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November 21, 1952 - Image 3

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1952-11-21

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Begin Work in U.S.
With Flying Colors

Schoolboys' Essays in London
9 Say 'Jews Are Funny People'

THE JEWISH NEWS-3

Dedicate Stone on Grave
, Of Herzl's Grandson

Friday, - November 21, 1952

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The

How do Christian children react to Jews? What is their
impression of their neighbors who worship differently? The
London JewiSh Chronicle, under the headin."Jews' are Funny .
People'', reports as follows the result of a survey of contents of
schoolboys' essays:
An American Jewish Press Feature.
I character as an Oriental race,
"The Jews are a „funny peo-attaches to the Biblidal Hebrews
ple." So begins an essay by a ithe romantic characteristics. of
12-yearold non-Jewish boy at I the Beduin of the desert, and
the Briar . Clyffe School, Lowe, tells sonorously of them "travel-
stoft. . . cling from place to place across.
The pupils of this school, 1 the barren desert, chanting their
which makes a point of encour- I bazarre songs (bazaar? bizarre?)
aging- contact and friendship in time with the camels' tread."
among the 'different religions. • But he reminds his readers
were -told to write an essay. on • sharply that "When Britons were
the Jews if they were non-Jews, roving around in bear skins and
on the Christians if they were hunting wild animals for food,
Jews. Ithe Jews were highly civilized, Ln
.From the results it would ap- comparison.
pear that the non-Jews at the
"Special Teas"
school know more of Jewish cus-
One boy sums up Jewish cere-
toms than most other non-Jew- monials and _ domestic habits
ish boys. They are aware of the thus: "They have many special
Sabbath. As one boy expresses teas, and are always very neat
it: "They have their Sunday on 1 and tidy."
N
Saturday."
I Some of the Jewish boys' corn-
One boy, writing of the "shab- ments on the Christians are also
bos." states baldly: "They are revealing. "We leave them alone
not supposed to eat after Friday but they don't leave us alone,"
and before "Sunday." Another writes- one, then adds in paren-
declares that Jews do not wash 'theses "not meaning all of
on the Sabbath
them."
There is an awareness that the - An 11-year-old says: "We have
Jews are, historically, often cast to pray when we get new clothes
in the role of victim, and some but the Christians don't."
boys mention the Nazi massa-
Another /daces himself on rec-
cres.
ord against converting natives
"Very Good People"
to Christianity ("teach them to
An attempt at sympathetic be civilized but let them choose
understanding is there, recogniz- whether to be Christian or oth-
ably.
erwise"), and against intermar-
"The Jews are a very good „.;age. He also says: "A few
people, although we don't under- C
" h r i s t i a n s are anti-semites,
stand their language," writes which means they have not a
one.
lot of liking for the Jews."
This boy goes on: "They have
wine, and queer sorts of hats A 13-year-old Dutch survivor
o a German concentration camp
called yomakas when they go to of
ends his essay by declaring that
synagogues.
They
sing
songs
in
.
between meals and then they They (the Christians) believe
in the same God but another
have something to eat and then way. ,,
they babble on with their sing-
Footnote: Of the 65 boys at
ing. And that is all I know Briar Clyffe School 14 are
about Jews," he concludes.
Jewish.
A 14-year-old romantic. insist-
ing that the Jews retain their

U RGES

Washington branch of the
American Zionist Council has
placed a stone on the grave of
' the late British Capt. Stephen
Theodore Norman, a grandson of

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"ab la
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Theodore Herzl •
Capt. Norman, a member of a
British scientific mission, died .n
j Washington in 1946 shortly after
he heard of the murder of both
'his parents by the Nazis.

0

1

Williams College Frat Pledges
Jew Despite Ban in Charter

BOSTON, (JTA) T h e Wil-
liams College chapter— of Phi
Delta Theta has announced its
intention of pledging a Jewish
student despite a clause in the
national fraternity's constitu-
tion banning Jews as members,
is was revealed by the William
College Record, undergraduate
newspaper.

,

Under the flags at Radio City,
these students take a look at
New York before beginning ad-
vanced courses in Ameican col-
leges on scholarships given by
the National Council of Jewish
Worhen. Perla Zagurry (left),
from Morocco, will study nursery
school education at Wisconsin
State College; Mrs. Ruth Har-
toch (center), from Israel will
study.. physiotherapy.. at.. New
York University; and Yael Wind,
also of Israel, will take graduate
courses in child welfare at
Washington University in St.
Louis.

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British Jewry Fears
Germany's Nazi Activity ,

LONDON, (JTA) — Jewish or-
ganizations and leaders in Brit-
ain are disturbed over a public
mass meeting held in the Brit-
ish zone of Germany by some
6,000 former S.S. men. The Agu-
das Israel World Organization
has submitted a memorandum
to the Foreign Office asking
that immediate steps be taken
to .suppress all nea-Na.zi move-
ments.
The Board of Deputies \ of
British Jews, through its foreign
affairs committee, is planning
to ma.ke immediate representa-
tions to the Foreign Office. The
officers of the Anglo-Jewish
Association were reported dis-
cussing what action to take.
Barnett Janner, leader of the
Board of Deputies and an M.P.
called the situation a "shocking
state of affairs" and promised
to do what he could to "deal
with the matter."
A. L. Easterman, political di-
rector of the World Jewish Con-
gress asserted that the public
re-emergence of "Hitler's in-
famous S.S." is a clear warning
that "Germany is still far from
being qualified as a partner in
the defense of the democratic
world.
(Anti-Semitic and Nazi songs
were sung at a political meet-
ing in a suburb of Hanover and
crowds booed and cursed the
policemen who dispersed if, the
New York Times relported -in a,
cable from Bonn.)

Israel Government Occupies
Port of Jaffa Authority
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The gov-
ernment of Israel took over op-
eration of the port of Jaffa from
the Tel Aviv Port Authority,
which had previously operated
the Jaffa port. Equipment for-
merly used by the Tel Aviv Port
Authority of Jaffa was also
turned over to the government,
under the terms of an agree-
ment between the port author-
ity and the Ministry of • Com-
munications.

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