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1 6—TH E J EW I SH- NEWS
Friday, October 13, 1950
Son in Kindergarten—
Morn's a Working, Girl
National Council of Jewish Women, Detroit Section, is planning
its annual fund-raising drive which will culminate with a movie-
premiere matinee at the Royal Theatre Monday, Dec. 4. Proceeds
will be used for Council's overseas work.
General chairman of the prize party is Mrs. Joseph B. Gay-
lord. Fund raising-promotion chairman is Mrs. Arthur S. Purdy
The first report meeting for area chairmen was held at Mrs.
Ptardy's home Oct. 11.
Among the worrcn who are assisting in the drive are: (left to
right) Area chairmen Mrs. GERALD SANDORF, Mrs. SEYMOUR
DUNITZ, Mrs. PHILIP ELKUS; chairman of production, Mrs. SAM
GRUBER; chairman of ushers, Mrs. LILLIAN LEWIS.
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Author Takes Exception
To Review in Jewish News
By Beatrice Levin
422A Jasper St., Tulsa, Okla.
In a review of my novel ("The
Lonely Room" published by
Bobbs-Merrill) your critic writes
(the author) "certainly . reveals
a rather mediocre knowledge of
Jewishness which she seeks to
portray in a full-length novel."
Now it is a critic's function to
say what he likes about a novel,
but it is certainly unfair for him
to attack the author on the
basis of what she has chosen to
include or omit in her work or
art. Your review accuses me of
having
no understanding of
Jewish life, and then has chosen
a statement used to describe
particular Jews as a generali-
zation to apply to all Jews. The
parents whom I have pictured
in my novel are unlearned, un-
educated people. who accept un-
questionably the ritual of Juda-
ism without comprehension of
the significance of the ritual or
.the beauty, culture and histori-
cal values which are involved.
In delineating one anti-Se-
mite, I beg to be excused from
the possibility of being accused
that I have written all Gentiles
are anti-Semites, and in draw-
ing one family of Jews I think
it unfair to be accused of saying
all Jews are superstitious or big-
4•atakotecl. (By the way, Webster
defines bigoted: "So obstinately
attached to some creed, opinion
or practice as' to be illiberal or
intolerant.")
Of course I am familiar with
Jews whose religion is an in-
tellectual and spiritual guide for
their daily lives, but it was not
about these people I was writ-
ing. I think I may be forgiven
if I mention the fact that I am
not totally ignorant of Judaic
learning, that I received a Mas-
ter's degree from the University
of Wisconsin, fulfilling my re-
quirements with a thesis on
"The Jew in Drama," (a survey
history of Yiddish and Hebrew
theatres), that for a number of
years I was very active in Ha-
shomer Hatzair, (a labor Zionist
chalutz movement), that my
stories and articles have ap-
peared in many of the major
Anglo- Jewish magazines in
America (Chicago Jewish For-
um, Opinion, Brooklyn Jewish
Review) and that a one-act play
of mine, "Henrietta Szold" has
been produced for Jewish audi-
ences in cities all over the coun-
try.
The Lonely Room" was not
an attempt to portray an aver-
age Jewish family (for who can
say what is average?) but to
speak out for all the lonely peo-
ple whose solitude is painful to
them and who look at you from
Clouded eyes silently asking,
"Try to understand. Speak to
New York Soprano
Sings at UHS Supper
Mascha Benya, noted soprano
from New York, will appear as
guest • artist at -the dinner to be
given by t h e
Woman's Auxil-
iary of the
United Hebrew
Schools. Mrs.
Herman Wets-
man and Mrs.
Morris Krause,
co - chairmen,
announce that
the dinner will
Miss Benya take place Nov.
26, at the Shaarey Zedek Cong.
Mrs. Julius Berman is in charge
of arrangements.
Members of the Board of the
Auxiliary have received their
worker's kits and will commence
their membership drive which
will culminate on Dec. 13 at the
Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. as a
buffet luncheon to be followed
by an outstanding program.
Mrs. Joseph Horowitz and Mrs.
Irving Miller head this commit-
tee.
The Auxiliary meets the
fourth Wednesday of the month
at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg.
Programs are presented under
the direction of Mrs. Abe Katz-
man.
Because her five-year-old son
entered James Vernor School
this fall, Mrs. Lillian Fenton, of
19901 Strathmoor, found herself,
in a business that grew from an
apron string.
When Roger Fenton attended
his classes a little over three
weeks ago, he was told to bring
an apron to protect his clothes
from paint and crayon stains.
