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“A Light Unto Life”
— From Our Bible
0 L i 0rd hr r , strcn ? th ond m y fortress, and my refuge in the day
of affliction: Unto Thee shall the nations come from the
ends of the earth, ond shall say: Our fathers have inher.ted
lies, vonity, and things wherein there is no profit.
JEREMIAH 16:79.
Arms for the Middle East
U IS with mingled reaction that we greet the historic
«ig hree agreement on arms to Middle East countries
which of course includes Israel.
Perhaps we should become jubilant over the fact that
Israel now will be able officially to join an armed camp,
that this tiny new nation will have the steel and powder
with which to defend herself. And indeed we are pleased
that, no longer must Israel resort to subterfuge to acquire
basic armed protection and security which has seemed
to flow above board to her rival neighbors and to which
as a nation she has every right.
-Truly, the announcement is another recognition for the
Middle East’s growing importance in the political set-up
of the day. It is at once a diplomatic nod to the riuht of
the states involved to be adequately armed for self-pro
tection and for the inclusion of this sector of the globe,
into the sphere of Western influence.
Interestingly enough, observers do not seem apprehen-
sious lest the arming of the Arab states mean a renewal
of warfare with Israel. To the contrary, these observers
believe that the flow of arms will facilitate a feeling of
security which will salve the means to the delaved amitv
between the states of the Middle East.
But what makes us heavy of heart is the ontension to
Israel of the basic premise of our advancing (sic) civiliza
tion, a foundation with which we must take issue, that
nations to survive must be heavily armed and- as is the
: ,Arend in the cold war—be armed to the teeth. Israel can
not be outside the pale of arrfted protection which tin*
times dictate. It is just that this armament project is such
another classic example of modern wastefulness of natural
resources and manpower, of our inability to channel into
creative form the vast energies and potentialities for
which mankind is in such urgent need. And in Israel,
where so much cries to be done, where everv bit of finan
cial potential is so vitally neded to aid the growing human
element.
But such is the inevitable turn of events and we bow to
the trend of the times in hailing the announcement as an
expedient measure. •
The wording of the announcement holds significant
promise and we think it is worth printing here in full:
“The Governments of the United Kingdom. France and
the United States, having had occasion during the recent
Eoieign Ministers meeting in London to review certain
questions affecting the peace and stability of the Arab
states and of Israel, and particularly that of the supply of
aims and war material to theses states, have resolved to
make the following statement:
"1. The three governments recognize that the Arab states
and Israel all need to maintain a certain level of armed
forces for the purpose of assuring their internal security
and their legitimate self-defense and to permit them to
play their part in the defense of the area as a whole. All
applications for arms or war materials for these countries
will be considered in the light of these principles. In this
connection the three governments wish to recall and re
affirm the terms of the statements made by their repre
sentatives on the Security Council on Aug. 4,1949, in which
they declared their opposition to the development of an
arms race between the Arab states and Isral.
“2. The three governments declare that assurances have
been received from all the states in question,to which they
permit arms to be supplied from their countries, that the
purchasing state does not intend to undertake any act of
aggression against any other state. Similar assurances
will be requested from any other state in the area to which
they permit arms to be supplied in the future.
"3. The three governments take this opportunity of de
claring their deep interest in and their desire to promote
the establishment and maintenance of peace and stability
in the area and their unalterable opposition to the use of
force or threat of force between any of the states in that
area. The three governments, should they find that any of
these states was preparing to violate frontiers or armis
tice lines, would, consistently with their obligations as
members of the United Nations, immediately take action,
both within and outside the United Nations, to prevent
such violation.”
BETWEEN US by Boris Smolar
Behind the Arms Move
It can now be revealed th t
the American-British-French
agreement on the question of
supplying arms to Israel*and
the Arab states was drawn up
at the initiative of the United
States . . .
President Truman was per
sonally interested for some
time in this question and indi
cated this to non-Zionist lead
ers who talked with him on
this subject . . However, he
did not like the protests that
some of the American Zionist
groups arranged against the
State Department in connection
with U. S. policy on arms ship
ments to the Middle East . . .
The President implied to
Jewish leaders that it is high
time Zionist groups in the U. S.
should have confidence in him.
since he has proven his friend
ship for Israel on more than
one occasion in crucial mo
ments . . . He announced the
text of the three-power agree
ment a week before the confer
ence of the American Zionist
Zionist Council—scheduled to
be held in Washington on June
4—in order to avoid even the
slightest indication that this
conference influenced the arms
situation . . .
American Zionist leadership
now believes that the Amen-
Communal
Jewish social work is becom
ing a field which is attracting
more and more young Ameri
can Jews seeking a profession
. . . Today the number of peo
ple employed in Jewish social
work—including the Jewish
centers and Jewish educational
institutions—runs in the thous
ands . . .
