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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, Deeernbde 5, 1947
Purely Commentary
OMI Teachers. Name
Detroiter President
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Zero Atmosphere at American , Jewish Conference
CHICAGO, Ill.—The American Jewish Conference fell "flat" in
one of the most historic moments in our history. The first session was
as cold as the tremendous Chicago Civic Opera House (the Insull
creation). Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Dr. Israel Goldstein gave it some
life. But real warmth was lacking.
The conventions of the American Association of English-Jewish
Newspapers and of Junior Hadassah radiated a considerable amount
of enthusiasm upon hearing the significant reports from Lake Success.
Perhaps the absence of the leading Zionists, who, of necessity, had
to be at Lake Success, was directly responsible for the chill. It
took 24. hours for the real spirit which motivated the formation of
the American Jewish Conference to gather momentum.
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Bob Gamzey — Clear-Thinking Jewish Publisher
Robert S. Gamzey of the Denver Jewish News is not only one
of the most enterprising but is also one of the clearest thinking
English-Jewish publishers. Gamzey—he has been elevated to the
national secretaryship of the American Association of English-
Jewish Newspapers—refused to fall into line, even under the leader-
ship of men like PM's Max Lerner, of shouting bravo for "Gentle-
man's Agreement." He saw the film while in Chicago and returned
to his fellow publishers with a severe condemnation of a play which,
in his view, inspires rather than defeats anti-Semitism.
Judging by the book itself, we quite agree that the film can lack
constructive aspects, since it is completely devoid of the positive
approaches to Jewish life. Let's hear the view of a non-Jew!
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Faye Portner of Temple Beth
El was elected president of the
Ohio-Michigan-Indiana Religious
The Shortcoming of a Good , Book acid a Good Film
In his review of the great Mm, 'Gentleman's Agreement," which
is based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-seller, Philip T. Hartung, writing
in the Catholic weekly magazine, Commonweal, makes the follow-
' ing interesting comment:
"Since the film does • handle its difficult themes well, it is
perhaps wrong to ask for more; I do wish however that another
. angle could somehow have been brought in—the feeling that
Jews might be proud of their Jewishness and wish to defend the
good and just things for which they stand. This is a feeling that
the non-Jewish Phil Green could not experience."
The brief comment in a sense summarizes the criticisms which
have been directed at Mrs. Hobson's book by Jews who have felt, as
we do, that the positive is lacking in her otherwise splendid book.
She does not portray a single strong Jewish character. She is delib-
erately anti-Zionist. We are glad that a non-Jewish reviewer has
seen fit to take-her to task for such shortcomings.
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MISS FAYE PORTNER
School Teachers' Association at
its convention held here Thanks-
giving weekend.
Also elected were Ruth Persky
of Cleveland, first vice president;
Myer Schwartz of Columbus, sec-
ond vice president; Rosalind
Schubot of Temple Beth El, sec-
retary, and Ruben Selitsky of
Temple Beth El, treasurer.
Detroiters named to the exe-
cutive board were Rabbi Leon
Fram and Saul Glosser of 'Temple
The Dillings and the Sentinel
_ Chicago atmosphere was enlivened during the past week by Israel and Rabbi Sidney Akselrad
the libel suit of the Dillings (Elizabeth and her husband) against the
of Temple Beth El.
Jewish Sentinel. The Dillings maintain that being an anti-Semite
does not make a person subversive and they sued for $50,000. On
Friday morning, Dr. Stephen S. Wise testified. The Dillings bluntly Kvutzah Ivrit to Hear
affirmed their right to be anti-Semites. Some of the "best people,
in their view, are anti-Semites. The jury (it took two weeks to pick Talk By New Detroiter
it) verdict is due this week. The transcript of the trial's proceedings
will make an interesting chapter in the study of anti-Semitism.
Kvutzah Ivrit, the Hebrew
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cultural group of Detroit, will
Leaders in the Baffle For Freedom
have a Hanukah gathering Sat-
Moshe Shertok was the acknowledged leader in the battle for urday evening, Dec. 13, in the
freedOm before the UN, as chief spokesman for the Jewish Agency auditorium of the Rose Sitting
for Palestine. There were others who rendered yeoman service "at Cohen Bldg. Brief talks and corn- ,
the front." Chief -among them was Dr. Emanuel Neumann, president
munity singing are planned.
of the Zionist Organization of America.
Israel Elpern, chairman of the
The conciliation plan advanced by the Jewish Agency is credited
to Dr. Neumann, with whom we had worked in Zionist ranks back ihnv refugee • group of Detroit,
in the days of Young Judea, during World War I and thereafter, and Sheerith Ha-Pleitah, will be
later in Zionist educational efforts, under the direction of the late guest - speaker. He will talk on his
Henrietta Szold. -
experiences in the European
Neumann's proposals led to the adoption of the proposal for a
UN commission to implement the Ad Hoc Palestine Committee's ghettos and of the efforts made
report; that the commission's set-up be designated in advance by the by the residents of the ghetto to
UN and that it should be bound by directives embodied in terms of give their children a Jewish ed-
ucation.
reference.
