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By ALFRED SEGAI.

The ZOA Mourns

The death of Daniel Frisch, president of the Zionist Organi-
zation of America, is a great loss, the full measure of which
can be determined only after some time has passed.

The Detroit Jewish Chronicle is particularly saddened by
the news of Frisch's passing, for it was this paper which first
groomed Frisch for the presidency of the ZOA. The Michigan
Region, too, was the first of the Zionist regions to come out
for Frisch.

An ardent Jew since his early childhood, Frisch lived and
breathed in the atmosphere of Zionism and Hebrew culture.
The Jewish cause was so close to his heart that he gave up his
career and sacrificed his health.

Confusion in the UN

If the UN Trusteeship Council now meeting in Geneva had
intended to give the world a spectacle of the confused state of
mind in which this world of ours finds itself, it certainly suc-
ceeded well.
After several months of deliberations, during which it must
have become obvious to the unbiased members of the Council
that the UN resolution was impractical, all indications were
that a compromise would be sought that was acceptable to the
nations concerned.
Despite the lid of secrecy clamped on the negotiations, most
observers were under the impression that the Council was on
its way to a sensible solution of the Jerusalem "problem."
Three weeks ago, it was reliably reported from Geneva that
the Council had decided to shelve the Jerusalem question al-
together and let the interested parties work out their differ-
ences. It was understood that most members of the Council were
by now convinced that an international regime could not be
imposed and that the holy places could be adequately protected
by Israel and Jordan.
The Jewish world rejoiced. We all thought we could finally
relax and forget about the Jerusalem issue which was created
out of nothing by the Vatican and blown up into a question
of first-class diplomatic importance.
And then it happened again. For reasons unknown to us,
the Council scrapped its earlier "decision" and voted for full
internationalization of Jerusalem, probably under the pressure
of the Arab delegates, especially Iraq.
To make its folly complete, the Council last week decided
to establish a Jerusalem council in which Jews, Arabs and
Christians would be represented with equal rights.
The whole scheme seems so utterly fantastic and unrealistic
that we would not be surprised to see the UN Council reverse
itself again.
We hope that the UN Assembly at its next meeting will
revaluate the whole question. The conception of an inter-
nationalized Jerusalem must finally be given up as untenable.
Neither Israel nor Transjordan want it. Is the Vatican prepared
to send its Swiss guards, armed with spears and lances, to
enforce the decision?
In the meantime, we wish our Jewish leaders would not
try to feed the public an overdose of optimism, as they have
done in the past, but show more restraint in their utterances.
To be blunt, let's not make Israel appear as a big power, which
it is not. The fact is that Israel is a struggling country which
cannot flourish without the tolerance of the larger nations.

NM

will be a reporter giving a
speech at the dedication of the
Synagogue of New Hope in isir
t o w n. I don't
like to make
speeches but
this is a pleasant
job of speech-
making. As a re-
porter I shall
tell all I know
about the people
who built New
Hope synagogue.
Yes, I know
about these SEGAL
people from far b.ick in the 30s
when they began settling in i.or
town, exiles from their ni.t; e
Germany. They had been rood
citizens where they lived. I' t)-
fessional people, merchants, ar-
t isans.

Adar 27, 5710

He was active in the Zionist Organization for many years.
He was one of the founders of the Indianapolis Zionist District.
His rise to the presidency was a milestone in American Zionist
history since he was the first lay leader to take over the presi-
dency in such a critical time as ours.
Frisch was a practical man and, at the same time, a
dreamer. His head was full of ideas, many of which were
realized in an amazingly short time. The American House which
was opened only a few months ago in Israel is an example of
Frisch's planning.
The dreamer Frisch, on the other hand, envisioned the
time when Hebrew would become the second language in
every Jewish family in America.
Frisch was a middle-of-the-road man. In his acceptance
speech last May, after his election to the ZOA presidency, he
told the delegates of the convention that the United Jewish
Appeal must command the priority of all American Jews, no
matter what their special interest in Israel might be.
On the question of establishing an over-all Zionist body in
the United States, Frisch declared that he welcomed such terri-
torial organization but that he believed "this kind of united
Zionist body can be created only by joint agreement and
through no other way."
In reviewing Frisch's activities, we must not forget his
plan for a democratization of Jewish life.
Frisch demanded the creation of an "over-all, supreme,
authoritative body, comprised of democratically elected repre-
sentatives of Jewish Community Councils throughout the
country."
The plan also proposed the integration of the Jewish fed-
erations and welfare funds within the framework of the
democratic community "in order to bring out community
responsibility for Jewish needs coupled with a community-wide
unified system of fund-raising."
Daniel Frisch was a man who gave his all when he saw a
task which he felt was important. He was the type of leader
who captured the imagination of the masses, and his idealism
and his sincereity were appreciated by all who knew him more
intimately.
We hope the Zionist Organization will continue in the
paths opened by Frisch. His example should inspire his
successor.

