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THE SOUTH tRN ISRAELITE
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What The Press Is Saying
A Digest of Contemporary Opinion
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Kennedy and the UN
Arms alone arc not enough to keep the peace.
It must be kept by men Our instrument and our
hope is the United Nations, and I see little merit
in the impatience of those who would abandon
this instrument because they dislike our imperfect
world . We may not always agree with every
detailed action taken by every officer of the UN,
or with every voting majority. But as an institu
tion, it has in the future, as it has had in the past
since its inception, no stronger or more faithful
member than the United States of America. In
1961, the peace-keeping strength of the UN was
reinforced. And those who preferred or predicted
a troika in the seat of Hammarskjold, or Red
China inside the Assembly, have seen instead a
new vigor under a. new Secretary General and a
fully independent Secretariat. In making plans
for a new forum and principles on disarmament—
for peace-keeping in outer space—for a decade of
development effort, the UN fulfilled its Charter’s
lofty aims . . . Today the hopes have improved
for peaceful conciliation within a united Congo .
This nation has the will and the faith to make a
supreme effort to break the logjam on disarma
ment and nuclear tests—and we will persist until
we prevail, until the rule of law has repacked the
ever-dangerous use of force . . .
JOHN F. KENNEDY,
State of the Union Message
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Anti-Semitism and the Sunday School
It is hard to conceive anything more radically
contrary to the spirit of Jesus than the inhuman
treatment accorded Jews by Nazis like Adolf
Eichmann. Many Christians may therefore be
shocked by the assertion that the gas chambers of
Auschwitz were simply the ultimate«sjCxpression
of a contempt for Jews that has been cTttlivated
for centuries in Sunday schools and catechism
classes where children learn the story of Jesus.
This assertion is made—and supported by an im
pressive amount of evidence—in a little book which
is currently having a big impact in the seminaries
and religious education departments of major
Christian bodies. It is entitled' "Has Anti-Semit
ism Roots In Christianity?” The author is Prof
Jules Isaac, a distinguished Jewish scholar of
Paris. An English translation was published in the
United States by the National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews, with a fore-war by Richard Cardi
nal Cushing of Boston. Prof Isaac’s criticism is
aimed not at True Christianity, but at a superfi
cial and distorted presentation of the New Testa
ment which has planted in Christian minds an
"ignoble image” of Jewish and Judaism
LOUIS CASSELS, New York
World-Telegram and Sun
Case of ‘Heebie-Jeebies’
The “explanation" of the American delegation at
the UN, that the US. Government favors peace
negotiations between the Arab states and Israel
“at the appropriate time” is a shallow piece of
sophistry that will persuade no one. As an exer
cise in diplomacy it is pathetic; as an influence
for the peace our Government is supposed to be
so deeply committed to, it only succeeds in en
couraging the intransigent and arrogant Arab
turmoil-makers. We must confess that Ambassador
Stevenson’s statement gave us an acute case of
heebie-jeebies. “Our opposition to that resolution
(on direct Arab-Israel talks) was based,” Mr.
Stevenson said, "on the fact that this was an old
dispute where there was no particularly new ele
ment introduced.” This, we fear, isn’t even good
casuistry Why talk about “new” elements when
so little has been accomplished in the area of old
ones—namely, insistence on face-to-face talks? As
for the bizarre use of the phrase “appropriate time”
—what time could be more appropriate that the
present, this very instant, for insistence on talks
that could lead to peaceful settlements? It is our
melancholy feeling that if Mr Stevenson could
have spoken with the candor for which he is cele
brated, he would have had to admit that the
American delegation failed to display the leader
ship, the insights, the courage whirh we have
every right to expect from it. In the simplest, most
unadorned word, our delegation was gutless . . .
ARTHUR WEYNE, The American-Examiner
Dubinsky and The President
The well-known columnist, Leonard Lyons re
ports that David Dubinsky, the veteran labor
leader, visited President Kennedy in the White
House and was shown the Sefer Torah presented
him by Reform leadership. Dubinsky asked the
President why he accepted the Torah with un
covered head. The President is said to have re
marked, “I am a Reform Jew ” It is a good story,
anyway.
JEWISH OUTLOOK, Pittsburgh
The Southern Israelite
and THE SUNCOAST JEWISH NEWS
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The Southern Israelite Invites literary contributions and correspond
ence but Is not to be considered as sharing the views expressed b?
writers. DEADLINE Is 5 P.M., FRIDAY but material received earlier
will have a much better chance of publication.
Adolph Rosenberg, Editor and Publisher
Gustav Oppenheimer, Sylvia Kletzky,
Kathleen Nease, Jeanne Loeb, Ruth Kahn
JOURNALISTIC AFFILIATIONS
UJA Parley—
(Continued from page I)
Institute’s proceedings include:
George H Altbach, Gulfport;
Meyer L. Balser, Atlanta; Philip
Belz, Memphis; Harding S.
