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THE JEWISH NEWS

to Present
Mayor Rokach Asks All-Out Council
Program Honoring
Effort for UJA in Detroit Lincoln's Birthday

An all-out effort by American
Jews in support of the. 1948 $250,-
000,000 United Jewish Appeal is
essential if the large number of
expected settlers in Palestine is
to be provided for adequately,
Mayor Israel Rokach of Tel Aviv
declared at the luncheon meet-
ing of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration and Detroit Service
Group, at the Book Cadillac
Hotel,. Jan. 28.
The Federation-Service Group
luncheon meeting was one of a
series of events arranged here on
the occasion of the visit in Detroit
of Mayor and Mrs. Rokach. Men-
del N.. Fisher, executive director
of the Jewish National Fund of
America, in whose interests
Mayor Rokach came to this coun-
try, also was a guest at the lunch-
eon.
Mayor Rokach's last meeting
in Detroit before his return to
New York was with a group of
leaders from the Zionist Organ-
ization of Detroit on Jan. 28.
That evening, Mr.- Fisher addres-
sed a meeting of the JNF Council.
Zionist Support Pledged
. Julian Kr o 1 i k, Federation
president, introduced Mayor Ro-
kach, and Irving Blumberg, Ser-
vice Group president, greeted the
luncheon gathering. Benjamin
M. Laikin, president of the Zicn-
ist Council of Detroit, speaking
for the organized Detroit Zion-
ists, pledged the united effort of
all Zionist groups to the forth-
coming Detroit Allied Jewish
Campaign.
Mayor Rokach declared that
"we have to fight to get the
small land of Palestine as soon
as possible." He pointed out
that 80 per cent of the land
within the very small territory
allotted for a Jewish state is not
owned by Jews and urged all ef-
forts to redeem that land. The
urgent need for land redemp-
tion, he declared, has made his
present trip necessary. He as-
serted_ that other missions to
the U. S. will be necessary in
order to complete the task which
is- so difficult because, unlike the
Jews of Tel Aviv and Palestine,

American Jews can not be taxed
The 138th anniversary of the
for the great work ahead.
birth of Abraham -Lincoln will be
Condemns British Acts
observed by t h e Jewish Com-
Analyzing existing needs, munity Council
Mayor Rokach said that the rea- next Thursday
son for continuous fund-raising evening, in the
in the U. S. for Palestine is the a u d i torium of
great responsibility to the new- the Jewish Com-
comers in Palestine. He con- munity Center,
demned the British mandatory Rabbi Morris
power whom he charged with
Adler, chairman
being a total dictatorship, the
of the Council's
High Commissioner possessing
culture commis-
absolute monarchial powers, and
pointed out that_ 75 per cent sion, announced.
Prof. Raymond
of the income of the Palestine
government derived from taxa- C. Miller of
tion of the Jewish population Wayne Univer- Prof. Miller
issued for the development of sity's history department will
the Arab communities. As a speak on the subject, "Abraham
result, he said,. Jews are com- Lincoln and the Struggle for
pelled to finance their own Civil Rights."
Norman Drachler will speak on
schools and hospitals and. build
roads. Tel Aviv has taken in 1 "The Role of Jews in Civil War
one-third of the immigrants who Times." There will be a recitation
have come to Palestine and the in Yiddish by one of the students
burden upon this city and other of the Jewish High School.
Palestine communities is becom- Musical selections will be fur-
ing increasingly more pressing, nished by the Great Lakes In-
he said.
surance Co. Negro a capella choir.
urge you to exert all your
efforts for the UJA," Mayor Ro-
kach said.. "We need more and
more funds—to purchase- land
and to improve the standards of
the newcomers to Palestine." -
In the course of his address he
praised the activities of the
LAKE SUCCESS (JTA)—The
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish
National Fund whose annual 1 UN Sub-Commission on Freedom
donor event he addressed on of Information and of the Press
Jan. 27. More than 4,000 people rejected a proposal which would
attended that event which cul- have_ denied press freedom to
minated the raising of $85,000 for publications which spread or in-
cite racial and religious preju-
land redemption in Palestine.
dice. The vote was a tie, but
under the rules of procedure a
Herman L. Sainer Named
tie vote is equivalent to rejection.
Midwest JWB Secretary
The proposal was presented by
Dr. Maurice Halperin, secretary
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Appoint- of the Coordinating Board of
ment of Herman L. Sainer as Jewish Organizations, composed
senior field secretary of the mid- of the American Jewish Confer-
west section of the National Jew- ence, the Board of Deputies of
ish Welfare Board has been an- British Jews and the South Af-
nounced here by Joseph Lerner, rican Jewish Board of Deputies.
The following delegates voted
president of the section, which
serves Jewish Centers in a 13- for the proposal: France, Czecho-
state area, among them the De- slovakia, U.S.S.R., Canada. The
troit Jewish Community Center. Uruguyan delegate was oabsent.

