•^. Page Twenty-One THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, Apnl 25, 1947 JNF Labor Dept. Seeks McDonald.- For Windup Affair Palestine of Today and of the Ages Ellen Thorbe e's,Alook Has Great Social Value Of the scores of books published on Palestine in recent years, none has been as impiessive, as Ellen Thorbecke's "Promised Land," which Harpei's produced this week. Its fascinating presentation lies in its facts and figures, in its pictures and sympathetic viewpoint, in its confidence in the justice of the Jewish cause. The publishers state on the j acket of this unusually fine Ancient Palestine, New Palestine, volume that "In words and plc- Laboratory of the Future and tares this book reveals the Pales- Rebirth — describe in great tine of today and of the ages." measure her approach to her sub- It is a simple statement which so ject. In the first section she deals truthfully describes this work not only with ancient Jewish his- that every person who reads and tory but also with the history of studies its contents and illustra- Christianity and Mohamme- tions will feel grateful to the pub- danism and with the life of Jesus. lishers for having produced it. Then follow the analyses of the • s • creative efforts which have made The author's own descriptions the Jewish Return one of the most and photographs, the introduction significant episodes in the world's by her husband, Dr. W. J. R. entire history. Thorbecke, former Netherlands Cities and colonies are described Minister Plenipotentiary to China, and there is a very thorough ex- the designs of the cover, diagrams p lanation of the Zionist move- and sketches by I. David, corn- ment and its recognition by the bine to give this admirable work world powers and Great Britain, the status of authoritativeness. through the Balfour Declaration Dr. Thorbecke's introduction is and the Mandate. in itself a masterful endorsement s • • of Jewish aspirations arid accom- Mrs. Thorbecke is as fearless in plishments in Palestine. His ex- planation. of the manner in which her approaches to the and various issues as she is thorough his- Jewish pioneers have made a .torically factual. For instance, in combination of collectivism and! a brief chapter, "Oil Enigma," she capitalism workable - in - Eretz , has this to say: Israel is in itself one of the finest' "Oil may drive machinery, fight win fortunes, and decide the fate evaluations of Jewish achieve- wars, of empires—but it has also made and - ments. He writes. destroyed the destinies of countries and The labor department of the Jewish National Fund is com- pleting plans for the wind-up of its 1947 drive for the Jewish Na- tional Fund. Detail.% for the current fund- raising effort were outlined here at a meeting addressed by H. Ehrenreich of New York, national secretary of the JNF labor de- partment. Plans are being made for a pub- lic affair with Dr. James G. Mc- Donald, member of the Anglo- American Committee of Inquiry, as guest speaker. Alex Nichamin, chairman of the local JNF labor department, reports considerable progress has been made in the local drive, and expresses confidence that last year's income will be - exceeded. The income of this year's drive will be used to establish the Harry Schumer Forest in Pales- tine, in honor of Mr. Schumer's 50th birthday. Hordes Praises Resnick For JNF Collections • David &pens Plant 3 Gardens in Forest William Hordes, president of the Jewish National Fund Coun- cil of Detroit, this week praised the activities of Zelik Resnick, Dexter haberdasher, in behalf of the JNF box collections. "Mr. Resnick is our leading box worker," Mr. Hordes said. "The total income from boxes in his store this year will exceed $300. This may be a record not only for Detroit but also for the entire country, and I wish to congrat- ulate him and to thank him for his effort in behalf of all JNF work- ers in Detroit." Announcement was made this week by the , Jewish National Fund Council that Mr. and Mrs. David Rosen of 5260 W. Outer Drive have planted three gardens in the Harry Schumer Forest in Palestine in memory of the fol- lowing: Their parents, Note and Zlata Rosen; their brother-in-law and sister, Benem and Pearl Easter- sohn, and their brother and sister- id-law Herschel and Fayga Rosen. I sistance which made the Jewish community overcome the hardest blows of a cruel destiny," ele- gantly introduces the book itself. Mrs. Thorbecke may well claim to have attained deep knowledge in history and geography, child welfare and health problems, edu- cation