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Justice Must Prevail

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor

VOL. XIV—No. 18

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January 14, 1949

Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the fifteenth day of Tebet, 5709,
the following Scriptural selections will be read
in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 47:28-50:26.
Prophetical portion—I Kings 2:1-12.

Josephine Imerman's Art Exhibit

The Cyprus Crime

Approach of peace in the Middle East as
a direct result of Israel's military victories
- does not terminate a major problem affect-
ing the status of 11,600 Jews whom Gir-eat
Britain persists on retaining in Cyprus.
The last refusal of the British to release
the unfortunate Jews who are - suffering
hardships in Cyprus was based on the claim
that it is in accordance with the UN decision
to keep men of military age out of Palestine.
The truth, however, is to be found in the
report of the late UN Mediator Count Folke
Bernadotte who, on July 12, 1948, told the
Security Council: "Regarding the entrance
of men of military age my interpretation was
that the resolution (of May 29) did not pro-
hibit immigration nor did it appear to place
.
'any complete or positive ban on the inclu-
sion of men of military age in such immigra-
tion."
Meanwhile, the Cypriot crime continues.
As in the instance of other issues affecting
the status of Israel, instigation to trouble
and dissension stems from Great Britain.
Will such - abuse of human decency never
end?

A J.N.F. Tradition

The greatest miracle of all time which
culminated in the rebirth of the State of
Israel is multi-angled. The withdrawal of the
British troops, the preparedness of Jewish
leadership, the will-to-live of the Jewish
people and the heroism of a generation that
refused to bend the knee to oppressors con-
tributed to the triumph of the nation. Not
to be overlooked as an important factor in
a situation which facilitated the settlement
of more than 100,000 Jews in Israel during
1948 is the fact that 300,000 Arabs, who
yielded to unjustified fear inspired in them
by the Mufti, had left their land and their
homes, some of which became available for
hospitals and immigration centers for Jewish
newcomers.
Adhering to an established policy of pay-
ing for every inch of land acquired in Eretz
Israel, from the very beginning of the BILU
movement 70 years ago, through the era of
the mandatory rule, down to our own time,
the Jewish National Fund, which remains the
official land-redeeming agency, has announc-
ed that Arabs who have left Israel will be
recompensed for their land.
In a statement made in Tel Aviv last
week, Dr. Abraham Granovsky, president of
the Jewish National Fund, warned against
any illusions that laiid left behind by Arabs
who had left Palestine could be confiscated,
and pointed out that only state lands be-
longing to the former mandatory power could
be taken over by the Jewish State.
This is necessary for the JNF to continue
to function as an important instrument of
the State of Israel and as the fund sponsored
by Jews everywhere for the purpose of mak-
ing the soil in Israel the inalienable property
of the entire people. „
While the major funds for the JNF are
provided13y the United Jewish Appeal, the
traditional collections by established JNF
Councils are making it ,possible for the fund
to be augmented -and for larger sums to be
secured for land redemption. The annual
activity of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jew-
ish National Fund, which will be concluded
on Sunday with an impressive event to be
held at the Masonic Temple, is one such
supplementary effort which assures the rais-
ing of additional sums for land acquisition..
Sunday's JNF event will be enhanced by
the address of one of the ablest foreign cor-
respondents - for American newspapers, Dr.
Ruth Gruber, whose exposes of British an-
tagonism to Jewry in the Middle East has
served to bring to the fore a serious situation
that needed the public light. Three noted
Israeli artists—Shosh.ana Damari, Joseph
Goland and Mosheh Wilensky—are scheduled
to add significance to the program.
The JNF Women have established an en-
viable record for service to Israel, and their
activity in the first year of Israel's inde-
pendence has earned for them high com-
mendations.

The 1949 United Jewish Appeal

Spokesmen for American Jewry, meeting this week-end
in Atlantic City, are laying the foundation for another great
fund-raising effort with a goal that will no doubt have to be
larger than the sum raised last year.

