As the Editor
Views the News .. .
Lady in Danger
Art
Daniel Frisch
The Zionist movement has suffered a
severe loss in the death of Daniel Frisch,
president of the American organization.
Linguist, orator, scholar and able or-
ganizer, Mr. Frisch, in the few months dur-
ing which he headed the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, showed a keen understand-
ing of Israel's needs.
Indefatigable, having dedicated his life
•to the cause which sought the creation of
a Jewish state as a solution to the prob-
lem of Jewish homelessness, Mr. Frisch was
a true servant of his people. No task was too
difficult for him, no price too high, as long
as he could be of service to his people and
to Israel.
He aspired to rise above parties and he
sought the cooperation of all elements for
the common cause—of seeing Israel's se-
curity established, and he therefore right-
fully earned the respect of all elements in
Jewry.
Blessed be the memory of this noble
worker in Israel's cause.
Mo'os Chitim in 1950
An available reserve fund for Passover re-
lief gradually is diminishing and the local
Mo'os Chitim Committee therefore finds it
necessary to make an urgent appeal to De-
troit Jews to help this traditional cause with
contributions for aid to several hundred
needy families.
Detroit's Mo'os Chitim Committee is
commencing the 50th year of its activities.
Together with the Jewish Social Service
Bureau it has been carrying out its responsi-
bilities to the less fortunate by aiding them
with Passover necessities. This community
surely will not let the impoverished down
and will live up to the traditional declara-
tion that "all who are in need may come
and partake of our food." The small gifts
asked for Mo'os Chitim will make.. this as-
sertion a reality rather than mere lip service.
Business Boon
m i Israel
We call the attention of our readers to
the following cable- from Nathanya, Israel:
"Business is booming in this little city along
the Mediterranean north of Tel Aviv. Sixty
new industrial enterprises have signed con-
tracts with the Nathanya municipality. Near-
ly $6,000,000 will be invested and some
industries expect to start work shortly. A
total of 2,000 workers are to be • employed in
the new industries which include a big electric
bulb factory. Nathanya already is Israel's
largest center for polishing and cutting dia-
monds."
This Associated Press report carries with
it a note of encouragement. It declares, in
practical terms, that business investments
in Israel are sound and go a long way in
assisting the infant state.
Other communities in Israel have in store
similar assurances of good results for in-
vestors from abroad as well as for the build-
ers of the state. Through investments in in-
dustries, American Jews can make their
greatest contributions to the thrilling experi-
ment in state-building now being enacted in
the land which Jews have rescued from the
curse of the desert and are now developing
into one of the greatest democracies in the
world.
News of the establishment of a Kaiser-
Fraser plant at Haifa, earlier plans for a
Ford plant and scores of other projects for
Israel offer added stimulus for participa-
tion in the Jewish state's economic develop-
ment. This is part of the great state build-
ing romance now being enacted in the Middle
East.
THE JEWISH NEWS
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,apers, "Michigan Press Association.
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Syndicate, King Features, Central Press Association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing
Co. 708-10 David Stott Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich., WO. 6-1155.
Subscription $3 a year; foreign $4.
Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942 at Post Office,
Detroit. Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879.
PHILIP SLOIVIOVITZ, Editor
SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager
RUTH L. CASSEL, City Editor
Vol. XVII—No. 1
Page 4
March 17, 1950
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the taventy-ninth day of Adar,
.5710, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Ex, 35:1-40:38;12:1-20.
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 45:16-46:18.
On Sunday, Rosh Hodesh Nisan, NUM. 28:1-15
will be read during morning services.
Jews
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By Maxine R. Levin
Jewish News Art Editor
Masterful Work About Jewish Artists
Beth El's 100th Anniversary
"Jewish Artists of the 19th and 20th Cen-
turies," by Karl Schwarz, published by Philo-
sophical Library (15 E. 40th St., New York 16),
is a book concerning the work of Jewish artists
of the past 150 years. The value of the book lies
primarily in Schwarz's keen, historical evalu-
ation of the contributions of Jews to art, from
the liberation of Jews from ghettos to the pres-
ent time. At no times does Schwarz suggest
there is a Jewish art, rather "the art of Jews
is a gift to a hospitable world."
The opening chapter, called "The First Gen-
eration," is the story of the emotional struggle
of those talented youths who first stepped out
into the world and of their development as ar-
tists and human beings. Mr. Schwarz further
explains the early trend toward portraiture and
black and white illustrations, being most nat-
urally allied to the word training of the cheder
and the introspective study of the
The biography and discussion. of the work
of the masters, Pissarro, Israels and Liberman,
is most sympathetic and discerning. The pages
devoted to Chaim Soutine are especially dramatic
and a masterful discussion of his highly emo-
tional art.
Of the sculptors, William Zorach, Chains.
Gross, Jacob Epstein, Jacques Lipchitz, to men-
tion only a few, the author again gives a schol-
arly description of their work and of the many
influences, Jewish and otherwise, which played
upon them as artists.
The book also deals with the work of the
School of Paris, Modigliani, Picasso, Pascin, Kis_
ling, Soutine, etc. and with the American School,
Weber, Shahn, Halpert, Gropper, Peter Blum
and others. The architects, Dankmar Adler and
Albert Kahn are included.
One of the highlights of the year 1950 on the calendar
of great events in American Jewry is the 100th anniversary
of Temple Beth El of Detroit. When the membership of De-
troit's first congregation gathers at the centennial celebra-
tion, at the banquet at the Book Cadillac Hotel, on March
25, it will have the good wishes of all the Jewish communi-
ties in this country because of its achievements during a
century of activities and its contributions towards the ad-
vancement of Jewish values. The distinguished guests who
are coming here to participate in the centennial celebration
will attest to the esteem in which Temple Beth El is held na-
tionally.
