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rtUmf, Afrii M, vm OPINION Sigh of Relief—Mr. K. Alive One of the curious aspects of Monday’s brief but sensational “Khrushchev is dead” rumor was the almost universal sense of lo cal relief evoked by the news that the tale was greatly exaggerated. History plays weird iokes. The reaction was a sign of how far we tupre moved since the time of Stalin, whose death, after the first bulletins about his stroke, evoked emotions of relief, hope and anticipa tion in much of the universe. Admittedly, Khrushchev is still the man who suppressed the Hungarian revolution in 1956 and less than two years ago tried to sneak his missiles into Cube. But he is also the man who has shown a sober understanding and respect for the destructive power of nuclear weapons and who has declined to risk nuclear war even at the price of a mortal struggle in the world Communist movement. Plainly, manv people feel the world is a safer place with his hand on the Soviet nuclear trigger, than with a new, unpredictable heir in charge. That may only be proof of the old axiom that known dangers are preferable to those unknown. It may also reflect an awareness that the man in the Kremlin is capable of serious com munication .... The Soviet dictator has not become nature’s nobleman; his empire is still crowded with captives. But how many people in the free world would choose at this mo ment to gamble on his successor? Monday’s suspense story seems to provide the answer. —THE NEW YORK POST A Talmudic Moral TALE OF TWO SHABBOS GOYIM By JACOB L. FRIEND In the Old Country in Poland and Lithu ania, the smallest Jewish town, as poor as the Jewish people were in those times, had a Rabbi, Shochet, Cantor, Mohel, Synagogue Shamashim (sextants), the Jewish public bath keeper, and a number of other Jewish functionaries of minor importance. But a very important non-Jewish func tionary without which no Jewish communi- ity could exist, was the “Shabbos Goy.” In Orthodox homes, the biblical injunction of not performing labor of any kind on the Sabbath holy day was scrupulously observed, and the “Shabbos Goy,” a non-Jewish neigh bor, often a teen-ager, was engaged to light fires in the stoves during the winter, to warm previously cooked food, to turn off lights, to make the “Samovar” for Sabbath tea, and on farms, to perform necessary chores. In the Babylonian Talmud, volume Pesa- chim, p. 113a, there is the following quota tion: “Our Rabbis taught. Three must not be provoked, viz.: An insignificant (little) Gentile, a little snake, and an humble pupil. What is the reason? Because their kingdom (future) stands behind their ears.” (They will grow up and take revenge. This is re ferred to Diocletian (245-313), though bom of slaves, he afterwards rose to be the Em peror of Rome, and avenged for the insults offered him when he was in his lowly posi tion.) The truth of the above Talmudic dictum is being verified in our very days. For act ing as a “Shabboss Goy” in the home of Chana Yankelevitz, now reported living in Israel as recently as three years ago, Nikita Krushchev was treated regularly to Chale and gefilte fish, in reward. In 1913, Nikita Khrushchev roomed in the Yankelevitz home in Mariupol, South Rus sia. On two separate occasions, Krushchev became gravely ill, and Mrs. Yankelevitz nursed him to health. Once when the “Black hundreds” a ruth less anti-Semitic horde was preparing an at tack on Jews, Krushchev hurriedly organ ized his friends to strike at the mob as it was mobilizing. Krushchev was badly beaten but the pogrom in Mariupol was averted. Not many Ambassadors can claim to have had experience as a “Shabbos Goy.” How ever, the Yugoslav Ambassador to the Court of St James, Mr. Srdja Prica, proudly boasts of this distinction. As a *h<1d of poor parents he lived be tween the two world wars close to the Syna gogue in the Sarajevo ghetto, which then haa only three or four non-Jewish families, and at a very early age he became the offi cial (unpaid) “Shabbos Goy.” How did he became interested? His home had no electricity and he was fascinated by the lights of the Synagogue and the many switches. Hfe hopes soon to visit Be vis Marks (London’s oldest Synagogue), though not in the same capacity! . . . THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE and THE SUNCOAST JEWISH NEWS weekly