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It Is Our Cause
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By .DR. NOAH E. ARONSTAM
We will not bend our knees to knaves
Nor to detractors of our cause;
To wings of Destiny we cling,
With neither halt, with neither pause:
It is our cause!
Vain cavil—to destroy you chose
The Covenant that sets us free;
You smile with diabolic glee
And think the coils are fast at last
To break our cause.
Vain muttering of brazen brutes,
Who always find fantastic flaws
In troths our prophets have foretold,
In troths that history upholds:
To guard our cause.
We will not yield our rights to knaves,
Nor to detractors of our cause!
On wings of history we soar
With neither halt, with neither pause:
IT IS OUR CAUSE!
Challenge to U.S. Honor
A new crisis has been created for Israel.
The sudden reversal of President Truman's
position on the question of "sanctions" by
the American delegation at the United Na-
tions Security Council meetings in Paris
came as a shock to Jews everywhere, and
more especially to the Jews of America who
expect that our President's pledges and assur-
ances will be honored.
The inevitable interpretation of the latest
action in Paris is that the American delegates
showed a lack of respect for the President's
attitude. Yielding to pressure from the Brit-
ish who have not given up hope of crushing
the Jewish State, the U. S. delegation at the
UN continues to be a party to a shameful
effort to undermine the original UN General
Assembly decision of Nov. 29, 1947.
As the first anniversary of that historic
decision approaches, Jewry reminds President
Truman and our State Department that the
United States played a decisive role in its
attainment; that it represented the fulfill-
ment of a traditional American policy in sup-
port of a Jewish State; that the Arab states
are responsible for aggressive attacks upon
and the invasion of Israel and that citizens of
the Jewish State followed the only possible
path: that of defending their honor, their
lives and their homeland.
Having successfully repulsed aggression,
Israel refuses to yield any portion of its ter-
ritory which, at best, forms a very small state.
Our appeal to President Truman is that he
should continue to adhere firmly to the cou-
rageous stand he took only five days before
the election in defense of a secure State of
Israel. He has won a mandate, from the
American people in support of his position.
There are many indications that the Arabs
are ready to enter into direct peace negotia-
tions with Israel. Such peace talks were in-
terrupted by the shocking reversal of the
President's policies by State Department
officials.
The President has the power to help -en-
force peace for Israel, the Middle East and
the entire world. Our appeal to him is that
he should exercise his powers immediately
by assuring the fulfillment of his pledges to
Israel and by putting an end to the State
Department's obstructions.
Young Israel Program
Detroit Young Israel- has embarked on an
interesting and ambitious program. Its aim
is not limited to its immediate projects of
providing orthodox religious services. It
aspires to promote educational plans for the
boys and girls who have been organized into
numerous clubs as well as for its adult mem-
bership.
It is natural for Yoing Israel, whose activ-
ities during the past 25 years have drawn into
its ranks hundreds of devoted adherents, to
aim for the advancement of its policies in
quarters of its own. Without a home it can
call its own, Young Israel would be seriously
handicapped.
For several years, Young Israel has spo-
ken in terms of erecting its own bulding. The
plans for it have been in readiness for some
time, as a result of encouragement from many
people in our community who had made its
foundation possible. The Young Israel dream
for its own bulding is nearing reality. The cor-
nerstone laying ceremonies on Sunday de-
serve the interest of our entire community.
This orthodox youth movement has the bles-
sings of thousands of Detroit Jews in this
undertaking.
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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor
VOL. XIV—No. 9 Page 4 November 12, 1948
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the eleventh day of Heshvan,
5700, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 12:1-17:27.
Prophetical portion—Is. 40:27-41:16.
Stefan Heyrn's Best Seller
His 'Crusaders' One of
Most
Powerful Novels
Four reprints of "The Crusaders: A Novel of
Deserved Honor for Morgenthau
Those who have been conspicuous by their absence from
efforts in behalf of the Jewish State have much to learn from
the expressions of gratitude that have gone forth from Israel
to those who contributed towards its creation.
The establishment of the new Colony, Tel Schachar, in
honor of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., is an indication of the appre-
ciation Israel—the People and the State—have for those who
share the sorrows as well as joys with those who are building
a home for the homeless, against great odds.
Mr. Morgenthau has earned the honor that was accorded
him. During the two years of his general chairmanship of
the United Jewish Appeal in the United States, he has served
the Jewish cause tirelessly. He has helped raise large sums
of money for Israel's redemption and has enlisted the aid of
many people who previously were lukewarm to our people's
needs.
An interesting reaction to Mr. Morgenthau's share in the
great effort for the reconstitution of the State of Israel was
in evidence on Simhat Torah, when, at the height of festivi-
ties in Tel Aviv, throngs called for the UJA chairman and
the former U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, and for the Israeli
Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, and drew them into the
crowds who celebrated the joyous festival. Ben-Gurion and
Morgenthau danced with the crowds on the streets of Tel
Aviv, with Torahs in their arms. It was one of the memorable
events which reflected Israel's gratitude for the acts of the
faithful.
Israel knows how to honor and respect the loyal sons and
daughters who shared in the State's redemption.
50 000 Happy Arabs in Israel
Nazareth, held by the State of Israel, has an Arab police
chief. According to Sydney Gruson, New York Times corre-
spondent, in a cable to his newspaper from that city which is
held sacred in Christian tradition, "the words of Nazareth's
Arab police chief were heard repeatedly in a tour of Arab
centers remaining in Israel." And here are his words:
"We want work and to live quietly. Left alone, we
could always have lived peacefully with the Jews. My
people will be content to live in Israel."
These remarks served as the basis for a story to indicate
that the 50,000 Arabs in Israel live peacefully and content-
edly under Jewish rule.
