HabonimSponsorExpansion
parties at 4 Centers Sunday

Habonim announced expan-
sion parties for 11-15 year olds
to be held Sunday, Oct. 29, at
four neighborhood centers, from
2 to 4 p.m. Each party will in-
clude in its program movies, a
magician, sports, and Israeli
songs and dances. Refreshments
will be served and surprises of-
fered: The parties will be held
at Northwest Hebrew Congrega-
tion, '7045 Curtis; Rose Sittig
Cohen Building, 13226 Lawton;
David W. Simons Hebrew
School, 4000' Tuxedo; and the
Hebrew school at 8849 Linwood.
All who wish to attend may
select the party most conven-
iently located for them.
Women of the Habonim Par-
ents' Association and the Labor
Zionist movement will provide
the refreshments and serve as
hostesses at the parties.

— THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 27, 1950

Tickets on Sale for
Bialostotsky Lecture

Plans for Jewish Hospital
To Be Submitted Oct. 31;
To Award Contract Soon

The parties were announced
by Gerry Carson, who is direct-
Distribution of tickets began
ing the expansion program for this week for the lecture by B.
Habonim, a ft e r a leadership J. Bialostotsky, noted Yiddish
Tuesday, Oct. 31, will be a red-letter day in the Jew-
seminar held recently. The sem-
ish community and in the history of the Jewish Hos-
inar set a goal of 200 new mem-
pital, as Albert Kahn Associates, architects of the
bers. An educational program
Hospital, will on that day submit the completed plans
for the coming year was also
prepared at the seminar. The
to the hospital board, Max Osnos, Jewish Hospital As-
program will center about life
sociation president, has announced.
in Israel today and will include
"The next•step toward the Hospital will be to ask
several o u tin g s and trips.
for bids—and to award the contract," Osnos added.
Groups will form at each
The Jewish Hospital has been included in the
of the four centers at which the
Greater Detroit Hospital Fund for a $2,500,000 grant,
parties are being held. Elliot
Beitner, Chaim Diamond, Elea-
above and beyond what the Jewish community was able •
nor Goldberg, Rena Silver and
to raise independently in the earlier drive of 1949, Osnos
David Wesley were selected to
pointed out. Whether sufficient funds are contributed
direct the program this year at
at this time, to the Greater Detroit Hospital Fund, to
the various centers. Further in-
permit immediate commencement of construction de-
formation about the parties and
pends on each individual member of the Detroit Jewish
the groups to be formed may be
community, Osnos emphasized.
obtained by calling Gerry Car-
B. J. BIALOSTOTSKY
Original funds for the hospital were raised in 1944,
son, UN. 1-9218.
poet, at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
but it was not until the war priorities were lifted that
5, at the Woodward Jewish Cen-
the Hospital Board could consider building. A city-wide
ter.
movement to meet the major medical needs of our
. This -program is co-sponsored
whole metropolitan area through. a Greater Detroit
by the Joint Culture Committee
Hospital Fund emerged just as the Jewish Hospital As-
of the Center and the Jewish
Community Council, through
sociation began turning some attention to the building
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
whom tickets are procurable, to
question.
inaugurate observance of an-
Tough Sledding for Liberal Ideas
Contributions made in 1944 helped provide one-half
Liberal ideas may not be declining, but they are having a nual Jewish Book Month.
of the fund required, Osnos explained. "Gifts now will
Featuring the Nov. 5 program
hard time getting a hearing. The rough road over which the DP
raise the balance of the funds needed—to start building
bill traveled early this year, the failure of Congress to act on will be musical selections by a
now—and.to
finish the job," he said.
civil liberties measures, the triumph of the McCarran-Mund- trio consisting of Joseph Becker,
cellist;
Zinovi
Bistritzky,
violin-
Ferguson bill over the more moderate proposals made by Presi- ist, and Julius Chajes, pianist.
dent Truman are indications of a decline in liberal thinking.
The Council and Center are
In addition, the U. S. Senate is slow-moving in its approach selling tickets in advance at 50c.
to the UN Genocide Pact. Although the Pact has been approved The price will be 65c at the door
by a sufficient number of nations, the failure of our Senate to act on Nov. 5
weakens the measure. President Truman is a strong adherent of
By BORIS SMOLAR
the Pact and Dean Rusk, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, urged
Nutshell Report
Senators to endorse the UN proposal by saying:
One of the finest Jewish communities in the world today is
"The worst crimes of Nero against the Christians failed to
reach the level of those perpetrated by Hitler against the Jews.
the Jewish community in the Argentine ... I was convinced during
No one can yet have forgotten the organized butchery of racial
my recent visit there that the 400,000 Jews of Argentina are
groups by the Nazis, our enemies in World War II, which re-
destined to play a much greater role in world Jewish affairs than
