`You Don't Need the Gun or The Load on Your Back' THE JEWISH NEWS Member Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Independent Jewish Press Service, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Palcoi Agency, King Features. Central Press Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publish- ing Co., 2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich., WO. 5-1155. Subscription, $3 a year: foreign. $4. Entered as second-class matter Aug 6, 1942, at Post Of- tee, Detroit, Mich.. under Act of March 3 1879. VOL. XIII—No. 25 Page 4 September 3, 1948 Sabbath Rosh Hodesh Elul Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the thirtieth day of Ab, 5708, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:, Pentateuchal portions—Deut. 11:26-16:17; Num. 28:9-15. Prophetical portion—Isaiah 66. On Sunday, the first day of Elul, second day of . Rosh Hodesh. Num. 28: 1-15 will be read during morning services. Fantastic Slander "Publication of the true position is deemed necessary to frustrate this clear attempt to disturb the good-will between the Israel Gov- ernment and the Catholic clergy in Israel. Soon after the war broke out, when it was clear that the Holy Places might figure in battle zones, strict orders were issued to Is- rael troops enjoining the utmost respect for places of holy contents and association of all religions and directing that every possible measure be taken to safeguard the lives of ecclesiastic personnel. "It is a source of deep gratification that these orders have been substantially fulfilled. "One instance is the looting of sacred ob- jects front the Greek Catholic Church in Jaffa. This incident received wide publicity abroad. Publicity, however, was not given to the fact that the persons responsible were arrested, court-martialed and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and that the stolen property was restored to the church. The restoration was acknowledged in a letter of thanks from the curate to the military commander in Jaffa. "Other cases of looting in the Galilee area are now subject to investigation. Deliberate exaggeration of such minor occurrences tends to overshadow the basic fact. that, in six months of warfare, Israeli military operations have not directly caused the destruction of any church or sanctuary or death or injury to any ecclesiastic. Nazareth is at present out of bounds to Israeli troops and apprecia- tion of this gesture of respect for Christian feeling has been conveyed in person to the Minister of Religious Affairs by the Christian clergy." . While newspapers throughout the land gave prominent space to the outrageous charges against the Jewish people • by the Italian accuser, little attention was paid to the Israel explanation and denial. Much was made of a letter which the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in New Yoi-k addressed to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie asking that the UN should investigate the charges of the desecration of Catholic Holy Places, but the Israel declaration was ignored. Similarly, little attention was given to the offer made by the State of Israel welcoming inspection by any Christian re- ligious sect of its churches in Jewish ter- ritory. Evidently sensationalism continues to overshadow truth in some quarters. Israel and Diaspora American Zionists had taken the lead to demand complete seperation of the new Jew- ish State from the movement which created it. But Dr. Itzhak Greenbaum, member of the Israel Cabinet and of the Jewish Agency ex- ecutive, in his appeal against the separation of the Israeli Government and the Zionist Organization, at the meeting of the Zionist Actions Committee in Jerusalem, had a good argliment. "You cannot separate a father from a son," he said. "Who is it, if not the Zionist Organization, which brought about the establishment of the Jewish State?" The internal battle is an, unpleasant one, but, in the long run, the decision will be reached not on public platforms in this country, but by the People Israel in - the State of Israel. A Boy Who Climbed a Roof to Get Knowledge By DAVID SCHWARTZ PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor A Palcor cable from Jerusalem makes known the following: The Spanish Consul General in Jerusalem expressed thanks to the Israeli Government and to its Minister of Religious Affairs, Rabbi J. L. Fishman, for the treatment of Spanish clergy in Arab towns now-in Jewish possession. The Consul met with Spanish clergymen in Jaffa, Ram- leh and Nazareth, paid a visit to Jacob Her- zog, son of Chief Rabbi Itzhak Herzog and director of the Christian Communities Divi- sion of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and expressed complete satisfaction with the arrangements made by the Ministry with regard to the Spanish clergy and churches. This cable assumes importance by virtue of the slanderous report submitted to the Vatican