Purely Commentary Urge Coordination For Major Drives By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Campaign Printers and Publishers Organize Drive at Brunch Sunday PROVIDENCE, RI., (JTA) —Welfare fund philanthropic 'Slavery in Freedom'—The Season's Major Topic campaigns and the Israel In less than two weeks world Jewry will be re-united by the government bond drive must message of Passover, and freedom will be the major topic for be coordinated on national discussion at the Seder table. While many of us propagate -. democ- and local levels to safeguard racy" all the time, the Freedom Festival lends itself to discussion the interests of local Jewish of the issues involved in the quest for liberty and in the struggle communities and Israel, Irv- to attain equal rights for all. It is proper that, as we prepare ing W. Rabb of Boston, chair- for Sedorim, we also should be better prepared in our discussions man of the New England of Democracy and Freedom. Bonds for Israel Committee, As a matter of fact, we are better prepared for it now than declared at the annual con- we have ever been before. There is more freedom today in our ference of the New England world than we have had in yesteryears. There is less freedom in Region of the Council of Jew- autocratic countries, and we frequently are confronted by limita- ish Federations and Welfare tions on freedom even in our own midst. But the overall picture Funds. is less dark, Jewry is blessed with the freedom of statehood for "Any conflict between phi- the dispossessed and we have opportunities which are alloted to anthropy and bonds, whether Planning the organizational bruncheon of the printers as* those who crave for justice. active or passive, will be publisher sections of the Allied Jewish Campaign are, left la Half a century ago, in his famous essay "Al Parashat Derak- costly, a n d will undermine right, FRANK DENISON, HARVEY WILLENS, NATHAN BRON-. him"—"At the Parting of the Ways"—Ahad Ha-Am (psudonym of the strength of the commu- STEIN, HYMAN SAFRAN and NATHAN BALABAN, chairman cot Asher Ginzberg, 1856-1927) , the famous Hebrew writer and phi- nity in achieving its total the arts and crafts division. Bronstein is working with the paper goals," he warned. losopher, in his discussion of modern Jewry's paramount need for products section. • • • a spiritual center in Palestine, discussed a question which he Missing Mapam Leader made famous by his reference to it as "Slavery in Freedom." Printers and publishers Section While some of the problems Ahad Ha-Am posed then are out- is ready to set the pace for the Held as Czech Hostage: arts and crafts division of the moded now, because Israel Is a state, and because the eastern 1952 Allied &wish PLUS Cam- Party Asks Release European scene has changed, there is much truth in what he paign, with a bruncheon for ail said in the following excerpt from his noteworthy essay: ' prospects at 10:30 am., Sunday, TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The Is- The annual Farband confer- The truth is that if Western Jews were not slaves to their ence for all affiliated chapters raeli Minister to Prague, Dr. L. at the Davison Jewish Center. emancipation, it would never have entered their heads to con- in the city will open at 9 p.m., Kubovy, has been informed by Harvey Willens, David Safraa secrate their people to spiritual missions or aims before it had fulfilled that physical, natural "mission" which belongs to every Saturday, at the Labor Zionist the Czechoslovak Foreign Min- and Sydney Levison are co- organism—before it had created for itself conditions suitable Institute, 13722 L i n w o o d. A istry that Mordechai Oren, Is- chairmen. Direct reports on programa to its character, in which it could develop its latent powers m'lava malke, featuring M. Rich- raeli citizen and a member of and aptitudes, its own particular form of life, in a normal man- ter and Bella Goldberg, will be Mapam, who has been missing currently taking place in Israel ner, and in obedience to the demands of its nature. Not until the feature event. Simon Ri- in Czechoslovakia since last De- will be given by Col. Thomas Fe- lix Forrester, military adviser 1* all this had been achieved, we believe its development might chardson will report on the cember, is under arrest. The Prague authorities said the state of Israel during the year's activities. lead it in course of time to some field of work in which it would War of Liberation. and Yehudah Louis Segal, general secretary that Oren was arrested after his Hellman, Israel foreign correso- be specially fitted to act as teacher, and thus to contribute once visa expired, and is suspected of again to the general good of humanity, in a way suited to the of the national committing a criminal offense pondent. spirit of the modern world. And if then philosophers tell us Farband move- against Czechoslovakian secur- that in this field of work lies the "mission" of our people. for ment, will ad- ity. This first official confirma- 47 which it was created, I _shall not, indeed, be able to subscribe to dress the audi- JDC Loan Begins tion of Oren's arrest, was given their views; but I shall not quarrel with them on a mere ques- ence on the re- Dr. Kubovy