Detroit Zionists Present 'Big Three'
Of Israel Art and Culture on Sunday

A Hanukah celebration featur-
ing the "Big Three" of Israel art
and culture—folk singer Shosha-
na Daman, pianist - composer
Moshe Wilensky and author-
lecturer Ralph J. Kaplan—will
be presented in an Israel bond
program sponsored by the Zion-
ist Organization of Detroit at
8:30 p.m., Sunday, in the Adas
Shalom synagogue. This presen-
tation will culminate a week of
Zionist activities in connection
with Zionist House dedication.

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, December 28, 1951

Noted Aerody- namicist

Community Council Charges 'Mounting
Strains' with Federation; Calls Special
Meeting in January to Air Difficulties

The trio is leading a "Here's
Address Technion
Israel" tour to more than 60
cities in the U. S. The caravan, Society Dinner Feb. 2
A special assembly of Com-
According to the announce-
conducted by the ZOA, seeks to
munity Council delegates to ment, the current rising tension
strengthen the cultural link be-
Detroit Technion Society this consider "mounting strains in "was
precipitated by a decision
tween American Jewry and Is- week announced postponement
the relationship between the rendered by the Federation
rael. It is sponsored by the na- of its annual dinner to Feb. 2.
Community Council and the alone, without consent of the
tional ZOA Israel bond and mem-
Benjamin W i 1 k , president, Jewish Welfare Federation" will Council, to eliminate from the
bership committees.
stated that Dr. Sydney Gold-
Miss Damari, an internation- stein, professor of applied be convened in January as a Council's work several activities
ally known song stylist and an mathematics and dean of the result of a decision reached by traditionally and effectively car-
the Council's executive commit- ried on by the Council in. the
exotic Israeli beauty, was recent- aeronautical
division being set
past and approved by the Coun- .
ly the subject of a feature story up at the Technion at Haifa, tee at its meeting Dec. 19.
The action of the committee cil delegates and executive com-
in Time magazine. She will will be the guest speaker. Prof.
feature a repertoire of Hebrew Goldstein was formerly Beyer was accompanied by a letter of mittee as an integral part of the
folk songs, many of which have Professor of Applied Mathemat- protest to the president of the Council's program."
Eban Leaves for Israel; never before been heard in this ics at Manchester University. Federation against what are re- The Council letter pointed to
referred to as "unilateral" de-
Deputy Assumes Duties country.
One of the world's foremost cisions of Federation officials 1 "the democratic character of the
Mr. Wilensky, Israel's most aero-dynamicists,
Dr. Goldstein which, acording to a Community' Jewish Community Council" and
outstanding concert pianist and
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Is- composer, known as the "George served as chairman of the Brit- Council statement, "invade the protested the "assumption by a
rael Ambassador Abba Eban left Gershwin" of his native land, ish Aeronautical Research Coun- democratic self-governing pre- body outside of its own frame-
for Paris where the United Na- has composed the major portion cil from 1946 to 1949.
rogative of the more than 300 1 work the prerogative to render
tions is in session. He remained of Miss Damari's songs.
Details of the dinner plans affiliated organizations of the final. decision on what is to be
Council, their delegates and the included in and what to be
there for only one clay, and then
Author Kaplan, founder of the will be announced later.
executive committee of the eliminated from the work of the
proceeded to Israel. While at Universal college in Tel Aviv,
Council."
Paris he conferred with Foreign was an officer in the Israel army
Jewish Community Council."
Minister Moshe. Sharett.
during the War of Independance.
David Goitein has assumed His commentaries and observa-
duties as a Minister Plenipo- tions on the international scene
tentiary, and will serve as depu- have merited the keen attention
ty to Ambassador Eban. Goitein of news-readers and radio-listen-
served previously as Israel Min- ers everywhere.
ister to the Union of South
In preparation for the 1952
The committee in charge of (By the American Jewish Press)
The nominating committee
Africa. A native of England, the the celebration includes A. C.
An auto thief in New York annual meeting of the Jewish will propose a slate of nine for
new Minister formerly practiced Lappin, ZOD president; Samuel City learned the meaning of
election to the board as mem-
law. He ,settled in Palestine in Feldstein, Albert Elazar, Morris brotherhood on Christmas Eve Welfare Federation, tentatively bers-a.t-large for a term of three
scheduled
for
Feb.
26,
Samuel
H.
1929.
when
a
Jewish
judge
presented
M. Jacobs, Ben Lewis, Walter L.
each. Thirty-seven mem-
Rubiner, Federation president, years
Cecil Hyman, who has served Field, Leon B. Kay, Lawrence him with a
bers-at-large are elected to the
this
week
announced
the
selec-
triple - decker
as economic expert with the W. Crohn, Milton Marwil.
nine each year.
tion' of Judge William Friedman Board,
rank of counsellor at the Em-
There will be no admission Xmas present.
Other
members of the board -
as chairman of the nominating include representatives
Head bowed,
bassy of Israel since 1950 will charge, but tickets are necessary
of Fed-
committee.
Encil
Tennant,
