On the Record

By NATHAN ZIPRIN

(Copyright, 1960,

Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

Tidbits
Paul Muni who was a movie star on the Yiddish stage long
before he was catapulted to Broadway fame says he is now barely
able to speak Yiddish. Edward G. Robinson on the other hand
has not only not forgotten Yiddish but he prides in the fact that
he still writes it well.
Dentistry and matchmaking are not relevant professions. But
leave it to a Brooklynite to make the span. In a radio broadcast
from Israel some weeks ago the announcer said there was a dearth
of women at Beer-Sheba and that young men there were finding
it difficult to get brides. The good dentist, Dr. Levin, wrote a let-
ter to the broadcasting station suggesting he be supplied with a
list of the bride seekers and photographs and he would find for
them Brooklyn maidens anxious to settle in Israel. For all he
knows the Brooklyn dentist may yet some day be dubbed the
father of Bride Aliyha.
Paris Jews are still talking about a recent Bar Mitzvah. When
the worshippers gathered in the synagogue they sensed an un-
usual buzzing and uneasiness. Later, as the time for the reading
of the portion of the week approached they heard a commotion
and saw the president of the synagogue rising suddenly as if
to greet someone who had just entered. Before long they were
gazing at a well dressed lady followed by a retinue of men and
women. She was Madame Auriole, France's First Lady, who had.
come to pay respect to the youth's father, her personal physician.
Judith Holiday, famous Hollywood and Broadway actress, was
born Tuvim. Her father, Abe Tuvim, is a noted Zionist.
The Rabbinical Council of America is to launch a campaign
to "convert Jews to Judaism." Frankly speaking we don't like the
implications of the verb "convert" in connection with so fine a
task.
German Nazis in Brazil have created an anti-Semitic appar-
atus which is making itself felt throughout the Latin-American
countries. The German colony in Brazil counts over 900,000 people.
A German-language paper in Brazil with a wide circulation in
South America and in Germany proper recently wrote that the
United States was being led by Baruch, Morgenthau and Lipp-
man. It called communism a "product of Jewish thinking" and
delved widely on the myth that Jews crucified Christ.

Beth El Club Plans
Outing, Musical Quiz

A winter sports outing and
Stop the Music program have
been planned by the Young Peo-
ple's Club of Temple Beth El for
Sunday afternoon, Feb. 12 and
Wednesday evening, Feb. 15, re-
spectively.
The outing, for members and
friends, will be held at Franklin
Hills Country Club. It will in-
clude toboganning, ice skating
and refreshments.
The Stop the Music program,
featuring popular and classical
music, is under the chairman-
ship of Sam Frankenstein.

Masada Hikers Await
Outing This Sunday

Masada sports enthusiasts
are awaiting Sunday, Feb. 5,
when Bill Saulson and his ath-
letic committee have scheduled
an all day hike, to include to-
bogganning, if weather permits.
The group will meet at Shaar-
ey Zedek at. 2:15 p.m. Also on
the program are a buffet sup-
per and house party.
Expenses will be shared by
those participating. All • Masa-
dites and their •friends are in-
vited.

Jr. Hadassah on Final
Lap of Its Fund-Project

Junior - Hadassah has started
the eight-day clock in Nate's
Delicatessen, to complete i t s
fund-raising project.
The proceeds will be used to
support Meier Shefeyah, Jr.
Hadassah's village; P a r d e ss
Anna, an orange grove, and the
Henrietta Szold School of Nurs-
ing, all in Israel.
On the afternoon of Sunday,
Feb. 12, all members will be in-
vited to a Valentine jamboree
at Halevy Hall. Any person de-
siring to attend can contact
Mattie Shulman, TO. 8-1553. .

Schocken Publishes
Collection of Poetry

Schocken Books announces
the publication on Feb. 27 of
"Collected Poems of Isaac Ros-
enberg."
Isaac Rosenberg—born in 1890
in England, killed in action in
France in 1918—is recognized
as one of the most profound
poets of modern times.
This presentation will help to
acquaint the American reader—
and especially the reader of
poetry—with the power and
pathos of Rosenberg's creation.
The volume is edited by Gor-
don Bottomley and Denys Hard-
ing. Siegfried Sassoon writes
the introduction.

