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Some Weizmann Stories

By I. ZAAC

UJA in 1949

It was in the days before Hitler. Dr. Chaim. -
Weizmann was going around trying to make "con-‘
verts" of distinguished Jews. It was hard sledding.
doing that then. Particularly in Germany.
Dr. Weizmann visited the late Prof. Ehrlich,
the discoverer of salversan. Weizmann started . .
talking and Ehrlich talked back. No, said Ehrlich,
Germany was a good country. He wanted no Zion.
So the conversation dragged on. Finally Ehr-
lich said, "I'm sorry to cut you off, Dr. Weizmann,
but do you know that there are princes and noble-
men here who have been waiting a whole hour
for me?"
"Yes," said Dr. Weizmann, "but they are wait-
ing for you to give them an injection. I have
come to give you an injection."
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The Man Who Dared:
Rabichek didn't like Weizmann. He kept on
arguing in the halls of the Zionist convention that
the trouble with Zionism was too much Weizmann.
A brother delegate grew wrathy at Rabichek.
"Why do you tell us all of this? There is
Weizmann himself. Go up and tell him what you
just said, I dare you."
"So you think I'm afraid," said Rabichek.
"Well, you'll see. With that he went straight -up
to Weizmann.
"Dr. Weizmann," he began, "it's time, it's time
.. for you ... to. give me your autograph."

Although the full-scale effort to build
Israel and to liquidate the displaced persons
camps requires an expenditure of $375,-
000,000, the United Jewish Appeal goal for
1949 has been set at $250,000,000, at the con-
feernce at Atlantic City, the convening of
which was unnecessarily delayed by the
injection of an internal controversy in Jewish
ranks.

In view of the fact that in 1948 the UJA
fell 40 per cent short of the similar goal of
$250,000,000, American Jewish communities
will have to take stock and will be compelled
to adopt new techniques in fund-raising in
order fully to live up to their obligations this
year.

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Detroit's Allied Jewish Campaign was per-
haps among the most successful efforts in
behalf of U_JA, this. community having raised
$5,800,000 towards a goal of $6,250,000. But
even the quarter of a million shortage in
Detroit, when it is multiplied by comparable
shortages throughout the land, have ac-
counted for many millions of dollars which
were expected to be raised for Israel's de--,
fense and upbuilding and for the resettle-
ment of DPs. The raising of the 1948 goal
did not materialize.

The outlook for a good future is brighter,
the DP camps are rapidly being emptied—
without the help of governments whose
promises to relieve the load proved to be
mere lip service. Israel is stronger and there
are good chances for peace with the Arabs
and `for total repudiation of Bevinesque she-
nanigans on the diplomatic field. To assure
these two major objectives, more rather than
less money will be needed. Israel's treasury
is empty and the Jewish State is in debt.
Tens of . thousands of homes must be built
Schools must be erected and industries must
be encouraged.

American Jews—the one group in the
world upon whom the builders of Zion de-
pend for support and encouragement—have
done a lot of rejoicing. Now is the time to
prove the sincerity of the jubilations. We
must provide evidence of our wholehearted
determination to carry to success the great
ideals which have become realities. This is
the year for action. If we do not secure the
full $250,000,000 goal, we will be compromis-
ing with our conscience and with our record
as a creative force in the regeneration of
Israel.

Parent-Teacher Groups

While there are Jewish students in nearly
all of the high schools in our city, the fact
that so many of our boys and girls are study-
ing at Central High School focuses particular
interest upon plans for parent-teacher co-.
operation in that school.

Prominent community leaders are partici-
pating in the newly-formed Central High
School Parents Association. Committees are
being formed to study educational problems
and to help create a spirit of good will and
cooperation between teachers, parents and
students.

Jewish citizens owe it to their children and
to the school system in our city to participate
in such movements, and Central's activities
may serve as a pivot for powerful efforts to
improve our educational system.

Participation in such efforts is an obliga-
tion that should be met with interest and
devotion. It should result in great good for
our schools, our city, our children, and there-
fore eventually also in assuring well-trained
leadership for our country at larg4.

THE JEWISH NEWS

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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ. Editor

VOL. XIV

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No. 19

Page 4

January 21, 1949

Sabbath Scriptural Selections .

This Sabbath, the twenty-first day of Tebet,
5709, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 1:1-6:1.
Prophetical portion—Is. 27:6-28:13; 29:22, 23.

Jest for Fun

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Diplomatic Gangsterism Must End

On Dec. 13, Sheikh Mohammed Ali Jabary, Mayor of
Hebron and president of the Palestine Arab Conference at
Jericho, read the following open letter to King Farouk of
Egypt over the Ramallah radio:

"Let the Arab Governments, including Egypt, raise
their censorship for one day only; let the press tell the
people that during six months of war the Arab armies
occupied 10 small Jewish settlements while the Zionist
flag flies over 14 large Arab cities and more than 400 Arab
villages. If such news got to the people, the masses
would•storm King Farouk's palace, and you would see a
revolution on a scale unknown in these parts of the world.
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"On May 15 the Arab armies had hoped to defeat
their enemy. However, the bitter truth is that it was we
who -were. beaten and not the Jews. This is the sober
truth: despite all official communiques issued daily by
the Arab armies, which spoke of fresh victories, we have
lost on all fronts and have been defeated on'every single
battlefront."

Fortunately for the world at large, censorships are not
so strict that the truth does not come out, that it does not
become known that RAF planes were shot down not over
Egypt but over Israel, that mankind is not kept in the dark
about British machinations which have been put into play
in an effort to destroy Israel.

