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Israeli elections on simmer as the world awaits the results of the American one


By Ira Sharkansksy

JERUSALEM--While the American election is reaching a boil, Israeli elections are beginning to simmer. We go to the polls to select local mayors and councils on November 11, and again on February 10 to select a new Knesset.

Some commentators would have us believe that the American contest is all over but the shouting. Ancient scholars should be more cautious. We learned about the polls of 1936 that predicted Alf Landon, and remember 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman." A self-designated leader of "70 million Christians" (Catholics and members of liberal Protestant denominations need not apply) predicted victory for Palin and her running mate. There is also the spectre of residual racism.

Americans in Israel are said to be voting heavily in favor of McCain, which reflects the large incidence of Orthodox Jews among recent immigrants from the United States. News from America is that 70 percent of Jews are in Obama's camp, along with some intense opposition to him from other Jews.

Israeli polls are showing a close race between Benyamin Netanyahu's Likud and Tzipi Livni's Kadima, with Ehud Barak's Labor in danger of falling into the dustbin. Neither of the major parties seem likely to get more than a quarter of the vote, so there will be a lot of work after the election to put together a coalition.

Nothing on the horizon speaks of major change. The ultra-Orthodox parties will get their 10-12 percent of the vote; the Arab parties 8 percent or so, whether or not their talk of uniting amounts to anything; National Religious and other right wing parties, also talking about uniting, will get 10-12 percent; left-wing Meretz perhaps 5 percent. The once mighty Labor may be left with less than 10 percent.

Polls are showing that the Pensioners' Party will disappear. It rode into the Knesset for the first and perhaps last time as a vehicle of protest against all the other parties. This time Netanyahu has reinvigorated Likud, and Livni has made herself a symbol of clean government. There may not be enough voters protesting everything to give the Pensioners' a chance.

We have yet to hear from the Marijuana Party, the Taxi Drivers' Party, the Party of Endangered Males concerned with better deals in divorce, or a host of ethnic parties (Romanian, Russian, Ethiopian, Georgian) that pop up to assert that their people on the lists of the major parties are not good enough.

Ehud Olmert is showing signs of being an active caretaker. He made a generous decision concerning money for the universities that will allow their presidents to cancel a planned closure and begin the academic year. Olmert's decision angered the Minister of Finance and key members of his bureaucracy ("He gave the universities more than they asked for.") An Israeli should always wait for the actual delivery of the cash. Bureaucrats have more than a few ways to delay, reduce, or even veto the decisions of politicians. I will begin my seminar on schedule as a volunteering pensioner, but not guarantee that the university's doors will remain open throughout the semester.

Olmert is also saying that he will continue negotiations with the Syrians and Palestinians. "Not kosher" are the responses from a leader of an ultra-Orthodox party and from Tzipi Livni, who is currently the Foreign Minister. The rules are that a transition government (sitting when an election is scheduled) is to continue existing policies, deal with emergencies, but not to take steps that will commit the next government. There are threats to enlist the Attorney General in order to keep Olmert in line. The Attorney General can rule that the sitting prime minister cannot engage in substantive talks, or he can issue an indictment against the prime minister for criminal violations. Israel's justice system moves with the speed of an injured snail. It may be time to push things along.

Two other lame ducks may be encouraging Olmert in order to get them all a better hearing from historians. George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice have scheduled meetings with Olmert, and Ms Rice with Mahmoud Abbas. It is not yet the end of the year in which they wanted a deal between Israel and the Palestinians.

There are also sparks coming out of Israel's municipal elections. They produce more light than heat, insofar as governing is largely in the hands of national ministries. Jerusalem's contest is focusing on the efforts of a secular figure to take the mayor's office from the ultra-Orthodox. Tel Aviv finds a socialist-environmentalist, who won a seat in the Knesset as the one Jew high on the list of a largely Arab party, running against the Labor Party mayor.

Will the outcome of the American election affect Israeli politics? Israelis generally are not enthusiastic about Barack Obama. Officials stick to the line that they do not interfere in another country's election by stating a preference, and can work with whoever wins.

