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The Door Is Open, My Children
As the Editor
Views the News .
Our Freedom Festival
At sundown on Wednesday we shall usher
in the happiest Festival of Freedom since the
Exodus from Egypt.
Passover means much more to us this
year than at any time in our history.
Israel Is redeemed and the Jewish State
is a reality.
The displaced persons camps are being
emptied and the remainina unhappy Jews in
Eastern Europe and in b Moslem countries
have a place to look to as refuge, as home,
as security.
For the first time in 2,000 years, there
is a place on the face of the globe where
Jews can find a welcome, where they will
be masters of their own destiny, whose
administrators will be able to act for
them just as other governments are able
to act in defense of their kinsmen every-
where.
As the oldest festival of freedom in the
history of mankind, Passover has symbol-
ized the passion for justice, the battle for
human rights and religious freedom. Until
now we have been able to point to its
lessons only as admonitions to the nations
of the world to act justly. Today, Jews who
are being rehabilitated in Israel are exper-
iencing Passover's principles as living re-
alities.
There is cause for rejoicing. We are ush-
ering in a happy festival. May the fulfillment
of Passover's lessons inspire all mankind with
a determination to guarantee freedom and to
perpetuate justice.
A Happy Passover to all Jewry and to
Israel.
Important Dates
There are a few important dates on • our
calendar which should be observed by Allied
Jewish Campaign leaders, workers and con-,
tributors.
The visit of the "Caravan of Hope" of the
United Jewish Appeal on April 17 and the
official opening of the drive in Detroit, on
April 24, when Israel's Foreign Minister,
Moshe Sharett, is to be the guest speaker,
have major appeals to all of us.
April 24 also has been set aside as THE
DAY of the Women's Division. Important
campaign meetings are planned by the wom-
en for April 27 and 28. All of these gatherings
should be occasions for the mobilization of
our manpower in support of the $6,395,000
drive whose income is so essential for Israel
and those who look to us for help to settle in
Israel.
Turkey's Recognition
Turkey's recognition of Israel is of far
greater importance than appears on the sur-
face. As the first nation in the Moslem orbit
to take such a step, the major stumbling
block in the path of.Israel's independent posi-
tion in the Middle East finally is being re-
moved. The Turkish act paves the way for
recognition of Israel by the Arab states, India
and Pakistan, and, to harmonious efforts for
the upbuilding the waste lands in the entire
Mediterranean area.
There appears to be no doubt that Israel
soon- will become the 59th member of the
United Nations. The world thus is coming
closer to international good will and to better
chances for peace.
THE JEWISH NEWS
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Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing
Cd., 2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich. WO. 5-1155.
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Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942 at Post Office,
Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879.
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor
VOL. XV—No. 4
Page 4'
April 8, 1949
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the tenth day of Nissan, 5709, the
following Scriptural selections will be read in our
synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 6:1-8:16.
Prophetical portion—Mal. 3:4-24 or II Kings
7:3-20. •
Passover Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portions: First Day, Thursday,
April 14, Ex. 12:21-51, Num. .28:16-25; Second
Day, Friday, April 15, Lev. 22:26-23:44, Num.
28:16-25.
Prophetical portion—First Day, Josh. 3:5-7:2-6,
27; Second Day II Kings 23:1 (or 4)-9:21-25.
By MAXINE R. LEVIN
Jewish News Art Editor
FAUSTUS AT SUCCUBUS BY A. DANTO
A Great Community Performance
Detroit Jewry's top givers, at the first fund-raising session
of the 1949 Allied Jewish Campaign, set the pace for a great
campaign which should break all records in liberality by our
community.
The performance on March 29, when less than 75 people
contributed more than a million dollars towards this year's
goal of $6,395,000, was an inspiring event. Not a single person
decreased his pledge, and more than 90 per cent of the first
contributors increased their last year's gifts.
It was a tribute to the leadership of Louis Berry, this
year's campaign chairman, and to his associates who evi-
denced readiness to cooperate in a great community effort.
and to defy all talk of "bad times." That session reaffirmed
the desire of responsible leaders to fulfill their responsi-
bilities to Israel, to the homeless who are awaiting settle-
ment in the Jewish State, to the dispossessed who are anx-
ious to end the Jewish tragedies in lands of oppression
and dispersion.
Detroit's first act in the drive was a signal to the displaced
persons that we are not limitina ourselves to celebrations over
triumphs and that we are ready
b to complete the task of mak-
ing the new home for the homeless secure.
It was a signal to the Jews in Eastern Europe—who must
be taken out of their residences as quickly as possible, before
new barriers are set up to prevent their exits—and to the
oppressed Jews in Moslem lands that we stand ready to back
them up, through the United Palestine Appeal and the Joint
Distribution Committee, as well as to those who await entry
in the United States and other democratic countries through
United Service for New Americans, that the United Jewish
Appeal will have our wholehearted support.
The major task, however, is yet to be performed. Thus
far, only a sixth of the needed fuhds has been subscribed.
To raise the major portion of the drive's goal, tens of
thousands of Jews will have to be reached, many
hundreds of large contributors are yet to be heard from
and the responsibility for the drive rests upon our entire
community.
