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VOL. XXIII, No. 12
FRANK SIMONS
City Editor
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the sixteenth day of Sivan, 5713, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our svnaoogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Nuin. 8:1-12:16. Prophetical portion—Zech, 2:14-4:7
Licht Benshen, Friday, May 29, 6:58 p.m.
Remarkable Detroit Campaign Demonstration
Detroit's Allied Jewish Campaign has not
ended. Not until the remaining 3,000 unso-
licited 'prospects will have been contacted
will we be able to look back upon our 1953
drive as having ended. Nevertheless, it al-
ready is possible to call this year's campaign
a success. Last year's goal has been exceeded
and there is a possibility that the sum aimed
at—$5,100,000—may yet be raised, provided
every potential giver is enlisted as a partici-
pant in this great humanitarian effort.
The result is ascribale to the lar-sighted-
ness of the campaign management—the able
leadership of Irving Blumberg. Harvey
Goldman, John Lurie and their associates
and the wise direction of Isidore Sobeloff and
his staff. They acted with a minimum of
waste in time and campaign expense, they
mobilized an able force of 4.000 volunteer
workers, they knew hOw to gear their ac-
tivities to the aspired results.
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Besides the splendid attainments in fund-
raising, our Allied Jewish Campaign has one
specific accomplishment to its credit : the
enlistment of the youth of our community
in support of our causes. The fact that near-
ly 100 families are inscribed on the honor
roll of the volunteers as possessing parents
and children working for the over-all effort
is cause for just pride. When a community is
able to retain its youth, it retains vitality
and-1'1s certain to increase its usefulness.
Out of the ranks of veteran campaigners
we see the emergence of new leaders. We arc
witnessing the appearance on the communi-
ty scene of young people whose participa-
tion in the community's functions is vital
to our existence. The Allied Jewish Cam-
paign and the Jewish Welfare Federation
are to be congratulated for this accomplish-
ment.
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There is one obligation that must be ful-
filled promptly in the present drive: the im-
mediate translation of pledges into cash.
The United Jewish Appeal, the makir
campaign beneficiary, is now winding up its
cash collection month during which it hopes
to secure $25,000,000 as advance payments
on pledges made thus far this. year. It is
urgent that Detroit contributors should as- Valuable YIVO Annual
sist in this effort with their remittances.
Our over-all community picture is most
heartening. We have made progress in fund-
raising. Now, by pursuing our tasks through
educational means of making our people
aware of Jewry's needs, of Israel's problems
To the scholarly library, "YIVO Annual of Jewish • Social
which must be solved, of our responsibili- Science,"
published by the Yiddish Scientific Institute, 535 W.
ties in assisting and solving the young state's 1.23rd, NY27, has been added volume VII, the contents of which
economic difficulties, we shall have fulfilled
\enrich Jewish research.
our duties as Jews and as Americans—as
Edited by Koppel -S. Pinson, this
Jews who do not forget their needy kinsmen
• - , volume has special merit because of
the splendid study of "The Ancestry,
and the cultural needs of their community,
Childhood and Youth of Yitskhok
and as Americans who will not permit hu-
:Leybush Peretz" by the noted writer,
man beings to be oppressed.
Important Studies of Peretz,
Merrymakers and Immigration
Israel Ambassador E ban's Visit in Detroit
The visit here, next Monday, of Israel's
Ambassador to the United States, Abba
Eban, has special significance. He was in-
vited by the Economic Club to outline Is-
rael's position on the world scene and in the
Middle East. He can be counted . upon to
make a worthy contribution to a clear under-
standing • of world affairs in his presenta-
tion on Monday.
It is hardly to be expected that Mr. Eban
will plan his address as a direct answer to
the damaging statements of two previous
speakers who appeared before the Economic
Club. But his audience can look forward to
a straight-forward presentation of the true
facts and of the conditions in the . Middle
East involving the relationships between Is-
rael and her Arab neighbors.
The United States is deeply involved in
this issue, as a leading member of the United
Nations and as a party that is seriously con-
cerned with the enforcement of peace _
throuhgout the world. It is for this reason
that Secretary of State Dulles and Mutual
- Security Director Stassen recently visited
Israel and the Arab states. It is the duty of
all American citizens to assist in peace pro-
grams, and it is unfortunate and regrettable
that biased views which harm amity should
have been disseminated here in r e c e n t.
months. The appearance here of Israel's able
Ambassador should go a long way in enlight,
ening .Detroiters on Israel's readiness to ef-
fect good relations with the outside world.
and to strive for peace.
Mr. Eban's address must serve another
purpose: that of dispelling wrong impres-
sions left about Jews generally. The bias
that has crept into numerous anti-Israel .
addresses heard in Detroit, the resentment
that has been heard against the prejudice-
arousing sentiments from non-Jewish as
well as Jewish members of the club—these
combine to form a demand for a just pre-
sentation of the true facts. That will be
Mr. Eban's job.
Mr. Eban's visit here is being utilized for-
the advancement of the Israel bond drive.
We are confident that he will once again- in-
spire this community to action and that De-
troit Jewry will respond with an increased
interest and participation in the bond cam-
paign.
To Our Students: A Vacation Message
Vacation is approaching. Some of our
synagogues already had their confirmations,
others are yet to conduct their consecrations.
These do not necessarily mean an end to
their studies. For most students, the vaca-
tion period will be a sort of a challenge, eith-
er for the solving of a possible vacuum in
time or for the assumption of new duties.
There are many graduates who will be
faced with even greater problems. Some will
be searching for jobs, others will be required
to plan their future tasks. In all instances,
the question posed no doubt will be: does this
mean either an interruption or an end to
studies? To those who answer in the affirma-
tive, the community always addresses a plea:
never to forget that what counts is what we
learn after we have already acquired some
knowledge.
The problem usually solves itself. The
goaliphysician or dentist or engineer always
continues his work of research, his Studies
of nelw creations in his specific field. That is
why,ithe better equipped man always rises to
the top.
At the present moment, we are especially
concerned with the Jewish student who is
not called upon. to lite this knowledge to
earn a livelihood, but who has studied in-
stead to be a well informed member of his
community. To this student—to the gradu-
ate, the consecrant, the confirmand, we have
a special plea: do not interrupt your studies.
In the summer months, it may be a history
book, or a periodical, or your newspaper.
Whatever it is, keep informed! He who is
unaware of what is happening around him
is handicapped not only in his own—the Jew-
ish—community, but also among his non-
Jewish neighbors. The latter expects his
Jewish friends to know the Bible, to be ac-
quainted with their history, to know what is
happening in Israel. If they do not know,
they lose the respect of their fellow man.
The summer, the vacation period, is a
good time to acquire knowledge rather than
to abandon all desire for learning. Just as
commencement does not mean mere gradu-
ation and the end of learning but the begin-
ning of it, so does vacation spell a continua-
tion of studying and acquiring information.
Out of the profitable vacations we pre-
scribe must come a stronger Jewish leader-
ship and a better informed Jewish constitu-
ency.
S. Niger Charney. This essay, pub-
'lished on the occasion of the .centen-
axy of Peretz's birth, is not only re-
,J3lete with many hitherto unknown
.: facts about the great Yiddish. writer,
but is a notable interpretation of the
. man's character, his inner yearnings,
his vitality as a story-teller, as a phi-
' losopher, as a man and a Jew, with
deep-rooted principles..
This is not all. The new YIVO an-
nual is replete with other most valu-
able data. The material for a lexi-
Y. L. Peretz con, E. Lifschutz's "Merrymakers and
Jesters Among Jews,", enriches the library on Jewish wit. It is a
thorough study of the subject, packed full of stories to iliustrate
the .subject. In addition to the source material, the explanatory
essay describes the merrymakers' activities at weddings, their
battles with Talmudists, their origin, the place of the bad.khn and
rynarshalik in the old country.. •
Of considerable importance is an . essay, "Aslikenazic jeWry in
Italy," by Moses A. Shulvass. Chaim Wolf Reines's "Public Sup-
port of Rabbis, Scholars and Students in the Jewish Past" will be
especially valuable to those who seek knowledge about the posi-
tion of the man in public life in former times.
Students of economics will find additional merit in the essay,
"Jews as Entrepreneurs in Weimar Germany." "The Struggle
Against Jewish Immigration Into Latin America in Colonial
Times" by Boleslao Lewin is another good study of the immigra-
tion subject. There are another dozen essays in this annual, and
combined they form an especially valuable addition to Jewish
literature.
'The Siege! Well-Told Novel
flies Kaczer's "The Siege," ably translated from the Hungarian
by Lawrence Wolfe (Dial Press, 461 4th Ave., N.Y.), is a powerful
novel that reflects the courage with which Jews withstood perse-
cutions and clung to traditions,
Its original title, in Hungarian, "Fear Not, My Servant Jacob,"
echoes the lesson of the story, whose setting is in 19th century
Mittel-Europe.
The unrest of the Napoleonic time is felt in this story about
Jews who were forced to escaped from persecutions, who sought
homes in village after village, never giving up, always craving for
peace.
The heroes' adherence to tradition, their observance of the
Sabbath, the steadfastness with which they met trials and tribu-
lations, even in times when they were accused of having spread
the epidemics that decimated entire communities, is a tribute to
courageous men and women who held fast to faith.
The concluding sections, "Hebrew Plague" and "The Last
Battle," tell how the non-Jews turned against them, how they
traveled on, ever searching for home, for peace.
"The Siege" is a story that must lead to a better understand-
ing of the Jewish spirit. It dispels the myths about Jews. It is a
tribute to courageous people. And it is a well written narrative
about our kinsmen of a century ago. . . .
A
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Memorial Day: In Tribute to Our Heroes
This Sabbath—which coincides with Memorial Day—we pay
tribute to the heroes who have fought for freedom. We recall on
this day the hundreds of thousands of Jews who shared in the
battles for justice. We pay honor to the 550,000—a much higher
ratio than that of the Jews in the general population—who wore
the uniform of our land in the last war. We are mindful of the
thousands who died for our country. Blessed be the memory of
those who died for freedom. They and their cause will not be
forgotten.