Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1978 Page: 4 of 54
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PASSOVER:
Remember The Past
To Safeguard The
For thousands of years Jews have participated in the
Passover Seder with the injunction to observe the
festival as if they were in the generation that was freed
from slavery in Egypt. It was this union with a slave
past and the beginning of Jewish nationhood, along with
the memory of centuries of oppression, that has kept
alive the spirit of freedom and justice in the Jewish
people.
Because they were once slaves, because for centuries
they were a people that was despised and discriminated
against, Jews know the value of freedom — freedom to
practice their religion, to develop their culture and to
express their national heritage. This freedom today is
centered on the survival of the State of Israel which will
be celebrating its 30th anniversary in a few weeks.
The Passover Haggadah opens with a statement that
tomorrow we will be free people in Israel and closes
with famous words, “next year in Jerusalem,” or, as the
practice in Israel, “next year in Jerusalem — rebuilt.”
The belief in the return to Israel kept the Jewish
people alive for 2000 years after the destruction of the
Second Temple. The creation of the State of Israel
united Jews everywhere with a determination — a
determination and reaffirmation that grew out of the
ashes of the Holocaust — that once the Jewish people
have regained their national freedom, it must not be
allowed ever to lose it again.
Dear Editor:
I write this as a
Catholic concerned about
the survival of my Jewish
brothers and sisters in
Israel and the preserva-
tion of human rights in
the Middle East. In a
March 24 New York
Times editorial entitled,
“Out in the Open with
Israel” the Times stated
that “what Mr. Carter
rightly seeks are an-
swers, at least in princi-
ple, so that the Sadat
bargain will be transfer-
able to other fronts: the
return of captured terri-
tory to all who grant
Israel recognition, gen-
uine security and real
peace — ” and then the
Times concluded “It is
not too much to ask.” A
high-minded statement
and a high-minded re-
sponse except that so far
there have been no
guarantees at all to Israel
of genuine security and
real peace. It is not
enough to simply oratori-
cally call for security and
peace in the Middle East.
This conviction is the basis of the policy of every
Israeli government — no matter which party is in
charge — that the security of Israel must be ensured.
This conviction has meant that Israelis are willing to
make sacrifices, whether on the battlefield or in their
personal everyday lives, to ensure the survival of their
country.
For American Jewry, this conviction has involved a
pledge to always support Israel economically, morally
and politically. It is on the last that American Jewry
will be most severely tested today because it must
challenge its own government which has embarked on a
policy in the Middle East which is not only harmful to
Israel but also to the United States.
American Jewry will meet this test. Men and women
who rise from the seder table remembering the past
history of bondage, will renew their pledge to remain
free.
In a subsequent Times
editorial on March 26
entitled “Keeping the
Peace in South Lebanon,”
its editorial writers were
much more realistic when
they wrote, ‘The PLO,
however, vows that its
war against Israel will
continue. The implication
is that it will keep trying
to send terrorists on
missions like the one that
took 35 civilian lives in
Israel two weeks ago.
And it is likely to
continue to fire its
Soviet-made rockets at
Israel settlements south
of the border.” In this
editorial, unlike the pre-
vious one cited above, the
Times faced up to the
facts of life and of the
past history of Israel in
Israel's 30th Celebrated In Peru
LIMA, PERU (JTA) -
Dr. Jose Luis Bustamante Y
Rivero, who was President
of Peru when this country
voted in support of the 1947
United Nations General As-
sembly resolution for parti-
tion of Palestine, gave the
toast of honor at a dinner
celebrating the 30th anni-
versary of the State of
Israel.
"Peace is the highest
expression of the civilization
of a people and it is also the
condition for the survival of
man," he said in his toast.
Bustamente expressed the
hope that peace would come
to Israel and “that the land
continue to be as before, a
land of promise.”
Texas Jewish Post
Editor and Publisher
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Associate Editor
DEDICATED TOT RUTH. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
J.A. Wisch
Rene Wisch
Chester Wisch
Eli Davidsohn
Anita Braden
Wylma Hooker
Janie Hedgpeth
Dallas Manager
Advertising
Graphics
Typography
Circulation
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Michael Michael, Israel’s
Ambassador to Peru, in his
response paid homage to
“the deep and true friend-
ship between Israel and
Peru.” The dinner was
attended by many promi-
nent Peruvians in govern-
ment, the arts, culture,
academic world as well as
local Jewish leaders and
members of the Jewish
community.
Famous Cellist
In Jerusalem
LONDON lJTA l - Mstis
lav Rostropovich, the world-
famous cellist recently strip-
ped of his Soviet citizenship,
will be the soloist at a
concert in Jerusalem on May
10 to mark Israel’s 30th
Independence Day.
A DROUGHT occurs when
|I>Rbrs to charity are not
paid. Taanit, 8.
its heroic effort to sustain
itself in peace and free-
dom behind secure boun-
daries.
Dear Sir:
Those influential
voices in the media and
more particularly those
at the very top level of
our government who
deplore the so-called ‘In-
transigence” of present
Israeli leadership regard-
ing its terribly precarious
security and call upon the
Begin government to
give the West Bank back
to the Palestinians are
simply not facing up to a
number of frightening
facts — particularly
frightening facts to any
Israeli who has had his
country invaded three
times in the last 25 years.
These facts should make
it clear to any reasoning
human being that such a
move without safeguards
of great magnitude could
not only jeopardize peace
in the Middle East, but
world peace itself. The
shocking and utterly
damaging facts are these:
On Saturday May 6,
the citizens of Texas will
be asked to indicate
whether they wish to
legalize or prohibit gamb-
ling in Texas. This is by
means of a non-binding
referendum to indicate
whether they are for or
against pari-mutuel bett-
ing.
to include the betting on
animal races. Profession-
al gambling in any shape
or form — whether
among Jews or non-Jews
— was severely frowned
upon.
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Many persons have
been mis-led to believe
that this could be a step
toward merely legalizing
horse racing in Texas.
The facts are: horserac-
ing is already legal in
Texas; betting on horse-
racing is not.
The rabbis recognized
the inability of the
compulsive gambler to
control his passion for the
game, considered him a
moral weakling, and con-
sequently dealt with him
severely, even to the
extent that if he lost his
money and required as-
sistance from charity, it
was to be denied to him.
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The Jewish teachings
take a definite stand of
disapproval against
gambling, citing econom-
ic deprivation it brings,
disintegration of family
life, and suffering to the
children. Some rabbis
went so far as to declare
the professional gambler
a robber whom the
1. The PLO would
obviously be the new
ruling elite of the Pales-
tinian government of the
West Bank. The PLO is,
unfortunately, still deem-
See PLO on Page 7
Mishnah disqualified
from giving testimony. A
gambler who had no
other trade was disquali-
fied as a judge and as a
witness. For the purpose
of such disqualification,
the concept of gambling
was expressly extended
Community leaders,
keenly aware of the
painful and destructive
effects of gambling upon
an individual’s character,
meted out severe punish-
ment. Gambling debts
could not be collected
through the Jewish
courts. The gambler of-
ten was placed under
ban, dismissed from the
burial society, at times
prohibited from holding
his wedding in the
synagogue courtyard,
and not called to the
Torah.
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Family life also was
disrupted by gambling
See Gambling on Page 3‘
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