As the Editor
1'iews the sews
Repeating Itself
Fun Galore in New Boo
Hon. Abba Eban
The miracle of Israel's rebirth was ac-
companied by the amazing emergence of
brilliant leadership in the field of diplomacy.
Jewish spokesmen were able to match the
ablest of the statesmen in the United Nations
in the art of conducting affairs of state. In
some instances representatives of the state
of Israel surpassed their confreres in state-
craft. One such man is Abba Eban. Israel's
ablest representative before the nations of
the world.
As Ambassador to the United States, as
chief Israeli delegate to the UN, as speaker
and as writer. Mr. Eban has earned the
admiration of all who have worked with
him, who have listened to his addresses,
who have conferred with him and have :had
occasion to learn about his deep-rooted sense
of justice.
An able linguist. a scholar of high rank,
Mr. Eban has won the friendship and admi-
ration of representatives from many lands.
His addresses are scholarly dissertations.
His evaluations of the Jewish position. his
defense of Israel against Arab onslaughts,
his interpretation of nationalism have caused
him to stand out as a man of great erudition.
Mr. Eban will be in Detroit Sunday eve-
ning in the interests of the Israel bond drive.
This important cause for Israel's economic
npbuilding could not possibly have secured
a better advocate. The urgency of the hour,
the need for large-scale investments in Israel
by American Jews, the necessity of speeding
the sale of Israel bonds, combine to create
the great need for a message such as Mr.
Eban is so well equipped to bring to this
community.
We welcome him to Detroit with the wish
that his mission here should meet with
complete success and that the 1952 bond
drive should get a good start through his
inspiration.
Congress and Israel
The-final figure set as an allocation to
Israel in the Mutual Security Act reaches
a total of $73,000,000. Democrats and Re-
publicans joined forces in voting down ef-
forts to cut allocations to the Jewish state.
Members of the Michigan delegation who
came to Israel's aid included Senators Fer-
guson and Moody; Congressmen Dingell,
O'Brien, Rabaut, Bennet and Ford.
But the issue has not been resolved.
Final allocations are to he made by the
Congressional Appropriations Committees
and it is sincerely to be hoped that they
will not let Israel down.
In his commencement address at Michi-
gan State College last week, Paul Hoffman,
president of the Ford Foundation, former
administrator of the Marshall Plan, empha-
sized that economic strengthening of our
allies should be described as "world invest-
ment" and not as "foreign aid." It was a
strong appeal for a program of assistance
to the democratic forces in the world.
But a darker picture was flashed in Con-
gress when Rep. John Rankin, who is notor-
ious for his attacks on Jews, went out of
his way to attack "foreign aid" and to
include Israel among the lands receiving
help at the expense of American projects.
Fortunately, he is in the minority.
It is sincerely to be hoped that those
who recognize the need for strengthening
the democratic forces in the world will back
up the decisions of both Houses of Congress
and that there will be no further reductions
in allocations for Israel. Such liberal deci-
sions must react to the good of all mankind.
Musical Games and Quizzes
Israel's Restoration of Order
David Ewen and Nicolas Slonim,sky, the is
eminent musical critics, authors of impor
works on music and musicians, have produce
book that will entertain, enlighten, provide
terial for games and quizzes.
There is party fun galore in "Fun With M
cal Games and Quizzes" by Ewen and Slonim
(published by Prentice Hall, 70 5th Ave., N.Y.
But it is a volume packed with so much inf
mation that it is certain to thrill and ins.
music lovers.
The several sections in the book deal -
those who wrote music, musical cryptograp
musical performers, materials out of which
sic is made, etc.
Here are samples of the questions, answv
to all of which appear at the end of the book!,
Under the heading "Find the Composer,"
reader—or quiz participant—is asked to ideit
fy a composer by the following: "In Vienna,;:
1828, during his last, fatal illness, this genius'
song expressed the desire to read the novels
James Fenimore Cooper." The answer is: Sal,
Bert.
Under "Trials and Tribulations" we are as
t find the composer described as follows:
"A Russian-born composer, now a naturali2
American citizen, wrote a free arrangement
The Star Spangled Banner which brought i 1.
Boston police to the concert hall." Answer:
Stravinsky.
t -
There is a section entitled "Strange Supi
stitions" which poses this question: "What v
linist insists on walking around lamp-posts
the right side rather than passing on the let
Answer: Nathan Milstein.
The contestant is asked to provide the an
dote suggested by the following: Said HaH
Marx to Jascha Heifetz: "What were you bef::
that—a bum?" The answer is that Marx's coi
ment was made when Heifetz was boasting tl
he had earned his living with his violin since
age of five. There are a number of other
anecdotes in this section.
The illustrations, the pencil doodling. the
sical dominoes and the rest of the mate*
combine to make this a truly fine book. For
tertainment and information, there is noth_:
is
to surpass it in the realm of music.
Israel's new currency regulations, while they sound
very drastic, represent the most decisive and perhaps the
wisest move in the financial sphere since the establishment
of the state.
One of the very unfortunate situations affecting Israel,
in which speculators outside the state played a rather nefar-
ious role, was the spread of black market activities and the
cruel trading with the Israel pound. Every deal that was
completed in such business deals was a stab in Israel's back.
