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THE SOUTHERN ISRAEUTE
Friday, June 23, 1972
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
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pondence but is not 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
Kathleen Nease, Vida Goldgar, Edward M. Kahn, Kathy Wood
Gertrude Burnham, Alva Englehard
MEMBER
Jewi
Political Realities
GUEST EDITORIAL
Many readers will recall that back in 1968, during the
heat of the Presidential campaign, American Jewry was
besieged with all kinds of dire predictions as to what would
happen to Israel if Nixon was elected. We especially recall
a large private meeting at a fancy Miami Beach hotel called
by a national lay leader of the Israel Bond campaign who
implored his audience to do all they could to elect Humphrey
lest all sorts of terrible things would surely happen to Is
rael.
We alone of the Jewish press derided this talk, pointing
out that Presidents do not act out of personal feelings, but
rather do what they feel is best for their supporters and
the national interests of the country as they see it. There
fore, we said, Nixon would do as much for Israel as the
“Jewish savior”—Humphrey. In fact, he might even do
more.
As events turned out, we were absolutely right.
Almost every important Israeli official we have heard
recently has admitted that Israel could really not expect
better treatment than they have received from this admin
istration. This may be hard for dyed-in-the-wool Jewish
Democrats to accept but facts are facts. At the recent White
House briefing we attended, we were given figures to prove
that during the past four years, Israel got more help from
America than during the previous 20 years combined.
Now a similar campaign of lies and deceit is being
directed against George McGovern.
During the past few weeks we have heard important
members of this Jewish community pooh-pooh his candidacy
because “he’s luke-warm toward Israel.” Some go as far
as to say that he is anti-Israel. We are not speaking even
of ordinary people but of “professional Jews” who ought
to know better.
The truth is that there is no real difference on this issue
between Humphrey and McGovern, whose record speaks
for itself.
He believes “Israel must continue- to receive from the
United States the advanced aircraft and other military
equipment necessary to guarantee its deterrent capacity”;
He believes “Israel must look to the United States for
substantial economic aid. It is through such aid—particular
ly credit loans and supporting assistance—that Israel will
be able to meet the high cost of its defense procure
ments”;
He was one of only seven senators who first urged the
Nixon Administration to stop delaying shipment of Phan
tom Jets needed by Israel;
He sponsored an amendment to the Export-Import Bill
of 1970, authorizing the sale of arms to Israel;
He voted “Yes” on a 1971 amendment to authorize ad
ditional credit sales of arms and jets to Israel;
He voted “No” on amendments to the Foreign Military
Sales Bill in 1970 which would have placed severe limita
tions on arms to Israel;
He introduced a new Foreign Assistance Bill in 1971
to guarantee economic aid and military sales to Israel;
He said that Jerusalem must continue under Israeli
administration and this past week declared it should be
recognized as Israel’s capital.
The truth is that if elected to the Presidency, McGovern
will recognize what Nixon and every other responsible
person in a similar capacity has—namely, that the United
States is committed to the survival of Israel. There are so
many reasons for this—economic, political, social, etc.—that
there is no purpose in going into detail here. Everyone
knows them by heart.
If a voter wants to oppose Senator McGovern because
of certain views he holds with which one disagrees, that
is of course, perfectly understandable. Millions of people do.
But it is foolish to oppose him for not being friendly
enough to Israel—because it is unfair—and anti-Israel be
cause it pictures a good friend as an enemy. How will these
Jews feel should he become President and we need to come
to him for favors?
—JEWISH SENTINEL, Chicago
sh Telegraphic Agency
Georgia Press Assn.
Seven Arts Features
World Union Press
Panorama .... By I)
The Marrying
June is the “mostest" marry
ing month although in ancient
Israel, Yom Kippur seems to
have held the record for love.
In Israel of old, on Yom Kip
pur night the young women
would assemble, all in borrow
ed dresses, so that the rich
might not boast over the poor
and dance and the young men
would stand around and choose
the ones they proposed to
court.
It seems rather odd to choose
one’s wife on an empty stom
ach, but on the other hand,
with your sins being forgiven,
one feels lighter and less
inhibited. And after all, when
you are in love, who needs
corn flakes?