by Beetbsw Newspaper Enterprises, 888 Oeart Nk, Atlanta X, Oeerrla, IE. 8-8*48, TE. 8-8248. SseenS paid at Atlanta, Ga. Yearly sabsertptkm five deUan Israelite invites literary untribnbina and estrs^snd- met bat la net ta be considered as sharing tha views expressed by writers. DEADLINE Is 5 PJL, FBIDAT bat material received earlier will have a maeb better ahanae of pabUeattoa. Adolph Rosenberg, Editor and Publisher Kathleen Nease, Jeanne Loeb, Joseph Redlich Georgia Press Association Telegraphic Agency 7 Arts Features World Auschwitz Trial at Frankfurt Hears About Sadistic Murders FRANKFURT (JTA)-DetaUed des criptions of "latrocious, sadistic” murders committed by several of the defendants in the current trial of 22 men who served the Nazis in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death fac tory. were given to the court here as the long trial, begun lest Decem ber, continued. Moat of the defend ants, all but one of whom were of ficers in the SS, were identified by witness Irwin Olsvowka. As he en tered the court room, he greeted most of them by name. When he came to one of thm, Franz Hoff mann, he used the latter’s SS tile, “Herr Obereturmfuehrer.” Olsvowka, a Foie, said he had been at Auschwitz from April 1940, until the camp was abandoned by the Nazis, in the face of the on coming Russian Army, in 1945. He implicated not only Hoffmann but also Wilhelm Boger, Oswald Kaduk and Klaus Dylewski. The told the court about the death march, in which the Nazis evacuated the Auschwitz prisoners. “They murdered with special sadism,” he said. "With my own eyes, I saw how Boger, who seemed tired, still seemed to get very real pleasure from killing people. At the start of toe march, there were 1,000 to 1,500 inmates in my group. After three days, the number was far smaller. Prisoners who stood still a moment, because they were unable to keep walking, were shot down at once. There was a trail of corpses a lot*? the entire road. The SS men had it easy. Most of the time, they rode in trucks.” The man charged Boger and Kaduk with “going wild” when some Polish prisoners, about to die, show ed hatred for the Nazis. “Boger even mistreated those who were already hanging,” he declared. He accused Dylewski of giving him 25 blows with a bull whip at one time be cause be had accepted some food from newly arrived prisoners. Consul Dover Cootkmed from page 1 Agudath Achim Synagogue. Cooperating in toe program were Congregation B'nai B’rith Jacob, Savannah Zionist Council, Jewish Educational Alliance and the Sa vannah Jewish Community Council. On Simday, Consul Dover was in Miami for an Independence Day celebration, sponsored by the Greater Miami Committee for Is rael Bonds. A featureof the event was presentation of the State of Israel Medallion of Honor to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Blank, pioneer pace setters of south Florida communal activities. Additional appearances by Con sul Dover have been scheduled soon in Birmingham and Memphis. Numerous other Southern Jewish communities staged a variety of special events cofhmemorating the occasion. Mrs. Baron Asher Wins Writer’s Club Award Mrs. Baron Asher was awarded second prize for serious verse in the Atlanta Writer’s Club Spoken Magazine Con test. Her prize winning entry was the following poem entitled: GRANDMOTHERS OF HIROSHIMA Were you busy on that morning When the fiery blast took place? Were you washing chocolate candy From some little hands or face? Did your “Grandma heart”'swell proudly As the little one, now clean Leaned its head upon your bosom So contented and serene. Were you singing praise to Buddha For that little girl or boy? Were you filled with great amazement That the world held so much joy? Did you kiss her and caress her As she sat upon your knee? Did you wonder as you rocked her What her future lot would be? My sister-heart grieves with you That such horror filled your land. I think of you each time I hold My grandchild by the hand. May God who made us all remove The guilt from out our hearts; And bring to every land the peace That love alone imparts. JEWISH CALENDAR •8HAVUOT Sunday, May 17, 1M4 (tint day) Monday, May 18, 1984 (second day) *EOSB HA8HONAH Monday, Sept 7 Tuesday. Sept 8 *YOM KIPFUR Wednesday, Sept. 18 •SUCCOTH Monday. Sept. 21 Tuesday, Sept 22 8MHAT TORAH Tuesday. Sept » •HOLIDAY BEGINS Sundmm