As the Editor
Views the News
This Is the Woy'
Remarkable Collection of
World Religious Precepts
Sukkoth
Sukkoth, the traditional thanksgiving
week of Eretz Israel which marks the com-
pletion of the fruit harvest, again beckons
Jews everywhere to take cognizance of the
basic ideals of the festival. It is known as
the Hag Haasif—the Festival of Ingathering.
While the term "ingathering" referred tra-
ditionally to the gathering of fruit, it has the
additional meaning today of Ingathering the
Exiles.
It is more difficult for Israelis today to
resort to thanksgiving on this festival, due
to the handicaps and burdens under which
the state labors. This condition creates a
challenge for Jews outside Israel to redouble
their efforts so that Israel's lot should he less
difficult. For , true ingathering and real
thanksgiving we must cement cooperation
between Jewry and Israel. Let this be our
major resolution on Sukkoth.
Sinai Hospital
A new structure gradually emerging
from layers of scaffolds, unfolds to view in
the area bounded by Six and Seven-Mile
Roads, Outer Drive, Whitcomb and Lauder,
as a symbol of our community's realization
of a great dream.
Sinai Hospital is nearer realization and
before long it will begin to function as an
important health agency.
The cornerstone-laying ceremonies on
Sunday will mark another milestone in the
movement for the building of a Jewish Hos-
pital. It began more than 40 years ago. Until
six years ago, the movement was in the "talk-
ing stage" and the two organizations which
preceded the Jewish Hospital Association
together managed to collect less than $70,-
000. The new movement, sponsored by the
Jewish Welfare Federation, has secured a
sum exceeding $2,500,000, has participated
in the city-wide hospital fund from which
Sinai Hospital will secure. an additional $2,-
000,000, and when completed the new hos-
pital will cost more than $6,000,000.
This is a tremendous undertaking, and
with the combined efforts of the entire
Jewish community it is meeting with success.
Sunday's event will be an occasion for sin-
cere congratulations. The sponsors of the
hospital movement—the pioneers as well as
the present-day managers—deserve com-
mendations for their courageous efforts.
Brandeis vs. Wayne
- When Brandeis and Wayne Universities
clash on the gridiron here on Oct. 20, an-
other important page will be added to the
story of the Jewish university which has
reached maturity as an important American
institution.
The American way of life is reflected on
the ball field, the diamond or the gridiron-,
where athletes compete for honors in ac-
cordance with honorable rules of conduct.
When Americans meet in such fashion, in
which the teams of the Waltham, Mass., and
the Detroit universities will clash at the
U. of D. Stadium on Oct. 20, they place em-
phasis on honor and dignity, they accept the
"better man" as the victor, and they there-
upon pursue the routine activities—studies
being the case with our schools.
Brandeis is making its mark in sports. It
also is advancing scholastically. Next June
this Jewish university will award degrees to
its first graduating class. This school is mak-
ing Its mark in the scholastic field. It is get-
ting recognition in athletics. It is a univer-
sity in every sense. As such it will be en-
thusiastically welcomed here when it meets
Wayne in a football contest.
THE JEWISH NEWS
Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle
commencing with issue of July 20,1951
Member! American Association of English-Jewish News-
papers, Michigan Press Association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing
Co )D8 - 10 David Stott Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich., W0.5-1155.
Subscription $4 a year; foreign $5.
Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942 at Post Office,
Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3. 1879.
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor
SIDNEY SHMARAK, Advertising Manager
FRANK SIMONS, City Editor
Vol. XX—No. 5
Page 4
October 12, 1951
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the thirteenth day of Tishri,
5712, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 32.
Prophetical portion—II Sam. 22.
Licht Benschen, Friday, Oct. 12, 5:36 p.m.
Our Youth and Education
The voluminous Rosh Hashanah editions of the English-
Jewish press, in addition to discussing the major Jewish prob-
lems involving the United Jewish Appeal and the Israel bond
drive, place emphasis on one important issue: that involving
the cause of Jewish education and the place our present-day
youth will occupy in future American Jewish activities.
