Silver to be First Seminar Leader
For Labor Zionist Adult Classes

The winter semester of the
adult education program of the
Labor Zionist Organization of
Detroit will begin at 8 p.m. Mon-
day, Dec. 13, at the Labor Zionist
Institute, 13722 Linwood.
Parallel with these courses, a
series of round-table seminars
which will cover a series of
topics such as "The State of
Israel," Zionism, Labor Zionism,
the emerging Jewish Kehilala,
will be held between 9 and 10
p. rn.
The first seminar dealing with
the "State of Israel" will consist
of a series of six lectures given
by Harold Silver, director of the
Jewish Social Service Bureau'.
Registration for the courses is
now in progress. Courses offered
during the semester are Hebrew,
(elementary, intermediate and
advanced) ; Yiddish (elementary,
intermediate and advanced), and
social cultural history of the
Jews. The program also com-
prises a series of week-end
seminars on the sociology of the
Jews, the history of the Yiddish
language and literature, and on

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Friday, December 10, 1948

2—THE JEWISH NEWS

; the political and social problems
of Israel.
For information regard i'n g
registration, call TO. 9-8710, Mrs.
L. Shrodeck, registrar.

LZOA Branch Eight
To View Israel Politics

Branch Eight of the Labor
Zionist Organization will hold a
round table discussion on the
main political parties in Israel at
8:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 16, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Cherkinsky, 2997 Waverly.
The parties will be represented
by the following: Revisionists,
Mrs. Lillian Klein; Agudat
Israel, Mizrachi and Hapoel
HaMizrachi, Dr. Leon Herschfus;
General Zionists, Selma Fried-
man; MAPAI (Labor Party),
MAPAM (Left Wing Laborites),
Louis Levenson.
A Hanukah party is being plan-
ned for Dec. 26, at the home of
Dr. and - Mrs. William Klein, 620
W. Grixdale.
Further information may be
obtained by calling Dr. or Mrs.
Klein, TO. 9-1828.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

They Don't Inquire About- Your Religion in Israel

Freda Kirchwey, describing her "first glance" at Israel on her
latest trip, reported in the Nation of Nov. 27, states, in comparison
with her other visits which took place under British domination:
"This time I was not asked my religion. For the moment
the security -Officer stood as symbol and personification of the
independent state of Israel; _a sort of wingless Victory."
We could not ask for a greater tribute to the reborn State of
Israel in a world that suffers from so much bias.
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An Anecdote About the Rising Jewish State

Newsweek recently carried the following interesting anecdote
about Israel and her ambitious leaders:
In Tel Aviv, Israelis were chuckling at a story about
Finance Minister Eliezer Kaplan, who was trying to make the
ends. of his budget meet. It seems that Premier David Ben-
Gurion met an old friend on the street one day and asked what
he was doing. "Nothing," answered the friend, "nothing at all."
"Why, that's preposterous!" said the Premier. "A man as able
as you—to be idle. You should be in the government. Name a
job and it's yours! „."Well," said the friend, "I could use a
cabinet post." "Oh, I'm afraid that would be -difficult," said
Ben-Gurion. "You see, all the posts are filled. Shertok is For-
eign Minister. Zisling is Minister of Agriculture. Kaplan is
Minister of Finance, and so it goes." "All right," said the friend,
"so make me Minister of Air." "But there's no such post," ex-
claimed the Premier. "What would a Minister of Air do with-
out any aircraft?" The friend, gave him a long, shrewd look
and shrugged his shoulders. "So," he said, "what is Kaplan
doing?"
It was not so long ago when our Irish friends "kidded" us
about "the Jewish navy." They thought—and we believed them—
that it was an impossibility. Now, we have the navy—and also an
air force. There is a treasurer who is handicapped for lack of a
sufficient treasury, but Israel seems to be able to get along even
on deficits. Is it too rly to predict that some day there even will
be a surplus? Just gi. 2 Israel a chance to begin the State's economic
development and Arabs as well as Jews will flourish.
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The 'Class Struggle' Within Zionism

