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Vishniac's Pictorial Record of
Polish Jews a Veritable Treasure

OLD MAN (Carpathian Ruthenia: From Roman
Vishniac's Pictorial Record of Polish Jews)
Proof that pictures tell the
story of Jewish life more poign-
antly than words is provided in
Polish Jews: A Pictorial Rec-
ord," by Roman Vishniac, 50-
Ralph Bellamy, star of the Pul-
year-old native of St. Petersburg itzer Prize play, "State of the
Union."
will have the leading role
who was educated in the Univer-
in a special holiday radio broad-
sities of Berlin and Moscow and cast. "Who Shall Live?", which
whose works have been exhibit- will be presented under the aus-
ed in New York and in Mexico pices of the United Jewish Ap-
peal on Sept. 16, at 10 p. m.
Described as "a document of a (Eastern Daylight Time), over the
lost epoch." M. Vishniac's book, Mutual Broadcasting System, it
featuring 31 full-page plates and was announced by Henry Mor-
81 pages of text, arouses deep genthau, Jr., general UJA chair-
emotions. Its publishers, Schock- man.
"Who Shall Live?" will drama-
en Books, Inc., 342 Madison Ave.,
I■ It•A' York, have earned new tize the past accomplishments and
laurels by adding this most crea- current needs of the agencies
supported by the United Jewish
tive work to their publications.
Appeal-Joint Distribution Corn- ,
Prof. Heschel's Essay
Prof. Abraham Joshua Heschel, mittee, which provides relief and
member of the faculty of the rehabilitation assistance overseas;
Theological Seminary, the United Palestine Appeal,
w~ sli
.It
author of the introductory writ- which provides for the mass set-
In.; on The Inner World of the ' tlement and upbuilding of the
Polish Jew," describes graphically Jewish homeland in Palestine,
the religious fervor of the Jews and the United Service for New
of Poland,_ Lithuania, Galicia and Americans. which aids newcom-
c. • ,irpa-th ian Ruthenia. He deals ers to' this country in their ad-
ith - the healthy earthiness of justment to the American way
the villagers, the warmth of plain of life.
- Who Shall Live?" will be di-
l,'•.' 'l,• and the spiritual simpli- I
city of the Maggidim (who) : rected and produced by Himan
p•riet rated into the house of Brown, leading radio producer.
study and prayer."
Red Feather health service
The lights and shadows in the , provided 90,249 days of hospital
lives of these people, ably review- cared uring 1946 to people of
eit in thi; essay, are powerfully I Metropolitan Detroit.
illust rated in the photographs,
which Mr•. Vishniac took on the
eve of World War II during his
ti vel-; from the Baltic Sea to the

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Carpathian Mountains.
Deep-rooted traditions of East

Detail of Books (Lublin)". In-
terspersed is a photograph of a

("American Story," by Allen Robert
Taft, Arco Publishing Co., 480 Lex-
ingtdn -Ave., New York 17. N. Y.)

The problem of prejudice as
a ripple in an ever-widening
pool of social consequences, af-
fecting edtication and religion,
government and war, family re-
lationships and, above all, , the
development of the human per-
sonality, is presented in Allen
Robert Taft's "American Story,"
which will be published Sept. 8
by Arco Publishing Co.
Taft has created a vivid story
of three men whose - lives conflict
with each other because of inter-
marriage and religious prejudice,
but, who, as med of good will,
manage to maintain a steadfast
friendship.
News of the book already has
spread across the country, and
the proponent of a Congressional
bill on race relations has mani-
fested active interest in it.
Dr. Everett . R. Clinchy, presi-
dent of the American Conference
of Christians and Jews, read
the manuscript a year ago and
expressed his enthusiasm for the
author's religious ideas and treat-
ment of the theme. Recently,
Dr. Clinchy undertook a new
drive against anti-Semitism, by
transmitting to Pope Pius XII,
the Archbishop of Canterbury
and other religious authorities a
proposal that the New Testa-
ment story of the death of Christ
be changed in preaching and re-
ligious instruction, to avoid the
cruelty and barbarism of pre-
judice.
Taft's "American Story," al-
though proposing no such theo-
logical change, is an intimate
analysis of prejudice and how
it may be avoided.

Inaugurate Mental Health Bnai Brith Establishes
College Fellowships
Program for Internees

NEW YORK.— A , study of the
mental health of Jewish men,
women and children in Cyprus,
along with the organization of a
mental hygiene clinic there and
demonstration and instruction in
psychiatric social service tech-
niques, will be undertaken by the
Joint Distribution Committee,
major American agency aiding
Jewish survivors overseas.
The program will be carried
out by a special JDC team con-
sisting of a psychiatrist, two
psychologists and one psychiatric
social worker, who left New York
by air June 18 on a 60-day -
sion to Cyprus and Palestine.
The team will be under the di-
rection of Dr. Paul Friedman,
New York psychiatrist and psy-
choanalyst, who visited Europe
for the JDC last year on a study
of the mental health of Jewish
child survivors and who has sub-
mitted a program for mental hy-
giene activities in Europe.

NEW YORK — The Anti-De-
famation League of _Baal Brith
announces establishment of fel-
lowships at the University of
" Chicago, Harvard and New York
University for the purpose of ad-
vanced training and research in
racial and cultural relations.

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Warsaw ghetto street, character-
istic poses of patriarchal Jews,
Hassidim, traders, grandparents,
n•rchants, children in a Heder,
the strillIng illustration repro-
ouc-ed above, etc.

A Veritable Treasure

Vishniac states that his
subjects were photographed with-
out realizing the presence of the
camera and that "they represent
real life completely unposed."
"And so," he states, "today they
have become documents of a lost

epoch of a lost people."
The 31 selections out of the
2.000 pictures that were taken
by Mr. Vishniac are a veritable
treasure, and the new Schocken
book deserves to be ranked
:Among the best creations of its
kind in our time.

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GCeetl

European Jews, their piety and
devotion, are reflected - in the
photographs. They offer evid-
ence of a faith powerful enough
ove rcome the difficulties of
economic misery. They speak
eloquently of the truth of the
assertion made by Prof. Heschel
that—
"The little Jewish commun-
ities in Eastern Europe were
like sacred texts opened be-
fore the eyes of God. Se close
were our houses of worship to
Mount Sinai."

The photographs commence
with the illustration of "Entrance
to the Old Chetto (Cracow)" and
conclude with "Gravestone With

"American Story"
Analyses Prejudice
As Social Problem

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