While a large number of workers already has been en-
rolled for the drive, many, MANY more are needed to
reach out into every home, every office, every organization,
to secure the needed funds. It is imperative that those who
have assumed responsibilities should fulfill them speedily
and that others, who have not yet enrolled as volunteers in
the great reconstruction job, should enlist. They can do so
by calling the campaign office, WOodward 5-3939.
The initial campaign effort is a tribute to the director
of the Jewish Welfare Federation, Isidore Sobeloff, and his
staff. They have built the foundation for a great movement, in
spite of the odds that appeared to be against us. Talk
of "bad times– already, has been dispelled. There were
worse times in Israel and in the DP camps only 'a few short
months ago. Now, the responsibility is to go on with the work
with courage and determination.
If we mean what we say in heralding the era of freedom,
in this era of triumph for Jewry, we. must make our words
and acts real.
The next few weeks will be trying ones for the com-
munity, for the hundreds of workers in the drive..
Thousands of volunteers already have been enrolled
in the drive to solicit more than 30,000 prospective con-
tributors. To exceed last year's gifts by nearly $500,000—
the additional sum needed to meet the needs overseas,
nationally and locally in 1949—it is necessary that more
people should be reached and that last year's donors
should exceed their previous contributions. To achieve
this end, many more volunteer workers are needed. The
official opening of the drive on April 24 calls for speedy
action and the immediate enrollment of many more men
and women in the army of campaign workers.
The beginning was a great performance. It MUST lead
to a total triumph for a great cause.
Working together, as we always have, in defiance of
irrational talk, we shall succeed. We MUST succeed.
One of our promising Detroit artists is an artist
by avocation, who despite a rigorous scholastic
schedule, is doing important work
Arthur Danto, among his main activities,.
has produced work in the field of art, that has
gaMed national recognition with his woodcuts,
etchings and drypoints.
Last year the print from "Joseph" series were
shown at the Printmakers Exhibition in Seattle,
Wash. This year an oil painting of an "Old Jew,"
was shown at the Contemporary Gallery in New
York. A woodcut from the "Dr. Faustwis" series
received a blue ribbon award from the Philadel-
phia Show and recently another print from the
same group has been accepted for the Brooklyn
Museum Print Exhibit. Mr. Danto exhibited in
the Michigan Artists Exhibition this past year
and has held two one man exhibitions at Cyrils
Gallery in Detroit, one of which included the
showing of the Zarathustra series of woodcuts.
Arthur Danto was born and raised in Detroit,
son of Dr. and Mrs. Sam Danto, and is now in
New York working for his P.H.D. in Philosophy,
at Columbia. He is a veteran of four years over-
seas duty with the Fifth Army. Danto's work shows
an intensity of feeling, he distorts his figures
and dramatizes their gestures, producing some
very forceful and individual pieces. It is apparent
that his philosophic studies contribute to his choice
of subject matter, however there are more mun-
dane pieces which evidence a lively humor. A
large number of his prints. are to be seen in the
homes of many . Detroiters and are part of several
Detroit collections.
Bella Chagall's 'Burning Lights'
Those interested in an account of past Jewish
life in Russia, will find Bella Chagall's "Burning
Lights," a delightful book of reminiscences. Bella
Chagall was the wife of Marc Chagall, one of the
great Jewish artists of our time. The book con-
cerns memories of her youth and Jewish life,
described in a perceptive and highly personal
manner. It is a book of word pictures, beautifully
and simply told.
"Burning Lights" is published by Schocken
Books and is liberally illustrated with 36 draw-
ings by her husband, Marc Chagall. The book has
artistic value as a joint product of the words of
the senitive and creative wife, Bella Chagall,
and the exciting and imaginative art of Marc
Chagall.
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Mrs. Werbe's Prize-Winning Painting
Mrs. David B. Werbe's prize-winning paint-
ing returned from a tour of exhibitions in mu-
seums and educational institutions.
It is at present on view at the Fine Arts
department of Wayne University.
Reappraisal of the U. S,
Policies on Immigration
"Reappraising Our Immigration Policy" is the
topic dealt with in the March 1949 issue of the
Annals of the American Academy of Political and
Social Science, 3817 Spruce St., Philadelphia 4, Pa.
The collected essays in this important volume,
which throws a great deal of light on the immi-
gration question, were edited by Dr. Hugh Carter,
supervisor of the General Research Section of the
Division of Research and Education, U. S. Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service.
Historic aspects, demographic factors, assimila-
tion of the foreign born and current immigration
problems in the U. S. are among the sub-titles
in the book.
Much light is thrown in this issue of the Annals
upon U. S. immigration policies after both World
Wars, on regulations and treaties affecting Euro-
pean migrations and international implications in
the U. S. immigration policy.
Important reference is made to the opening of
Palestine to large-scale Jewish immigration as a
factor in solving the DP problems. There also is
an interesting analysis of the 1948 DP act. But
the general picture affecting uprooted people is
described as dark because of the new problems
arising in Asia and China.
This volume is enriched by its valuable book .
department.