A parent, according to the
Talmud, is obligated to do
three things: teach his child a
trade, teach the child to swim
and find a mate for it. But gen-
erally, parents concentrated on
the last, feeling that if they
found their child a mate, he
would willy nilly, in order to
Jewish Calendar
♦TISHA IJ’AV
July 20
Thursday
•ROSII HASHANA
Sept. 9, 10
Saturday, Sunday
*YOM KIPPUR
Sept. 18, Monday
♦SUKKOT
Sept. 23, 24
Saturday, Sunday
♦HOSHANA RABB.A
Sept. 29
Friday
♦SIIEMINI ATZERET
Sept. 30
Saturday
•SIM1IAT TORAH
Oct. 1,
Sunday
♦HANIJKA
Dec. 1-8
Friday - Friday
•HOLIDAY BEGINS
SUNDOWN
PREVIOUS DAY
wid Schwartz
Month of June
support his wife, have to find a
trade and if he couldn’t swim,
he could lie on the beach and
get a sun tan.
Naomi said to Ruth: “You are
ptill young, Ruthie dear, but
don’t forget every month you
get thirty days older except
February. My cousin Boaz is a
bachelor. It’s time he settled
down and raised some tax
payers. Dress up but not too
much. Take a book with you
and lie down in the corn field
and when he comes along—why
he’s finished.”
“Don’t you think that is a
little cfcrny?” said Ruth, but
she obeyed Naomi.
Abraham dispatched his faith
ful servant, Eliezer to find a
wife for Isaac. Eliezer went to
a well. “Well, well, he said,
when he saw Rebecca. She
looked so nice with a pitcher
in her hand. A girl always looks
nice to a male when she has a
pitcher. It reminds the man of
dinner.
Eliezer was at a loss how to
start a conversation. Then he
thought up a good beginning.
“It’s nice weather,” he said.
Eliezer showed her a picture of
Isaac. “Well,” Rebecca said. Her
parents voted for Ike. So Eliezer
invited her to jump aboard his
camel. “If the freeway isn’t too
crowded with camels,” he said,
they ought to get to Hour in
an Ur. “I mean,” Eliezer cor
rected himself, “to Ur in an
hour.” Ur was the name of the
town in which Abraham lived.
So Rebecca came to Ur and the
two met and went to a justice
of the peace and were married.
Today we see many attacking
the marriage institution. The
Jewish religion has always look
ed favorably at it. For one
thing, it insured a supply of
Jcw3. The Talmud says a man
without a wife is a man with
out joy and a Jewish proverb
says a man without a woman
is like a lulab without an
esrog.
The Jewish view, however,
held that one must be a perfec
tionist about it. One must real
ize human frailities. “In a shid-
duch and cholent kuckt man
nischt,” says the Yiddish prov
erb.
If marriage has some weak
nesses a smart person adjusts
himself. For instance one rabbi
of the Talmud had a wife who
always liked to give her hus
band the opposite of what he
wanted. But this proved no
problem to the rabbi. When he
wanted peas, he just told his
wife he would like to have some
carrots and he would get his
peas. So marriage educates one
in the art of living. Many peo
ple would find they would get
on better if they tried doing
just the opposite. Then maybe
they would get what they want.
The pressure on the girl to
marry to avoid the “old maid”
stigma was great, but it must
not be assumed that the women
were ready to take anybody.
The proud feminine spirit is
shown in an old Yiddish bal
lad:
Vasser in stub, holz in haus
Velcher bocher hab ich
feind, treib ihm heraus
Fishlach in vasser, kreplaoh
in putter
Velcher boeher had mir
feind, a ruach in sein
mutter
Today, science is entering the
field of matrimony with the
computer. Among Jews, there
was the living computer the
Shadchan who had at his finger
tips a knowledge of the marital
resources of the community. He
knew the marriageable people,
their characteristics and tastes.
The computer had more buttons,
but the Shadchan always car
ried an umbrella, rain or shine.
One respects a man with an
umbrella, especially if it is not
raining. One feel that here is
a man who is hiking no
chances.
Some time back it was report
ed a British Shadchan sought
to arrange a meeting between
a younger London Jew and
Princess Margaret. After some
persuasion, the young fellow
agreed.
“I have convinced one side,”
said the Shadchan, “now I must
go to the other.”
Where will you find a com
puter taking such a personal
interest?
Copyright 1972, JTA
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