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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, Aufu.it 2, 1963
Topic of the Day
—WUP—
By DAVID BKNARONE
KHRUSHCHEV-KENNEDY’S
FIRST STEP
Now that, through the dynamic intiative of
the two K’s, a test ban treaty has been initialed in
Moscow but still to be ratified by Congress, it is
worth noting what this column penned in the
issue of 9 March 1962.
Deeply concerned over the great peril to man
kind of atomic fallout and the general threat to
the whole world of a nuclear war, this writer ad
dressed the following message to Messrs. Kennedy
and Khrushchev (requesting you, the readers, to
send it on to both the White House and Ambassa
dor Zorin at the UN Mission in New York):
“All the peoples on this planet Earth—deeply
concerned over the ever-present threat of nuclear
annihilation and the dangers inherent in atomic
testing—today look to you two, the heads of the
two great nuclear powers, as the ones who alone
can save the day. You have it in your hands to
set their minds at rest.
“How? by a very simple joint declaration made
in good faith with mankind as the witness:
“ ‘Having met and discussed the question of the
manufacture and use of nuclear weapons and their
testing, in the full realization of what their em
ployment in any conflict would mean to mankind
and the world, namely, suicide, we, Nikita Khrush
chev, Chairman of the USSR, and John F. Ken
nedy, President of the U.S., hereby declare:
“ ‘At no time and under no circumstances shall
either one of our governments resort to nuclear
weapons. We make this pledge before all man
kind as a solemn oath in order to assure the peo
ples of all states peace and tranquility on this
threatening issue.
“ ‘We shall immediately seek the several other
nuclear powers to join us in this declaration.
“ ‘Having agreed on this cardinal point, we
pledge further to continue discussions on the other
points relating to general disarmament through
the good offices of the United Nations.’
“This, Chairman Khrushchev and President
Kennedy, is a simple statement which you can
both easily make in good faith and quickly with
out committing yourselves to details.
“Lose no time! Act at once! Humanity demands
it of you!”
It is gratifying to note that the appeal in this
communication to the two K’s has now partially
been take up and fulfilled by the signing of the
Moscow test ban treaty.
The immediate next step is to get all the other
nuclear powers to sign it and then, as a further
necessary step, enter into a treaty outlawing the
use of nuclear weapsons in any war as above
communication requested of the two Big Power
leaders.
Talmudic Treasures
COLLECTED AND TRANSLATED
By JACOB L. FRIEND
Do not sit too much, because sitting af
fects the abdominal region; do not stand too
much, because standing affects the heart; do
not walk too much, because this affects the
eyes. Spend a third of your time doing each.
Standing without something to lean on is
preferable to sitting on a seat without a back
support.
A feverish flush is one of the premonitory
symptoms of regular menstruation, as are
constant yawning and sneezing.
A woman conceives only shortly after
menstruation ends.
The offspring of extremely dark-com-
plexioned parents will probably be even
darker.
As long as a child is in its mother’s womb,
its mouth is closed and it is nurtured from
the umbilical cord.
One talmudic scholar was able to ascer
tain the age of a foetus.
Circumcision is ordained for the eighth
day after birth, because the Almighty wants
the child to have sufficient strength.
He who stands up the moment he arouses
from sleep is closer to death than to life.
The night was created for sleeping. Yet
it is further stated that too much sleep is
inadvisable.
One may sleep in any kind of a bed, ex
cept on a bare floor, and it is not advisable
to sleep alone in a house.
A foot-bath is a good thing and may even
cure an headache as well as a pain in the
eyes.
Cooked mangold (a certain species of
beet) is good for the heart and the eyes.
Apple wine that had been aged for seventy
sidered a great and holy duty, has its rules
and regulations. One should not visit an in
valid during the first or last three hours of
the day, nor sit upon the bed.
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The Southern Israelite Invites literary contributions and correspond
ence but Is not to be considered as sharing the views expressed by
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, Kathleen Nease, Jeanne Loeb
Georgia Press Association
NATIONAl EDITORIAL
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World Press
AN EDITOR’S WEEK
We had expected the mail
would bring some reaction to
our emphasis on Albany and the
desegregation problem. Certain
ly Albanians must have violent
ly disagreed but so far no let
ters of commendation—or con
demnation . . . Dead silence in
the letter field too.
