• Friday, December 27, 1946 THE JEWISH NEWS Page Four He Won't Get As the Editor Views the News ... Cyprus Drains Zion British Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech- Jones revealed last week that it already has COSt his government $7,600,000 to erect in- ternment camps on Cyprus and to maintain Jewi4h immigrants there. The estimated cost of $4,600,000 for the camps alone is to be Oiarged to the Palestine government—which means that taxes derived in the main from the Jewish community will be used to keep Jews out of Palestine. Thus, British policy remains to spend more money for internment camps than in facili- tating the settlement of Jews in Palestine, as pledged in the Balfour Declaration and the Mandate. Such policy cannot possibly win friends for the British government. Meanwhile the Colonial Office is pursuing a program, decided upon in November, to split the 1,500 monthly immigration quota among the Cyprus internees and displaced persons residing in the British zone in Ger- many. Jews in the American zones in Ger- many and Austria are excluded from par- ticipation in quota allotments, exceptions be- ing made only for the few who may have relatives in Palestine. The fight, therefore, continues against the perpetuation of grave injustices perpetrated by the British. Entire Goal: $215,000,000 American Jewry's fund-raising obligations in 15347 will not be limited to the $170,000,000 United Jewish Appeal goal. Dele:,;ates attending the Central Atlantic Regional Conference of the Council of Jew- ish Federations and Welfare Funds, in Phila- delphia. were informed that additional obli- gations to local and national causes will boost the total campaign quotas in 267 American Jewish communities to $215,000,000. This means, very clearly, that every Jew- ish community in America will have to plan to raise sums nearly double the amount raised last year. It means that the Jews of Detroit may have to subscribe $5,000,000 or more thrcaah the Allied Jewish Campaign. It is important that we should know these facts and that we should be prepared for action. Aiding the DPs michi,..!an's Committee on Immigration Pulic\ - fur Displaced Persons, organized here with t he aid of the Jewish Community Coun- cil and other important groups in Detroit, is a significant move in the direction of secur- ing Congressional action for reallocation of unused immigration quotas. The specific re- quest is that priority be given to those who now are in DP camps. The newly-formed committee should be given the support of all who recognize the urgency of its objectives, in the hope that the entire community's coop- eration %yin be enlisted in this humanitarian ef There is a recalcitrant group in the U. S. Congress that refuses to permit the admis- sion of unfortunate European survivors even on available visas which have accumulat- ed during the war when immigration was at a standstill. It is necessary, therefore, that the true facts be made known in order that the humanitarian idea should triumph. Member Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Independent Jewish Pre..s Serv ice, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate. Religious New Service, Palcor Agency. World News Services. Member American Association of English-Jewish News- papers and Michigan - Press Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publish- ing Co.. 2114 Penobscot Sidg , Detroit 26. Mich., RA. 7956. Subscription, $3 a year: foreign. $4. Club subscription, every fourth Friday of the month. to all subscribers to Allred Jewish Campaign of Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit. 40 cents psi year. Entered as second-class matter Aug. 6, 1942, at Peet Of- fice. Detroit. Mich.. under Act of March 3. 1879. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Philip Sloinovits Maurice Aronsson Isidore Sobeloff Fred M. Butsel Judge Theodore Levin Abraham Srere Maurice H. Schwartz Henry Winerean VOL. 10—NO. 15 81.0MOVITZ. Editor DECEMBER Li, ims Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the fifth day of Tebet, 5707, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 44:18-47:27. Dr. Weizmann's Leadership Novel Entertainment .: Pat Frank's 'Mr. Adam' Is Hilarious Satire Pat Frank, one-time Jewith Telegraphic Agency foreign correspondent whose cables appeared regularly in The Jewish News, has written an unusually hilarious book. When the Chicago Sun reviewer wrote that "it's an easy prediction that readers the country over are going to be laughing about Mr. Adam (and his experiences as the potential father of his country) for months to come," he was understating the case. It is this reviewer's belief that the laughter will continue for years. "Mr. Adam" is the title of the satirical work which was published by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Pa. It is the story of a young news- paperman who, upon leaving a Zionist rally in Madison Square Garden, bumped his knee and was taken to a hospital. There he learned that reservations had stopped coming in for space in maternity wards. As art AP reporter, he and his organization immediately made an investigation and it was discovered that the male population of the entire world was sterilized as a result of an explosion in an atomic plant which blew up all of Mississippi. Rankin and Bilbo were among those who perished, but the world was placed in a dilemma—until our reporter discovered that one man, Homer Adam, who happened to be at the bottom of a lead mine in Colorado at the time of the explosion, was unaffected by the tragedy. Here the fun begins. Mr. Adam becomes the property of the government and special agencies are set up to rescue the world through an A. L (artificial insemination) program. The women be- came concerned. There was competition as to who was to be the first woman selected for the reproduction process. A woman senator was the first lucky person in the lottery. Mr. Adam did not like the business. He be- came involved in a love affair. found himself betrayed by conspirators who desired to see an end to humanity. he became sterilized himself by accident and humanity was chagrined. Then, one of the obstetricians who was affected by the tragedy discovered a cure: a sort of seaweed: and humanity was rescued. When the problem first arose. the usual charge was heard: it was a Jewish conspiracy. Which causes this reviewer to pose another question: suppose Mr. Adam were a Jew' How would that