Pa0«4-THE NEWS-January, 1983
WORLD BEAT
edited by Marta Garelik
L’Chaiin
Israeli Officials
Id West Germaay
Harassed By Hecklers
BONN (JTA) - Israel’s
Ambassador to West Ger
many, Yitzhak Ben Ari and
another member of the Israel
Embassy staff were severely
harassed by hecklers at
separate speaking
engagements in Munich and
Marburg.
Ben Ari, addressing a
group in Munich on the pro*
spects for peace in the Mid
dle East, was repeatedly
shouted down by young
members of the audience
who hurled anti-Israel
slogans at the envoy in Mar
burg where Embassy aide
Dan Ashbel appeared before
Protestant students in a
building owned by their
church.
Hours before Ashbel’s ar
rival. several thousand
youngsters marched through
the city carrying anti-
Semitic banners and pro
claiming their support for
the Arab cause. Later, they
occupied the meeting hall
and refused to let Ashbel
speak. Police were on hand
but did not intervene.
Israel Festival In Memphis
TEL AVIV (Jerusalem
Post) — A month-long
festival highlighting the
commercial, cultural and
educational facets of Israel
will be held in Memphis,
Tennessee next May.
Some 27 individual events
will be held during the
month; 139,000 school
children will be given a 500-
page book on Israel, past,
present, and future, and will
have to prepare lessons on
the subject.
The Memphis in May
festival has in the past
honored six countries:
Japan, Canada, West Ger
many, Venezuela, Egypt and
the Netherlands.
The aim is to develop com
mercial ties between foreign
countries and the Memphis
area. Memphis is the trading
center for large portions of
Mississippi, Arkansas, West
Kentucky, Alabama, Loui
siana and, of course, Ten
nessee.
Israel and U.S. To
Exchange *WarLessons’
(Jerusalem Post) — Israel
and the U.S. signed an agree
ment which will regulate the
flow of information gleaned
from Israel’s experience in
the Lebanese war and
reciprocal American
technology resulting from
this information.
The agreement signed in
Tel Aviv by Defense
Minister Ariel Sharon and
Andrew Marshall, head of
the Net Assessment depart
ment of the Pentagon
establishes formal conduits
through which Israel
transmit not only what it
learned about Soviet weapon
systems used by the Syrians
in Lebanon, but on the per
formance of American
weapons used by the IDF.
Iranian Periodical Says
‘Israel Must Be Destroyed'
GENEVA, (JTA) - A
monthly periodical called
‘*Iman” which is published
by the information depart
ment of the Iranian Foreign
Office has been sent to the
United Nations cor-
respondents in Geneva. The
title on the cover reads,
“Israel Must be Destroyed.”
The editorial states: "The
deliverance of the Islamic
countries from the interna
tional imperialism headed by
the United States of America
is dependent upon the
destruction of Israel which is
the symbol of that super
power in the region.”
It adds: ‘‘It is sad to be
reminded of the fact that had
the war with the aggressive
regime of Iraq not been forc
ed on Iran, our brave people
would have directed their
struggle and resources
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Electronics Plant.
Opened in Jail
TEL AVIV (Jerusalem
Post) — A Tadiran elec
tronics plant was in
augurated in Ramie’s
Ma’asiyahu prison by In
terior Minister Yosef Burg
as part of a program to pro
vide prisoners with more op
portunities for gainful
employment.
Prisoners can work out
side the jail three months
before their release and are
paid the prevailing minimum
wage.
Israeli Computers Being
Marketed in France
PARIS (JTA) - Israeli-
made computers are being
inarketed in France and have
already been bought by
several large public and
private corporations in
cluding France’s national
security ministry and Air
France. The Israeli “Elbit”
factory last- year sold $2
million worth of
sophisticated computers and
electronic devices on the
French market, according to
the head of the French com
pany dealing with the sale,
Jacques Benillouche. Elbit
now plans to start building
the computers in France
itself in order to be able to
compete on better terms with
various West European
manufacturers of similar
products, Benillouche said.
Fonda Declares Support
For Israel
NEW YORK (JTA) -
Declaring her unqualified
support for Israel, actress
Jane Fonda condemned the
“double standard” which
has been applied to Israel
over the war in Lebanon, to
an overflow audience at
Town Hall for Rabbi William
Berkowitz’ Dialogue Forum
Series.
