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28—THE JEWISH NEWS

A Book for ehir Children

Friday, November 21, 1952

Good Shabbos, Everybody

By ROBERT GARVEY

Illustrations by Maurice Sendak

The Americcin • Association of English-Jewish Newspapers,
through its feature service. the American Jewish Press, is pleased
to cooperate with the United Synagogue of America in urging
more extensive Sabbath observance in American Jewish com-
munities. In cooperation with• the United Synagogue of America,
we are pleased to present to our readers, in a three-week serial,
of which this is the second installment, Robert Garvey's splendid
ehildren's book, 'Good Shabbos, Everybody." :Maurice Sendak
is the book's 'illustrator. Leonard Weisgard was the art con-
sultant. The complete ,book, with its numerous illustrations, is
available from the United Synagogue, 3080 Broadway, New
York 27.

Now it is Friday evening and the table is set, for
ghabbos. There is a clean white cloth. And there are lovely
flowers.
There are candlesticks with white candles. There are
two Ha11ahs.,4And there is a bottle of wine and a silver cup.,
Here is Mother.
She lights the candles and says a blessing.
"Good Shabbos, children."
"Good Shabbos," says Joel.
"Good Shabbos," says Mimmy.
Dan is too little to say "Good Shabbos."
Dan is a little baby—
-
Here is Daddy; just home from his work.
"Good Shabbos, everybody!'"
"Good Shabbos, good Shabbos!" And everyone in the
family gives him a great big happy hug.
The Daddy sees the table, with the fresh white cloth.
And Daddy sees the Hallahs, the lighted candles, and the
fish.
And Daddy sees the flowers—all special for Shabbos.
ything is!" he says.
"How beautiful ever
Daddy .picks up the Kiddush cup and the bottle of wine.
He pours the wine into the silver. Kiddu,sh cup, used for
Shabbos.
Daddy lifts the cup and says a blessing.

•

Lapides Fiaures
In 'Magic Carpet'
Vs Efficient Idealist

MAX LAPIDES and an Aged -Ye-
menite alighting from a Dlagie
Carpet plane.
*
*
Detroiter Max Lapides figures
prominently in "The Magic Car-
pet" by Shloino Barer, just pub-
bashed by Harper.
Mr. Lapides, who gained fame
for his effOrts as Joint Distribu-
tion Committee director at
Ifashed, the evacuation point
for Yemenite Jews on the way.
to Israel that bedame known as
"C a rn p Redemption," is de-
scribed by the author as "a cur-
ious mixture- of an idealist and
shoivman, a Bible-conscious Jew
and a practical, high-powered
American salesman, business-
like, efficient, keeping an eye on
everything.' and burning the
lights late in his office."
"The Magic Carpet" is a. stir-
ring story of t_ e great migration
which - removed oppressed
Yemenites from their birthplace
and transferred -them to Israel.
It is a tale told by a newspaper-
irian who was on the spot and
recorded his experiences in
diary-form, thus passing on to
us the true historical facts about
the great three,year era during
which an entire people was
saved by the• Jewish state.
There is added importance in
Mr: Barer's story in the fact
that he - records the history of
Yemen and her Jewish popula---
tion. He exposes the cruelty of
the Yemenites and the Arabs
who sought to make of their
Jewish neighbOrs second-class
humans. But he also relates
how Arab sultans had helped
the Jews in their migrations.
Mr. Barer, who, in e r r o r,
speaks of Max Lapides as corn-
ing from Rochester, describes
him as "a bespectatled, balding
man, gray-haired at the tem-
ples, yet trim and youngish in
gabardine trousers and open
shirt." He refers to -him as an
"extrovert personality, rather
voluble," with a "gift of. gab."
One of the most interesting
episodes in the book des _ eribes a
trial conducted by Mr. Lapides
after a few Yemenites became
involved in a brawl. - His repri
mand after the trial is a classic
exhortation -- to justice and to-
good living when those involved ,
aim at settling in the Holy
Land.
"The Magic Carpet" is , a valu-
able addition to the literature
dealing with migrations to Is-
rael: It is, at the same time,
an important addendum to the
history of Jews in Arab lands.