If Jews have learned anything at all in the past year, it has been
to abandon fear over the ultimate results of Jewish efforts in
Israel. The Jewish state is a fact and can not be destroyed.
But there is ground for fear over the damage that may be
administered to Israel by the internal quarrels. The UPA contro-
versy is a sample of the troubles that are in store for Israel unless
the issues are solved. Another sample of possible trouble resulting
from internal controversies is in evidence in the economic sphere.
The newly published Bulletin of the Organization of General Zion-
ists is Israel, which just arrived from Tel Aviv, carries an item
under the heading "Socialists' No Socialism' " which threatens to
foment a "class struggle" within Zionist ranks. This item reads:

Illustrative of the confusion—possibly not entirely accidental—which
prevails abroad about conditions in Israel, is the following:
The noted American economist, Mr. Robert Nathan, stated in Phila-
delphia last month that "there will be no Socialism" in Israel. This bold
phophecy, made despite the fact that a Socialist State is the avowed ob-
jective of the Palestine Labour paries, Mapai and Mapam, is all the more
strange because it was made in the course of an address in support of the
AMPAL Company, which is appealing for additional capital. AMPAL is an
affiliated organization of the Histadrut,• which is dominated by the Israel
Labour parties. , Thus Mr. Nathan used an argument running counter to
the policy of the bodies governing AMPAL in order to encourage invest-
ments in that very company!
Mr. Dickenstein, director of AMPAL, must feel rather ruffled at being
placed by Mr. Nathan in the private investment sector, and Mr. Nathan
will surely himself be ruffled when his presumed ignorance of the origin
and purpose of AMPAL is explained to him.

If AMPAL were to retaliate with similar attacks on the newly-
planned ZOA investment corporation or on the Palestine Economic
Corporation, we would have chaos—to Israel's detriment. Fortu-
nately, AMPAL—whose constructive efforts are too well known to
need defense—is alder supervision of men who are showing better
judgment.
Meanwhile, however, we see the evidences of impending dan-
gers from internal conflicts unless party lines and 'class struggles are
eliminated in a period when Israel's security is at stake.
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How Will YOU Celebrate New Year's Eve?

The civil New Year will be ushered in this year on Friday
night. It will be interesting to watch the reactions of our com-
munity to an event, annually ushered in with hilarity, that occurs
on the Sabbath.
Will it be a night of desecration or of dedication to faith?
Our Rabbis have a serious task ahead of them to secure co-
operation from our community in an effort to abandon a practice
which would call for defiance of a traditional practice of making
the Sabbath Eve a sacred occasion for home, synagogue and com-
munity.
A personal reminiscence is not out of order at this time. About
20 years ago, your Commentator had an unpleasant experience
when he pointed to the impropriety of a Hamtramck congregation
sponsoring a dance, in its synagogue social hall, on a Friday night.
A committee, headed by two patriarchal, bearded men, came to
protest against such an attitude. In the intervening years, our
people have drifted farther away from Sabbath observance. The
approaching New Year Eve will be a test of our attitudes and a
challenge to our self-respect.

Capacity Audience
Hears of Success
Of PWO Campaign

Before a capacity audience at
Masonic Temple auditorium last
Monday evening, leaders of the
Detroit Council of the Pioneer
Women's Organization reported
near-perfect results on the PWO
drive for $78,000 for the Child
Rescue Fund and the Moatzoth
Hapoaloth.
"Results of the annual donor
event were highly gratifying,
socially and financially," PWO
spokesmen said.
The donors and their guests
heard Ira Hirschmann, former
chairman of the War Refugee
Board, praise the efforts of the
Pioneer Women, particularly in
the work of rescuing children
from Europe and bringing them
to the healthy atmosphere of
Israel.
Hirschmann compared the
struggles of the Israelis of 1948
against the British with those of
the American settlers of 1776.
The audience responded en-
thusiastically to Hirschmann's
talk and to the recital of Cantor
Saul Meisels and dance artists
Delakova and Berk.
Members of Habonim aided in
the program with a procession
of the American and Israeli flags
to the platform.