Obama and McCain have said they will devote increased energy to settling the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. That makes Israelis nervous about both candidates. If there is any good coming out of the world wide financial crisis, it may be that it keeps whoever governs the United States busy at home with economic issues, and overseas with the big players in international finance. Those do not include the Jews of this small place.

Sharkansky is professor emeritus at Hebrew University. He may be contacted at msira@mscc.huji.ac.il






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TEL AVIV--Through the eyes of a fictional extended family, this novel is a review of the major events that transformed—and in too many cases ended— Jewish lives during the first half of the 20th century.  It begins in the early part of the century in Poland, where pogroms force some members—but not all—of the Appelavitch family to  decide to eb to America.

We follow one of the members and her family into the steerage compartment of a passenger ship and over rough seas en route to New York, and feel the misery of what seemed like a never-ending voyage.  We gulp fresh air on deck with the family after a day of seasickness in close quarters down below, and sense the relief—and excitement—of the family as they see the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. 

Next we accompany them to Ellis Island, where we share their fear that, after all they have been through, some nameless immigration official may send them back to Poland.  But in this case, the mother was admitted to the United States, only to learn that the husband and father has remained in Baltimore, electing instead of meeting them to send them a train ticket.  Work wouldn’t let him get away, his letter said, and we begin to understand a little better how the wife, Anna, could have succumbed to a shipboard affair with a gentle German Jewish officer.

She tried to be a good wife thereafter, however, despite the fact that her husband was too timid to stand up to anybody—not an obsessive landlady nor an exploitative factory owner.  When the factory owner demands that she work too, without pay, to shore up her husband’s job, Anna revolts and becomes involved in union organizing.  And so the book moves into the struggles of Jewish labor often against Jewish businesses to obtain decent wages and working hours.

Back in Poland, some members of the family watch warily as Hitler rises to power and enacts various anti-Jewish laws in Germany,  The Appelavitch family debates whether this kind of thing ever could happen in Poland.  The assimilationists say their fellow Poles recognize the Jews as fellow Polish patriots, but the Zionists insist that what is happening in Germany is admired by many Polish Gentiles and eventually may be visited upon  Poland’s Jewish population.

The Appelavitch family splits again, with the young Zionists opting to train for a life in Israel  while the older Polish Jews persuade themselves that the tempest will pass.   We watch the Zionists make their way across the border to Lithuania and eventually to Palestine, often at the risk of their lives, whereas the assimilationists stay put.

Near the end of the book, we follow the experiences of Dvoyra, the sister of Anna Appelovitch. as she first is rounded up by the Nazis, then moved to a ghetto, and eventually transported to Auschwitz.   

There are other subplots, of course, in this 413-page book,  which thought it covers all-too-familiar ground, is worth the reading, especially by the generation now in high school or college, who may be unfamiliar with the broad sweep of Jewish history in the United States and in Europe.

I brought the book to Israel with me from San Diego and read most of it on the plane.  In that  I finished reading it in this country, I couldn’t help but appreciate the author’s global Jewish view.

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ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY

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The Center Side
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 14, 1950, page 3

The Day Camp Outing has been planned for Saturday, April 29.  After several hours of games and songs the campers will see a full length Hopalong Cassidy film. There is no charge. All children from 6 to 12 are invited to attend this Day Camp outing and film party.
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The Western States Jewish Youth Council will hold its Third Annual Conference at Camp Cuyamaca on July 1, 2, 3, 4, 1950.  Three full exciting days have been planed featuring Music and Leadership Workshops, Campfire Programs, Folk Dancing and varied discussions under capable, stimulating leadership. The San Diego Jewish Youth Council is playing host to the Conference and is doing a swell job of shaping up the arrangements.

The figure control class meets every Wednesday night now for the benefit of all the Milton Berle fans.  All ladies who wish to avail themselves of this wonderful course under the expert instruction of Mrs. Lilo Berger are cordially invited to attend the classes from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Temple Center.
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The modern dance class has started with a charming bevy of young women doing very graceful things on Wednesday nights at the Temple Center from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. No previous experience is necessary. Any interested ladies may drop in at one of the classes to watch the course in action.