His resourceful mother asked
her husband, Sam, to bring
home some canvas from his
awning store. She would make
the apron herself.
What she produced pleased
her son, brought praises from
his school teachers and started
a flood of calls from parents of
Roger's schoolmates who want-
ed to know if she would make
them for their children.
The apron, which now bears
the name "Protecto," is made of
lightweight canvas, with grip-
papers on both sides So a child
can put it on and take it off
easily. Mrs. Fenton has made
them in three colors: yellow and
orange, with green trimming,
and blue, with orange trimming.
They are on sale at several
downtown department stores
and community shops.
NY Mayoralty Hopefuls
Shy from Gen. Anders
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Both the
Republican a n d Democratic
candidates . in the New York
mayoralty elections, Justice Fer-
dinand Pecora and Edward Cor- 1
si, withdrew from participation
in the Pulaski Day parade here,
presumably because of the pres-
ence of Gen. Wiadyslaw Anders,
Polish anti-Semitic leader, in
the celebration.
General. Zionists
Demand. New
Israel Government
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A demand
for the formation of a new Cab-
inet was voiced here by the
General Zionist Party in a
statement which also rejected
the last government economic
proposals and labelled Premier
David Ben-Gurion's recent radio
address to the nation on the
economic situation a "pre-elec-
tion speech."
The General Zionist state-
ment called for new Parliamen-
tary elections, insisting that
"there is no other remedy."
The government program, the
statement said, is a palliative
which offers no hope of improv-
ing "our critical situation" nor
of providing a foundation for
"restoring the public's confi-
dence in the government's cap-
ability to overcome the crisis or
provide an appropriate atmos-
phere for encouraging invest-
ments" in Israel.
India's Recognition of
Israel Called Wise Move
NEW DELHI (JTA)—Surprise
has been expressed in diplo-
matic quarters here over Cairo's
unfavorable reaction to the In-
dian Government's recognition
of the state of Israel.
Some quarters maintain that
India will be in a better position
to mediate between Israel and
the Arab states, because it has
recognized the Jewish state.
The Indian press greeted In-
dia's recognition of Israel as a
wise move. Praise for the action
has come froth newspapers in
such cities as New Delhi, Cal-
cutta. and Madras. Most editor-
ials express the same opinion:
recognition of Israel was a real-
istic move.
Survey Shows Increased
Day School Enrollments
NEW YORK, (JTA)—An in-
crease in the number of Jewish
day schools and in enrollments
throughout the United States
was noted in a survey completed
by the Mizrachi National Edu-
cation Committee. Isidor Mar-
golis, executive director of the
committee, disclosed that the
number of day schools and kin-
dergartens in t he U.S. has
mounted to 142, located in 49
cities, with total enrollments
having passed the 20,000 mark.
Pythian Lodge to Present
Hallowe'en Masquerade
A Hallowe'en masquerade par-
ty, given jointly by the Knights
of Pythias and the Pythian Sis-
ters will be held Oct. 29 at the
Lodge Hall, 15787 Wyoming.
Dancing and prizes highlight
the entertainment. For tickets
call Esther Rachloff, WE. 3-0474,
or Dave Goldsmith, WE. 3-5462.
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Mizrachi Projects Get
Liberal Gifts HOnoring
Stollman's Bar Mitzvah
Mr. and Mrs. Max Stollman
announced this week that * in
addition to planting a grove of
1,000 trees, at a cost of $1,500, in
the Irving Schlussel Forest in
Israel, they will equip a room in
honor of the Bar Mitzvah of
their son, Bernard, in a Miz-
rachi children's home in Israel.
The Schlussel Forest also is a
Mizrachi project.
Bernard's Bar Mitzvah was
observed last Saturday at the
Young Israel Center. Rabbi Max
Kirschblum, executive vice pres-
ident of National Mizrachi, and
Rabbi Israel Friedman of New
York were among the out-of-
town guests. Rabbi Isaac Stoll-
man, uncle of the Bar Mitzvah,
delivered the sermon.
At a Mizrachi meeting held
Saturday night, Harry Stollman,
uncle of the Bar Mitzvah, aug-
mented the fund for the grove
in his honor by contributing $300
for the planting of 200 trees.
A banquet in the Bar Mitz-
vah's honor on Sunday was ad-
dressed by Rabbis Kirschbaum
and Friedman and by his cousin,
Rabbi S. S. Stollman of Windsor.
me." Not just Jews, nor just
Gentiles, nor young women, but
everyone who has ever been
lonely will understand and speak
a kindly word in passing.
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