Every person who permitted himself to become a party to
such unsavory bartering was rendering harm to a young.
struggling state whose chief objective is the rebuilding of
A Lesson in Democracy
the lives of broken people.
In the course of natural developments, trading in pounds
became less obnoxious, although it is a fact that the export-
ing of bank notes from Israel was contrary to law. Thus,
a large amount of Israel's currency found its way into
''Abe Lincoln and His Times: 1809-1865"!,
foreign lands, including the United States, thus threatening the Editors of Look and Enid LaMonte Mead(
the economic existence of the Jewish state by the bartering croft, published by Thomas Y. Crowell
that lowered the values of the Israel, pound. The new move (432 4th. NY 16), is a children's book. But ii
of calling in all Israel bank notes and of declaring all ille- the type of volume for youngsters that
gally possessed currency in this and in other countries to be enchant elders as well as their children.
illegal tender was an important move in the direction of a lesson in Americanism. It is a study of gen-.
It is an admonition not to relent in the bas
setting Israel's house in order.
liberty.
In a sense. such a move also sets in order world Jewry's for This
quotation on the concluding pag
house. It repudiates black marketeering. It condemns dis-
"As I would not be a SLAVE, so I WOU
honest trading with the fate of a people. It mobilizes funds
not be a MASTER. This expresses my idea
for a national loan within Israel. All criticisms of the Israel
democracy. Whatever differs from this. ;
government to the contrary notwithstanding, we commend
the extent of the difference. is no democracy
the new financial move as a wise gesture in the right places emphasis on the entire theme of t
direction.
manificent book.
Meanwhile it is of the utmost urgency that the Israel
The photographs in the book include the m
government should do everything in its power to retain the important pictures of Lincoln and his time.
good will of private investors. The new currency regulations reactions of the country to the Great Emar
must not disturb the confidence of the world in the new pator. family pictures, newspaper cartoons, et- ;
"Abe Lincoln and His Times" is history.;
state, else they will cause irreparable damage.
Able Lincoln Story
Long Way From Goal
We are a long way from the Allied Jewish Campaign
goal. With a minimum of $5,200.000 needed to provide for
Israel's needs and for all the local and national causes in-
cluded in the drive, extra effort will have to be put in to
secure the smallest needed amount to provide for the basic
needs for 50 causes.
It is not untimely, therefore, to point out to those who
already have given but who should give more and to those
who have not as yet contributed, that Israel's historic effort
must receive unstinted support in order that the most
romantic undertakitig in world history should be assured
of total success.
The funds we provide enable Israel to take in immi-
grants from many lands. There is something most enchant-
ing in the listing of 80 lands from whence come Israel's
settlers. The United Israel Appeal lists the following coun-
tries which are represented in the migration to Israel:
will serve an important purpose in teaching ,
youngsters about the Civil War and the n
who freed the slaves. It will remind the die,
about an important era in American hist(
It is a book of sufficient merit for all homes
all libraries.
Facts You Should Know:
What Is the origin of the seven-day moo
1
lag period?
The Jerusalem Talmud (Ketubot Chap. I
claims that Moses instituted the custom of
seven-day mourning period which is obser
after the burial. An earlier passage in the 137
relates that Joseph observed a seven-day mou
ing period for his father Jacob (Genesis 501..
other Talmudic source indicates that a sev
day period was instituted after the death
Methusaleh. Still another quotes a curl
source in the Book of Amos (Chap. 5) where
Bible speaks of turning the days of the feast i
the days of mourning and the Talmud (M
Aden, Afghanistan, Argentina, Algeria, iinstria, Australia,
'Catlin, 20) infers that since the days of a Ft !
are seven, likewise the days of mourning
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unit of time a week—is indicative of a feeling
Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal,
eternity. Just as the day of the week rett,
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so shall the spirit of the deceased return.
pore (Malay Federation), Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, .yria,
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Rabbinic law makes provision that in a
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where the mourner's livelihood is in actual je
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Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia.
a three day period is sufficient. The 1
This of course, is only part of the story. The people ardy
three days are the days set aside for weep
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
who come to Israel in the main arrive there penniless. They according to the Talmudic sources. Thus,
This Sabbath, the twenty-eighth day of Sivan, must be clothed, fed, housed. The Allied Jewish Campaign
extreme cases of hardship the mourning peg
5712. the following Scriptuarl selections will be dollars make this possible.
ceases after the third day. A Rabbi should
read in our synagogues:
The local causes included in the drive must not be consulted before ending the period sooner t:
Pentateuchal portion—Num. 13:1-15-41.
overlooked. Our schools, social service and recreational the regular seven days.
Relatives for whom the seven-day mourn
agencies are dependent upon our gifts to the campaign.
Prophetical portion—Josh. 2.
Let us make the serious effort, as givers and workers, must be observed are a mother, father,
Rosh Hodesh Tammuz readings of the Torah,
to secure the balance needed so that the 1952 drive may daughter, wife, brother, sister or husband. Tk
Ilionday and Tuesday—Num. 28:1-15.
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Licht 15enshen, Friday, June 20, 7:52 p.m.
conclude speedily and successfully.
are considered the closest relatives.