Overseas News and Views
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 14, 1950, page 4

(Editor’s Note: Though no publicity could be given to it at the time, even during World War II, a substantial amount of aid from the American Jewish community was able to reach Jews trapped in Nazi-occupied Europe. Through the efforts of the Joint Distribution Committee, thousands of men and women were helped to make their way out of Festung Europa to safety, helped other thousands to survive until liberation. The following is the dramatic story of Saly Mayer, Swiss Jewish leader who became JDC Director for Switzerland in 1940 and who, more than any other man, was responsible for th saving of Jewish lives.)

HIS BROTHER’S KEEPER

Ten years ago, a middle-aged Swiss citizen came out of retirement to become one of the heroic figures of modern Jewish history. One day in 1940 a former lace manufacturer left the peace of his well-stocked library in St. Tall, Switzerland, to embark on a new career. By the time his new “job” was completed, ten years later, Saly Meyer had become a key figure in JDCs international rescue efforts, had—through a series of “cloak and dagger” episodes – directly or indirectly saved several hundred thousand Jewish lives.

In 1940, Saly Mayer, successful businessman and Chairman of the Israelitscher Gemeindebund, Jewish community organization, was shocked out of his normal existence; into Switzerland from neighboring countries poured thousands of Jews, fleeing from Nazi terror.  To help provide them with the food and clothing and shelter they needed to survive, Saly Mayer volunteered his services toJDC.

When Saly Mayer became JDC director for Switzerland in 1940, there were already some 6,000 refugee Jews in Switzerland; by 1943 the number had increased 25,000 and to Saly Mayer providing for their needs had become a kind of religion.  To find an office for JDC, he simply took over part of his own lace factory in St. Gall. Working 14 hours a day, he soon found it easier to sleep on an undersized couch in the factory office.

Before long, JDC headquarters in New York had a proposal; since Saly Mayer was situated in strategic Switzerland, would he undertake to find channels by which JDC funds could reach Jews in Axis-occupied countries?

Saly Mayer agreed, then proceeded to find “channels.”  He got money to Jews in Rumania and Poland and Hungary, sending it through the diplomatic pouches of the Swiss Legation, or by using “Aryan” couriers.  Through the most difficult days he moved calmly, steadying his staff with his favorite expression: “Langsam.”  (Take it easy.”)

In 1944 came the climax.  From Germany came word that the Nazis, desperate for funds to buy war materials, were ready to sell Jewish lives for cash.

The problem was: how to save these lives without at the same time strengthening the Nazi armies. JDC, with the consent of the U.S. State Department and the War Refugee Board, decided on a desperate gamble: Saly Mayer, acting as an independent Swiss citizen was to “negotiate” with the Nazis.

From the Swiss town of St. Margareten, an old wooden bridge runs across the Bodensee to Austria.  One day Saly Mayer came to the center of this bridge to meet an S.S. officer. Thus began months of negotiations, with Saly Mayer bringing vague promises each day of a huge ransom, always inventing new delays, blustering and demanding that the Nazis show their “good faith” by delayin g the deportations of Hungarian Jews, then n the greatest danger.

Once, when the S.S. man demanded that he prove his ability to turn over the ransom money, Saly Mayer cabled JDC in New York, within 24 hours received a draft for $5,000,000.  With this draft as baitm, Saly Mayer had hundreds of Hungarian Jews released from Bergen-Belsen to Swiss custody, held up the deportation of more than 100,000 Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz.

On V.E. Day, JDC’s $5,000,000 was still intact. It was the first money spent in Europe after the war on behalf of needy survivors.

Recently Saly Mayer, now 67, was the guest of honor at a luncheon in St. Gall’s Valhalla Hotel, to mark his second “retirement.”  During 10 years of JDC service he had remained a volunteer, asking in payment only an occasional American book.  Now he squirmed as he listened to a resolution adopted by JDC’s Administration Committee, with its final words of praise: “To a degree equaled by few men in his time, Saly Mayer has served as his brother’s keeper.”

“Take it easy,” he kept muttering.  “Langsam, langsam.”



