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20—THE JEWtSH NEWS
Friday, April 15, 1949
Szyk Completes Work
On Illumination of Israeli
Hashomer Hatzair
Marks 25th Year
Arthur Szyk, foremost inter-
pretative illustrator of our time,
Hashomer Hatzair will cele-
has completed an elaborate
brate its 25th anniversary in the
lamination in eight colors of the United States and Canada at its
Israeli Declaration of Independ- 12th convention April 16 to 23 in
By
ence.
Chicago. Fifteen Detroit dele-
Alice Jean
The result of six months of gates will attend.
intensive work begun the day
The main theme of the conven-
Harris
the Declaration was made public tion will be an evaluation of
on May 14, 1948, the original Hashomer Hatzair's .educational
painting is on parchment meas- significance and achievement in
When the Jews left Egypt they uring about 19 x 14 inches. Sur- Zionist life in America as a pio-
went into the wilderness with rounding the complete text of neer chalutz movement and the
gladness, yet fear in their hearts, the Declaration in Hebrew; is an organization's future role in
for at any moment the Egyptian elaborate illuminated border de- America, in Israel ansl in the
ruler inight send out his troops to picting the story of the struggle world.
bring the oppressed back into of the Jewish people to re-es-
slavery. And so into a world be- tablish a Jewish homeland.
yond their conception they were
"The background of the paint-
thrown. In the course of this "es- ing is black," Szyk explained,
cape" they had no time to bake "but against it I have put bril-
bread in the usual manner, there- liant new colors, symbolizing the
fore a new bread originated, the' phrase 'out - of darkness comes
matzoh or unleavened bread, new happiness'."
made without yeast and baked
Szyk came to the United States
quickly in the sun. ,
in December, 1940, from Eng-
Now, the Jewish center is again land, where he had lived for
'in this same vicinity of the world. many years after leaving his na-
But it is not a realm of persecu- tive Poland. He became famous
tion and enslavement, but a for his book illustrations which
scene of rejuvenation of land, include those for the Rubaiyat,
culture, people 'and politics.
the Book of Esther, the Book of
Yes, they have achieved a great Job and the Canterbury Tales.
portion of their goal—Israel. The
Through the efforts of the
Jewish -land is at last a reality.
Thomas J. Lipton Company of
This Passover, as always they Hoboken, New Jersey, full color
Md. Scorn pure Vegetable OS
celebrated with the one Seder in reproductions of Szyk's illum-
vnder strlet rabbinical
the land of milk and honey, but ination of the Israeli Declaration,
supervision
the glass of wine set out for the measuring 14 by 19 inches, are
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Jewish heart to live in peace.
We have two traditional Sedor- of this historic document for their`
homes.
im in America.
The setting has been brought
right home and even to school,
for the Bnai Brith Hillel Founda-
tion in Ann Arbor has arranged
the Sedorim and is serving kosh-
er Passover meals for the entire
week to Jewish students on the
campus of the University of
Michigan.
. In order to build in greater
happiness our people need help,
help which we—you and I—can
give them through the Allied
Jewish Campaign. Dig deeply and
give generously.
And a Happy Pesach to every-
one!
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Claim Deadline Set Up
IRO Council Allocates
$9 Million for DP Transit For Property Recovery
WASHINGTON (JTA)—A bud-
get 'allocation of $9,000.000 for the
tralisportation of Jewish refugees
to Israel, was approved by the
general council of the Interna-
tional Refugee Organization at
Geneva. Of the - $9,000,000, $4,-
000,000 was previously voted by
the Council. The Joint Distribu-
tion Committee and other Jewish
organizations have been pressing
for IRO, payment of travel costs
for Jewish refugees bdund for
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NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
deadline on claims for the return
of property vested during the
war with the, Office of Alien
il 30, 1949, ex-
Property is Apr
cept where less than two years
have *elapsed since the vesting,
the American Jewish Committee
was advised by the Department
of Justice. In cases where the
period since the vesting is less
than two yedrs, the expiration
date for the filing of claims is
two years from that date.
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