Friday, July 14, 1944
THE JEWISH NEWS
'Harvest in the Desert"
Page Thirteen
eshiva College Awards Degree to Kin of Capt. Dreyfus
Maurice Samuel Vi'rites Boob,
About Palestine and Zionism
Maurice Samuel is a name that
needs no introduction . to Jewish
audiences—whether it is through
the printed or spoken word.
. And yet, every time he is pre-
sented to any group it is a new
experience. He is a weaver of
language the like of whom there
are very few. He is brilliant not
only as writer, but also as speak-
er and translator. The language
into which he put certain works
originally written in Yiddish
made them .best sellers.
Now we have another book
by Samuel — "Harvest in the
Desert." It is a fascinating story
of Palestine and _the force which
made Eretz Israel grow—Zion-
ism.
these are the heroes of a great
movement which introduces
HARVEST into the desert.
The JNF, Hebrew, Etc.
Among the most interesting
chapters in the book are those
describing the Jewish National
Fund, the revival of Hebrew and
the workings of the Halukah
method of distributing charity—
a policy that was possible only
in pre-Zionist Palestine.
Of course, Mr. -Samuel does
not forget the experiences of the
first World War, the Balfour
Declaration, the endorsement of
the Zionist • cause by the U. S.,
the new WaVes of immigration
which made posSible the miracu-
lous triumph of Eretz Israel.
There is an EXPOSE of Brit-
Sponsored by Hillel
It is fortunate that this book ish responsibility for the riots
was issued by the Jewish Publi- of 1929—a record which should
cation Society of America and make the people of England
that the Bnai Brith Hillel Foun- ashamed of those whom they
dation has undertaken to push had designated to administer the
it among its members. It means affairs • of Palestine.
•
that a circulation of several
An All-Inclusive Book
thousand is guaranteed for this
Nothing relevant to Palestine
great work at the outset. But and Zionism is left out of Sam-
those who get it—as JPS or uel's -"Harvest in the Desert."
Hillel members—owe a duty to
Maurice Samuel, who last year
spread it, to urge its use by wrote the book for which he
schools and in homes which need
enlightenment on the Jewish
liberation movement.
Samuel's "Harvest in the Des-
ert" reads like a beautiful poem,
yet it is straight narrative. It
is a story of Palestine that opens
with the background—the ear-
liest history of "The Haunted
Land," the name for the first
chapter; it leads up to "The
Descendants of the Ghosts," the
follow-up chapter; goes through
the decades of the "Waves"—
as he calls the various "Aliyoth"
or immigration movements of
Jews to Palestine; and reaches-
the climax not with the "White
Paper and Black Days" but with
MAURICE SAMUEL
the Jordan 'Valley Authority
was
awarded
the Anisfield Prize
project of Dr. Walter
C. Lowder-
.
—"The World of Sholom Alei-
milk. -
chem"—has written a brilliant
The Road to the Return
The reader will gather at once work and the Jewish Publica-
that while Mr. Samuel recog- tion Society, which offers it as
nizes the tragedy of fighting part of the membership arrange-
against White Paper restrictions ment, has rendered the English
—his entire book is replete with readers a great service by pre-
references to the struggles our clueing it. This service should
pioneers had to endure before encourage those not now mem-
they made Palestine a rose-blos- bers of the society to write to
soming Jewish territory — he Maurice Jacobs, executive vice-
knows and desires to pass his president, 225 S. 15th St., Phila-
knowledge on to the reader that delphia, Pa., and enroll now so
the only people that is able to that • they may take advantage
build Palestine—OUR people— of the offer of Samuel's book and
will, as it must, overcome all the other - excellent publications
obstacles in the path of the of the society. —P. S.
Return.
The heroes of the great Zion- Gifts Received for
ist reconstruction movement pass JWB-USO Projects
in review in "Harvest in t h e
Donors to the USO-JWB proj-
Desert." Chankin, Herzl, Weiz- ects include the following:
mann, Ussishkin; the men and
Food packages were sent to
women pioneers who have built Fort Brady by Bnai Brith Pisgah.
and are building; the children
Auxiliary.
of Zion who are creating new
The food diviSion received a
glory for the Jewish people-
generous gift from Pioneer Worn-
en's Organization. Max• Rosner
provided bread for the week. Al
Bnai Brith- Explains
Koffman, J. Malamud, Bob Sch-
Stand on Conference
wartz, Dave Applebaum and
WASHINGTON (JPS) — Re- Harry Duchman continuted ice
plying to "some 'persons (who) cream and ices for the socials at
have asked how Bnai Brith can the Jewish Center USO Lounge.
