CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO IIIIPPIUMNImmornommw.m.,..••••••"■••••••"•""'".^"'"---"•••••"_ Thursday, October 5, 1950 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Page 3 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 • • * 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. _e 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 ORCHESTRA MAIN AUDITORIUM SUNDAY AFTERNOON Masonic Te ► tple February 4, 1951 The long-awaited event will soon take place. The 100 - piece world - famous symphony orchestra from Israel is touring all the major cities of the United States, starting in January, and it will appear in Detroit on February 4, led by one of the world's greatest conductors. ORDER YOUR TICKETS TODAY ! MASONIC AUDITORIUM CONCERTS Masonic Temple, 500 Temple Ave., Detroit 1, Mich. tickets Please send me This will be one of the greatest musical attractions in years, and you are advised to send in your ticket orders at once if you don't want to be disappointed. 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