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Friday, J*M»ry B, 1962
What The Press Is Saying
A Dice* *t Cm temporary Opinion
A Iwesson Not Learned
Sixteen years after the collapse of the Nazi re
gime, thousands of Israeli Jews are flocking back
to the fontief Reich to make quick fortunes and
damage the cordial relations between the Bonn
Government and the State of Israel. The Israeli
Government is now considering administrative
measures to revoke the citizenship and cancel the
passports of those Israelis who make themselves
obnoxious in West Germany, either by overstay
ing their welcome or by participating in unsavory
get-rich-quick deals. In 1941, Germany was the
evil headquarters of the world’s most diabolical
plan to exterminate the Jewish people. In 1961,
West Germany was the most popular place for Jew
ish emigrants from Israel. Even those Israelis who
think there may be practical reasons for emigra
tion, agree that there is something repulsive about
an Israeli Jew who leaves his own country to re
settle in Germany. Yet, over 20,000 Israelis have
so far established residence in West Germany, be
sides the many thousands of Israeli tourists and
businessmen who flock there every month. De
spite ominous anti-Semitic rumblings along the
Rhine and the Elbe, many Israelis find Germany
a happy place to live . . . Quite a few Israeli emi
gres get into trouble with the law: 85 per cent
of all emigres are going into what is called the
“entertainment business . . .
LEO HEIMAN, The Jewish Digest
“Stirmgs On the Nile”
After seven years of effort President Nasser’s
dream of a pan-Arab empire uniting with all Afri
ca and the Islamic peoples everywhere in a strug
gle against the “imperialists” has turned to dust
and ashes. He still calls his domain the “United
Arab Republic,” but with Syria’s secession and the
break with Yemen it is now confined to Egypt,
which is neither united nor (which is predominat-
ly Hamitic population) Arab nor a republic. How
ever, President Nasser is apparently trying to
build himself a new system at home, supposedly
ushering in the third phase of his revolution. His
propaganda organs describe this phase as “na
tional socialism” on which the Nazi fugitives he is
shielding can offer him permanent advice. Nobody
knows just what his fuzzy slogans mean Nas
ser injures all under-devolped countries by dis
couraging investments that must be the main part
Of any foreign aid program. But the very methods
President Nasser feels necessary to employ indi
cate that the opposition against him is rising, and
the arrest of an increasing number of higher army
officers suggests that his main instrument of pow
er, the army, may be slipping away from him.
THE NEW YORK TIMES,
from an Editorial
Topic of the Day
— WUP —
By DAVID BENARONE
Days of Decision
Anyone reading the daily headlines these days
cannot help but sense that we are living through
times unparalleled in the world’s history.
There is a stirring of peoples throughout the
globe—in Africa, the Middle East, the Far East
Europe stands divided between East and West, as
does the city. Berlin, which Hitler thought would
rule the world for a thousand years. Other coun
tries, other cities, like Korea, like Jerusalem, re
main split as the cold war rages under the omin
ous clouds of nuclear threata.
In Ihe midst of all this global turmoil, one little
country, Israel, moves forward and advances in
all phases of human endeavor. Here we have the
only bright light in man's dark horizon. It is al
most as if Isaiah’s prophecy is beginning to see
fulfillment:
“Arise, shine, for thy (Zion’s) light is come . .
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and
gross darkness the peoples; but upon thee the
Lord will arise . . . And nations shall walk at
thy light, and kings at the brightness of thy
rising” (60, 1-5).
Undoubtedly, speaking of this decisive age,
another Prophet, Daniel, predicted that at “the
time of the end . many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall be increased.” Certainly knowl
edge has been increased in our times, and the ac
tivity in travel is great But these words of his
in chapter 12 follow this not very pleasant pic
ture.
“. . . there shall be a time of trouble, such as
never was since there was a nation even to that
same time ...”
Immediately after this, he adds: “And at that
time thy people shall be delivered . . .”
Qjie thing is certain, as this writer sees our
times- 1 — 1 the world is in a state of great transition,
and as events take shape with the break of 1962,
Isaiah and Daniel will yet see vindication . .
