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Conventional Religiosity Termed Threat CHICAGO (P-O) — “Today, with the boom in religion.under way in this country, we are in danger of being stifled by a heavy blanket of conventional religious ity as superficial and shoddy as anything known in history,” said Dr. Will Herberg, noted Jewish scholar. “Everywhere is religion, everybody is religious, but it is a religion that is little more then a celebration of the values of our culture, a way of achieving “peace of mind” instead of an unblinking confrontation of the hard facts of life, which is what is required.”

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ISRAEL TO COUNTER BOYCOTT WITH ENERGY IT DISPLAYED ON THE 1ATTLEFIELI

By CARL ALPERT HAIFA — For the past 10 years Israel has been subjected to an economic war waged against it by the Arab states. This war-

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fare has taken thetform not only of closing the Suez Canal to Is rael ships and cargoes, b u ( also of a boycott aimed a t firms and indi viduals which do b u s i n ess with Israel For 10 years Israel has re acted to this Alpert boycott with quiet dignity, and has utilized the opportunity to strengthen its internal economy. In some in stances the boycott has been a blessing in disguise, since it has compelled Israel to look to its own resources. Of late, the Arabs have begun to expand their boycott. And decision has now been taken by the Israel government to react to this warfare, not merely by protests to the United Nations — protests which have proven inef

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fectual — but by deliberate, planned steps which will strike directly at the economy of the Arab states. If it is economic war which the Arabs insist upon, they are going to get it, but good ONE OF Israel’s war heroes, General David Shaltiel, and most recently Ambassador to Mexico and other Latin American coun* tries, has been named head of the new department established in the Foreign Ministry to take appropriate steps. Obviously, the general is not going to reveal his strategy in advance, but the observer can conjecture on the direction which the program will take. The first necessary step will be to seek out weak points in the Arab economy. There can be no frontal attack on nations which are rich with oil and the income it produces. But once weak points are found, we may be certain that they will be attacked with all the energy along economic lines, that Israel has shown it can display on the battle field. SOME OF these weak points may be already visible. Ships which call at Israel’s ports are banned from Arab ports — except in the case of luxury cruise liners which visit leading Mediterranean ports. The Arabs are unwilling to forego the profitable tourist trade. There is something to think about. Another possiblity is to carry the whole boycott to an absorb point. The Arab black list of ships which are not permitted to touch in at Arab ports, because they call at Israel, already contains the names of close to 150 vessels from 20 lands. Let the list grow. Let it become so large and so long that the effect of the boycott will be to insulate the Arabs from the major shipping lines of the world. Perhaps this is worth exploring. Another course of action might be against those firms which knuckle under to Arab pressure and cut their contacts with Israel. The French Renault Company chose to yield to the Arab boycott; Israel and its friends should have nothing to do with the company. Renault decided to choose its own customers. The American Express Company was similarly threatened, but retains its agencies in Israel nevertheless. What did the Arabs do? Nothing! THE SORT of counter-attack which is now being planned is not pleasant, but this is a war which has been wished on Israel. In fact, it is a war which has been declared against all Jews everywhere, for the questionnaires which the Arab League has sent to suspect firms asks them to itemize the names of Jews in their management, the degree of control exerised by Jews, the number of Jewish employees, eta I wonder how much Egyp^ 811 cotton passes through the hands of Jewish manufacturers, textile merchants and retailers — are themselves persona non gtt’ la -in Egypt? For 10 years Israel has bee 11 patient. The time has now come to defend Israel’s economic ties with the world by swinging over to a vigorous and hard-hitting offensive. The co-operation fv Israel’s friend* will