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Friday, April 8, 1949

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Detroit, 26, Michigan

In Brief

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might not be a bad idea to teach him the
Bible in English and Judaism in English so
that the years will not have been a total
loss.

With Dr .Silver's definite refusal to run
again for the presidency of the Zionist Or-
ganization of America, one candidate looms
head and shoulders above any other men- -
Israel Can't Support Self
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honed.
He is Daniel Frisch, scholar, Hebraist
There is an unwarranted impression
and dynamic personality, who has already
among some prospective contributors to the
been indorsed by the Michigan Zionist region Allied Jewish Campaign that the creation of
and by friends of Israel throughout the the Jewish State and the granting of the
country. Indeed, there is good evidence to American loan of $100,000,000 end the need
believe that were they not required by for support of Israel by its American friends.
protocol to remain silent bgth Rabbi Silver The naive assumption that with the estab-
and Dr. Neumann would support the can- lishment of the State, internal revenues will
didacy of Frisch. These are critical times take care of all Israeli functions, is an un-
for the ZOA. Scorned by the United Jewish fortunate one. Aside from the fact that
Appeal leadership and scarred by the hit Israel is in a state of war, it has many other
and run tactics ol the professional jackals calls on its own funds that a new state does
who would like to see the organization sup- not meet. The most significant of these is
erseded by a creature they could dominate, the problem of immigration. By May 4, the
the Zionist organization needs leadership first anniversary of the State's establishment,
that is imaginative ,nd bold. It needs a 200,000 newcomers will have entered Israel.
chieftain who can concentrate all his time This is the equivalent of 44,000,000 immi-
on the formidable task before him. It re- grants suddenly/ entering the U.S. In face
quires sacrifice and zeal. No one in the ZOA of these facts, one can readily under-
today has given and can give so much of stand how imperative it is that American
himself as Daniel Frisch. No one combines Jews continue their generous support to the
By WILLIAM ZUKERMAN
more skillfully in his makeup attributes of Joint Distribution Committee and the United
(Jewish World News Service)
practicality and of lofty vision. Here is a Palestine Appeal, the two major constituents MEW YORK--The long-expected change in Communist policy to-
" wards Zionism and the State of Israel, has reached
man of valor and a man of spirit. The of the campaign. As for the view that the States
the United
with a sensational announcement in
Chronicle is proud to second the Michigan U.S. loan takes care of all the State's bud- Communist daily
the New York Yiddish
"Freiheit." It
region's indorsement of Daniel Frisch.
getary requirements, its fallacies can be came with all the usual frills make Israel
a citadel of Jewish
quickly appreciated from the fact that most which accompany major Com-
expenditures are made in the U. S. and care- munist changes in the party line, An
Louis Berry a Leader
imperialism."
fully supervised by the Export-Import Bank such as public confessions of sin
The significance of the incident
In choosing Louis Berry as head of the here. Matters like immigration, defense, edu- and promises that in the future
not in how it affects the "Frei-
Allied Jewish Campaign, the Jewish Wel- cation and similar perquisites of a sovereign the new party line will be fol- is
lowed in full and with fidelity. heit" and the Yiddish speaking
fare Federation executives have honored a state are not the concern of the loan.
The occasion for the announce- people in America. The "Frei-
coati who despite his relative youth is singu-
ment was a public retraction by heit" has long ceased to be of
1: rly deserving of the distinction. The chair-
a Communist editorial writer, any significance in moulding Jew-
manship of the campaign is no sinecure, yet
Moshe Katz, who had written a ish public opinion in the United
May 4, Independence Day
States.
its true significance lies in the fact that it is
The first anniversary of the promulgation mild criticism six months ago
It has been held in even greater
an accolade to the man who fills it. He must of the State of Israel will be celebrated of Eliah Ehrenburg's article in
inspire and encourage and lead the hundreds Wednesday, May 4. Israeli independence which he attacked Zionism and contempt than any Communist
nationalism as bourgeoise publication in any other language
of workers in the drive. He must be able was proclaimed May 14, 1948, but Israel Jewish
reaction.
because of its particular lack of
b y his own ingenuity, and hard work to lea
d celebrates national as well as religious holi-
Since the Communist change independence and character. In
the way in the 10 hectic weeks of the cam . days in accordance with the Hebrew cal- had then started only in Eastern 1929, after the bloodiest pogrom
paign. Berry has demonstrated by his loyalty endar.
endar. This year, the fifth of Iyar, Inde- Europe, and Yiddish Communists on Jews in Palestine, it outraged
his devotion and his good sense that he i s Pendence Day falls on May 4. We hope that in America were still playing the Jewish public opinion by coining
a man to inspire others, to bring the utmos t the Zionist and Community Councils, Syna- role of super-Jewish patriots, out in defense of the so-called
out of their efforts in this stupendous under _ gogues and fraternal and social organizations Katz ventured to suggest that "revnlutionary Arab" followers of
taking to ease misery and to bring the are. planning citywide celebrations on that Ehrenbttrg was expressing his the ex-Mufti who performed the
personal opinion of Zionism, not brutal pogrom.
wanderer home again. He has seen with his day. The Detroit Jewish community has the
official party stand.
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own eyes what is done with the funds that been conspicuously remiss in observing im-