In his autobiography ("Trial and Error," published by
Harper), Israel's President Chaim Weizmann, who more than
any other man had tried to keep the Zionist-British partner-
ship on a high plane of honesty, was compelled to state that
Britain's "loyal acceptance" of the UN partition decision
"became, in effect, a process of sabotage;" that it was not
"all passive" sabotage; that: "The Mandatory power refused
the United Nations Committee entrance into Palestine, re-
fused to permit the organization of a Jewish militia to take
over defense, refused to comply with the Assembly's recom-
mendation to open a port of immigration, refused to hand
over any of the government services to an incoming Jewish
successor; it expelled Palestine from the sterling bloc, dis-
mantled the equipment of administration without handing
any of it over, and simultaneously allowed the government
services to disintegrate."

This was the beginning of the sabotage, of lawlessness
that bordered on diplomatic gangsterism.

Now, at the very moment that Egypt asked for peace
and negotiations were about to begin for direct talks between
Jews and Arabs to _end the unnecessary war, Ernest Bevin
has put into motion another policy of hate intended only to
undermine Israel's position. -

The situation became so serious that Dr. Weizmann, who
reiterated that he always stood for British-Jewish coopera-
tion, found it necessary to call Britain's bluff and to reassert
that Israel is neutral between East and West and desires only
peace; that peace is threatened by the tactics of the present
British administration. Coupled with the criticisms of pres-
ent British policies that came from many British newspapers
and Members of Parliament, Dr. Weizmann's voice calls for
sane action and a prompt change in a dangerous policy in
England.

The sooner the •people of Great Britain call a halt to
Ernest Bevin's outrageous policies, which are intended only
to stir up war, the better for the future relations of Britain,
Israel and the Arab countries and for the peace of the entire
world. In the interests of peace, it is high time that a halt
is called to the bullying tactics of Britain's Foreign Secretary.
All England will be compelled to share the blame for blood-
shed if she does not end lawlessness in its Foreign Office and
coarse indecencies of its Foreign Secretary:

He Was Egged On: •
Greenspan was another anti-Weizmannite.
Greenspan was a well-known poultry expert in
Palestine. A kind of queer figure, but he seemed
to know a lot about poultry and eggs.
Greenspan rose suddenly from the floor at the
convention and, pointing his finger directly at
Weizmann, said, "You are the Nemesis of the
Zionist movement."
Dr. Weizmann turned to Greenspan. "Oh hel-
lo, Dr. Greenspan, I haven't seen you in a long
time. How are your eggs?"

Stirring the Tea:
Dr. Weizmann was sitting with Louis Lipsky
and a number of others at Tiptoe Inn. They were
drinking tea. Weizmann noted that one of the
persons was stirring his tea, although he had not
put any sugar in it.
"Er muz zein a Villner soicher," he said.
"Er legt- nisht arein and dreht." (He must be a
financier from Vilna. He puts nothing in, but he
manipulates.)

.(Copyright, 1949,

Jewiiii • Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

`In the Penal Colony'

Another Collection of
Important Kafka Stories

Franz Kafka already is recognized as one of
the great literary minds of our time. He lived to
be 33, but in that short span of life he produced
works that already are being rated as classics.
Schocken Books, which already produced six
works on and about Kafka, has enriched the Kafka
Library with its latest collection of his short
stories, under the title of one of his great works,
"The Penal. Colony."
This book contains more than 45 stories and
short pieces. In addition to "The Penal Colony,"
it contains "Jackals and Arabs," "Country Doc-
tor," "Hunger Artist," "Metamorphosis," "Eleven
Sons," "Before the Law," etc.
Also, included in this collection is "The First
Long Train Journey," which Kafka wrote to-
gether with - Max Brod. the author of three other
works on Kafka published by Schocken.
"The Penal Colony" contains all the works
which Kafka himself had published. The epilotlue
to this work states that "none of his other works,
it appears, was intended for publication."
The stories were collected for publication by
Max Brod. The novelettes and short stories in
this volume collectively form a very great work
and are certain to add to the popularity of the
eminent Jewish author who is gradually being
appreciated in an increasing number of literary.
circles. Schocken did more than any other, pub-
lisher to make this possible.
Schocken Books, which played an im-
• portant role in popularizing Kafka, also is
issuing on Feb. 1 another important volume,
"The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923."
Kafka's introspection rises to a fearful cres-
cendo in this book. • He writes: "I am the
wretchedest of creatures in the desert ... and
Canaan is perforce my only Promised Land,
for no third place exists for mankind." It is a
significant self-study which should make lit-
erary history.

`Bible and holiday Stories'
Excellent Children's Book

The latest children's story book—"Bible and
Holiday Stories," by Daisy Phillips Aronoff, illus-
trated by Leila Nash Danciger and published by
Bloch—is a fascinating addition to the children's
Jewish library.
It is an A to Z book, with a story under each
letter. The A story deals with Abraham: "A is
for Abraham, The very first Jew, To one only
God he remained ever true." "Z is for Zedakah,
The word that we say When we wish to help
others by giving each day." •
The other stories—all well told—deal with the
Bible, Chanukah, Daniel, Esther, Flocks of Sheep,
Goliath, Haman, Isaac, Joseph, King Ahasuerus,
Lights, Moses, Noah, Omen, Pesach, Queen of
Sheba, Ruth, Samuel, Ten Commandments, Use-
ful, Vision, Wisdom of Solomon, 'Extra, Youngest
Beautifully illustrated, this volume should ap-
peal to young readers. It also will make a very
fine gift.