20—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February •11, 1949
Resettlement Service Worker Tells
Of Newcomers' Adjustment Problems Women's League
adjusted personality. And if these
"How do they feel about
were excellent adjusted person- To Hear Non-Jew
work?"
"How do they feel about alities before the wan, we can
relief?"
hardly expect them . to have re- Speak on Israel
"How do they feel about

Three-Scene Play to Feature
Farband Concert on Feb. 27

A play in three scenes, "The be several eminent actors and
Last Picture," will be the fea- entertainers, in addition to Mr.
tuned attraction at the annual Rubin.
concert and theatrical perform-
There will be songs, recita-
ance arranged by the City Com- tions, declarations and special
mittee of the Jewish National presentations by Judy Knight,
Workers Alliance, to be held Jan Schaff and Al Harris, all
Sunday evening, Feb. 27, at the New York artists.
Jewish Center.
Tickets for this performance
M. Goldoftas, who is assisting already are available from sec-
with arrangements, announced retaries of Farband branches; at
that the eminent Yiddish actor, Labor Zionist headquarters, Lin-
wood and Pasadena. Metro Mu-
Menachem Rubin, is planning the
sic House, 10324 Dexter; Zion
staging of this play.
Book Store, 9008 Twelfth St., and
Featured on the program will the Jewish Center.

