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PAGE 24 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE October 17, 1986
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“It is hard, for you are dealing
with agony and suffering,” he said.
“And, there is a real danger of triv
ializing it in people’s minds. When
you think that every death is a
scandal on the scheme of creation,
then the Holocaust is something
much more. It is cause for a unique
case of outrage.”
Even though he lectures, teaches
and writes prolifically about the
Holocaust, Wiesel is said to shun
the popular limelight. But, that is
where he found himself in April of
last year, when he publicly re
buked President Ronald Reagan,
who was about to travel to Bit-
burg, Germany, for an official
appearance as a head of state.
When accepting the Congression
al Gold Medal of Achievement
from Reagan at the White House,
Wiesel said: “1 know of your com
mitment to humanity, Mr. Presi
dent. But, I’m convinced that you
were not aware of the presence of
SS graves graves in the Bitburg
cemetery. Of course you didn’t
know. But, now we are all aware.
May I, Mr. President, if it’s possi
ble at all, implore you, do some
thing else. Find another way. Select
another site. That place, Mr. Pres
ident, is not your place.”
President Reagan, however, was
not dissuaded. He visited SS graves
at Bitburg.
The commitment Wiesel brings
to his life’s work began early in his
life, according to Atlanta resident
Margaret Lerner, who knows Wie
sel from their time together in a
Jewish orphanage and school in
France right after the war.
“He was always with his teach
ers, constantly hiding in his books,”
Mrs. Lerner recalled. “He was al-
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Wiesel
ways so intellectual and deep. He
said then that he was going to write
a book because what had hap
pened was unacceptable and un
thinkable.”
Mrs. Lerner also said Wiesel,
who was about 16 when he entered
the orphanage, situated about 25
miles from Paris, was always wil
ling to join in discussions.
“He always wanted to put his
two cents in,” she said. “And, he
would always move the conversa
tion to the past even then. He was
so young then and so pure, he just
couldn’t believe in the cruelty and
the horror of it all,” she said,
adding that Wiesel seemed attuned
to anything academic.
“He would sit through and enjoy
the longest lectures when all the
rest of us would fall asleep,” she
said.
Mrs. Lerner went to hear Wiesel
lecture at Emory University years
ago. It had been years since their
childhood at the orphanage. Not
only did he recognize her, accord
ing to Lerner, he greeted her by her
first name.
“I feel very good about his win
ning this award,” said Lerner. “His
prize is my prize. I feel like I’m
truly sharing it with him.”
For all the good that is expected
to come from Wiesel winning the
Nobel Peace Prize, might the in
creased visibility of the Holocaust
serve to fuel the fires of anti-Semi
tism?
“Those people who are looking
for ways to permeate anti-Semitism
will utilize every vehicle,” said
Cantor Goodfried. “Of course there
will be people who say, ‘Well, why a
Jew?’ But, this is nothing new.
We’ve lived with it for so many
centuries. If it happens now,” he
said, “we’ll live with this, too.”
Observing holidays
differs within Israel
by Itzhak Sordo
Israeli shaliach
People have been asking me
what the High Holidays are like in
Israel. 1 think that there can be no
generalization because it depends
on where one is living. It is certain
that the High Holidays in an Ortho
dox neighborhood like Mea Sha’a-
rim is not the same as on a secular
kibbutz.
I want to share personal memo
ries without drawing any conclu
sion. As a child, a lot of time at the
beginning of the year was spent
learning about the High Holidays
in school. Now, it is more difficult
for me to differentiate between
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
As an adult, this entire period
seems to be a time of asking for
forgiveness and looking within
oneself for the means of trying to
be a better Jew.
On Rosh Hashana and Yom
Kippur, most Jews in Israel walk
to the synagogues. Public trans
portation is not readily available,
especially during Yom Kippur. I
remember how difficult it was for
me last year, less than a month
after coming to Atlanta, realizing
that life goes on as usual during the
High Holidays. For example, there
is no television in Israel on Yom
Kippur, whereas in the States, there
is hardly any public recognition of
Yom Kippur at all.
Another childhood memory is
collecting greeting cards. The pic
tures on the cards changed over
time; military symbols gave way to
symbols of redemption of the desert.
The language of the cards used to
be “high” Hebrew. In more recent
years, people began to rely on the
telephone and sending of cards
became less frequent.
I remember as a child, my father
walking to the small synagogue
during Selichot and the serious
ness and the awesomeness of the
importance of the days preceding
Yom Kippur. We used to bring a
“chicken kaparahz.” I am sure
many readers will know what this
means!
My strongest Yom Kippur
memory is 13 years ago when, early
in the morning, walking to the syn
agogue, we realized there were many
military vehicles and people in uni
form. Then they called me into ser
vice, I said “shalom” to my wife
and family and spent the next six
months in the army...
Another memory is of Yom
Kippur services with my army unit.
Almost all the soldiers attend the
services, a special army version,
which really reflects the back
grounds of everyone there in a
“universal Hebrew.” This experi
ence was wonderful...even the fast
was an easy one!
I can go on with memories, but
what is important to emphasize is
that even though most Israelis are
not observant, they have a special
place in their hearts for the High
Holidays and it really doesn’t mat
ter from where they come. The
other fact is that at the end of the
prayers on Yom Kippur, we say,
“Next year in Jerusalem.” In Israel,
we understand this prayer in a
deeper sense; the question is when
you (in America) say, “Next year in
Jerusalem,” where is it that you
want to be?
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