THE JEWI.S11 NEWS

Happy Anniversary

Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20. 1951

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SIDNEY SHMARAK
Advertising Manager

PHILIP SLOMOV1TZ

Editor and Publisher

FRANK SIMONS
City Editor

October 16, 1953

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VOL. XXIV, No. 6

Sabbath Scriptural Selections

This Sabbath, the eighth day of Heshvan, 5714, the following Scriptural selections will be read

in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Gen. 12:1-17:27. Prophetical portion, Is. 40:27-41:16.

Licht Benshen, Friday, Oct. 16, 4.57 p.m.

Trygve Lie: Symbol of Israel's Reality

Last week-end, Trygve Lie, first Secre-
tary General of the United Nations,address-
ed a distinguished gathering of American
Jewish leaders, in Cleveland, at the United
Jewish Appeal report conference, and util,
ized the opportunity to attest to the reality
of Israel's existence and to the important
place attained by the Jewish state in world
affairs.
On Oct. 25, Mr. Lie will make another
appearance before a Jewish gathering. At
that time he will honor Detroit Jewry with
an address under auspices of the Detroit
Israel Bond Organization, in support of the
Israel bond drive.
The addresses are symbolic in one par-
ticular sense: the importance of the man
who is lending his support to causes in be-
half of Israel is a symbol of his oft-repeated
avowals that Israel is a reality, that the exis-
tence of Israel must be recognized by all
people of good will.
Mr. Lie's public endorsements of the in-
struments for Israel's upbuilding must- be ac-
cepted as admonitions . to Arabs who have
been so stubborn in their hatreds, in their
refusal to accept Israel's status,. in their per-
sistent arming for another round of war-
fare.
Mr. Lie, in his Cleveland address, took

occasion to emphasize that the Arab states
Must share with the United Nations and the
state of Israel the responsibility for solving
the refugee problem. The sooner not only the
Arabs but also our own State Department
and the UN's member states recognize this
fact, the easier it will be to assure a solu-
tion to that vital problem.
Having devoted his major activities to
the international efforts for peace, Mr. Lie's
address in Cleveland and his forthcoming
appearanbe in Detroit are signals to those
who preach good will to strive for amity
and a better understanding between Israel
and the Arabs, for the sake of the peace in
the Middle East that is so vital to peace and
sanity in the entire world.
In welcoming Mr. Lie's approching visit
in Detroit, we urge that the cause in behalf
of which he is coming here—the Israel bond
drive—should be given continued encourage-
ment by our community. The pending in-
auguration of another Israel Bond Issue is
an indication that the Jewish state seeks
such means of financial support and it is of
the utmost importance that all possible co-
operation be given -this investment under-
taking, supplementary to all our philan-
thropic activities in behalf of those who
must be integrated into the Jewish state's
economy.

A Century of Jewish Centers' Activities

The coming year, which will mark _the
tercentenary of the settlement of Jews in
the United States, also will mark another
important anniversary—the conclusion of a
century of Jewish Center activities in this
country.
Baltimore's Young Men's Hebrew Asso-
ciation was the first Jewish center organized
in this country. It was formed in 1854 and
was the forerunner of a movement which
now embraces practically all the Jewish
communities in the land, large and small.
The Jewish center is a preserver of Jew-
ish values. It provides facilities for young
and old to study Jewish history, to engage
in arts and crafts activities, to participate in
sports, to join in activities which strengthen
social interests among Jews.
Under the national supervision of the
Jewish Welfare Board, the Jewish centers
have gained strength through the guidance
JWB is in position to offer them. The pro-
grams prepared by trained JWB staffs, the
personnel supervised by this important
movement—which has expanded from an or-
ganization that originally functioned in be-
half of men in the armed forces into an im-
portant coordinator of communal functions
—and the numerous additional services made
possible by the organized Jewish communi-.
ties, are jointly responsible for outstanding
Work for our people and our country.
The centenary of the center movement
is an excellent occasion for additional plan-
ning for the good of the movement and for

Late Moshe Smilansky

Moshe Smilansky was one of the most
colorful Jewish personalities. He was a
pioneer farmer who distinguished himself as
a story-teller. He made his mark as a nego-
tiator of land purchases made by Jews from
Arabs in Palestine. At the same time, his
career as an author has been a notable one.
The Arabs respected him for his knowl-
edge of their language and folkways as well
as for his ability to trade with them. The
Jewish community honored him by establish-
ing Kfar Moshe, bearing his name.
Jews everywhere admired him- for his
manifold activities. His visit in this country
about 20 years ago, which included a stay
in Detroit, in behalf of the Jewish National
Fund, made it possible for American com-
munities to know him and to share in the
admiration he had gained in his homeland.
His work in Israel and his writings will per-

petuate his name in Jewish hist&y.

its expansion into areas that are not now
serviced by its fine programs.
On the occasion of the national centenial
celebration of the Jewish Center movement,
Detroit Jews will take occasion to Iftay tri-
bute to significant local efforts, to the ac-
complishments of the Jewish Centers of De-
troit. It will provide an opportunity to study
the need for further expansion locally into
areas that are not now benefiting from Cen-
ters' facilities. The centenial year of the Jew-
ish Centers is an opportune time for spread-
ing out into the northwest area which now
vitally needs the Centers' service.

