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DETROIT JEWISH
CHRONICLE
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Israel, ZOA in 'Cold War', Dr. Neumann Says
By PIIINEAS J. BIRON
YOUR COLUMNIST was only too right when, a few
to enthusiastic response. There is a valid feeling that
the Israel government has let down the Zionist move-
columns ago. he revealed that relations between the ment and is depending too much on non-Zionist help.
Zionist organization and the Israel government had
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sharply deteriorated and that this was
MORRIS ROTHENBERG had few enemies. There
primarily due to the government's
was an undeniable charm in his make-up which made
surrender to the more or less mythical I
him one of the most liked companions in the Zionist
gold bags of the American non-Zionist
movement in this country.
leadership.
As a matter of fact, Dr. Emanuel
He had the temperament of a judge: he exercised a
great deal of self-restraint to maintain neutrality and an
Neumann used the term "cold war" in
objective attitude.
describing this tension in an address
he delivered in Tel Aviv.
He succeeded in piloting his career most skillfully
And at the last meeting of the
around the edges of controversial tempests. He neither
executive committee of the ZOA in
bucked the winds nor rode through the storms. He was
New York President Browdy was
at his best in small conferences where his pleasant per-
sonality and his unfailing sense of humor kept nego-
roundly criticized for his weak stand
Biron
tiations going.
at the recent economic conference in Jerusalem.
His pace was even, never too hurl d, and yet he ac-
The UJA faces a gigantic task which will tax the
complished a great deal because outside of his work on
leadership to the utmost. It will require more than astute
handling to conduct the bond drive and the regular con- the bench he had no interests except Zionism.
tribution campaign side by side.
He will be missed in these days when leaders with
obstinate
views and without sense of humor will be
The present Zionist atmosphere is not very conducive
called upon to r
reconcile their diff erences.
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Rothenberg's work in the Zionist movement was that
of a moderator. When he was unable to convince, he
placed his faith in the future, hoping that time would
efface conflicting , differences.
In the days of cosmic and national struggles, he will
be remembered as a gentle un-dynamic companion who
rarely participated in the fight on the battlefield but who
helped the morale of the fighting soldiers by his even
confidence.
• • •
SENATOR LEHMAN once more proved that he
holds convictions above political success. On the very
eve of his campaign for re-election as senator front New
York he battled valiantly to uphold President Truman's
veto of the Communist registration bill.
It required courage as a Jew to stand up against the
mob fury of the Democratic legislators who betrayed the
President and stuffed their ears to his warnings.
Lehman's battle for democracy on the floor of the
Senate, holding forth against the howling men who re-
fused him a few hours to study the President's message
will be remembered as the act of a statesman who lifted
himself above political expediency and defended the
basic principles of our constitution.
Shin/well Picks Holiday Beth Yehudah Out of the Red
to Fly to Big 3 Meeting
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah bal-
anced its budget last year. For
the first time in the 10 years since
its expansion, the weekday reli-
gious school reported a surplus of
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
income over expenses for a fiscal
ONDON JEWS were rather surprised to learn that Minister of period.
Defense Shinwell had left for the Big-Three conference in New
The audit which showed a sur-
York on Kol Nidre eve.
plus of $1,100 on a budget of
$176,000 covered the year ending
Shinwell considers himself a good Jew and on many occasions Sept.
1, 1950.
he openly expressed pride over his Jewish origin.
Individual contributions ac-
At a Jewish function in Lon-
don Shinwell related a number
of interesting anecdotes about his
"cheder" days
and how his poor
parents spent
their last pen-
nies to give him
a Jewish educa-
tion.
Now Jewish
wits in London
say the money
was wasted since
L
counted for more than half of
Beth Yehudah's income last year,
namely $67,000. Synagogue ap-
peals and the Beth Yehudah din-
ner and yearbook each brought
in $8,000.
Additional major items in the
budget were the Jewish Welfare
Federation subsidy of $22,750, and
$10,375 raised by the Ladies of
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah, who as-
sumed responsibility for the kin-
dergarten, nursery and girls'
school.
Salaries totaled $149,000, and
teachers' salaries alone reached
$125,000, or 70 per tent of a total
outlay of $176,000.
SCIENCE FILM SERIES
A cancer research film will
open the Center's film discussion
series on "Health and Your Fam-
ily" at 9 p.m., Thursday 4 the
Center.
Announcing the Triumphal
Appearance in Detroit of the
one boasting be-
ing a good Jew
Ipr n
wouldn't take a plane on Kol
Nidre even when one was avail-
able a day or so before.
Jewish MPs have come to Shin.
well's defense with a novel thesis.
They say he just forgot about
Yom Kippur.
• • •
NATIONAL JEWISH organiza-
tions are busy preparing them-
selves for the forthcoming Jewish
conference on Israel's needs. The
parley will hear hitherto unpub-
lished reports on the recent con-
ference in Jerusalem and will
give its approval to the prepared
blue-print.
However, the gathering may
prove as decisive for the Ameri-
can Jewish community as much
as for Israel. Behind the scenes
there is a strong movement to
heal the rift in thp American
Jewish community. ,with the con-
ference as the instrument of ac-
complishment.
But this will not materialize
unless all parties show a willing-
ness to make concessions. The
Zionist Organization of America
will playing a leading role in the
parley.
Zionist leaders, I hear, will
make it understood that those
who are writing off that move-
ment in America are on the
wrong track. There is tendency
toward closer-knotted inter-Jew-
ish activities in America. But
there will be no yielding of sov-
ereignty by any of the big or-
ganizations.
The prevailing feeling is that
the conference will arrive at a
formula satisfactory to all groups
if a way can be found to elimi-
nate the note of personality dis-
sonance.
Talk of the emergence of a new
American Jewish Conference is,
to say the least, premature. Be-
fore that body is revived much
basic ground work will be re-
quired.
THAILAND OKAYS ISRAEL
PARIS — (ISI) — Thailand
has extended de jure recognition
to Israel. Other than the Arab
states, the only Asiatic countries
which have not recognized Israel
are the Moslem states of Pakistan
and Afghanistan.
ISRAEL
PHILHARMONIC
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