by Vlastimile Borak, Life for Newcomer tion of names. c e n t political Czechoslovak Deputy F o r e i g n But alas! I shall doubtless be dead and buried before then. changes in Is- Minister. Today, while I am still alive, I try mayhap to give my weary rael. He will wel- TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The An appeal to the Czechoslovak , come 150 n e w eyes a rest from the scene of ignorance, of degradation. of un- 1.000th shop operated by a government to release Oren was utterable poverty 'that confronts me here in Eastern Europe members into disabled immigrant with the voiced here by Al-Hamishmar, the local organi- and find comfort by looking yonder across the border, where assistance of a loan from the official organ of the Mapam. there are Jewish professors, Jewish members of Academies, zation. Joint Distribution Committee The paper carries an editorial A t Sunday's Jewish officers in the army, Jewish civil servants; and when was opened near Lydda. The assuring Mapam's friendly atti- session, r e p r e- I see there, behind the glory and grandeur of it all, a twofold store, a grocery, was opened tude toward Czechoslovakia, and spiritual slavery—moral slavery and intellectual slavery—and sentatives of the by Doussa Janach, 31-year- points out that Oren visited ask mygerf":"- Do I envy these fellow-Jews of mine their einanci- Jewish National Richardson old father of four children, 'Prague to "establish friendly rela- pation?—I answer, in all . truth and sincerity: No! a thousand Fund, • Jewish Community Coun- who suffers from a chronic tions between the Mapam Party cil and Central Committee of times No! The privileges are not worth the price! I may not heart ailment and a partially Farband will repbrt on recent and the Czech Republic." to a paralyzed leg. be emancipated; but at least I have not sold my soul for emanci- Attributing Oren's arrest Since its inception in 1949, pation. I at least can proclaim from the housetops that my activities. misunderstanding," t h e edi- kith and kin are dear to me wherever they are, without being Malben, the JDC's welfare or- Programs vitally integrated torial says: "We hope that has constrained to find forced and unsatisfactory excuses. I at least with Farband will also be dis- ganization in Israel, granted loans for similar pur- can remember Jerusalem at other times than those of "divine cussed, and will include Israeli Czechoslovakia will diSplay suf- ficient confidence in the Mapam poses totalling over $688.060. service": I can mourn for its loss, in public or in private, with- funds, Histadrut, Israel bonds, and will release its representa- In addition, Malben maintains out being asked what Zion is to me, or I am to Zion. I at least Jewish National Fund. education tive who was on a good-will mis- 14 sheltered workshops for have no need to exalt my people to heaven, to trumpet its su- and the Farband Camp and. sion to visit the builders of so- over 300 men and women-- ► ll periority above all other nations, in order to find a justifica- Kinderwelt. Plans for the ob- cialism and the fosterers of former hospital patients tion for its existence. I at least know "why I remain a Jew".— servance of the 40th jubilee of learning new skills under the or rather, I can find no meaning in such a question, anymore the national movement will be world peace." supervision of trained tech- than if I were asked why I remain my father's son. I at least formulated. 2 THE JEWISH NEWS nicians. can speak my mind concerning the beliefs and the opinions Friday, March 28, 1952 which I have inherited from my ancestors, without fearing to snap the bond that unites me to my people. I can even adopt that "scientific heresy which bears the name of Darwin," with- out any danger to my Judaism. In a word, I am my own, and my opinions and feelings are my own. I have no reason for Direct JTA Teletype Wires to the _ concealing or denying them, for deceiving others or myself. Jewish News By BORIS SMOLAR And this spiritual freedom—scoff who will!—I would not ex- change or barter for all the emancipation in the world. JERUSALEM — The Israel Telegraphic Agency. ia*.) (Copyright, 1952. Jewish Too many of us continue -to be tempted by the barter that is parliament Monday night The Jewish Scene: offered by false emancipatory projects. Even in our day, we con- passed the final reading of a Israel will need between 50 and 60 million dollars in the neat tinue to fight slavery inherent in false freedoms. Whenever the question is posed, "why am I a J_w," or "why do I remain a Jew," law providing for protection six months This was brought to the attention of Jewish leaders Labor we immediately suspect bait from false gods and scientific heresies of the parliament building. at a private parley by Ambassador Abba Eban and Israel's Appeal Minister Golda Myerson . . . Leaders of the United Jewish which deny the simple. answer inherent in the reality of natural- The measure provides that and of the Israel bond drive were among those present at the ness, of being yourself, of remaining "my father's son." unauthorized persons may not parley . . . However, no discussion was raised there on coordina- It is as simple as all that. Yet, in the discussion of