leave in the near future for the for admission. Tickets may be
eration member agencies. the
19,
appeared
be-
Appointed to the committee Detroit Service Group trade and-
Union of South Africa where he obtained free of charge at the
fore Judge Sam-
are Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, Sid- professional divisions, the Wom-
will serve as Minister.
Zionist House on Sunday.
uel H. Kaufman
ney M. Shevitz, Rabbi Joshua S. en's Division, the Community
in Federal Court for sentencing Sperka and George Stutz. All Service Committee of the Young
as an auto thief. The man pos- are members of the Federation Adult Council and major organi-
sessed only sixty cents and the board of governors.
zational groupings of Detroit.
clothes he wore.
The Jewish judge suspended
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
sentence, reached into his pocket
to hand Tennant a ten dollar
Being in a Minority—and Being Right
bill, and brought tears from the
In her thoroughly charming biography of her uncle, Lord convicted thief with the an-
(Josiah Clement) Wedgwood, one of history's most eminent nouncement that he had lined
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Israeli only parcel-25 acres—in the
Christian Zionists, Miss C. V. Wedgwood tells an interesting up a job for him.
on the Israel- area held by the Israelis. The
story. Her book, published under the title "The Last of the Radi-
Tennant's new boss will be the representatives
cals," for which we are grateful to Macmillan Company's im- uncle of Assistant U. S. Attorney Jordan Mixed Armistice Corn- walkout preceded by a sharp
portations department (the biography was published in London Leone—the man who prosecuted mission walked out on a meeting exchange between Col. deRidder
of the body after charging its and Lt. Col. Shaul Ramati, head
by Jonathan Cape), tells about Wedgwood's boyhood activities him.
United Nations chairman, Ben- of the Israeli delegation.
*
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in the Clifton School Debating Society. Wedgwood wrote his
The issue arose over Israel't
mother: "Last night we had a debate whether Home Rule ought
Scores of non - Jewish GIs net de Ridder, with "rewarding"
complaints that Jordanians were
to be had or not; I was one of the five who voted for it. I voted wounded in the Korean w a r Jordan transgression.
The Israelis became embit- persistently violating the border
for it because so few did."
spent a quiet holiday with their
.q//x----s%e. folks at home as tered when Col. de Ridder voted by crossing into Israel territory
But Wedgwood was a man of justice. From childhood, he
with the Jordanians to change
was motivated only by a desire to help minorities, to assist the
the result of a demarcation line in the Kal- to cultivate fields there. The
downtrodden, to fight for justice—as he did so passionately for
monies contrib- kilva area in such a fashion as Jordanian authorities have con-
sistently refused to take action
Zionism.
uted by the New to grant the Arab state
the to halt the transgressions.
York State De-
This Commentator had just begun to read the Wedgwood
partment of the
biography and had come to his niece's above quoted story when
Jewish War Vet-
David Ben-Gurion became the stormiest petrel on the American
erans.
Jewish scene. Only a handful defended him. This writer thought
Not satisfied with paying the
he stood alone in arguing for B-G. But there must be others.
Untutored and unbriefed, two days after B-G's statement emerg- rail fares for the wounded, the
By BORIS SMOLAR
ed as a red flannel waved before many antagonists in a public Jewish ex-GIs chipped in to give
(Copyright, 1951, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
each
of
the
men
pocket
money
arena, Detroiter Jack Tobin approached us with a comment: "I
read Ben-Gurion's statement," he said, "It embarrassed me. Not for which to purchase presents Communal Issues
that I could possibly go to Israel to help, but I am a party to the for their family and relatives
The problem of how to expand the Jewish Agency to include
b a,ck home.
non-Zionists is beginning to attract serious attention in Israel .
building process and I am involved!!
Ambassador Abba S. Eban, who is now in. Israel, is definitely in
Not many are embarrassed. Zionist leaders certainly do
favor of bringing American non-Zionists into the Jewish Agency
not act as if they are embarrassed. On the contrary, they are M. Silverman Heads
. . . And so is Premier David Ben-Gurion. . . He is said to be
flaunting to the winds asseverations of loyalty to a cause, with-
especially impressed with the fact that James N. Rosenberg, hon-
out proving their case. American Jews have not been known Gold Star Parents
orary chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee, came out
to conduct mobilizations for an exodus of their compatriots
At a meeting of the Gold Star strongly for the expansion of the Jewish Agency . . . Mr. Ben-
from this country into Israel; but they are not now known to
be assisting in sending experts to help the little land. Right Parents held Sunday at the Gurion is a great admirer of the JDC leaders who have proven
now they are in the same pew with Lessing Rosenwald of the Jewish War Veterans Memorial their sincere interest in Israel on numerous critical occasions .
American Council for Judaism—and we cannot possibly throw H o m e, the following officers JDC has come to the aid of Israel at least seven times when urgent