Max Osnos Appointed
JDA Vice Chairman

Max Osnos of Detroit has been
named vice . chairman of the
Joint Defense Appeal National
Council, it was announced by-
•• Charles W. Mor-
ris, Council
chairman.
As JDA vice
chairman, Osnos
will head the ef-
fort by Jewish
communal lead-
ers to enlist
support for the
•;JDA throughout
this area.
Noting that
Max Osnos Jewish com-
munal leaders at the national
meeting of the JDA Council re-
commended a 1949 JDA goal of
$6;826,115, Osnos described this
figure as the "minimum defense
needs of American Jewry and
the coordinated program of the
JDA agencies in combatting
bigotry." He called upon all Jew-
ish communities in this region
to "accept their rightful share
of a cause that is a primary ob-
ligation of American Jewry."

D. Lou Harris, Canadian Leader,
To Address Detroit Technion Monday

D. Lou Harris, one of Canada's
leading communal and business
leaders and an important manu-
facturer of electronic equipment
of radio components in Toronto,
will address the Detroit Chapter
of the American Society for the
Advancement of the Haifa Tech-
nical Institute in Israel (Tech-
nion), Monday evening, Dec. 13,

years, is the president of the
Canadian Technion Society and
is a member of the executive
board of the Canadian Jewish
Congress, Bnai arith and United
Jewish Welfare. He is president
of the Radio Manufacturers of
Canada (Parts Division).
His most recent achievements
include his services to Haganah
and he is considered the number
one man in Canada for Haganah.
He recently returned from a. visit
in Israel where he conferred
with Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion, Yaacov Dori, chief of
the Israel military staff, and other
important government leaders.
He made a study of the Technion_
and returned with valuable sug-
gestions for scientific advance-
ment in Technion and Israel. He
will discuss these in his address
here on Monday.

Baritone to Illustrate
4 Phases of Jewish
Music for Hashofar

D. LOU HARRIS

at the Engineering Society, Rack-
ham Building, 100 Farnsworth.
A dinner in Mr. Harris' honor
will precede the meeting, at 6:30
p.m. Reservations for the dinner
are being accepted by Lou Mil-
groin, secretary of the Detroit
Technion chapter, TO. 8-7088,
and Milton Doner, UN. 1-8373.
The lecture meeting, ,• at 8:30
p.m., will be open to the public,

Registration to be Closed
At Labor Zionist School

Hashofar, Society for Advance-
ment of Jewish Music, will pre-
sent, at its seventh recital, Edgar
Mills, well known baritone and
cantor of Congregation Oheb
Shalom of Newark, N. J., Monday
evening, Dec. 13, at the lecture
hall of the Detroit Institute of
Arts.
Mills was acclaimed in Detroit
four years ago when presented by
the Jewish Community Council
in cooperation with the Jewish
Community Center.
His program will include the
following phases of Jewish
music: Songs of the synagogue,
songs of the galuth, songs of
liberation, songs of Israel.
Matilde Garvett Kesler, chair-
man of Hashofar, will assist at
the piano.

