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 Publigh- ing Co., 2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26. Mich.. WO. 5-1155. Subscription, $3 a year: foreign. $4. Entefed as second-class matter Aug 6, 1942. at Post Of- fice. Lfetroit, Mich.. under Act of March 3 1879. Justice Must Prevail PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor VOL. XIV—No. 18 Page 4 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. * * • * • 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." 4 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.