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UN Committee Rejects
!Press Censorship for
Anti-Semitic Papers

Council Demonstrates
Audio-Visual Material

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Representatives of 75 organiza-
tions met Jan. 26 to witness a
demonstration of audio - visual
aids in programming. The.demon-
stration was arranged by the
Jewish Community Council.
A film about the problems of
Robert Gamzey, editor of Intermountain Jewish News, explained
that the meeting was intended to discuss "our- new relationships to displaced persons entitled "Pass-
the proposed Jewish State so that our own actions vis-a-vis Palestine port To Nowhere" was shown
will not proviile excuses for the hate-mongers to get a new lease on and followed by a discussion of
life."
the way it, and other films, could
J. L. Teller, editor of Palcor and Independent Jewish Press be used in programs for organiza-
Service, has expressed the view that such a meeting was out of line tion meetings. -
and ill-advised. He maintains that:
"The Song of Berditcliev,"
Representatives of the American Council for Judaism have
from the Council's library of re-
fought, as consistently as the Arabs themselves, efforts to obtain
cordings, was played • and dis-
affirmative UN action on Jewish statehood. Now that a Jewish
cussed
as a program aid.
State has been decided upon, the Council continues to complement
The Council, through its pro-
—without collusion, of course—the Arab fight by seeking to dis-
gram service, will be glad to sug-
credit the Jewish Agency and the Zionist movement. The Council
gest other program aids and to
for Judaism preceded by several years hate-ist Merwin K. Hart in
ranting about the "dual allegiance" allegedly implicit in the sup-
arrange for speakers.
port rendered to the Jewish State idea by American citizens. When
a Zionist calls a meeting at the request of an American Council for
Registration Under Way
Judaism brain-truster to discuss the relation between American
For 2 Hebrew Classes_
Jewry and the Jewish State so that, in Zionist editor Gamzey's
words, we "will not provide excuses for the hate-mongers to get
At
Wayne University
a new lease on life," what he is actually doing, unwittingly, is to
give the hate-mongering Council for Judaism a new lease on life,
Registration is under way for
because the Council's anti-Jewish State campaign was grist for the
Hebrew language and literature
anti-Semitic mills and has done grave harm to American Jewry.
Mr. Wallach's- Denver meeting was a subtle insidious effort,
courses at Wayne University. The
even at this late hour, to attenuate American Jewry's efforts in
courses are open to students and
behalf of the Jewish State by exploiting the Jew's deeply ingrained
non-students and may be taken
fear of anti-Semitism.
for credit or one's own interest.
However one views it, this is a matter, first and foremost, for
The two courses offered for the
the Zionist movement, certainly not one to be discussed with rep-
resentatives of a group that smeared Zionists as unpatriotic. Mr. semester beginning Feb. 11 are
Hebrew II and Hebrew 104. The
Gelt was out of line. Other regional Zionist figures would be well
former is a continuation of He-
advised not to call meetings at the request of the Council for
Judaism; or at the request of Benjamin Friedman.
brew I and the latter is a new
We have a great deal of respect for Bob Gamzey, whom we advanced course in literature.
consider one of the ablest English-Jewish editors. In this instance, Students may qualify • either by
however, we agree with Judd Teller. just as we would not dignify having completed the preliminary
the Mufti-controlled Arabs, we refuse to offer a platform to a courses or by special examination.
Jewish group that has been so antagonistic to Jewish aspirations.
For information call the regis-
The American Jewish Committee, which has suffered a great deal
of abuse in the past for its lukewarm stand to Zionism, has emerged trar, TE. 1-1450, or the Jewish
,as a militant body in its stand on the Jewish question before the Community Council, CH. 1657.
UN, assuming a foremost place among battlers for a Jewish
state. Judge Joseph Proskauer, the American Jewish Committee's Truman Confirms Appointment
chairman, in strong terms denounced charges of "dual allegiance," Of Troper in Army Reserve
but the "Judaism Council's" spokesmen have gone out of the way
The appointment of Morris C.
to make it appear a real issue. If for no other reason than such Troper, an active leader of the
emphasis on "dual allegiance"—which, as Teller states, gives am- Joint Distribution - Committee for
munition to the anti-Semites—we disagree with those who would
give Lessing Rosenwald and Rabbi Elmer Berger a platform. But a quarter of a century, as briga-
when "Judaism Council" undertakes to go so far as to break dier general in the United States
discipline on the relief front by planning its own campaigns, it Army Reserve, was confirmed by
President Truman.
completely isolates itself from the general Jewish community.

