TH5 04H*�t*l� JEWISH REVIEW
Jewry's Obligations Are: As
Citizens Here; Aid To Israel;
Relief Of Displaced,
Homeless, Says
W.J.C. Leader
The separate, yet complement^ ary existence of two Jewish world*,") the Diaspora and Israel, must be ' carefully "nurtured to insure the continuity of Jewish life, one of Jewry's outstanding leaders, Samuel Bronfman, of Montreal, vice-president of the World JewSsh Congress, told a Los Angeles audience, gathered at the Beverly Wilshirc Hotel, to pay tribute to a local World Jewish Congress leader, Ben Maltz. Analyzing recent Jewish history in a changing world, Mr. Bronfman pointed out that the Nazi massacre of six million European Jews had reduced Jewry by a third and had deprived the remaining Jews from inheriting "the intellectual and cultural baggage of hundreds of thousands of European Jews which characterized our society from 1880 to 1938."
Citing statistics, Mr. Bronfman said that there were about B,-000,000 Jews in the world today. He described the 3,000,000 behind the Iron Curtain as "anonymous and rmnqtenh" leaving the more than 6,000,000 Jews in the America* mid the �l25,tXX> Jews in Israel as tke main sonroes of Jewish strength a�d inspiration.
Mr. Btqafofji was welcomed by Louis H. $oys$ dinner chairman and himself a^WJC leader, who
gestured a citation to Mr. Maltz recognitionMjpf his service to Jewry in tic Vnited States and throughout the!, world.
In a broad sirvey of "the Jews in an ever<h9ftdng world," Mr. Bronfman said Put Jewry had to accept the concept that two important Jewish worlds exist. "There is," he said, **the numerically smaller one of Israel, a state with
all the trappings qf statehood which must decide tot itself aad the people inhibiting ft the courte it will take. It is independent and it wul evolve ib own c�Hure and customs. Trien there is the Diaspora, Gountries made up ol the giant U.S. Jewry down the scale numerically until you have communities of fifty or sixty people, as in some West Indian countries, These Diaspora communities have accepted as iheir responsibility the worry of their own existence, but also took a major part in assisting in obtaining the Jewish State as the responsibility of national Jewish aspiration, add equally wish to be permitted to assist the state in achieving a dignified viability."
Mr. Bronfman, warned that there is no guarantee that "left to phtwf or wishful fhipVipg either, Diaspora Jewry or Israeli Jewry will survive. No people in the annals ol history has ever survived without a coasdotu and activist desire to do so." He said that Diaspora Jewry was of the utmost concern to Israeli Jewry. "Without it. Israel on its own may well be less than a success and could turn into just another Levantine State."
Mr. Bronfman said Jewry's response to today's challenges must be threefold:
"1. We have obligations to ourselves in the countries of
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"2. We have further the obligation of assisting Israel in re* cdving the displaced and the homeless. We count it not merely an obligation but a privilege to help ensure the viability of Israel. TTiese are intertwining and inseparable duties.
"3, We have remaining obligation* for the relief of Jewry where they are displaced and exist hopeless and forlorn."
Describing recent activities of the World Jewish Congress in safeguarding Jewish rigbb, Mr. Bronfman said that the original document submitted to the Ecu-n$nical Council in the successful effort to achieve a declaration on anti-Semitism had been drafted by a WJC expert and transmitted on thV initiative of WJC president, Df, Nahnm Goldmann. as chair-m4ri of the Conference of Jewish Organizations.
Mr. Bronfman told the Los Angeles Jewish leaders that the West Oetman Parliament would again discuss the question of the Statute of Limitations with regard to the., prip&cution of war crimes in lyjDtrch. "The German Parliament ha$ set up an office to survey all the material concerning war criminals which has not yet been cheeked and to report to Parlia-
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IVfr. Bronfman said he was sure thai this activity would show that there is so much material still to be sifted in the months till May, when the Statute of Limitations would begin to function, that there probably would be a proposal to prolong the statute for another ten years. "I am very hopeful that this will be adopted," Mr. Bronfman said.
