Barkley Endorses Israel Project

THE JEWISH NEWS-7 'UHS
Friday, September 22, 1950

Shaarey Zedek's Beth
Hayeled Opens 3d Year

Vice President ALBEN W. BARKLEY sanctions the project as
DAVID DUBINSKY (right), head of International Ladies Gar-
ment Workers Union, accepts check for purchase of Amun-
Israeli Housing Corporation 15-year 3% sinking fund bonds
from JACK ROSEN, president of a garment trade employers'
group at a recent New York meeting. Purpose of non-profit
corporation is to help relieve Israel's acute housing shortage by
campaigning nationally for funds to finance large-scale low-cost.
`housing.

,

Samuel's The Gentleman and the Jew'
Challenges World- to Place Emphasis
On. Prophetic and Biblical Teachings

Maurice Samuel, brilliant writ-
- er,. lecturer and linguist, creates
a new controversy in his latest
book. The provocative title of
the Knopf-published volume,
"The 'Gentleman and the Jew,"
and his contention that the
terms "Jewish Gentleman" or

As against these,. we have the
Christian and ,Jewish moral val-
ues—and these are evaluated by
Mr. Samuel with a mastery that
elevates his work to a very high
position) among the available
studies of ethical teachings. His
book is a glorification of moral
principles against the idea that
"life is combat," that the gen-
tleman's highest virtue is to
strive for "physical :Courage in
combat." - • • . -

As a study of Prophetism
and of the Bible, as a_ plea for
emphasis on the ideals of Jud-
aism and Christianity, his
work is superb.

MAURICE SAMUEL

Mr. Samuel is consistent. In
his :analyses of the Jewish posi-
tion in Israel, he does not con-
done the ultra-natiorialist atti-
tudes. He pleads for emphasis.
on the traditions which elevate
moral values above the mater-
ial. He insists that "it is utter-
ly impossible to make _sense of
the Zionist movement if one
leaves out of account the Bible
and its textural identification
with Jewish life." He contends
that. "an Israel that is no longer
moved by the Jewish Zionist
ideal, an Israel that talks
straight nationalisni, and is not
linked with the world-redemp-
tive character of Judaism, is a
retreat, not an advance, a sub-
traction from the world's liber-
ating forces, not an addition to
them."
The concluding paragraph is
a note of admonition: "Today
the Jewish people is attempting
to re-create, in the land of its
original self-realization, a form
of life that will again express
its moral destiny; and perhaps
this form will be more success-
ful in cleansing it of its imper-
fections, and in clarifying its
message. It is not inevitable
that this should be so; it is not
inevitable that the species called
man shall achieve the liberation
of life from bondage. But this
much has been made clear: the
path of liberation lies in the
direction the prophets have in-
dicated, and if the Jewish peo-
ple can -overcome the external
dangerS that surround, and the
internal corruptions that have
crept irito, its recreative effort,
it will have fulfilled the purpose
it set out with thousands of
Years ago."
This, in the main, is the dis-
tinguishing feature of the entire
-book: its appeal for a moral
'code that should elevate man-
kind above the polished but kil-
ler-type gentlemanliness of men
in armor. It is a thought-pro-
voking book that should - hold
the attention of the English .-
reading world for a long time._

"Christian Gentleman" are con-
tradictions, u n d o u b t edly will .
provide subjects for discussion
by book reviewers, in ministerial
sermons, in literary circles.
"The Gentleman and the JeW,"
due off -the press on Monday, is
:partly autobiographical. To
prove his thesis—of the conflict
in terms "gentleman" and "Jew"
(or "C h r i s t i a n") reminisces
about childhood and adolescence
in England (he w?.s brought to
Manchester from Romania at
the age of six). He describes
his love for the English spirit
("No pushing, no shouting, no
bootlicking, no favoritism. Ev-
erything with a system. Quiet.
Polite. That's freedom.") and
for the • literature which influ-
enced his life. And he also
speaks of his early cheder days,
of his Jewish studies against
which he at first rebelled but
which, in the course of the
years, have left a deep mark on
his character.
Why does he hold that one
can be a Jew (or a Christian)
or a gentleman, but not both;
that "this is the center of the
moral pathology of the wes-
tern world?" Because "the
gentleman, the lover of honor,
is essentially a killer! He must
kill because in the last analy-
sis 'creating awe and fear in
other men' calls for control
over their lives, and this con-
trol must be demonstrated
from time to time in its ulti-
mate form—the taking of life."
He describes as "attractive
hokum" the gentleman who
"rises to honor," who even
The first newspaper in New
prays, "but the prayers and York City was named the New
the philosophizing are only York Gazette. It was started
ornaments."
in 1725.

