v e d but momentarily aroused Jews to traditional Judaism. Similarly specific answers will be forthcoming from Conservative and Reform religious leaders. visinn }tiiV all f>f iha end£iM!C engaged in communand unresolved problems which al Leaders will reply that the darkened the outlook for a vig- taskprograms is one of involving such orous Jewish life in America long before the June crisis and Jews into Jewish communal programs. The leaders of American war. Zionism—and it too in its many varieties—are naturally most excited by the galvanic response of American Jews in Israel's hour oi need. But the problem remains; Until the crisevoked peak ebbs—and after -— American Zionism faces largely the same problems in attracting and holding Jewish young people ..a it did before the crisis, when the Z i o n i s t parties struggled with indifferent success to hold and build their memberships. The obvious and indeed inPortraiture © Weddings © Commercial evitable course of each of the Jewish organizations is to continue the pre-Junc competitive Michael Horns-rein effort to hold existing members and win new ones. The "new and lasting commitments" can be 4819 Dodge 553-7355 sought only for existing programs of e x i s t i n g American Jewish organizations because, Ju totality, this is really* what Jewish interest and participation means in the American society. If the proposed urgent new ef-' fort then must begin with the existing programs, perhaps the significant difference must be in the area of a better selling effort. For some organizations, this approach will be more effectively implemented than for others. A record n u m b e r of young 'American Jews went iu Israel this summer for tours and study activities, in addition to the thousands who went as volunteers. The heightened interest in matters Jewish which commonly marks the visitors returning from Israel offers possibilities for t h o s e American Jewish organizations which are alert to capitalize on that interest for their programs. Given the realities of American Jewish life, perhaps this i% what the urgent call to the leadership to act now must mean. If that leadership can rise above the routine of dayto-day procedures, many of the moved and excited American Jews can be brought into the fold of participation while the mood still holds. .;

By Ben Guliub Profoundly" stirred by Israel's peril and subsequent display of exceptional heroism and sUil! on three battlefronts d u r i n g the June war, young American Jews by the thousands volunteered to go to.Israel to replace men and women called to duty on the war fronts. Many ol them paid their own way. Many of them offered to don Israeli uniform.'; and fight, an offer politely turned down by Israeli ofiicials in this country, as in other western nations where voting Jews'made similar offers. This tidal wave of interest and direct support for an embattled Israel lias inevitably prompted American Jewish leaders to ponder a crucial issue: What can and should be done to channel this fresh interest into a more enduring and widened concern with and participation in Jen isti affairs? One of the more perceptive c o m m e n t s on the issue was made by Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld. who warned that Jewish communal leadership would he fooling itself if it came to the conclusion that the " s u d d e n surge of folk identification" and the natural rallying by American Jews to the cause of "Jews in distress'1 really meant "r.cw and l a s t i n g commitments." Speaking at a symposium at a meeting of the National Community Relations A d v i s o r y Council in Atlantic City, the

American Jewish Congress president said that previously alienated or miiiivo'ved young American Jews could be kept in Jewish activity only if the motivations evoked by the crisis could he translated into an understanding ol their Jewish identity. " Two other organizational presidents — President Morris B. Aunitii of the American Jewish Committee and Dr. W i l l i a m Wexler. President of B'nai B'rith —similarly warned that the task of keeping this newly-evoked interest alive and of using it to attract uninvolved Jews into organized Jewish life would require a sustained special effort. Therein resides the heart of the problem. The overwhelming protective response of American.and other Jews to a fearful threat to Israel's survival had an obvious uncluttered channel of release and expression. Jews who could react only by giving money did so — in astonishing quantities. Jews, particuarly the younger ones, who were free to go to Israel and give a direct helping hand volunteered to do that. But a consideration of the formula for the required "sustained special effort1' immediately evokes not clarity and pre-

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