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Testing the tradition that
Talmnd atndy is limited to
Yeshiva students and rabbinic
scholars is a "Taste of
Luncheon” program sponsored
by the Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Center.
A group of attorneys, busi
nessmen and businesswomen is
involved in the twice-a-montfa
study-luncheon series which of
fers segments from various
Talmudic sources rather than an
in-depth study of one Tractate.
The class is taught by Rabbi
Shlomo Bluming, director of the
Office of Chabad Activities in
Atlanta.
Anyone interested in par
ticipating in the program can
call David Dubin, executive <
director of the Center at 875-
7881.
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High cost of democracy
Haifa — Considering that
political activity is an expensive •
business, the outside observer
miigt ekpfMS surprise that so
much of it goes on in Israel. To
be sure, freedom of expression
for every point of view, and
freedom for every group to run
in the elections is the very es
sence of democracy. But what is
free? Democracy is an expensive
business, at least as practiced
here..
One would suppose that the
Israel treasury is well able to .
pay all the costs of a generous
social security program for the
poor and the aged; to pay for a
broad educational program for
all its youth through high school,
or possibly even through univer
sity; to eradicate slums and
provide decent living conditions
for every segment of the popula
tion. Surely that would be the
assumption of one who takes a
look at what democracy
(politics) costs the national
treasury.
Certainly no one can complain
if the national elections to be
held shortly will cost an es
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timated 32 million Israel
Pounds. Proper supervision of
voting costs money anywhere.
However, to that figure must be
added another 71 million Pounds
which the Treasury will hand
over to the political parties to
help them pay for their own
campaign expenses. And let’s
not forged still another 48
million Pounds which the
Treasury spreads out among the
parties each year to help them
cover their year-round operating
expenses for propaganda, party
officials etc., even when there
are no elections. In these
respects Israel is first in the
world, most generous, most
liberal, most philanthropic
among all the wealthy countries
of the Western World.
The big ladle was not dipped
into the national treasury
without some difficulties. The
first Knesset law to finance the
parties was advanced in 1969
when Labor and Herat, the two
biggest parties, forgot their
traditional rivalry long enough
to agree on the passage of the
legislation. The firstjraft was
challenged in the cdfirts on the
grounds that it discriminated
against new parties, and so the
law was amended so that new
parties, tqo, would get their
share, after the election, on the
basis of how many seats they
had won in the Knesset.
There might have been some
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justification for helping the par
ties: caver, their campaign ex
penses, but in 1973 the parties ,
staged a second raid on the
treasury. This time they passed
a law makiiy an annual grant to
every party to cover its
operating expenses, year in and
year out, on the basis of 130,000
Israel Pounds for each Knesset
member. Seldom has any legisla
tion had such enthusiastic sup
port from almost every side of
the House.
Since then the ante has been
raised successively, and ,today
the annual handout is based on
520,000 Pounds per Knesset
member to each party. In April
it will automatically reach about
590,000 Pounds. There are 120
Knesset members.
Here and there the voices of a
few political idealists have been
raised against the subsidy voted
by the parties to themselves, but
the overwhelming majority of
the politicians have been only
too happy to accept the generous
grants. There seems little chance
that there will be any change in
the situation so long as the pre
sent constellation of parties
remains in control. Hence the
growing interest in Yigal
Yadin’s new group, the
Democratic Movement for
Change, which seeks to
challenge the hegemony of the
old-line pattiw.u
Shearith Israel I
I lists programs |
Shearith Israel has announced
its spring Family Education
offerings.
Saturday afternoons feature a
Jewish Insights class to study
basic Jewish texts. Between
Purim and Passover, the
Haggadah and the seder will be
discussed. After Pesach, the
Talmud will be studied.
The Monday night Jewish
Effectiveness Training, which
began this week, focuses on
Jewish home rituals. The
gatherings, which are held in
members’ homes, begin with an
informal buffet dinner.
Tuesday mornings are devoted
to Women’s Education. The first
offering is a basic course in
Hebrew reading, writing and
conversation. Following a coffee
break, a second class meets in
"Pirke Avot: Insights into
Jewish Ethics.”
For teenagers the Wednesday
Young People’s Institute, an in
formal discussion group,
features guest speakers. Once a
month the group cooks dinner
and eats together. *
Each month, one Friday night
and Saturday morning service is
turned over to an Open
/Aa^theJUbbi session for
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community is in
vited to attend any of these
Shearith Israel educational
events. Call the synagogue of
fice, 873-1743, for information.
150 voices in
Handel Oratorio
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One hundred fifty voices and
an orchestra of 25, will join in
presenting George Frederick
Handel’s “Judas Maccabaeus” at
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, at the
Grace United Methodist Church.
Based on the apocryphal book
of the Maccabees, this is„
Handel’s last oratorio, and tells
of the heroic exploits bf Judas
Maccabaeus as he defended and
secured the Temple and the
religion of the Israelites.
The performance is being
dedicated to the memory of
Haskell Boyter, long-time
member of the Temple choir. It
features the Grace United
Methodist Church choir, the
Georgia Tech Glee Club and
Women’s Chorus, the Colson
Chorals, and members of the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Gregory Colson will conduct.
^ There is bo admission charge.
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Taylor Fund Mt up
for Judoka library
Emory University’s Judaica
Library collection has been
supplemented by a $2500 fund
created by Herbert Taylor of
Atlanta and named for his wife,
nether K. Taylor. The fund also
memorialises her brother, M. L
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A recent graft of $11,000 from t.
the Atlanta Jewish Welfare
: Federation was matched by
""for current
book purchases.