Home Relief and Hadassah
take no stand one way or the
other • on a Jewish Common- hostesses served at the Down-
wealth, and yet indorse full par- town USO.
Contributions to the Hawaiian
ticipation in the (American Jew-
ish) Conference, which is on Serv-a-Camp project were re-
record as favoring and working ceived from -Infants Service
for the creation of such a Com- -Group and Detroit Lodge 55 K.
monwealth," an editorial in The of P.
National Jewish Monthly, official
Contributions to _ the socials at
organ of Bnai Brith, explains:
Great Lakes Club were sent by
"The answer is that these are Carolyn Friendship Club and He-
two completely different matters. brew Ladies' Aid.-
The first involves the official
Hebrew Ladies' Aid and De-
position of the organization, as troit Bnai Brith Lodge Auxiliary
distinguished from its members contributed to the Sunday break-
as individuals, upon an ideologi- fasts at the Jewish Center USO
cal question or concept; the sec- Lounge.
ond involves participation by the
organization in a common pro- Rep. Fish Is Asked
gram of action.
To Withdraw Candidacy
"We have no creedal prere-
NEWBITR,GH, N. Y. (JPS) —
quisites. A member may be Rep. Hamilton Fish (R., N. Y.), -
Orthodox, • Conservative, or Re- mentioned in John Roy Carlson's
form. He may be pro-Jewish "Undercover" and repudiated by
Commonwealth, or he may be Gov. Dewey in 1942, was asked
interested in the rebuilding of to withdraw as a candidate for
Palestine on a different basis. He re-election in order to avoid "em-
is privileged to think and act as barrassing" Gov. Dewey's presi-
he chooses. We ask only- his dential" campaign. The request
solemn and sacred pledge of- was made by Republican Party
honor to work for the best in- backers of August Bennet whom
terests of his country and his Fish defeated in the 29th Con-
people."
igressional district primaries.
At -joint commencement exercises of Yeshiva
College, the only college of liberal arts and science
in the U. S. conducted under Jewish auspices, and
the Teachers Institute, an honorary degree was
conferred upon Prof. Jacques Hedamard, interna-
tionally renowned mathematician and relative of
Our Film Folk
By HELEN ZIGMOND
(Copyright, 1944,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The "Benjamin Warner," a
new liberty ship will soon glide
off the slips. Its name memorial:-
izes the father of the Warner
brothers—Harry, Jack and Al-
bert.
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Eddie Cantor was ' relected
president of the Jewish Theatri-
cal Guild the other day . . .
with. Ted Lewis filling a vice-
prexy chair . . . Joe Schenck,
recollecting the days when he
hired Cantor to play the People's
Vaudeville circuit—four theaters
—at $20 for each three days.
"Yes," admitted Eddie, "and re-
member how you promised me a
return engagement if I changed
the act?" "Uh; huh," recalled
Joe. "Well," confessed Eddie, "all
I did was change a few words—
did . the same routine—and you
said the second act was better
than the first.
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Purpose of Winchell's trip to
the -cinema coast is to confer
on • a series of historical shorts
which he wants to write and
narrate.
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At last Weber and Fields will
be glorifilmed. Their story has
been an embryonic idea for a
long time . . . will crystallize in
"Weber and Fields Music Hall."
* * *
It seems that for years the
Loews of Loew's Theatres, Inc.
have been trying to educate the
public to pronounce the name
correctly. Ad campaigns, press
campaigns—all to no avail. Even
some of the company's -em-
ployes continue to articulate. it
"Lowie's.". Slogans were invent-
ed—"See Loew's for good
shows" . . . "Loew is the high in
entertainment . . • "Loew and
behold!" No results. Topper oc-
curred after days of a. strenuous
drive during which all ads were
captioned, "Lo! Lo! Lo!" A radio
announcer blared, "See such and
such picture at Lowie's State
Theatre!" A Loew is me!
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Things we can do without: In-
ability to clear the foreign copy-
rights prevented the use of the
"Horst Wessel" song in "The
Hitler Gang."
