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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
OFF THE RECORD by Nathan Ziprin
Adlai Stevenson
(A Seven Arts Feature)
Time stands still for no man.
Yet there are times when one
wishes that he who controls its
movement paused in mercy be
fore stilling a life ere it has com
pleted its task.
Such was the moment when
the light went out from the life
of one of America’s most lumin
ous figures—Adlai Stevenson.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, a
region whose name conjures up
the inimitable Abe Lincoln, ep
itomized the American dream
and the frustrations in the
striving for its fulfillment.
Stevenson came upon the
American national scene a virtual
unknown, except to a few intel
lectuals who detected his poten
tial long before millions of Amer
icans gave it their seal of ap
proval in two national elections
that marked a turning point in
American political and social his
tory not because the favored can
didate won, but because the loser
shook up the country with wis
dom and vision.
Since Stevenson’s coming on
the scene the country has not and
will not be the same.
It has been said of the late
President Kennedy that he was
adored by the American people
because he symbolized the youth
of the country coming of age. Had
Stevenson not brought new di
mensions in his political dia
logues. the youth of the country
would have remained alienated
from the theme it holds so dear
ly now — active paratipation in
the weaving of the American
dream and its fulfillment. Stev
enson brought purpose and
dream to an America (hat prom
ised to become mired in the in
difference that stems from afflu
ence. He was, as James Reston
of the New York Times aptly
observed, a man of thought in an
age of action, and it was precise
ly because he had no fear of
ideas and their articulation that
he magnetized the young, the
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imaginative and the concerned.
His was a still voice surround
ed by violence, yet it rose above
the tumult always. Wisdom needs
no trumpets. He spoke out and
a people sensed the honesty and
radiance of his words. Nor was
it a mere accident that this Lin-
colnesque figure from Illinois
captured the imagination of the
Jewish community, for his words
were reminiscent of prophecy.
Yet he was a sad man, and
not alone because he did not
reach the head of the path. He
was a contemplative in a
troubled world. From his seat in
the councils of the United Na
tions he saw signs of doom about
him and he was fearful of the
black moment.
Stevenson aspired to higher
purpose. But how would he have
fared at the summit. The dealers
in speculation may have ready
answers, one way or another.
Moses of Biblical days was not
to have the privilege of ascend
ing the summit, but that did not
diminish one iota from his per
manence in human history.
Stevenson was no Moses. Yet
he too was made of the stuff that
generates tales and legend. The
Stevenson story will be recount
ed bv Americans long after the
book closes on our troubled cen-
tu rv.
Biblical National
Park Planned
For Israel
JERUSALEM (WUP)— A 1,-
500-dunam Biblical National
Park, to be named Neot Ked-
umim, is being planned on the
rocky hills of the Mod’in area
between the Herzl Forest and the
Tombs of the Maccabees, it was
announced here by Noga Hareu-
veni, the moving spirit of the
project which is under the pa
tronage of Israeli President Zal
man Shazar.
A team of volunteer architects
has already begun planning the
first stage of the park. Serving
on the board of the new project
are Knesset Speaker Kadish Luz,
many Cabinet Ministers, Knesset
Members and faculty members of
both the Hebrew and Tel Aviv
Universities.
IS Clergymen and
Educators Depart For
Study Tour of Israel
NEW YORK (WUP) — Forty-
eight Clergymen and university
faculty members representing
every section of the United
States flew to Israel on the fourth
annual Study Tour of Israel spon
sored by the American-Israel So
ciety of which Mayor Theodore
R. McKeldin of Baltimore is
president.
In a statement before depar
ture, Mayor McKeldin declared
that "it is appropriate that our
two peoples, sharing as they do
a common spiritual and demo
cratic heritage, should meet in
this people-to-people program.
Our Study Tour to Israel is des
igned to probe in some depth the
historic background and contem
porary significance of Israel. The
croup will study subjects varying
from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the
modern kibbutzim, and from Is
rael's ancient cultural contribu
tion to the world to her present
partnership with the new na
tions of Africa and Asia.
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By DR. SAMUEL SILVER
“Mom,” asked the youngster,
“if I’m good can I have a dol
lar?”
“Why can’t you be like your
father?” replied
the mother
“Good—for noth
ing.”
Being good for
no reward at alii
is something of’
a rarity in our
world. Upon
graduation from
high school and
college, many young people re
ceive sumptuous gifts from their
delighted parents. Many of them
get automobiles; some, trips
overseas; most of them, expen
sive and elegant items.
It is indeed wonderful that we
have reached a stage of well
being in this country that we
are able to afford lovely gifts for
our children. The pride which
we feel at the scholastic attain
ments of our young people gets
easily translated into material
rewards.
The danger, of course, is that
we begin to give our children
everything but a sense of appre
ciation. For if we surfeit them
with offerings we take from them
the sense of expectancy.
This was illustrated recently
by a teacher who was coaching a
Bar Mitzvah candidate in the
recitation of the blessings before
the Torah. The teacher explain
ed that the blessing was a way
of saying thank-you. The instruc
tor wanted to give the young
man an idea of the feeling he
ought to put into the saying of
the blessing and therefore asked
him:
“Tell me, Bruce, is there any
thing you want very badly and
haven’t got?”
The idea was that when the
boy mentioned what he wanted,
the teacher would say, “Pretend
you were given that thing. How
would you say thanks?”
But there was a hitch. For the
youngster, eager to cooperate
with the teacher, began to think
what it was that he would like
to have but didn’t. He couldn’t
come up with anything.
But what that youngster and
every one of our children des
perately needs is a reason for
living, a purpose, an aim and a
goal in life. These cannot be
handed out or purchased with a
s du*ggle in our checkbooks. These
must be instilled through person
al example, through careful In
doctrination, through the ingen
uity which comes from painstak
ing planning and thoughtfulness.
When we reward a young per
son for doing what he ought to
do we enrich him materially but
we deprive him of incentive. It
is not easy to train a person to
be good for nothing. But isn’t It
worth trying?
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