The' world will never be the same again.
THE SOUTH! RN ISRAELITE
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Jewish Home—First Decade
The years pass swiftly, too swiftly, for it hardly seems a decade
since the inimitable Frank Garson walked among the Atlanta com
munity and performed the mechanizations which resulted in the
Jewish Home.
The idea of a home for aging citizens was a controversial one then,
a subject which had been bantered around for perhaps a decade or
more before the leadership and the movement congealed into the fact
of existence
There were many who had done yeoman service in laying the
foundation for the agency. And many in their way had a special part
in its creation. As for this paper, we cherish the unique part we
played in helping Mr. Garson raise the funds for the building. He
asked us to meet with him one day when he spread before us the
ideas and the plans for the building, asking our cooperation in what
would be an off-beat fund raising drive. He could not hold a capital
funds drive in the fall which was devoted to Israel Bonds nor in the
spring which was the time for the Welfare Fund.
And in the summer, people went away on vacations
So he intended to locate a donor, whoop it up in The Southern
Israelite columns and in this unorthodox fund-raising way lay the
fundation for the next gift.
Of course we agreed to cooperate We cooperate with any group
or movement that needs our services—and often without waiting to
be asked. Besides, the field of aging persons was one in which we
had great interest.
His methods worked and we can look back over the stories in our
columns and see the remarkable variety of approaches which Mr
Garson passed on to us in his press conferences. These alone were
as fabulous and breathtakingly exciting as that rare personality him
self.
But the raising of the funds, the hassles before then are really
commentary to the fact of the home itself The agency has time and
time again proven its genuine worth to the communities that utilize
its services. Men and women have dwelled within its cordial prem
ises with dignity and comfort and in an atmosphere of cordiality and
wholesomeness.
The dear residents and the effective agency have become a
precious part of communal life.
We regret greatly that Mr. Garson did not live to see this anni
versary although he was with us long enough to see the first phase
of the Home in full usefulness. Philanthropist Ben Massell, who
generously donated the property for the Home and who has aided
in so many other ways since, will be on hand at the anniversary oc
casion next week. Mr. Massell and Mr. Garson will be honored, the
latter in memorial with the establishment of a foundation fund to
be utilized in behalf of the future needs of the Home.
Comment...
1962—What Hope?
Hurricanes of social and political change are
sweeping across the earth The forces are so pow
erful and so widespread on thd whole planet as
to be beyond the capacity Of~~*Aiy one nation or
organization to control them No single country,
nor the United Nations, nor any combination of
smaller powers are in a position to give these
forces such a sense of direction as to lead to a
period of foreseeable stability In that sense, world
leadership belongs to no one. It js not a monopoly
of any one great power or any combination of
powers, whether inside or outside the UN We
live solidly in a new era when our eyes must be
turned to the future and when efforts must be
made to control the revolutionary forces that ex
ist—which is impossible—but to give them such
a sense of direction as to provide for peoples maxi
mum prospects for growth and development, and
maximum benefit from the human rights to which
they are entitled. These objectives for mankind
must always remain clear both as objectives and
as a basis for day to day action, planning, and tac
tics. Means should not be allowed to destroy ends
The conduct of international relations, the defini
tion and implementation of foreign policy, should
always be in terms of sound, ultimate objectives
In sixteen short years great empires have been
dissolved, new nations have emerged and taken
their place in the world community . . .
ANDREW W. CORDIER, from an Address
delivered before National Council of Jew
Lsh Women.