tained that _serenity throughout
A three-fold program is plan-
making friends?'
the war. They are in the position
These are all familiar questions of someone who wakes from a ned for the meeting of the Lea-
to Rachel Manela, Resettimeent nightmare to find that even the gue of Jewish Women's Organiza-
Service caseworker.
waking world can be unpleasant. tions at 1 p. m. Monday, Feb. 14,
at Temple Beth El, according to
"And there is no single an-
With patience, as much patience
swer," says Miss Manela. • "We as we can muster, the social Mrs. Arthur Bloom, progi'am
tend to think of refugees only in worker --suggested, we can help chairman.
The women's groups will util-
connection with their war ex- the refugee. To start life anew is
perience. We forget that they had trying and painful, even for ize this occasion to dedicate their
whole lives before the terror young people, relatively unscar- services to the Women's Division
which began in the 30's and red. For them, it is a task which of the Allied Jewish Campaign.
avilminated in World War II." we can understand only by Women attending are asked to
bring canned fruits, fruit juices
Miss Manela's experience with intuition and sympathy.
and canned milk for children
displaced persons (almost 400
still remaining in the DP camps.
have arrived in Detroit since
Guest speaker of the afternoon
1946) was the subject of an ad-
will be Hugh McDonald, young
dress she made at the Michigan
California Irishman who recent-
Settlement Conference of United
ly returned from Israel. McDon-
Service for New Americans.
By BENNETT CERF
USNA is one of the beneficiaries . Five more nations have recog- ald, motivated by the desire to
of the Allied Jewish Campaign. nized Israel, in the following see a people gain a home and
IN Nathan Ausubel's "Treasury of Jewish Folklore,"
order, boosting the number of freedom, participated actively in
`Beset With Anxieties'
pears -the story of a famous preacher of Dubno who's!,
the struggle for the Jewish home-
states
that
have
extended
recog-
"One attitude which is fairly
driver
stopped en route to a lecture date and said, "Rabbit
land.
nition
to
the
Jewish
State
to
37:
familiar to us and which is hard
do me a favor. For once
At dessert luncheon, prior to
Colombia, Ecuador, Denmark,
for natives to accept is the
ALL RIGHT, 8cI7 a
the program, members of wo-
I'd like to be the one re-
criticism of our country which we Norway, •Chile.
REMEMBER
C'Zorys-
men's organizations will have an
ceiving all the honors and
often hear from refugees. We may
Mrs. Juan Peron, wife of Ar-
PoNir
opportunity
to
meet
Mcflonald
attention,
to
see
what
it
think, that, compared to what gentine's president, told a dele-
THE
feels like. For this one
RA88/
he has escaped, all he meets here gation from the pro-Peronist Or- personally.
engagement, exchange
must be superior. But the refugee ganization Israelita that Argen-
clothes with me. You be
feels beset with anxieties, very tina will recognize Israel "within
much an outsider, feels that he a few days."
the driver and let me be
will never learn. Therefore he
the rabbi."
The final vote in the Israeli
The preacher:- a merry and
hangs on to old ways, old values, elections showed Mapai on top
Dr. Charles H. Johnson, presi-
generous soul, laughed and said,
almost as though he were reject- with 162,574, entitling David Ben
"All right — but remember,
ing American ways."
Gurion's party to 46 seats, Mapam dent of Fiske University, will be
clothes don't make the rabbi.
the featured speaker at the Work-
Miss Manela -went on to talk will have 19 seats, the religious
If you're asked to explain some
about language difficulties. Peo- bloc 16, Heruth 14, General Zion- men's Circle Wednesday, Feb. 16,
difficult passage of the Law,
ple have often told her, "If ref u- ists 7, Prognessives 5, Communists under the auspices of the internal
see that you don't make a fool
gees would just use English and Sephardim 4 each, Arab relations committee of the Jewish
of yourself."
continuously instead of lapsing Democratic bloc 2, Yemenites, Community Council. Dr. John-
The exchange was effected. Arrived at their destination, the bogus
son's
address
will
be
on
the
sub-
into that Nazi language, they'd WIZ° and Sternists, 1 each.
rabbi was received with tumultuous enthusiasm, and obviously -loved
ject, Negro-Jewish Relationships.
learn much faster." Miss Manela
At Lake Success, UN Secretary
every minute of it. Finally, however, there came the dreaded moment
Members of the Jewish Com-
points out that the German lang- General Trygve Lie said that Is-
when an extremely tricky question was put to him. -
munity
Council's
major
commit-
uage has myriad associations for rael's application for UN mem-
He met the test nobly. "A fine lot of scholars you are," he thun-
tho German refugees, quite apart bership cannot . be challenged tees and of the Jewish Welfare
dered. "Is this the most difficult problem you could ask me? Why,
Federation,
Anierican
Jewish
from its relationship to Niziism. legally if peace is not concluded
this is so simple even my driver could explain it to you." Then he
In answer to the question, with the Arabs in time for the Congress, American Jewish Com-
called the Preacher of Dubno: "Driver, come here for a moment and
mittee, Bnai Brith and all other
clarify the Law for these dull-witted fellows."
"What can I do for the refugee UN General. Assembly sessions in interested organizations are in-
I meet or work with?," Noss April.
*
*
vited
to
.attend,
Dr.
Shmarya
Manela offers this suggestion:
Israeli and Egyptian delegates Kleinman, internal relations com-
"Let him know at the outset
VRIEDMAN was haggard from persistent insomnia.'
at the Rhodes armistice parley mittee chairman, announced.
just what the community stands
on Feb. 4 met together for the
.1
"Count -sheep," advised his partner. "It's' the best
