20—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, April 6, 1951

Tales Out of School

`Not an Anti-Zionist,
Just a Sympathizer,'
Says Editor Zukerman

The Youth of a Nation are the Trustees
of Posterity. -"—Disraeli.

By

By

Barbara

Betsy

Levin

Brown

Mumford

Central

High

High

Flashback Shows Previous Russian Discord

NEW YORK, (AJP)—William
Zukerman, editor of the Jewish
Newsletter, flatly denied charges
that he has ever been a member
of the anti-Zionist Council for
Judaism.
The denial, made in a state-
ment in Council News, organ of
the anti-Zionist organization,
assailed the Reconstructionist
Magazine for a recent attack on
Zukerman.
The Reconstructionist denun-
ciatiOn followed a statement in
Zukerman's newsletter on the
Palestinian Arab DP's. The Re-
constructionists charged that
what Zukerman "actually hands
out is not news, but strongly
biased propaganda which hews
close to the line of the American
Council for Judaism."
Terming the Reconstructionist
statement an example of "one
of the nastiest, most frequently
used techniques of Zionist prop-
aganda," Zukerman said he "is
not and never has been affili-
ated with the American Council
for Judaism."
He added that he nevertheless
WN-; "very pro-ud. to be included
among the sympathizers of the
Council."

The Mumford Student Coun-
Central students have come
cil has completed plans for a back into the swing of the old
school handok, which will routine after \ a week-long va-
contain the hIstory of Mumford, cation, and many students who
a list of classes offered to stu- have a first hour are again walk-
dents, names of teachers, loca- ing around with half closed eyes
tions of rooms and school rules trying_ to again get used to
and regulations.
waking at 6:30.
Purpose of the handbook is
Although the worst part about
to better acquaint Mumfordites coming early is staying late for
with their school and to give club meetings. many Centralites
them an increased opportunity participated in the club pro-
of seeing what the school has grams planned for the first week
to offer. Handbooks will soon after vacation.
go on sale at 10 cents each, with
Among the participants pre-
proceeds going to Mumford's viously' mentioned were. Mar-
general fund.
got Staub and Fred Keywell,
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who took the \affirmative on
Studying the Gallic Wars was the debate given by the Con-
made a little bit easier for Latin temporary Affairs Club, April
IV students. Movies shown at 5, and Betty Paysner and
the Latin Club's bi-weekly Frances Bressler, who took the
meeting last Tuesday acquaint- negative. The topic of the
ed them with the terrain Caesar debate was "Resolved: That
Lieberman Honored
conquered in France, Italy and the Present Marking System
By East Side Merchants
Switzerland. The meeting was Should be Continued." Marilyn
also attended by students in Grossberg acted as moderator.
other Latin classes.
The Y-Teens showed another
The Board of the East Side
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spark of sports consciousness Merchants Association accepted
The fourth annual spring when they met at the Highland the resignation of Samuel Lieb-
formal, snonsored by the Inter- Park Y, April 4, for a session of erman as executive secretary, and
Congregational Y o u th. Council, roller skating. It was quite a simultaneously elected him hon-
will be - held at Northwest He- variation from the regular busi- orary secretary emeritus, it was
ness meeting.
announced by Samuel Lipson,
brew Cong. on April 14.
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president. Meyer Silverman,
Participants will dance to the
Extra! Attention all Temple former Association president,
music of Roston Clark and his
orchestra. Besides -d a n c i n g Israel and Beth El high school was elected executive director.
there will be entertainment and students! Be on the look out for
Lieberman has been with the
refreshments. Basketball troph- signs of a membership drive to AsSociation from its inception
ies will be presented to the become active participants of 14. years ago. The Association,
M. S. T. Y., Michigan State Tem- whose aims are in the field of
champions of the council..
Dress for the dance •is semi- pie Youth, the Michigan chapt- improvement of inter - group
formal. Council members have er of N. F. T. Y., National Fed- and interracial relations, grew
been working long and hard to eration of Temple Youth, which soon after the 1943 racial • dis--
make . this dance the kind of was formed at the Flint Con- turbances in Detroit at which
