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May You Be Blessed In The Book of Life!
Texas Jewish Post
VOLUME 40 ISSUE 35
NEW YEAR ISSUE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1983 23 ELUL5743 28 PAGES 501 PER COPY
jess jauuin Rosh Hashona and Nicaragua byt Determined
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Four years ago, last July 19, the Sandinista revolution eradicated the
Somozo regime which had been ruling Nicaragua for over 43 years.
The ironic by-product was that although one despotic regime was over-
thrown another took its place and according to a Heritage Foundation
background report “tragically for the close to three million Nicaraguans,
the Sandinistas have proved that they surpass r' eir predecessors in
abusing the basic rights of their own people, .hat has erupted in
Nicaragua is an all-out war on the human rights of those who oppose the
regime. The victims number in the thousands and include journalists,
businessmen, politicians, Catholics, Moravians, the Miskito Indian tribes
and even Nicaragua’s entire Jewish community.
‘Today’s human rights violations affect all aspects of Nicaraguan life.
There are restrictions on free movement; torture; denial of due process;
lack of freedom of thought, conscious and religion; denial of the right of
association and of free labor unions.
Begin to Resign PM Post
“Since the Marxists took over, Nicaraguan Jews have seen their human
rights systematically violated. Their property has been confiscated and
they have been arrested arbitrarily and physically harassed. Inspiring this
■sudden anti-Jewish campaign, in part, is the intimate ideological relation-
(ship between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the San-
dinistas.
A determined but frail
Prime Minister Msn?jchem
Begin Tuesday decided to
resign his top position which
he has held longer than any
other Israeli leader.
Although he was pressed
by Likud members of his
cabinet to remain, he said, “I
cannot continue.”
Much of the travail Begin
has experienced started last
November when he was
supposed to have addressed
the General Assembly of the
Council of Jewish Federa-
tions in Los Angeles.
Following this meeting he
was scheduled to address a
church assembly at Dallas’
First Baptist Church.
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“Catholics have been subject to similar attacks. Before their victory, the
Sandinistas enjoyed the backing of Archbishop Miguel Obando y Bravo, of
Nicaragua. Once in power, the Sandinistas discovered that the Arch-
bishop’s commitment to human rights, civil liberties and social justice was
■more than rhetoric. As a result, according to official church reports,
■prominent clerics are defamed and attacked physically. Religious
education is under siege.
“The Moravian Church, too, is under assault, particularly along
Nicaragua’s Eastern Atlantic coast, where it claims the loyalties of 80 per-
cent of the population. The Sandinistas denounce this church as a center
■of counter-revolutionary activity. Some Moravian pastors now must submit
■their Sunday sermons for government approval. One pastor reported that
the censors asked him: ‘Why do you always preach on sad themes like sin
and redemption? Why don’t you preach about liberation like some of the
Catholics do?’
“Mormons, Baptists and Seventh-Day Adventists, meanwhile, have seen
their churches seized and then returned only under the condition that their
■pastors not criticize the revolution or the Sandinista programs.
“One of the most brutalized communities is that of the Miskito Indians of
the Atlantic Coast. Independent human rights organizations have been
kept from visiting Miskito detention camps. Nonetheless, the record of the
Sandinista atrocities against the Miskito is widely known. Among these
See jess jaw in-Page 2
Hours before the Los
Angeles session was to have
started he received word
that his wife of 47 years had
died in Israel. He cancelled
all engagements and return-
ed home immediately to
participate in the funeral
and sit in shiwa mourning.
Besides this grief, which
had consumed him, he was
emotionally upset by the
tremendous loss of life in the
Lebanese Peace Campaign
which was designed to rid
Lebanon of terrorism and
give it a chance to have a
democratic government
while simultaneously mak-
Menachem Begin
ing Israel’s borders with
that country more secure.
A tragic loss of nearly 550
dead and thousands wound-
ed caused Begin constant
anguish and grief. Dr. Henry
Kissinger remarked that the
figure was comparable to
the United States losing
over 45,000 killed and
250,000 wounded within a
year.