" Temple Beth El's history began with the formation of
the first congregation in Detroit in 1850. For 11 years, be-
fore the formation of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Beth El
The work of the Israel artists is described
was the only house of worship in this city which, as a result
in some detail. The author feels that theirs ix ,
of early twentieth century industrial developments, grew to
not a national art, but a personal art still in a
one of the major communities not only in this country but
state of development.
in the entire world—the term automobile having become syn-
Karl Schwarz is an -art historian, having
onymous with Detroit. -
been with the Jewish Museum in Berlin and ••7
up to two years ago, the director of the 1 ■ 4114 .., •i- , .
The names of some of the most prominent Rabbis and
teachers in Israel are linked with Temple Beth El's history. seum at Tel Aviv. "Jewish Art of the 19th and
The late Dr. Kaufman Kohler, who later became president 20th Centuries" is a most worthwhile addition tkt
to any library. It has excellent historical valus..
of Hebrew Union College, served as the congregation's rabbi
and is discriminating in its evaluation of art .
from 1869 to 1871. The late Dr. Leo M. Franklin, who became
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famous for the reforms he instituted—chiefly the unassigned
Prize-Winner Opens Studio
pews—was one of Michigan's most esteemed leaders whose
efforts for good will and true brotherhood among all faiths
Ben Glicker, this year's winner of the Scarab
preceded similar efforts on a national scale. The present rab- Prize, Anna Werbe Prize, and second Popular
bi, Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, is esteemed by the rabbinate and Vote Prize for his "Harlequin Musician," has
opened his new studio at 304 'Woodward, on
lay leadership in this country.
the
second floor. He is conducting classes n
Similarly, some of the best known civic leaders in the
painting and drawing for beginners and ad-
state are among the lay leaders of the congregation whose
vanced students. Classes are held Monday and
very name evokes respect and admiration among all faiths.
Tuesday night and Saturday afternoon. For
We congratulate Temple Beth El on its 100th anniversa-
further information, phone Mr. Glicker at
ry with a feeling of confidence that its achievements will WO. 5-0848.
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continue to multiply for the good of Jewry and America.
Buy A Brick for Veterans' Building
With the permission of the City Council, the Jewish War
Veterans of Detroit will conduct a house-to-house canvass
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 26, for the purpose
of selling bricks for the completion of the veterans' me-
morial building.
The JWV building-, adjoining the new Davison-Holmur
branch of the Jewish Community Center, serves as a me-
morial tribute to the scores of Detroit's young Jews who
made the supreme sacrifice in the last war. Every one of us
should feel a sense of pride in being afforded the oppor-
tunity of sharing in such a tribute. The price of $1 per brick
is low enough for every one to be in position to say that he
has helped in the erection of the imposing JWV structure.
We urge that the JWV volunteers be given hearty
welcome by all Detroit Jews on brick-sale-day—Sunday,
March 26.
UJA'S Report to Detroit Jewry
Coming here next Monday to report on the accomplish-
ments of the United Jewish Appeal and on the problems
for the solution of the overseas relief, rehabilitation and re-
construction problems that will face Jewry during the com-
ing year, two distinguished leaders—Dr. Nahum Goldmann,
chairman of the American section of the Jewish Agency,
and Edward M. M. Warburg, chairman of the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee—will sound the opening guns for the
1950 Allied Jewish Campaign.
While the national leaders will emphasize the UJA's
objectives, Detroit Jewry must keep in view the fact that
the local drive includes, in addition to the Israel and over-
seas funds, all of the local causes. Our schools, the Home for
Aged, the Centers, the Social Service Bureau, the Jewish
Vocational Bureau, as well as numerous national educa-
tional, health and relief agencies, depend upon the Allied
Jewish Campaign for their sustenance.
The first task is to assure the mobilization of a large
army of workers. With a sufficient working force on hand,
all of us will be obligated to strive for the maximum success
for the Allied Jewish Campaign.
Lois Manheim — A Winner
Lois Manheim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. -
Jerome Manheim and 9-A student at Mumford
High, brought distinction to herself and her
school by winning a gold key first award at .
the Michigan State Scholastic Awards Exhibit •
held at Crowley Milners this past month. Her
entry was a ceramic modelling of a dog. Her
work • shows a promising talent and we look -
forward to more work from this young lady.
Thrilling Story of Modern
Israel in Miss Zeligs' Book
Miss Dorothy Zeligs, educator and able writer,
has manifested her skill hi preparing valuable
work for young people with her previous works- ,-
"A Child's History of the Hebrew People," "The
Story of Jewish Holidays and Customs," "A -
Child's History of Jewish Life," "The Story
Bible," and "A History of Jewish Life in Modern
Times." Thus, her latest work, "The Story of
Modern Israel," just published by Bloch, comes •
as no surprise to those who know her back-
ground.
"The Story of Modern Israel," a revised work
of her earlier "The Story of Modern Palestine,* -
brings her Israel story up-to-date. Developed • --
in three parts—by means of a tour of Israel, -
Zionism's history and Israel's rebirth—Miss Zeligs
has succeeded in giving a complete account of
the rise of the Jewish -state and its progress_
during the entire history of the Zionist- move- ■
ment.
This new book is unique in its interesting
evaluation not only of the history of -the state
but also in leading the reader through the land's
most interesting areas. Having traveled the
length and breadth of Israel, Miss Zeligs is well
equipped to make this "tour" in her book and
to present the story Of the land in thrilling
fashion.
"The Story of Modern Israel" may well be
termed one of the best books of its kind now
available for young readers—with sufficient in-
terest also for adult readers.