24—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 21, 1952
Cross-Section,:17,S.A.
UJA-Bond !Issue Is Hot;' Syivagogiie
Dance Ads = Meet stith Opposition
By ALLEN LESSER
An
American Jewish Press Feature
CALIFORNIA'S TENNE Y: A
I
tion of more than 500 docu-
ments now scattered in institu-
tions of learning throughout the
world, and it will be published
jointly by the presses of Harvard
and the Hebrew universities.
Publication is being made pos-
sible by a grant of $10,000 from
the Littauer Foundation and IL
1,000 by the Israel Ministry of
Education and Culture. Cooper-
ating in the tremendously im-
portant scholarly endeavor,
which has been in process for
more than a decade, are the
universities of Penn sylvania,
Michigan, Cambridge and Paris.
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SYNAGOGUE DANCE ADS:
A growing - practice of adver-
slashing 12-page anti - semitic
attack on the Anti-Defamation
League is currently being dis-
tributed as pre-election cam-
paign literature in California by
State Senator Jack B. Tenney.
The former chairman of Cali-
fornia's version of the Dies Com-
mittee is seeking the Republican
nomination for Congress and
has issued the pamphlet in
which the attack on ADL ap-
pears as a defense of his record
as head of the Tenney Commit-
tee.
Tenney, who originally won
office as a Democrat but later tising synagogue-group dances
switched his party, strongly dis- in the Friday and Saturday
avows any anti-Semitic intent: editions of the New York Post
admits anti - Sernitism is un- has led some synagogues to
American but denies that it is ban use of their names more
"a badge of disloyalty to the than once -a month in such
United States"; calls it irra- advertising. Many Zionist or-
tional and un-Christian b u t ganizations
also run such
adds, "it isn't a crime."
dances for fund-raising pur-
Charging the ADL 'bureau- poses—a dance can raise as
cracy" with acting like a - pri- much as $1500 on a Saturday
vate gestapo agency," the for- night—and their ads along
mer anti-Communist investigator with the synagogue ads are
adopts- a holier-than-thou air run together with lurid sex-
when he says: "To accuse com- and - dancing advertisements
mittees investigating Commu- inserted by "lecture" organiza-
nism of being anti-Semitic be- tions. No other New York
cause their reports include the newspaper carries such adver-
names of many Jews is about tising.
1.,s unreasonable as saying that
necause so many Communists
S H 0 R T. SHORTS: The first
turn out to be Jews Communism "HaggLlah" in Braille has just
and Judaism are identical."!!
been published by the Rokeach
Among other Tenneyisms, the
Fo undation in
Senator also believes that ad-
::ooperation
vocating a national F.E.P.C. is a
with the N. Y.
"brkeder of bigotry"; that Irish-
3 uild for the
men. Swedes and other national
Jewish B.1 i n d
groups take jokes, gibes, and
The 1 6 -page
`colorful slang names" as "epi-
abridged v e r-
thets of friendly affection," only
sion of the.
Jews. when referred to in these
Passover prayer ;
ways. "seem to-iseeod at the edge
book is availa-
of American society, sullen and
ble without cost
suspicious."
to i n s titutions
Tenney had several run-ins
of the blind
with ADL in 1949 as the result
throughout the
of exaggerated charges by his
country (A
Un - American Activities C o m-
youngster w h o
mittee.
is using s u c h an Haggadah is
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shown here ) . . . David Befn-
"UNIQUE AND IRREPLACE- stein, former deputy adminis-
ABLE": There was no indica- trator of the Federal Security
tion at this writing of the di- Agency, will take over the direc-
rection UJA counter - moves
tion of the Tercentenary Com-
will take following the sharp mittee planning celebration of
setback it received when Jew-
the anniversary in 1954 of the
ish Agency chief Dr. Nahum settlement of Jews in the U. S.
Goldmann came out in favor Philanthropist Louis Rabino-
of a joint committee to direct witz is providing a major share
both UJA and Israel bond of the necessary funds . • .
drives., Dr. Goldmann's state-
A .S.W., Rosenbach. noted book
ment was made in Jerusalem
collector, who sold his famous
at a Jewish Agency meeting Shakespeare collection for Si mil-
on March 9. A similar pro- lion, was president of the Amer-
posal, made earlier by Prime ican Jewish Historical Society
Minister David Ben - Gurion, for over a decade . . . Not nearly
was rejected by UJA, which enough attention has been given
believes such a move would to the fact that MOrgan State
mean an indication of non- College in Baltimore, which has
confidence in present UJA just instituted a special course
leadership and turning over on Israeli life, is a school for
control of f u n d drives to colored people. The course is not
Henry Montor, now head of subsidized by any Jewish organ-
the bond drive.
ization, and is being given by
Informed circles here point. Dr. Irene Diggs, who visited
out that the Israel government Israel last summer . .. Over the
knows UJA raised more Ameri- opposition of many Jewish and
can dollars in 1951 than bond
other groups, the N. Y. City
drive but nevertheless, has giv- Board of Education will approve
en bonds priority over UJA. a daily prayer period in the pub-
They add that so long as Israel ; lic schools . . . Behind rumored
profits from both drives, every
Egyptian peace-feelers is believed
effort will be mad. to avoid to be British peace offensive in
a showdown between UJA and Middle East; but Israelis. are
bonds, while anticipated prob- very skeptical, point to con-
lem of payment of UJA pled- tinued Suez Canal blockade de-
ges in Israel bonds will also spite recent British control . . .
