Eban. Congratulates National Chairman
Of Oile-Month Israel Bond Cash Effort
THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, April 3, 1953
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Mizrachi Plans Event
For Israel Anniversary
Mizrachi Organization of
Detroit, in conjunction with
community synagogues, will
hold its fifth anniversary Yom
Haatzmaut celebation in hon-
or of Israel's fifth birthday
on April 19, in Young Israel
Center.
Featured on the program
will be a speaker, to be an-
nounced, and a musical in-
terlude. The public is invited
to attend.
Canadian Jews Semi
Emissary to London
Coronation Ceremony
MONTREAL, (JTA)—The Ca-
nadian Jewish Congress has
been asked to send representa-
tives to the coronation of Queen
Elizabeth in London on June 2.
Samuel Br onf ma n, national
president of the Canadian Jew-
ish Congress, accompanied by
Mrs. Samuel Bronfman, will be
in London for the coronation
and will be present in Westmin-
ster Abbey.
Abba Eban (left), Israel's Ambassador to the United States, is
shown congratulating Julius Ginsburg of Chicago, national chair-
man of "Israel's Redemption Month," ending with Israel's Fifth
Anniversary on April 20. During this special one-month period,
a concentrated effort will be made from coast to coast to convert
into cash all outstanding subscriptions for Israel Bonds.
Firsts in Michigan Jewish History
By IRVING I. KATZ
Executive Secretary, Temple Beth El
1. Ezekiel Solomon, the first
Jew in Michigan, was one of the
organizers in Mackinac of what
is claimed to be the first depart-
ment store in the United States
in 1779.
2. The first Jews to be men-
tioned in a Detroit City Direc-
tory are Solomon Bendix and
Moses Rindskopf. Their names
appear in the Directory of 1845.
3. The first Jew to hold politi-
cal office in Michigan was Ed-
ward Kanter of Detroit. He was,.'
among other things, a member
of the State Legislature in 1857.
4. Dr. Isaac M. Wise, the foun-
der . of Reform Judaism in the
United States, visited Detroit for
the first time in 1857.
5. The first Michigan Rabbi to
preach sermons in English was
Dr. Isidor Kalisch of Detroit's
Temple Beth El, who served as
Rabbi from 1864 to 1866.
6. The first Michigan Rabbi to
preach in a church was Dr. Hen-
ry Zirndorf of Detroit's Temple
Beth El. He preached in the
Church of Our . Father (Uni-
tarian Universalist) in 1882.
7. Jewish farming in Michigan
goes back to 1882 when Lazarus
Silberman, a Chicago banker,
assisted 12 families to settle at
Carp Lake in Emmet County,
about six miles south of Mack-
inac Straits.
.
8. The first and only Jewish
U.S. Congressman in Michigan
was Julius Houseman of Grand
Rapids. He served from 1883 to
1885.
9. The first graduate of the
Hebrew Union College to serve in
Michigan was Dr. Louis Gross-
man, w h o was Rabbi of De-
troit's Temple Beth El froth 1884
to 1898.
10. The first English-Jewish
weekly in Michigan was The
Jewish American of Detroit
which appeared in 1900.
Tito Promises Equolity
For All Yugoslav Citizens The One-Armed Gangster
LONDON, (JTA)—Marshal Ti- Finds Its Way to .Israel
to of Yugoslavia expressed
friendship for the Jewish people
and pledged that his govern-
ment would continue its policy
of "freedom and equality for all
citizens" before he left Britain,
the World Jewish Congress an-
nounced.
The WJC - revealed that during
the Marshal's visit to London,
A. L. Easterman, political direc-
tor of the WJC, was received by
the Yugoslav leader. At that
time Easterman expressed ap-
preciation of the Belgrade gov-
ernment's understanding atti-
tude toward the Jews, particu-
larly of its granting full per-
mission to Yugoslav Jews to mi-
grate to Israel if they chose.
Marshal Tito said he was pleased
to learn of the Jewish people's
friendship for Yougoslavia.
B-C Rejects Charges
. i Against Abba Eban
HAIFA, (IIP)—A proven meth-
od of easing traffic and at the
same time adding to a com-
munity's revenue got its first
trial with the start of operation
in several business areas of park-
ing meters.
The machines, brought here
by a group of American invest-
ors in partnership with the Haifa
Municipality, are expected to
boost the port city's treasury,
helping finance local improve-
ment projeCts. Under the pres-
ent plan drivers are charged 100
Pruta or a dime for parking one
hour.
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Premier
David Ben-Gurion denied in
Parliament left-wing charges
that Abba Eban, Israel's Am-
bassador to Washington, had
told an Israel bond conference
in Washington last month that
Israel was prepared to put 200,-
000 troops into the field on the
side of the United States against
the Soviet Union in case of need.
