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TII IODTHIKN 1IIAILITI
Friday, October 15, 1965
BY NATHAN ZIPRIN
OFF THE RECORD
(A Seven Arts Feature)
SIMCHAS TORAH . . .
With the celebration of Sim-
chas Torah, the holiday season
comes to a joyful end.
Simchas Torah means joy of
Torah. Yet, not always has the
Torah brought joy. Indeed, Jew
ish legend relates that God in
the beginning offered the Torah
to all other peoples but none
would accept it save the Jews.
Another formulation is to be
found in the phrase “yoke of the
Torah, “but if it is a yoke it is
one that multitudes of Jews have
borne through the ages with great
joy. Throughout the ages, when
ever ill winds blew, Jews gather
ed about the Torah and in the
sense of the immanence of God
that it conveyed felt warmed.
The very sufferings that they en-
UNITED NATIONS (WUP) —
In her policy speech before the
General Assembly, Israel’s For
eign Minister Golda Meir raised
the issue of anti-Semitism and al
luded cautiously to the plight of
the Jews in the USSR.
Although Mrs. Meir did not
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dured for the Torah made it
more precious to them.
Torah has brought warmth and
light not only to the Jew but to
the world at large. It has been
observed by a noted English
writer of another century that
the Fhlgrims and Puritans who
first settled the American wil
derness preferred to name their
children after the Old Testament
patriarchs and prophets. In the
beginning, the Old Testament was
the legal code of New England.
Today much of this influence
has waned, but deeper down if
we but dig, fundamental to all
that is best in our western civili
zation, is to be found this vision
which came from the East. It is
not for aught that the United Na
tions building in New York bears
the inscription of the words of
mention the Soviet Union by
name, her statement was clear
enough as to indicate to whom
she was referring. “It remains a
matter of sorrow and concern to
us,” she declared, “that a certain
large community suffers serious
disabilities and discrimination,
which are causing distress not
only to their fellow Jews, but
also to decent and liberal opin
ion in other lands.”
However, in the light of re
ports from the USSR during the
past few months pointing to a
betterment of Jewry’s situation
in Russia, Mrs. Meir did note that
"a few concessions have recently
been made, and,” she added, “we
can only hope that they are signs
of a more liberal policy. It is hard
to understand,” she continued,
“what the great country concern
ed should stand to gain by
stifling an ancient faith, culture
and language, belonging to a mi
nority group.”
Referring to the work of the
Human Rights Commission, Mrs.
Meir expressed satisfaction of
the progress this body has made
“in drafting Mrs. Meir express
ed satisfaction of the progress
this body has made “in drafting
declarations and conventions on
the related topics of racial prej
udice and religious intolerance.”
She reminded the UN “that the
evolution of these important texts
started as a result of widespread
anti-Semitic acts some years ago
—the so-called “swastika epide
mic.”
Mrs. Meir made it a point to
cite the following passage from
last year’s report of the Commis
sion on Human Rights:
“ . . . anti-Semitism, in all its
manifestations past and present,
was a repugnant form of racial
discrimination; it was a danger
ous special and political phenom
enon; and it was a serious ob
stacle to the establishment of
friendly relations among peo
ples.”
Having delivered Israel’s major
policy speech and fulfilled a va
riety of diplomatic duties during
her brief stay, Mrs. Meir return
ed to Israel.
the Torah prophet who foresaw
the time when men would no
longer learn war and turn their
swords into plough-shares.
Of the Torah we may still say,
as our ancestors said, “its ways
are ways of pleasantness and all
its paths are peace.”
• •
RIDES BICYCLE
FOR ISRAEL, . . .
Not all talent is concentrated in
the large cities.
If Waukegan has given us Jack
Benny, Peoria, a relatively small
city in Illinois, have given us
Sam Rothberg, chairman of the
$100 million Israel Bond drive.
At the recent Israel Bond con
ference, Mr. Rothberg told an
amusing anecdote of the sacrifices
some contributors to the cause
of Israel have made. The story
goes back a considerable span of
years—before there were Israel
bonds. Mr. Rothbrg at the time
was a leading figure in the
United Jewish Appeal campaign.
In connection with that drive, he
suggested to one contributor that
he would be able to make bigger
contributions if he changed his
car—from a Cadillac to a Buick.
The contributor looked sternly
at Rothberg. “Young man,” he
said firmly, “I am able to make
these annual contributions be
cause I don’t ride either a Cad
illac or Buick—I use a bicycle.”
As a sequel to the story, Mr.
Rothberg related that this con
tributor now makes annual pur
chases of Israel bonds but that
he does not do it by saving on
his transportation. Instead, every
year when he has to make a pur
chase he sells a piece of real es-
state and invests the proceeds in
Israel bonds.
The Lord has evidently blessed
the man with an abundance of
real estate for his earlier sacri
fices for Israel. It is written in
the Ethics of the Fathers that
there are types of good deeds
which not only bring rtums on
the investment but a greater
bonus as well.
Helping Israel seems to be one
of them.
• •
BOOKS WORTH READING . . .
Ilya Ehrenbuxg’s memoirs of
The War: 1941-1945 (World) is
a brilliant contribution to an
understanding of what went on
in the Soviet Union in those crit
ical days . . . The Garden of the
Finsi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
(Atheneum) is a unique novel
ette whose background is the fas
cinating Jewish community in
Italy in the days of fascist rule .
■ . Isaac M. Wise by James H.
Heller, published by the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations,
is a monumntal study by a prom
inent rabbi of Reform Judaism’s
greatest figure in America . . .
The Oxford History of the Amer
ican People by Samuel Eliot Mor
rison (Oxford University Press)
is a classic that has no equal in
the writing of American history.
Here is history written not only
with golden pen but with poetic
sweep. It has been said over and
agir by cynics and th uniformed
that history writing today is but
a repetition of old tales. Morri
son in the volume has demon
strated that the source is inex-
hustible providing it is tapped
by knowing hands . . .
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In General Assembly
Golda Raises Issue
Of Anti-Semitism