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observanoo• of Buie Judiosm began to vanish and J this I bclieve wu the first step.

"i m ffi1fillli or a llnllDl, fi mnJrol1 ltr)j@niJIQ, tlllo •i1 t111t tna Jflt,s fight for ornancipction bet·-~ the American c:c:nmunity and t.'u) J0'"1ch conrunity. To put asida all difference• in order to be fOCJ\llll, to ..,,similate. And in ti."" th.e Jew becamQ equal. He attained material suo::os•, and he

I recall the events, and I search for ..n 41".:,wer... I re- l:lcli.,.,e thllt I know has the J01,,. in America and the ...,rld dioappeared. "Small t.>tlngs at first, things that hoppc,nell <;rodually. Je'"1oh families stcf;!;)<d attending ~t services, the father stepped oe."'.dl.ng his son to ear M.1tzvah clasHS, the llaV<lolah cana.le was never lit. My grar,:!!ather

told me ~i ~rY •w, ii•U ~ Jiri; 1 ~'lsy a;miro ran ~iPiiUf ccrY[GCj J tl'.ey hQld Passover s..iar each year. Hc<.iever, the books toll me that in tilre this toe ended. To att"".d Kol N!.clre services bQc:""" a chore, not

"My Mme? My r..ame: is oot imp:)rt:Ant." "!<ho om I? I em the lut ~ean Je,,,. The year i& 2124, th• pace i• tho Smi.l:hoonian IMtitute in Waohington D.C. I em in this musewn, in a cage, en e.'<hibit. Poople pass my way, day in day out, staring, i;ointl.ng, sanetimes laughing. On the ..... 1i. ~ my exhil:>it are the =ts of n J.,."1,h culture; a tal.is, a T.orah, th4 l:coks of the Talm.>d, and the rest. Each day as I sit h<lN watthing thA people pass, I sonder to myselt """ 6t million Frl• who o:<i.•ted ... J.,..,. a l1 ttle over cee cent:u.1 ""l" could have vanished. My fat.>wr and grondtather used to tal.Jc with me about the Jewish =ititeo in t.se ninetheeth and twcntieth canturies. About thQ uu-90 pcpu.lations in LO<i An9eles, New York, Chicago, Pittot:.i.rg, and al:leut a world-wide Jewi•h fund, an:! a c:on.oe.."'Vl!.tive ..,_t called ~ited ,;~,. I rw:all my fat~ telling me hew •=u>rtul and pr0t5pe<Oll4 the Jes in "'1'c'iea """. l\tld abo\lt o lon<I ea.Ued Is,-l. W yet, all

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IIJ Ll 1 I I - JI ua Mt J..er;_can ].,., . ,,.. less 11,,, twenty years, I toe will di<>. tiil nGY!lI uqmn nn miotllr uWJJ ~t fmt on tll.ig etwt ~~ r.M, ld1 Gcd, oh my Cod, i,.,t.ere did ce ever forsake ycu? •.•••.• ., "

As i~ was once said, "--If I am not for myself, ~ •..;ill be for me?"

V"O'..;Qd t.i-ieir allegiances for the progress of all Je:,.'S. But in time the allegiarx:es wera forgotten. Any resp5nsibility of the American Jew tc ·.tl:Q Israelie .Jews · 'i.'a.S igriored. Ee'-'' forgetful a p.eeple can :,e. ! fu"l.M t.he pamle lost their ,:,ridc,,i,o t:.'ternselves,11~.eir relipcn1 and in the4 ~~~~I t.:"1""v lost eve.....-rJunq.

achieved sustained equality. '!he JQl,1 cas at the seee level socially as any C..'1ristian_ F.atred toward t.~e Jew seen diad off, And ncwhere was t."t.e....re hearo a shout of bi90try to-=d the J"-. And wit.1> this fight for equality, all differer.cas were ;ut aside, including religious d.iffera"'lC'es. Jews stopped hangil"..g the m.ezuz-zahs en their doors, as it •..,iould m.early prove them different. Jews, when asked i= they ~Q Jewish, r...'CUld either 9ive

a brisk 11noll, or would give no a.n.swer. A ncn-ro..ligioos Jt.:ldaism r...as establis.'"1ed in ~Jll"...!"ica. Why clidn' t these ;,'ecple see tr.at a rm-religious Judaism ecuJ.dn' t e.xi.st? Judaism obviously needs Jews I but .Jews also need Judai sa. Withc:Alt cna, the ctaer is dead. W:"l dicin It these Ffe see it? Why didn It these .. pet;p1e see ·.±ta And the."l the final blow to .the Jew ~. It occured ab:rut SO years ago, and. I can recall it vividly. 'l'be Arab naticns around t:ru;? Jewi.s."1 state of Israel grP;,1 wrestle:ss end stror.g. As they have since c.he t:eginnin3" of recorded hi.story, the Anh nations wa.11ted Israel destzoyed, And they acc-Qd. With tr"-o ~ pellets t...~ and a half million Israelies eera oblite...-ated, and t.~ gree_., lar.d cf Israel was c.l1a."7ed -r= fertility. Whe.."'1. t..t;;-e new-s of the incident flash~ across t.tte globe, t.'::e JeM Ln Jl.merica turned his head, denied cor.ce...rn, and replied; 1'Really, ~..at could I have done?"All t.'\is to remain equal. Yet litUe over 150 yo:\rs ag;J, a man in w:>rld War 2 "'-as su~ to have slaughtered. 6 million in <?EL.'"tllany, and my f~ti':.er told tTtC tho.t people S" ... \Ore: it WC\UC. never be forgotten. They pranisad that they W'O'Uld always suppxt the JgNS across the ccnti.nants,

t'>.ly pled7ed their doo.aticns tcs,ard the ~m.~~ ij' ·~r,ul, um too)'.