Jones Receives JWY. Citation vasson 2 — THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, July 21, 1950 War Veterans Plan Department Activity for Year . Post No. 190 of the Jewish War Veterans presented JO- SEPH JONES (right) with a citation commending him for his active work in the affairs of JWV and the furtherance of Jew- ish welfare among non-Jewish groups, at a meeting at Max Elkin's Colonial Hotel in Mt. Clemens. COMMANDER NOR- MAN BERKLEY (left) made the presentation. Elkin, also of Post 190, was presented with a past commander's medal. At the far left is SAMUEL RHODES of JWV. Purely Commentary The Department of Michigan Jewish War Veterans, has an- nounced the completion of plans for the coming year for •adtivi- ties on the Departmental level. These will include mass initia- tion nights, combined with Americanism and sports nights. Plans have been made for joint meetings with other vet- eran organizations for closer in- tegration of policy. A huge program has been planned for the "Give A Gift To The Yank Who Gave" drive in December. . There will be Hanukah and Purim parties for veterans' children and - the Mili- tary Ball in February. The De- partment will participate in two regional conventions, one na- tional convention, the first Me- morial Home convention and a constitution revision convention. Plans have been set up for Poppy Day, Memorial Day, and Decoration Day parades. The department was repre- sented at the fifth regional con- vention in Minneapolis, July 1 to 4, by Commander Norman Berk- ley and senior vice commander, Ben Desen berg. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ We Wonder—About Israel and Hine! Foundation Rabbi Maurice B. Pekarsky, until last week the director of the Hillel Foundation at the University of Chicago, has been given a new assignment: the directorship of a new Hillel Foundation at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. And that sets us to wonder- ing: ISn't it a departure from previous policies of the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation Commission? Wasn't the Hillel Foundation idea intended for Jewish stu- dents, at American universities, who were to be given Jewish at- mosphere away from home? If the Hillel idea was to serve all Jewish students, why weren't Foundations established at the Jewish Theological Seminary and at Hebrew Union College? Isn't it true that Jewish students at Jewish schools are considered as having the facilities which are lacking at non-Jewish schools and Hillel Fouhdations therefore were considered unnecessary at Jewish seminaries? Doesn't this principle apply with even greater force to the Hebrew. University? Surely, the Hillel idea does not need another publicity boost to justify its existence by an "invasion" of Israel—or, does it? It will be interesting to watch the reaction of Hebrew Univer- sity students to the new "invasion." To Meyer Levin: 'Look to Jewish Quarters for Faults`' Meyer Levin, able novelist and movie producer whoSe latest book, "The Search," is reviewed elsewhere in this issue, was un- duly provoked by reviews of his self-searching autobiographical work by. non-Jewish writers—as we indicated in our last week's Commentary. He should have waited for reviews by Jews to realize that assimilationist tendencies are to be found in greater 'promi- nence among "fleeing," "self-hating," "uninformed" Jews. Had Levin waited for the review of "The Search" by Peter Levin, a namesake but not a relative, in the Saturday Review of Literature, he would have realized the futility of complaining against Lewis Gannett of the New York Herald Tribune (see Pure- ly Commentary in The Jewish News of July 14), when a Jewish writer can express himself as follows (quoting Peter Levin in SRL): ' "Perhaps. I'm no more objective than Meyer Levin. But I submit that there is no historical, emotional scientific, or so- ciological evidence tying every Jew to every other. Mr. Levin himself knows the broad gulf between the so-called 'Eastern' and 'Western' Jews. More important, I think, is the American experience where, under the aegis of freedom and the chance of peisonal choice,. Jews are in the long run gradually splitting apart, losing with each generation much that is traditionally Jewish, gaining instead a feeling of diversified American roots. That historical process goes on, I am convinced, despite any out- bursts of anti-Semitism or the emotional pull of Israel resur- gent." Where have we heard these confusing expressions before? Since when does "gaining a feeling of diversified American roots" interfere with Jewish loyalties? The best Americans we know are loyal both to the American and Jewish principles—and they are better Americans because they are such good, traditional Jews. Peter Levin should try to offer his silly argument to men like Reinhold Niebuhr or James G. McDonald. They'll laugh at his fears—and a state of panic is the