20—THE JEWISH NEWS

Hanukah Reflections

Dr. Ruth Gruber, Damari and Goland
At .JNF Women's Annual Event Jan. 16

Friday, December 31, 1948

Rabbi Hershman Evaluates
Four Miracles of Our Time

By DR. A. M. HERSHMAN

Ben Gurion Greets
Israeli Christians on
Christmas Holiday

The annual event of the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Jewish National
Fund, which will conclude the
fund-raising donor project to be
held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16,
in the main auditorium of the
Masonic Temple, will be address-
ed by Dr. Ruth Gruber, eminent
foreign correspondent of the New
York, Herald Tribune, author of
"Destination Palestine," Mrs. I.
Walter Silver, chairman of the
program committee, announced
this week. -
Mrs. Silver announces that the
prOgrain will feature ,Shoshana
Damari and Joseph Goland, Is-
rael's prominent musical revue
stars, in a program entitled "Is-
rael Fights, Sings and Smiles."
Mosheh Wilensky, Israel's prom-
inent composer, will be 'at the
piano.
Reservations -for this event are
being taken by all members of
the JNF Auxiliary, Mrs. Jack
Rosenthal, president; Mrs. Peter
Chodoroff, fund-raising chairman,
and at the JNF office, 11816 Dex-
ter, TO. 8-7384.
The Three Guests
Shoshana Damari, daughter of
a Yemenite rabbi, is versed in
Talmudic and Biblical lore and
has given her melodic interpreta-
tions a distinctive quality of iden-
tification with the aspirations and
struggles of the Jewish people.
She has been acclaimed for her.
interpretations of Wilensky's and
other composers' popular folk-
songs which have been recorded
with the Palestine Symphony Or-
chestra.
Joseph Goland, who was born
in the Ukraine, achieved success

