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Michigan Zionists to Convene in Pint;
ZOA Officers to Address Sessions

The third annual convention
of the Michigan Zionist Region
will be held in Flint, Sept. 30
and Oct. 1, when the Michigan
region will be host to Tri-State
and Ohio Valley Regions.

ELIHU D. STONE

Morris M. Jacobs, section
president, has announced that
the convention will open at 9
p.m. Saturday, at Hotel Durant,
where the Flint district will re-
ceive out - of - town delegates.
Registration begins at 8:45 a.m.
Sunday.
The afternoon session on Sun-
day, Oct. 1, will be devoted to
panel discussions on young
Zionist activities, economic in-

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, September 22, 1950

Busy Day in Store
For AJC Workers

vestment, Israel projects and
membership. Albert Schiff of
Columbus and New York, vice
president of the ZOA and chair-
Annual Detroit Service Group
man of its economic investment
Day
will be held for trade and
commission, and Louis Falk of professional
workers of the 1950
New Jersey, ZOA treasurer, will Allied Jewish Campaign next
conduct the panels on invest-
ments and Israel projects.
Elihu D. Stone, ZOA vice presi-
dent, will deliver the principal
address at the banquet Sunday
evening. Stone, a resident of
Boston, organized the New Eng-
land Zionist Region and served
as its president for 13 years. He
has been a member of the
Massachusetts Legislature.
Michigan Zionists are urged
to attend this conference. Reser-
vations and banquet tickets may
be obtained by calling the Zion-
ist office, WO. 5-1484, or by
writing Abe Riskin, convention
chairman, 1431 Gainey, Flint.

Victor Reuther Speaks
To Labor Zionists

Victor Reuther will address
the opening meeting of the La-
bor Zionist Organization at an
Oneg Shabbat tonight at 8:30
at the Labor Zionist Institute.
Reuther, who recently re-
turned from a. study of the
trade unions and kibbutzim in
Israel, is education director of
the UAW-CIO.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

`Wheels for the State of Israel'—and Weak

HARRY HERSHFIELD

Thursday, at Knollwood Country
Club, Harvey H. Goldman, presi-
dent of the Service Group, an-
nounced.
Harry Hershfield, popular hu-
morist and radio star of "Can
You Top This?", will be fea-
tured on this program.
In addition, a day of golf,
games, dinner and prizes is
being arranged.
The executive committee of
the Detroit Service Group is
handling all arrangements for
the event. Members of the com-
mittee include Mr. Goldman,
Irving W. Blumberg, Abe Kasle,
Milton K. Mahler, Gus D. New-
man, Ben L. Silberstein, Leon-
ard N: Simons and George M.
Stutz.
The Detroit Service Group,
comprised of seven trade and
professional divisions, is t h e
fund-raising arm of the Jewish
Welfare Federation.