Left alone, the Arabs who were thrown into a state of
panic and had fled from Israel could have been equally as
happy as those who had sense enough to remain there. Only
the instigations of the British and the Mufti were responsible
for the creation of the Arab refugee problem.
The New York Post has received a cable from its Tel
Aviv correspondent, Alvin Rosenfield, who points out that
Arabs prefer Israeli freedom to Moslem slavery -and who
shows how Arabs have benefited from Israel schools and
hospitals, Jewish efforts to raise their standard of living and
the friendship that is being cemented between the two kin-
dred peoples whenever interference from the Mufti-led groups
can be avoided. Everything points to better relations in
Israel—unless the British maneuvers should succeed. • .
It remains to be seen whether the United Nations and
the United States State Department will pay heed to the
words of the Nazareth police chief, or Whether they will be
guided by the hate-mongers in the British Foreign Office and
in Cairo. Meanwhile Israel must stand firm by the princi-
ples which have made possible the emergence of the Jewish
State in spite of their British-Arab antagonistic alliance.
The re-election of President Truman assures the con-
tinuation of an American pro-Israel policy. The President's
pre-election declaration that he stands firmly by the Demo-
cratic Party platform assuring Israel territories acceptable to
Jews—areas which should in effect guarantee the infant Jew-
ish State breathing space—provides the most heartening out-
look for the future. Obstructionists still are at work to de-
stroy our just cause. Blessed be those who adhere to sacred
pledges, and may their hands be strengthened in their battle
for justice at home and abroad—and in Israel.
Only Yesterday" by Stefan Heym, since it first
was published in September by Little, Brown &
Co. (34 Beacon St., Boston 6), attest to the popu-
larity of this great story by a man who wrote it
from personal experience.
It is without doubt one of the very best novels
about the last war in which the author, who
escaped from Germany in 1933 and later settled in
the United States served with the U. S. Army
in the fight against the Nazis.
As he explains in a prefatory note, there are
some incidents in the novel which are true to
fact. One is about the German woman from the
mining village of EnsdOrf who went to the Ameri-
can lines-to try to save the villagers. They perish-
ed through mismanagement of American military
men. Another true incident deals with the Russian
war hero Kavalov. Then there is the story which
involves a Jewish sergeant who wrote, and broad-
cast to the Germans, a Fourth of July message.
The reality of the latter incident gains signifi-
cance by virtue of the fact that this pamphlet,
quoted in full in the novel, actually was written
by Heym. This message, broadcast by Sgt. Bing
(Heym) in German, actually resulted in the sur-
render of a number of Germans who became
voluntary prisoners of the Americans. It read in
part:
"On July 4, 1776, the United States was
born as a nation of free men, equal before
the law, and determined to govern them-
selves . . . For these rights and liberties we
are fighting today. For, wherever they are
threatened, we are threatened. Wherever
the dignity of man is affronted, we feel that
it happens to us. Wherever people are op-
pressed and suffering, we are affected. Be-
cause we are that kind of a nation, we have
come to Europe to stop a tyrant from impos-
ing his will on a nation, and on the whole
world."
The power of "The Crusaders" as a novel lies
in many facts. It is an expose of some of • the
irregularities which existed in army ranks. It
reveals the extent to which some soldiers partici-
pated in the black market. It shows up the ugli-
ness of anti-Semitism among bigots who wore
American uniforms. It is especially strong when
it exposes the American high officials. who had
in view the strengthening of their industrial con-
nections in the U. S. through the international'
cartels, but who were completely shamed in the
end.
Stefan Heym has written a very strong story.
Its place on the best seller list is rightfully earned.
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New Records by Cantors
Kapov-Kagan, Vigoda
Four new records, made by RCA-Victor, Cam-
den, N. J., mark an impressive addition to liturgi-
cal recordings.
One of the records is by Cantor Kapov-Kagan,
who has been heard in Detroit synagogues. It is
an excellent interpretation, in two parts, of
"Rachmono Deonay" ("Oh Merciful God").
The other two records are by Cantor Samuel
Vigoda, the able synagogue singer who for a short
time was cantor of Congregation Shaarey Zedek
in Detroit. Cantor Vigoda, whose sweet voice will
be appreciated in the three recordings, sings the
following selectiois:
"Lo Sevoshi" ("Be Not Ashamed"), "Av Hora-
chamim" ("Father of Mercy"), "Reei No Veoney-
ni" ("Look Upon Our Affliction"), "Acheinu Kol
Beis Yisroel" ("Brethren of All Israel"), "Tka
b'Shofar" ("Sound the Horn") and "Shir Sheha-
leviyim" ("Song of the Levites").
_Who's Who In Israel
FRIEDRICH BERNSTEIN, Minister of Com-
merce and Industry in the Provisional Govern.
ment of Israel, was born in 1890 in Meiningen.
He served a commercial apprenticeship in Ger-
many and Holland from 1907 to 1914, and was
engaged ' in business from 1915 to 1935.
He was honorary editor and chief editor of
the Dutch Zionist weekly from 1919 to 1935, a
member of the executive of the Zionist Organiza ■
tion of Holland from 1924 to 1930, and its presi-
dent from 1930 to 1934.
Bernstein came to Palestine in 1936. He was
editor of "Haboker" from 1937 to 1946, a member
of the executive of the General Zionists in
Palestine since 1937 and president of the body
since 1943, as well as president of the Reunited
Organization of General Zionists since 1946.
He was a member of the Jewish Agency
Executive and a member of the editorial board of
the Palestine Tribune. Among his publications
are "Antisemitismus also Gruppenerscheinung",
1926; "Der Zionistische Gedanke auf Irrwogenfr
1929, and "Over Joodsche Problematick,"
Bernstein is married to the former Jenny
Charlotte Michels. They have four childron.