Fund Borrows On Good Name
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 14, 1950, page 4

Early last month the United Jewish Fund of San Diego borrowed $75,000 to meet very grave emergencies confronting the United Jewish Appeal agencies in Israel and in Europe.  This week, another check, the sum of $25,000, was forwarded to the United Jewish Appeal in advance of the 1950 campaign, making a total of $100,000.  Most of these funds, according to Max Rabinowitz, Treasurer of the United Jewish fund, were borrowed on the credit and record of our Jewish Community from the Security Trust and Savings Bank.

The San Diego Jewish community is endeavoring to do its part in the unceasing war to ”Keep the Miracle Alive.”


Letters to the Editor
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 14, 1950, page 4

Mr. Maxwell Kaufman
Editor, S.W. Jewish Press
San Diego 1, Calif.

Dear Mr. Kaufman

I have read with a great deal of interest and satisfaction the decision of the U.J.F. Allocations Committee on the percentage distribution of this year’s funds.  Undoubtedly a larger percentage goes for overseas than is the case in other cities.

It is a wise decision. It should satisfy all the people except a few who are interested solely in their own particular agency.  Now is the time for the U.J.F. to tell these few to stop putting pressure for their own allocations on the Fund, but instead to use their energies to help the current campaign.  By soliciting pledges and by collecting from those who have pledged and not paid, they will serve their own cause. In short, the ardent supporters of each agency by helping rather than distracting from the campaign will help their agency and the cause of all Israel.

Sincerely,
A. Fisher.

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Editor:

I just received a copy of the United Jewish Fund Year Book of 1949 and I am burned up!

In the first place I think it was a waste of time and money to publish it.  Who cares what went on last year and who did what?  Especially since we had such a miserable campaign.  On top of it all, some of our worthy (?) citizens still owe almost $25,000 on last year’s pledges!

What kind of a character would pledge money to such a cause and Welch on it. And then, of course, I noticed the absence of the names of some of our most prominent and wealthy members. Did the building of luxury houses and the buying of new Cadillacs keep them poor last year, or are they callous to the fact that their fellow brethren are suffering and fighting for life itself?

Lastly—the size of the contributions from people who are well heeled!  The giving of $5, $10, $25 or $50 by people who throw that kind of money out in one night of drinking and gambling is an insult to our community.  Better not accept such gifts and keep our pride.

Let us hope that our people will search their consciences this year and give enough to make us all proud.

—--“Disgusted”



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: THE WEEK IN REVIEW


Friday-Saturday, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2008

INTERNATIONAL
SDSU's Weber expresses admiration for Peres Peace Center, Hillel Foundation by Donald H. Harrison in Tel Aviv

Sweetness of desert rains by Ulla Hadar in Kibbutz Ruhama, Israel

CAMPAIGN 2008
Multicultural candidate Todd Gloria found his mentors in the S.D. Jewish community by Gary Rotto in San Diego

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ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—April 14, 1950: Hadassah
—April 14, 1950: Jr. Pioneer Women
—April 14, 1950: You Name It
—April 14, 1950: What’s Cookin’ At Troop 99

Thursday, October 30, 2008 (Vol. 2, No. 259)

INTERNATIONAL
Syria makes troubles for its neighbors by Shoshana Bryen in Washington DC.

Peace project funder pleased with where Fred J. Hansen's money goes in Mideast by Donald H. Harrison in Tel Aviv

Israel: the land of abiding controversy by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem

In political defense of the haredim by David Benkof in New York

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ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
— April 14, 1950: ‘Magic Carpet’ In Sight Soon
— April 14, 1950: Christian Committee Opens United Jewish Fund Campaign
— April 14, 1950: Women’s Division of U.J.F. Begins Drives for Funds—Plan Luncheons

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (Vol. 2, No. 258)

INTERNATIONAL
SDSU group gets a VIP tour of Ramallah by Donald H. Harrison in Ramallah, Palestine Authority

Kristallnacht 70 years later by David Harris in New York

The Jews Down Under, a roundup of Jewish news of Australia by Garry Fabian in Melbourne:
— Council gives green light to Chanukah in the Park
— A policy for the whole community
— B'nai B'rith International President Moishe Smith visits Australia/New Zealand
— Living community memories
— Pressure grows for automatic traffic controls
— Israel programs affected by plummeting Australian dollar
— Jewish attendance at Muslim festival
— Tips and tales from genealogist
— Jewish delegates may join Australia's Durban II team
— Russia Holds key to Iran
— Australian Foreign Minister Smith to visit Israel