Gefilte Fish Proves
Food for Royalty

British
LONDON., (JTA)
Queen. Mother 'Elizabeth visit:.
ed, the torael .exhibit at the
International. Cookery Ex-
hibition her..and tasted oge-
,filte''' fish, traditional Jewish
•
dish.
The mother of the reign-
ing British Queen expressed
interest in Jewish cooking

and asked several questions

"Here, Mother, Here, Mimmy. Here. Joel. Here, Dan,
have a sip from the Kiddush cup."

To be concluded next week.

about the preparation of
meals in Orthodox homes. The
Jewish dishes were prepared
by various Israeli women cur-
recently residing in Londo is
including several wives of
Israeli diplomats. •

Blasi Council for Judaism
For Creating Controversy

By. MAX SIMON

An American Jewish Press Syndicate
Feature

The wrath of the Jewish Com-
munity in Houston, Texas, has
been aroused by the actions of
the American Council for Juda-
ism which held its Southwestern
Regional Conference in Hous-
ton Nov. 1 and 2.
Invitations were extended to
the editors of the Houston daily
newspapers to meet with , Les-
sing . 'J. Rosenwald, president of
the American Council for Juda-
ism, at a cocktail party. In an
interview With •reporters and in
subsequent news releases, there
appeared a number of references
and quotations which have an-
gered the Jewish. catrimunity.
The Public Relations Commit-
tee of Houston's Jewish Com-
munity was called into special
session and passed strong reso-
lutions of censure and condem-
nation for the type, of publicity
which the Council seeks and for
the use of the daily press to air
such controversial material.
The Jewish Herald-Voice of
Houston, whose editor is David
White, states, "No coverage
was asked of this weekly by the
?cm- stop chapter of the Ameri-
can Council for Judaism. There
was no invitation to the Jewish
Herald—Voice to meet Mr. Ro-
senwald or to listen to the ad-
dresses or papers given. Evident-
ly the local and national leaders
were not interested in bringing
the message of the Conference
to Herald-Voice readers."
One Has it Right , But ..
The interview with Rosenwald,
to which the •reporters had been
invited, appeared in the Houston
Post and the Houston Chronicle.
Rosenwald ?stated, according to
the reporters, that, "New religi-
ous schools,‘ designed to teach
Atherican children of Jewish
descent the spiritual concepts of
Judaism as •a faith, without the
nationalist slant, may be the
best answer to Zionist efforts at
indoctrinating American young-
sters."
Rosenwald discussed the pro-
gram of the American Council
for Judaism with reporters." He
pointed out the difference in
ideologies between the Zionists
and his organization. He was
quoted as sayfng, that Jews con-
stitute neither a race, a culture
or an ethnic group, and denied
that Israel - is the "national
homeland of Jews." The Coun-
cil, he said, believes that the
only homeland of b.merican
Jews is the United States. '
"If all Jews sought to support
the State of Israel for only one
purpose—to help the homeles%
of Europe—then there would be
no ACJ," he declared. "There
would be no friction, because we
all subscribe to that idea.
"It. (the Council)," he said,
"has some 18,000 members in
this . country, about 400 of them
in Houston. Most Jews, however,
do not support the organization
and its • members are outnum-
bered. _by other Jews about 10
to 1."
All was good and well with the
Post reporter, who was capable -
of taking down the quotes as
Mr. Rosenwald spoke. Not so
with the Houston Chronicle re-
porter.,Inexperienced in her re-
portorial work and in her deal-
ings with Jews, she did not
know of the American Council
for Juadism, what it stood for
and certainly was not aware of
the Zionist• movement or Isthel.
She reported . Rosenwald as say-
ing: "There are 10 Zionists for
every true• American Jew in the
country. now."
An Error Not Retracted
When the import of this ar-
ticle was realized by the mem-
bers of the Council for Judaism,
a resolution was drawn% up
thanking. the 'paper for its fine
coverage of the Conference and
calling 'attention to the error
in the Houston Chronicle report
and stating that the Council
did not question the American-
ism of any 'American Zionist nor
did it imply any question of