have affected international feeling? Would it have started pogroms. or further charges that Jews sought to Judaize the world? Perhaps Mr. Frank would like to elaborate on this theme. What a plot! In the meantime, his novel ranks among the most entertaining we have read in many years. There is genuine entertainment on every page. A very prominent American Zionist leader committed the blunder of shouting the epithet "demagogue" at Dr. Chaim Weizmann, venerable and brilliant Jewish leader, during the latter's repudiation of terrorism before the World Zionist Congress. Dr. Weizmann made this moving reply: "Every house, every barn in Nahalal, every little factory in Haifa bears a drop of my blood." The great gathering rose out of respect to Dr. Weizmann's leadership to demonstrate its loyalty to the man who, during more than 40 years of service to the Zionist cause, brought to the movement the Balfour Declaration and the esteem of statesmen, lay leaders and nearly the entire Jewish people. Epithet-hurling at the outstanding world Jewish leader not only is regrettable: it is a mark of disrespect deserving of condemnation. The Zionist movement is divided on the interpretation of the wisdom of Dr. Weizmann's policies. There are many who believe that he should have been firmer with the British, that he was too conciliatory, that he did not demand Jewish rights strongly enouth. But the endorsements that have been given to his policies by men like Louis Lipsky, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Prof. Selig Bro- detsky and many others, especially the leaders in the ranks of the labor Zionists. are indications that he does not stand • alone in the view that Jews must continue to negotiate with the British government, British rule in Palestine being inev- itable for the time being. The Revisionist opposition has failed utterly in its atti- tude on resistance in Palestine and on other issues affecting the reconstruction of the Jewish Homeland. The threat made by William B. Ziff, as spokesman for the Irgunists, of an impending civil war among the Palestinian Jews is the best indication of irresponsible action by a very small fraction of Zionists. Haganah's assertion that there will be no civil war is an assurance that the overwhelming masses of Jews who support Haganah will not permit internecine war and that the Irgun will be crushed if it undertakes measures detri- mental to the Yishuv. Dr. Weizmann is on firm ground in his warning that terroism in the Holy Land had done immense harm to and might eventually poison Jewish life. At 72, Dr. Weizmann remains the most influential and most impressive personality in Jewish life, and his status will not be reduced by epithets. We are convinced that he has not lost any of the affection the Jews of the world hol d for him because of the blunders of his opponents. THE JEWISH NEWS rHrurr to First Base Prophetical Ortion—Ezek. 37:15-28. Next Thursday, the Fast of Tebet, the following Scriptural selections will be read: Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-10. Prophetical portion—Is. 55:6-56:8. FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BAR MITZVAH By HERZL SHUR We have forgotten the full significance of Bar Mitzvah. It is highly important that before one becomes a candidate for Bar Mitzvah, that he fulfill certain requirements. These should consist of a five to seven year period of Jewish education of at least five hours a week in the study of Jewish history, Hebrew, and Jewish ceremonials. Thus, every boy should build up in his tieart some appreciation of Jewish values. Once he does that, during this preliminary stage, the Bar Mitz- vah ceremony will become more meaningful to him and he will look forward to it intelligently, whether or not he is of a scholarly inclination. Bar I have set tap each letter of the words Mitzvah to stand as a symbol of one or more values, as follows: of age and aware of one's Jewish B ecoming Heritage of the obligation of being A ssumption a Jew Religious observance of Jewish customs and ceremonials itzvos to be performed in the practice of Charity, Loving Kindness, Learning 5.5.1 which steads for the . , Primary Consideration for Education 1 eternal Jew An important pamphlet, "Educating the Jewish Child," by the eminent Jewish educator, Uriah Zevi Engelman, pub- lished in the "Jewish Affairs" series of the Office of Jewish and Talmudic T orah Teachings which is crysialking the age old Jewish Information of the American Jewish Congress, evaluates the Z i onism " yearning for Eretz Yisroel into concrete reality standards of Jewish schools in this country and makes this ctory ultimately over Anti-Semitism valid plea: "The balance of Jewry has now swung to the United and Intolerance States. The Jews of the world will look increasingly to this rganization and Harmony in the country for leadership. We can only meet this historic respon- Jewish Community sibility if our great material resources are joined with a far Vi O richer knowledge of Jewish history, traditions, and problems, than is possessed by the average American Jew. In Europe, 'Honor and respect for Jewish tradition " and learning education provided the bUsis for an informed public opinion and an enlightened leadership. So far our own system of Answers to Readers Questions ... a comprehensive and thoroughly integrated system of Jewish education has been haphazard and lacking in perspective. The new responsibilities confronting American Jewry make it imperative that the problem of Jewish education be given primary consideration." While a minority of American Jews already recognizes the primacy of such an obligation, it is important that the issue be studied anew, that community leaders as well as educators study the facts presented by Mr. Engelman and What is the unique feature of Hanukah? It is the only Jewish -festival of which it is known exactly when it was first observed. • • What is a Menorah? • A seven-branched candelabra used in syna- that we take the matter more seriously than we have in the gogues. It is reminiscent of the 10 golden menorahs past. The urgency of educational needs, the lack of perspec- in the Temple of Solomon. • • • tive, the haphazard approaches, call for a re-evaluation of Who were the itephajmn? A race of legendary giants mentioned in the Old our aims and objectives in dealing with our educational sys- tems. The sooner we give primacy to this question, the better. Testament.