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REAL QUESTION
are raised here on behalf of the DP's and portant events. The ,partition decision of IMPERIALIST POLICY
WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT how-
Israel. His leadership will bring the problem Nov. 29, 1947, for example, was not publicly
KATZ WAS NOW made to re-
of the refugee and the newcomer to Israel celebrated here. We are aware of the fact tract abjectly that statement and ever, is what is the -attitude of
the Soviet government towards
closer to our understanding.
that several groups are joining to promote a to acknowledge publicly that he Israel going to be now?
had
"slipped
from
the
position
public commemoration on Independence
The change in the "Freiheit"
the proletarian international-
is not an isolated incident. It
Day„ It would be a sad commentary on our of
ism,
that
the
events
of
the
last
Emphasis on Hebrew
leadership and our spirit if those plans several months on the interna- began half a year ago with Ehren-
This is Herbreve Month, dedicated to the should go by the wayside or if the observ- tional arena and particularly in burg's article; it spread to Pol-
and, Rumania and other countries
Jewish life in Israel, have clear-
advancement of Hebrew as a living language. ance should be half-hearted.
ly shown that the Zionists out- in eastern Europe, and now it has
-
It is axiomatic that the establishment of the
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in the declaration of
side Israel and the Social-Demo- culminated
first Hebrew State in 2,000 years has given
the "Freiheit."
Syria
in
Army's
Hands
cratic
government
of
Israel
are
the greatest impetus to the growth of the
Will it end here? Or will it
The first reports on the army cqiip in ready, under cover of the so- extend further to the United Na-
language since its zenith in Biblical days.
called
universal
Jewish
nation
Educators now have something more than Syria were disquieting, for it did not make and in defense of the so-called tions? Will Gromyko too, be
tradition and faith to point to in recom- sense that the military men should be op- general national interests, to obliged to act like Moshe Katz
(Continued on Page 11)
mending a wider use of Hebrew. We wonder, posing armistice talks with the Israelis. Who
however, whether modern teachers have better than the army command should real-
been giving enough thought to the idea that ize that the war against the Jewish State
perhaps, in some quarters, there may be an was a lost cause? This was a time to be
overemphasis on Hebrew. If we face the realistic and not heroic. Later reports proved
truth, we must confess that Jewish education this interpretation to be a valid one, for Col.
NEW YORK--In a formal peti-
today is hardly universal and that perhaps Husni Zaim, who led the army revolt to
, Hurwitz points out that
a factor is that the emphasis has been mis- swift success, announced that the new tion in accord with age-old Jew-
agencies have again
placed. Acknowledging the primacy of He- regime would engage in armistice negotia- ish legal tradition, Henry Hur- non-relief
been
tacked on to the New York
witz,
editor
of
The
Menorah
Jour-
tions
at
once.
What
the
Arabian
world
needs
brew in the educational scheme, we, never-
nal, called upon the New York campaign for the DP's and Israel.
theless, are constrained to point out that most is peace, and the Syrian military men, Board
He also reveals that repeated
of Rabbis to institute a
brushing
aside
the
fanatics
and
ousting
the
much of the failure in Jewish education,
requests to the management of
Beth
Din
to
hear
his
Din
Torah
after the child is finally enrolled in the re- civilian leaders responsible in largest meas- on the setup and conduct of the the New York UJA for agree-
ligious school, is that he gets so much He- ure for the war debacle, have set their minds current New York UJA cam- ments with the non-relief b•n-
eficiaries and the extent of their
brew that there is very little time for any- to the task of achieving that peace and paign.
The Beth Din is a religious shares in the campaign have been
thing else. Few of the children under pres- strengthening Syria by closer ties with the
met
with silence.
ent conditions will ever learn enough He- Israelis. With a truce agreement signed court which has existed continu- NOT DEMOCRATIC
ously
as
a
Jewish
institution
since
between
the
Jews
and
Abdullah's
represen-
brew to prattle more than a few sentences
Such secrecy, Hurwitz con-
beyond: "This is a boy" and "The boy is on tatives and one with Iraq in the offing, the the time of the Temple. The Din tends,
is contrary to sound demo-
Torah may be described as a pub-
negotiations
of
an
armistice
with
Syria
is
the chair." Perhaps it would be wholesome now
lic suit for trial and judgment by cratic policy and harmful to the
the only barrier to the calling of a peace a Rabbinical court.
welfare of American Jewry as a
to spend more time on history, religion and conference
to reach a final settlement. While BACKED BY RABBIS
whole.
Bible and less on the language. When the
A warning that he would ask
Referring to the resolution
average boy quits at 13, he should have the contributions of the UN and particularly
something more than cantoral perfection in of Dr. Bunche should not be minimized, it unanimously adopted Jan. 26, for a Beth Din if non-relief agen-
a single Prophetic chapter to show`for his should be made clear that the happy ttirn of 1949, by the Board of Rabbis in cies were again arbitrarily tacked
to the UJA campaign in New
years of study. And as long as he is not events is a tribute to the diplomacy and which they stated, that they "re- on
York was
delivered by Hurwitz
going to learn much Hebrew anyway, it acumen of the Israeli foreign office and of its gard it as undesirable for other it the course
of an address to the
agencies to benefit from the fundi
military negotiators.

Will Gromyko Reverse
Backing of Israel?

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Editor Asks Rabbis to Hear
`Suit' Against the UJA

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raised by the Greater New York Society for the Advancement of
Judaism on Feb. C