Frankel, Houston; Charles Good-
all, Tulsa; Sam J Heiman, Mi
ami; Victor Kirschman, New Or
leans; Mervin Leibs, Little Rock;
James L Permutt, Birmingham,
Bernard Schaenen, Dallas; and
Morris Speizman, Charlotte. They
are also serving as Institute
vice chairmen.
The Southern Jewish leaders
serving as members of the Insti
tute’s executive committee are:
Levi Becker, Bessemer, Ala ;
Seymour Marcus, Birmingham;
Mayer Mtchell, Mobile; Harry
Labovitz, Montgomery; Morris
Sokol, Tuscaloosa; Alan R Thal-
heimer, Little Rock; Daniel N
Heller, Miami; Max Perlman,
Pensacola; Leslie L Jacobs, Jr
and Jerome Zimmerman, Atlan
ta; Elijah Wisebram, Barnesville,
Ga.; Harold Friedman, Bruns
wick, Ga.; Melvin G. Satlof,
Columbus; Nathan Kaplan, Alex
andria, La; Werner Friedmann,
Herbert J. Garon, Label A Katz,
Henry Maslansky and Bernard
D Mintz, New Orleans; Myron
H Dorfman and H Leo Green-
gus, Shreveport; Irvin D Sachs,
Greenville, Miss.
Also Zondel Katz, Gulfport,
Miss.; . Meyer Crystal, Jackson,
Miss.; Meyer Davidson, Meri
dian, Miss; Harry Diamond,
Mcyirhead, Miss.; Abraham Her
man, Ocean Springs, Miss.; Sol
Weiner, Tupelo, Miss.; Mayor E
J. Evans, Durham; Herbert Gir
ard, Gastonia; J. Herman Leder.
Whiteville, N.C.; Jay Solomon,
Chattanooga; David M Blum-
berg and Lester Popkin, Knox
ville, Jack A Belz, Julius Frank,
D. Herbert Glazer, Memphis;
Harold Hassenfeld and Bernard
B Steiner, NashVille.
Also Sam Kane, Corpus Chris-
ti; Sig H Badt, Morris I. Jaffee
and Jacob Feldman, Dallas; Leon
H Brachman, Fort Worth; J.
Sigmund Forman, Galveston;
Saul Gerber, Milton Levitt and
Harris Wcingarten, Houston; Dr
Irving Brown, Tyler; and A M
Goldstein, Waco, Texas.
Members of the Women’s Ad
visory Committee are:
Vice chairmen: Mrs. Joseph
EX MILITARY ADVISOR—
(Continued from page 1)
cording to what he needed from
Beer, who acted against the
State."
Lt. Col. Beer, who was one of
the keenest military analysts for
the Israeli press, was arrested at
2 a.ill. last March 31 at his home
on the edge of a small forest
along the Yarkon River on the
outskirts of Tel Aviv.
Among the documents confis
cated in Beer’s home were ex
cerpts from Mr. Ben-Gurion’s
personal diaries. The Premier,
who was shocked by the arrest
last year, had personally seen to
the appointment of Beer in 1952
as official historian of Israel’s
War of Liberation.
AMERICAN JEWISH PRESS ASSN
IEWISH TELEGRAPHIC 4GEN' v
SEVEN ARTS FEATUPC.
GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION
Cohen, New Orleans, and Mrs
Irvin S Rosenbaum, Louisville.
Advisory Board: Mrs* Bernard
Fensterwald. Nashville, and Mrs.
Ludwig Kaphan, St Petersburg
Executive committee: Mrs. Hard
ing Frankel, Houston; Mrs. Isa-
dore Horowitz, Shreveport; Mrs
Sidney Q. Janus, Atlanta; Mrs.
Paul Kapelow, New Orleans; and
Mrs. Seymour Marcus. Birming
ham
Eshkol—
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he said, and attending other UJA
events, he found that some of
the big UJA givers have been
doubling this year’s contribu
tions compared with 1961.
“Both leaders and workers are
very optimistic of meeting the
special, larger needs confronting
this gear’s campaign, to raise
larger sums for immigrant ab
sorption in Israel and for the
consolidation of agricultural set
tlements. We appreciate the UJA
efforts most profoundly,” he
stressed.
As for the Israel Bond Organ
ization, Mr. Eshkol was lauda
tory of that organization’s sale,
in 1961, of the highest yield in
bonds since the bond drive was
first launched in this country
more than 10 years ago Still big
ger plans have been made for
the next year, he said, and the
achievement of these higher
goals will result in expansion of
Israel’s agricultural irrigation
network as well as the creation
of new industries in the Negev.
Mr. Eshkol expressed himself
as "highly optimistic” in regard
to the general economic outlook
for Israel during the next dec
ade Given certain conditions, he
said, Israel should be able to
close its annual $380,000,000
trade gap, or narrow that gap
to very low proportions, by 1970.
The conditions for such an en
visaged improvement in the
country's economic position, he
said, are: 1. Normalization of the
country's growth in population;
2 Maintenance of the present,
relative firm position in the
country's security.
