DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Friday, September 12, 1947 Pare Three News Highlights of Year 5707 in Review redemptioq of the ancestral land, "Eretz Israel", and by rescuing the remnants of Israel from the hell of Europe. This remnant is still being kept in the same hellish places where its dear ones were murdered by the cruel hand of the enemy. By MORDECAI RUDENSKY A GAIN WE TURN a page in ' the history of our martyr- dom and with bitterness in our hearts but with hope in our sours we ,call out, "Watchman what of the year!" • The number seven has a defi- nite meaning in Jewish tradi- tion; it stands for Sabbath— rest. The departing Jewish calendar year 5707 contains a double seven, but during the whole year it did not afford any rest or comfort to the people of Israel. The merciless oppression of previous years continued un- abated. Our so-called friends continued to observe silence and instead of stopping the brutal oppresSors, they strengthened their hands through loans and ABBA HILLEL SILVER by supporting their policies in • • • other spheres. ing the Jewish people contin- In the midst of great suffer- ued its fight for freedom through More than two years have passed since V-E Day but no place has as yet been found ill the world to accommodate the greatest victims of the war. Is it any wonder that their breth- ren, especially those who rooted themselves in the land of Is- rael, are doing everything pos- sible and even the impossible to bring them home. No force in the world can stop this exodus. Personal Problems Eddie Cantor, Humanitarian, Is Paid Tribute How to Study Well Told in Basic Rules Start Off With a Good Attitude, Then Organize Work With Care By W. A. GOLDBERG, Ph. D. THE FOLLOWING RULES and suggestions for study are con- densed from my course on "How to Study," especially prepared for high school students. Study habits are learned exactly as other habits—early and by day-by-day application. Study habits form the foundation for success or failure in school, 1. The will to study. The best results follow an attitude that study is a challenge to the student's best ability, with study under- taken with self - confidence sufficient to master the subject. This job is not well done if ap- proached with reservat i o n s and fears as Dr. Goldberg something unpleasant. 2. The general approach. Just as bread goes with cake, so study goes with fun, A pupil cannot say to himself that he likes mathematics and will pre- pare just that subject, that he will let the other subjects go. The school program, as the work progrqn, requires completion of many items, some liked and oth- ers disliked. All subjects must be pre- pared. Toward that end, it is well not to form major dis- likes of any subject, since that makes them harder to do. • • • READ FAST OR SLOW SPEED. Some people are ' verbally-minded, others me- chanically-minded. Some work best at high speed, others at slow speed. Some are slow, de- liberate, orderly, methodical. Others grasp ideas and formulae quickly. The race, however, is not al- ) ways to the swift nor is accu- racy always the result of de- liberation. The plodder may de- vote more ( -time than necessary because he hasn't learned how to study effectively. The speed artist may give it too little, sac- rificing accuracy to speed. There is a method of read- ing, for example, suited to the purpose at hand, Mem- orizing means reading each word. So does reading for criticism of style. But read- ing for ideas, for differing views of a subject, calls far skimming. To read slowly 3 here or fast in memorizing generally means failure. • • • ATTACK LOGICALLY 4 DOING THE JOB. Each piece of work can usually be broken into its components. Preparing a theme for an out- line, reading, note-taking and writing. The original assign- ment may be long. But its for- midability is reduced when at- tacked logically and in order: Outline, reading, notes, writing. 5. Ability. Individual prog- ress, to a large degree, is deter- mined by individual ability. These abilities differ among peo- ple. Therefore, the excellence (Continued on page 14) taken on the threshhold of the Promised Land. We will now record the new accomplishments during the re- viewed period. At the begin- ning of the year, a day after Yom Kippur, we have for the past few years been observing an event in Eretz Israel, namely. the anniversary of the death of Menahem Ussishkin. This has been celebrated in the form of an annual pilgrimage to his grave on Mt. Scopus, where the • • • "call of the soil" is being pro- nounced. BRITISH NAVY ATTACKS The leaders and the workers EMANUEL NEUMANN • • # THE BRAVE FLEET of his of the Keren Kayemeth, for Majesty's Government continued tacks on these helpless people, (Continued on Page 20) its shameful pursuit and at- and many innocent lives were PHILADELPHIA—Eddie Can- tor has received the 1947 award presented by the United Jewish Appeal "for outstanding hu- manitarian service" in aiding the Jewish survivors in Europe. The presentation was made on behalf of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., by Barney Balaban, head of the motion picture division of the Appeal, at a dinner where more than LON persons, includ- ing many leading stage, screen and radio personalities, assem- bled to honor Canto;., "To many of us, Eddie Cantor represents the name of a great artist of the stage, radio and screen," a a ar Bringing =1=1. to the great masses of Americans