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Cong. • Shaarey Zedek an-
nounces that its Beth Hayeled
Nursery and • Kindergarten
School has begun its fourth year
of activity.
Beth Hayeled offers a curri-
culum based on the research of
experts in education and child
psychology. Children are ac-
cepted from the age of three
for a three year course after
which the child enters a spe-
cial afternoon Hebrew class em-
ploying the methods . and ma-
terials developed in Beth Hayel-
ed.
Classes are held Monday
through Friday 9 to 12 p.m. Al-
ternate classes meet. from 1-4
p.m. Transportation is provided.
For information, contact El-
liot Schwartz, educational di-r
rector, TY. 4-6200.

Senior Judaea= Greets
Junior Group Graduates
At Opening Program

Announces Opening of Schools

, Re-opening of classes in all
branches of the United Hebrew
Schools took place Wednesday,
Sept. 6. The day prior to the
opening was devoted to an all
day teacher's institute, where
the work of the previous year
was.reviewed and analyzed, and
the work of the coming year
carefully planned.
Classes for beginners have
been organized in all the
branches. Registration has been
going on since the opening day

of the schools, but the formal
opening of the classes for begin-
ners was set for Monday, Sept._
18.
Current study of the holidays
in all schools includes the de-
velopment and histOry of
the holidays and the various
customs a n d ceremonies prac- .
ticed. Preparations n o w be-
ing made for the special cele-
bration of Simchat Torah in-
clude chanting. of Simchat
Torah and other appropriate
songs, the Hakofath and com-
munity singing.
Brandeis U. Gridders
Commencement exercises for
Meet Gobs in Opener
the Elementary Department and
the High School, will be held on
After its first week of rugged Sunday afternoon, October 22 in
football practice, the Brandeis the auditorium of the Bnai
University Eleven is reported in Moshe Synagogue.
shape to meet its six opponents
this fall. The grid men meet
the Maine Maritime Academy "Good Deal Markowitz"
in Castine, Me., in the season's
is what they
opener, Sept. 30.
call • me. Yes,
The six-game schedule for the
I give the
freshmen team includes encoun-
best . .
ters with Harvard, Boston Col-
lege, and Boston University—all
BUICK
major powers in the gridiron
DEALS IN •
world. Grid standouts, in the
TOWN!
opinion of Coach Friedman in-
clude Ray Doherty (Quincy,
Mass.), Frank Cowgill, (Stough-
Jack Markowitz
ton, Mas.), B o b Domozych,
Immediate Delivery
(Brooklyn, N. Y.), Dick Jones
(Duquesne, Pa.), Rollie Trudeau
JACK MARKOWITZ
(Waltham, Mass.), and Mort
(Sales Mgr.)
Goldfader (Worcester, Mass.)

•

Detroit Senior Judaea invites
young people, 14 to 18, to its
opening program to be held at
the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg.,
Lawton at _Waverly, at 3 p.m.,
Sunday, Sept. 24.
This program will feature the
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graduation of 16 former Young
Noah Webster founded the
Judaeans into the ranks of Sen-
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planning this event includes Ir-
win Fields, Elissa Panush, Daniel
Elazar, Eleanor Shur, Judith
Spevakov, Shirley Kofender, Sue
Hyams and Earl Mandell. Sing-
ing, refreshments and social and
exhibition dancing are on the
p„oent
program.
Extensive membership and ac-
tivity plans are being formulated
by David Gottlieb, supervisor of
Detroit Senior Judaea. This pro-
gram is under the supervision of
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fulness on arri-
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democratic home. During the
last year HIAS assisted 17,165
Jews to immigrate to the United
States.

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