loyalty.
A copy of the resolution, was

sent to the Houston Chronicle.
The paper's managing editor

agreed to publish the correction

but through an oversight on the
part of the city desk the. CoUn-
cil correction did not appear..
After discussion by the Public
Relations Cornmittee of Ilous-
•ton's Jewish Community Coun-
cil it was decided that the' cbr-
rection would merely tend' to •
call attention to the original,
article and Would probably do
more harm than g000d. It was
decided not to have the correc- .
tion released and the ACJ was
agreeable. - ,
The American Council for Ju-
daism thus went out of its way
to bring before the outside com-
munity the difference between
Jews. The ACJ stepped out of
bonds to make attacks, to be-
Smirch fellow Jews, to hint at
undemocratic processes.
The Herald-Voice, in an edi-
torial directed to the Council ;
state: "Inhy shouldn't you share
our heavy burden, some of which
is caused by your indifference?
What immunity are you building -
up When you inject the typhus
germ of hate into the American
blood stream? Is your inocula-
tion any better than the darl-
ings of• Spanish nobility or the
ingratiated aristocrats of Junk- •
er Kultur? The future course is
in your hands—what you will
do will depend upon. you.
`Together for Eternity'
"You are one of the-people-
a people recognized as a single
group despite denials and pro-
testations. We are thrown to-
gether for eternity—let us live
together in hannony and un-
derstanding."
. All Americans have a right to
their opinions. All American
Jews are entitled to their point
of view on Judaism, even though
it may be prejudicial to their in-
terests. No Jew, however, no de-
cent American no moral human
being, has the right to accuse
in the public press; his fellow
citizens of disloyalty because he
disagrees with their point of
view: Such conduct becomes
especially low when it is in-
dulged in by Jews agairist their
fellow Jews, at a time when
such innuendos are welcome
fuel 'for the anti-SemitiC ene-
mies of our people.
Even the alleged philanthrop-
ic activities of the Council are
an obvious fraud. "If all Jews
sought to support the state of
Israel' for only one -purpose—to
help the homeless Of Europe,
then there would be no Ameri- .
can Council for Juaidsm," stated
Rosenwald- at his press confer-
ence. Yet, it was this same
American Council for. Judaism
who fought the state of Israel
from the very beginning. In the
halls of -Congress, they tried to
prevent the United States from
endorsing the Palestine Man-
date. •
- Bartley 'Crum testifies in his
book, "Behind the Silken Cur-
tain," that the president of this
organization said that the 10,-
000 members 'of his group re-
jected, "the Hitierian concept of
the jetvish state" and spoke of
the dangers of "Jewish national-
ism."

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Can Work for Israel acid U. S.

These members of the Coun-
cil realize that were aft not for
the' establishment of the -Jewish
state, we could not have saved
thousands of Jews from death
and destruction. Yet, if they had
their way, there would be no
Jewish state today. Is love for
Israel disloyalty to America?
Justice Bra-ndesis of the Su-
preme Court of the United
States, declared: `INDEED
„
LOYALTY TO AMERICA DE-
MANDS RATHER THAT EACH
AMERICAN JEW BECOME A
ZIONIST. For only through the
ennobling effort of its strivings
can' we develop the best that is
in us and give to this country
the full benefit of our inheri-
tance."
The healthy, wholesome spirit
of American Jewry has already
repudiated the sickly and poi-
sonous activity of. the ACJ. The -
statement by their president •
that there are 10 Zionists to
every member of the ACJ is a
rank understatement. It would
be truer to say that there .1,-
000 Zionists to every member of
the Council.