sulted in the extermination of 6,000,000 Jews."
the Jewish communities of France or even England ... There is no
Yet the U. S. Senate has failed to act on a measure which
would outlaw mass murder of religious and racial groups!
doubt that the Jewish community in Buenos Aires is only at the
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In a sense, the indifference evident in Senatorial ranks is no
beginning of its development . . . Economically, too, the situation
surprise. The attitude of the Senate has been poisoned by the
bigoted view adopted by the American Bar Association. Perhaps it will urge new elections to of the Jews in Argentina is sound, and if there is no change of
the Knesset at the earliest
mood on the part of President Peron—as there was in the case.
it also is influenced by the reactionary ideas of men like Texas' possible
time. In Jerusalem
of
Mussolini—anti-Semitism will not come to the forefront there •
Senator Tom Connally, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations this was interpreted
as an
Committee. About a. year ago, when a Jewish delegation came to ultimatUm to the religious
. . • Peron has made it clear that he will not tolerate any anti.;,
see him and to ask for an investigation of the denazification pro-
bloc to return to the govern-
Jewish activities, and he does all he can to prove that he means
gram in western Germany, he kicked the suppliants out of his
ment by Sunday.
it . . . It seems to be his conviction that Hitler's and Mussolini's
office by shouting: "We gave you Israel—what do you want now?"
A labor spokesman said that greatest mistakes were their anti-Jewish policies . . . He seems
The half million Jews who were rescued in Israel by the Mapai considers that the gov determined to avoid repeating this mistake.
brave fighters for liberation would be in their graves if they had ernment is bound to safeguard
Much of the Jewish activities in Argentina are centered on
to depend upon Tom Connally to "give" them Israel!
full equality of rights and free- aiding Israel, but a good deal is also being done to strengthen
dom of conscience for all citi- internal Jewish life . . . One can find in Buenos Aires the best
zens and to prevent any dis-
Neturei Karta, Hebrew and Yiddish
Jewish schools in the world—some of them larger even than the
Neturei Karta, the extreme religious sect in Jerusalem, con- crimination or coercion in eco- schools in Tel Aviv—and one of the best Jewish centers on the
nomic,
cultural
or
religious
tinues to believe that Hebrew must remain the language of
American Continent . . . This center, known as "Hebraica," can
prayers, that it must not be spoken, that Yiddish is their tongue. matters, from whatever quar- compare favorably with the best YMHA building in the United
ters.
He
said
it
,
was agreed that
The story is told of a tourist to the Mea Shearim quarter in
States .•. . The Spanish language is predominant among the
Jerusalem who addressed a Neturei Karta adherent in Hebrew, the ruling adopted by the pro- Jewish youth, but there' is no ground whatever for fearing that
visional
government
regulating
The Kaftan-clad elder, pointing towards the other end of the town,
they will be lost to Jewry . . . There is practically no intermar-
told the visitor: "Over there, in Israel, you can speak Hebrew. But the import of meat should con- riage, since the laws of the country make divorce practically im-
here you have to speak Yiddish, Mameloshen, our Mother Tongue." tinue in force. This practice possible.
So here you have a group of Jews which still refuse to recog- provides for the import of meat
nize not only Hebrew but also Israel. It looks like Israel, recognized to be handled jointly by the Brazilian Reflections
by 50 nations in the UN, still must await recognition from the ministers concerned with food
Somewhat' different is the picture in Brazil . . . Jewish com-
supply and religious affairs,
Arabs—and the Neturei Karta!
with the understanding that munal life is not as colorful and as many-sided as it is in Argen-
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any differences betWeen them tina because the number of Jews in Brazil is only about one-third
U. S. Versus Soviet Newspapers: An Israel Problem
be brought before the Cabinet of Argentina's . . . Also because the Jews of Brazil are split into
Not so long ago, newspapers from this country dominated the for final adjudication.
various communities at Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and the rest of
kiosks in Israel. But the financial troubles, the lack of foreign
This spokesman said that on the country, whereas in 'Argentina they are chiefly concentrated
currency and the failure of American newspapers to arrange for other questions • in connection in Buenos Aires . .. While Argentine Jewry pays attention to its
payment of subscriptions with Israel pounds has' changed the with inter - party negotiations own communal needs, the Jews of Brazil concentrate primarily on
scene. Now, Russian newspapers predominate. A UP report ex- any Minister is free to raise at Zionist activities . . . So far very little has been done . in Brazil to
