Kenneth Bilby Views Israel
As 'Beacon in Middle East'
What are Israel's chances Tor
survival and what are its dan-
gers?
No one is in better position to
judge conditions in the Jewish
state objectively than the bril
liant correspondent of the New
York Herald Tribune, Kenneth
W. Bilby, who, after two years in
Israel—and visits to Arab states
—presents his views in his bril-
liant book, "New Star in the
Near East," which has just been
published by Doubleday & Co.
(14 W. 49th St., New York 20).
"The greatest hope for Israel,"
Mr. Bilby writes, "is that it will
ultimately fit without fuss into
the family of nations, that its
strength and weaknesses will be
judged in the same context as
others', that it will develop into
the Switzerland of the Levant.
Clear the atmosphere of messi-
anic overtones, subordinate the
emotionalism of redemption,
cast off the Zionist superla-
tives; then accept Israel for
what it is—a hard-working little
state, long on brain power, short
on natural resources.
"The moral issue was re-
solved, as all other such issues
have been resolved through-
out history, by the force of
arms. The Jews rule three
quarters of Palestine today
because they.fought the better
fight. Only force will ever
make them relinquish their
hold.
"By their. military and coloni-
zation successes the Israelis
have opened great vistas for the
Jews of the world. In less than
forty years in the desert land
they have given Jewry a prestige
that it never before knew. They
have proven to the worst skeptic
that Jews are adept at farming
and home building, at industrial
construction and collective land
reclamation. And in the words
of a British observer, 'Those
bloody Jews know how to
fight.' "
It is clear that Mr. Bilby is
not always complimentary; that
he is critical; that he presents
views which many Jews will dis-
like. But he says equally as
many nice things, he offers ob-
servations that will thrill the
hearts of Jews everywhere.
Mr. Bilby accuses Israel of
resorting to 'Macchia.vellian tac-
tics—motivated by self-interest
—in dealing with the UN and
the Arabs. He admits that if he
were similarly on the spot he
would not act differently, but
advises Israel for a time to get
off the front pages and to be-
come firmly rooted on the basis
of ideals she preaches and in
economic security.
"New Star in the Near East"
will be referred to by all politic-
al and military observers as the
best book published thus far on
the new Israel. This reviewer is
certain of this. Because Mr. Bil-
by is more than a journalist; he
is a brilliant observer, an able
interviewer, a fearless writer
who often was right on the spot
during the heaviest fighting in
Israel. He interviewed Abdullah
and Azzam as well as Ben-Guri-
on and other Israel leaders. He
knows whereof he speaks.
What are the dangers facing
Israel amidst more numerous
enemies? Mr. Bilby offers these
conclusions:
"The threat of Arab mili-
tary action hovers over the
new state and will continue to
do so for years. One hand
must remain on the plow, the
other on the sword; but as
long as Israel maintains an
even keel in its relations with
America, as long as it gains
strength through planned in-
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THE JEWISH NEWS-15
Friday, August 25, 1950
Religious Schools To Open Classes
Bnai Moshe Religious School
will open Sunday, Sept. 10 for
the 1950-51 school year. Pre-
kindergarten class will again be
organized as well as a kinder-
ternal development, as long as
Dr. Leonard Sidlow, chairman garten and grades one through
its polyglot populace lives and
ten.
works amicably together, Is- of the committee on education
of
Cong.
Shaarey
Zedek,
an-
The Sunday School staff con-
rael can feel as much securi-
sists of men and women with
ty as other nations on this
excellent backgrounds in the
unstable planet."
secular and Jewish fields.
Of additional interest is the
Courses include Jewish his-
following comment, in the very
tory, customs and ceremonies,
last paragraph in Mr. Bilby's
the Bible, and in higher grades,
book:
Hebrew.
"When the Ben - Gurions
pass on, younger men of wis-
The school is open to all chil-
dom and strength are avail-
dren of the community.
able to replace them. Levi
Eshkol or Pinhas Lubianiker,
general secretary of the His-
tadruth Labor Federation, are
examples. The brains and
zeal are there. If they can be
flavored with a little restraint
and compassion, Israel will in
the course of a very few years
stand out like a beacon in the
.Middle East..."