In accepting the citation, Mr. Maltz praised the WJC for its action; in unifying Jewry, in building bonds and bridges between Diaspora Jewry and Israel, and in fortifying "our ability to preserve
.Jewish identity and our Jew~
j%Iture. We should evef fee mindful of the importance of preserving our culture." Mr. Maltz said he would rededicate himself to support and work for "the great causes of our country, our community, the State of Israel, and the WJC."
In the course of his address Mr. Bronfman, who is also chairman of the North American Executive Committee of the World Jewish Congress, expressed the belief that "few experiences of the past will be of practical value in blue-printing a future." He called on Jews to "remember the glories, profit by the mistakes, and recognize the imperatives which face us for what they are," He cited these imperatives:
"1. There are two Jewish worlds: one the State; the other the Diaspora. -
"2. The Diaspora will be with us a very long time, and for ourselves, our children, and our children's children we must vouchsafe a good life within the context and meaning of Diaspora life, as full citizens of the lands in which we live.
"5. The Diaspora is as necessary to the well being of Israel as Israel is to the spiritual and moral welfare of Jews elsewhere.
"4. These two simultaneous freedoms, as they have been called, must be carefully nurtured if a continuing Jewish life is to persist
"5. We can never think in terms of what is, but rather as a continuing effort to meet the challenges of environment, of chan-gng values, of world revolution in thought
"6. In this context we must accept the proposition that Jews most live in ����*���� and difference simultaneously. We wfll no longer inherit the mteOectnal and.cultural baggage of hundreds afld thoosaads of European Jews which characterized out society from 1880 to 1938. Now we take oar nourishment mostly from the ccoaoaifas soctal, tad educational opportunities of our respective societies."
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I am Bitting on the edge of the landing, my feet dangling, ths aun hot on my hack, and I am pretending to fish. But I am really doing what everybody else does; I am watching the German family and their bright-red motorboat The father � they call him Vatti � is now taking everything out of the boat and throwing 'it to the girl, whom they call Karina.. She stands 'about three stfps to the left of me, and what a/catcher the is I She hasn't droppel A single item so far. They a* obviously planning to clean the l 'hole thing today, But first they ! mat empty it. Any idiot can see that. It ean't be done any other waj ,
They are a family os four, and the stuff they keep in'that boat! Pairs and pairs of flippers, masks, snorkels, sneakers, extra bathing suits and towels, mbbeir cushions, inflatable mattresses, as well as books � heavy, well$x>und volumes. No paperbacks , for them. Now he throws her a large picnic basket. Will she catch it? Of course she will. She is a big, strong girl, with good if slightly heavy legs. She is fifteen, or maybe only fourteen; it is hard to tell with that figure. Her hair is ash blond and short, and she wean a one-piece swim suit � sensible, with strong shoulder straps to keep her bosom in place � and she stands there, legs slightly apart, like a goalkeeper waiting for the ball. Vatti is a good pitcher. Vatti is obviously her Vatti, no doubt about that. They look very much alike, and they know it and are fond of each other. They are silent and concentrated upon their task, and they smile only from time to time. A pair of gloves, two pairs of sunglasses, a plastic bag half full of grapes � all that flies through the air. For God's sake, when will they stop? I think that's all now.
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Muttl,  Karma, and the boy.
The boy's name IB Wiktor. They must have named him after Stalingrad � some joke. Nonsense, he is too old for that. Maybe they named him after their victory in Poland. That would make him twenty-five. Or Czechoslovakia. That would make him exactly my age. I am twenty-six, and half the size of Karina. Skinny, very little bosom, very narrow hips. They tell me I was underfed during the Occupation. It's a miracle my legs are straight, with the rickets I must have had. But straight they are, thank God, and not bad at all, Karina has jumped into the boat now; she and Vatti are taking the seats out, and they begin to mop with sponges. Where the hell la Wiktor � couldn't he help?
