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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 5, 1986 Page 5
Another side of Israel
Thanks from ORT
Editor:
I wish to take this opportunity
to thank the Atlanta community.
The Soul hern Israelite and mem
bers of the Atlanta Region of
Women's American ORT. for
their support and participation
during the recent 16th National
Board Conference.
We shared our pride in our
outstanding accomplishments in
the membership and fundraising
arena. And experienced many
important benefits: The sense of
involvement and excitement gen
erated amongst our membership;
and the pride that came to the
Atlanta Region by being the host-
Editor:
1 read with interest Mr. Lefco’s
and Rabbi Lewis’s letters sug
gesting that important differen
ces exist between the earlier Nazi
Holocaust and the current abor
tion Holocaust. 1 count foursuch
differences:
• The earlier Holocaust was
largely confined to Europe and
probably took less than 12 mil
lion victims in all. The current
one is worldwide and claims many
millions more.
• There are many survivors
from the earlier Holocaust, but
have you met anyone who has
survived the abortionist’s “tools”?
• As Mr. Eefco pointed out,
victims of the earlier Holocaust
suffered longer because they were
less helpless and because Hitler's
“physicians” were less efficient
and quick than the “licensed
physicians” Rabbi l.ewis praises
ess area.
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Diaspora... It is through your
support that we can maintain a
student enrollment of 134.000
per year... And it is through your
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With many thanks for a job
well done, and for extending
Southern Hospitality to over 500
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gates from all over the United
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today.
• Most important, the earlier
Holocaust was done by someone
else, following an interpretation
of their traditions that defined
Jews as non-human. Today the
perpetrators are ourselves. Each
of us participates passively or
actively. Some of us even come
up with strange interpretations
of Jewish tradition that suddenly
make our victims “not human
life.” No wonder we are fright
ened and angered by the medical
and scientific facts about human
gestation, presented to us by those
whom Rabbi Lewis calls “cru
saders.” Both Holocausts tell us
much more about us human be
ings- both the good “us" and the
bad “them”—than we’d like to
know.
David Ben-Hannah
by Carl Alport
HAIFA
T he fascinating face of Israel
at home, beyond the politics and
the headlines the human side of
Israel, as reflected in the little
tales of every-day life:
Employment opportunities. An
office has been opened in Jerusa
lem for registration of Cohens
and Levis. Considering that the
Messiah is expected soon and the
temple will be rebuilt, there will
be need for trained personnel to
perform the traditional functions
of the temple, and bona fide
Cohens and Levis are called upon
to sign up.
Vo claimants. The periodic sale
of unclaimed lost articles, held
by the Eel Aviv police department
recently put up for auction, among
other items, a pair of wooden
human legs, a homeless donkey
and a student identification card
dated 1937.
A nosey tour. Thanks were
expressed in the public press to
the Egged bus company which
conducted a “sightseeing" tour
for blind people— to the fragrant
Rothschild gardens in Zichron
Yaakov when the blossoms were
at their aromatic best.
True resting plaee. Kibbutz
Ciaash. near Herzlia, accepts for
burial in its cemetery deceased
persons who may have made
some contribution to the Zionist
cause, but are not accepted as
bona tide Jews by the rabbinate,
and hence are not eligible for bui ial
in the regular cemeteries. Provi
sion is also made for burial ol
Jews who want to lie alongside
their non-Jewish spouses.
H ants her money haek. A 31-
year-old single girl from Eel Avi\
saved up to go on a week-long
singles cruise, only to find that
the passengers comprised fami
lies w ith lots of children, 40 sin
gle girls and one available male.
Jerusalem D C. Christian friends
of Israel are urging that the cen
trality of Jerusalem in Jew ish life
and history should he constantly
emphasized by referring to the
city as David’s Capital, or in
short. Jerusalem. D.C.
The prime minister's mail. Vic
tor Shabbat advertises in the
press (with his picture) that he
has an invention which can save
the lives of millions who are
afflicted with asthma, bronchitis
and shortness of breath. “1 shall
reveal the secret only to the Israel
prime minister, and hereby request
a reply and a private meeting
with him.” The secret is not for
sale, he adds.
Demographic solution. For
those who worry about popula
tion growth, the Central Bureau
of Statistics reports that Jewish
women settled in the West Bank
have a birth rate oi 42 per thou
sand, as compared to 36 per
thousand for Moslem women
there.
A useful strike. About a dozen
officials in the Ministry of Com
merce and Industry went on strike
lor some reason or other. During
their absence it was observed
that the functions they had per
formed were unnecessary, and
the posts were dispensed with.
Sounds familiar. The clash be
tween religious zealots and sec
ularists took an ugly turn during
a physical brawl, and 15 from
both sides were arrested for riot
ing. The confrontation took place
in the Moslem town of Kafr Kas-
sem, and all the participants were
townspeople.
New role for Israel. The visit
ing foreign minister of Belize (the
former British Honduras) ex
pressed his thanks to Israel for
efforts made by Jerusalem to
bring about a peaceful under
standing between his country and
neighboring Guatemala.
A life term. Yihia Ben Avra-
ham has been in an Israel prison
for 26 years because he refuses to
grant a divorce to his wife, as
ordered by the rabbinate. Yihia
claims he still loves his wife, and
will never sign the divorce papers.
The Mormon menace. Jerusa
lem Mayor Teddy Kolleck claims
that during the 17 years that the
Mormons have been operating in
his city, three Arabs and one Jew
converted to the Mormon faith,
as against 21 Mormons who be
came Jews.
Awaiting later statistics. In the
A Jewish ’pedigree’
f Greece, Israel in joint venture
ATHENS (JTA) —Greece and Israel have put the finishing
touches to a joint advertising and promotional campaign aimed
at attracting North American tourists to both countries. Details
of the campaign and its timing were agreed to last week during
the visit to Israel by the Greek Deputy Minister of Economy
Panayiotis Roumeliotis.
The Economic Ministry announced that the campaign will
be conducted in the United States and Canada with the objec
tive of promoting package tours to Greece and Israel using the
air carriers of each country. Roumeliotis was in Israel to recip
rocate the visit to Greece last May by the Israeli minister of
tourism, Avraham Sharir. who is also minister of justice.
According to the announcement, they met again in Jerusa
lem to review bilateral measures by which the cooperation will
be implemented.
month prior to the election of
Austria’s new president, tourism
from Austria to Israel declined
by 26 percent, w hereas Israeli vis
its to Austria increased by 6
percent.
The world's oldest profession.
Lexicographer Reuven Sivan
seeks to correct a popular mis
apprehension He notes that ac
cording to the Book of Genesis,
Adam “gave names to all cattle
and to the fowl of the air and to
every beast of the field.” Hence,
the world’s oldest profession is
linguistics.
More on Holocaust/abortion
Editor:
Last week. Herbert F. “Billy"
Rose offered: If “the child says he
or she is Jewish, that should be
enough. The child should not be
embarrassed” etc. In doing so, I
assume Mr. Rose believes that
this will save our Jewish children
into the next generation.
Jews are Jews via a formula,
tradition and legal system.
Would this “universal man,"
who accepts a person as Jewish
simply by his proclamation also
accept a Collie as purebred with
out a pedigree? Jews also have a
“pedigree,” a legal formula over
3,500 years old.
Anyone can be a Jew. They
either are born of a Jewish woman
or. if not, converted according to
our established laws.
Many Jews believe it is most
important to marry another Jew
and we pray our own children
will marry Jews. Mr. Rose is
proposing a new religion. Please
don't confuse and divide us;
don’t call it Jewish.
Jeff and Diane Ram
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