In reality, education and the place in Jewish activities
is a single issue. It is interlinked because the attraction of
youth to Jewish causes depends almost completely upon their
education as Jews.
Unfortunately, this has become a problem. Our youth
movements are not as effective today as they were a decade
ago. There was a time when the Zionist youth movements
were factors in Jewish life. But these and other youth activi-
ties have weakened.
True, we must recognize the weakening of youth move-
ments along with the weakening of other causes in Jewish
life. There isn't the fight for Israel's independence to stimu-
late interest among all elements in Jewish life—although
those with vision must recognize that the battle for security
in the Jewish state has not ended. Therefore the problem, if
all of us are to recognize it as a problem, must be faced with
increased concern.
The entire future of American Jewry is involved in the
point we are raising. Many rabbis have issued warnings in
their Holy Day sermons that American Jewry is at the
crossroads, tliat our future is less secure today—due to in-
creased assimilationist tendencies—than ever before in our
history. They point to a lessening of interest in the Sabbath
and kashruth, to the minimalist rather than maximalist
programs in education, to a tendency to reduce the import-
ance of traditional observances.
The complaints may or may not be justified. Yet there
is cause' -for concern because of one important factor in
American - Jewish life: the need to strengthen our internal
structures. For at least two decades, emphasis has been placed
in our communal activities upon the needs of the survivors
from oppression in European and Moslem lands and the im-
portance of strengthening Israel. While it is our belief that
the moulding of such interests also brought added strength
to the American Jewish structure which might have collaps-
ed without an ideal and a cause such as has been provided
by the defense, relief and reconstruction efforts, it is now
necessary to get added power to Americaii Jewish institu-
tions in order that Jewry in this country should have cause
for nobel existence as an entity in the United States while,
at the same time, gathering new strength in behalf of the
survivors from Nazism and the builders of the Jewish state.
In planning the Education Month activities, these ideals
must be taken into view. We must consider the need for an
inner idealism for our own existence. We must strengthen
our interest in Israel. For these purposes, we need stronger
youth movements. We need effective schools and well-func-
tioning adult education programs.
Here is a platform sufficient to tax the energies of all
factions in Jewish life. May their efforts prove effective in
giving strength and revitalization to our people's strongest
group—American Jewry.
"This Is the Way," is a simple title for a chil-
dren's book. But it is a remarkable work which
can not be limited to youngsters. Adults will
thrill in this collection of "Prayers and Precepts
from World Religions" compiled by Jessie Orton
Jones. The publishers—Viking Press (18 E. 48th,
N. Y. 17)—deserve highest commendations for
producing it. Mrs. Jones has rendered a fine
service with this book and her illustrator, Eliza-
beth Orton Jones, has caught the spirit of the
work and has - drawn the inspiring pictures.
The universality of this book is what makes
it stand out. It can hardly be called sectarian,
although, after the statement on the opening
page—"The Lord is One, But He is called by a
thousand names"—there are selections from the
religious beliefs of the American Indian, the
Hindu, Bushman, Kurnai, Taoist, Buddhist, Con-
fucianist, Mohammedan, Zoroastrian, Hebrew,
Sikh, Christian faiths.
Excellent judgment is shown in the selection
of the following Hebrew precepts and prayers:
"This is the day which the Lord bath made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
For He is our God,
And we are people of His pasture, and the flock
of His hand.
Show me Thy ways, 0 Lord;
Teach me Thy paths.
Guide me in Thy truth, and teach me."
"Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart;
But thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
"Break forth into joy,
Sing together."
"Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit,
Saith the Lord of hosts."
This is a book that people the world over will
welcome with gladness Ind hope. For with sim-
plicity and beauty it show's the essential oneness
of people and the harmony for which we are all
striving in our own ways.
Mrs. Jones properly describes the book in
these words : "The simple text, taken from the
holy books of the world, brings out the fact that
worship is a universal experience which. in its
essence, contains the germ of brotherly love.