escape from the problem of day to day existence and release from the cares that make up our daily lives is the profession in which he has achieved na- tionwide prominence. But Eddie Cantor is not only a great ar- tist—he is a great citizen—a man whose heart is as great as his talents, a symbol of human understanding and compassion." Plain Talk Yon,' Kippur Jew's Chances in Paradise Will Heavenly Doors Open at All If He Worships But 3 Days a Year? By ALFRED SEGAL MR. ZILCH, T14 widely known citizen of this column, had died and in the course of celestial events he had come to judg- ment. Mr. Zilch had ascended to Paradise, there to give an ac- counting of his conduct on earth. He wasn't feeling too sure about the eternal fate that was awaiting him, for, religiously, he never had been one of the active Jews. At this moment he was trou- bled by an embarrassing com- of Orthodoxy. When a Jew parison in the presence of the found Rabbi Pfeiffer's name af- great Rabbi fixed to a salami he could feel Gadaliah Pfeif- sure it was safe to eat. • • • fer, who h a d died the same FEARED A MISTAKE day as Mr. RABBI PFEIFFER was a proud Zilch and was spirit as he stood in the long just ahead of line at the Everlasting Gates, If him in the only one of this vast possession long line that of the newly dead were admit- was waiting to ted into heaven, he knew he be admitted in- would be 'the one. to the Ever- Al Segal lasting Gates. He was conscious of such an I need say nothing by way of eminence that he could look introducing Rabbi Pfeiffer to the down at all the waiting spirits intelligent readers of this col- in front of him and behind. umn. For, as everybody should They were all kinds and Rah:- know, Rabbi Pfeiffer was wide- bi Pfeiffer pondered on the ly acclaimed as the Grand Rabbi abhorrent fact that even to heaven mistakes may be made. MAN OF THE TIMES Phil0 Perlman first Jew to Hold the Post of U. S. Solicitor - Georg DAVID D. SPIGLER SENATOR HOMER FERGU- SON of Michigan, of the ju- diciary committee of the Senate, made every attempt to prevent the appointment of Philip Perl- man, to the post of solicitor gen- eral of the USA, because of an all too-apparent anti-Semitic bias. nevertheless, Perlman, one of the country's ablest lawyers and legislative experts, was con- firmed by the Senate to the post to which he was named over six months ago by President Tru- man. Senator Ferguson suffered the ignominy of having his entire sub-committee vote against him. The only thing the senator succeeded in doing was to deprive the country of the services of an able solici- tor-general for six months. • • • FORWARD THINKING PHILIP PERLMAN comes to the post with wide experience in legislative matters, gained fast as assistant attorney-general and later city solicitor of Balti- more, his home town. He played an important role in the passage of a number of progressive measures by the Maryland state legislature in- cluding the improvement of the workmen's compensation act in the state, and the winning of better wages for Maryland teachers and policemen. A lead- er of the Democratic party in Maryland, Perlman was active in the campaigns to reelect Roosevelt in 1936 and 1940. the founder and the Baltimore Symphony Or- chestra and an active member of the board of directors of the Museum of Art. Ile is also a member of the mayor's committee on art and educa- tion and a member of the board of directors of the Jew- ish Charities. • • • The Rabbi, however, felt some- how ar home when he noticed Mr, Zilch immediately behind him. "A Jew, I presume?" he said. Mr. Zilch acknowledged the identification , , "And, on my part," he said, "I shall presume that you are one also." "He presumes!" exclaimed Rabbi Pfeiffer. He proceeded with a recitation of all the Jew- ish honors he had gathered on the earth. He was the one, he said, who was called Grand Rab- bi. Hadn't Mr. Zilch heard? He was the one whose signaturn appeared in approval of all the best kosher foodstuffs . . . "And he presumes I am a Jew!" • • • RABBI TYPES HIM HE ADDRESSED himself di- rectly to Mr. Zilch: "As IN THE BITTER DISPUTE Rabbi it is my privilege to ask BEGINS LAW CAREER that arose over his appointment yoll what kind of Jew you are WHILE ATTENDING law as solicitor-general, Perlman en- and how you expect to get school and for a few years after • • • WELL SUPPORTED joyed the support of a wide sec- graduation Perlman continued tion of the press, particularly his journalistic work, switching to the Baltimore Star and later in his home state, as well as of the Bar Association, many top to the Evening Sun. ranking personalities in the ju- It was not until 1917 that diciary, and every party and Philip Perlman left the news- political group in Maryland. paper field to begin his career Perlman is the first Jew to in politics and law. hold the position of solicitor- Aside from his professional general of the United States, a work, Perlman has been active post that is a stepping stone to for many years in cultural and the Attorney - Generalship and philanthropic activities. He is the U.S. Supreme Court. in here? I must presume that you were no more than what we call a Rosh Hashonah or Yam Kippur Jew?" At this Mr. Zilch fell into deep troubling. He had tried all his life to be a decent man, had done all the ethical things that the Laws and Prophets require of a man in the way of being righteous, but he had to admit it was quite true that his Syna- (Continued on page 13)