Replying to charges by Mapam
deputy Itzak Ben Aharon and
left-wing leader Dr. MoShe Sneh
that Mr. Eban and Henry Mor-
genthau, Jr., head of the Israel
bond organization in the United
States, had made such state-
ments'. at the Washington parley,
the Premier said that reports in
the Israel press about Mr. Eban
were absolutely false. What Mr.
Eban said, the Premier insisted,
was that Israel would be able
to defend its own borders and
government.
Referring to the charges
against Mr. Morgenthau, the
Premier declared: "The ques-
tioners know perfectly well that
every American citizen is free to
make any utterances in the
United States, but that no
American citizen represents Is-
rael." He added that even if Mr.
Morgenthau had made the
statements attributed to him, "it
concerns neither the questioners
nor the Israel Governthent."
Afrikaans Bible Given to Jews
As Good Will Gesture
JOHANNESBURG, (JTA) — A
copy of the new Afrikaans
translation of the Bible, which
has been hailed in South Africa
as a great literary work ; was
presented to the United Jewish
Reform Congregation of Johan-
nesburg as a token of Afrikaans'
goodwill to the Jewish commun-
Have an African violet to sell? ity by the Mayor of Germiston,
You can dispose of anything Councillor H. J. Wannenburg, at
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gation at Temple Israel.
`The Spirit of Jewish Law'
An Important Codification
Because he himself could not I Foundation to complete his book
find any collection of Jewish on Jewish Law.
.„,•
Thus, the - author -is' by back-
laws, of the type of "Moslem
Jurisprudence" available in ground well equip*`' to deal
English, George Horowitz, a New with his subject.
* *, *
York lawyer, was inspired to
"The Spirit of Jewish Law*
undertake the gathering and
eventual publication of his "The treats the subject as its has
Spirit of Jewish Law," which been developed in Bible and Tal-
has been published by Central mud and as it has been com-
Book Co.,' 261 Broadway, New mented upon by the Rabbis and
great Jewish scholars.
York 7.
It covers the numerous codes,
Milton Hirschman, the presi-
dent of his publishing house, dealing with Property, Humane
rightly states that "this work issues, Penal Law, Court Proce-
cuts across all religious lines." dures, etc:
A few of the sub-titles will
It does—and it does much more
than that:. it incorporates with- give a bettfr idea of the immen-
in a single set of covers all the sity of the subjects which Mr.
available Jewish laws; it inter- HorOwitz has covered in more
prets them; it presents them in than 800 pages of text. He treats
such problems as inheritance,
clear, concise English.
family conflicts, wills, mortgages
.* * *
and liens, shehitah, slavery.
The author himself has an
But he does not limit himself
interesting background. He to these. He touches upon capi-
traces his ancestry to the SHE- tal punishment, sex problems as
LAH—Isiah ha-Levy Ish Horo- viewed by our sages, military
witz, 1555-1630. His grandfather, discipline, ransoming of cap-
Jacob Horowitz, came to this tives and scores upon scores of
country in 1883 and founded the other subjects.
famous Horowitz Brothers and
His description of the growth
Margareten matzo bakery. of Talmudic traditions and the
George Horowitz, the author of appendices, in which he dis-
the book under review, was born cusses the Halakah, Mishnah,
in New York, educated at Har- Shulhan Arukh and Scriptural
vard and Columbia and also interpretations, are of additional
holds a diploma from Teachers value to the student of the sub-
College of the Jewish Theologi- ject he covers so well. Dr. David
cal Seminary. He received a deSola Pool justly commends the
grant from the Lucius Littauer work-in his foreword to the book.
Golda Myeison Visits Exposition
Mrs. GOLDA MYERSON, Israel's Minister of Labor, examines
bronze head of herself sculptured by the late Jo Davidson, at the
Israel Exposition in New York, sponsored by the State of Israel
Bond drive, while MAYA TARNAR (left), a hostess at the Exposi-
tion, looks on.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, accepted the National Chair-
New York's Mayor Vincent R. manship for the ZOA ' s partici-
pation in Israel's Redemption
Impellitteri, and Henry Morgen- Month.
thau, Jr., have been named hon-
orary chairmen of celebrations nunie Joins Home Auxiliary
to be held throughout New York
LOS ANGELES, (JTA) — Mrs.
City in salute to the State of Dwight D. Eisenhower has be-
Israel on April 20. The meetings come an honorary life member
will celebrate the fifth anniver- of the Junior Auxiliary, Jewish
sary of Israel's independence, Home for the Aged, according. to
and will be sponsored by State word received this week from
of Israel Bonds.
the White House. Mrs. Harry S.
Abraham Goodman, vice- Truman and Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
president and chairman of the velt are on the auxiliary life
Inner Council of the Zionist membership list of the organ-
Organization of America, has ization.
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