High Court to Consider
Sabbath. Work Case
Dramatic Story of Exodus 1947
Dr. Ruth Gruber's Book Tells
Dramatic Story of Famous Ship
Posterity can read the story ; odus passengers while she cov-
of the Exodus 1947 in its entirety ered the story for the New York
—in the great book, "Destination! Herald Tribune.
The Gruber book is not limited
Palestine: The Story of the Hag-
anah Ship Exodus 1947," by the to the ship Exodus 1947. It fol-
lady who better than any one lows the travelers. to France, it
else has interpreted the issues tells their reactions after they
surrounding the tragedy of that were driven from Israel by the
ship and described the experi- British, it takes us .back to Cyprus
ences of the unfortunate travel- to relate the story of the intern-
ees on the British detention is-
land and concludes with an epi-
logue about the final return of
the ExoduS passengers. to Israel
where all of them now are per-
manently settled.
Few books tell as dramatic a
story as "Destination Palestine."
Few books can boast of as brill-
iant an author. Few books prom-
ise to be as lasting because of the
real story it tells.
Dr. Gruber's book deserves a
record-breaking circulation. Its
excellence seems to guarantee it
a place among the all-time best
sellers. It is no wonder that Bart-
ley Crum, in his introduction to
the book, states: "No other event
in 1947 was as important as the
oddyssey of the Exodus ... Israel
and the world are fortunate that
Ruth Grtiber was there when
that historic ship limped into
Haifa Harbor."
RUTH GRUBER
ers. A. A. Wynn, publisher, Cur-
rent Books, Inc., 23 W. 47th St.,
New York 19, published this sig-
nificant historical record.
Those who are inclined to the
belief that the Irgun was in the
main responsible for forcing the
Israeli issue to the fore will learn
from Dr. Ruth Gruber's report
that the heroism of the Exodus
travelers had more to do with
influencing public opinion than
any other incident. It was a peace-
ful incident—except insofar as
British troops saw fit to attack
a vessel that carried Jews re-
turning home. And in its peace-
ful intentions, followed by the
outrageous and inhuman way in
which those who returned home
were sent back to German con-
centration camps, the immigrants
drew the attention of the world
to themselves, to the Jewish
problem, to Israel—forcing the
issue into the United Nations.
Dr. Gruber not only tells the
story brilliantly—as those who
heard her addresses in Detroit
and elsewhere can testify—but
also illustrates the book with 32
photographs she took of the Ex-
Theological Seminary
Gives Honor Degree
To Gen. Eisenhower
NEW YORK.—General Dwight
D. Eisenhower, president of Co-
lumbia University, was awarded
the honorary degree of Doctor
of Humane Letters Monday, by
Louis Finkelstein, president of
the Jewish Theological Seminary .
of America, at a. special. convoca-
tion .which marked the opening of
the Seminary's 62nd _'academic
• year.
The • convocation was attended
by officials representing .all the
religious and .educational insti-
tutions on Morningside Heights,
as well as by the officers, the
faculty and the student body of
the Seminary itself.
Former Governor Herbert H.
Lehman, chairman of the Semin-
ary's board of overseers, read the
citation on behalf of "an institu-
tion representing in this latter
day the ancient tradition of Is-
rael, her prophets and her sages,"
and characterized General Eisen-
hower as "the personification of
• many of the virtues which they
taught and inculated.
' The General was sponsored at
the ceremony by tederal Judge
Simon H. Rifkind, . formerly his
advisor on Jewish affairs in the
European theater of operations
and vice chairman of the Semin-
ary's Board of Directors; and by
Doctor Alexander Marx, profes-
sor of Jewish history and Semin-
ary librarian.
The principal address at the
convention was delivered by Gen.
David Sarnoff, president of the
Radio Corporation of America.
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA)—The
Pennsylvania Superior Court will
consider the case of , a Jewish
woman who, because she refused
to work. on the Sabbath, was de-
nied State Unemployment Com-
pensation Board benefits. She re-
jected a position offered her by
the Board because it required
working on Saturday.
Leo Pfeffer, 'assistant national
director of the American Jewish
Congress, has asked the court
to reverse the Board's decision • on
the grounds that it was within
the woman's right to refuse to
work . on Saturday, "since work-
ing on the Jewish Sabbath is 1n
violation Of her religious observ-
ance." • Sabbath obserVance, Pfef-
fer argued,_ whether it •be on Sat-
urday or Sunday, is a basic tenet
of religious freedom.
OTTAWA, (JTA) — The Can-
adian Jewish Congres has peti-
tioned the government of Canada
to admit several hundred more
Jewish orphans from Europe as
well as a group of 108 Jewish
technicians and skilled workers
at present stranded in Shanghai.
Call National Conference for Israel
To Consider U. S. Jewry's Position
NEW YORK.—A National Con-
ference for Israel "to map Amer-
ican Jewry's participation in the
prospective liquidation of the
Jewish DP camps and the reset-
tlement in Israel of the homeless
Jews of Europe •and other lands"
has been called by Dr) Israel
Goldstein, newly elected treas-
urer of the World Zionist Execu-
tive and United Palestine Appeal
national chairman.
Scheduled to be held in Chica-
go, Nov. 6 and 7, the parley is
expected to convene more than
3,000 delegates from communities
throughout the country and will
feature as principal participants:
Maj. Gen. John H. Hilldring,
former Assistant Secretary. of
State And a member of the United
States delegation to the United
Nations; Dr. Abba Hillel Silver,
chairman, American Section Jew-
ish Agency for Palestine; Dr. I.
Goldstein, who will. preside; Eli-
ahu Epstein, Israeli representa-
tive to the U. S.; Dr. Emanuel
Neumann, president, Zionist Or-
ganization of America and mem-
ber of the World- Zionist Execu-
54
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 1, 1948
Best Wishes to the
Jewish Community
For a Happy
New Year
BORIN BROS., I
BEST WISHES ON
BEST WISHES
tive;. Robert R. Nathan, economist .
and formerly Deputy Director of
the Office of War Mobilization
and . Reconversion; Judge Morris
Rothenerg, president, Jewish
National Fund; Charles Ress,
president, Palestine Foundation
Fund; Chaim Greenberg, mem-
ber, World Zionist Executive;
Rabbi Max -Kirshblum, executive
vice-chairman, -Mizrachi Organi-
zation of AMerica,
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