While UJA leaders are jubilant over the fact that more
than $150,000,000 was raised in 1948, it stands to reason that
this sum will have to be exceeded this year and that better
showings will have to be recorded in contributions towards
Israel's upbuilding in the months to come.

The amount raised last year, while it is the largest on
record, nevertheless represents only 60 per cent of the goal
that was set for the campaigns in nearly 5,000 communities.
The conclusion to be reached, therefore, is that American
Jewry either failed to reach a normal objective or that the
goal was, at the outset, too fantastic in its amount that it was
not intended that: it should be achieved.
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* • * •
An editorial in Davar, the leading Hebrew newspaper in
Israel, published an the eve of the UJA conference,. is of
particular importance. The Davar stated:

The war in Israel continues and it is impossible to foreSee
when it will end, but it is clear that just as 1948 was a year of
war for the establishment of the Jewish state, 1949 will be a year
of great constructive effort and wide immigration.

"The tasks of building in Israel are linked with important
tasks facing Jews . in the Diaspora in many countries. In some
countries, the only salvation for the Jews is swift migration to
Israel. The coming year will be a supreme test for the Zionist
movement and for millions of Jews. First and foremost, it will
be a test—both numerically and qualitatively—of Jewish
strength, of the Jewish community of the United States.

"The United Jewish Appeal has already shown how United
States Jewry is conscious of the Yishuv's needs and those of
Israel. It knows how to fulfill these tremendous tasks. Now,
after it overcame an organizational crisis, which threatened for
many precious weeks to paralyze all of its activities, the UJA
will know how to muster its entire strength and carry on the
burden of great tasks which this coming year will make neces-
sary to save Israel."

Since the year 1949 must see the completion of the job
of evacuating the displaced persons camps and possibly also
the Cyprus detention camp, the responsibilities facing us this
year are tremendous. Not only the Jews in Israel but the
Jews everywhere will watch with keen interest the results
of campaigns in free countries, primarily in the United States,
for evidence that we know "how to master our strength" and
how to "carry on the burden of great tasks which this corn-
ing year will make necessary to save Israel."

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In the past few weeks we had cause to complain, in this
column, that multiplicity of drives may be responsible for
the slowing down of the process of fund-raising through the
UJA. Comments made to us by responsible leaders that the
fault may be found among Israeli leaders who are too free
with their endorsements of all possible attempts at inaugur-
ating independent drives "to aid Israel" are valid. If the
major objective—of raising a very large fund for Israel—is
to be achieved, overlapping in fund-raising must be avoided.
Unless our leaders in Israel learn how to face this issue, they
will be held responsible for mistakes on all fronts, since elim-
ination of duplicating efforts is as much their responsibility
as it is ours.

The duties that will face us in the coming months will
be immeasurably larger than any we have ever faced before.
All of us must prepare NOW for the great job of liquidating
the DP camps and of making Israel's position secure. We
must mobilize our forces in Detroit, in communities through-
out Michigan and wherever there is a single family of Jews
to provide the necessary UJA funds. Unless the UJA tasks
are accomplished in 1949, we will not have earned the right
to rejoice over Israel's triumphs in 1948.