The problems which these
professionals face in moulding
Jewish lile in the organizations
and institutions in which they
are employed will be fully dis
cussed at the National Confer-
can-British-French agre merit
can work out well depending
on how the powers involved
will interpret it . . . One way
to interpret it is to have Britain
discontinue h:?r shipping of
arms to Egypt and i>ermit Israel
to acquire arms in the United
States in order to offset the
arms transports sent to Egypt
. . . However, this will appar
ently not be done . . .
Officialdom in Washington
indicates that even under the
three-power agreement Britain
will continue to supply arms to
Egypt. Jordan and Iraq, while
France will sell arms to Syria
and Lebanon . . .
Nobody says who will supply
arms to Israel, but Washington
officials say that the United
States will see to it that aqual-
ity between Israel and the Arab
states will be maintained . . .
Some in Washington are going
out of their way to create the
impression that the three-power
agreement is in effect a guar
antee against any possible re
newed warfare between the
Arab countries and Israel . . .
However, the fact remains
that Britain may still continue
to send arms to the Arab' coun
tries and refuse the sale of such
arm* to Israel, even under the
new pact . . .
Affairs _
ence of Jewish Social Welfare
parley next week in Atlantic
City . . . The parley will last
about a week and will be one
of the most interesting Jewish
conventions of the year . . . All
major aspects of Jewish com
munal life, except those deal
ing with political issues, will
be analyzed by experts . . . And
it can be predicted that Charles
Zunser of New York will be
elected president of the organi
zation for the coming year . . .
The Council of Jewish Fed
erations and Welfare Funds
YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR
TO NEW LIFE IN AMERICA!
“TA* fate of 20,000 Jewish DP's rests in the hands of the
American Jewish Community. Job and housing assurances
must be provided immediately through ll.S.N.A., a L'JA
agency, so that these people can enter under the new DP Bill.**
WALTER BIERINGER, President, United Service lor New American*
Friday, June 2. 1930
will be the mediator between
Jewish communities and the
Joint Defense Appeal where
the two parties find it difficult
to resolve differences through
direct negotiations . . .
The Joint Defense Appeal
has been asked to inform tne
C.J.F.W.F. before breaking off
relations with any community
organization . . .
Jacob Billikopf draws my
attention to the fact that the
National Christian Committee
of the U. J. A. is not the first
Christian group in America to
raise funds for Jewish relief
purposes . . . He reveals that
non-Jewish committees were
raising funds for Jewish War
Relief in 1917-18, when he was
executive director of the Amer
ican Jewish Relief Committee.
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Un-Kosher
Cloth
By Robbi Samuel J. Fox
QUESTION: What is “Shatnez?"
ANSWER: A garment or cloth
that contains a mixture of wool
and linen is classed as “Shatnez”
and is forbidden by Orthodox law
for use as wearing apparel. The
actual term “Shatnez”, a Biblical
word, is one whose origin is
steeped in obscurity. Traditional
ists like to consider it a contrac
tion of the three processes of
treatments for fibers, carding
(combing), spinning and weaving
(Shua, Tevi and Nuz.)
*****
QUESTION: Why is this product
forbidden?
ANSWER: Even though the Bible
forbids it, no clear-cut reason is
mentioned in Biblical literature.
The restriction is generally group
ed with prohibitions against eating
crossed vegetative growths or us
ing different types of animals to
gether under the same harness.
Maimonodies, the great Jewish
philosopher, looks at all such for
bidden mixtures as a symbol of
the practices of idol worshippers
who indulged in such practices,
and in abominable side practices
mentioned in his “Guide to the
Perplexed.’’ Nachmanadies, other
wise known as the Ramban, finds
that this prohibition was instituted
for the promotion of a “deep con
viction in the perfection of the
creation.” Mixing the species,
which were created in separate
detail, would constitute doubting
the efficiency of the creation.
Linen and wool, or flax and
wool, are contradictory in nature.
While wool absorbs, flax deflects.
It ^’as considered bad taste to
wear the results of a conflict in
one’s apparel. Fascinating indeed
is the accounting of the Midrash
whiph seeks to rationalize this
prohibition on the grounds that
wool is the symbol of the offering
of Abel while the flax represents
the offering of Cain and the com
bination of the two led to the
world’s first murder. Man is asked
to clothe himself with symbols of
peace and avoid the remainder of
conflict.
Jewish Calendar
ROSH HASHONA
Tuesday. September 12
(First Day)
Wednesday, September 13
(Second Day)
YOM KIPPUR
Thursday, September 21
SUKKOS .
Tuesday, September 26