TEL AVIV (Palcor)—For -the
Hanukah this year takes on a Up to a relatively short time ago first time in history a Jewish
new significance, an epochal one. it was without modern weapons * Prime Minister sent Christmas
The burden of its message is not and ithplements of war, while the greetings to the Christian citizens
of a JeWish State.
only the miracles _wrought "for Arabs were amply supplied with
In a message broadcast over
armaments
and
munitions
by
our fathers in days of old," but
Great -Britain, their ally. Yet the Israeli radio and published
also the miracles wrought "for this new army boldly faced over- in all papers, Prime Minister
us in our days." No one can con- whelming odds and ngt only beat David Ben Gurion declared:
template contemporaneous events back the invtders but inflicted
"I greet our citizens of the
without echoing the words of the upon them crushing defeats and Christian faith and extend to
Psalmist: "This was the Lord's now occupies territory larger in them good wishes of the season.
doing; it is marvelous in our area than that originally assigned This past year was one of battle
and hardship forced upon us by
eyes."
to it.
Miracle Number One: In the
Miracle Number Four: At the all those who spurned interna-
summer of 1942 the fate of Pales- time when the .UN kleclared for tional obligations and chost the
tine was trembling in the bal- the establishment Of a sovereign sword as arbiter' of this country's.
ance; the Jewish population in Jewish State, it was estimated future. Prbvidentially this evil
the Land of Israel was in immi that Israel would comprise 498,- design has been frustrated. I
nent danger of annihilation. Hav- 000 Jews and 407000 non-Jews pray fervently that the peaCe and
ing destroyed the armored forces (the figureS were no doubt fur- good will longed for by all citi-
of the British Eighth Army: at nished the UN by the British zens may soon be realized and
that men and women of all creeds
the 'Knightsbridge Ridge and cap- Colonial Office).*
in Israel may soon be able to
tured Tobruk, Rommel, the "Des-
In other words, non-Jews, dedicate themselves in whole-
s. ert Fox," brought the war to the the vast majority of whom are
hearted unity to the constructive
gates of Alexandria and Cairo. It
was a foregone conclusion that Arabs, were to be about 43 per tasks of peace. In the name of
the conquest of Egypt and Pales- cent of the total Israeli popula- all Israel I wish you a joyous
tine was only a matter of weeks. tion. The Jews were to form but holiday and prosperity and happi-
There was rejoicing in Berlin a small majority,'the Arabs a ness for all."
K61 Israel, the official govern-
and Rome. There was gloom in large minority—a situation brist-
England. The British High Corn- ling with peril. Jaffa was an all- ment radio station, broadcast
mand thought that the game was Arab city. A marked change for Midnight Mass services in the
up. Winston Churchill cist about the better has since taken place. Church of Annunciation, in Naz-
for means of saving the British The bulk of the Arabs have fled areth.
Ministries and government de-
Armies in the Near. East from from Israel. Only 50,000 remain.
utter destruction. In Palestine the Some of the so-called refugees partments dealing with minorities
effendis were urging the fella- will probably be repatriated. But took special measures to facilitate
hins to sell their land to the the Arabs will not form a large the observance of the Christmas
Jews. "In a month," they said, !minority. "This was the Lord'S holiday by all Christians in Is-
"Hitler will be in Jerusalern, and doing; it is marvelous in our araeli territory, in the Israeli
army, and even in Israeli PW
you will not only have your land eyes."
*The figures are probably in- camps. The Israeli general staff
back but everything the Jews
. possess. Let the knives be sharp- correct: I. F. Stone places the issued orders to all units to give
ened." Had Rommel carried out number of Jews in Israel at 514,- four days Christmas leave to all
his design, our young people 000 and the number of Arabs at Christian volunteers and to fa-
cilitate their journey to wherever
would, no doubt, have fought to 310,000.
they may wish to spend Christ-
the last. But in spite of their
mas. Arrangements also were
heroism, the -bulk of the Jews of
made for a special Christmas din-
Palestine would have shared the
ner for Christian volunteers and
fate of the Jews of Warsaw. For-
all facilities were granted for
tunately, the planned invasion
holding and attending Christmas
never took place. "This was the
services. Special food rations
Lord's doing; it is marvelous in
were allocated to the 'Christian
our eyes,"
Communities.
Miracle- Number Two: The two
NEW - YORK, (Palcor)—Eliahu
powers who made possible the
Shoshana DamariJoseph Goland
establishment of the state of Is- Epstein, special Israeli envoy to Hadassah to Build Yassky
the
U.
S.
told
the
32nd
annual
on the stage and is one of the
rael are the United ,States and
outstanding players with the Pal-
Soviet Russia—countries whose dinner of the Histadruth Ivrith Hospital in Beersheba
estine Ohel theatrical group. He
political ideologies are at the op- (Hebrew Federation of America)
JERUSALEM (JPS) A new also has been associated with the
posite poles, who have thus far that "on the ruins of the British
disagreed on any other important administration a democratic self- hospital, to be called the Yassky Palestine .Folk Opera and has ap-
issue before the United Nations. government has risen in Israel Meniorial Hospital, in memory of peared on the front lines with the
Let it be borne in mind, more- such as the stagnant and corrupt:- the late Hadassah Hospital direc- Israeli army troops and before
over, that Riissia has banned ed regimes in the Middle East, tor killed in Jerusalem a few DPs in Cyprus.
Zionism as a counter-revolution- including the colonial administra- months ago, will be established
Dr. Gruber has •covered every
ary movement and persecuted its tions, would never aspire to and shortly in Beersheba, Israeli town aspect of Palestinian activities in
adherents. Yet, wonder of won- could never hope to achieve." The in the Negev, it was disclosed_ the 'past two years and was with
ders! These two powers, the U: dinner marked the launching of a here by Dr. Eli Davies, Hadassah the Exodus 1947 travelers in Pal-
S., the protagonist of the Western $100,000 fund drive of Histadrut director in Israel.
estine, France and the • German
Bloc of Nations, and the U. S. S. Ifrith, which is dedicated to the . The women's Zionist organiza- detention camps where they were
R., the protagonist of the Eastern dissemination of the Hebrew tion already has ear-marked 100,- shipped by the British upon their
State. Verily, "this was the Lord's language and culture in America. 000 pounds ($400,000)-,for the new interception at Haifa. She also
doing; it is marvelous in our
The Israeli envoy stressed that hospital, which will not only was with them When most of
eyes."
the Hebrew language is a vital serve the population of southern them returned to Israel in recent
Israel, but will have a special months. Her book "Destination
Miracle Number Three: The key to the development of th
heroism displayed by the Macca- Jewish State of Israel and urged department of tropical diseases Palestine" tells the story of the
bees of old has been paralleled an immediate riogram of He- and a climatological laboratory Exodus travelers.
by the heroism evinced by their brew education by Jewish in- which will Concern itself with the
To Bear Reports Jan. 4
stitutions and organizations out-. adaptation of populations to
descendants,
A
board meeting of- the JNF
sem_OrOpical
and
temperate
cli-
side
Israel
as
a
means
of
streng-
Oh deem not dead that martial
thening the relations .between the mates, both of which are found Auxiliary will be held at 1,2:30
fire,
p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, at the
Say not the mystic flame is spent! Jewish State and world Jewry. in .Israel. ,
With Moses' law and David's lyre
"LIVES OF OUR TIMES
RABBI MEIR BERLIN
Your ancient strength remains
unbent.
HE CAMEO.° THE UNITED STATES BEFORE
LEADER OF THE ORTHODOX ZIONIST MOVE -
The new Jewish state is but an
WORLD WAR I AND BECAME A MEMBER OF
MENT,MIZRACHI,CHAMPION
OF
THE
THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE,SET
island surrounded by a surging
RIGHTS
Of
THE
JEWISH
PEOPLE,SCHOLAR
UP TO MD JEWS DISLOCATED BY THE WAR.
sea of Arab States. The Israeli
AND AUTHOR
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army is not quite a year old.
"Perhaps 80 per cent of those
who constitute our arrriy"--•said
Ben Gurion in a recent address—
"had never been underground,"