Previoua Day COMMENT Vindication For Zeev Jabotinsky Twenty-four years ago on the 29th of Tamuz, the heart of Zeev Jabotinsky ceased to beat. In exile, in one of the greatest cen ters of the Jewish diaspora, his soul found its rest while his body was buried in foreign soil. Temporarily, the body of our nations leader was laid in a cemetery near New York. It was clear then to every Jew all over the world that the remains of the man, whose life was devoted to the liberation of his peo ple and the redemption of his country, should find its final rest in the land of our ancestors, in the earth of the homeland for which he had sacrificed all the talents be stowed on him by God, and to the disposal of which he placed all that was noble and beautiful in his great soul. He left a will, written with the blood of his heart during the black days of dispair. In this will he ex pressed his unfaltering belief that a day would come and Israel would be free, reign ing over the historical homeland, a master of his fate and an equal among equals in the family of states. The vision of a Jewish re public is clearly reflected in his will .... Sixteen years have passed since the estab lishment of a Jewish government in our homeland, and his body is still there abroad, waiting for the day on which an order will be issued to repay the prophet of the Jewish State, the defender of Jerusalem, prisoner of Acre and creator of the first Jewish mili tary force—the debt owed him by the na tion, for the sake of its own honor, and to bring over his mortal remains so that they may come to their eternal rest in the soil of the eternal homeland . . . The delay in executing his will .... caused pain and sor row to everybody . . . With infinite patience and forebearance, his disciples and those who respected his memory waited year after year for the day on which the Government’s in structions would be issued. And this great historical hour has finally arrived. The Gov ernment of Israel rose to the stature of its mission when it passed the resolution (on Sunday, March 15, 1964) to transfer the re mains of the national leader whose life song still continues to thrill the hearts of his people and fill them with respect and ad miration ... Bulletin. World Union of Tnnat HnHerut. Jerusalem Eshkol Speaks Up on Israel’s 16th How would you characterize Israel’s gov ernment today? I would say that we can look back, first of all, on a period of stability. With governments tottering in our neighboring countries almost every “Monday and Thurs day,” with so-called revolutions and counter revolutions, with armed interventions by one Arab country into the affairs of another, Is rael stands out as an island of democracy in the Middlle East. The change of government following the resignation of Mr. Ben-Gurion took place as easily as if the Jewish peoples had been installing prime ministers without interruptions since the time of Moses. What are the prospects for Israel-Arab peace? Unfortunately, there has been no re sponse thus far on the Arab side to our over tures. However, we will never give up the hope that peace will someday come. Mean while, we must maintain our deterrent capa city as the only means of preventing war. Maintaining an adequate deterrent posture involves a heavy financial burden and a con stant diversion of physical and spiritual re sources. If the Middle East were relieved of the nightmare of the arms race, both the Arab states and Israel could apply these resources to development and raising living standards. How will an East-West detente affect Is rael? Since the signing of the treaty partially banning nuclear tests, we have seen the first indications of relaxation of world tension. While it is premature to draw conclusions, the hope of a new era opening up in international relations has received impetus. We hope that ultimately the Middle East, too, will benefit from a lessening of world tension. Israel has welcomed Chairman Krushchev’s note on the banning of war as a means of settling inter national disputes. Do you see any hope of improvement of Israel’s relations with the Soviet Union? We certainly look forward to such an improvement, and to a more positive Soviet understanding of the nature of our national revival and its constructive and peaceful purpose ... Premier Levi Eshkol, Replying to Questions, Hadassah Magazine