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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc., 548 Woodward, Detroit 26, Mich.,

Friday, October 8, 1948

The Shaded Torch

CA. 1040

Year
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of March 3, 1879
Entered u Second-clau motet March 3. 1916, at the Post Office at Detroit, Mich., under the

SEYMOUR TILCHIN,

Vol. 50, No. 38

GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-in-Chief

President

Friday, October 8, 1948 (Tishri 5, 5709)

Joyous Yom Kippur

The groups of young people who con-
gregate on Synagogue steps during the
lengthy services on Yom Kippur are mere-
ly fulfilling traditions, one as old.. as the
race, and the other stemming from the
days of the Temple.
On Yom Kippur day, according to a
Midrash, it was customary for young maid-
ens to gather in the Temple courts dressed
in pure white garments so that the young
Hebrew ,?allants of the day could make a
selection of their brides.
This was in harmony with the original
concept . of the joyousness of Yom Kippur.
carried so far that courting was encouraged
on this day dedicated fo self-examination
and contrition.
Today, the young maidens do not appear
in vestments of white at the Yom Kippur
services, but, you can rest assured, they
are adorned in their finest to display their
charms for the young swains they will meet
on the Synagogue steps when they come
out for a breath of- air during the all-day

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decision so damaging to Israel's prospect
of economic survival should not be made
without further consultation and thought.
"After some discussion, the count prom-
ised to 'sleep on it'. In• the morning he
said he had decided to leave the line as
he had drawn it, but indicated that the
whole thing could be regarded as more or
less tentative and changed in Paris if it
seemed impractical.
"Thus, whimsically, the fate of Israel
was disposed of by the United Nations
mediator".