Cabinet ministers from
Begins Herut Party started
meeting late Tuesday and
early Wednesday to choose a
successor who could hold the
six-party government coali-
tion together.
Most likely thought of to
succeed Begin was Yitzhak
Shamir, diminutive Foreign
Minister, who reportedly,
has reached an understand-
ing with his most potential
rival Deputy Premier David
Levy.
Levy said, “I understand
there will be more than one
candidate.”
Begin, at TJPost press-
time, had reportedly agreed
to postpone officially submit-
ting his letter of resignation
to President Chaim Herzog.
This will prevent Herzog,
who is a member of the
Labor Party, from request-
ing Shimon Peres, head of
the Labor Party, to try to
form a new coalition govern-
ment.
Begin’s resignation means
automatic resignation of his
government which was
formed after the 1981
general elections. Following
his resignation, President
Herzog must confer with
leaders of the Knesset
(Parliament) to ask a party
leader to form a new
government.
Begin’s allies hope to
jockey for enough time in
order to present a strong
leader to Herzog so that he
will have little or no choice
but the acceptance of the
coalition candidate.
Rash Hushana Starts Sundown Wednesday
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Jewish Students Travel Eight States in Caravan..
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Dallas Doings...........................
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House Calls: Antibiotics..................
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Postorial: New Year 5744..................
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Exercise Effect On Blood Fat...............
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Monitor: World Council of Churches Ignores Basics.
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Dallas Dining and Entertainment............
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Elmer Wheeler: Israel Can Be Independent.......
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West of Hester Street Premiere.............
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Travel...............................
6 and 7
Fort Worth Dining and Entertainment.........
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Dallas Singles Scene......................
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Fort Worth Around The Town...............
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New Rabbi at N. Dallas’ Beth Torah...........
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Sachar Scholar in Residence...............
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Metroplex Well Represented by Educators at Conference.. 9
You and Your Taxes.....................
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Dallas Holiday and Synagogue Services.........
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Textbooks Show Up in China...............
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S. Israel Kever Avot Memorial Services.........
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Fort Worth Day School Expands.............
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Fresh Approach to Delicious Recipes...........
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Hadassah Does Amazing Things at Med Center...
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Letters........................
Fort Worth Familv Greetings...............
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World Jewry will start
observance of the High
Holydays next Wednesday,
Sept. 7, at sundown with the
advent of Rosh Hashana,
Tishri 1, the beginning of
year 5744.
Immersed in prayers for
Shalom, peace, Jews will
include a deep reverance of
prayer for a multitude of
problems which still befall
humanity.
Wars still engulf a troubl-
ed world. Turmoil and strife
ignites the Middle East,
Asia, Africa, and Central
America.
Israel and its concurrent
problems concern world
Jewry.
Terrorists have again
dominated the news with
skyjackers becoming more
daring.
Prayers for Jews in the
Soviet Union, where reli-
gious freedom is still
supressed and emigration
has slowed to a trickle, will
be heard throughout the
High Holy Days.
Other perplexing prob-
lems engulf American Jews.
Intermarriage remains a
core problem with rates
rising to nearly 40 percent
among college students. The
Jewish poor and their
problems are being com-
pounded by the erosion of
Federal grants and the
reduction of social benefits.
Moreover, Jews are facing,
along with the general
population, a better longe-
vity. They must also face a
hopelessness in seeking em-
ployment following “retire-
ment” while their physical
status is excellent.
Area military service per-
sonnel will be afforded home
hospitality through the com-
bined efforts of local Fed-
erations, Jewish Community
Centers and synagogues.
A full schedule of High
Holyday services may be
found in this issue of the
Texas Jewish Post. (Offices
of the Texas Jewish Post
will be closed next Thurs-
day.)
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Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene. Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1983, newspaper, September 1, 1983; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth755475/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .