History Repeats itself
THE JEWISH NEWS
Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20
1961
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Entered as second class matter Aug. 6. 1942. at Post Office. Detroit. Mich.. under Act of March 3, 1879
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor and Publisher
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Vol,. XXIII, No. 23
SIDNEY SHMARAK
Advertising Manager
FRANK SIMONS
City Editor
August 14, 1953
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Sabbath ScriptAal Selections
This Sabbath. .the „fourth day of Elul, 5713, the following Scriptural selections will be read
our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion. Deut. .: 16:18-21:9. Prophetical portion, Is. 51:12-52:12.
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Licht Benshen, Friday, Aug. 14, 6:36 p.m.
New Move to Liberalize McCarran-Waiter Act
Eight United States Senators (Herbert standards of justice for aliens residing . in
H. Lehman, Hubert H. :Humphrey, Wayne • the United States.
The new legislative effort is a natural re-
Morse, Torn Pastore, Theodore F. Green,
James E. Murray, John F. Kennedy and suit of bi-partisan opposition to the existing
Warren Magnuson) and 24 members of the law which has been subjected to numerous
House of Representatives have pooled forces attacks, - including criticisms by President
in a new move to wipe out the "cruelty and • Eisenhower. Unfortunately, the present spoil-
inequity" of the existing McCarran-Waiter sors symbolize the past efforts of a defeated
Immigration Act. minority. The advocates of revision fail to
Sponsors of the newly-proposed legisla- count in their ranks a single former oppo-
tion seek to do away with the "national nent of the McCarran Act. Past experiences
origin quota system.!' They propose that all appear to indicate that there isn't a ghost of
those who would make desirable citizens .a chance of enlisting sufficient support for
should be admitted without regard to na- a liberalized immigration law. This is not a
tonal origin, race or religion. They seek cor- happy thought. It is a sad augury. But it
rection in the contradictory and inequitable nevertheless is a true one.
Inconsistencies in Deplorable Jerusalem Issue
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• The London Times, the ultra-conserva- re-examine its position on Jerusalem "in the
five; unemotional newspaper, whose- senti- light of the existing facts." It declared that
ments have never been especially pro-Zionist, there is a growing feelino - that the real ob-
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last week made the important observation ject of the UN would befulfilled
by setting
that "the emotional hold which Jerusalem up "a system of international • supervision
has over Jewish affections makes the Jewish and custodianship' of the Holy Places with-
city the only possible capital for Israel." out setting up a corpus separatum under in-
ternational sovereignty."
This assertion is especially important at
Actually, there is much ado about an es-
this time, when six of the Arab states found tablished fact which can not be altered. After
another nail on which to hang their anti- representatives of the six Arab states had
Israel position: the one to which statesmen called on Acting Secretary of State Walter
who are antagonistic to Israel have appended Bedell Smith to present "grievances" against
an issue intended to harm the little state.
Israel's Jerusalem position, the Jordanian
But Israel's eastern neighbor, Jordan, by dis-
Minister in Washington, Yusif Haikal, made
associationing itself from the six antagonists a separate call on John D. Jarnegan, the
to Israel (Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Leba- Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near
non and Saudi Arabia) has given the lie to Eastern Affairs, and later - told the JTA cor-
the creators of a false issue.
respondent that he had not been a party to
There is realism in the editorial of the the Arab League's move earlier that day,
London Times, which 'points out that both adding that his government was against
Israel and Jordan—which hold the New and "any kind of internationalization of Jerusa-
Old Cities of Jerusalem; respectively—are lem."
willing to give Christian pilgrims all facili-
This being the case, the UN—and our
ties to visit the Holy Places. To quote the
State Department—should seek and estab-
London Times article: "Indeed, they (Jordan
lish the truth on both sides of the Jordan.
and Israel) are willing to allow some form
It is not enough to accuse Israel of taking
of international supervision over the actuel
"inopportune" steps in transferring her
Holy Places, if the United Nations so wish.
Foreign Ministry to Jerusalem, and of fly-
But further than this neither can go."
ing in the face of "solemn decisions of the
This point needs clarification. It is un-
UN." If Israel is guilty, what role does
fortunate that the Jerusalem issue should
Jordan play in this game? And if it is an
have been muddled so pathetically. The im-
Arab fight against Israel, how do the an-
pression has been given that Israel is the
tagonists account for Arab dissent?
major offender, and all pressures are being
It is the attack that is one-sided. The
directed at the Jewish state. Secretary of issue is clear and simple. It is one of justice
State Dulles was most unreasonable in his to a people whose entire history is linked
criticism of Israel. He has thus far failed to with the Holy City of Yerushalayini but
utter a single word about Jordan's emula- whose enemies seek to divert attention from
tion of Israel in establishing her capital in a basic principle—the inseparability of Jew-
the Old City of Jerusalem. -
ish spiritual practices from Jewish existence
Israel's critics have failed to take into
—by attaching to it a political tag aimed at
besmirching Israel's good name.
account facts of common knowledge: that
Right-thinking • Christians undoubtedly
the Holy Places are located primarily in
will, as most already have, see the justice of
the Old City which is held by Jordan; that
the Jewish position. Meanwhile American
there are very few Holy Places in the New
leaders have become parties to misrepre-
City, which was built by Jewish settlers in
sentation. That is deplorable. It is especially
the last 40 years and which now has an
regrettable in view of the more realistic po-
all-Jewish population of 150,000; and that
sition taken by the British, as reflected in
Israel has consistently offered to cooperate
the London Times editorial, and by many UN
in establishing United Nations supervision
over the Holy Places—a point on which
leaders. Once again, Israel and her friends
must wait for time to eliminate from an un-
Jordan has failed to agree.