be ignored as long as possible. Maybe there's no connection,
Meanwhile, the 1952 UJA but since U. S. State Depart-
drive in New York opened ment moved its Middle East of-
with a dinner to Senator Her- fices from Cairo to Beirut, Leb-
bert H. Lehman: and 16 Zion- anon last month, relations with
ist organizations jointly pro- Israel have been friendlier than
claimed the "unique and ir- ever.
replaceable responsibility" of
UJA.
Columbia to Establish
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Yiddish Language Chair
JEWISH HISTORY: Ancient
NEW YORK, (JTA ) —A chair
Greek records about the flour-
ishing Jewish life in Alexandria
and other Egyptian cities in the
en t u r i e s immediately before
and after the rise of Christian-
ity are being prepared for pub-
lication with an English trans-
lation and explanatory notes by
Dr. V. Tcherikover, professor of
ancient history at the Hebrew
University, your reporter was
told by Harry Starr, president of
LuciuS N. Littauer Foundation.
This will be the first collec-
for the study of the Yiddish
language, literature and culture
will be established for the first
time at Columbia University.
This decision to create the chair
was taken recently at a meet-
ing of the University's faculty
council. Studies will begin in
September, 1952. The chair will
be maintained jointly by Colum-
bia and the Atran Foundation,
and will bear the name of the
Foundation president, Frank At-
ran. .
4gency Mail Vote
Nets Large Return
MINNEAPOLIS, (JTA) — In
a move to enable a larger
number of members to par-
ticipate, the Jewish Family
and Children's service here
conducted elections to the
board by mail. More than
four times as many people
thus participated in the elec-
tions than at the last annual
meeting.
Women's Special Gifts Workers,
P rofessional Group to Hear
Dr. Voss at Rallies Wednesday
Dr. Carl H. Voss, chairman of sional division, at Congregation
the executive council of the Adas Shalom.
American Christian Palestine
a
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Austria Offers $5,000,000
Loan to Jewish State
VIENNA, (JTA)—The Austrian
government has offered Israel a
$5,000,000 loan. It is believed
that the forthcoming visit of
Arieh Eshel, Israeli consul here,
to Tel Aviv, is connected with
the offer.
The loan will be granted the
Jewish state by the Austrian
government from funds which it
uses for the development of its
export trade. Austria, which last
year jumped to seventh place
among the countries from which
Israel imports goods, desires to
consolidate its position and has
offered Israel favorable terms
for the loan.
The women's meeting is
campaign dress rehearsal for
special gifts workers. The five
vice chairmen to Mrs. Lewis B.
DR. CARL H. VOSS
Committee. will be in Detroit
Wednesday to address two meet-
ings of the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign—at 12:30 p.m. a special
gifts workers meeting of the
Women's Division at City Club,
17111 Third, and at 8 p.m., the
formal opening of the pr fes-
Campaign Reaches Million Mark;
Workers Bid Bon Voyage to Kasles
On Their Trip to State of Israel
Daniels, chairman of special
gifts, are hostesses for dessert
luncheon—Mesdames Milton M.
Alexander, Daniel Krouse, Milton
K. Mahler, Lewis H. Manning
and Nathan Simons.
Planned in cooperation with
the Detroit Alumni Chapter of
Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity
—Dr. Martin Naimark, chairman
of the fraternity's Jewish affairs
committee—the professional di-
vision meeting will help each of
its sections get off to a running
start in the 1952 campaign. Ar-
thur S. Purdy is co-chairman
with Naimark.
Dr. Voss is a member of the
faculty of the New School for.
Social Research in New York
City. He is a leader among the
younger clergy of this country
and has been in the forefront
in the fight against bigotry and
intolerance. He is widely known
for his dynamic leadership
among Christian friends of Zion-
ist aspirations.
Millions heard Dr. Voss from
Israel on the Tel Aviv broadcast
of' the "Town Meeting of the
Air" on its Round-The-World
Seminar and now hear him reg-
ularly on the popular weekly
recorded broadcasts of interviews
entitled "American Christians
View Israel."
The 100 Allied Jewish Cam- the campaigners to raise the
Jewish women's organisa-
paign workers who gathered maximum for Isreal and pointed
tions in Detroit are receiving
Sunday. at a brunch at the Davi- out, in a comment upon JNF 1 calls this week from workers
son Jewish Center, to wish bon appeals for traditional funds,
in the women's division treas-
voyage to Abe Kasle, campaign that income for such funds is
ury gifts section of the Allied
chairman. on the eve of his trip very small compared with the Jewish Campaign — and are
to Israel, turned the gathering allocations for the fund for the
asked to make PLUS contribu-
into an enthusastic rally in-the United Israel Appeal through the
tions to the Campaign in view
United Jewish Appeal.
drive's behalf.
of PLUS needs, Mrs. William
While no definite figures
"Detroit leads all American
P. Greenberg, treasury gifts
were reported of the amount
already secured, the results of
efforts thus far point to a sum
approximately 51,000.000 al-
ready accounted for.