Registration of new students
at the Labor Zionist Folk Schools Status of Zionist Funds
will close shortly, Wolf Snyder, Legalized In Poland
school director, announced.
WARSAW, (JTA) — Legaliza-
The kindergarten is function- tion of the status of the Keren
ing in two separate sessions, one Kayemeth and the Keren Haye-
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon; the other sod in Poland was made known
from 1 to 4 p.m. The school of- by the Polish Government. The
fers transportation to and from Keren Hayesod reported that
the residences of the children. despite the fact that the number
The school bus also stops at Thir- of Jews in Poland this year is
kell, Crosman, Brady, McCul- somewhat less than last year, the
loch, .Winterhalter, McKerrow current drive for funds has been
and Roosevelt public schools.
more successful than last year's.
The school curriculum in-
cludes: Hebrew, Yiddish, Bible, Wilhelm Furtwaengler, Alleged
Jewish History, customs and tra- Pro-Nazi, Invited to Chicago
ditions, holidays and current
BERLIN (JPS)—Wilhelm Furt. _
Jewish life, particularly in Israel. waengler, conductor of the Berlin
Special classes are offered pupils Philharmonic Orchestra, who was
Bar Mitzvah age.
charged • a year ago with having
The office is open daily except been a Nazi sympathizer during
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the war, has received an offer
13722 Linwood, corner Pasadena, to direct the Chicago Symphony,
TO. 8-9280.
his secretary said here last week.
men and women, without charge. Furtwaengler was mobbed by for-
Leon Kay, recently elected presi- mer concentration camp inmates
Histadrut Committee
dent of the Detroit Technion in Vienna last November. At the
chapter, will preside.
time it was alleged that he had
Adopts Name of Israel
Mr. Harris, who was president conducted for and assocated with
The 25th anniversary conven- of the Canadian Legion for 12 top Nazis.
tion of the l\T- ' • nnal Committee
for Labor in New York,
Nov. 28, voted to change the
name of the organization in honor
of the establishment of the State
By BORIS SMOLAR
of Israel.
(Copyright. 1948. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Henceforth, the official name of
the National Committee for Labor UN Echos
Palestine will be: National Com-
American Zionist leaders do not hesitate to express their opinion
mittee for Labor Israel.
that the UN session in Paris was conducted in a less favorable atmos-
A similar change in the name phere than it would have been at Lake Success . . . Some members
of the 'Palestine Histadrut Cam- of the U. S. delegation who are considered pro-British and unfriendly
paign was voted. The new name to Israel would have had no chance to exercise their influence at
Lake Success to the same extent that they did in 'axis . . The
is Israel Histadrut Campaign.
reason is simple—Washington is nearer to . Lake Success than to
Paris and can be reached more easily by American Jewish leader-.
Jewish Folk Schools'
ship which was not represented during the deliberations in Paris
Of course, American Zionists cannot be members of the Israel dele-
Hanukah Event Dec. 26
gation at the United Nations since they are not Israeli citizens . . .
However, the influence of American Zionist leadership on UN delib-
Preparations are being made erations on Palestine will always be felt as long as the United States
by the Jewish Folk Schools for plays a decisive role in the Palestine issue . . • And it can be felt
the observance of Hanukah on strongest when these deliberations take place on American sail.
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Sunday, Dec. 26, at the Labor
Zionist Institute, Linwood at The Domestic Scene
There are only 12 cities in the United States where the Jewish
Pasadena. In addition to tradi- population
exceeds 40,000 . . . They are: Baltimore, Boston, Chicago,.
tional singing and the lighting Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Newark, Philadelphia,
of the candles, there will be Pittsburgh, St. Louis and San Francisco . And there are no more
recitations and sketches.
than 14 cities with a Jewish population between 15,000 and 40,000 ... •
The playlets are being written They are: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Hartford, Jersey City, Kansas"
by M. Goldoftas. Shoshana Brooke City, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Haven, Paterson, Provi-
Friedman is directing the music- dence, Rochester and Washington . .. There are about 40 Cities
al portions of the program. A where the Jews number between 5,000 and 15,000, while the re-
mainder of American Jewry resides in towns where the Jewish
study of Hanukah is now being population is under 5,000.
made in all classes.
Alexander Mishkin may soon proceed to Israel to streamline
Children of the schools are the educational system along American lines.
The question as to who is to succeed the late Dr. J. L. Magnes
preparing to participate in the
Gewekshaften drive through the as president of the Hebrew University is now under discussion in
sale of special stamps to rela- this country . . The American Friends of the Hebrew University
will now probably be able to raise funds more easily for the Uni-
tives and friends.
versity . .. They met last year with difficulties because some Ameri-
New Habonim groups are be- can Zionists objected to Dr. Magnes being the head of the institution
ing organized among the pupils. and this affected fund-raising activities for the Uriiversity.

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