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th* Southern Israelite
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The Southern Israelite invites litbrary contributions and correspond
ence 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
VidaGoldgar, Assistant Editor
Kathleen Nease, Edward M Kahn, Kathy Wood
Gertrude Burnham, Alva Englehard
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Treading the Tightrope
REMEMBER WHEN the “super-Jewish” organizations initiated
an instant nationwide boycott against that soda company that
wouldn’t open in Israel. Tlie pressure was terrific and the company
buckled and started to bottle there defying the Arab boycott. Now
there is another company, Pepsico, which bottles Pepsi Cola. It has
been revealed as a willing partner in selling only to the Arabs in the
Middle East. Has there been a hue and cry? No. Furthermore, the
same Pepsi Cola Company has entered into a huge trade agreement
with the Soviet Union. Has there been a cry of outrage from the
Jewish Community which is so concerned with the plight of Soviet
Jewry that it presses for the Congress of the United States to restrict
trade until concession can be made? Right again. The answer is no.
The youth of the community cannot see the logic of the position. They
have difficulty in rationalizing the Establishment’s attitude of
’’cooling it” in this case, because now they want to work by
diplomacy. We, too, have problems in understanding. There are
rarely press conferences on matters such as this. Probably, this is so,
because the spokesmen would have a difficult time answering
questions, either because the replies would seem foolish or there are
secrets that can’t be cevealed to the community. And the sale of
Pepsi Cola goes on and on and on.
— Philadelphia Jewish Times
What Do You ICDACI ?
Know About loUHLL.
A quiz marking the 25th anniversary cele
bration of the birth of Israel, has been prepared
for this and other member papers of the Ameri
can Jewish Press Association by the Depart
ment of Education and Culture of the American
Section of the World Zionist Organization.
1. What is the name of the individual appointed by the U N. as the
mediator between Israel and the Arab nations?
2. What is Israel's equivalent to the Red Cross organization?
3. What is the official second language in Israel?
4. What are the two main divisions of the school system in Israel'’
5. Who was the first President of the Hebrew University?
6. Where are the Dead Sea Scrolls housed in Israel?
7. What is the name of Israel’s memorial for the victims of the Nazi
holocaust?
8. What is the name of Israel’s school of engineering and technol
ogy?
BETWEEN US
By BORIS SMOLAR
Editor Emeritus - JTA
JF.WISH SECURITY: What is ailing American
Jewry today? .. . This major question was posed at the
five-day annual meeting of the American Jewish
Committee, which concluded its sessions recently.
There was agreement at the meeting to the effect
that bigotry is not something of which American Jews
have to be afraid now. The delegates were assured that
the anti-Jewish propaganda of the shrinking anti-
Semitic groups in the country has no significant im
pact on the American scene at present.
It was also agreed that politically, too, Jews have
reached the point of being accepted and welcomed.
The fact that Senator Ribicoff was seriously discussed
in Democratic Party ranks as a possible candidate for
Vice-President of the United States in the presidential
elections last fall, was cited. The wide recognition now
being enjoyed by Kissinger for his role in the affairs of
the nation, was another example cited.
Nevertheless, Bertram H. Gold, executive vice-
president of the AJCommittee, told the delegates that
a feeling of uncertainty about the “external” and
“internal” security of Jewish life exists among Jews in
this country. He conceded that “classical anti-
Semitism” and “organized bigotry” constitute no im
portant factors in America today, but he pointed out
that two new factors provoke concern and uncertainty
over the “external security" of American Jewry.
* * *
The “External” Front: The American Jewish Com
mittee leader avoided mentioning the fact that after
the Six-Day War, a substantial segment of the
American clergy began to display a conspicuous
coolness toward Israel. Practically no outstanding
clergyman participated in the nationwide celebrations
marking the 25th anniversary of Israel’s existence.
Even worse is the fact that many clergymen, previous
ly only too eager to back Jewish causes, now refuse to
lend their signatures to appeals seeking unhampered
Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union to Israel.
While side-stepping these facts — which un
doubtedly affect the spirit of the movement for Judeo-
Christiun amity — the AJCommittee leader pointed
out, however, that since the Six-Day War, Third
World advocates, doctrinaire Marxists, Leninists,
Black Pan-Africanists and the amorphous amalgam
known as the New Left, violently anti-American and
passionately anti-Zionist, have maintained a steady
furious drumbeat of harsh anti-Israel propaganda.