Rabbi Fram's Essay
In New HUC Volume

The Hebrew Union College
Press has just issued a volume
entitled, "Reform Judaism —
Essays by Hebrew Union Col-
lege. AlumnL"
Among` the 13 contributors to
this volume is the late Rabbi
Joshua Loth Liebman, author
of 'Peace of Mind," whose tragic
death was mourned by men and
women of all religious groups.
Other contributors whose
names will be familiar to De-
troiters are Rabbis Solomon B.
Freehof and Abraham J. Feld-
man, past presidents of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis.
Of special interest to Detroit-
ers is the essay by Rabbi Leon
Fram of Temple Israel, entitled,
"Reform Judaism and Zionism."
In this essay Rabbi Fram crys-
tallizes • the principal theme of
his quarter century of ministry
in Detroit. Reform Judaism, ac-
cording to the essay, was han-
dicapped by its anti-Zionist bias.
In the course of this essay,
Rabbi Fram traces the evolution
of Reform Judaism from its em-
ergence in Germany at the be-
ginning of the 19th century, to
its full flowering in America in
the 20th century. He demon-
strates that the anti-nationalist
tendency of the early reformers
was motivated by a desire to
achieve full emancipation for
the Jews of Europe, and was
not direkted againSt any speci-
fic project for the rebuilding of
Palestine.

THE JEWISH NEWS

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Friday, February 3, 1950

Biro Bidjan Failure
Admitted by Stalin,
B. G. Richards States

Premier . Joseph Stalin himself
admitted the failure of Biro
Bidjan, the so-called Autono-
mous Jewish State in Asiatic
Russia, according to Bernard G.
RichardS, director of the Jewish
Information Bureau, 103 Park
Ave., New York. His statement
was made in reply to an in-
quiry received asking whether
any one of the, outstanding
leaders of the Soviet govern-
ment have recently expressed
an opinion on the Biro Bidjan
settlement for which American
Communists, seeking to win the
sympathy of Jews, have made
elaborate claims.
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., late
Secretary of State, disclosed
Premier Stalin's statement in
his book, "Roosevelt and - the
Russians: The Yalta Confer-
ence," as part of the discussion
which Stalin had with President
Roosevelt relating to Palestine
and the Jewish question. Mr.
Stettinius says:
"Stalin observed that the Jew-
ish problem was extremely dif-
ficult. The Soviet • Union had
tried to estalish a national
home for the Jews, but they
had stayed only two or three
years before returning to the
cities. The Jews were natural
traders, he added, but much
had been accomplished by put-
ting small .groups of thein in
agricultural areas."
The Biro-Bidjan settlement
is one of a number of contro-
versial issues on which the Jew-
ish Information Bureau is fre-
quently called upon to answer
questions and supply data.

Israel Students Visiting New York Laud
CARE Work as Aide to State's' Austerity
•
NEW YORK—"You can't give continue throughout Israel, es-

a better gift to your friends in pecially as far as meats, milk,.
Israel than a CARE food pack- butter and cheese are concern-
ed, Avigdor declared: "CARE is
doing a wonderful job helping:
to supplement the meager ra-
tions, and the austerity diet.
through its packages. My own
parents asked me before I left
.o send them a CARE package."
His opinion was borne out by
Ada Kleinman, 18, a native of
Tel-Aviv, who also is attending
the Herald Tribune Forum.
"Everybody I know is very hap-7
py that CARE came to Israel,"
said Ada, who also served in the
Haganah during the Israel-Arab.
conflict. Both young people are
members of Nachal, the Israel
youth movement, and expect to
return to their respective kibbut-:
zim after their visit to New
York, before attending college. _

.

ADA KLEINMAN and
AVIGDOR ZIV

age," declared Avigdor Ziv while
visiting the CARE offices in New
York.
The 18-year-old Tel Aviv
High School student, presently
in New York to attend the . 10-
week session of the Herald Trib-
une Forum, is a veteran of the
Haganah, and was wounded in
the street fighting at Haifa.
Stressing that food shortages

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World Jewish Youth
Called on to Aid Israel

NEW YORK—Jewish youth of
the. world have . been asked to
dedicate • the month of February
towards aiding the youth of Is-
rael in the building of settle-
ment strongholds, in a call is-
sued from Jerusalem by the Is-
rael Youth Council affiliated
with Keren Hayesod, the finan-
cial arm of the Jewish Agency
which supplies funds for immi-
gration and colonization in the
Jewish State.

Bnai Moshe YPC to Hear
Rabbi Segal Feb. 6

Rabbi Jacob Segal, of North-
west Hebrew Cong. will address
the Young People's Club of Cong.
Bnai Moshe at 8:30 p.m. Mon-
day, Feb. 6, on the subject "Hu-
mor in Sholem Aleichem."
A social hour with refresh-
ments will follow Rabbi Segal's
talk. The meeting is open to
young people 18 and over.

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