Leaders of various divisions
reporting for their groups joined
in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Kasle a
happy journey and in pledging
their untiring efforts towards
plus giving during his absence.
The Kasles are 'accompanied on
their trip to Israel by Mr. and
Mrs. Israel Davidson.
Outlining t h e progress
attained thus far and the
campaign needs, Mr. Kasle
reviewed the results of the
initial solicitations in Miami
Beach and declared that 1,000
new workers are needed to
assure the drive's success.
Jewish communities percent-
age-wise in contributions to
UJA," Mr. Sobeloff said.
A large number of new work-
th e S un-
ers was in evidence at
day meeting and all were en-
couraged by reports of increases
in response to plus giving.
Of special interest at this
meeting was the service rendered
by a group of young girls who
are organized as - The Red
Devils." This - group has under-
taken to .prepare and serve
luncheons and breakfast at the
Center. It was announced that
in addition to their regular gifts
to the campaign. the Red Devils
will turn over the profits from
Sunday's bruncheon to the Allied
Jewish Campaign.
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Chairman, reported.
Mrs. Greenberg and her com-
mittee are urging organizations
to devote a meeting in the near
future to the campaign and are
arranging for speakers for such
meetings.
Members of treasury gifts sec-
tion include Mrs. Benamin E.
Gelman. secretary, Mesdames
Hyman D. Brotman. Arthur
Campbell, Max H. Elias. William
Hordes. Albert Kane. David
Kliger, Irving A. Levy, Julius
Ring, Isaac Rosenthal, Murray
W. Schreiber, Morton L. Snyder.
James Sobel. Leonard H. Weiner.
Milton A. Winston.
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In his analysis of the drive's Hebrew School Directors
objectives, he pointed out that Bid Kasle Bon Voyage
the million dollar loan for Sinai
At a social which followed its
Hospital, secured for a five-year
period, must be paid out of the business meeting, the board cf
capital funds included in the the United Hebrew Schools on
drive. He also said that there Monday evening extended "bon
is need for a center -in northwest voyage" greetings to Abe Kasle,
Detroit and for an addition to its president.
the Home for Aged which has Brief talks were delivered by
been swamped with hundreds of Dr. A. M. Hershman, Mrs. J. H.
Ehrlich, Harry Cohen and Philip
applications for admissions.
Good wishes were extended to Slomovitz, who presided. Jack
Mr. Kasle by the „following who Kellman presented Mr. Kasle
addressed the meeting and re- with a camera on behalf of
ported on work of their divi- board members, as a token of
sions: Joseph Holtzman, Gus their regard for him. A musical
Newman, George Stutz, Leon program was conducted by Miss
Kay. Ben Wilk, Jack Citrin, Iola Schipler, music director of
Harry Kay. Nathan Balaban, the schools.
In his response. Mr. Kasle
George Kile, Irving Blumberg,
urged the members to carry on
Dr. M. Naimark.
Samuel H. Rubiner, president during his absence and to . give
of the Jewish Welfare Federa- more and work harder for the
tion. in an address "consolidat- Allied Jewish Campaign.
At the business meeting, Mr.
ing all good wishes," expressed
Kasle -named Maurice Landau
gratitude to Mr. Kasle for his
to be acting president of the
untiring efforts and his gener-
schools during his absence.
osity.
Albert Elazar, associate super-
Isidore Sobeloff, Federation
director, spoke of the thousands intendent of the schools, report-
who are engaged -in the cam- ed that 117 new pupils were en-
paign - effort — including 2,000 rolled in various branches during
women, 700 juniors, many new February, boosting the total at-
workers in the metropolitan di- tendance to 1,361.
Bernard Isaacs, superintend-
vision. Serious efforts are being
made to accomplish the greatest ent, reported on plans for the
establishment
of a school library,
good with the utmost efficiency,
he stated. He said that corn- Nathan Schreiber was named as
plaints often are made about chairman of a committee to ac-
excessive mail. and that the complish the task.
Announcement was made by
campaign office strives for econ-
omy and efficiency, but that Mr. Kasle that Harry Cohen will
"one gripe sounds louder than be honored this year, at the an-
the work of 100 volunteers." He nual Meeting, as the outstanding
emphasized the sincere desire of worker of the year,
Campaigning is a serious
business for these Women's
Division special gifts cabinet
members who are planning to
preview "the 1952 Silhouette
(with the PLUS Look)" at
their 12:30 dessert luncheon,
Wednesday at the City Club,
17111 Third. Left to right are
Mrs. LEO S. MELLEN• secre-
tary: Mrs. BARNEY KEY-
WELL, adviser, and Mrs. HAR-
RY L. JACKSON, campaign
secretary.
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Listening intently to the
plans for the special gifts
workers orientation meeting,
March 26, at City Club, are
cabinet members (left to right)
Mesdames SIDNEY SOLOMON,
BERNARD A. ROSENTHAL,
MILTON M. ALEXANDER.
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