Here Is Tribute
to the Spirit
of Newcomers

THE COMING SUNDAY I

SEY91OUR TILCIIIN
Publisher
EMILY SOMLYO
GERIIARDT NEUMANN
Business Manager
Editor

Thursday, March 16, 1950

Thursday, March 16, 1950
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There was the judge from Ber-
lin, Frederick Mott. There was
the rabbi, Alfred Selig. now su-
perintendent of our Orthodox
Home for the Aged. The physi-
cian, Dr. Leo Teitz.
There was old Herr Oestreich-
er, tall and stately, whom I used
to watch from my bedroom v, en-
dow when he started on his long
walk very early every morning.
They had to give up the good
ways they had made in Germany,
to give up their synagogues. They
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
OHN HERSEY'S magnificent story of the Warsaw Ghetto, "The had to go and find new lives
Wall," has been sold to a Hollywood group for film production. somewhere in the world.
• • •
The big producers who turned the book down before it was
published are having second
OUR JEWISH AGENCIES
thoughts now that the book has too many are now chafing."
troubled themselves much about
been so widely acclaimed.
Survival of still another kind them, to help them toward a
But their offers came too late. —survival of Jewish culinary art break in their new lives. It
An independent group report- —is the topic of Lea W. Leon- wasn't long before they were go- •
edly got their first.
ard's "Jewish Cookery," a pro- ing on their own, though. They
were making good at their jobs;
The first issue of Mizrachi duct of Crown Publishers.
some of them were in businesses
• • •
Outlook, published by the
of their own.
Mizrachi Organization of Amer-
WHEN ISAAC ROSENBERG
The first thing they did after
ica, is a delight to the eye.
died in action in France in 1918
they arrived here was to ;,pply
Mane-Katz, the world famous critics held England might have
for American citizenship. It 'co:6s
Jewish painter who makes had another Shelley in that young
said that never before had immi-
Paris his home is currently ex- Jewish poet.
The striking thing about that grants so quickly made them-
hibiting at the George Binet
artist was that he was impelled selves effective people in the new
Gallery in New York.
land. Some of them were buy-
The artist tells that some years by a passion reminiscent of the ing homes of their own.
back he met a Palestine-bound ancient Hebrew prophets and
I remember the unswerving
Polish Jew in Paris. When it had he lived he might have be- fidelity of Judge 11ott. For some
developed in the course of con- come perhaps the great moral- years after he settled here he
versation that the Jew lacked artistic voice that was so sorely labored in the Man ischew
the money for the long trip needed in the post-war period.
By publishing "The Collected Matzo factory; at night he vetut
Mane-Katz offered him one of
to law school.
his paintings with the assurance Poems of Isaac Rosenberg," edit-
He had a law class to attend on
it would bring in at least fifty ed by Gorden Bottomley and
Denys Harding, Shocken Books Friday nights. After school each
British pounds on sale.
has not only established a fine Friday night, he walked f our
The Jew examined the paint-
monument to a deserving artist miles home up hill from down-
ing, looked quizically at the nil st
but has again demonstrated its town to the suburban neighbor-
and then blurted out, "Let me
hood where he lived.
sense for Jewish values.
have a pound in cash and you
Every Friday night for thee
can have the rest of the profit
years he made the foot-weary
when you sell the picture."
journey for his devotion's sake.
A symphony concert of Jewish
He is a practicing lawyer now.
music and song will be given
• • •
for the first time by the Na-
THAT IS THE CHARACTER
tional Symphony Orchestra in
of the Judaism of New Hope. As
Washington's Constitution Hall.
it grew the congregation moved
Dedicated to national Jewish Dear Editor:
into the hall of an American Le-
music month, the concert will
Now that Israel has at last won gion Post for worship. The mem-
feature as soloist Cantor Jacob its hard earned independence, bers increased in affluence and it
Barkin of the Adas Israel Con- there are signs that the Arab came time to think of a house of
gregation.
world is preparing for a second their own.
• • •
round.
They bought a large old irsi-
Britain is to blame mostly for dence and converted it to the
THE REVOLT OF THE JEWS
in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 this situation. Our State Depart- purpose of a synagogue. This cost
will remain as one of the great- ment can also be blamed for al- them some $20,000.
est epics in the annals of his- lowing England to send weapons
Well. that's the good story this
tory. One of the finest books to the Arabs.
reporter will be reporting at the
dealing with that fight for sur-
I see no reason why we could dedication of New Hope on-
vival against insurmountable not exert enough pressure on Rogue, Sunday. I have just bet n
odds is Leo M. Schwartz's "The England to stop any further reading a report on everything
Root and the Bough," published shipments of weapons. Israel Jewish that Hitler tried to de-
by Rinehart and Co.
must not be forsaken.
stroy. It's by Rabbi Bei nard
The survival theme, but on
Heller who investigated this par-
GERALD LERER,
another plane, is the subject of
Director of Public Relations, ticular Nazi orgy as representa-
a recently published volume of
tive of the Jewish Cultural Re-
Hapoel Hamizrachi,
essays by Trude Weiss-Rosmarin,
New York.
construction, Inc. His report is
put out by the Philosophical Li-
in "Liberal Judaism," maga - , ine
brary. The author, a woman of ADVISES ON AGRICULTURE
of the Union of American He-
rare erudition, dwells on the
TEL AVIV—(1S1)—Dr. Walter brew Congregations.
changes in Jewish life in the Clay Lowdermilk, American agri-
The dedication of New Hope
past decade and analyzes the cultural expert and sponsor of the Synagogue is a triumphant asser-
factors essential to Jewish sur- Lowdermilk plan to irrigate the tion that only things are de-
vival.
Negev, visited the Water Divi- structible. The torn scrolls in
A traditionalist of the ortho- sion and Soil Preservation section Germany went to rubbish heaps;
dox school, Mrs. Weiss- Rosmarin of the Ministry of Agriculture to the essential Torah—the Jewish
presents the thesis that Jewish discuss activities and projects. Dr. being, the spirit—was brought
survival requires the substitu- Lowdermilk arrived in Israel last along to the small thoroughfare
tion of "Jewish affirmations and week to advise the ministry on in our town, called Prospect ave-
satisfactions Jor the extensive problems connected with the nue, and there reestablished in
area of frustrations under which Negev.
New Hope.

Warsaw Ghetto Battle
to Be Made Into Movie

J

The Reader
Writes