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Rabin’s death touches Jewish faith and faith in humanity, peace T hen* is nothing I tan say about the murder of Yitzhak Rabin thot has not already bwn over whelmingly analyzed bv the fervent journalistic community, yet we are drawn to read and reread them We have read repeatedly of our own shock, horror, anger and dismay that the lender of the Jewish state is dead, that his murder by a fellow Jew leaves a lump in our throats, that the murderer's attribution of the responsibility of the mur der to G-d makes us sick We have seen reiterated our fears for the peace prix ess, the questions of the shift of power and the hope for continued sta bility in the Middle East We have been compelled to seek out again and again the words that echo our despair, that reach to the heart of our disillusionment and ai he of our loss, We have heard what we already know to he the inescapable truth: Jew has killed Jew, and the myth that we have built a nation on an COMMENTARY x tlR:^ IM iMl* incomparable moral foundation has died with him We have asked the questions that are again pint mi before us flow could we let this hapjwm’ How did we let ourselves Ims ome so divided tfiat we could m cept a vicious murder before the sane titv of human life’ How could a murder have been the result of 100.000 peo ple i ailing for peat e ’ 't et. we have breathed a sigh of relief, too, with the knowl edge that it was a Jew who was killed Ironic ally, we an* calmed hv the fa< t that the murderer was lewish also not Arab We are pacified by the fat t that war will not be the response to this event We are thankful that nationalistic: revenge is not the taste in our mouths Instead we renew our commitment to the peace prot ess And we have wept with eat h other and with the world at the LETTERS Fire with fire As someone who hiis worked with Zachary Kelton and the AM :() i can say this of him: I in is an eloquent speaker So smooth are his words that he could charm the rattle from a rattlesnake Then he could con vince it to bite itself In his letter {ODE. Nov H), Zach claims that the money raised from a possible micro brew would go to ASUO pro grams that raise awareness on campus of alcohol abuse. Why, this makes perfect sense "Come in, sit down, have a drink or two. but remember, if you're going to drink, don't drive." Or how about "Have a sip or two. but remember, alcohol is bad for you." Then order anoth er round Is this the concept of fighting fire with fire' You can go to the KMU, drink your limit, then run over to Ren nie's for u pitcher or two or more To finish off the night von can go 1 m< k to the KMl for a few more before staggering back to your dorm. If that's not enough to deter the establishment from setting up a microbrewery on campus, then here's another How much of the money we are forced to give to ANUO pro grams currently goes to pro grains the majority of students really care about or use? Are any of these programs willing to state how many stu dents are actually involved with them' For instance, how many students actually use Saferide? The money will probably go to all those phone lulls racked up by ASl'O staff i ailing friends and family long distant e on our dime Or the money might lie spent to fund trips to Washington or UC1_A where our representatives have fun at our expense, rather than attending the meetings and reporting back to the ASUO at its weekly meetings. Then they'll raise our student fees to cover the extra costs of running the microbrww . David Kellett History Wake up! As .1 ruuiHT. ■ i woman, and a human being. 1 am outraged nt the recent attack and attempted rape of a University student on Nov H [ODF, Nov M) Mv ques tint) is How long will this go on? At what point will we, the students and t itizens of Eugene, see any action taken by the authorities'1 People continue to illegally camp along the Willamette, and the evidence of drinking and drugs in the area is obvious and unchanging 111 the scores of times I have either run or ridden my hike along the river path. I have rarely seen any polic e officers patrolling I feel we should have the right to be safe in hugene It s had enough to be concerned about my safety after dark, but assaults occurring in broad daylight are completely unacceptable I commend the efforts by the polic e to c lean up crime-infest ed areas of town, but they should also c one ern themselves with the* riyer path, the law abiding. tax paying citizens of Eugene deserve at least that much. If a ' c lean up" effort is made for the area, 1 suggest folloyving up with the addition of lights along the path and emerge my c all Ikixccs to protes t people and deter future e rimuial ne ts Some thing has got to I mi done. Donna G. Felton Romance LanyudydS Pre-Dental Hygiene LETTERS POLICY The Oregon Daily Emerald will attempt to print ail letters containing comments on top >cs Ot interest to the University Community L otters to the editor must be limited to no more than 260 words, legible, signed and the identification ol the writer must be verified when the letter is submitted The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter tor length or style thought of the death of .1 fellow human Km aping all other titles and deeds that define t ilzhak Rabin, we sett a man murdered when our Talmud tern lies us to ai I in the opposite that he who saves one life is as if he saved the World entire And we have mourned the loss of the great man, Yitzhak Katun He has lead us into hat tie. and he has lead us into pea* e fearless, resolved and pragrnatii He desired n land of milk and honey rather than a land of blood and tears As we read his final speech, ironic in its prophetic warning, we prav with him that his hope of pence will continue to l>e heeded "! was a military man for 27 years I waged war as long as there was no i ham a for ponce I beliove there is now a i ham e for pence a groat < ham a and we must take advantage of it fur those stand mg hare and for those who are not here and they are ninny I have always believed that the majority of the people want peace and are ready to take a s ham o for pence “And you. coming to this rally, prove that the people truly want peace and oppose violenc e Violent e erodes the Ivisis of Israeli democrat y It should In* condemned and wisely expunged and isolated It is not the way of the state of Israel There is democracy I here i an tie disputes, but the outconto w ill he settled by demm nitn elei lions Our thoughts nnd prayers go out to Rabin's family and tht> state of Israel Wo nrv with you m your sorrow Our Jewish tradition torn lies us to lot>W to life m t(u> depth of sadness As we sa\ kaddlsh, the Jewish prayer for the dead, we ask tfiat "n reign of justu e and peat e Im> established dur ing our life and days We speak our hope that your request for peace vs us not in vain We speak our sorrow that you are no longer here to pur sue it Zach Hochstadt is the publisher of the nationally distributed leu ish sIndent magazine Vavneh and fanner dim tor of the fetish Student Union Cash For Textbooks Mon.-Sat. 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