blame only at Ben-Gurion's doorstep and say "he drove them were elected for the coming financial obligations were to be met by the Jewish state .
This spirit of cooperation from a non-Zionist organization is
there." We don't fully accept B-G's definition of the cause as year:
President, Meyer Silverman; highly appreciated by the Israeli Premier ... Not to speak of the
"bankruptcy," but, in truth, now, ladies and gentlemen, hasn't
it - approached just that type of .. failure?
vice presidents, Joseph New- fact that he values the active role being played by Edward M. M,
mark, M r s. Isaac Rosenthal, Warburg and Dr. Joseph Schwartz—JDC leaders—in directing the
Mrs. Julius Freedman; treasurer, work of the United Jewish Appeal.
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Enough to Be a 100 Per Cent American
Mrs. Julius Freedman; corres-
Israeli
Echoes
Miss Wedgwood's story of her uncle refers back to one of his ponding secretary, Mrs. Aaron
The feeling of resentment among American Zionists and non-
last visits to this country. Commander Wedgwood (he was not yet Canner; financial se c r e t a r y,
a Lord at that time) was pleading in behalf of Zionism. In one Louis Rosenberg; health and Zionists against Premier Ben-Gurion's recent statement in the
community, he was told by a Jewish leader that he was a 110 per welfare committee, Mr. and Mrs. Knesset will not subside for a long time to come . . . All groups in
American Zionism, even the Labor Zionists, consider unjustified
cent American and that he would not support a foreign idea like Benjamin Iden.
Zionism. Wedgwood replied by affirming his owns good English-
The organization is composed Ben-Gurion's assertion that American Zionist leaders are "bank-
manship. He told the antagonist that he felt that being a 100 per of the parents of Jewish ser- rupt" because some of them do not settle in Israel . . . The non-
cent Englishman was enough and that perhaps it would be just vicemen who died in World War Zionists consider Ben-Gurion's declaration that there is discrini-
ination in the United States against Jewish engineers baseless .
right if the anti-Zionist were 100 per cent American, thereby ful- II.
They point out that young Jewish engineers are being hired for
filling all his duties as a citizen. In that case, he added, why not
jObs by the largest firms in America even prior to their gradua-
give the other 10 per cent to the Zionist cause? Wedgwood, it will New British Minister
tion from school . . . The truth of the matter is that the Israeli
be recalled by those who knew of this incident, received a contri-
To Israel Is Welcomed
Premier is very much worried over the fact that pioneering
bution for the Palestine Foundation Fund from the anti-Zionist.
immigration to Israel is shrinking at a time when it is needed. •
We thought of this story when we read Mrs. Rose Halprin's
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Sir Francis
attack on Ben-Gurion. Mrs. Halprin protests too much. Her state- Evans, British Minister to Israel, perhaps more than ever . . . He makes no secret of the fact that
ment sounds like 110 per cent Americanism—a condition which presented his credentials to Jos- two factors are uppermost in his mind: 1. Only 10 percent of
sometimes leaves you with a minus sign, since good Americanism eph Sprinzak, acting president world Jewry live in Israel; 2. Only 10 percent of Israel's territory .
calls for aid to the oppressed. Ben-Gurion spoke out of a bleeding of Israel, in a brief ceremony at is under cultivation . . . He considers the concentration of the
Israeli population in the three major cities "very dangerous for
heart, because the oppressed are so downcast and need our help the Ha'Kirya.
the security of the country" . • . And he wants Chalutzim from the
so much. And we give, in reality, so little!
Sir' Francis, former British
States and other countries to come and settle in such
The General Zionists' attacks on Ben-Gurion lacked even the Consul General in New York, ex- United
of the country where they can serve both as landworkers
more basic elements of tactfulness. They asked whether B-G pr the hope that relations sections
and
defenders
the land . . . He insists on the establishment of
spoke for himself, or for Mapai, or for the Cabinet? How naive! between Israel and Britain would a net of defense of settlements
which should serve as "first lines" in
Have you, GZ's, ever heard of the head of a government speaking be expanded and voiced wishes the defense of Israel's borders
. . . And for this more and more
his mind in addressing Parliament, expressing opinions, pleading for the speedy recovery of Dr. young
Chalutzim are needed. Not to speak of the fact that Israel
for justice? He means you and all of us when he asks for help. Chaim Weizmann.
is in urgent need of engineers and other skilled workers, who
And we must not shirk responsibility by creating a scapegoat in
Constantine Stanescu, newly- can be supplied chiefly by American Jewry ... It is no easy matter •
Ben-Gurion and his ideas. Don't let Israel suffer, simply because appointed Romanian Minister to
be Premier of a country which stands to lose land contract .
you have politically ideological differences with the party in power to Israel has arrived here to as- with
the outside world in the event of renewed hostilities with the
in Israel.
sume his duties.
neighboring Arab countries

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