The Golden Rule is found at the root of all re-
ligions. "The understanding of this truth is the
rock on which we must build One World. As
tomorrow's citizens, children can be given the
opportunity to learn about the underlying spir-
itual unity of all races, all religions. This pre-
sentation of ways of expressing reverence for
God and love of man will strengthen them in
their own faith and give them respect for the
faith of others. They will find a new meaning
in the Fatherhood of God. As they see Him
more clearly they will surely learn, as children
of One God, the secret of living together in
. peace."
Story of the frgun ,
Menachem Begin's 'The Revolt
'
There are many new details of the battle for
Israel's freedom in Menachem Begin's "The Re-
volt: Story of the irgurr- a Schuman publica-
tion. While it does not throw too_ much light
on occurrences, the intimacy with which the
author tells the story of the "underground," the
battle against the British, the stubbornness with
which the Irgun Zvai Leumi fought for justice,
make "The Revolt" a valuable addition to the
available records on the great historic events of
our time.
While Begin claims that he is revealing matter
which has been suppressed and distorted until
now, the well-informed person will not find
that much to the author's credit. But the mi-
nutely described details make his story read well
and he literally holds the interest of the listener
as he narrates the story of a struggle that has
won the admiration of the entire world.
Naturally, some Mapai men will dislike what
he says. Yet his story had to be told. It is es-
pecially valuable in its expose of the machina-,
tions of the British. The evidence against British
obstructionism, already piled high, has grown
with Begin's "The Revolt."
-Hillel: Flesh Portrayed
Ingathering of Fruits
Out of Ethical Teaching
Israel's need for our dollars in this trying period of
"Hillel: The Book Against the Sword" is an
enchanting book which is presented to us as
the first biography of the great Talmudic teach-
3r. Written by Ely E. Pilchik and published by
Henry Schuman (20 E. 70th, NY21), this work,
which is excellently illustrated by Ilva Schor's
wood engravings, actually is a _story based on
the well known and available material about
the great sage's life—and that is meager—but
mainly upon his sayings and his disputes with
Sh a Min ai.
Rabbi Pilchik has caught the spirit of the
great teacher. He portrays him as a propagator
of social justice, as a man who defended the
rights of the downtrodden, who opposed the
stern and harsh rulings of Shammai. Even the
story - from the Pirke Aboth (Sayings of Our
Fathers) about the drowned man, about whom
he said that he was drowned because he drowned
others, and they who drowned him also shall
builders of the Jewish state. By buying YOUR bond now you be
drowned, is dramatized here. It is in the
will add to Israel's harvesting and you will lend reality to main a very good story, ably told, well illustrated.
the idea of gathering the fruits of our labors for a rebuilt But it need not have been called biography—for,
shortages of food, housing and clothing for the old and new
settlers in the Jewish state finds an interesting echo in the
major background of Sukkoth which is rooted in its tradi-
tion as the festival of the "ingathering of the fruits."
When we speak of gathering the fruits we must, at the
same time, think in terms of gathering the exiles, of settling
the newcomers, of providing security for the important Is-
raeli state.
It is proper therefore, to ask that Sukkoth, in addition
to serving the needs of the United Jewish Appeal—pledges
to which must be paid NOW through the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, in order to assure a well-functioning Jewish com-
munity in Israel—but also by assisting in the efforts in be-
half of the Israel bond drive.
This Sukkoth American Jews are asked to support the
Israel $500,000,000 bond drive. A purchase of a bond at this
time will be like an additional word of encouragement to the
Sukkoth Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portions: First Day, Monday:
Lev. 22:26-23:44, NUM, 29:12-16; Second Day,
Tuesday: Lev. 22:26-23:44, Num. 29:17-25.
Prophetical portions: Monday, Zech, 14; Tues-
day, 1 Kings 8:2-21.
Hol. Hamoed Scriptural SeleCtions: Wednes-
day, Num. 29•17-25; Thursday, Num. 29:20-28;
Friday, Num. 29:23-31.
I Jewish state.
that it could not be.