%s the Editor Views the News Straighten It Out Well, Ma 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." * • • 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. - 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 Member Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Seven Arts Fea- ture Syndicate, King Features, Central Press Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 2114 .Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich. WO. 5-1155. Subscription $3 a year; • foreign $4. - Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942 at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3. 1879. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ. Editor VOL. XIV — 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 • * 11,1!“.1, 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. • "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.