This, briefly, is a summary of
Mr. Bilby's great book. But there
is so much of value in it that we
shall no doubt have to return to
its pages again and again for
evidence when judging the de-
veloping events in Israel. P. S.
—
`Close Bonds Bind
Israel-U.S.'—Keren
CAMBRIDGE, Mass (JTA)—
Relations between Israel and
the United States were outlined
here in an address at Harvard
University by Dr. Moshe Keren,
Counsellor of the Israel Embassy
in Washington.
The Israel diplomat said that
close bonds exist between the
U.S. and the Jewish state in the
cultural, social and economic
fields. "These bonds are inter-
related and interwoven," he said.
Dr. Karen paid high tribute to
the Jews of Atherica for the aid
they are giving Israel. He em-
phasized that Israel is ambitious
"to learn the secrets of Amer-
ican know-how," and to estab-
lish close contact with the U. S.
in the agricultural and economic
fields.
.Serviceo in
O ur SyflagOgttei
Sabbath services in our syna-
gogues Saturday, Aug. 26, will
be held at 8:45 a.m. at Cong.
Joseph W. Allen, Home for Aged,
and at Cong. Bnai David; and
at 9 a.m. at Cong. Shaarey Zed-
ek, Cong. Bnai Moshe and Cong.
Gemiluth Chassodim.
New Yorker Named
Education Director
17. Registration, required only
for new pupils, will take place
in the school office this Sunday
morning, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m.
to 12 noon, and weekdays from.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The School has four depart-
ments: Primary, intermediate,
junior high and high school. All
departthents, with the excep-
tion of the Junior High, meet
Sunday morning; junior high
meets Saturday.
The school is under the gen-
eral supervision of Dr. B. Bene-
dict Glazer, with Rabbi Sidney
Akselrad as director; Mrs. Sam-
United Hebrew Schools
Classes will be resumed in the uel Mendelsohn, student-faculty
United Hebrew Schools on Sept. advisor; Rosalind S•hubot,
school secretary, and Jason H.
6, at the following branches:
David W. Simons, Tuxedo and Tickton, music director.
Holmur; Linwood and Hazel-
Al Rosen, of the Cleveland In-
wood; Central. High School;
Northwest Hebrew Congregation, dians, was part of the trio
15705 Parkside and Rose Sittig which recently tied a major
league record by hitting home
Cohen, 13226 Lawton.
Registration of new pupils runs three consecutive times
will be conducted from Sept. 1 at bat. Larry Doby and Luke
Easter were the other two home
to 15.
Bus transportation will be re- run hitters who tied the record
ELLIOTT S. SCHWARTZ
sumed and will be arranged for with Rosen.
new pupils upon request.
nounces the appointment of El-
For in formation call TO.
liot S. Schwartz of New York 8-0063.
City as educational director of
Carmel Hebrew School
the synagogue.
Registration for the fall se-
1946-1947-1950
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Herzliah Teachers' Academy and began Aug. 21. Classes will start •
Columbia ;University. He was Tuesday, Sept. 5.
educational director of the Jew-
On the curriculum are He-
ish Center of Jackson Heights, brew and Yiddish reading and
Will Pay $600 to $4,500 I
N. Y., for the past four years writing, Jewish history, Bible,
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and was chairman of the Youth Talmud and special Bar Mitzvah
Commission of the Zionist Dis- classes. Transportation to and
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trict at Queens, N. Y.
from school will be furnished
Parents of pupils in the where necessary.
Sol B. Edelman is chairman
schools of Shaarey Zedek are in-
vited to consult with the new of the Carmel School's board of
director regarding the progress education.
Beth El Religious School
of their children.
The opening sessions of the
Ben S. Chinitz is administrat-
Cor. Cd. River & Livernois
or of the Shaarey Zedek educa- Religious School of Temple Beth
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leading the .American Associa-
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age for 35 games, some day will
be the first-string catcher for
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