The London Times has urged the UN to necessary agenda a very unnecessary issue.
Jews as Citizens and as Friends of Israel
A statement by Dr. Nahum Goldmann,
at the World Jewish Congress sessions in
Geneva, with reference to Israel, that "there
is no other state in the world where nearly
90 per cent of the people live outside of it,"
has stirred another internal controversy.
The anti-Israel and anti-Zionist Council for
Judaism has found in it new cause for attack
upon the movement that seeks to establish
haven for the persecuted. The American
Jewish Committee president, Jacob Blau-
stein, has issued a statement taking issue
with Dr. Goldmann on the ground that
"there is a sharp difference between friend-
ly aid to Israel by Jews all over the world
on the basis of strong kinship motivating
mutual help, and an obligation to immigrate
into that country."
Dr. Goldmann undoubtedly had "kinship"
in view when he made the quoted statement.
He did, however, make a strong plea for the
right of Jews residing in free countries like
ours to emigrate to Israel and to help in the
upbuilding of the young state. We find no
fault with that'—provided there are no mis-
understandings about the immigration needs
and problems.
If spokesmen for Israel and Jewry were
more cautious with their speeches, there
would be no need to resort to such contro-
versies. Dr. Goldmann is moved by the
needs for action in behalf of Israel, and his
impassioned speeches may need toning
down. His bwn words caused him to be mis-
understood, the controversy is on, and once
again, instead of devoting ourselves to speci-
fic deeds for Israel, we are engaged in un-
necessary debate.
Julius Horwitz's Fine Stories
New York and Her People
Julius Horwitz, a former. Clevelander whose enchantment
with New York has brought fruit in the form of a charming
series of stories about the great city, merges as one of the ablest
of the younger writers of our time. His "The City," (World Pub-
lishing Co., 2231 W. 110th St., Cleveland 3) is a collection of 19
stories, each an entity in itself; each an expression of deep feeling
about the people and their surroundings.
"New York is a city you can only hate with love," the able
young author asserts in his sketch "The Street." And he has
some interesting things to say about the people:
"There are all kinds of people, of course, but wherever you '
go, one sentiment is so strong in all of people that you begin
to realize it comes from something basic and deep in the
American character. rather than a fleeting manifestation in-
voked by the census. At first., superficially, it seems to come
from the urge 'to be counted' Nobody wants to be left out.
Everybody wants to be included in the big count. But the wel-
come, the readiness to invite you in, the offer of drinks, cig-
arettes, even dinner, the best chair, a desk—all this is their
way of showing the government in Washington, D. C., that it
still belongs to the people, and they can afford to be generous
when it makes an extraordinary request."
In "The City" there are Jews who seek escape, Jews who
fear lest their origin be discovered, Jews who take existence for
granted.
"The Strudel" is a mother's aspiration for her daughter and
son married by a rabbi, under a thupa. , There is compassion in.
the daughter, Rosie, and as mother answers her question, "what
kind of heaven do Jewish people have?", they smell the strudel
which, "brown, flaked, ageless, was done."
There are tragedies—as in "The Movers," the story of Anne
and her divorce. There is humor and pathos in the well-told
tales. The Combined effort is a tribute to an able author whose
book of short stories will delight his readers.
Haym Salomon Day Proposed
An American Jewish Press Feature
An interesting chapter in American history is revived in the
proposal made in Congress by Rep. Abraham J. Multer of New
York that Jan. 6 of each year be designated as Haym Salomon.
Day. The following is the text of his recent statement before the
House Judiciary Committee in support of his resolution, House
Joint Resolution 100:
"Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, my reso-
lution, House Joint Resolution 100, does not seek. to set up a
national holiday but rather to authorize and direct that the
President proclaim January 6 of each year as Haym Salomon Day,
in commemoration of the death of the great Jewish patriot of the
American Revolution. He is one hero who is possibly the least
known.
"Haym Salomon was much like all of those who participated
in the American Revolution which brought into being this great
country of ours.
"He came to this country from Poland, settled in New York,
and there engaged in business. He became active in the Sons of
Liberty which was organized in the Colonies for the purpose of
breaking away from Britain and setting up an independent coun-
try, which subsequently was set qup as the United States of
America. In 1776 he was arrested by the British and confined to
jail. He was released a year later and immediately re-engaged
actively in the effort to set up this country as a free and inde-
pendent nation.
"He was arrested again in 1778, court-martialed for spying,
and sentenced to be hanged. With the aid of his fellow patriots
he escaped to Philadelphia, where he continued his activities on
behalf of the cause of liberty and freedom.
"While it is a small sum, as we look at money today, it Was
a tremendous sum in those days. He gave to the cause $640,000--
his entire wealth--and, in addition to that, went out and pledged
his personal credit and borrowed additional sums. General Wash-
ington and others of that day have given him credit for having
financed the successful continuation of that war, as a result of
which our fine Nation came into being, and has since grown to
be a great and prosperous country.
"Strange as it may seem, he died penniless.
"I think that we could do little less than honOr his memory
by asking or authorizing the President of the United States to
proclaim each year January 6 as Haym Salomon Day in com-
memoration. of that great American patriot—not by making it
a national holiday—but by proclaiming it as a day of commemo-
ration, and directing that the United States flag be flown on all
Government buildings on that day."