success it has been in the. past, clave. Centralites Arthur Fried- time many merchants in De-
Tickets, at $2 a couple, may be man and Kenneth Bronson were troit's East Side were subject to
e
purchased from the members of elected
national board member riot and destruction.
the council, who include Sharon and s e c r e tar y, respectively.
Silverman, new executive di-
Willis and Burt Shapero, from' Other officers: Paul Donor, rector, is president of the Jew-
Flint,
president;
Jason
Goode,
Temple Beth El; Israel Klein-
ish Gold Star Parents Ass'n. of
bard and Larry Traison, Bnai Pontiac, vice-president; Phyllis Detroit, comprised of parents
David; Betty Aaron, Northwest; Siskind, Bay City, treasurer.
who lost children in the World
Sol Chudnow, Bnai M o s h e;
War.
Jerry Millman and Adrian Kolb Huleh Work Resumed
Both Lieberman and Silver-
Temple Israel; Rhoda Coggan,
Following Syrian Dispute man are members of the Detroit
Shaarey Zedek.
Board of the National Associa-
Direct JTA Teletyne Wire to
Tickets may also be obtained
The Jewish News
tion for the Advancement of
at the door or by calling Bob
Shapiro, UN. 3-5571, or Norman TEL AVIV—Israeli workers on Colored People.
Hyman, UN. 1-4215, also coun- Tuesday resumed reclamation
A "M a abara h" (immigrant
cif members. The dance is open work in the Huleh region where
to the entire young community, a conflict has been in progress work camp), designed to be the
and promises to be one of the between Israel and Syria over basis for a large settlement, will
be established at Elath on the
big events of the spring.
the drainage of the swamps Red Sea, within the next few
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there. At the same time the UN weeks.
Mumford students have a new head of the Israel-Syrian Arm-
F r i d ay afternoon occupation. istice Commission summoned a
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The Student Council is spon- meeting of the members of the
soring a weekly dance on Fri- commission in Rosh Pina, an Is-
days, 2:45 to 5 p.m. Admission rael settlement near the Syrian
is a small 10. cents per person. frontier.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10 , The treaty was almost
1911—President William How- scrapped in 1878 when a Jewish
ard Taft officially announced to citizen visited Russia and dis-
closed intentions of buying land
Russia today that the Russo- there. The transaction was ex-
American treaty of 1832 is here- pressly forbidden by Russia's
by declared null and void. The government.
act of abrogation was interpret-
The United States protested
ed • as a protest to RUssia over
its constant and successive po- the humiliating discrimination
groms resulting in the massacres against one of her citizens. Rus-
sia replied that the man was a
of thousands of Jews.
Jew and as such would never
The resolution calls for the dis- be allowed to own land in that
solution of the long-standing particular portion of the Russian
treaty, which provided for nor- empire.
mal and friendly cooperation in
The frequent massacres of
negotiation and exchange of
privileges for its citizens, was Jews drove James G. Blaine,
passed by Congress in a nearly then U. S. Minister to St. Peters-
unanimous vote. Congressman burg, to write State Department
William Sulzer, a non-Jew, in- officials requesting drastic ac-
troduced the resolution in the tion be taken against such out_
House of Representatives. It rages. The massacres continued
passed by 300 to 1. The Sen- nevertheless.
During the administration of
ate approved the measure by a
President Theodore Roosevelt, a
vote of 72 to 0.
Czarist Russia has tradition- petition was signed by more
ally been anti-S emit' c. The than 12,500 Americans, includ-
worst d i s a s t er in the long ing the Chief Executive, sena-
series of pogroms occurred at tors, governors, mayors, three
Kishinev eight years ago when archbishops, and seven bishops
47 Jews were murdered, 600 vigorously repeating objections
cruelly injured, and 2,000 fami- to the Russian savagery. In ad-
dition, $100,000 was collected to
lies left homeless.
aid unfortunate victims off the
The most shocking fact Russian persecutions. This pe-
brought to light in this massa- tition was insultingly refused by
cre was that the supposed mob the Czar.
action was organized and led by
goyernmental order. Officers of
the army and even students in
the theological seminaries led
the mob attacks.
Prominent Jewish leaders, in-
cluding Judge Mayer Sulzberger
of Philadelphia, Louis Marshall
and Joseph Schiff of New York,
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