“It’s easy to sit over here,
Jew and non-Jew, and
criticize, but we haven’t liv
ed on the border of Lebanon
and we were not shelled for
12 years by Palestinian ter
rorists,” she said. “Israel,”
she said, “is surrounded by
a sea of fanaticism. These
countries are against women,
against democracy, and
every right we hold dear, and
they’re anti-Semitic.”
Fonda called for a more
balanced and less biased
assessment before criticis
ing, and said: “Maybe if
there had been as much focus
in what was going on in
Lebanon before the war, the
war would not have had to
happen.*’
By L. Louis Albert, ACSW
Director Federation
Social Services
We’ve all heard about the
attractive early retirement
packages offered by several
large corporations. In some
fields, mandatory retirement
is still an issue. Some people
look forward to retirement
with anitcipation and others
dread it like the plague.
There are several issues to
consider as one nears this
stage of life. There are also
some pit falls that should be
avoided along the way.
Throughout our lives, we
often plan for major changes.
We plan in order to buy a
home. We plan for a family.
We plan years in advance for
a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, but
most people do not give
much thought to retirement.
The word itself sounds like a
disease or as if it were a
tangible thing. Rather, it is a
stage of living that affects
both the individual and the
entire family.
The time to begin planning
is at least one year before
making any changes. At that
stage, one has the relative
luxury of playing with the
possibilities rather than
reacting to the needs of the
moment.
How much money will you
have to live on and how
much money will you need to
maintain the desired life
style? To reach financial
goals requires that decisions
have been made in earlier
years. Another major deci
sion concerns where to live.
Will it be Charlotte or
Florida or somewhere else?
You’ll need information on
climate, cost of living,
cultural activities and
dozens of other things. It
takes considerably longer
than a few weeks to obtain
and sift through this moun
tain of information. Will you
live in a condo, buy a single
family home, or rent? And
speaking of housing, it’s not
likely that you’lLsell your
present home very quickly
given the high interest rate.
These are concrete pro
blems though, and are easier
to handle. The emotional
changes that may come
about upon retiring are often
a source of surprise to
husbands and wives. The
man or woman used to work
ing everyday may suddenly
find him or herself at loose
ends. Will you go out and
look for a part time job or
some volunteer work? Will
you use your time to pursue
old hobbies and interests, or
to develop new ones? How
will you use your time?
Many wives complain
about newly retired
husbands and don’t know
what to do with them. How
do you handle a husband
who follows you around all
day and is becoming
depressed? Are you expected
to disrupt the pattern of your
own life? Marital problems
often surface at this time
unless each partner can
make an adjustment to
changed circumstances.
With a little timely plann
ing. most of these problems
can be successfully handled
or even avoided. The key is
to start early, and to talk with
other people y^ho are
knowledgeable in order to
make sound decisions. Your
Jewish Social Services Pro
gram has been created, in
part, to help people with the
planning for these changes.
Give us a call, we’re here to
help.
Your Jewish Lexicon
Adult Jewish Studies — UAHV
Of all the words in the
Jewish lexicon, emet,
meaning “truth,” is one of
the most frequently heard
and important in Jewish
thought. Indeed, so impor
tant is the concept of emet
that the sages of the Talmud
called truth “the seal of
God.” They regarded emet
as one of the pillars sustain
ing the world, the other two
being din. “justice,” and
shalom, “peace.” Between
nations and between all
human beings, emet must
prevail lest the world col
lapse into chaos.
A lovely midrash points to
the spelling of emet with the
Hebrew letters alef (the first
letter of the Hebrew
alphabet), mem (the middle
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letter) and tav (the final let
ter) and concludes that
“truth” is hence the beginn
ing, the middle and the end
of all things.
The One, true God
despises lying and perver
sions of emet in every area of
life. The Prophet Zechariah
(8:16:17) proclaims: “Speak
the truth iemet) every man
with his neighbor; execute
the judgement of truth {emet)
and shalom in your gates;
and let none of you devise
evil in your hearts against
his neighbor; and iove no
false oath; for all these
things I hate, says the
Lord.”
The preoccupation with
emet finds expression in the
Ninth Commandment, which
prohibits false witness. All
of our prophets and sages ex
coriated a lying tongue and a
lying heart, for both lead to
untold suffering and in
justice. Self-deception or ly
ing to oneself, is also a
perversion of emet, and can
lead to disaster.
Any Jew who has ever
mourned a relative or friend
knows the word emet from
the benediction, Baruch
day an ha-emet, “Blessed be
the Judge of truth.”