THE JEWISH NEWS-17
Dr. Silver Tells SZ Audience
He Will Remain Active in Zionism
Friday, September 23, 1949
Congress Critics
Ask Inspection of
Membership Rolls
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, former chairman of the American
Zionist Council told an audience of approximately 900 at
the Shaarey Zedek, on Sept. 14, that he has "not bowed out
The Committee for a Demo-
of responsibility in Zionist work" and that he will return to cratic American Jewish Congress
active leadership in due time His statement was made in an- demanded that the membership
swer to a question put to him as to why he does not again records of the AJC be opened for
"assume a leading role -in the
movement. belief that it is due in part to
Speaking at the opening sess- poor leadership and meddling in
ion of the Shaarey Zedek Men's Israel's affairs.
Club lecture program for the
Abraham Satovsky, president
new year, Dr. Silver, who was of the Shaarey Zedek Men's
introduced by Rabbi Morris Club, opened the program with a
Adler, stated that American Jew- brief address. Satovsky an-
ry, without whose help Israel nounces that .the next event, on
could not have been created, Oct. 26, will feature an address
must continue to play an im- on "The Humorous in Jewish
portant role in the defense of Life"- by Frank Shapiro. Others
the Jewish state. He condemn- who will- appear during the year
ed severly all talk that the Zion- will include Judge Louis J. Lev-
ist Organization should liquidate inthal, Dr. Murray Banks, Prof.
and declared that the movement William Haber, Dr. Max Helf-
must remain on the alert.
man, Dr. Henry Gerald, and the
Charging that the accusation following special programs : The
of "dual allegiance" is the in- Layman's Institute, a mid-winter
vention of anti-Semites, includ- dance, Scout night, Brotherhood
ing "Jewish anti-Semites," Dr. night, and a cantata and model
Silver asserted that if there were Seder. Rabbi Adler, upon his re-
less self-hate and more ac- turn from Israel, will conclude
quaintance with Jewish history, the program with a report on
the situation would be corrected what he saw there.
immediately. He said that there
is nothing un-American about
work for Israel, that there is
need for young people to go
there and help build the- country,
and that while interest in
Israel will continue, "Jews will
owe undivided allegiance to the
Dr. David B. Gaberman, tem-
countries of which they are porary -,chairman of the newly-
citizens."
organized Rabbi Stephen S. Wise
Declaring that the most press- Chapter of the American Jew-
7:77kr.W Ish Congres,
ing need now is to provide for
announces that
the tens of 'thousand who seek a
Isaac Toubin,
new life in Israel, Dr. Silver ex-
pressed regret over the marked
assistant execu-
recession in giving in last year's
director of
UJA campaign and expressed the
the national
:AJC office will
address the
group Thursday
:evening, Sept. 29
at the North-
west synagogue,
7045 Curtis.
On Monday, Sept. 26, at 8:30
Toubin is a
1. Toubin
p.m. at the Northwest Syna- graduate of Yeshiva College and
gogue, Curtis at Santa Rosa, a the Jewish Theological Semin-
testimonial meeting will be held ary. During the war he was
honoring Samuel W. Lieb upon director of the European office
his elevation to the presidency of the National Jewish Welfare
of District Grand Lodge Num- Board, as well as assistant direc-
ber Six of Bnai Brith.
tor of its committee on Army
G. Mennen Williams, governor and Navy Religious Activities.
of Michigan, is expected to at-
All are invited.
tend, as well as Mayor Eugene
I. Van Antwerp, George Ed-
wards, president of the Corn-
mon Council and Mayoralty can-
didate; Joseph A. Moynihan,
presiding Circuit Judge of Mich-
igan; Dr. Shmarya Kleinman,
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—Dr.
president of the Jewish Com-
munity Council, and Julian H. Alberto Gonzalez Fernandez of
Krolik, president of the Jewish the Colombian delegation to the
Welfare Federation.
United Nations has been ap-
Leib is a past president of Pis-
pointed
UN representative in
gah Lodge, past president of
Michigan Council of Bnai Brith Jerusalem by the Palestine Con-
ciliation Commission.
and a practicing attorney.
The Bnai David Quartet, un-
Dr. Fernandez was appointed
der the guidance of Harry D. upon the nomination of UN
Siegel, will present a program of Secretary-General Trygve Lie,
English, Hebrew, French, Ital- with authority to assume his
ian and German songs.
duties in Jerusalem and call on
Vocalist Beatrice Jean Sha- the local officials to set up an
pero, accompanied by Maryann interim UN administration in
Fleisher also will be on the pro- the area. Under the General As-
gram.
sembly resolution adopted in
Paris last year this would be a
Romanian, Israel Firms preliminary step to complete
internationalization of the city.
