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Friday, October 10, 1947

Page Seven

THE JEWISH NEWS

Honor Roll Goal in Sight

Ruth Gruber's Eloquent Pleas
Stir Hadassah Women to Action

Charles Rubiner Heads
City Youth Committee

Jewish Educators Meet,
Honor Retiring Leader

Former Judge Charles Rubiner
was named by Mayor Edward 'J.
Jeffries as chairman of the City

NEW YORK—Members of the
board of governors of the Ameri-
can Association for Jewish Edu-
cation and educational leaders
from all parts of the United States
will pay tribute to the Hon. Mark
Eisner, retiring president of the
Association, at a farewell dinner
Sunday evening, Oct. 19, at the
Biltmore Hotel, New York, in

Close to 600 members . and friends of the Detroit chapter
of Hadassah were doubly-moved—by the eloquence of corre-
spondent-lecturer Ruth Gruber, and by the superb progress
of their Honor Roll drive—at the opening luncheon of the
campaign Oct. 1 at the Book-Cadillac.
At that time, when general solicitation was just starting,

Mrs. Julian Zemon, special gifts
chairman, and Mrs. Robert J.
Newman, Honor Roll chairman,
were able to report a total of
$71,370 in pre-campaign and or-
ganizational gifts, a long stride
toward the $100,000 Honor Roll
goal. Mrs. Joseph G. Fenton, gen-
eral solicitation chairman, urged
the assembled workers to make
an all-out effort not only to fulfill
the chapter's obligations toward
the national endeavor, but to top
the quRta, as` .a personal tribute
to the splendid leadership of
chapter president, Mrs. Harry L.
Jones.
The women of Detroit Hadas-
sah were further inspired to com-
plete their, fund-raising project
when they heard the stirring
words of the guest speaker, Dr.
Ruth Gruber, who, as correspond-
ent for the N. Y. Post, has re-
cently returned from Palestine,
Cyprus, and. Europe.
Dr. Gruber was one of the
many representatives of the world
press who accompanied UNSCOP
on its investigation tour. Al-
though, as a thinking Jewess, she
was deeply moved by the sights
of Europe and Palestine, the ma-
jority of the correspondents main-
tained a purely objective stand
throughout the investigation, Dr.
G,ruber told The Jewish News.
Since she was an accredited
American newspaperwoman, she
was given the same privileges as
the rest of the press corps, but
the Palestine Government, know-
ing that she -was Jewish, treated
her "coolly," she reported.
She emphasized to the Hadassah
women that the UNSCOP men,
although "united by their ignor-
ance," were favorably impressed
by what they "saw and touched"
on their trip through the Holy
Land. "We had a preview of what
Palestine might look like if there
were real peace—if the UN
should carry through the ma-
jority report," she declared.
Three times, Dr. Gruber said,
she left the committee, each time
to penetrate into a "deeper, more
tragic level of Hell." The first
was a visit to Cyprus, where
thousands of refugee children
must wait, parched, behind
barbed wire, while German pris-
oners-of-war are free to swim in
the surrounding area.
Her second trill was to the
Rothschild Hospital in Vienna,
which has been prominent in the
news of refugee treks from Ro-
mania in recent Weeks. She re-
turned to that pitifully jammed
hostel with the Uruguayan dele-
gate, who reiterated her state=

ment, "I have been in Hell."
Dr. Gruber's final visit before
returning to New York was on
the decks of the infamous Exo-
dus, 1947, which she described as
being "worse than any slave gal-
ley of antiquity." Nevertheless;
she emphasized, the Jews of the
Exodus "broke the British • Em-
pire . . . they were the Jews
whom the British Empire could
not kill."
As a result of her experiences,
Dr. Gruber is convinced that, the
Jews of America have it within
their power, , and must make it
their business to influence- the
American government so that
immediate relief will be provid-
ed for the refugees—the gates
of Palestine opened; and a JeW-
ish state established. She urged
the women to write and wire the
President, Secretary of State
Marshall and the UN delegates,
reminding them of their responsi-
bilities to humanity. So effective
was her plea, that, immediately
after her talk, groups of women
were seen headed directly for
the telegraph offices at the hotel.
'She complimented the Hadas-
sah members on their efforts, and
reminded them that the Youth
Alivah programs and the Hadas-
sah Medical Organization in Pal-
estine and on Cyprus were high
on the • list of positive elements
which favorably. impressed
UNSCOP.
Although not a member of-any
American Zionist organization,
Dr. Gruber's lectures and- dis-
patches are forceful contributions
to the Zionist cause.- She ex-
pressed the hope that her assign-
ments•will return her to Palestine
shortly. . -