A gay and colorful exhibition of the recent
work of Josephine Imerman (Mrs. Arthur Bloom)
is enlivening the galleries of the Detroit Artists
Market. This exhibition opened Jan. 5 and will
continue through Jan. 18.
The main show room of the gallery holds 20
oil paintings and several watercolors and draw-
ings. The exhibition is a delightful medley of
decorative still lives, romantic country and out-
door scenes and landscape arrangements of De-
troit factories.
These new canvasses of Miss Imerman cover a
wide range of compositions. The most familiar is
the still life group, while rather more precise in
technique than the rest of the show, is still strong-
ly individual in color and pattern. The large oil,
"On The Table," is an excellent study in space
relationship as well as a finely integrated com-
position of simplified forms and color tonality.
Several other flower studies are successfully exe-
cuted hi a high key of almost pure primary color.
The group of factory scenes are composed of the
same simpified forms, easily and skillfully han-
dled with a surety that makes these subjects quite
lively. The out-door scenes are particularly gay
and airy. "On The River," with its shimmering
water, sky and summer day atmosphere, is so ef-
fective in idea and technique, that this picture
places Miss Imerman in a class with our most
promising artists. "Children, in the Park" is an-
other painting in this manner, while "On the Hill"
has a warm tone, with the stillness of a summer
day described by a few simple lines and is a solid,
well conceived composition.
"On the River" is my Choice of the show, but I
am sure that others could easily choose their own
favorites as this entire group is so nicely con-
sistent that it shows this artist to be a serious
painter with a fresh approach and a quality that
is truly her own.
Josephine Imerman has given a successful
show and since I am told that this is almost ex-. ;
elusively one year's output, I applaud her earnest •
attitude, for the restilting group of canvasses is a
tribute to her energies and talent.

Autobiography of Jewry's

Greatest. Living Leader

'Trial and Error' Reveals
Dr. Weizmann's Genius..

Next Wednesday will be a red-letter day in
the literary world. On that day "Trial- and Error:
The Autobiography. of; Chaim Weizmann" will be:
placed on sale by the publishers, Harper & Bros.
Already, hundreds of thousands of Americans
will have read the book as a result of its seriali-
zation in the New York Herald Tribune, the Jew
ish Daily Forward and a score or more of. daily
newspapers throughout the land.
It is a very great book. In addition to being
. the rich personal record of one of the greatest
personalities in the world, it is the best account
of the history of the Zionist cause and of the..
Jewish people during the past 50 years.
The struggle to create a practical movement,
for. the settlement of Jews in Palestine, his scien-,
tific triumphs, his meetings with great salesnien
whose efforts he enlisted in behalf of Zidnisrn,
are among the numerous intriguing factors in this
great book. It is no •wonder that Churchill was:
afraid to meet him during World War II lest he
!compel him to adhere to a sacred pledge; that
Lloyd George should have said to a fellow Cabinet
member: "When you and I are forgotten, this
man will have a monument to him in Palestine." •
"Trial and Error"-relates the conflicts between
the early Zionists and. the..Bundists, the contro-
versy Weizmann had with the Trotsky-Lenin
group in Switzerland, the eventual triumph of the
Jewish national -ideal over internal and external
obstacles. . • .
The reader will learn a great deal about Jew-
ish personalities. Soine are : berated, others ele-
vated. Ahad Ha-Am, Schmarya Levin, Justice
Brandeis, Stephen Wise, Louis Lipsky, emerge in
complimentary style.' Arid he pays glowing tribute
to his wife, who became an outstanding leader
among women Zionists.. •
O,he American Jewish. leader is treated with
silence. While the efforts. , of Lipsky, Wise and.
Silver win Dr. Weizmann's commendations, the.
rebuke to the present ZOA president, who blun-
dered by insulting the First President of Israel at
the last World Zionist Congress, is in his being
completely ignored. •
There are evidences of disillusionment in some
of the struggles encountered by the great leader.
Having risen to the highest post in Israel, Presi,
dent Weizmann concludes the . story of his life
with these words:
"Of the first struggles and triumphs of the in-
fant State of Israel, of truces and renewed at-
tacks, of mediatiOn and 'of old solutions in new
guise, I will not speak here. These matters. are.
too close to be evaluated. All that is written here.
is by way of introduction—one of the many pref- .
aces that may yet be written to the New History .
of Israel. Its writing has been for me a labor
compounded of pain and pleasure, but I am thank-
dui to lay it aside in favor of more active and .
practical pursuits. If anything I have said should
lead the reader to look more understandingly and
more kindly on the early chapters of our new
history now in the making, I shall feel amply
rewarded."
Proceeds from the Weizmann book and its
serialization will go to the Weizmann Chemical

Institute at Rehoboth, Israel.