secretary of state by Msgr. Anthony Vergant, an Italian citizen residing in Jeru- salem, who accused the Jews of pilfering churches and Catholic hospices. These charges have been denied in a statement by the Israeli Ministry for Religious Affairs which declares: School Days Here Again • a.as“ -re LEcavoroc A4•004 Israel—and Its Parent: the UN In a strona editorial, the Toronto Globe and Mail stated: "How can UN, b the legal parent of Israel, decline to receive its own child into the association? A vote against admission will amount to a repudiation of last year's verdict for parti- tion at New York which Canada supported. It is time the Canadian Government made up its mind to accept the ob- vious facts of the situation and to act accordingly." This is one 'opinion by a great newspaper whose edi- torial also asserted that "Israel has unquestionably estab- lished itself." Even in England, sentiment is rising in favor of recogni- tion of Israel and the admission of the Jewish State into the United Nations. The Manchester Guardian, one of the great- est British newspapers, stated that "the recognition of Israel by Britain (and one would expect many other countries to follow the British lead in this respect) would be a substan- tial success to set against the disappointments of a settlement falling short of the ideal. . . . Rightly timed (and the right time is surely near), it would give firmness and definition to what has been achieved and make it easier for the forces of realism and moderation to retain their leadership. . . . Not less important than its effect on Israel would be the effect of recognition on the Arab states. . . . The position has been changing in the last few weeks. It has become clear that Israel is not to be driven into the. sea. And the Arab states are no longer of one mind. . . . The time is coming when the recognition of Israel by Britain will seem to them not a perverse eccentricity but a confirmation of what in their hearts they know to be the depressing truth." In our country, the New York Herald-Tribune made the -following editorial declaration: "The government of Israel does, in fact, exist and has shown itself capable of exercising authority within the territory it controls. It has done nothing whiCh should bar it from the family of nations. A decision by the Security Council to admit it would facilitate the peace-making task the UN has taken upon itself in Palestine." Here are three opinions which reflect the attitude of the clear-thinking elements in the world. They endorse in principle the views advanced by Aubrey S. Eban, Israel's representative at the UN, in his outline of reasons for. Israel's admission as a member nation in the UN. In the interests of Arab-Jewish peace and world stability, Israel belongs within the UN and it is inconceivable that either Great Britain or any other force in the world may undertake to stand in the way of world progress on this score. Anti-Semitism in Argentine In spite of assurances given the Argentinian Jewish community by President Juan Peron that his government will not permit the spread of anti-Semitism, anti-Jewish propaganda is being spread in the province of Santa Fe, an organization that is fomenting hatred in the style of the Nazi newspaper "Der Stuermer." Membership in this anti-Semitic organization is composed of the followers of the Argentine dictator Rosas, who ruled about a century ago and was re- garded as the most reactionary despot in the country's history. Literature issued by these anti-Semites includes a -vicious attack upon Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the State of Israel. The official Zionist newspaper, "The Jewish State," warns that this anti-Semitic movement may spread to other parts of the land and calls for timely action to stop the rise of bigotry, in accordance with the assurance given by Peron when he appeared at the dedication ceremonies of the pro- Peron "Organization Israelita Argentina." At that gathering, Senora Peron joined her husband in condemning race hatred and stated that she made no distinction between Jews and non-Jews. These statements were taken as assurance that anti-Semitism will he checked by Peron. The anti-Jewish movement in the Santa Fe district puts him to the test. Mrs. Alpert looked at her son, Danny, and then heaved a sigh of relief. "In a few days school will start again," she said to me," and how thankful I am. My son just wears me out. He never rests, he climbs everywhere, climbs on trees";` he'd climb on the roof if I would let him— "Come here, Danny," I said, "I'll tell you a story about a boy who climbed a roof." "Yes," said Mrs. Alpert. "Tell him a story about a boy who climbed a roof and broke his neck." "No, no," I said, "this is not going to be a story like that. This boy didn't break his neck at alL Quite the contrary. He owed his success in life to it." Mrs. Alpert looked at me questioningly. "Don't