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Epstein Advocates
HebrewLanguage's
Immediate Revival

Nationalist Soldiers Loot
DP's Homes in Shanghai

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SHANGHAI, (JTA)—National-
ist
soldiers looted •homes of dis-
__
Placed • persons in this city:
Troops, who were watched by
military police who made no at-
:tempt to halt them, first wrecked
a cafe and then broke into prem-
ises where the •refugees live and
,stole money, clothing and other
valuables.
The fear that a pogrom will
occur in Shanghai in the interval
following the Chinese National-
ists' withdrawal and the restora-
tion of order by the pursuing
armed forces of the Chinese Com-
munists is groVving among . Jew-1,

ish refugees.

home of Mrs. Samuel Heyman,
4031 Glendale, to receive reports
on progress: in'the drive.
The following is a list of con-

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MRS. I. WALTER SILVER

tributors of $100 and over:

$300, David Horodoker Jrs.; $250
each, Wayne Steel & Supply Corp.,
Midwest Iron & Metal Co., Anna Gold-
berg, Charles Milon; $200, Samuel Hey-
man; $100 each, Abe. Nusbaum, Max S.

Kogan, Jewish Relief Fund, A. De-
Roven, Sam Liptzen, Aaron Harris,
Maurice Levy, George Cole. Grand
Rapids Coat & Apron Supply Co., Paul
Cavalier, Jacob Aichenbatun, Lo-
vitcher Verein, Lion Steel Co., Miller
Lumber Co.

Fred Butzel Home
To House. Nurses

The home of the late Fred M.
Butzel, at 299 Mack, will be re-
opened Jan. 9 as the Parkside
Hospital Nurses Home:
In aecordance with Mr. Butzel's
wishes, the home has been deeded
to Parkside Hospital, 3764 Brush,
but it also willbe open to nurses
and technicians of all races, col-
ors and creeds, from Harper,
Grace and Woman's Hospitals.
The m e
will be known
as "Parkside
Hospital Nurses
Home -'A Fred
M. .Butzel Me-
mori-al." Mr.
Butzel died be-
fore he could
carry -out his
own wish and
the - home be- V. M. Butzel
came one of the
assets - of his estate, with the
Community chest and Jewish
Welfare Federation as residuark
legatees.

Purchase of the home from the
estate was made with funds
raised by a group of Mr- Butzel's
friends. His brothers, Justice
Henry M.. Butzel • of Detroit and
Lawrence M. Butzel of New York,
'arranged for the transfer and
helped equip the home. It will
house 13 nurses.
Parkside Hospital is a non-pro-
fit Community Chest agency lo-
cated at 3764 Brush, two blocks
from the Butzel home.

f ft ODUCCO BY WOrimAn
TEXT SY I L!Rt

S. Sat.

NO DEL....

AFTER SERVING. FOR EIGHT YEARS AS
MIZRACHI MEMBER OF THE ZIONIST ACTIONS
COMMITTEE,HE BECAME THAT BODY'S•PRESI-
DENT IN 1926. HE ALSO HEADED THEAMERICAN
MIZRACHI FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

BORN -INTO -A RENOWNED 'RABBINICAL 'FAMILY IN
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RUSSIA IN 1881,HE STUDIED' AT THE FAMOUS YESNIVO5
OF VOLOZHIN AND. TELLAFTER.ATTENDING THE UNI-
VERSITY OF BERLIN,HE WAS ORDAINED IN 1902.

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AS A MEMBER OF THE STATE COUNCIL AND.

IN 1933,RABBI BERLIN LEFT FOR PALESTINE TO
ESTABLISH PERMANENT RESIDENCE AND TO
DIRECT THE PROGRAMS OF THE WORLD-WIDE
MIZRACHI ORGANIZATION.HE IS TODAY ONE OF
ISRAEL'S• LEADING CITIZENS. —

AS A DIRECTOR OF THE JEWISH NATIONAL
FUND, AS WELL AS OTHER IMPORTANT BODIES, '
HIS COUNSEL IS SOUGHT BY ALL IN ISRAEL,

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. 11E15 THE EDIT-OR OF THE OFFICIAL
MIZRACHI ORGAN IN TEL AVIVHATZOFE,"
•• ANg , AL50 IS ACTIVE IN NUMEROUS EDU -
CATIONAL AND LITERARY ENDEAVORS..

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A FOREST-THE MEIR BERLIN FOREST-WAS
PLANTED IN 1115 HONOR ID1_1940. WORLD
MIZRACHI LEADER,WHO STRIVES FOR AN
ISRAEL BASED ON THE TENETS Of THE TORAH:
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