N. Y. Court Returns
Citizenship to Bundist
NEW YORK (JPS) — John A.
Rossler, German-born resident of
Syracuse, denaturalized for his
membership • in t h e German
American Bund, has been rein-
stated to citizenship by - the U. S.
Circuit Court of Appeals , which
ruled that patriotism -"is , not a
condition of naturalization any
more than it is of continued na-
tive citizenship." The ruling sets
a precedent for the review of
several thousand other, cases of
denaturalized Bundists.
•
Jew New Commissioner
of Housing in N. Y. State
ALBANY, N. Y. (JPS)—Her-
man T. Stichman of New York
City was appointed State Com-
missioner of HouSing by Gov.
Dewey.
the late Capt. Alfred Dreyfus. Left to right: Dr,
Moses L. Isaacs, dean of Yeshiva College; Prof.
Hedamard, Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of
Yeshiva and Yeshiva College; the Hon. Samuel
Levy, chairman of the board of director, and Dr.
Pinkhos Churgin, dean of Teachers Institute.
Friedman
Nominated
Judge William Friedman of
the Wayne County Circuit, who
was appointed to succeed the
late Judge Harry B. Keidan in
September, 1943, led the non-
partisan ticket at the Primaries
on Tuesday. His opponent on
Nov. 7 will be Frank Ferguson.
Judge Friedman's success at
the polls in his first experience
as a vote-getter has gratified
members of the Bar Association
Who endorsed him in a 7-to-1
vote; the
Citizens League,
all the Detroit newspapers who
endorsed him, the CIO and AFL.
In fact, Judge Friedman had the
almost- unanimous support of all
Detroit elements.
In first returns, as this issue of
The Jewish News goes to press,
Joseph H. Cantor led the Mourn-
bent, Charles Blondy, for the
nomination to the State Senate
in the 5th District.
netroit
Knut Harnsun Joins
Jew-Baiting Drive
STOCKHOLM (JPS) — Knut
Hamsun, Norway's 'leading nov-
elist and holder of the Nobel
Prize • for Literature, who has
been identified with the Quisling
movement for a number of years,
has now openly joined the cam-
paign of Jew-baiting instigated
by the Nazis. The writer, always
accompanied by a body guard to
frustrate patriots' attempts on his
life, addressed' a crew of a Ger-
man submarine in Oslo and ex-
horted them to "fight against
Jewish bolshevism."
New. Sulfa Cure for Disease
CAMBRIDGE (JPS) — A re-
port by Drs. David Weinman and
Robert Berne of the • Harvard
Schools of Medicine and Public
Health offers hope that sulfapyr-
idine, a new sulfa drug, may be
a cure for the almost always
fatal disease of toxoplasmosis (a
disease similar to spotted fever),
Refugee in Army
7' Months, Wins
Commission
In U. S. Since 1940, Now
, Officer in the Army
Medical Corps
Lt. Roman Kowalek became an
officer in the Army Medical
Corps the hard way. After pass-
ing his medical exams he might
have waited to be commissioned
before signing up with Uncle
Sam. Instead he entered the
army as a private.
He was a private for more than
seven months before he received
his citizenship papers and Was
subsequently commissioned an
officer.
Lt. Kowalek, now 31, was born
in Poland. He received his M. D.
from the Medical School of the
University of Vienna in 1938 and
came here via England two years
later.
Before passing the Massachu-
setts State Medical Board ex-
aminations in 1943 he was af-
filiated Wit h the Lutheran
Hospital in Cleveland and the
University Hospital in Little
Rock. He joined the army in
1943.
Sophie Tucker started her
own Fifth War Loan Campaign
days before it opened offic;ally-
she crooned to the tune of $900,-
000 •worth of Bonds at the club
where she yodels nightly..
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Jack Benny . . . a green rookie
from vaudeville . . . became a
film actor in 1929. First pix were
"Holywood Revue of 1929" and
"The Road Show."
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A Call to the Synagogues to
Mobilize for the Jewish National
Fund on Tisha blAb
This h the time for all synagogues to arrange for speakers and
appeals on Tisha b'Ab, which this year occurs on Sunday, July 30
Make arrangements NOW for yoar Tisha &Al) appeals. by calling
,
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CH. 7790
TO. 7-8000
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of the office of the
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
11608 DEXTER
TO. 8-8658