United Nations- World for September is impressive. Devoted
to the State of Israel, the remarkable progress made by the in-
fant nation, in spite of the many obstacles its 'builders must
hurdle, is described in this special issue in a series of articles and
in the advertisements which indicate worldwide interest in Is-
rael's present and future.
It isn't all business—although merchandise is an important
item in Israel's development. It is also a question of ideals. In
the leading article, Israel's Prime - Minister David Ben-Gurion
makes this significant statement:
"It is through the exercise of the people's constructive
genius rather than through victories on the battlefield or in
the conference-room that its heritage will be fully redeemed.
It is only thus that the Jewish people in its own land will b9
transformed into a free cooperative commonwealth of labor
dedicated to the cause of peace and democratic civilization in
the Middle East and in the whole world."
A roster of speakers, prepared
As long as Israel places emphasis on her heritage—the ideal
that has been handed down to us in Biblical law in the Prophetic by the Educational and Cul-
tural Division of the Jewish
traditions—the state will prosper.
The advertisements in this issue, as we have indicated, pre- Welfare Federation of Detroit,
sent a significant commentary on existing conditions in Israel. has been mobilized to outline
The Ford Motor Co., for instance, labels its ad "Wheels for the the needs for advancing Jewish
educational activities and to
State of Israel." It tells this story:
enumerate the available local
"In 1949, Eliahu Elath, then Ambassador of. Israel to the facilities before Detroit Jewish
United States, speaking of the state of his nation said:
organizations.
"'We cannot move ahead in agriculture or develop- new in-
Henry Meyers, chairman of
dustries—both of which we must do. to attain economic ma- the educational division of the
turity and meet our immigration problemS=until we overcome Federation stated this week that
our basic problem of transport.'
the aVailable speakers may be
"The seriousness of this problem,. old to the world but new secured by local organizations
to one of its youngest nations, has been lessened somewhat during the current obserVance
during the past year by American automotive manufacturers. of Education Month by calling
They have supplied 'WheelS for the State of - Israel'—on trucks, Miss.. Marilyn Kopel at the Fed-
on cars, and on buses. • eration office, WO. 5-3939.
"The. Ford. Motor Co: was. FIRST to aid in the solution of-
This program service is one
- this -problem. In 1949, Ford agreed to furnish Israel with ap-
phase of a series of promotion
proximately 1,800 vehicles—more than half of their initial efforts sponsored by the educa-
needs—under a beneficial 'agreement. This responsive action tional division to inform Jewish
on Ford's part did not or will not END Israel's transportation parents of the curricula offered
crisis. But it will help. : That is its intention."
by the Yiddish and Hebrew
The'ideals enunciated by Henry Ford II,: president of the Ford schools of Detroit and to urge
Motor Co., then are set forth—to think increasingly "in interna- enrollment of every Jewish child
in one of these schools.
tional. terms" as "a by-product of the good of all."
Community-supported schools
Adding another voice to this gesture of good will is an
advertisement; signed by the Kaiser-Frazer Export Corporation cooperating in the division are
the United H e b r e w Schools,
with headquarters at Willow Run, Mich.:
"The new plant of Kaiser-Frazer of Israel, Ltd., at Haifa, United Jewish Folk Schools,
is nearing completion—an industrial achievement of no small United 'Jewish High School,
significance. To us, this plant is more than mere brick, mortar Workmen's. Circle Schools and
and machinery. It is a symbol of the integrity—the will to do Yehivath Beth. Yehuda. The
United Hebrew Schools receives
and the will to be—of a great people."
What remarkable tributes—these assertions by great American deficit financing through the
industries! But these are not all. In addition to the impressive Allied Jewish_ Campaign which
array of industrial,advertisements of Israel firms, there are adver- grants subventions to the other
tising greetings to Israel by Yale & Towne Mfg. Co. (Salute to a schools.
nation of builders from a builder of industry!"), R. G. LeTour-
neau, Inc., Peoria, Ill. (describing "Home Units in less than 24
hours at Israel Housing Project") and others. Collectively, they
serve- to symbolize Israel's increasing cooperation with the rest
of the world in the industrial areas.
The Israeli ads tell another story. They show how the young Rabbi Fischer Thanks
state is developing her own commercial and industrial enterprises, Hordeses for JNF Gift
how it is building homes and striving to provide the means for By RABBI MORRIS FISCHER.
the country's sustenance. Solel Boneh, Tnuva and other great
May I thank publicly through
enterprises are described. Wissotzky Tea, for three generations your esteemed paper all the
popular throughout the world, now is no longer a. Russian product members of the Hordes Family
but rather an Israeli industry.
who have, on the occasion of my
Thus, Israel is gaining recognition not as a military force but officiating at the marriage of
as an industrial reality. The statements by government leaders their son, Earl, planted 100 trees
emphasize the Jewish ideals and the aims of the young nation in my honor in the Schlussel
to advance the cultural and health standards of the people. All Forest in Israel.
of it adds up to the summation in one of the quoted advertise-
May their noble deed be an
ments: the symbol. of the integrity of a great people.
inspiration to us and to Israel.

JWF Mobilizes
Speakers for
Education Month

Our Letter Box

Liquidation Methods Used by Nazis
Copy of Plan in French Revolution

Special to The Jewish News
sustained, sociologically and bio-
HOLLAND, Mich.—The liqui- logically, by the influx of Rus-
dation methods used by the sian, Polish and German JeWs.
Nazis on the Netherlands Jews It is for the Netherlands Jewry
have only accelerated a process a serious, even insurmountable,
which started with the French fact that this foreign source
Revolution of 1789, Prof. S. has now been dammed up."
Kleerekoper, president of the
According to the results of the
Netherlands League of Zionists, latest census in 1947, there were
declared in an interview with 14,369 Jews left in the Nether-
the Dutch liberal newspaper lands. In 1930, this figure was
Nieure Rotterdamse Courant.
111,917. In his interview, Prof.
"The French Revolution, which KleerekOper expressed his opin-
swept over the whole of western ion that there are about 20.000
Europe, gave to the Jews their Jews in the. Netherlands, - or
individual liberty, but it de- which about 8,000 are married
stroyed them as a community. to non-Jews. He explained the
The Ghetto had its own cus- discrepancy between his figure
toms and its own jurisdiction. and the official figure by the
Under the external oppression fact that not all Jews stated
of the pre-revolutionary days, their denomination.
"The only thing which is left
the Jews could be fully Jewish
within their own community. for us to do," Prof. Kleerekoper
After the abolishment of the stated, "is to guide this liquida-
Ghetto, the Jew, though he now tion of the Netherlands Jewry
could move freely within soci- into orderly channels. Jewish
ety, acquired, as an individual youth, especially, has to be taken
within that heterogeneous so- care of and to be prepared for
ciety, the inferiority complex participation in the building up
which, in the long run, was of Israel."
bound to lead to his liquidation.
"We are now witnessing the Habonim Conduct Oneg
last epoch of the Jewish com- On Sukkoth Celebration
munity in the Netherlands. This
is the result of social factors
An Oneg Shabbat dealing .
whose impact would also have with Sukkoth will be presented
been felt, if the terrible meth- by Habonim, labor Zionist youth,
ods of the Germans had not in- Friday evening, Sept. 29, at the .
tervened. The increase of mixed Labor Zionist Institute, Linwood
marriages and the decrease in at Pasadena.
orthodox marriages were al-
The program will be followed
ready indicative of this evolu- by Israeli singing and dancing.
tion. For the last 100 years, the Refreshments will be served.
Netherlands Jewry had to be The public is invited.

