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By NOAH E. ARONSTAM, M.D.
"Comfort ye, my people!" the sun again sheds
his histre
Upon the peaks and dales of Israel,
On the sloping fruit-kissed slopes of Carmel,
On the Negev with its budding promise
Of a new life, and still greater tasks
To fulfill the prophecy of old!
Knollwood Bond Drive
Knollwood Country Club is establishing
a new precedent for community service with
its special Israel bond rally set for Aug. 23.
This country club already has several im-
portant community undertakings to its
credit. It was among the first clubs of its
kind to conduct a million dollar •U. S. bond
rally. It was among the first to institute a
rule that membership is contingent upon the
moral obligation of participating in the ma-
jor Jewish fund-raising campaigns.
Now, Knollwood is undertaking another
important task—the sale of a million dollars
worth of Israel bonds to its members. From
all indications, the Aug. 23 Israel bond rally
will be a success. The enthusiasm of the com-
mittee, the determination of the leaders to
carry this project to success and the great
value of the Israel bond drive—all these fac-
tors combine to encourage the sponsors that
Knollwood will write another important page
into its history on Aug.23.
Arabs: Take Note
Upon his return from Israel, Prof. Harold
C. Urey, famous Nobel Prize winner in phys-
ics, made the statement:
"I strongly suspect that if you turned
over the state of Illinois to Arabs, it would
become a desert."
Israel offers the Arabs an opportunity
to share in the progress of the Jewish state.
Israel desires to introduce progress not only
in Israel's small territory but in the entire
Middle East region.
But the Arabs are motivated more by
vengeance and bitterness than a desire to
welcome progress.
It has been said again and again that
peace will be restored in that area when the
Arab masses rebel against the ruling higher
classes who are concerned only with the
perpetuation of feudalism.
Arabs should take note of Prof. Urey's
statement. It will do them good and will
benefit the cause of peace.
"Comfort ye, my people;"
Thy fears shall change to joys
Thy weeping into smiles; .
Behold the dream of ages hath come true;
And the might of Israel, trustingly
Lifts its eyes towards the Guardian,
Vowing to shield and protect thee
As in the golden clays of yore.
So onward, onward, do not falter—
The Lord is with thee!
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U. S. Aid for Israel
This country's sincere desire to be helpful in Israel's
upbuilding was evidenced again last week in the decision of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee to extend to the Jew-
ish state a grant in aid in the amount of $50,000,000 for the
reception of refugees. This amount will be additional to the
$23,000,000 provided for in the allocations bill covering eco-
nomic aid to the Middle Eastern countries and a proportion
of the $40,000,000 Middle East military aid grant.
An encouraging factor in the hearings on the $150,000,-
000 grant-in-aid bill to Israel was the appearance of Senators
Paul H. Douglas and Robert A. Taft in support of the pro-
posal, at hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee. Senator Douglas had urged that Israel be granted
an appropriation of $100,000,000, with $50,000,000 going to
Arab states.
It is generally believed that there will be no difficulty
in clearing the House Foreign Affairs Committee proposal
with the Rules Committee for presentation to the House of
Enforcement of human rights is the con- Representatives. This means that there will be early con-
cern of lawmakers as well as psychologists, sideration of the proposed allocation.
Gardner Murphy, chairman 4, the depart-
Dr. Daniel A. Poling, president of World Christian En-
ment of psychology at New Ysork City Col- deavor, one of many columnists and editorial writers who
lege, proves in an article on "The Psychology endorsed the grant-in-aid measure in Israel's behalf, pointed
of Prejudice" in the current issue of United out that: "It should be approved without delay—and in our
Nations World. His summary of studies of own interests. Quite aside from what this loan means to
the dynamics of bigotry is of great signifi- Israel, it will strengthen America on the world front of secur-
cance to all Americans because of the solu- ity and peace." In the interests of peace and such security for
tions proferred and the point he proves that mankind, it is sincerely to be hoped that there will be no de-
the forces of public opinion are slow and that lay in Congressional action-in support of liberal grant-in-aid
it is advisable to break down discrimination to Israel.
and then resort to public opinion polls.
Distinguishing between prejudice and dis-
crimination, in the case of Negroes, it is
pointed out that at the outset prejudice was
On the eve of the World Zionist Congress, which opens
fought first and when people's attitudes were in Jerusalem on Tuesday, General Zionist ranks were faced
more friendly an attempt was made to break with serious splits. A rump session, held after Dr. Israel
down the walls of discrimination. A reversed Goldstein and adjourned a meeting of the Confederation of
approach is recommended and the weapons General_ Zionists, has resulted in ill feeling. It is clear that
suggested for the battle against bigotry are: General Zionist leaders are unable to agree on a plan of
education in personal terms; a considerable action, and from present indications the rift will drive the
literature for children In the form of stories differences into various countries, especially our own.
or even comics showing the normal interplay
This is an unfortunate situation. The Zionist movement
of individual variations within every group;
adherence to the simple principle that when must continue to play an important role in Israel's upbuild-
you get people to work together towards a ing, and splits, regardless of their nature, are certain to re-
common goal they forget the trivialities that sult in unnecessary troubles and debates. Instead of action
we may have disputes. Neither Israel nor world Jewry can
keep them apart.