put any ideas in his head. He's got too many already." Danny, I could see, was inter- ested. He saw an adventure story ahead. He sat down beside me, impatient for my story. "This story," I began, "happened in ancient Babylon, about two thousand years ago. You know, after the fall of the Jewish state, many Jews lived in nearby Babylon. You know those very large books you see your grandfather studying, the Talmud—that was written in Babylon, at least one section of it was written there." "The Jews in Babylon had many schools, but they were not altogether like our own schools. Our schools are completely free, but in those schools, you had to pay a small fee, as you entered, to the janitor." "But you said you were going to tell me a s tory about a man who climbed a roof," Danny com- plained. "Instead you are telling me a story about schools." "Hold your horses, Danny, I'm coming to that. One day, in the Babylonian school, one of the teachers looked at another teacher and said, `Brother Abtalion, it seems very dark this morn- ing.' They couldn't understand it." "Why didn't they turn the electricity on?" asked Danny. "In those days, they didn't have electricity." "But then Rabbi Shamai looked up and saw the cause of the darkness. He saw a human figure covering the window in the roof. It was this which was obstructing the light." "I guess it was a burglar," said Danny. "A bur- glar 'once climbed . up our fire escape and got in through the kitchen window." "No, Danny," I said, "this was no burglar. The teachers found no burglar. They found instead a little boy." "It's a good thing his mama wasn't around," said Danny. guess the teachers wrote a note to his mother." "No," I said, "you're wrong again. The teachers took him into the class and held him up as an example and said that some day he would be a great man." "Those were funny teachers," said Danny. "I wish I had them. I betcha today, if they found him, they'd call the cops. I climb lots, too. Will I be a great man?" "I don't know, Danny," I said. "It depends what you do your climbing for. You know the reason this boy climbed to the roof was that he didn't have the money to pay the janitor for his schooling, but he was so eager for knowl- edge, that he climbed to the roof and lay on the skylight, in order that he might learn. "That boy, when he was discovered lying on the skylight. was taken into the class and given a free scholarship. He grew up to be the great HMO, of whom so much is written in the Talmud. It was he who first enunciated what is today known as the Golden Rule. "And this, Danny, is a true story." (Copyright, 1948, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) Israel's Unsung Heroes Tales of Courage of Jews Who Fought for Freedom "Unsung Heroes: A Collection of Tales of Haganah," published by Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House, 1368 50th St., Brooklyn 19, N.Y., is a small book but a very impressive one. In 109 11/.2x6 pages, the paper-covered brochure contains stories, essays and poems which collectively relate the saga of Israel's battle for freedom and the determination of Jews to get to Eretz Israel. Most of the writers who contributed to this booklet are anonymous, but all of the accounts are of eyewitnesses who had personally exper- ienced either fighting at the front, or shared in helping Jews get to Zion, or were passengers on . the Exodus 1947. A question from Y. C. Brenner—"Bravery bravery is not momentary, but continuous, a per- manent quality expressed in daily deeds and life"—appropriately opens up the book which has several significant quotations from the writings of Berl. Katznelson. The late labor Zionist lead- ers statement on " 'Illegal' Aliyah" is especially significant. There is a poem, "Shalom!" by Ephraim Talmi, which is followed by Yaakov's "The First Night in Our Homeland." Z. Gal's "On the Sea- shore" is a poetic description of the joy and reverence with which a newcomer "bent down to the ground and whispered with fevered lips 'Eretz Yisrael.' " "Exodus from Europe, 1947" gives an excellent view of the battle. for their rights by those who were prevented from entering their homeland by the British. The Rev. John Grauel's part in the fight is told in this story, written by "S., a seaman on the Exodus." Then there are stories by settlers who returned from Cyprus. There is the story of the . Battle Yagour, impressions of the search for a settlement in the Emek, the fight for the construction of Biriya. There also are stories about anti-Nazi fighters, Avraham Lidovsky's "With a Partisan Group in the White-Russian Forests" V. Grossman's "The Revolt in Triblanka" and the description of the historic Warsaw Battle, "Through the Sewers," by the famous young Zionist fighter for freedom against the Nazis, Zivia Lubetkin. In the main, "Unsung Heroes" is a splendid little book and is an excellent portion of the record of the Israeli fight for liberty.