Toynbee In Cairo
Globe-trotter and historian Arnold J Toynbee
recently delivered some lectures in Cario. As is
his custom, he also made himself available for a
press conference. In his statements for the press
and on the platform, Professor Toynbee professed
his displeasure with the existence of the State of
Israel and confessed: “I had always wished to see
Palestine as an Arab and united country.” He
particularly regretted that there was no hope for
a change in the British attitude to Israel as a
sovereign state. He concluded, however, on an
"optimistic” note, that “the present situation in
Palestine is not the final settlement.” The author
of A Study of History intimated that he was con
fident that the realization of the Arab hopes of
ousting the Jews from Palestine was the next
phase in the country’s destiny. A common enemy
makes for even stranger bed-fellows than poli
tics. Thus Prof Toynbee’s most ardent advocate
and defender on the American Jewish scene is
Rabbi Jacob Agus of Baltimore, Md. an “anti-
Zionist" on pre-Israel days Fortunately, Rabbi
Agus’ espousal of Toynbeeism has been unanimous
ly criticized and disowned by leading spokesmen
of the Conservative Rabbinate, his official affilia
tion . . Some years ago, Reinhold Niebuhr wrote:
“I can’t escape the feeling that, in spite of “his
best efforts at objectivity, Toynbee has a deep-
seated prejudice against Jews . . . It is sad, in
deed. that Rabbi Agus has chosen to supply the
Toynbee guns with the kind of ammunition which
was previously supplied by what Prof. Nathan
Rotenstreich . . termed Toynbee’s ancestry of in
tellectual Jew-haters, such as Augustin, Marcion.
Hegel and Harnack.
DR TRIIDE WEISS ROSMARIN.
The Jewish Spectator
It was a privilege to have had a part in the early phases of the
Jewish Homo. It has been an even greater pleasure to watch the
dedicated board members, volunteers and staff carry the agency for
ward during these first ten years. We congratulate them all for the
endless hours of devotion given to the agency’s operation and devel
opment and will join in the simeha next week to witness the mile
stone which will launch the achievements of the future.
—ADOLPH ROSENBERG
Deflated Nasser Seeks New Fame
The new year begins with fresh signs of trouble
in the traditionally nervous eastern Mediterra
nean, with anxiety centering on Egypt and Al
bania. Egypt, which is all that remains of the
UAR, has made a new arms deal with Russia, pri
marily involving ships. This set off inflammatory
rumors that Moscow hopes to establish a submarine
Why Be a Zionist
I am a Zionist because I am a Jew, and Judaism is incomplete
without Zionism. Because I am a Jew, I cherish and study the Hebrew
Scriptures, and there ^ learn Zionism. The hope for a land for Israel
began even before Jacob. Abraham left his birthplace, seeking a land
for himself and his descendants. Isaac dwelt in that land . . Through
every age, Jews have asked to return to Zion, and today the Jews
return to Zion. It is a wonder in my eyes, and that too is why I am
a Zionist, because in Zionism my faith and the heritage of my teach
ers in every generation are at last vindicated by Providence.
RABBI JACOB NEUSNER, The Connecticut Jewish Ledger
JEWISH CALENDAR
•PCRIM
Wednesday, March 20, 1062
•PASSOVER
Thursday. April 19, 1962
•8HAVUOT .
Friday, Juae 8, 1962
•ROSH HASHONAH
Saturday, Sept 29, 1962
* YOM KIPPUR
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1962
•SUKKOT
Saturday, OcL IS, 1962
•SIMHAT TORAH
Sunday, OcL 21, 1962
•Holiday begins
preceding evenings
base there, compensating for loss of facilities in
Sesano, Albania However, Khrushchev is unlike
ly to establish bases in a nation he cannot wholly
rely on . Nor is Nasser ready to grant such
facilities to Khrushchev. The Egyptian shrewdly
plays off East and West, successively courting
first one, then the other, while seeking to avoid
domination by either. He is not eager to abandon
this tactic. Nasser needs some coup for prestige
reasons and presumably Soviet weapons serve
that purpose. His renown has faded; he is at odds
with most Arab states since the Syrian break; and
Egypt's economy is bad. There has been practical
ly no cotton crop and, to keep his factories going,
Nasser is importing cotton from the U S . . Prop
erty expropriation cannot hold things together for
long It is improbable there is any real threat
to the Mediterranean power balance in the new
Soviet deal Anyway, Russia no longer depends
on distant submarine bases in this nuclear-missile
age
C L. SULZBERGER, The New
York Timm, from Paris