Joseph Haggai will preside.
Neumann has the "zechiah"--„the great historic privilege—of be-
ing ZOA president in the hour of redemption.
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Special Cable to The Jewish News
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A rigid
curfew was imposed upon Arab
areas in Jerusalem after the riot
on Tuesday . which resulted in
the death of a number of Jews
and many stabbings.
Contrary to High Commission-
er Cunningham's assurance that
order would . be maintained, the
police were lax in preventing
Arab attacks. Instead, they chased
Jewish youths who were guard-
ing the Jewish quarter. They
finally halted the Arab demon-
stration after shooting in the air.
The stoning of Jews resulted
in injuries to * score of 'persons.
Several automobiles and shops
were burned.
Haganah has erected barricades
in the Jewish quarter and the
commercial area. Jews who be-
gan to move into the Arab area
were stopped by the Haganah
who are leaving defense to •police.
Haganah and the Arab Nejada
maintained a 50-yard "no-man's-
land" barrier between Jaffa and
Tel Aviv.
Haganah halted an attack on
Tel Aviv Wdenesday. -It was re-
ported that 13 Arabs were killed.
One of the outstanding leaders
of Haganah was murdered during
the riots.
(Throughout the United States
there are demands that arms be
provided for Palestine Jewry's
defense. At the demonstration in
New York on Tuesday night, Dr.
Abba Hillel' Silver told the gath-
ering of 20,000 that arms are
necessary and demanded strong
efforts to protect the new state).
An indictment of Soviet Russia
as "destroying all hope of eco-
nomic reconstruction" in eastern
Europe and "a menace to human
freedom" is found in Hal Lehr-
man's newly-published "Russia's
Europe."
Sumner Welles, former under-
secretary of state, praises Lehr-
man's analysis in a recent article
in the New York Herald-Tribune
in which he urges the United
States to give widespread pub-
licity to Russia's "looting of East-
ern Europe."
Lehrman, who participated in
a panel discussion on "Russia vs.
U. S. A." last Tuesday before the
Men's Club of Temple Beth El is
quoted as demonstrating "how the
countries of eastern Europe are
being exploited for the sole bene-
fit of Russia, exactly as the coun-
tries occupied by the Nazis' were
exploited for the benefit of Ger-
many, and how they can neither
rebuild nor - industrialize them-
selves without that help from the
West which Moscow has for-
bidden."
84;000,000 Letters Handled
By Jerusalem Post Office
JERUSALEM (ZOA) — The
General Post Office last year
handled 84,000,000 letters, pOstal
cards and other printed matter—
more than any other British
colony or protectorate, and more
than Egypt, Syria,, the Lebanon,
Greece, Turkey, Norway, Roma-
nia or Yugoslavia.
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faiths, according to Pearl, Dev-
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Beulah Smerling will be chair-
man for the evening.
Ted Weems and his orchestra
will, provide the music for the
Junior Service Group's Hanukah
Hop to be held Saturday evening,
Dec. 13, at Masonic Temple.
The Weems organization also
will provide a group of special
entertainers headed by singer
Shirley Richards and Elmo Tan-
ner, whistler.
Accordint to
co-chairmen
Elaine Krohn and Larry Fleisch-
man, plans have been completed
for the dance. The Jewish Center
Holiday Hop Committee, which
is cooperating with the Junior
Service Group for the affair, has
cancelled a previously scheduled
dance in order to assure the suc-
cess of the Hanukah Hop.
Tickets, at $3.60 per couple,
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Having given due credit to Dr. Neumann for having "thought
out" a formula for a compromise, we proceed to name the man who
actually put it across. Without Lester Bowles Pearson, Canada's
Undersecretary of State for External Affairs, the entire issue might
never have attained -unanimous approval from the UN Ad Hoc
Committee.
His intimate friends call him "Mike" and refer to him as "Coach.'
Former Canadian ambassador to the U. S., he piloted University of
Toronto football and hockey teams and was a professor of history.
As a referee between the U.S. and Russia on crucial problems
affecting • the Palestinian question before the UN, • he proved the
brilliant conciliator who brought peace into a situation that threat-
ened conflict. It is no wonder that his friends, commented: "Mike
did it again."
Canada's other UN delegate, J. L. Ilsley, gay'e strong support to
his colleague in the fight for a Jewish, state in a partitioned Palestine.
Their
• names will not be forgotten in Jewish history.
Welles Praises. Hal
Lehrman's Analysis
Of Russia's Europe
Holiday Hop Planners
Cooperate with JSG
For Hanukah Dance
Rigid Curfew
Follows Riots
In Arab Areas
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