Beth Tfiloh Congregation Dinner, Baltimore, Maryland, April 12, 1972

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TO:
Senator Humphrey
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Mark Epstein
SUBJ:
Address to Beth Tfiloh Congregation
30th Annual Dinn~r
Baltimore, Maryland
Wednesday , April 12
APRIL
llJ 1972
We suggest you use again these excerpts on: Jerusalem,
Israel's defense , Jewish refugees and kosher slaughter.
This is the basic material in the "Humphrey OUtlines
Elements of New u.s .-Israeli Policy " release that we
used in Milwaukee.
You might want to mention that one week from this event-Wednesday , April 19th--is the 24th anniversary of Israeli
independence.
RE~1ARKS
BY SE, ATO HUBERT HI H 1PHREY
BETH TFILOH CoNGREGATION
30TH ANN UAL DINNER
BALTI MORE I f1ARYLAND
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12 1972
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ANYONE
F~INTLY FAMILIAR
WI THTtiE LAST 3 "ILLENIUM or:
JEi!ISli HIST1J r.Y CANNOT rAIL TO lmDERSTAND THE Dcir
I CANCE
SIiN If
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JE~.US:'\LEr
or
JEr..U~t.LEft
/\i·lD Tl :E JOJ ARE SO DEEPLY INTERTwl ~ED
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THE PAG[S OF HISTO rY Tll/''.T EVEN THE N/\MHlG OF TilE CAPIT:\L
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IW 1948 MERELY RATIFIED WHAT MILLIONS or- JE\!ISH llE'\RTS
HAD AL\·JAYS KNOWN.
BUT1 THE UNITE~ STATES GOVERN~ENT
REFUSED AND CONT INU[S TO REFUSE TO ~[COGNIZE ISRt\EL'S ·
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FOR 19
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YEARS~
.JERUSALEM
WAS ATRUNCATED
BY WALLS CF BARBED \viRE AND HATRED.
WP.S
AND
1-I~ALLY
BEGAN~
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SPLIT
THE JORDANIAN AR.l'1Y
REMOVED IN 1967 WHEN ISRAEL REUNITEJl THE
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CITY
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WITH·COMPASSION ·AND DEVOTION TC HUMAN
TO BIND UP THE
WE
CITY~
WOUNDS
DIGlJITY~
OF DIVISION.
WRONG NOT TO RECOGNIZE JERUSALEM AS .THE CAPITAL
OF ISRAEL IN 1S48.
WE WEr.E WRONG NOT TO CRY OUT WHEN JORD,L\NIAN FORCES
OCCUPIED HALr- OF TI LI)_T SAC RED CITY LP.TER TKAT YEAR.
WE '.JERE WRONG TO REMAIN
JEWISH
SILE~T
WHtN THE
QUARTER WAS REDUCED TO RUBBLE AND
CE~TURY-OLD
S~RINES CF DEEr
SIGIHF ICANCE TO CHRISTIAN AND ·JEW ALIKE 'riERE DESECRATED.
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\!E CGr1POUND THESE WRONGS TODAY BY IGNORING T!lE
ReUNIFICATION Oi- JEEUS!1LEM AND THE HUMANE ADMitJISTRATION
OF THAT CITY
LET
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ISRAELI RULE.
WELCOME A lJNITCD JERUSALEM.
TKAT HOLY CITY
McST NOT BE DIVIDED BY WALL$1 BY BARBED WIRE1 BY HATRED.
IT IS AND t1UST EE ONE CITY A SYMBOL Gr LOVE AND TKE IDEf\L
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OF llUMAN BROTHERHOOD.
HIE PSf\LMIST SPEP.KS
or
"~lE P.USt. LEM
THE REDUILT1 AS A
CITY THAT IS UNITED TOGET!lER ." THE TI ME HAS_ COME FOR THE
UNITED STATES TO RECOGNIZE THE REALITY OF A REBUILT A»D
RECNITED' JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
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ISRAEL'S DEFENSE
IT IS NOT GOOD ENOCGll FOR
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JUST TO srEf'.K Of JEr.US/'.LEM
AND ISRAEL-- WE MUST BAG~ OUR ~~OPJJS WITH ACTION.
