Page Seventy-three THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, September 20, 1946 U. S. Donations Care for DP's Eyes British Labor Party Accused of War' on Palestine Labor A Jewish DP has TEL AVIV (JTA)—"The Brit- his eyes examined at ish Labor Party has declared war clinic in Munich a upon Palestine's Labor Party," supported by t h e Zalman Rubashov, a leader of the Joint Distribution Histadruth and editor of Davar, Committee. Through- out the continent the JDC operates or sub- venes 90 dispensaries, clinics, sanatoria and hospitals for Euro- pe's Jewish survi- vors. Funds for these activities come from the UJA of the II. S. largest newspaper in Palestine, declared at the opening session of the national conference of the Mapai, Jewish Labor Party. Rubashov, speaking of the arrest and imprisonment, declared: "Pal- estine Labor will not rest until our leaders are freed and we will con- tinue to fight with them until stage after stage of Jewish inde- pendence and Jewish statehood is achieved. Our arms are arms for defense." American Hayim Greenberg, Zionist labor leader, greeted the conference in the name of Ameri- can labor. Goldie Meirson, po- litical chief of the Jewish Agency, reported on internal and external problems facing the Zionist move- ment. 'Rise of Jewish Community of N. Y.' =- New New Book Views History 1654 Through 1860 Dr. Hyman B. Grinstein's "The Rise of the Jewish Community of New York," published by the Jewish Publication Society of American America, emerges as a striking addition to the bookshelf on the develop- Jewish history because of its interesting evaluations of ment of a great Jewish corn- • as was American life in general. ninitv This book is a full-length American individualism, added history of the N. Y. Jewish to innate Jewish individualism, community, and describes how did not make for unity or uni- the Jews lived, worshiped, amus- formity. Dr. Grinstein points out ed themselves, engaged in phil- that, while the synagogues con- anthropy, built their earliest in- tinued throughout this period to stitutions, cooperated, and quar- be the centers of communal life, reled. One may well regret that they mushroomed on every hand the story is not completed in this to satisfy personal and social as volume, for the author takes us well as religious ambitions. Before long the very existence only to the year 1860. But the book, being more than 650 pages of so many congregations, plus religious laxity in length, is of more than aver- the spread of and the author characteristic of that age, result- age length, promises to continue in the near ed in the appearance of fraternal future to present the vast ma- organizations, notably the Bnai terial which he is now collecting. Brith. On the other hand, there Arranged Topically was a surprisingly large number of men who strove for the reviv- The book is arranged topically, al of the old spirit of Jewish under seven headings, each with unity and who gave wise, gen- three or more subheadings, a erous and far-sighted leadership method which enables the author to the growing community. to describe social developments Tw o interesting maps which without causing the reader to lose serve as endpapers show the dis- the thread of the narrative. trios of early N. Y. inhabited Starting always from the simple which obtained by Jews. A number of illustra organization tinder the leadership of the tions serve to make the story more realistic. Shearith Israel Congregation, one JPS Membership Book sees problems multiplying and "The Rise of the Jewish Com- life becomes more varied as the munity of New York 1654-1860" population grows and the coun- may be secured as one of the try as a whole expands. Al- membership books of The Jewish though many details are relegat- Publication Society of America. ed to appendices, enough are Membership in The Society costs left in the body of the book to as little as $5. per year, for which give a complete picture of Jew- members receive any three _cloth- ish life in New York City espe- bound books published by the cially during those 40 import- society, plus a 20 percent dis- ant formative years between 1826 count on additional purchases of and 1860. the society's own books. Library One sees, for example, how memberships, available to all at the community split and then per year, bring the member became fractionalized; what vali- $10 any six cloth-bound books pub- main- made to ant efforts were lished by the society, plus the tain Jewish education; to what discount. Full details on the extent philanthropy remained an membership plan, catalogues and integral part of Jewish life, and other interesting literature on how early the process of Ameri- the work of the Jewish Publica- canization affected the individual tion Society of America, the and the community. world's largest publishers of Jew- Amusing Sidelights ish books in English, can be These are serious matters in secured by writing to the ex- which one may see the roots of ecutive vice-president, Maurice Jewish community life of our Jacobs, 320 Lewis Tower Build- own day, but they offer also some ing, Philadelphia 2. Pa. amusing sidelights. The ban- quets of those days were really something. There were a num- ber of prescribed toasts and an even larger number of toasts to suit the particular occasion, Managing Owner though the pleasure found in the drinks must have been lost in of tile the speeches with which each was accompanied. A toastmaster actually wore a chain of office which must have added greatly to the pomp- ousness with which the toast was MT. CLEMENS offered. Balls had belles who were glorified in the next day's WISHES ALL HIS' newspapers, though the ever- present chaperons must have FRIENDS spoiled some of the fun. Young people's organizations vied with end one another for the membership ,G UESTS the most gifted elocutionist in of Mr.Tilax eitin COLONIAL HOTEL town. The story of -congregational life, too, is not devoid of amus- ing surprises. Witness, for ex- ample, the congregation which was organized apparently for the sole purpose of performing one wedding ceremony and then went out of existence. Jewish life was colorful then, 'aPPY New gear 41 The Food That Has Everything A nutritional food—milk is essential in everyone's diet, from the new baby to the Old Folks! If you don't want to drink your milk, eat it! Use it to cream soups, sauces, desserts, in vegetables, fish dishes, and baked goodies. 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