and research, pioneering and nation-building. All of these aspects of Jewish Youth Groups Map JNF Flower Days Zahav, Hebrew poet and novelist, has arrived here from Palestine to collaborate with Maurice Sch- wartz in dramatizing his historical novel "Shylock, Jew of Venice," which has been translated into English. THURSDAY, MAY 15 SATURDAY NIGHT, MAY I T SUNDAY, MAY 18 For the ANNUAL FLAG DAYS • of the JEWISH NATIONAL FUND Volunteer workers, representing all Zionist organiza- tions, are asked to offer their services at once by Oil- ing the office of the JEWISH NATIONAL FUND COUNCIL 11608 DEXTER TO.8-7384 Give a hearty welcome to Jewish National Fund Box Co/lectors! Semi-Annual INF Box Clearance is Now in Progress Welcome the volunteers courteously and help them finish the job at once! All our volunteers must be re- leased next week for activities in behalf of the Al!ied Jewish Campaign. Ellen Thorbecke's 'Promised MALL TO-OUR WORKERS: FINISH THE JOB P. S. Romanian Jewish Student Assaulted by Anti-Semites BUCHAREST (JTA)—A Jew- achieveMents in Palestine are ish student at the University of covered with unusual understand- Cluj was severely injured when ing and knowledge in "PromiSed assaulted., by . seven anti-Semitic Land." - studenb. 'Police are reported to The four parts of the book— have identified the usailants. the special session of the UN, the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Conference vot- ed to grant a six-months leave of absence to I. L. Kenen, executive secretary, who will act as the Agency's Information Officer. Reserve Land" is a truly great book, pos- sessing important social values, for readers of all ages and all faiths. Don't fail to read it—and to possess it! Conference Secretary Kenen Gets Leave for UN Session Cooperating with the Jewish Hebrew Poet, Schwartz Agency for Palestine in the pre- To Dramatize `Shylock' NEW YORK, (JPS)—Ari Ibn sentation of the Jewish case to All Zionist youth groups will participate in the annual Jewish National Fund Flower Days, to be held this year Thursday eve- ning, May 15, Saturday evening, "In one of the oldest traits of their their peoples, because its sources have civilisation. in their Messianic urge attracted the greed of others, and be- May 17, and Sunday, May 18. towards social equality, the Jews cause its easy wealth draws agricul- Organization chairmen for the found the inspiration for a solution of tnral people awa=y from the fields into our most pressing contemporary prob- unhealthy urban conditions. This ten- collection include Aaron Schreier, lems. In Palestine, on the fringe of dency is the exact contrary of Jewish Habonim• Eli Segall, Hashomer the Western world, they inaugurated regeneration policy in Palestine. a system combining collectivism with "One cannot turn the clock back, Hatzair; Joe Yanich, Wayne freedom; a system, moreover, in which and the triumphal procession of am IZFA; John Hofman, Ann Arbor they demonstrated that the abolition as the driving power of our time has of exploitation can well be combined not yet reached its zenith. But in the IZFA; Essie Kaplan, Junior Ha- with a certain margin of capitalist case of awakening Palestine one is in- dassah; Bernard Altshuler, LZOA dined to do some wishful thinking. 111.11kre. "Because the Jews are essentially and wonder whether the oilfields may, No. Five. practical and not dogmatic in their after all. prove not so rich as they Others are Joseph Heit, Masa- experiments, they created a multifar- might possibly be?" ions pattern of social forms giving the s • • da; Estelle Bakst, Little Women I- individual the choice between several She debunks untruths and mis- of Hadassah; Shulamith Michlin, economic alternatives, according to his leanings. If he did not choose to live representation of facts with a Sharona Group. PWO; Bill Fitzer- in • city, he could join a collective settlement, where everyform of pri- courage that is worthy of the man, Chapter One, ZOA; United vote property, with the exception of pioneers themselves. For instance, Hebrew Schools, and Mr. Lawton a few personal belongings, has been - of the Carmel Hebrew School abolished; or he could go to small- describing "the complete and un holders' village, where families own limited equality of the sexes" in their houses and where only produc- lion and snorkeling are conducted Jewish Palestine. she refers to the Rosenberg to Appear jointly in the common account; or else libels that have been uttered re- Before Haifa Chapter he could settle in a village and exist on