Midrasha Opens Fall Registration;
Ask Rabbis to Aid UHS Camp-sign

Registration for the autumn
quarter of the Midrasha, the
United Hebrew Schools' College
of Jewish Studies, will begin
Oct. 3 and continue through
Oct. 13, at the Rose Sittig Cohen
Bldg., 13226 Lawton.
Thursday evening, Oct. 13, is
set for the opening convocation,
and classes begin Oct. 20, to con-
tinue through Dec. 29.
Classes and instructors in the
teachers' training and advanced
Hebrew department are: Bible,
Jeremiah and Ezekiel, Max
Gordon; Talmud, Sol Kasdan;
modern Hebrew literature; Yid-
dish literature, Moshe Haar;
history, Rabbi Sidney Akselrad.
In the general Jewish studies
department, open to the entire
community and particularly de-
signed for young adults, the
schedule includes: Elementary
Hebrew, Morris Plafkin, Norman
Ruttenberg; intermediate He-
brew, Jacob M. Mathis; ad-
vanced Hebrew, Morris Nobel;
elementary Yiddish, M. Gold-
oftas; intermediate Yiddish, Jo-
seph Comay; advanced Yiddish,
Samuel Segal; history, Jewish

literature; Bible, Isaiah and
Micah,•Max Gordon; philosophy,
Rabbi Max Kapustin; sociology,
the Jew in America; Israel, Al-
bert Elazar; Artcraft, Blossom
Neuschatz; group leadership;
Jewish folk dances.
Continuing the annual mem-
bership drive and enrollment
campaign of the United Hebrew
Schools, . during Jewish Educa-
tion Month, Abe Kasle, president
of the Schools, has addressed a
personal appeal to Detroit rab-
bis, asking them to remind their
congregations at High Holy
Days services of the advantages
of Jewish education.

Yeshiva U. Endowments
Up by Quarter Million

NEW YORK—(JTA)—Yeshiva
University's endowment f and
now totals $1,614,744, it was re-
ported at a meeting of the En-
dowment Foundation at the As-
tor Hotel. Bernard Gottesman,
president of the Foundation, re-
ported that it increased by
$250,000 during the past year.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Has Anti-Semitism Declined?

Spokesmen for civic-protective movements in this country
and in Canada contend that anti-Semitism is on the decline, and
that there is no evidence of serious dangers from bigots.
There is no doubt that bigoted movements have not progress-
ed. The Negroes have gained status in their fight for justice.
There are fewer evidences of anti-Semitism and the adoption of
FEPC laws in some states have helped to eradicate bias.
We would be foolish, however, if we were to become too
complacent and if we did not admit that prejudices have not been
eradicated completely and that discrimination still is felt on many
fronts.
George Seldes' radical IN FACT recently revealed the
following occurrence:
A RUDE, anti-Semitic outburst by Gen. Pat Hurley over
NBC's "Meet the Press" television show Aug. 15 has been
hushed by the newspapers, which ordinarily report as news
some of the events transpiring on that particular program.
Hurley, wealthy oilman who was sent on a diplomatic mission
to China several years ago, was being asked about China and
the State Dept.'s just released "White Paper" by the newsmen,
among whom was I. F. Stone of the N. Y. Compass, a persistent
questioner and one of the ablest Washington correspondents.
At one point in the program, Hurley shook his finger at Stone
and bellowed over the air: "Okay, kid! You go back to Jeru- ,
salem, and I'll go back to the oilfields." Another who felt
Hurley's wrath, although not in as vile a way, was syndicated
columnist Marquis Childs. The only press comment on the
disgraceful performance seen by this weekly, other than an
account carried by Federated Press, was in John Crosby's
Herald-Tribune radio column Aug. 23. Without mentioning the
specific outburst, Crosby described Hurley as being "in a tow-
ering rage" during which "he threw some very low pitches at
the reporters." The rest of the press ignored the incident.
Facts- are facts, whether they are exposed by a liberal or a
reactionary, and IN FACT's expose should be taken seriously. It
is an indication that all is not rosy, that the millenium has not
come, that liberty is an asset still to be fought for and justice a
right to be guarded zealously.
Remember: there is anti-Semitism in colleges, summer resorts,
hotels and to a degree perhaps also in government and military
circles.
But the most disquieting factors often arise from domestic
disturbances. An interesting indication of trouble is to be found
in the recent. Peekskill, N. Y., riots. Robert M. Hallett, staff cor-
respondent of the Christian Science Monitor, reporting to his
newspaper, relates the following incidents in Peekskill:

