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Thanksgiving. Day,

Washington's First
National Proclamation

to
Whereas it is . the duty of all nations
acknowledge the providence of Almighty God,
to obey his will, to , be grateful for his benefits,
and humbly to implore His protection and favor;
PHILIP SLOMOV1TZ. Editor
and whereas both Houses of Congress have, by
SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager
their joint Committee, requested me "to recom-
RUTH L. CASSEL, City Editor
mend to the people of the United StateS a day
VOL. XVI—No. 10 Page 4 November 18, 1949
of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer, to be ob-
served by acknowledging with grateful hearts
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
the many and signal favors of Almighty God,
This Sabbath, the twenty-seventh day of
especially by affording them an opportunity
Heshvan, 5710, the following Scriptural selec
peaceably to establish a form of government for
tions will be read in our synagogues:
their safety and happiness;"
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 23:1-25:18.
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign
Prophetical portion—I Kings 1:1-31.
Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to
On Tuesday, - Rosh Hodesh Kislev, Num.
be devoted by the people of these States to the
service of that great and glorious Being, who
28:1-15 will be read during morning _services.
is the Beneficent Author of all the good ' that
was, that is, or that will be; that we may then
all unite in tendering unto Him our sincere and
humble thanks for His kind care and protection
of the people of this country, previous to their
When the representatives of American
becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold'
Jewish communities gather, Nov. 25 to 27,
mercies, and the favorable interpositions of His
in Atlantic City, to hear reports from the
providence, in the course and conclusion of the
delegation that recently visited in Israel,
late war; for the great degree of tranquility,
they will hear the reactions of hard-headed
union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed;
businessmen to the sacrifices which are be-
for the peaceable and rational manner in which
we have been enabled to establish Constitutions
ing made in order that wastlelands may be
of Government for our safety and happiness,
reclaimed and that there never again shall
and particularly the national one now lately
be suffering at the hands of persecutors or
instituted; for the civil and religious liberty with
homelessness in Jewry's ranks.
which we are blessed, and the means we have
The great Jewish community of North
of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;
America—one of the strongest and most af- Guest Editorial
and, in general, for all the great and various
_
fluent in all our history—must understand
favors, which He has been pleased to confer
exactly what is happening in the little land
upon us.
that has been neglected for 19 centuries and
And, also, that we may then united in most
has been left undeveloped and unpopulated
humbly offering our prayers and supplications
By LEON KAY
Nations, and
since the exile of its citizenry, to whom it
to the great Lord and Ruler of
President, Zionist Organization of Detroit
beseech Him to pardon our national and other
was assigned as its Promised Land.
The State of Israel and its people are confronted with transgressions; to enable us all, whether in
It is not an easy task to give new life
public or private stations, to perform our several
territory
that
has
become
a
desert.
But
the
immediate
problem of industrializing the country in as
to a
and relative duties properly and punctually; to
part
of
this
desert
already
has
been
re-
short
a
time
as
possible.
It
must
do
so
if
it
is
to
survive.
a
our National Government a blessing to
This problem cannot be solved by the Israelis alone. render
vived and there is feverish activity to trans-
all people, by constantly being a government of
articular
y
in
p
form the rest of the country into a living World Jewry in general and American Jewr
wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly
land.
of the the
Galil
and the must take upon itself the responsibility, in cooperation with
and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect
Emek The
has redemption
worthily aroused
admiration
Israel, of solving this task. It is as much a responsibility as and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially
and to
of all who
been
see
it the one that expressed itself in the creation and development
such as have shoWn kindness to us),
all have
eyes are
on privileged
the Negev, to
the
vast
and
peace
governments,
good
•
bless
them
with
•
the UPA and the UJA.
and now
of th
practice
and
,
promote
the
knowledge
accord; to
desert where experiments are being con-
Up to Israel's Independence Day about 30 percent of
true- religion and virtue, and the increasing
ducted by Jewish pioneers for eventual es-
population was settled i n more than 3 0 0 colonies, of
of
science,
among them and us; and, generally,
tablishment of farms and industries under the
Jewish
a of liveli hood . Now, the to grant unto all mankind such a degree of
and agriculture provided their mens
the hot, near-tropical sun.
dwellers is being ar nstantly temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be
Thus, a people that has been uprooted ratio of farm settlers to city
suburban population is coound 20 best. Given under my hand at the City of New
from the soil and from productive pursuits diminished so that government
the subur is attempting to maintain a York, the third day of October, 1789.
to 75 percent
GEORGE WASHINGTON