plains that "demand has nothing to do with this." According to Cabinet meetings questions of keep the Jewish student youth together and to stimulate their in-
the UP story, the Russians "poured their publications into Israel policy which fall within the ac- terest in activities other than Zionist ... The Jewish community of
through an agreement under which Soviet publications are paid cepted
. Brazil is much younger than Argentina's . . . It is a "first-genera-
coalition program. _
for in Israeli money. The money is paid into blocked accounts
One well informed leader, tion" community where the parents speak Yiddish and the chil-
and spent in Israel."
Our interest in Israel should impel us to strive for a similar who described the religious dren, born in the country, speak Portuguese . . . However, the
policy in behalf of American newspapers. We have overlooked demands being raised as ex- bond between parents and children is much stronger than in the
traneous to the present issue United States .. .
an important aspect in American-Israel relations by permitting
Brazil-born youths are interested in things Jewthh . . . There
the Soviet viewpoint to dominate the newspaper kiosks in Tel and irrelevant to the present
Aviv and other lsiael communities. It is not too late to correct crisis arising from proposals are four Jewish newspapers, in Brazil, two in Yiddish and two in
this. Responsible leaders should act promptly to regain the place for reconstructior_ of the Cabi- Portuguese . . . For seven years, until the end of World War II, no
of domination and honor for the newspapers that present the
net, said Mapai's proposal to Jewish publication was permitted in Brazil . .. Nor was it per-
reinstate the provisional gov- mitted to conduct public meetings in Yiddish and Zionist activities
American viewpoint—which is the attitude of the people who must
continue to supply the basic funds for Israel's upbuilding and
ernment's procedure for hand- were banned .. . Today the picture is different . . • Zionist -work
security.
ling meat imports was a con- •flourishes, Jewish meetings are held often . . . Not the slightest
cession in the interests of sign of anti-Semitism—overt or camouflaged—prevails in the
unity. He said it would virtu- country, except that it is not open to Jewish immigrants . . Jews
A Unique Shipment: Pineapple Plants for Israel
Israel recently received 10,000 "slips" of pineapple plants, ally guarantee the import of feel safe economically and politically. . For the first time in the
history of Brazil ; all political parties.. have placed election adver.-
weighing 4,600 pounds. They were flown from Puerto Rico to New kosher meat as a rule.
tising in the :Jewish newspapers, seeking the Jewish vote.
York, then transferred to a Scandinavian Airlines DC-6 for the
flight to Lydda. Since the maximum life for the dormant plants Conclude Peace First,
Mission to Uiuguay
is 20 days, it was necessary to rush the "slips" in the hope that
The Jewish community in Uruguay is the luckiest of all .
they will flourish in Israel, in a climate similar to their native Sharett Chides Egypt
The country is the fost democratic in Latin America, and there 16
Puerto Rico. Arrangements for the shipment were made by M.
NEW YORK — (JTA) — Israel no difference in the treatment acCorded Jews and non-Jews . • .
Diesengoff Co. of Israel.
The jewg enjoy equal rights and have no complaint about their
Thus, Israel may add pineapples to its products. The experi- Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett, economic situation 2...1--They contribute generbusly to Israel. •
flew back to Israel, where he is
ment will be well worth watching.
scheduled to a r i v e Monday, causes` s and. take- - ;excellent care of their own communal'
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needs-. They maintain old people. in a home for the aged with
morning.
Language Problem? 'American Understood'
Prior to his departure, Sharett, so much care diat the aged could be maintained at the same
Linguists and students of dialects are intrigued by the differ- commenting on the demand of cost in the best hotels... . • They have two daily newspapers in
ert English accents and dialects. The language is spoken with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mo- Yiddish and a daily radio hour in yiddfsh . . . Their only dissati...
varying emphasis in Australia, England, Canada and in this hammned Salah el-Din for free faction lies in the fact that Uruguay does not admit more Jewish ..
country. In Southern states, the accents change. The best com- American arms; suggested that immigrants from Europe ... This—aside from humane considera-
mentary on these differences is to be found in Tel Aviv, where a Egypt first prove its "peace- tions—also affects the development of the Jewish community .
store which welcomes tourist trade announces: "English Spoken loving character" by concluding the Jews are concentrated primarily in Montevideo, which is one
Here—American Understood."
of the oldest cultural -centers in Latin America.
peace with Israel.

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