The telephone rang at the residence of a prominent New York sociologist
who lives in this vicinity. It was the family maid:
"I'm sorry I can't work for you no more."
"Why?" asked her surprised employer.
"You're Communists," replied the maid.
"Where did you get that idea?" •
"Because you're Jews," said the voice, and the phone clicked off.
This illustrates two elements that have been brought into sharp focus by
the recent incidents of violence in this area—growing anti-Semitism and a tend-
ency an the part of some to lump Jews and Communists indiscriminately together.
There have been a few other incidents against the large Jewish community
. of the Peekskill-Cortland area. Two Jewish homes—some distance from the
concert grounds—were stoned the night of the second Paul Robeson concert.
In Peekskill, some hoodlums went into a Jewish-owned store, insulted the
owner, and shouted "anti-Jewish epithets because they thought he had attended
the second concert. Some condoned the action at first but later it was found
the storekeeper had not been to the concert and was not a Communist. Com-
munity leaders came to his support publicly.
Peekskill has a year-round population of some 18,000 persons, including a
sizable Jewish minority. As hot weather approaches, souse 30,000 summer visitors
pour into this area to enjoy the many beautiful lakes and th e dramatic country-
side which has new and charming views around every curve. Many of the sum-
mer visitors are Jewish.
In addition during the past 20 or 30 years a number of prominent Commun-
ist leaders and their followers have settled in the area to set up summer
"colonies". Some of these residents also are Jewish.
Therefore, some unthinking persons have swallowed the arguments of profes-
sional race haters that all Communists are Jews and vice versa.
No one believes that all the people of Peekskill are anti-Semitic by any
means.
"I don't believe the majority of the residents of this area are anti-Semitic,
but there is a minority sufficiently big to scare me," a Peekskill school official
says.
Public officials, veterans groups, and others deny that anti-Semitism exists
in their community. They stress that there never has been any violence between
the races. It is true that this factor should not be overemphasized.

What the Monitor's Peekskill correspondent records here
may be passing phases in an unfortunate situation in
which the Jewish War Veterans were dragged in ungraciously.
The official JWV statement that the veterans' organization for-
bids picketing and similar demonstrations should have served as
an answer to those who seek to raise false issues.
Meanwhile it is important to note that the contention that
anti-Semitism has diminished considerably may well be ques-
tioned. Bigotry may have declined to a. degree but it is far from
dead. If ever we relax in our vigilance, there is no predicting
how serious the situation may become again. The fact that
those who passionately strive for freedom cry out consistently
against injustice creates a bulwark for liberty. The eternally
vigilant are the true guardians of humanitarianism.

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Federation Division Elects
Mrs. Weiner to Presidency

Friday, September 30, 1949

Federation Leaders
Reaffirm Community
Allocation Priorities

Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner one of Detroit's outstanding
Jewish communal leaders was elected president of the Worn-
ens' Division of the Jewish Welfare Federation at the Divi-
sion's annual meeting Wednesday, Sept. 28.
In assuming the presidency, Mrs. Weiner becomes the
third woman to hold the office since the establishment of the