purely private enterprise. In Indus- garding the sex freedom of the try he could join one of the coopers- pioneers. She writes: Haifa chapter of the Zionist the., or hire out his work or services It has often been said that free love in the old capitalistic fashion_ is practiced in the settlements, that Organization of America will "In Palestine, collectivism and cap- children are born and taken away Italism not only live next to each into communal nurseries, with the par- have a social meeting Monday, other, but their functions have be- eats hardly knowing their children. April 28, featuring humorist come integrated. The Jews may not and the children not recognizing their have solved the social problems of parents. Nothing could be further from Aaron Rosenberg and group sing- the West, but they have shown us the the truth. These misinterpretations ing of popular Hebrew songs. sway. They are the first to have ever- probably came about through several come the stage of blue-prints and vague facts. Firstly, there is a certain dis- Dr. Louis L. Kazdan and Dr. theories, and to have confronted the inclination in many settlements I. Walter Silver have been ap- world with a deed. against empty forms and conventions "For their own sake as well as for as well as some opposition towards pointed representatives of. Haifa that of the world, they should be al- the iron rules of orthodox Jewry Chapter to the Zionist Emergen- lowed to continue their unique effort. which cannot be brought into step Under favorable economic conditions with the new special conceptions. Con- cy Council and the Detroit Zion- this will be easy. In times of economic sequently, in some settlements people ist Executive CounciL crisis the Jews must be enabled to have done away with the ritual cere- take those progressive measures that mony of marrying before the Rabbi, are generally nowadays recognized as but perform their marriage by an- being the only possible means of corn- flouncing it to the eldest of the settle- bating a crisis; namely. to revert to anent who duly records the event. public spending at the time when pri- which is then acknowledged by all vale spending and investment have members of the settlement In other. come to a' standstill. Such public more religions, settlements, however, spending, however, demands adequate people still stick to the religious wed- means at the disposal of the Jewish ding before the Rabbi. though there community. In order to raise these is rarely time for elaborate celebra- means the Jews must either be grant- lions." ed the necessary automatic powers or The sections in the book deal- -at least—be given sufficientlylarge International loans. This the world owes ing with the life and develop- to the Jews and to itself. ment of the Jewish children in the "For the first time in history a col 1 onies on • are exceptionally t- 11 y • t er- elosed community has voluntarily put CO tato practice the modern thought that esting. They should inspire Jews ownership, whether of land, hciuses or other property, involves the social everywhere to greater action in responsibility of making it serve the support of Eretz Israel's redemp- common interests of the community. This has given the Jews an inalien- ti on. able title to their rights, based not on Hadassah women will be historic sentiment but on social thrilled with the analysis of the achievement. "They have solved their own prob- health agencies in Eretz, and sta- lems, and set a shining example for future social and economic develop- tisticians will love the book for its factual data. ment everywhere. s * • "The world depends on creative thoughts and courageous deeds. Where Readers of this review un- they have anoeared in such strength as in Palestine, they must be main- doubtedly also will be interested tained. The survival of the Jewish social achievements, of a prosperous in the following announcement Middle East. nay of our very West- by the publishers, Harper & ern civilization, may depend upon it." Brothers: • • • "The spiral plastic binding for 'Prom- This glowing tribute to the ised Land' was selected by the author one means of keeping the volume Jews who, Dr. Thorbecke writes. as in the medium price range without "owe their survival to their strong sacrificing any of the originality and Interest. Regular binding would religious and moral ethics; and to artistic have raised the cost over $5. instead their social system of mutual as- of the present $3.55." . AT ONCE AND EXERT ALL YOUR EFFORTS FOR THE AWED JEWISH CAMPAIGN!