freedom, carry arms inside the Knesset in embracing democratic ideals, in fighting any attempts—within building and that unauthor- tion between the two drives .. . This issue remains open, and all indications point to the fact that no concrete action is contem- and without our ranks—to impose thought control upon free- for the time being . . . In the meantime, everything will be thinking people, we must continue to go back to the Aleph Beth, ized demonstrations may not plated the maxi- to start anew whenever we think of libertarian ideals in re- be held within 1,000 feet of done by all groups interested in aiding Israel to secure mum dollar income for the Jewish State in order to enable it to viewing the basic ideals of democracy. For thousands of years the building. its obligations for the next six months. our people have discussed these ideals at Passover time. Once Earlier, the Knesset passed meet Golda Myerson seems to be in an embarassing position be- again we are on the subject. Jews never sacrificed the right to the first reading of the and the WA free discussion of free ideas. Blessed is this season of the year government's new 168,000,000 cause of the rivalry between the Israel bond drive the WA have . . . Her appearances in this country for which brings us back to our ideals. There is no need for apology pound budget. Winding up a campaign been limited to two, and on dates not acceptable to the UJA .. . for returning to the ABC of justice and freedom. That is how lengthy debate for the gov- The question as • to why the Israel government does nothing to people learn. That is how we become rooted in liberty. ernment Minister of Trade force coordination -of the two campaigns and to eliminate rivalry and Industry Dov Joseph de- in the timing of the two drives is being posed by more and of more Use Education Service Set Up Hadassah Hotel Institute nied charges that the health Jewish community leaders interested equally in the success By Historical Society, JWB and the bond sale. Switches Site to Ramat Aviv UJA of the people, particularly of Farband to Hold City-Wide Parley - — Move to Protect Knesset Building NEW YORK — Establishment of a new Jewish cultural project, to be known as the Community Education Service on American Jewish history, was announced jointly by American Jewish His- torical Society and Jewish Wel- fare Board. Commissioner Reports FCC Receives Many Minority Pleas CLEVELAND, (JTA) — The Federal Communications Com- mission "receives a lot of mail with respect to unjust attacks and caricatures of minority ra- cial and religious groups," FCC Commissioner Paul A. Walker told the Temple Men's Club here. National Hadassah has con- cluded an agreement whereby its Hotel Management Institute will be located on the premises of Israel's newest and most stream- lined hotel, the Ramat Aviv— located in a suburb of Tel-Aviv- Dr. Miriam Freund, Hadassah's vocational education chairman, announced. The Institute, a two - year junior college which was opened in January, 1950, has had its headquarters until now in Ha- dassah's Brandeis Vocational Center in Jerusalem. Dr. Freund said the move to Tel-Aviv was made "to better meet the chal- lenge offered by the rapid growth of the hotel industry in Israel." the children, had been injured by the lack of certain foods. Speaking of the accomplish- ments of the Mapai-led gov- ernment, he said its economic policy had made possible the grants in less than four years. Crowds Witness Opening of Garden of Israel in N.Y. NEW YORK, (JTA)—Thou- sands of Jews and non-Jews crowded the International Flow- er Show to witness the ceremony of opening the Garden of Israel, which was sponsored by the Jewish National Fund and the Israel Ministry of Agriculture, and which showed all the flow- ers and many plants and vege- tables which grow in IsraeL Between You and Me • Pro-Arab Trends: • • Don't think that the pro-Arab movement in the United States has died down . . . It is reappearing in the form of a new organ- ization which will be known as the American Friends of the Mid- dle East, with headquarters in. New York . . . Its president is as other than Dorothy Thompsbn who is also the chairman of itio national council, on which one finds the names of anti-Zionist Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron and Elmer Berger of the American Collib ■ eil for Judaism . . . The group terms itself 'independent Ameri- cans," whose interests lie in the peoples of the Middle East .. . The organization intends to bring 'public-spirited leaders" front the Arab countries to the United States to lecture before student, church and civic groups . . • It will also develop an information service to create a better understanding in America of the peopili living "between Morocco and Pakistan" . . It will sponsor pro- grams for Arab students already in the United States and will send "specialists" to the Arab countries "to establish bases of co- operation" with local religious and cultural leaders ... The fund. needed for all this work will be raised through an appeal to Amer- icans which will endeavor to create the innocent impression that the "American Friends of the Middle East" is interested in ail Middle Eastern countries, including Israel.