BUFFALO, (JTA)—A resolu-
tion reaffirming the basic "right
and responsibility" of local Jew-
ish communities to allocate
monies raised in their campaigns
while recognizing their obliga-
tions for meeting all philan-
thropic needs, including the
United Jewish Appeal, was pass-
ed by 150 delegates to the 14th
Annual Conference of the New
York-Ontario Region of the
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds.
, Asserting that the continuing
local, overseas and Israel respon-
sibilities of American Jewry can
best be met in 1950 by central
community planning and fi-
nancing, Julian Freeman, of In-
dianapolis, told the delegates
that "communal responsibility
has superseded group or individ-
ual philanthropy" as the means
for meeting Jewish needs.
Isidore Sobeloff, of Detroit,
said the "real value" of commu-
nity services "must be measured
by its social service to the Jew-
ish group and to the general
community." Stressing the im-
portance of local central com-
munity planning in meeting
Jewish problems, he declared
that the voluntary, democratic
association of communities on a
national level is a logical exten-
sion of that principle. As re-
gards local planning for 1950,
Mr. Sobeloff declared that both
in interest and structure, com-
munity organizations "cannot
place local, national, and over-
seas problems into three separ-
ate compartments."

Division in 1946, succeeding Mrs.'
Max Frank, who served t w o
terms, and who was preceded by
Mrs. Joseph" H. Ehrlich.
Other officers elected include
Mesdames Hyman C. Broder,

MRS. LEONARD H. WEINER

John C. Hopp, Harry L. Jones,
Nate S. Shapero, vice presidents;
Mrs. Eugene J. Arnfeld, record-
ing secretary, and Mrs. Samuel
S. Aaron, corresponding secre-
tary.
Nine Women's Division mem-
bers were selected for a first
term on the board of directors,
Mesdames Lawrence Fleischman,
Ivor Kahn, Sidny Karbal, Louis
Manning, Arthur Purdy, Charles
Robinson, Isidore Sobeloff, Ray-
mond Sokolov, Frank Wetsman.
Elected for a second term are
Mesdames Jack Behrman, Lewis
B. Daniels, Louis Glasier, Wil-
liam.B. Isenberg, Harry L. Jones,
Daniel Krouse, Nathan B. Scher-
mer, Carl S. Schiller.
Incumbent members of the
Women's Division board of

Baruch Directs
Young Judea

Mrs. Maurice A. • L a n d a u,
chairman of the 'Zionist Youth
CoMmission of • De t r o i t, an-
nounces t h e appointment of
Leonard Baruch as Young Judea
director.
The :organized Young Jude;
grbups will eack <:....
operate under;
the guidance of
a group leader;.
selected by the
commission.
These group s,
ranging in age
from 10 to 14
will plan their
Baruch
own program so
as to better orient themselves
to the General Zionist program.
Judy Heyman, president of the
Leaders Council, is arranging for
Council meetings to discuss bet-
ter programming and mutual
assistance in the total Young
Judea picture.
Parents who wish to have
their children participate in this
program and young people who
are interested in leading such
groups are asked to call Mrs.
Landau at • UN. 2-0692 or the
Zionist office, W.O. 5 - 1484.

NCJW- Convention
Planned Oct. 23-28

National Council of Jewish
Women will hold its nineteenth
triennial convention Oct. 23 to
28 at Lord Baltimore Hotel, Bal-
timore, Md., it was announced
by Mrs. Joseph M. Welt of De-
troit, national president.
Delegates to the. convention,
which will mark the organiza-
tion's 56th anniversary, w i 11
represent more than 85,000
members in 229 sections
throughout the country. Repre-
sentatives of the National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women of Canada
will also be present.
Mrs. Welt, who will preside
over sessions of the convention,
will also -represent the Inter-
national Council of Jewish
Women, which comprises Jewish
women's organizations in 11
countries. She was elected presi-
dent of the international body
last May at a meeting in Paris.

