Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1972 — Page 20

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THE JEWISH POST AND OPINION

Friday, March 31, 1972

A Struggle Won

II

By EDWARD GINSBERG Chairman, Joint Distribution

Commiftee

At the very beginning of the

Haggadah we read “Let anyone who is hungry come in and eat; let anyone who is needy come

In and make Passover.” From its earliest days during

World War I,, the Joint Distribution Committee has participated practically and eymboUcally in the Passover seders of hundreds of thousands

©f Jews around the world. IN THOSE COUNTRIES

where Passover supplies, for one reason or another, are not available JDC has shipped the needed provisions to enable the local Jewish communities to

observe the Passover holidays. In those countries where

Passover supplies are available locally, the JDC has issued special grants to enable the needy to obtain the necessary matzos and other Passover

supplies.

“This year we are here; next year we shall be in the land of Israel,” we continue to read. For tens of thousands the year Is now. They are in Israel. For them it is a struggle won, a dream fulfilled. ADDITIONAL TENS of thousands are sustained by the hope that they, too, will be in the land of Israel next year. 4t This year we are slaves,” the Haggadah states, “next year we shall be free men.” We of the Joint D^trib’dion Committee and our sister organizations financed by the campaigns of the United Jewish Appeal will continue to aid these and other needy Jews in Israel, in North Africa, Eurooe and other countries. We will provide for their health and welfare needs, their vocational and educational needs, and above all, we will continue to help them to live as Jews. AS WE CONTINUE through the Haggadah and recount the story of the first exodus of our people from Egypt, our though-s will go inevitably and inexorably to our fellow Jews reciting the same story under varying conditions of adversity in lands across the sea. And as they recite the saga of Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt, they will just as inevitably think of us who gave them not only sustenance but

also hope.

JUST LIKE AMERICAN KIDS

A Jeruselam schoolboy counts the days until his Spring vaca- over and Israel Independance Day. tion. The season embraces a variety of holidays including Pass-

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