CAN DO -- WHAT WE MUST DO -.- IS TO ?.SSURE ISRP.EL
WHAT WE
or
TilE
ECONOMIC AND MILITARY SUPiORT SHE NEEDS TO MA INTli IN rE~ .
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DtFENSIVE CAPABILITIES AND UrHOLD- THE B.ALiiNCC or- POWER
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IN THE
MIDDLE EAST,
ANY SIGN
or-
\4EAKNESS OR AMB·IVALENCE ON THE PART CF
THE UNITED STATES ONLY ADDS TO THe PRtSENT INSTABILITY
IN ThE MIDDLE
EAST~
ASTOP
A~D
GO POliCY Or\
THE
DCLIVERY
OF f\r.MS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE CREATES UNCERTAINTY AND
ANXIETY IN DOTH ISRf-.EL AND THE ARAB STATES •
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ISRAEL HAS BEEN
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SPENDING~·
30 PERCENT OF ITS GROSS
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NATIONAL PRODUCT ON DEFENSE, THESE EXPENDITURES ARE
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I WCREASI!~G .
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IS RAEL'S SERIOUS
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DPlANCE or- PAYMENTS DEF ICITJ A FIGURE THAT IS APPROACHING
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$1.5 BILLION.
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ISRAEL IS A PROUD COUNTRY . IT CARRiES ITS BURDEN WITH
COURAGE . BUT IT" IS WOT JUST FAC INGTHE ARAB ARMIES. IT
IS CONFRONT ING THE MILITARY MIGHT OF THE SOVIET UN ION.
P1T
STAKE
IS THE PROSPECT OF RENEWED
WAR
IN THE MIDDLE
EAST. AND THE STAKES APL TOO GREAT FOR EQUIVOCATION OR
CONFUSION
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3, J.EWISH REFUGEES ·-- RUSSIA ANO ARA~ COUNTRIES
WE
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IF YOC
f'tl~ST
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SAY TO THE SGVIET CNION LOUI'LY AND CLEARLY:
GENUINE IN YOUR DESIRE FOR
PEACE AND HARNONY
IN THE MIDDLE EAST 1 DO SOMETHING. P\BOUT THE THOUSANDS OF
JE~S
If.l RUSSIA WHO AI<E IMPR ISCNED IN YCUR SOCIETY BY NOT
BEING ABU: TO £MIGRATE TO ISRAEL.
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OUR GOVERNMENT MUST EXERT OUR DIPLOI'11\TIC AND MORAL
RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF THE COURAGEOUS Rl>SSIAN JEWISH
COMMUNITY THAT1 AT GREAT
SACRIFICE~
REFUSES TO SUBMIT TO
THE DESTRUCTION or- ITS IDENTITY.
THE UNITED NATIONS DECLA.RATION OF HUMA'N RIGHTS PROVIDES
THAT f1LL PEOPLES HAVE THE RIGHT TO MIGRATE TO THE COUNTRIES
OF THEIR CHOICE. THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN LIBERTY. A
NATION WHICH DENIES THAT RIGHT IS IMPRI SONING ITS CITIZENS .
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WE MUS T ASSURE THAT .EVERY STEP BE TAKEN TO INSURE TliAT
THOSE SOVIET JEWS DESIROUS OF LEAVING RUSSIA BE
PE~ITTED
TO EMI&RATE AT ONCE TO· THE NATICN DF THEIR CHOICE.
STATES W'ILL
IN A FEW MONTHS THr: PRESIJ.JEf'\T OF THE UNITED
BE VISITI1t THE SOVICT UNION. ttE WILL BE IN AN EXCELLEHT
POSITI ON TC INTERet::DC: ON B[ HALf
or
S OYI~T
JEWRY.