only psychological explanation we can offer for his attitude. Peter Levin proves one thing: that in certain quarters Jews are "splitting apart" and are abandoning the splendid traditional qualities which have made the Jewish people great in the eyes of the non-Jewish world. There is some cause for concern, as long as the Peter Levins advocate—as the SRL reviewer does—the dis- integration of Jewry. Fortunately, Jewry is stronger than the Peter Levins. But all of us, together with the Meyer Levins, have a duty to check the dangerous tide evidenced in Peter's attitude. We have a job to do—to create a well-informed Jewry which will understand that Jewish values are worth perpetuating. Report Drop in Land Planted in Oranges In order to maintain the flow of cash' to the United Jewish Appeal through' the summer, the board of governors ...of the Jew- ish Welfar Federation has de- cided to renew its $500,000 loan with the National Bank of De- troit. - Of the 51,238,628 collected on 1950 pledges, nearly $1,000,000 has been sent to UJA to ease its cash emergency. Two of the budget and plan- ning divisions of the Federa- tion—health and welfare, edu- cational and cultural—presented their recommendations to the board and received approval on their respective allocations for local services. • - The 11 local agencies - under health and welfare • will receive $623,288 for their 1950-51 bud- gets, while four of the educa- tional- and cultural agencies will get $153,891; the other three have not submitted their bud- get requests. More than $155,000 of the $875.000 available for local agen- cies in 1950-51 has been turned over to them, while $11,000 has been sent national services. A/Tilton K. Mahler is chairman of the health and welfare di- vision. Henry Meyers heads the educational and cultural group. Rabbi Adler, Dr. Fauman to Direct Absentee Ballot Information Program Rabbi Morris Adler of Cong. Shaarey Zedek and vice presi- dent of the Jewish Community 'Council will head a special com- mittee to acquaint the Jewish community with the new passed absentee b a 11 o t pro- visions. This law will enable re- ligious observers to cast ab- sentee ballots in Michigan pri- mary elections Sept. 12, which coincide with the first day of Rosh Hashanah.. Dr. Shmarya Kleinman, presi- dent of the Council, also as- signed Dr. S. Joseph Fauman of the JCC staff, to assist the special committee in making congregations and other organ- izations acquainted with the simple method of obtaining ab- sentee ballots. Dr. Kleinman warned that the Jewish Community Council is a non-political organization, and does not endorse any po- litical party or candidate. He emphasized that the passage of the liberalized absentee ballot law was passed on complete by- partisan support in the state legislature, hailed by the Gov- ernor. The special Council commit- tee is preparing a set of simple instructions, accompanied by re- quest forms for absentee bal- lots. This material will be dis- tributed to congregations, so- cieties and organizations of the Jewish community of Detroit. Similar action is being taken in the up-state Michigan areas by the Michigan Regional Office. of the • Anti-Defamation League of Bn ai Brith. German Jew Named Brunswick Prosecutor MUNICH (JTA)—A German Jew has been named prosecutor of the city of Brunswick, it was announced in the Lower Saxony legislature by Acting Minister of Justice Dr. Werner Hofmeister. Wilhelm Ellinghaus, former Minister of Justice and a depu- ty, declared that it was very important to the government that anti-Semites should not be named either prosecutors or judges. The Wuerttemberg-Baden leg- islature was informed by the provincial Minister of Justice that Stuttgart Judge Hans Kett- nacker has • been dismissed be- cause of an anti-Semitic state- ment. Stuttgart Jews protested that in the course of a trial, Judge Kettnacker had said that it was unimportant to him whether the defendant had been a "Nazi gauleiter or unsuccess- fully tried three times to gas a rabbi." TEL AVIV, (JTA)—One hun- dred thousand dunams (25,000 acres) of new orange groves will be planted in Israel according to the most advanced agricul- tural methods. Zvi Izakson, president of the Farmers Association, stated that Israel now has 120,000 dunams planted in orange groves as compared with the 300,000 du- nams planted before the Pal- estine war. There were 648 settlements, including . 