recognition of -Many years of de-
voted service- to the cause of edu-
cation, both religious and secular.
It will follow immediately a
two-day coriference of the board
of governors of the AAJE to take -
place at the Biltmore Hotel Oct.
18 and 19. During this conference,
the Board members, of whom
there are more than 100 repre-
senting a cross-section of the
country, will discuss the educa-
tional services rendered by the
American Association

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of Detroit Youth Committee. He
succeeds William J. Norton, who
resigned because of ill health.
The Youth Committee , was
formed during the war to study
and combat the rising tide of
juvenile delinquency. It is com-
posed of heads of city depart-
men.ts and of six private citizens.

Guards in Camps
Of Exodus Jews
To Be Removed

LUEBECK, Germany (JTA)—
Armed guards and the barbed
wire encircling the two Exodus
camps near here—Poppendorf
and Am Stau—will be removed
within the nett few days, it was
learned. The British have asked
the camp committees to arrange
for the setting up of a Jewish
police force.
This latest development is in-
terpreted as an admission by the
British that their attempts to
Hungarian Refugee Seeks break the refugees' morale by
have collapsed. The
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British hope that by allowing the
Jews freedom of exit, they will
The Detroit Police Department eventually.
disperse.
has referred to the Jewish News
a request for information from
Judith Schwartz, a Hungarian
refugee now living in Palestine.
Miss Schwartz is seeking her
aunt, Mrs. Mike Sterk (Cisela
Schwartz), who was born at
Dunafeidwar, Hungary, and is
now between 40 and 50 years of
age. -Her parents'•names are Kal-
man and Rose Schwartz.
It is believed that Mrs. Sterk
has moved from Detroit to Hel-
void. Anyone having information
concerning Mrs. Sterk's where-
abouts is asked to contact Shirley
Pearson at the Women's Division
of the Police Department.

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, By ARNOLD LEVIN

(Copyright, 1947, Independent Jewish Press Service, Inc.)

Recommended
Planning to visit New York these days? Then write in advance
for reservations to see Maurice Schwartz' excellent Yiddish produc-
tion of Palestine Hebrew novelist Ari Ibn-Zahav's "Shylock's Daugh-
ter." It is the Jews' answer to the unfortunate Shakespearean inter-
pretation of the character of the MerChant of Venice. Not an answer,
perhaps, but a supplementary explanation of Shylock's background
and motives. In the Ibn-Zahav version as presented by Schwartz,
Shylock emerges as a tragic figure with contemporary connotations—
reduced to desp‘air by the willfulness of his enemies, crazed by perse-
cution, he is driven to vengeance but recants when the opportunity
for vengeance, s granted. Shylock's motives are those of Palestine's
dissidents, but his refusal finally to exact vengeance is in the great
tradition of Jewish morality as .exemplified by the tenacious, heroic
forbearance of the organized Yishitv. Schwartz's dramatization of the •
Ibn Zahav's novel, besides rectifying a historic injustice committed
against the Jew by the greatest genius in British letters, has a stirring.
message for the contemporary Jew.

Detroit Note
Marguerite Kozenn, soprano, and Julius Chajes, composer-pian-
ist, both of Detroit, Michigan, just returned from a very successful
European concert tour. They broadcasted three times in Vienna,
where they also performed -in a concert for the Jewish DPs, who are
stationed in the Rcithschild Hospital. Miss Kozenn made history. in
Prague, when she sang the title role Dvorak's "Rusalka" in the. Na-
tional Theatre in English. The Czechs, who have a genuine love for
Americans, called Miss Kozenn 31 times before the curtain. Chajes
and Miss Kozenn have been re-engaged to tour Europe next spring.

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Dr. Israel H. Weisfeld, since 1945 Rabbi of Congregation Shearith
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years, has introduced an interesting •experiment—a Jewish •Thought
Class for young men who occupy positions of leadership in the com-
munity. The class of 20 meets bi-weekly for, a discussion of varied
philosophies in Judaism.

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