Someone phoned to inquire
why we were spelling “negro”
with a small “n” and our secre
tary hadn’t been informed about
this decision, relative to style.
“Style” is newspaperese for
whether the publication writes
Ga. Ave. or Georgia Avenue,
and such usages of grammar and
language. Usually, what emerges
is a compromise between what
the grammarians dictate urge
and what the editor feels is
necessary to avoid any more
confusion than necessary. For in
stance, The Southern Israelite
uses the spelling “Rosh Hashon-
nah” for consistency and in no
way an effort to determine the
correct Iiteration. Several con
gregations differ with us and we
cannot go in all directions at
once and hence use “Rosh Ha-
shonah" whenever we can. We
decided recently that since we
did not capitalize black, or
white, when applied to race,
why negro. There is a semantical
or grammatic argument for the
other way too. We decided in
view of the widespread popular
usage to use the small letter for
the time being, just as we now
do with the word “nazi”—no
longer capitalized as a noun or
an adjective unless in a proper
name or title of an organization.
Anyway, the reader who called
left no identification and he
may accuse us of—who knows
what. It’s dealer’s choice and
not of interracial significance . .
* • •
Somehow the insert section of
last week’s paper dropped out of
the edition that reached the
home of Mrs. X. Whose fault?
The postman? a careless bind-
eryman? We’ll never know. Any
how, Mrs. X never knew she
was missing the section until a
neighbor phoned and asked her
to save page “gimmel” which
had a story about the neighbor’s
daughter. Then Mrs. X discov
ered she had been short-changed
—(pardon us, short-sectioned)
and would we mail her the four
pages right away? We did.
Professor X phoned to find
out if we had available copies
of last year’s magazine which
contained some source material
he needed to research for a
paper he was presenting before
a scientific group. We told him
SENTENCE ZEALOTS
—Continued from page 1
ed earlier. Six others were freed
on parole, to be tried with the
12. Among the six was 16-year-
old Jacob Warhaftig, a son of Dr
Zorach Warhaftig, Minister for
Religious Affairs. The youth is a
student at an Orthodox yeshiva
here.
Magistrate Moreno I-evy, who
heard the police charges of riot
ing against the arrested youths,
ordered that those being detained
be given facilities in jail to ob
serve Tisha-b’Av, the traditional
Jewish day of mourning over the
destruction of the two temples.
about our bound copies and he
later came by the office and lo
cated the issue. We had no re
collection of the particular quo
tation and felt humbly pleased
to be of service to a reader in
this way.
For a moment this week, we
almost felt like the “global”
editor of the New York Times
or Trib, with all the correspond
ence received from friends
abroad.
Buddy Parver, our part-time
staffer who’s touring Europe
with hubby Mike, writes of all
the European “countries we’ve
seen, I like Holland best.”
Milton Parson is in Israel
by now, inspecting the bond pro
jects for which he’s been so dili
gently working as -area director
for many years. He and the
wife took the ZIMline Moledet
from Naples to Israel and his
description of shipboard life
certainly gives a good case for the
leisurely cruise. These days, the
speedier jets carry the majority
of travelers which may account
for why we get more post cards
from abroad than letters. Who
has time to sit down for a long
letter?
And of course another dis
patch from Berry Rittenbaum in
the troubled Viet Nam area.
Next week, you’ll see it in full
in our columns.
The Bregmans and the Mar
vin Goldsteins “post-carded,”
'but by the time we had time to
savor their nice messages we
saw them back in person.
From behind the Iron Curtain
a card from Dick Kaminsky who
is leading a group of America’s
leading garment industrialists
on a mission to Russia. The
group is busily talking with
Russian counterparts in their
industry and we look forward
to sharing a complete report
from the Fitzgerald leader with
our readers as soon as he’s back
and wc can induce this reticent
leader to speak.
Late News...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
(JTA -—A total of 8,450 children
are enrolled in 43 Jewish schools
in this country, Moshe Relnik,
president of the culture and ed
ucation department of the United
Zionist Organization of Brazil,
reported at a July 28 plenary
session of the UZO here. He re
ported that 33 per cent of the
Jewish children in the country
are receiving a Jewish educa
tion.
LONDON (JTA) — American
tourists visiting Israel spent $23,-
000,000 in 1962 compared to $22,-
000,000 in 1961 and $20,000,000 in
1960, the U. S. Embassy report
ed this weekend.
