Page 3-THE NEWS August, 1987
Anti-Israel Propaganda we Are CrateSui
By Ira Gissen
NC/VA ADL Director
The National Broadcasting
Company’s hour-long televi
sion program on the 20th an
niversary of the Six-Day War
presented a one-sided, anti-
Israel report that distorted
reality. It was one of several
reports in the media that
presented a totally negative
impression of Israel.
There were several features
that these biased reports had
in common. They failed to tell
what things were like prior to
the Six-Day War. At that
time, the Arab states were
talking about victory over
Israel and throwing the Israeli
population into the sea.
They failed to tell how times
have changed in twenty years.
Egypt, the largest Arab state,
is at peace with Israel. King
Hussein of Jordan is looking
for a way to make peace. King
Hassan of Morocco has wel
comed Shimon Peres to Rabat.
Others acknowledge that
Israel is here to stay. It is on
ly the most radical, anti-
American and terroristic
leaders who continue to talk of
Letters to the Editor
God Listens
Mr. J.C. Allen, Chairman of
the Deacons at St. John’s Bap
tist Church, came to the office
of Temple Beth El V’Shalom
to personally deliver the
following statement adopted
by the deacons on June 29,
1987, and proposed to their
congregation for its considera
tion on Sunday, July 5, 1987.
“We, the members of St.
John’s Baptist Church, have
heard with dismay the report
of remarks made by B^ey
Smith, a Southern Baptist
evangelist, that ‘God does not
hear the prayer of a Jew.’ We
totally reject his statement.
“We affirm our unity with
all believers in one God and
acknowledge our debt to the
Jewish people for our long
common heritage as we have
traveled the pilgrim way.
“We promise to pray for you
and ask your prayers tor us.
We affirm Rabbi Marc Wil
son’s assertion that he will
continue to believe that a lov
ing, benevolent God listens to
any prayer uttered with
sincerity.”
Rabbi Robert A. Seigei
Temple Beth El V’Shalom
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continue to talk of Israel’s
destruction.
Progress toward peace has
been made as a consequence of
Israel’s victory in the Six-Day
War. Israel’s strength was
demonstrated again, in 1973,
when Sadat and Assad tried to
turn the strategic position
back to the days before the
Six-Day War. They failed.
In addition, the relationship
between Israel and the United
States has changed. In the
aftermath of the ’67 War,
Israel has become an increas
ingly important, pro-American
strategic factor. As a result,
ties between the two nations
have been bolstered to the
benefit of both. The peace pro
cess has been encouraged fur
ther because Arab states are
realizing that the relationship
between the U.S. and Israel as
indissoluble; therefore, it is il
lusory to fantasize that the
future will bring a weaker
Israel, one that once again will
be vulnerable to attack.
Further, the city of
Jerusalem is once again
unified, the Jewish quarter is
restored and access to the
Western Wall has been re
gained. Christian and Moslem
holy places enjoy complete
protection.
The movement toward
peace in the Middle East
would not have been possible
without Israel’s victory in the
Six-Day War. That war result
ed in defeat for those who
would have liked interminable
war with the ultimate destruc
tion of Israel.
It is ironic that were it not
for the open, democratic socie
ty that exists in Israel, NBC
could not have concocted this
program.
By Charlene Muller
Editor’s note: This was written for Shulamit Muller’s Bat Mitz-
vah at Temple Israel by her mother.
Together, Shulamit and I
have traveled the world seek
ing and finding proof that
Judaism is alive and has sur
vived through the centuries
and is the hope for us all. We
saw it in the Portuguese
Synagogue in Amsterdcmi, the
year we spent Chanukah there
and lit our menorah proudly in
our window so the people
wsdking along the canals could
see it. We are grateful to have
stood by the grave of
Menassah ben Israel, our
great ancestor and friend of
Rembrandt, who saved many
Jews. We felt it in Ann
Frank’s house, where she
preserved for the world, a
diary, an account of her years
in hiding. We are grateful to
have wandered through the
Ghetto in Venice and the old
Jewish Quarter in Seville,
stood by the synagogue in
Vienna, with gu£irds posted to
protect it and saw the shul in
Brussels, riddled with buUet
holes of a past attack.
We are grateful that we
were there in Kenya and in
Athens and saw their small
communities still flourishing.
We were welcomed in the tem
ple in Copenhagen and saw the
newly erected one in Luxem
bourg. We are grateful to have
walked through Auschwitz in
the footsteps of our cherished
fellow Jews and felt their
agony as if it was our own. We
also saw the plaque that now
marks the Warsaw Ghetto.
We saw the last of the Jewish
community in Cracow and
how these few hundred are
still keeping Judaism alive
today.
We are grateful to have been
in Russia, the land where
Shulamit’s twin for today,
Irina, still lives and has hope
some day to be able to see all
the places in the world that are
free.
V/e are grateful to have
traveled often to our wonder
ful land of Israel and walked
on its sacred earth and have
seen our proud Jewish
heritage preserved. We saw
the Ethiopian J ews roaming
healthy and happy in the
streets of their new found
land. Soon, our daughter,
Shulamit, will stand on
Masada, as the many brave
Jews that have corne before
her, and will nnake her Bat
Mitzvah there aJso.
We are so grateful that, with
God’s blessings, together we
could be a pgtft of and czu-ry on
£dl the beautiful Jewish tradi
tions, so richly preserved in
our hearts arid still alive
throughout the world.
We are grateful!
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