Rabbi Heller Unwise

Rabbi James Heller's resignation from
the ZOA to affiliate himself with the Labor
Zionists is to be deeply deplored as an
encouragement to disunity and partisanship
in Zionist ranks.
The Rabbi's move was ill-timed and de-
cidedly unwise.. There has been some talk
of a possible merger of the ZOA and the
the Bnai Brith and Mr. Henry
LZOA for the sake of unity in American
BACKS -WS EDITORpL
Epstein, chairman of the NCRAC.
Jewish ranks and for the best interests of Dear Editor:
It is encouraging to see an edi- I must confess my surprise that
Isiael. Rabbi Heller's defection from the
you made no mention of the fact
10A implies the existence of some insur- torial dealing with the recent that the American Jewish Con-
state of affairs at the Jewish Vo-
mountable
obstacles
to
a
Zionist
merger,
gress took a most active role in
Romance, as in the days of old, is part
cational Service.
a viewpoint which we cannot accept.
of the joyfulness of this sacred day. The
It is about time that the com- attempting to defeat the bid,
We believe with the utmost certainty munity was informed of the true and through Dr. Wise and its of-
fasting young people do not see the Day
that
American Zionism will revert to the conditions that exist there. Only ficers, as well as its members
day
of
misery
and
a
of Atonement as
throughout the country, urgently
gloom, but rather as a carefree holiday petty, inconsequential activities that Marked by outspoken constructive criti-
demanded that the President
with gladness and anticipation in their much of its prewar existence as soon as cism can these conditions be rem- veto the measure.
the crisis in Israel ends and the State is edied to the benefit of the com-
hearts.
Virtually all leading newspa-
established, if there continues to be, par- munity.
That is the spirit in which we should
pers throughout the country re-
Keep up the good work.
tisanship, competition and discord among
greet
Yom
Kippur.
We
have
Something
all
G. GOLD,
ported at that time on the ac-
those who wish to help Israel.
to learn from the young folks.
5241 Second avenue. tion taken by the American Jew-
Zionism just now means helping Israel.
ish Congress to secure the de-
It dues not mean promoting capitalism,
CORRECTS EDITORIALS
feat or veto of the bill.
socialism, orthodoxy, women's rights, or any Dear Editor:
Shall U. S. Blunder Again?
DAVID PETEGORSKY,
of the. other irrelevant ideologies that help
There has just come to my
Executive Director.
It is this kind of thinking of a man to keep Zionists apart.
attention a somewhat dated is-
Editor's
Note:
The Chronicle
not qualified to establish important policies
Of course, the savants of each group sue of your paper with an item
regrets overlooking the Congress
in international matters that both the
will give many plausible arguments oozing which I wish to correct, though action. The Chronicle was chid-
United States and. Britain supported with
with logic why each of their credos must it is now several months old.
In an editorial in your issue ing Jewish leaders more for their
such unseemly haste.
be twinned with Zionist objectives for the
of
Friday, July 2, you criticize failure to anticipate the emascu-
As Miss Kirchwey recommends, Presi- good of Israel.
Jewish leaders for having been lation of the DP bill in confer-
dent Truman should be urged to take time
But the simple person is tired of listen- caught napping on the DP Bill. ence. The veto pleas came too
out from his campaigning to avert a new
ing to the economic, social, religious and You except from your criticism late.
American blunder on Palestine. She advises administrative theories of each faction. rigunotomaltsmialoiltummuniiiminimmint oningthmmoutottommomovonoitimmoiviog
the creation of a special ad hoc committee
How can I best help Israel is his query.
on Palestine, made up of all the member
Factionalism gives him a dozen answers
states of the UN, in which the Bernadotte each ridiculing the tenents of the other
plan can be carefully analyzed.
parties. The result is confusion and a loss
The surrender of the Negev to the Arabs
of faith. 1)r. Ileller adds to that confusion Lumusilicimmommonniirlin BY `Seymour Tilchin mmemoutommoi , iiimmin6r:
would mean that it would shortly fall into and distrust.
CONGRATULATIONS to Bnai Arabs have no attachment or
love for the land. No people
the hands of Britain which has long cov-
Brith. Your Aid to Israell•o-
would fail to make some gesture
eted the area for a military base. The arid
gram has taken the city by storm
to defend their home, their pos-
little land is a strategic triangle which
despite sabotage in powerful
sessions or their kin if they were
touches both the Mediterranean and the
quarters. Your campaign is well
really attached to the land.
Red Seas. Britain is so eager 1.0 get its
organized and you have used
It's quite ironical to accuse
imagination
and
showmanship.
clutches on it again that Bevin is willing
Israel of having driven out the
Jewish
Education
You have made what is ordinar-
to recognize Israel in exchange.
Arabs and confiscated their pos-
It is a sad, very sad, state of affairs ily a drab task dramatic.
But the Jewish State will endanger its
Congratulations to both your sessions. Most of the non-urban
when
Jews
must
be
reminded
of
the
need
aconomic future and minimize its capacity
Jews of Israel live on collective
leaders and the rank and file
economic future and minimize its capacity of educating their young through the and to the different organizations settlements called "Kibbutzim."
They are settled there and have
in its borders if it gives up the Negev means of an Education Month. But the sad that rushed to your assistance.
adopted that form of life he-
without getting a much larger tract in fact staring us in the face is—only 25 per
• • •
cent of the Jewish children in the United
cause they do not want to amass
compensation than western Galilee.
DON'T GIVE yr
personal possessions, since they
It is for this reason that Israel must not States are receiving a Jewish education.
Zionist
Coun-
ATTENDED
a
I
have no feeling for or ambition
be moved to yield its rights recognized by The rest represent a lost generation.
cil meeting the other night. On to own private property.
We are not unaware of the almost in-
the Nov. 29 UN decision at a time when its
the agenda was the question of
They have a deep sense of so-
surmountable
problems
facing
the
Jewish
enemies and its wobbling advocates are ex-
the emergency created by the
cial justice. They want to live in
Bernadotte report which recom.
ploiting the tragic Bernadotte slaying to educator in the United States.
With the exception of the large cities, mends whittling down the area a cooperative way with their own
their own ends.
group, and their neighbors. They
Jewish
communal life is spread thinly of Israel. The directives from
We have agreed that the late Count Ber-
hate any sort of oppression.
New
York
urged
that
letters
and
nadotte was a selfless humanitarian and through the land. Small Jewish communi-
To accuse such people of '104.
telegrams be rushed to Truman
sincerely sought to end the strife in Pales- ties cannot build adequate schools nor se-
ing and burning just for per-
and our senators.
sonal aggrandizement is ridicu-
tine. But we also pointed out that he was cure top-notch teachers.
Those present agreed that they
The time consumed by our children in
lous.
neither wise nor objective in his decisions
should be sent but they had no
• • •
the public schools makes it virtually im- enthusiasm for the job. As one of
on the question.
A RUDE SHOCK
possible
to
plan
Jewish
education
on
an
Now comes the revelation by Frieda
the delegates suggested, "This is
MY SONS have. met up with
Hirchwey, astute and sober-minded editor adequate basis unless, of course, we think -where I came in."
But Sid Shevitz, energetic their first shock of anti-Semitism
of the Nation, that the UN mediator's pro- in terms of full day schools.
The little neighbor they have
And yet, it seems there is no reason— president, replied, "That's cor-
posal to cut the Negev away' from Israel
rect. This is where you came in. been playing with for the past
not
even
the
plague
of
indifference—why
was made with an almost puerile disregard
Jewish history has been filled two years told them that his par-
for justice and equity and with hardly any 15 per cent of our children should not be with emergencies. In the past ents are selling their home "be-
receiving
any
Jewish
education
at
all.
It
study of the problem.
year, those emergencies brought cause there are too many Jews
"The line slicing off two-thirds of Israel's just makes no sense.
us closer to the realization of a in the block."
Is there a remedy? We cannot answer 2000 year old dream."
My sons couldn't understand
territory was drawn by Count Bernadotte
Don't give up. Don't stop send- why they should have to sell
as the result of an offhand decision made this question with any degree of finality
two or three days before his death, Miss or certainty. But it seems to us that a ing telegrams and letters; This their home for such a reason. It
Hirchwey asserts in the Nation's Oct. 2 possible reorientation in the approach to may be the last lap. Give it all just didn't make sense to them.
I told them that I couldn't ex-
issue. "Almost at the last minute before Jewish education might yield the key to you've got: • • ts
plain it in a few sentences, that
the
solution
of
the
problem.
completing his report, he decided that they
it would be necessary for them
Perhaps if we centralized and coordina- NO LOVE FOR LAND
should 'give something to the Arabs' in
to study the history of their peo-
order to avoid criticism and compensate ted the various Jewish educational institu-
THIRTY THOUSAND Arabs ple -in order to understand the
tions we might create the machinery with fled Israel. They weren't driven full significance of that prob.
them for the loss of western Galilee.
"When he marked the new line on the which to reach a larger number of parents nut, they just walked out. They lem and to be able to bear it
disappeared.
with pride and to fight against
map, one of his closest associates, not not- and, hence, children.

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