94 Arab villages, in Israel at the endof June, it was announced here. Two hundred and thirty-two of the settle- ments were established since the proclamation of the Jewish state. Sixteen new settlements were founded in June. Five are lo- By BORIS SMOLAR cated in Galilee; one at Carmel (Copyright, 1950, Jewish Telegaphic Agency, Inc.) Beach, suburb of Haifa; three on the Judean plains; four in Military Notes the Judean hills; one in the Ne- The developments in Korea are a major headache to the Is- gev; and two in the southern rael government . . . Although Korea is .thousands of miles away district. from the Jewish state, the fear exists that the Korean affair * only the first of a series of its kind . . Suspicion exists that Moscow, in its plans to pin down American military forces in various parts of the world, may start in. Iran something similar to what is taking place in Korea . . . While the U. S. has air bases in the Middle East from which it can bomb the Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus, it has no army .there to halt Soviet a,g, gression . . Soviet invasion of Iran opens the entire Middle East A summer camp session for to the. Red Army, enabling the Communist forces to march into elderly people will be sponsored Iraq and Syria . and reach Israel without any considerable mill next month by the Golden Age tary opposition . . . Should hostilities break out in Iran, Israel Program of the Jewish Com- will first be faced with the problem of securing food for its munity Center at Camp Chel- population . . . . Israel's food problem will become even sea, near Grass Lake, Michigan. more serious in case of a war in the Middle East . . . Ships reach- ing Israel's shores and planes reaching Israel's airfields—the Minimum age for campers at only avenues of access to Israel—will be too overloaded with the five-day session, which be- soldiers, arms and ammunition to carry food for the civilian gins Aug. 27 is 55 years. Regis- population . . . It is for this reason that the Israel government is trations are being accepted at now concentrating on building up reserves of foodstUffs . . the Jewish Center, Woodward Food for Israel is no less important than arms, since the Arab at Holbrook, TR. 5-8400, and at countries—which have plenty of food—continue to boycott Israel the 12th Street Council Center, and consider themselves still at war with the Jewish state — Blaine and 12th. Whether they will change their attitude under the impact of new developments in the Middle East remains to be seen. Between You and Me Center Plans Camp For Elderly People UN Conciliators Regret Palestine Peace Failure GENEVA (JTA)—The United Nations Conciliation Commis- :ion for Palestine expressed re- gret at having failed to achieve agreement between Israel and * * * the Arab states to a plan which Velikovsky=From Macmillan to Doubleday would "have hastened the re- According to Columnist Leonard Lyons, "the th-do about the mum of a final peace in the shifting of Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky's 'Worlds in Collision' from 'fiddle East." Macmillan to Doubleday involved a threat by scientists_ to boycott The Commission announced Macmillan's textbook department unless it halted publication of 1e end of talks with both par- the book. Leader of these scientists was Dr. Harley Shapley ies here. The three - nation Harvard, the leftwinger who in other cases screams against cen )ody will proceed to UN head- Sorship of any kind." marters in Jerusalem at the Out of this "East versus West Publishers' Collision," Doublc end of July in order to be closer day will profit, with "Worlds in Collision" (reviewed in The Jewis. the parties concerned. Before News last week) still on top of the entire country's best non-fic )aving Geneva the Commission tion seller list. But Velikovsky's book—which reads like a fair ;ill submit a progress report to tale should be given rating both in the fiction and non-fictio IN Secretary-General Trygve lists. Lie.. — Federation Renews National Bank Loan to Assure Cash Fl®w to UJA_ * * * Communal Trends About 350 Jewish professional workers are engaged specifi- cally in the field of combatting anti-Semitism in this country .. They include lawyers, psychologists, sociologists, authropologists, professional educators, foreign affairs experts, public relations experts, journalists, film, radio writers and researchers; specialists in work with labor unions, veterans organizations, youth groups, women's organizations, clubs and fraternal organizations, charn-. bers of commerce and other groups . . . About 50 of the 350 have the title of "executive director" . .• An indication of the trend toward "professionalizirig" this field is the formation this year of an Association of Jewish Community Relations Workers ... The purpose of the Association is to establish and maintain high standards for those engaged professionallt in combatting anti-. SemitiSm . . • The Association also aims at encouraging among its members the fullest possible understanding of Jewish life and. values and the application of Jewish .ideals of social justice . In the field of Jewish community relations work, there has also been in existence for about 10 years an organization known as the Community Relations Conference . . This organization has been an informal group of the executive -directors of the local Jewish community relations agencies ; which number now elos to 30.