'What Thou Givest O'Lord When tears cloud my eyes and darken the Cease blessing Thee for the peace of Those I have loved, though now beyond world former days, my view Thou Takest Not Away' And my heart is heavy within me; Shall the time of darkness put out forever Have given form and quality to my being Shall I blot from the mind; the love The glow of the light in which I once And they live on, unfailingly feeding By Rabbi Morris Adler I have known and in which I have rejoiced walked? My heart and mind and imagination, When a fate beyond my understanding takes They have led me into the wide universe Written for the Shaarey Zedek from me Give me the vision 0 God to see and feel I continue to inhabit, and their presence Recorder three weeks before Friends and kin whom have cherished, That imbedded deep in each of Thy gifts, Is more vital to me than their absence. dementia afflicted our community and leaves me Is a core of eternity, undiminished and * * * Bereft of shining presences that have lit bright, What Thou givest 0 Lord my way An eternity that survives the dread hours Thou takest not away Through years of companionship and of affliction and misery. And bounties once granted Shall I cry out in anger, 0 God affection. The youth that once was mine Shed their radiance evermore. Because Thy gifts are mine but for a Continues to course in memory and Within me your love ad vision while, Shall I grieve for a youth that has gone thought Now woven deep into the texture Shall I forget the blessing of health Once my hair is grey and my shoulders And remains unspent even in age, Live and will be mine, till Thou tallest The moment it gives way to illness and bent; It lingers in the brightness still cast pain, me hence , And forget days of vibrancy and power. Upon the dimmer landscape age unfolds, To another realm, where these moments Shall I be ungrateful for the moments of Shall I in days of adversity fail to iecall It gives vitality to the compassion, laughter of eternity The hours of joy and glory Thou once hast And strength to the greater understanding Shall be joined together it The seasons of joy, the days of gladness granted me; Which many . years of living and feeling In unbroken sequence and festivity. Shall I in turmoil of need and anxiety Have brought as their enriching gifts. To form eternal life.

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PARIS (JTA) — Grave disquiet over the recently renewed manifestations of anti-Semitic activities U. S. Delegate Asks in a number of countries, particularly in West Germany and Austria, was voiced here at the conference UN Act on Outlawing of the European executive of the World Jewish Congress, which concluded its sessions here Sunday. Attending the parley were representatives from WJC sections in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Religious Intolerance Britain and other West European countries. Lord Sieff of Britain, chairman of the European executive, declared there has been a great increase UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA) — The United recently in anti-Semitic activities, and said: "There is reason to believe that this trend is being fomented States government called on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to give highest pri- by agents of President Nasser, of Egypt, in furtherance of a campaign against Israel in which he does ority to the adoption of a long-pending draft decla- not hesitate to jeopardize the security and tranquility of Jewish communities throughout the world." ration and draft international convention on the In a special report to the conference, Dr. Stephen Roth, of London, executive director of the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance. European division of the WJC, cited numerous instances of anti-Semitic incidents in Germany and That request was voiced on the first day of the Austria and of Arab-incited, anti-Jewish agitation in Latin America. commission's three-week session, which opened "The real danger," he said, "is that the German mood is changing. There is a lessening awareness Tuesday, by Morris B. Abram, American representa- there of the past and of respect for the moral obligations resulting from the Hitler period." tive on the Commission. Abram is president of the Reports were delivered to the conference by Dr. Hendrick van Dam, secretary-general of the Central American Jewish Committee. Council of Jews in Germany, and Dr. Heinz Galinski, president of the Berlin Jewish Community. Addressing the commission as it was about to Special reports were delivered on the situation of the Jews in the Soviet Union and on recent consider a long 20-point agenda, Abram told the anti-Jewish developments in Austria. Resolutions condemning all these developments, including those in body that it was high time that an effort be made the Soviet Union, Austria and Germany, were adopted by the conference at its final session today. to close the gap between practice and the high principles of the 18-year-old Universal Declaration Victorious Party in Austria Disassociates Itself from Anti-Semitism of Human Rights. That declaration was adopted in VIENNA (JTA)—An official of the conservative Austrian People's Party, which scored a major 1948. victory in the country's national elections Sunday, said on Monday that his party had nothing to do Abram proposed 'that, in view of the heavy with pamphlets showing "anti-Semitic tendencies" distributed during the election campaign. The Peoples agenda, the current session give priorities first to Party has won a narrow parliamentary majority as a result of the elections. the draft instruments outlawing religious intoler- ance, then to a proposal banning statutes of limita- Hermann Withalm, the party's general secretary, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he tions for the trial and punishment of war criminals. sharply condemned anti-Semitism. He made his statement in commenting on leaflets attributed to the He also called for action on the plan to observe People's Party which contained anti-Semitic remarks. He said that any such material had been "smug- the International Year for Human Rights in 1968, gled" into the party propaganda by "unknown adversaries" of the party. and implementation of a previous decision to name Charges of anti-Semitism had also been made during the election campaign against the new Demo- -a, United Nations High Commissioner for Human cratic Progressive Party. However, this faction received only 148,541 votes among the 4,800,000 ballots RightS. cast in the elections. Abram's insistence on foremost prio-rity to the religious freedomS issue was considered by most New Ruler of Syria Calls for 'Immediate War' Against Israel delegates on the 21-member commission as a de- JERUSALEM (JTA) — Syria's new chief of state, Nureddin Atassi, Thursday called for an immediate and that the Soviet -Union halt its campaign, "liberation war" against Israel as "the best way of achieving Arab unity." Speaking at a military parade under way since 1960, to keep the UN from on the 10th anniversary of the Baath Socialist Party's seizure of power, he attacked the Western powers, speaking out against religicius intolerance. especially the United States, and underlined Syria's intention to cooperate more closely with the Coin- (Continued on Page 8) munistic bloc. Israel Ambassador Harman to Address Rally Here March 23 Marking Formal Opening of the 1966 Allied Jewish Campaign A citywide rally Wednesday evening, March 23, will mark the official opening of the 1966 Allied Jewish Campaign. The rally, which will include participation by all segments of the Jewish community, will be held at 8:15 p.m. at Temple Israel. Featured speaker will be Avraham Harman, Israel ambassador to the United States Sol Eisenberg and Irwin Green, campaign general chairmen, will be presented at the rally with Abraham Borman, honorary campaign chairman, and Alfred L. Deutsch, pre-campaign chairman, by Hyman Safran, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation. A program highlight will be a performance by the Jewish Community Center Golden Age Chorus directed by Cantor Nicholas Fenakel of Congregation Adas Shalom. Harman was appointed Israel ambassador to the United States in 1959, succeeding Abba S. Eban. He came to the post of ambassador after a notable career as a member of Israel's diplomatic corps and as an executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Before becoming ambassador he served for three years as a member of the policy-snaking body of the Jewish Agency. Previously, he had served as consul general of Israel in New York, as director of the Tsrael Office of Tn formation in the United States and counselor to the Israel United Nations delegation, and as Israel's first consul general in Montreal. Born in London, England, Harman received his law degree at Oxford University. After a period of duty with the Zionist Federation of South Africa, he came to Israel where he joined the staff of the Jewish Age ,,,v. Later he was appointed Avraham Harman deputy director of the Israel Government Press Office. (Continued on Page 6)