It is getting hotter, and they are both perspiring. So am I, with the scorching sun on my bare back. I should do something about my godforsaken rod. The bait has long ago disappeared. Those Swiss fishes, they have a way of nimbly nibbling that is infuriating � like their compatriots, I hate the worms I am. using for bait. It took me an hour to find out what they call worms in Italian. Strange country, Switzerland. In Geneva, they speak nothing but French, and here on the Lake of Lugano, nothing but Italian. Anyway, the word for worms is "cagjioti," and they are expensive. They are imported from some far-away place, and sold by the dozen. I have three left, and not a fish in the can. I got the tin can from the hotel cook. It contained ice cream, and I had to wait two days till tie can was finally empty, and then he took two francs for it, the Jerk. I watched all the tables carefully at mealtimes to see if people wtre ordering ice cream for dessert, and naturally, jost because I wanted that can so badly, everybody suddenly wanted fruit* fruc* or crtvM �-ra*ul, but not gtl&tL
Mutts has shown op. She never �hows up before eleven. Looks after herself. Mtrtti is slot aad not bad-looking at all, with dark hair and an olivs toinptadon. She do�j�t look Oman. Sh* looks Frtfteh or UaHaa or JtwiO. That would be fanny � a Jewish Jfutft la Poland, darte* *� Oeenpatto�p she woold hare bat* In plenty tf
trouble. With a face like that, you could have been as Aryan as Adolph'0 own mother and still be in trouble. But then, they live in a small Bavarian town where everybody probably knows who is who. I know; I looked at their registration plate, They drive a Mercedes 300. Red. Muttl carries an enormous beach hag � loaded with cosmetics, I btt And books, They are big readers. Vatti 'tees her now, and jumps to the landing. A good jump; the whole structure shakes. Vatti is a fine specimen of * Vat. tl Tall and strong, not an ounce of fat on him, not a gray hair in his blond crew cut He gets one of those, folding chaise tongues for Mutti, and carries It to'the edge of the lake just by the boat, Mutti stretches herself 'full length on her,tummy, and Vatti covers her back with sun lotion from a big, brown plastic bottle. The long, jagged sear on his back stands out as he bends over. No operation scar this hut a tine, distinguished battle sear, to be sure. It's a pity it's on the back, though; the scars of cowards are on the back. Who in heaven's name said that? I can never remember who has said what. That comes from reading all the phrase books, One reads the quotations and skips the names of the authors. That's my trouble. I am not thorough enough. I shall remain cabin interpreter in the U.N. Geneva office until I shrivel up and get my old-age pension � or until I slip up one day, probably on one of those new African delegates, the undeveloped ones, who are really touchy.
Vatti goes back to his beautiful red boat, where Karina is now scrubbing the floor like a good and true Haiufrau. He nearly tripped over my big ice-cream can, and said, "Verzeihe* Sie, bitte," looked at me, quickly added, " mo�� an* sfjttttod. I said; quoi," and smiled back. If ho only knew how well I know his swset mother tongue, and where and how I learned it. As a kid, of course. Kids learn quickly, niekt tooArf I used to talk to the guards. They sometimes threw me a potato or two, and sometimes a kick. I learned more quickly after they took Mother away, because while she could still stand on her feet she wouldn't let me run around. Every child should learn foreign languages; that would bring the world closer together, they say. Languages are a treasure. Treasure or not, that is all I know, and so far it has come in handy: French, German, and English, English I learned even faster than German. That was when the Americans took the camp over. I also know my own language, Polish, but I don't get a chance to use it very often � sometimes, when a Polish delegation arrives for some conference and they assign me to it.
Look who is here � Wiktor, the son and heir. He walks down the beach in his G string, his muscles rolling under his tanned skin. He looks like an advertisement for a virility medicine. Small head, strong neck. Everybody is watching him now. Men, women; only children and dogs ignore him. He flashes Mutti a broad smile and comes and stands over me and makes remarks to Vatti and Karina.
I have to pull out my fishing line and put a fresh caynoti on the hook. Even if I seriously wanted to fish, there isn't a chance now, with all the mess Vatti and Karina are making in the water. They are rinsing out their sponges and brushes, and the water is filthy and full of soap hobbles. Th� French ladies fitting in their deck chairs take notice and f�t angry. This hotel has mostly French and Belgian families, with their children and their poodles. My Germans are the only Germans, and they hare the only private motorboftt fft U* place. Hell, they are making a taesfl Sons-body should UJ1 them th*y kawa't voa t�t war, after all. Mayt* I am tie on* wbo sfcoott taO them Msyb* I, Haw Kowalska, shooM appoiat my�ttf a D+lectHon of
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