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WE MUST TAKE VIGOROUS STEPS TO HELr-· ASSURE THE CULTUR
AND RELIGIOUS VITALITY OF THIS HARRASSEDffND PERSECUTED
COMM~NITY.
Li MONTHS
THC VENERABLE
/lGO.
CHIEF
NO ADEQUATE
RABBI OF JYDSCOW.
DIED
REr-LACEMCNT IS AVAILABLE) AS
OF
Tl~E
THE RUSSIANS l-IAVE
LONG FORBIDDEN THE
JEWISii RELIGION.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SOVIET JEWIS!l YOUTH
TERCHING
OOOKS
LONG TO KNOW THEIR HERITilGE BUT QUALIFIED TE.~CHERS .,
P.ND OTHER EDUCP:TIOMAL MAT ERIALS ARE RARELY IF EVER
.~VA I LABLE.
I UI\GE T!-JE PRES IDENT TO ASSURE THAT Arff FURTHER
LWI ON
CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM ARRIVeD ItT WITii THE SOVIET
I~CUJDE
PROV ISIONS FOR ETHNIC CULTURAL
EXC HANG ~
WITHIN
POPULATION
EAC il OF THE SEV EAAL MIN ORIT Y GROVrS WITH S IZE/lB~E
IN BOTH TttE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION.
IF THE SOVIET UNI ON IS SIN'C ERE .~BOUT THE DETENTE P·.ND
IF IT SINCERELY WISH ES TO REDUCE TENSIONS ANDEUHitNC E
EX01A.NGE
INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL., IT SHOULD CONSIDER SUCH M
PRoGRAN IF IT IS
UNITED
STATES.
VIGORO~SLY
ADVOCATED BY A PRESIDENT OF TllE
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AT THE SAME TIME~ WE MUST
IN ARAB LANDS -- JEWS
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COUNTRIES FOR CENTURIES.
REMEMBER
THE CAPTIVE JE.NS·
HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED IN HOSTILE
THC STORY ·or THESE JEWS IS A
QUIET ONE -- ';/[ :00 NOT HEAR TOO
BUT WE MUST BRING THEIR STORY
MUC~ ABOUT IT THESE
TO PUBLIC
DPNS,
ATTENTION.
IN THIS RE6ARDJ I CAN ANNOUI'Jq: TO YOlJJ WITit GREAT ·
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PRIDE 1 THAT I A.M TltE
HONO~ftRV
N!tTIONf;}L CHAI R!lf1N OF THE ..
ccmiTTE E TO RESCUE SYRIAN JEWRY,
SUPPORT-- AND
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THESE .JC'tJS DESERVE OOR
THEY NEED IT DESPERATELY.
KOSHER SLAUGHTER
IT IS NOT JUST ABRO AD TaAT THE RIG~TS OF JE~S
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WE MUST FACE THC FA.CT TIIAT HERE IN N.r1ERIC1; --
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THREATENED
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THE RIGHTS
OF OBSER.VANT
JEWS
ARE
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LEGISLATION HAS BEEt\( UffRODUCED IN CrJNGRESS -- A NEW
THE
tlEAT SLAUGHTC::R BILL -- THAT VERY .SIMPLY WILL ENDANGeR
CONTINUI;D PROVISION OF KOSHER FOOD,
THIS BILL PROVIDES THAT AN ANIMAL RITUALLY SL.AUGHTCRED
ANIMAL IS "HANDLED.,
C/\N BE SCLD ONLY IF THE. ENT IRE
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PROCESSED, AND SOLOn AS KOSM ER FOOD.
BUT, AS WE KNGW, ONLY
KOSIIER fOOD.
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PART
OF
THE CARCASS IS USED FOR
IF THE REST OF 'THE' ANif1AL -- THE MOST
ER
VALUtwLE COMMERCIAL PAl<T -- IS CLASSIFIED WITH THE KOSH
CUTS -- THEN IT WILL BE
WASTED
AND NOT USED.
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