Mr. Murphy states that "it is not useful afford it. .
at present to bewail the pettiness of human
In the meantime, there are controversies over issues in-
nature or to 'debunk' the efforts of human volving the Jewish National Fund as well as the proposal for
beings to understand one another. Very real the formation of a single Zionist organization in the United
progress has been made both against dis- States.
crimination and against prejudice." A human
A proposal to merge the Jewish National Fund with the
rights program finally is being introduced Keren Hayesod is meeting with strong opposition, the JNF
and enforced in this country and, by UN conference in Jerusalem having voted to reassert "the privi-
action, throughout the world.
lege of the Jewish National Fund to conduct its time-honored
traditional activities throughout the Jewish communities."
The World Congress undoubtedly will reach a decision during
its sessions in order to avoid confusion in fund-raising. Every
Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle
effort must be made to eliminate doubts and to establish a
commencing with issue of July 20,1951
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posed that the American Zionist Council should be designated
Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879.
as the unifying agency for all Zionist parties. The Labor
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor
Zionists
already have gone on record against such a plan.
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Yet, there is a strong movement in favor of a unified organi-
August 17, 1951 zation.
Vol. XIX—No. 23
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The problems to be resolved by the World Zionist Con-
Sabbath Nahamu Scriptural Selections
gress
affect not only the Zionist organizations but Jewry as a
This Sabbath, the sixteenth day of Ab, 5711,
whole.
Either we have understanding of the problems in-
the following selections will be read in our sync-
volved in Israel's upbuilding or we shall be threatened with
pognes:
chaos. The Jerusalem conferences must bring order out of
Pentateuchal portion—Dent. 3:23-7:11.
chaos.
Prophetical portion—Is. 40:1-26.
Removing Prejudice
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Zionism at the Cross-Roads
THE JEWISH NEWS
.
In "The Jews in the Soviet Union" by Solo-
mon M. Schwarz, released by the Syracuse
University Press (910 Irving Ave., Syracuse 14),
on Aug. 15, the distinguished author not only
reviews all available historical facts on the sub-
ject but also exposes numerous myths about the
liberality of the Russians towards the Jews.
The author, who held important posts in the
Russian government until his deportation in
1922, escaped into France from Germany after
being arrested by the Nazis and came to this
country in 1940. A noted teacher and author, he
is an outstanding authority on Russian affairs.
Analyzing the early outlawing of anti-Semi-
tism in Soviet Russia, Dr. Schwarz shows how
anti-Semitism crept into the government circles,
particularly in the Ukraine where horrible pog-
roms were perpetrated against Jews during and
after the war. He declares that "the 'new' type
of anti-Semitism which began to make itself felt
in the. late 1930s, -the stealthy and ill-dissembled
anti-Semitism of the Soviet officialdom, is still
present and seems to go unchecked. Owing to it,
Jews have been gradually relegated to the back-
ground of many spheres of Soviet life:'
Russian Jews especially suffered from the
campaign . that was launched by the USSR,
against "cosmopolitanism." Early in 1949, this
drive against "cosmopolitans without ancestry"
was broadened. Eminent Jewish writers were.
bitterly assailed. The condemned "cosmopolitan-
ism" was interpreted as aiming "to aid and abet
American imperialism." Dr. Schwarz states: "To
serve 'American imperialist reaction' was, of
course, tantamount to treason, and the guilty
persons were publicly denounced as 'diversion-
ists' and punished accordingly."
There is sufficient proof in this story to show
that the attack on those branded as "cosmo-
politans" smacked of anti-Semitism.
The most shocking revelation in Dr. Schwarz'
book is the fact that during the years of
Nazi-Soviet friendship and even thereafter
"the Soviet press consistently refrained from
discussing or even mentioning the German
onslaught against the Jews. There were few
exceptions to the rule. There was an outcry
against the Nazis' anti-Jewish savagery in an
article on "Bloody Delirium" in Pravda by
the noted Soviet writer Aleksei N. Tolstoi, "but
even this isolated reference to the extermina-
tion of Jews was apparently frowned upon." In
later articles, not even the word "Jew" was
mentioned. _
Documented facts are incorporated in the
book to show how anti-Semitism was injected
in the Army, how Jews often changed their
names to appear as Russians and to hide their
Jewish origin in order to avoid being persecuted
by their fellow-soldiers. Even among the guer-
rillas there was marked anti-Semitism. Jews
often were deprived of the weapons they brought
with them and only when the Soviet government
finally provided them with guns did they have
the means of defense.
The reports of Soviet sponsorship of Yid-
dish are proven baseless. As time progressed,
Yiddish declined. "The Soviet authorities
seemed anxibus to avoid anything that could
possibly have been interpreted as favoring the
Jews. The official use of Yiddish was limited
to small sections of the administration."
There is an interesting chapter on Birobid-
zhan, again proving the exaggerations in the
field of Soviet support for Jewish national re-
generation in Russia. This project was lent
prestige by the noted leader of the Soviets, Mik-
hail I. Kalinin, who spoke in 1926 of the task of
"preserving its (the Jewish) nationality." But
the entire idea was not advanced. Very few Jews
settled there and it was not the great idea
claimed for it.
The Soviets' anti-Zionism also is reviewed
at considerable length and we are told how
Golda Myerson was humiliated by the Com-
munist Jewish writer Ilya Ehrenburg.
The USSR anti-Zionist attitude is traceable
to Lenin himself who not only condemned the
Zionist idea but criticized the Jewish Bund's
emphasis on Jewish nationalism.
- Truth dominates over the falsehoods that
have been spread abut, Soviet magnanimity to-
wards Jews. Dr. Schwarz's volume is a frighten-
ing document, revealing the sad status of the
surviving Jews in the USSR. A veiled myth now
is exposed in its true colors. The glorious Soviets
are even anti-Semitic!