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1950, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.-)

The Big Parley

The pro-Israel national conference of Jewish organizations,
which is scheduled to open on. Oct. 24, will lay the basis for the
eventual formation of a ")friends of Israel" body in which Zionists
and non-Zionists will forget their differences . . . The 2,000 Jewish
leaders from all parts of the country who will attend this historic
conference will witness something which will remind many . of-
them of the time when the Jewish Agency was formed as a part- .
nership between the Zionists and the non-Zionists . . . At that
time, Dr. Chaim Weizmann went out of his way to win over peo-.
pie like Lduis Marshall and Felix Warburg, and now the Israel
goVernment follows the same path with regard to the non-Zionist
leaders of today ... However, while the Jewish Agency represented
political partnership between Zionists and non-Zionists the new
body which may emerge as a result of the conference will be lim-
ited to economic partnership ... In this respect the gathering will
accomplish what the American Jewish Conference failed to ac-
complish . . . It will finally bring all groups of American Jewry
under one roof as far as Israel is concerned . . . This adds another
link in the chain of central Jewish bodies in which all elements --
of American Jewry are in full agreement . , . The first organiza- -
ton which succeeded in bringing into its ranks all elements of
American Jewry was the Joint Distribution Committee . . . The'
United Jewish Appeal was the second major body . . . Little' by: -
little major differences will disappear betWeen the various grdupS '-
active in American Jewish life . . . And the establishment of Israel
will contribute no little in this direction . All indications point ' •
to the fact that the Israel Government wants to see a strong and
united American Jewish community rather than a community
split by jealousy and competitive interests . It took Israel Pre-
mier David Ben-Gurion to actually stimulate the October confer
ence since he believes that a united American JeWry is beneficial
to Israel as well.

Educational Data

Jewish education in the United States is making progress des ,-
pite the fact that it does not get the support and the attention it
deserves . . . This can be seen from data released by the American
Association for Jewish Education in connection with the Jewish
Education Morith now being observed throughout the country ..
Contrary to the prevailing opinion that Jewish children avoid
Jewish schools, the figures of the Association show that the num-
ber' of children attending Jewish schools increases from year to
year ... Today more than 255,000 children are receiving education
in various types of Jewish schools throughout the country . . . The -
proportion of children of school age attending Jewish schools, ac-
cording to community surveys, varies between 18 and 70 percent.
. . The largest enrollment is repotted in Sunday schools where
more than 128,000 children are today receiving their Jewish edu-
cation . . . The week-day schools have about 122,000 children
their classes . . . This includes about 17,000 in the Yiddish schools
and about 19,000 in all-day schools, which are mostly Orthodox ....
There are more than 2,000 Jewish schools of all types throughmit.
the country and they engage about 7,000 teachers . . . The annual
cost of Jewish education is estimated at about $6,000,000 toward
which the Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds last year con-
tributed more than one-third.

Purely Personal

Next to the United States the largest Jewish community on
the American continent is in Argentina . . There are about
400,0100 Jews there and commercial activity there is manifold and
lively . The Argentine Jewish institutions have a fine reputa-
tion, the Jewish press there is conducted on the highest standards
of journalism, and Jewish leadership there is serious and ener-
getic .. . It has long been my desire to see Jewish life there and
get first-hand impressions of developments in that Jewish com-
munity ... I am going to satisfy this desire during the next four
weeks I am off to Argentina for a month ... Good Bye! I will
resume the column next month with a report on what-is-what An
Argentina.