The UJA in 1950

Investments In Israel

turn its energies into creative planning. But constant ratio of about 25 percent suburban city population
this people, which has survived bloody wars, urban population. The largest portion of the
is burdened with many problems. It keeps will have to find its livelihood in constantly growing industry. Hope Among The Ruins
the doors of the new land open
so that
* * * i n Israel is as follows:
The present
status all
of industries
By DR. NOAH E. A R ONSTAM
who wish may enter it. Although it is over-
Industries wholly owned and controlled by Histadrut.
1
(Author's Note: This poem is not an imitation of the style
burdened with problems, its major principle
of Robert Browning, but rather a specimen of how some
Z. Industries owned in part by Histadrut and in part by
is that all Jews, no matter what their origin,
English poets endeavored to inject the style of Piyutin of the
private capital. In most cases the • ownership is on a
Yom Toy of
early medieval ages and, in particular, that a
have a right to seek asylum in Israel. Jews
York, killed In the York massacre, 1189. His Poem hears the
50 basis.
-
50
services. By
ni•
Kippur
evening
caption "Amnan Ken" of Yo
of Iraq and Yemen and Morocco have an
one ' sur-
3. Industries wholly owned and controlled by private capital.
iii
, i, itahr,
e t y one
i co!ilsl ep:;.rii;iyg ithbe at trznr3i g with
The authorr -only borrowed
equal opportunity to share both the bless -
that
Jerusalem
might be-
Practically
all
existing
industries
are
in
need
of
modern
the title, in r:ference to the hope
ings and the sufferings of Israel.
iciency, com
f
e the capital of Israel.)
It is not easy to fit into Israel's economy machinery and equipment and of new methods of ef
tens of thousands of men and women whose because the industrialization of the State of Israel will have
Bloom encircled stand the ruins of a Fount
lives and fortunes have been broken and to be based upon the concept that it is not only to produce
On a mound
who have been deprived of opportunity to commodities and goods forthe home market but that its Where the fiercely battling legions, armor clad,
should
find
their
due
place
on
the
international
work productively during the years of per- products
secutions in the lands of their birth. In many market, with special attention to the needs of the markets of Fought and fled!
Where the Parthians and the Syrians
instances, these people have to be taken the Near and Far East.
hounds
American Jewry should invest part of its capital and When the Arabs and the Seljuko, vicious
out of their habitats as speedily as possible
lest they be massacred by the uncivilized all of its accumulated experience of know-how in expanding Trod its grounds.
people amongwhom they live. Iraq is the and modernizing existing Israel industries, and establishing When the city, site of Hope, seat of Peace
-
latest example of brutality. Yemen provides new ones. Such a participation on the part of American Jews In surcease
conformity with President Never wavered in its turmoil and its thrall.
notable proof of inhuman action by a gov- in Israel development
would be in conformity
p
th development of the
' program of facilitating the
ernment towards its subjects. Morocco, Al- Truman's
Just a solitary Wall
and
oth
African
lands
have
been
other
Of its former splendor, on historic guard
geria
Near
East.
b
A few years ago, the American Technion Society came Looks athwart;
inakin b c, life miserable for Jews.
Israel does its share in welcoming these into existence—composed of a group of Jewish engineers When in lethal combat, sword in hand they .
people.
But the Jewry
responsibility
is not
Israel's
engage
alone. World
has a right
to ask
that and industrialists engaged in supporting the Haifa Institute
Israel should balance its budget and should of Technology, the only engineering college in the Near East. In futile rage,
become self-sustaining. But into such a bud- Now the Technion Society has branches in practically every
To efface and destroy all the vestige left ,
the responsibility of industrial city in the United States. We have an active branch
•
get can not be forced in Detroit which has done much important work. Since the Sore bereft; hordes of Egypt's sand in their fury
When the
resettlement
of
East
European
and
Afri-
can Jews who are running for dear life establishment of the State of Israel, the Technion Society
Swept the land; .
from lands in which, in some instances, they has organized a special Technological Commission under the Overflowing to the fill all the Negev
have lived for nearly two thousand years. able leadership of Col. Elyachar. This Commission is in a Slay and kill.
on any industrial developments
Yet the site of Hope and the seat of Peace
American Jewry, the largest and most position to serve and advise
affluent Jewish community in the world, in Israel as well as to answer technological problems con- In surcease
Stands and waits, ever steadfast, never falters,
' must bear the major brunt of responsibility fronting Israeli industrialists.
*
*
*
From its altars
for this task. This, in fact, is the chief task
From personal observation and experience, I can testify Dulcet melodies ascend heartening words of cheer.
to be affirmed by the forthcoming confer-
"Do not fear,
of the United Jewish Appeal at which that the Israel government is anxious for private capital to
"All is well with Israel"
ence
machinery will have to be set in motion for enter its industries and is extending full cooperation and Let them have the glory and the power,
the 1950 drive for the relief of the down- consideration for the introduction of industrial capital. It is
And the pomp and all the rest.
trodden and the upbuilding of Israel. definitely opposed to speculative and get-rich-quick propo-
Hope is best!
It is not outside the realm of possibility sitions.
Sooner or later the Israel government will have to
that there can, some day, be an end to fund-
Facts You Should Know
raising in the field—provided that the task establish a national planning commission with power to act,
of making Israel secure is completed. The whose main purpose will be the determination of the type
What is the derivation of the term "Almo-
1949 UJA drive fell short of expectations. It and kind of industries required and when and where they
noh"?
The term "Almonoh" is an old Biblical term
is doubtful whether the total for the entire are to For
be erectetd.
the present, the American Jewish investors have meaning "a widow." It is the feminine counter-
"a
year will exceed $120,000,000. During 1950,
American Jewry must atone for the short- opportunities to make their capital work for Israel through part of the term "Alman" which means
widower."
Both
come
from
the
term
"Elam"
It is urent
.
k" or th e
urgent the PEC, AMPAL and the American Israeli Corporation.
cominb s of the preceding ear
which indicates the "inability to spec
that the Nov. 25 to 27 conference should All of them are doing a good job.
binding."
The.
derivation
. indicates:. tha&
There are many opportunities to develop new industries act of '
prepare our people to do their rightful share
the 'sacred task of fulfilling the obliga- right now, especially in the field of the building industry
by the .eizueltY,
in
of building the Jewish home for the re- in the field of consumer goods. Properly managedt, they, .mkr, „upon his 011.4.1e•E
loss, and/or "baund
itakithe.siileme,,V1-46b)
voraesi
with *tali.
Jaith
t on
not fail to be remunerative.
born people of Israel.