JEWISH CALENDAR
•ROSH HASHONAII
Thursday, Sept 19, 1963
(First Day)
•YOM KIPPUR
Saturday, September 28
•SUCCOT
Thursday, October 3
(First Day)
Friday, October 4
(Second Day)
•IIANNUKAH
Wednesday, December 11
•Holiday begins
preceding evenings
Comments . . .
A Digest of Contemporary Opinion
PUNY MAN
Man’s continued impotence in the face of titanic
forces at nature’s disposal is never more vividly
shown than when an earthquake hits a heavily
populated area. The thousands who died or were
injured in the catastrophe yesterday at Skopje
in Yugoslavia’s Macedonia are the latest victims
of a destructive power which has claimed mil
lions of lives over the centuries. Only last Sep
tember some 10,000 persons died in an earthquake
in Northwest Iran, while a smilar recent disaster
in Libya claimed some 300 lives. Those of us
fortunate enough to live in areas where the earth
has remained stable and unmoving can only ex
press sympathy and send medicine, food and other
aid to the survivors . . . An earthquake is a spec
tacular sign of the vast forces at work in the in
terior of our planet . . . We are still far from
fully understanding, let alone controlling, these
vast forces within the earth . . .
The New York Times, from an Editorial
BEAST ILSE KOCH TO GO FREE
A report from West Germany informs us of
the impending release of Use Koch, the beast of
the Belsen concentration camp. Furthermore, the
report continues, the beast will be allowed to
practice medicine in the newly-rehabilitated Ger
many. For those who have forgotten Ilse Koch—
as apparently the West Germans have—let them
be reminded that this woman was one of the
supervisors of the dreaded camp in which millions
were slaughtered. Aside from her usual mundane
duties, however, such as the monotonous supervi
sion of the gas chambers and crematoria, the
beast had a fascinating hobby. There are those
who save stamps, and those who save coins. Ilse
Koch was different. She saved lampshades. Not
just ordinary shades, mind you, for Ilse Koch was
not an ordinary person. Ilse saved lamp shades
made from skin—human skin. Jews who had
once prayed and spoken and breathed were now
decorations in Ilse Koch’s bedroom . . . After the
war, Ilse Koch was not killed. Neither was she
sentenced to prison for life. Even then the world
lacked the capacity for indignation at horrors done
by human beasts. Even then, its ears could not
hear the cries of the murdered dead. Today, Ilse
Koch is about to go free and practice medicine . .
How tragic that our world is so sick as to allow
such beasts to walk the earth again. Surely such
a people and such a world cannot endure long . . .
The Jewish Press, Brooklyn
NEW SENSE OF URGENCY
. . . Judaism’s commitment to racial justice need
not be reiterated before this august body . . .
While Jewish organizations, religious and lay, have
been involved in the quest for civil rights for a
long time, there is no denying the fact that a new
sense of urgency regarding inequality to the Negro
is developing in American Jewish life. This, I must
say has developed in direct proportion to the mili
tancy with whch the Negro has pressed his de
mands. However, this urgency has not developed
uniformly throughout the country. As with Pro-
testanism and Catholicism, our communities south
of the Potomax River have, with rare exceptions,
moved with less determination and zeal than our
larger centers of Jewish population north of that
new Mason-Dixon line. This “fact of life” is as
unfortunate as it is understandable. Obviously,
while racism is a national problem, it is precisely
in those areas where Jews are numerically and
structurally weakest that the immediate need is
the greatest. Frankly, we have not concentrated
our efforts as heavily in the southland as we have
elsewhere, though for the first time I begin to
see glimmerings of increased activity in and with
our southern communities. While in the past we
have not always been warmly received, I think
there is an increased recognition that we “Yan
kees” may be of some slight help. Not only are
the pressures different, the Jewish population
greater and the organization of Jewish life in the
North more complex than in the South, but also
the contiguity and competition between Negro and
Jew in a New York, or Philadelphia or Chicago
are far more intense than they bare in, say Bir
mingham or Jackson, Mississippi. As the degree
of active involvement covers the full spectrum
from “do nothing” to all out activity so, too, is
there a real disparity between national pronounce
ment and local or individual fulfillment . . .
—Rabbi Balfour Brirkner,
Addressing-National Catholic Conference
for Interracial Justice, Chicago