-Dr.
Johnson
has
'done
extensive
ready to do. If you don't know first time in two weeks with act-
known cure." "What can I lose?" sighed Friedman dubi• 1
the answer yourself, refer - him ing UN mediator Ralph J. Bunche research in Negro sociological
problems for the Carnegie Foun-
ously. "I'll try tonight."
to the Resettlement Service.
couNr swap, \
to discuss the latest compromise dation and the Urban League. He
The next morning he looked
refugee
expects
Sometimes the
/r.6- r,s/6 BEST
proposals for settling armistice is the author of several books,
more
bleary-eyed
than
ever.
more than the community has to
CORE
ien/owni
lines in the Negev. Lebanon and one of which, The Negro College
"Sheep I should count," he
offer. Then it is kinder to explain
mocked his partner. "I counted
the limitations in the beginning. Syria have agreed to join the Graduate, received the Annisfield
peace discussions with Israel.
Award in 1938.
up to 50,000. Then I sheared the
`Unrealistic Expectations'
Information may be secured by
sheep, and made up 50,000 over-
"One example of unrealistic
calling the Jewish Community
coats. Then came the problem
Bottle
Inflammable
Oil
expectations is the . older man
Council, CH. 1657.
that kept me awake all the rest
who requested. a loan of several Hurled into Israel Office
of the night: where could I get
thousand dollars to start a
Balkan Jews Given Date 50,000 linings ?"
LONDON, (JTA) — A bottle
`mending service business.' He
* * *
To File Assets' Claims
smelling
of
.
paraffin
oil
was
proposed to start with a few
A
pastor
in New Hampshire
special machines, a few girls or thrown into the Israeli . Govern-
LONDON (JTA) — Romanian,
was delivering a sermon on his
refugee women who would work ment office at Manchester Bulgarian and Hungarian , Jews
favorite subject, the terrible kr >‘
for small wages, and the rental Square here. Nobody was in- who have property in Britain
ga.
effects of sex and liquor, and
of a store. He knew nothing jured. Police immediately start- seized by the government dur-
was so carried away by his own
about the business (he had been ed an investigation.
ing . the war, or their heirs, have
eloquence that he lost all sense - of time. His congregation, on the
a hardware salesman in Europe),
Several persons were arrested only until June of this year to
other hand, grew more and more impatient, and one by one they
he had no idea that laundries and here . during a protest demon- file their claims, the Anglo-Jew-
sneaked out into the mellow September sunshine. When only a hand-
dry cleaning establishments did stration against Sir Oswald Mos- 'ish Association announced. The
ful remained in their pews, the sexton tapped the pastor on the
mending, he had no plan for. get- ley and his pro-fascist Union announcement also pointed out
back and whispered, "Give it to 'em, Pastor! You're goin, fine. And-
ting customers beyond the solici- Movement. The demonstration that the organization has received
er—incidentally, here's the keys to the church. When you finish,
tation of hospitals — because he occurred outside Kensington ,a number of inquiries concerning
would you mind locking up ?"
didn't know that institutions _Town Hall where Mosley was ad- the possibilities for release of
Copyright, 1949, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate,
carry on their own mending dressing a political meeting.
such property.
services."
9RODUCCO ase NORMAN IS 506. NIODER.
Another example of adjustment
rExr BY MARC fklrNER-
LIVES, OF OUR TIMES
1-1EIFETZ
JASCHA
problems was offered. A middle-
aged man, representing himself
AT THE AGE OF EIGHT, NE BECAME A
AT THREE YEARS OF AGE,HIS FATHER.
as a highly skilled custom tailor,
PUPIL OF PROFESSOR LEOPOLD AUER AT
TAUGHT HIM TO PLAY THE VIOLIN ON A
clashed with two bosses in a
THE ST.PETERSBURG CONSERVATORY.
MINIATURE INSTRUMENT WHICH HE
refusing to follow Ameri-
LATER, HE APPEARED WITH THE BERLIN
row
STILL
POSSESSES
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
can customs in his work. Many
reasons might stand behind his
inability to adjust, but the fact
remained that, although employ
ers were sympathetic, he could
not stay on either job. Now he
may not be able to get another
-
job in the field; and if he does
IN 191r, HE MADE HIS AMERICAN DEBUT AT
—he may not be able to keep it.
IN 1907, WHEN SEVEN YEARS OLD, HE MADE
CARNEGIE NAIL IN NEW YORK AND WAS
HIS CONCERT DEBUT IN KOVNO,RUSSIA.
Wages may not seem enough
IMMEDIATELY NAILED BY THE AMERICAN
HE BECAME
OTHER
CONCERTS
FOLLOWED
AND
to the refugee because of ex-
PUBLIC.
A NATIONAL SENSATION.
aggerated rumors he has heard
about American pay scales;
HE IS GENERALLY REGARDED IN THE MUSICAL
IN 1439,-11E APPEARED IN HIS FIRST MOTION(
HE RAISED FUNDS,T1IROUGH A
second-hand furniture may seem
WORLD AS ONE OF THE GREAT TECHNICAL MASTERS
PICTURE.THE NEXT YEAR NE TOURED LATIN
CONCERT TOUR IN 1925, FOR THE
demanding because he doesn't
OF THE VIOLIN-SOME EVEN REGARD HIM AS
AMERICA,VISITING 35 CITIES1N 10 NATIONS
ERECTION OF A CONCERT HALL IN
know that it's perfectly respect-
THE WORLD'S GREATEST VIOLINIST
WITHIN' THREE MONTHS ir`-5,-
JERUSALEM.
able to buy and own such furni-
ture; clinics may seem humiliat-
ing to him when he anticipated
private medical service.

Israel Recognized
By 5 More Nations

Try and Stop Me

app

University Head
Speaks Feb. 16

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Shocked by Dependency

The fact is, Miss Manela points
out, that the horrors of war fade,
but' the shock of finding them-
selves in a dependent position,
accepting funds and services from
strangers, even though the
strangers are Jews, make severe
demands on even the best-

IN

1934 NE TOURED RUSSIA,HIS FIRST VISIT
TO 1415 HOMELAND IN 18 YEARS, AND WAS
AGAIN ACCLAIMED FOR HIS VIRTUOSITY.

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