Mesdames Samuel S. Aaron, Sid-
ney J. Allen, Eugene J. Arnfeld,
Harry Becker, I. Irving Bittker,
Hyman C. Broder, Perry P.
Burnstine, Harry Barnett, Sam-
uel B. Danto, Aaron DeRoy, Jos-
eph Falk, Joseph Fenton, Leon-
ard Fox, Max Frank, Walter M.
Fuchs, Isaac Gilbert, Fred A.
Ginsburg, Samuel R. Glogower,
Arthur I. Gould, Sol A. Glueck-
man, Joseph Holtzman, John C.
Hopp.
Others are Mesdames Benja-
min E. Jaffe, Sidney M. Kalt,
Maurice Klein, Julian H. Kralik,
Samuel LaBow, Charles Lakoff,
Maurice A. Landau, Theodore
Levin, Philip Lipson, Robert J.
Newman.
Concluding the list are Mes-
dames Emil D. Rothman, Alex-
ander W. Sanders, Nate S. Shap-
ero, Benjamin L. Silberstein,
Leonard H.` Weiner, and Henry.
Wineman.
Mrs. Weiner is a vice president
of the Jewish Community Center
and a board member of the Jew-
ish Community Council. She
is also a past president of the
Detroit Section, National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women, and re-
cording secretary of the Sister-
hood of Temple Beth El. She
is a graduate of the University
of Michigan and holds a teach-
er's certificate from Wayne Uni-
versity.

BB Joins in Planning
United Nations. Day

.WASHINGTON, D. a Bnat-
Brith has joined again with ,
other leading American organ-
izations in planning the annual
national observance of United •
Nations Day, Monday, Oct. 24,
it has been announced by Presi-'
dent Frank Goldman. •

n the Record

By NATHAN Z I PRI N -
(Copyright 1949, Seven Arts Feature Service, Inc.)

Sheaves

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An outstanding Jewish leader recently conferred at Paris with
the French Foreign Minister . . • During the conversation the
question of Jewish rule over Jerusalem was raised . . . Reticent
to discuss the issue - Schumann told his visitor "don't forget that
I am a churchgoer."
Russia's Vishinsky was recently asked by a high Israel figure
to explain the motive behind Romania's refusal to permit the exit
of Jews to Israel . .. The Israeli diplomat told the Soviet states-
man that the new state needed manpower for the reclamation of
the Negev . . Mr. Vishinsky replied that Romania needed the
Jewish intelligenzia and then he pertly added "you know of course
that Romania has many Negevs."
Sophistry had a gala day at Flushing Meadows after Mr. Ache-
son's statement on Jerusalem ... What seemed as simple backing
by the American State Department of the proposed internation
ization •plan suddenly lurked in the minds of the hair-splitters as
a development favorable to the Israeli position . .. If the air of
jubilation which prevailed at a secret caucus of Arab delegates
immediately after the Acheson pronouncement can be taken as a
weathervane it will take heroic efforts to change the pro-interna-
tionalization wind . . In the end the key to the solution rests,
in Truman's hands . . . If -that key remains secreted Israel will
force the issue by a bold move.

Books and Authors

The recently published volume, "Yiddish Proverbs," by Shock"..
en Books would gain in readability if. the orthography of the Yid-
dish text were more carefully conceived . . ..Hanan Ayalti, col-
lector of proverbs, is one one of the most gifted Yiddish novelists
. . Isidor Goldstick's translation of the Yiddish text could have
been more carefully edited.
Pierre van Paassen's "Why Jesus Died," published by the Dial. •
Press, merits the widest circulation- . . . It. smashes the myth that.
the Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus.

Local Items

Although it has been denied that the Educational Alliance,
one of the most picturesque Jewish institutions on "the East Side
of New York, is about to be transformed into a non-sectarian or-
ganization, rumors of the change still persist ... Old East Siders
are wondering whether the closing down of the synagogue by- the
Alliance foreshadows the change . . . A person of close association
with the Alliance has told this writer that the new trend of the
organization represented a reversal of a half century of effort
in Jewish social and educational work,
Reports from many areas of the country show a definite up-
surge in pro-UJA activities.
The Jewish population of Los Angeles is preparing to give
a royal feast to H. Rosenblatt, one of the recipients of the Louis
LaMed Foundation awards . . . Mr. Rosenblatt won the prize for a
volume of Yiddish poetry entitled "In the Shadow of My Tree"
He is one of the most popular figures in Los Angeles.
The borough of Queens is rapidly becoming one of the most
populated Jewish areas of Greater New York . . . Synagogues and

Since The Jewish News office
will be closed. Monday, Oct. 3,
for Yom Kippur, deadline for
the Oct. 7 issue is at 12 noon,
Friday, Sept. 30.
centers are keeping pace with the building program.

