Page THE . JEWISH' NEWS Friday, NOvernber 7, 1947 Zion Is 'Beachhead of Progress, Center Appoints JWV Will Hold Parley in Flint A Council of Administration Neuschatz to Lead meeting Herman Cohen,. commander of Cassidy Tells Balfour Meeting of the Jewish War Vet- Eli Rosenblum Post, has been ap- Dexter Program erans of the U. S. will be held pointed grand marshal of the Dr. Wolfsberg Confident of Triumph for Jewish Cause; Ideals of Palestine Religious Labor Outlined by Rabbi Wohlgelernter Confidence in the impending homes. He praised the activities realization of age-old Jewish of the Jewish labor movement as dreams for the re-establishment being in the vanguard of creative. of the Jewish National Home efforts in Palestine. were expressed at the 30th anni- "Despite all obstacles," he said, versary celebration of the Bal- "the Jewish pioneers went on four Declaration, held Sunday building. They held to their afternoon at Central High School, dreams. In Palestine I saw the under joint auspices of the labor movement create farms and League for Religious Labor in industries, enhance religious life, Palestine and the Zionist Council establish values that are _hard 'to of Detroit. find anywhere. In Palestine I saw Two eminent speakers—Dr. ()S- the only place in the Middle East car Wolfsberg of Palestine and where life approximated western George Cassidy, N. Y. Post editor civilization. In Palestine I found —outlined current events affect- the beachhead of progress and ing Palestine and called for ac- civilization. This is something too tion by American Jews to imple- rare and too precious to be al- ment the UN decisions. lowed to be lost for a return to Commencing his address in He- the desert. Thus, the Zionist ideal brew, Dr. Wolfsberg, who is here seemed to me a dream that can to assist the advisory Zionist com- be realized." SAMUEL NEUSCHATZ mittee at the UN, spoke mainly in Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter, who To implement an intensified Yiddish. He outlined the history presided at the meeting, told of of past events leading up to the his meetings with both speakers activities program for the Jewish UNSCOP. report and urged the while he was in Palestine a year community in the Dexter area, audience not to be disturbed by ago. He described the work of the Samuel Neuschatz has been ap the smallness of the proposed League for Religious Labor, told pointed director of the Dexter Jewish state. He expressed the of its cooperation with the Ha- Extension Program of the Jewish view that even the small state ganah and its educational and Community Center. Samuel Rub- holds out great promise and has colonization efforts, and revealed iner, president of the Center tremendous possibilities. that 700 of the 4,500 Exodus pas-. made the appointment. Tribute to Balfour At present a program for teen- sengers come from this group and Paying tribute to the late Lord agers is being conducted at the from Hapoel Hamizrachi. Balfour, Dr. Wolfsberg said that Rabbi J. S. Sperka greeted the D. W. Simons Hebrew School Balfour can not be-forgotten, just gathering as chairman of the De- under Neuschatz's direction. Ac- as Herzl will not be forgotten. tivities are held from 8 to 10:30 The Jewish leaders at the UN troit chapter of the League for p.m. Tuesday and Wednesdays. Religious -Labor in Palestine. are working harmoniously for the Samuel Bernstein, Detroit art best interests of the entire people, Philip Slomovitz spoke briefly in Dr. Wolfsberg stated. He ex- the name of the Zionist Council. teacher, has been appointed as- pressed the hope that an inter- Rabbi Mordecai Paretsky, direc- sistant to Neuschatz. Meeting national loan will facilitate the tor of the LRLP, was introduced room space and leaders for clubs are available. A lounge program of creation of the Jewish state. He to the gathering. table tennis, games and dancing also emphasized that idealistic is held in the school auditorium. and healthy young men from free A gym program for members is countries are needed to supple- conducted from 8 to 10 p. m. ment the pioneers who come from every Monday at the Winter- European countries for Palestine's halter school. Special interest upbuilding. programs including arts and Cassidy opened and closed his address with the word "Shalom," crafts, dancing and dramatics are About 300 persons attended a being considered for members of and his interesting analysis of his impressions of Palestine included meeting Oct. 30, in the Jewish the Simons' group. a tribute to the Jewish pioneers Community Center„,to hear three Boys 14 to 17 and girls 13 to 16 who, in spite of the militaristic speakers consider educational who wish to join a club or to or- conditions imposed upon Pales- problems facing Detroit Jewry. ganize one of their own in co- tine, have made "shalom"—peace The panel consisted of Rabbi operation with the D. W. Simons —the chief objective of their re- Max J. Wohlgelernter, Wolf group should contact Netischati construction efforts. Snyder and Rabbi Leon Fram. or Bernstein. /Describing the horrors he wit- In addition to scheduling pro- Rabbi Morris Adler acted as nessed in Warsaw two years ago grams for the teen-age groups, as