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Controversy Over Council of Judaism
An interesting controversy has arisen over the ultra-tolerant act
of the president of the Denver Zionist Organization, Lou E. Gelt,
who gave his office for a meeting of Zionists and anti-Zionists at the
request of Sidney Wallach, public relations man for the American
Council for Judaism.

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Friday, February 6, 1948

Federation's Anniversary
Is Acclaimed by Women

The 21st anniversary of the Jewish Welfare Federation of
Detroit was acclaimed at the luncheon meeting which con-
cluded the series of forums of the Women's Division of the
Federation on Jan. 29 at the Statler.
Julian H. Krolik, Federation president, outlined the history
of the FederatiOn, traced its background to the United Jewish

Charities, and told *of the activ-
ities of the pioneers in the -field Without Jewish institutions
there
of organized social welfare. is no Jewish community.
Krolik related h o w Blanche
Must Build for Youth
Hart assisted in the expansion of
"The institutions we have in.
community social service efforts.
He referred to the coming to Jewish life," he pointed out,
Detroit of the Federation's first "basically were created for us by
executive director, Morris D. the former generations on the
Waldman, who was responsible basis of necessary aspects of Jew-
for the Federation's acquistion ish • living. Now we are more set-
on its staff of Esther R. Prussian. tled economically than were our
Other Federation directors who parents. We must build for youth
preceded t h e present director, Our. relationships to youth are
Isidore ,Sobeloff, were Dr. John tenuous, we want to form institu
tions that will fit the needs of
Slawson and Kurt Peiser.
youth. .Our needs today are not
Outlining t h e Federation's
that of a marginal group, but
achievements, Krolik stated that
concern themselves directly with
the scope of community work was
ourselves, with our cultural
enlarged with the inclusion of
needs, with health, with the prob-
the United Hebrew Schools and lems of the aged."
other important causes. He in-
Sobeloff, speaking briefly on
dicated that the first large gifts
to community causes were the major responsibilities in Jewish
Wineman family's gift to North life, declared that "nothing is
End Clinic and Mrs. Aaron De- more important than everything
combined. In that spirit we meet
Roy's contribution for the Jewish
Center. The large family gifts to on a community platform to ful-
the Jewish Hospital have estab- fill our obligations in the coming
Allied Jewish Campaign--to meet
lished new records.
our problems here at home,
Krolik Praises Butzel
abroad, in Europe and in Pales-
Fred M. Butzel, who was out of tine."
the city, was praised by Krolik
The luncheon followed a series
for his guidance, companionship of morning meetings on the gen-
and knowledge of people. "He has eral theme "The New Look in
enriched our community," Krolik Community Affairs",. sponsored
.
declared.
by the Women's Division. Morris
Henry Wineman, first president Zelditch, director of social studies
of the Federation, introduced the of the Council of Jewish Fed-
guests at the speakers' table, erations, spoke on "The New
among them the following ex- Look in Old Age Care" at a meet-
presidents of the Federation: Wil- ing chaired by George M. Stutz.•
liam Friedman, Clarence H. Eng- Israel Rappaport, director of the
gass and Abraham Srere. The Research Institute on Jewish. •
late Milford Stern, who was a Education, led the discussion on
Federation president, was repre- the ."New Look in Jewish Edu-
sented on the dais by his daugh- cation." Mrs. .Alexander W.- San-•
ter, Mrs. Leonard (Josephine) ders was chairman. The foruin
Weiner.
on "The New Look in Campaign"
Mrs. Max Frank, president of was led by Isidore Sobeloff. Mrs.
the Federation Women's Division, Julian H. Krolik presided. The
presided at the meeting and an- fourth session on "Misconceptions
nounced that the large birthday Concerning Emotional Disturb-
cake was the gift of the Statler ances" was addressed by Dr. •
Hotel. Mrs. Abraham Cooper, pro- Harry E. August, psychiatrist and
gram chairman of the Women's analyst. Mrs. William H. Frank
Division, introduced the program. was chairman.
Harry Lurie, executive direc-
tor of the Council of Federations
TEL `AVIV, (ZOA)—On New
and Welfare , Funds, guest speak- Year's Day births in Tel Aviv
er at the luncheon, declared that numbered 48, of whom 39 were
"we will not have a Jewish en- boys.. Last year the total number
vironment and Jewish culture un- of births was 38, with 20 of thew'
less we are active in these fields. boys.