Election is a joke: Daily Show Democrats by Rabbi Simcha Weinstein in New York

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ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
— March 28, 1950: What’s Cookin’ At Troop 99
— March 28, 1950:You Name It
— April 14, 1950: 1950 Fund Drive Begins Jewish Community Will Meet Obligations; Campaign Off to Good Start!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (Vol. 2, No. 257)

INTERNATIONAL
Peace-making, solving world food shortage are interrelated necessities by Donald H. Harrison in Tel Aviv

Local religious customs should be observed at the Western Wall by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem

Hamas must be 'dealt' with, by Shoshana Bryen in Washington, D.C.

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ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY

— March 28, 1950: Jolly Sixteen
— March 28, 1950: J.C.R.A.
— March 28, 1950: San Diego Lasker Lodge No 37

Monday, October 27, 2008 (Vol. 2, No. 256)

INTERNATIONAL
Peres Peace House inaugurated during center's 10th anniversary by Donald H. Harrison in Tel Aviv 

Livni's call for new elections puts peace with Palestinians on back burner by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem

Ten Mideast lessons for next President by Norman Manson in San Diego 

CAMPAIGN 2008
San Diego Jewish World endorsements

LIFESTYLES
Psychology teacher taught lessons to staff by Sheila Orysiek in San Diego

ARTS
Play sculpts Jewish advice columnist whom readers knew as "Ann Landers" by Cynthia Citron in Pasadena, California

ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—March 28, 1950: News of the Fox
—March 28, 1950: San Diego Birdie Stodel B’nai B’rith Chapter No. 92
—March 28, 1950: Pioneer Women (Negba) Club


Sunday, October 26, 2008 (Vol. 2, No. 255)

INTERNATIONAL
Lame duck leaders seek to change conditions in the Middle East pond by Shoshana Bryen in Washington D.C.

CAMPAIGN 2008
Pro-Obama column, endorsement excoriated by Arizona reader — Letter to the Editor from Alan Rockman in Phoenix, Arizona

Campaign rhetoric promoting discrimination against Arabs, Muslims, African-Americans—Letter to the Editor from Carol Ann Goldstein in San Diego

SAN DIEGO
Sweat-equity partners sought for San Diego Jewish World by future-minded publisher — A message from Donald H. Harrison

San Diego teen practices tikkun olam by Sara Appel-Lennon in San Diego

JUDAISM
What is meant in Genesis that man was created in God's image? by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal in San Diego

ARTS
J*Company's Pocahontas thrilled — even before curtain went up by David Riech in San Diego

This Minority of One Fails to be Enchanted by Cynthia Citron in Los Angele

SPORTS
A bissel sports trivia with Bruce Lowitt in Oldsmar, Florida

ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—March 28, 1950: Jewish War Veterans, S.D. Post No. 185
—March 28, 1950: Council of Jewish Women
—March 28, 1950: Labor Zionist Organization
—March 28, 1950: Junior Charity Leagu

Friday-Saturday, October 24-25, 2008 (vol. 2,, No. 254)

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CAMPAIGN 2008
Yes, McCain pro-Israel, but... by Gary Rotto in San Diego
San Diego Jewish World endorsements, with links to editorials on which they were based

SAN DIEGO
U.S. Presidents as seen by Richard Lederer by Gerry Greber in Escondido, California

ARTS
Reprise: Thursdays with the songs of Hal Wingard—Linking problems prevented many people from hearing Hal's songs yesterday, so here are the links to them now. Printed lyrics may be found in Thursday's edition: #41 Old Love Sweet Love; , #91 Together We Will Watch Our Love; #280 To Make Things Fair.

Bleeding Kansas powerful in juxtaposition with U.S. election by Carol Davis in San Diego

ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—March 28, 1950: The Center Side
—March 28, 1950: Local Leaders Attend Men’s Club Conference in L.A.
—March 28, 1950:Toy Packing Party
—March 28, 1950:Bay City Chapter 713



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