Sign Trade Agreement
The appointment was seen in
UN circles here as evidence of a
BUCHAREST, (JTA)—An new "get tough" policy with Is-
agreement was signed between rael. The interpretation . stems
nationalized - Romanian firms from the fact that Dr. Fernan-
and private Israel companies dez was the only non-Arab to
providing for the xechange of serve on a subcommittee of the
$3,000,000 worth of goods. The Assembly which was empowered
Romanians will send timber for to work out an alternative
orange crates, cattle and agri- scheme to partition at the 1947
cultural products to Israel, while session of the Assembly.
they will receive from the Jewish
state citrus oils, razor blades, Polish Bureau Issues
pharmaceuticals and artifical Exit Visa Instructions
teeth.
Involved in the deal are the
WARSAW (JTA)—Polish Jews
sale by Romania of 12,000 tons
of ground salt, 1,000 tons of sun- desiring to emigrate to Israel re-
flower seed cake- and 900 tons ceived • instructions from the
of millet, the last two serving as Ministry for Public Administra-
feed for cattle. In addition, a tion. They are required to file
limited barter arrangement has With the Ministry's Foreign
been concluded for the exchange Passports Division their appeal
of Romanian writing paper and for a document granting perma-
artificial dentures manufactured nent exit to Israel. The appli-
cants will be asked to produce
in Israel.
an identification card. The exit
The technical term applied to visa, when issued, will be accom-
a government run by women is panied by a special idenlikfi.ca-
tion. document.
gynarchy.
AJC Aide Speaks
To New Group Here
Testimonial for Leib
Planned for Monday
Arab Friend Serves
UN in Jerusalem
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inspection "to guard against
any attempt to pack the na-
tional convention with unauth-
orized delegates." The - conven-
tion will open in New York City
Nov. 9.
At the same time, the commit-
tee lashed out at the "undemo-
cratic.. convention rules formu-
lated by a desperate leadership
deathly afraid of the member-
ship." The committee statement
was issued by Rabbi Shepherd
Z. Baum, acting chairman.
The committee also announc-
ed the immediate launching of
a national campaign among
Congress members to reinstate
the recently expelled Detroit
Chapter, to culminate with the
introduction of a 'resolution to
this effect at the convention.
The CDAJC statement follows
in part:.
"This is the time to build the
American Jewish Congress, not
to splinter and destroy it. "Nev-
ertheless, at this very time, the
national office has brought
about the expulsion of the pow-
erful Detroit Metropolitan Cen-
ter, on the basis of flimsy,
hyper-technical charges. By this
action, the national office is
preventing the•voice of the 400-
odd members of the chapter
from being registered at the
convention.
"The days of the Rabbi Miller-
Polier-Petegorsky leadership are
numbered. Congress will soon be
returned to the people." .
Orthodox Plan Co op
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A plan to
establish a farm cooperative on
a strictly religious basis was an-
nounced by the Sabbath Obser-
vance Council. The Council is
also considering the opening of a
Hebrew-English school for child-
ren and a night school for adults
on the farm.
Jewish Schools of Detroit Unite
In Urging Education for Children
The Yiddish, congregational,
and Hebrew schools of Detroit
have joined in sending a mailing
to every family itt this city, urg-
ing that all Jewish children be
given an opportunity for a Jew-
ish education. The mailing was
issued through the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation. •
The mailing — which answers
the Why, What and When of a
Jewish education — reminds all
parents that "Girls are children
too. It's an out-dated idea—this,
of educating our sons and not
our daughters. We today provide
our daughters with secular 'edu-
cation to the same degree that
we do our sons. It is just as im-
portant to do that with Jewish
education."
Emphasizing that a Jewish ed-
ucation will help children to
meet positively the "Jewish as-
pects of their lives," the mail-
ing stresses, also, that the time
to begin a Jewish education is
"now". •
Schools joining in the marling
are the Jewish Folk Schools,
Jewish People's School, 'United
Hebrew Schools, United Jewish
-High School, Workmen's Circle
Schools, Yeshivath Beth Yehu-
dah, Cong. Beth Aaron, Congr.
Beth Itzchock, Cong. Bnai
D a v i d, Congr. Bnai Moshe,
Northwest Hebrew Congr., Congr.
Shaarey Zedek, Temple Beth El
and Temple Israel.
Information concerning the
program of any of these schools
may be secured by calling Ben
Mandlekorn at the Federation,
WO. 5-3939.
British County Refuses Aid
LONDON, (JTA)—The Surrey
County Council rejected a pro-
posal by the Health Ministry
that it take over the national
government's share of respon-
sibility for the care of invalid
Jewish refugees from Germany
and Austria, living at two hos-
tels at Epsom and• Richmond.
The shelters are conducted by
the Jewish Refugees Committee,
creShorto 5ovo 5iLoievit
Best Wishes for a Happy New
Year to the Jewish Community.
It has been our pleasure tc
serve you this past year and
we hope you will permit u5
to do so in the coming year
HARRY COHEN
President
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Book of Life, for Thine own !sake,
0 living God."
May this ancient prayei find reality in
the New Year 5710, and may Israel and
all mankind enjoy an unending era of
peace from this day on.
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