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1948 Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

Domestic Moods

Some of the pro-Palestine groups 'which are inserting full-
page advertisements are being investigated quietly . . . The in-,
vestigation is attempting to establish what proportion of the funds
which these groups collect is actually' being spent for the purposes
indicated in their ads . . . American newspapers may refuse to
accept further ads from certain groups which are not con,
sidered legitimate representatives of the official Zionist movement
in this country.
The sentiments of Jewish youths in America who are not
Zionists is reflected in a study on group dynamics made by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology . . . When presented with
six courses of action open to American Jews in the face of anti-
Semitism, the non-Zionists chose first to "join with liberal non-'
Jews in promoting tolerance and good will" . . . Their fifth choice
was to "help build a Jewish Homeland" . . . The Zionists placed
"help build a Jewish Homeland" first . . Nevertheless, the same
study shows that within a short period the Zionist unit at Harvard
University grew from 40 members' into a group of over ;250 .
Questions relating to the emigration of American Jewish youths
to Palestine reveal _a considerable measure of inner conflict,
even among Zionists . . . Such Zionists as have decided to settle
in Palestine have no hesitation . in urging a . large-scale emigration
of American Jewish youths . . . But a . psychological analysis
shows that other Zionists are caught in a conflict between, forces
making for conformity with general American culture and those
aiming at a more distinctively Jewish life

Art Notes

The State Department has selected three paintings by James
N. Rosenberg, noted Jewish leader, to be hung in various Ameri-
can embassies . . • Mr. Rosenberg's paintings can now be found
in about 20 American art Museums and institutions.
Sholem Asch, the Jewish author whose "The Nazarene" pro-
voked serious criticism in Jewish circles, is completing a novel
on Jesus and Mary under the title "Mary, the Mother" .
It
will be published by G. P. Putnam 'Sons in October.
An outstanding event among artists in New York was the
banquet tendered Reuben Guskin, "the heart and the soul" of
the Jewish theatre in America . . . It was arranged by the Hebrew
Actors Union on the anniversary of Guskin's 30 years of leader
ship of the Union and his 60th birthday.
The New York Board of Rabbis went out of its way to en-
dorse the Yiddish Art Theater "as a splendid vehicle for dis-
semination of Jewish cultural values in our land" in appreciation
of the play "Shylock and His Daughter", which has been playing
to packed houses at the Art Theater for the past several weeks.
... The author of the play is a Palestinian dramatist, Ari Ibn Zahay.