“By accident or design — the intent is really im
material — theirs is the anti-Semitism of today,” Mr.
Gold asserted. He expressed the view that even where
it might not be labeled anti-Semitism, the erosion of
support for Israel leaves Jews in this country with a
feeling of insecurity for themselves. This feeling, he
said, is still further heightened by the profusion of
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group conflicts that have arisen out of differing
perceptions of group interests in this country.
T he “Internal” Front: The elements that undermine
Jewish “internal security” in this country, Gold said,
are assimilation, intermarriage, inadequacies of
Jewish education, alienation of Jewish youth,
and the lack of positive Jewish lifestyles.
What must be done to check these elements’’ Mr.
Gold thinks there must be new ways for finding
new self-definitions than merely the definition
that one is a Jew because he was born a Jew; and
develop stronger cultural infrastructures, more
adequate Jewish communal responses to Jewish
needs, and new approaches of relating to the
non-Jewish community.
It was brought out at the meeting that one of the
reasons young Jews give for their being "turned off’
by the Jewish community is the lack of suitable Jewish
leadership “role models." By that they mean that
many Jewish leaders have no roots in — or unfamiliar
with — the Jewish tradition. In this connection a
question was posed: Should Jewish knowledge and
commitment be a significant criterion for the selection
of Jewish leadership in the community?
Among other questions raised was how can Jewish
educational and social agencies take over the role of
transmitting Jewish identity — it was admitted that
the family has become less able to be the transmitter
of such identity.
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• FAST OF TAMMUZ
July 17, Tuesday
* TISHA B’AV
August 7, Tuesday
•ROSH HASHANA
Thurs. and FYi., Sept. 27-28
•YOM KIPPUR
Saturday, Oct. 6
•SUKKOT
Thurs. and FYi., Oct. 11-12
•HOSHANA RABBA
Wednesday, Oct. 17
• HOLIDAY BEGINS
SUNDOWN PREVIOUS DAY
New Lydda Terminal
Over twenty thousand tons of
fresh agricultural produce will be
exported this season through the
new terminal for agricultural ex
ports at Lydda airport.
At the inaugural ceremony of
the terminal, Mr. M. Shavit,
Manager of Agrexco
(Agricultural Export Corpora
tion) revealed that the terminal has
a covered area of about 1,860
square feet with about 550 square
feet refrigeration and deep-freeze,
as well as a large area for offices
that will also house the company's
telex and computer services. It will
be possible, through the terminal,
to load a plane with forty tons of
produce — mainly flowers and
for Farm Exports
strawberries, but also vegetables
and fruits within half an hour.
Minister of Agriculture H
Gvati said that exports of fres.i
agricultural produce — excludirg
citrus — had doubled during t.ie
last five years and there was no
reason not to expect further
progress during the next few years.
Mr. H Porat estimated that ex
ports of flowers alone would reach
500m. flowers at a cost of $30m. in
1980.
Mr M Ben Ari, manager of El
Al considered the terminal in
auguration ceremony a turning
point in the history of agricultural
exports and in the history of El Al.
He stressed that the agreement
concluded recently between El
Al, the Ministry of Agriculture,
and Agrexco solved basic
problems and helped place
agricultural exports on a firm
basis. The director of Lydda Air
port reported that, within a year, a
terminal for nonagricultural ex
ports would be set up opposite this
terminal. — DA VIM
LONDON (JTA) — Total
attendance in ORT schools
throughout the world has risen
from under 30,000 in 1959 to 65,-
000 in 1972, and the number of
graduates from ORT schools and
courses risen to nearly 120,000
between 1958 and 1972, it was
reported at the 50th annual
convention of British ORT
9. Name two universities in Israel other than the Hebrew University?
10. What is the name of the international organization which in the
pre-State period acted on behalf of the Jewish People in matters related
to Palestine?
Answers to the above questions will be found below. Eight right
answers will indicate a good knowledge of Israel. Six questions answered
correctly is passing. Check the answers to see how well you scored.
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