“Given these conditions," he
stated, “the day will come be
fore the end of this decade when,
by our own efforts, we should
be able to replace the inflow of
foreign aid, whether from Gov
ernments, German reparations or
the aid we receive through UJA
and similar sources. In two or
three years, when present in
vestments in the expansion of
citrus farming and industry start
yielding results, we should be
able to increase our exports
from $400,000,000 a year to $600,-
000,000 In two years, we should
start receiving income from tin-
new industries developed in the
Dead Sea area at a cost of $50,-
000,000.
"The steady growth of private
investments will be of vital value
to us,” Mr Eshkol concluded.
"Furthermore, we know now
that for good projects we shall
always be able to find invest
ment monies "
JEWISH
CALENDAR
•PtJRIM
•YOM KIPPUR
Tuesday, March 20, 1962
Monday, Oct. 8, 1962
•PASSOVER
4 *SUKKOT
Thursday, April 19, 1962
Saturday, Oct. 13, 1962
•SHAVUOT
•SIMHAT TORAH
Friday, June 8, 1962
Sunday, Oct. 21, 1962
•ROSH HASHONAH
•Holiday begins
Saturday, Sept. 29, 1962
preceding evenings
Comment...
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The Eichmann Sentence
Abhorred by all mankind and cast off by hi 5
own people, a cadaverous-looking but still arro
gimt former Nazi official named Adolf Eichmann
has been sentenced by an Israeli court in Jeru
salem to die on the gallows for his part in the un
paralleled crimes of the Nazi regime. Adolf Biell
mann was Adolf Hitler’s "transportation Minister
of death” who did not kill with Ins own hands
but shipped, like ;o much cargo, millions of Jew;
to meet their horrible fate in the extermination
camps of the Nazis But as the court made clear,
he was sentenced not only for crimes against
the Jewish people but also for crimes against hu
manity in general and for war crimes as well In
the broad context of history this verdict marks
one more condemnation of the whole Nazi regime
and all it stood for Yet, with full recognition
of all the elements involved, we still hold with
Prof Martin Buber that Eichmann’s crimes are
so enormous that there is no possible punishment
to fit them and that as expiation for them his
hanging becomes meaningless. Let Eichmann live
as-a prisoner‘at hard labor condemned to witness
to the end of his days the miracle of Israel’s
resurrection, which—in one of those supreme
ironies of history- the crimes of Eichmann and his
colleagues did so much to bring about.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, from an Editorial
Ashamed to Believe in Chxl?
It has been said that the modern Jew is ashamed
to admit that he believes in God, and is ashamed
to pray and confess that at times he is overcome
by feelings of awe and reverence. This is true in
a vast number of instances. And this sense of
shame or bashfulness engenders a further aliena
tion between the person and his Maker
Will this condition ever change? I hope so
What will bring it about’’ When man becomes am-
barrassed by his lack of gratitude, embarrassed
bv his arrogance, embarassed by his lack of hones
ty with himself Unitil this happens, the material
things will continue to remain the supreme ob
jects of worship
True faith exists only in the cultivation of the
heart, in the depths of the soul, in the ennoble
ment of the mind In a sense, no human being is
without faith. But those who do not place their
faith in God, misplace it in idols adapting images
of their own concepts.
Judaism had declined, not because it had been
refuted, but because it became irrelevant and op
pressive, and did not deal with the crises of the
day. Judaism had become an heirloom rather than
a living fountain It concentrated more on the-
past than on the present. Happily, this is chang
ing and^Judaism is once again taking hold of the
minds and hearts of our people.
—RABB ISRAEL J. GERBER
Temple Beth El, Charlotte
Topic of the Day
By DAVID BENARONE
A Diplomatic Ordeal
The life of UN diplomats can sometimes be very
heart-breaking, sad and even tragic Whatever
their own mind, heart or thoughts may be, in
their jobs as heads of their respective delegations
they must always follow the dictates of their home
governments' policies—though these often collide
with their own views.
Thus one wonders now how the Egyptian chief
delegate, Omar Loutfi—who was appointed by U
Thant last week as one of his eight Under-Secre
taries will conduct himself vis-a-vis the Israeli
delegates whom he had boycotted and snubbed
hitherto and even bitterly attacked these past
years.
As an Under-Secretary he is bound by the UN
oath and Charter not to take any instructions from
any government hut to act strictly as an interna
tional servant. The big question is: will Omar
Loutfi, the spokesman of Nasser who has sworn
to destroy Israel, be able to act impartially in
matters relating to Israel? This remains to be
seen.
It could, of course, be possible that, hitherto as
Nasser’s spokesman, Loutfi was forced to take the
stand he did against his better judgment and that
now lie is happy to escape such an unpleasant
predicament. If such is the case, he will serve the
UN well.
On the other hand, if hi- follows the path chosen
by Tunisia's Mongi Slim who, as President of the
General Assembly, rudely snubbed Golda Meir
when the 16th session opened, then his selection
as an Undci -Secretary becomes a farce and U
Thant owes to himself to reconsider the appoint
ment
But returning to the hectic life of UN delegates
be they such men of stature as Stevenson, Comay,
Zorin, etc - they often find themselves in positions
where they have to espouse causes which go con
trary to their own grain.