the background for his visit in moderator. Aaron Droock, presi- plans are under way to organize Palestine, Cassidy told how, after dent of the Community Council, activities for juniors, under 14, the King. David Hotel explosion, presided. Rabbi- Wohlgelernter noted that and adult educational and recrea- in which the N. Y. Post- corre- spondent, Richard Mowrer, was we are beginning to place more tional programs. Headquarters for the Dexter injured, he was asked to go to' einPhasis upon the value of Jew- Palestine for his paper. He said ish life in -the Diaspora. Jewish Extension Program will be trans- that he studied- conditions among communities always established ferred to the northwest neigh- all elements of the _population,. some basis for central communal borhood in the near future. Arabs and Jews, and, having life: This Jewish• environment learned the • truth, became biased was in a sense a substitute for in favor of the Jewish position; the autonomous state. But since "Beachhead - of Progress" we do not - actually have a state In his description of British We must create the kind of en- Vandalism, Cassidy said he could vironment • in which desirable Reader Praises Levin's not understand why the military types of education are demanded. Novel, "My Father's House"s always insisted upon smashing Editor, Jewish News: Snyder showed that only 30 sewing machines in Jewish per cent of Jewish children in Meyer Levin's stirring novel, America receive some form of "My Father's House," (Viking Jewish education. Of this num- Press, New York)—which was al- ber, by far the largest portion ready reviewed in The Jewish attend only Sunday school.• There News-deserves another mention. is a considerably smaller number It is Levin's second novel about of children who attend classes Palestinian life and was produced five days a week after the public as a movie in Palestine under school sessions. A small group the author's direction. New York SiiZ programs of. cultural content attends full-time day school. It critics acclaim the film heartily. and entertainment are scheduled is necessary to carry on such The novel begins with a dra- by ',the Joint Yiddith Culture activities as the introduction of matic description of a night land- Committee of the Jewish COM-. Hebrew into the public schools ing of a refugee ship, the Hannah Szenesch, on the shores of Pales- munity Center, and the Jewish and colleges, he said. tine, bringing immigrants of Aly- Community Council. The series Rabbi Fram maintained that opener,. Nov. 16, will feature S. the Jewish community will al- iah Beth (the so-called '"illegal" Niger, noted author and critic, ways be essentially a religious immigration) to the land 'of prom- who will speak on "50 Years of community. American Jews want ise. The landing is accomplished quickly, for the Jews on the shore Jewish Literature". to be Americans. But, at the.same Other programs will feature time, we must maintain our indi- were well prepared for the ar- Jewish music, dancing, humor vidual culture as Jews. We can rival. a Among those landed and holiday celebrations. educate our children on the basis Niger's talk also will mark the of a supreme confidence in the young survivor of Hitler's death opening of the celebration of Jew- stability of our position in Amen- chambers, David. His family was ish Book Month. The speaker' ca. .We will not educate for isola- killed. Now, after many lonely years of flight, David begins a has -achieved 'international repu--- tion and segregation. search for his father. tation as an authority on both. A lively discussion ensued in The story of the . boy's search, Hebrew and Yiddish literature. which various aspects oaf, Jewish his despair and his mental break- Niger's talk will be followed by education were taken fip by the down after his discovery that his two seminar sessions, Nov. 20. delegates. family had perished, and his subr and 27, which will emphasize the. sequent recovery and adjustment role of the common man) and the Jews of Bohemia, Moravia brought about by the love of his revival of Yiddish literature in To Join. World Jewish . Congress companions • and his adopted par- modern times. PRAGUE, (JTA)—The Council enth, and through the building Season tickets for the entire of Jewish Communities in Bohem- of a new settlement in the Negev series may be purchased through, ia and -Moravia, at its first post- is moving and makes very inter- organizations or at the Center, war conference, voted to affiliate esting reading. for X2.50 Speakers Agree On Jew's Need For Education Our Letter Box Literary Lecture Nov.16 will Open Cultural Series . next Sunday, 12:30 p. m., at the Durant Hotel, Flint, Mich. A report of the national en- campment held recently in St. Paul will be given. Plans will be made for a committee to arrange services for ' returned bodies of World War II. Reports will be heard on progress of the JWV annual ball and distribution of World War II Victory' and Amer- ican Defense Medals. In the evening, officers of Eli Rosenblum Post 231 of Flint Will be installed. annual Armistice day parade for the Genesseee County Veterans organizations. 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