Hadassah's Successes

Detroit Hadassah's annual project, which
will be symbolized by the dinner next Wed-
nesday, calls attention anew to one of the
most important undertakings in Israel.
The contributions made by American
Jewry to this significant cause help carry on
•the historic work that first was introduced
by Henrietta Szold in 1912. At that time
there was a desperate need for medical work
in Palestine. Trachoma was preValent, re-
sulting in blinding of half of the country's
children, and malaria and other • tropical
diseases reaped their harvests.
Hadassah's • trained nurses helped alle-
viate suffering. The medical supplies helped
bring relief. And throughout the years pre-
ceding the establishment of the State of Is-
rael Hadassah's work assumed such tremen-
dous proportions that the movement earned
highest ratings in international medical and
welfare efforts.
The presently-functioning seven Hadas-
sah medical buildings, the Hebrew Univer-
sity-Hadassah Medical School, the school for
nurses, the health and infant walfare sta-
tions that are maintained throughout Israel
and the Lasker Child Guidance Center are
symbols of a continuting great enterprise.
Detroiters who assist in these efforts with
their contributions can feel justly proud that
they are rendering a great service by aiding
Ha dassab.
Nationally, Hadassah's work will be eval-
uated Oct. 25-28 at the 29th annual conven-
tion of the women's Zionist organi z ation, in
Washinton. The fruitftil humane activities
that will be reviewed at the forthcominc ,
sessions and the plans for the future to lbZ
evaltiated at that...time will be deserving of
commendations for past e f f or t s and of
pledges for_ future cooperation by all Ampni-

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The Truth About the Middle East

Kimche's 'Seven Fallen Pillars'
Pleads for Peace as Solution

The revised and enlarged edition of Jon Kimche's "Seven
Fallen Pillars," originally published in England in 1950 and now
brought up-to-date as the story of the Middle East from 1945 to
1952, (published by Frederick A. Praeger, 105 W. 40th, NY18), is a
timely book, in view of continuing tensions in and around Israel.
Mr. Kimche believes that Israel and her neighbors must live
in peace, for the sake of progress for all nations involved in the
Middle Eastern conflict. He emphasizes that "Seven Fallen Pil-
lars" was not meant to be a defeatist title: "For, as I said at the
beginning of the first edition of this book, my `Seven Fallen Pillars'
are those of the 'Seven pillared worthy house' that was to earn
the Middle East its freedom—the dream of T. E. Lawrence—and
which during the years here described, was reduced to crumbling
ruins. But even ruins are not final—and that is why to the end I
have not lost hope. What are ruins after all, but another form of
challenge to build anew?"
This is a comforting thing to say after descriptions of existing
conditions, and resumes of historical occurrences, which point to
nothing but trouble.
The perfidy of the British is especially evident in the review
of the situations in the Middle•East. Mr. Kimche's is an historical
record which will redound to the shame of Great Britain. As a
newspaperman, as a correspondent for Reuters, as a man who was
on the scene during the Jews' battles with the British as well as
with the Arabs, he is in position to review the facts objectively in
this era following abandonment of the Mandate by the British
and five years after Israel had acquired independence.
His story is not to the credit of the newspapers of the great
British Empire. Wheneyer a correspondent wrote a story describ-
ing Jewish efforts, Jewish triumphs, Jewish achievements; the
editors. branded it as "propaganda." Thus; facts were kept from
the public, and truth was lost under the accusation of being
propagandistic material.
Of course, there were exaggerations. The strength or weak
ness of one element -or the other in the Arab-Israel fight was
colored to suit the respective sides. Yet, the false reports about
Arab victories at the time when the Arab armies were in flight,
and the manner in which they were swallowed throughout the
world, did not help the situation and merely postponed recogni-
tion of realities.
Mr. Kimche, in his description of the battle of Jerusalem and
the last stand taken by the 400 remaining Jews—mostly old men—
in the Old City, has this to say:

"The city had been starved and damaged. This had made
an indelible impression on the Jews. Throughout these eight
weeks, they noted that the voice of Christendom had been
muted. The Pope was silent. Neither of the two English Arch-
bishops uttered any public protest, or moved for papers in the
House of Lords. The Foreign Office, the State Department, and
the Quasi d'Orsay seemed quite unperturbed by the fate that.
had befallen the Holy City. It was not until Israel was in un-
disputed possession of the New City that the anxiety neuroses
of Christendom became so acute about the fate of J,erusalent.
This is how it seemed to the Israelis. The pontiff, the bishops
and the statesmen have failed to produce a convincing reply
to, or an adequate excuse for, this Israeli charge."

These approaches to Israel's position continue to this vei y
day, with our State Department stepping in to punish Israel when
the little state prepares for progressive drainage work—as in the
Huleh Region—and the only time the big powers seem sympa-
thetic is when Israel suffers. But Israel refuses to continue to
suffer,—and that hurts false friends and fake prophets.
Mr. Kimche's picture is not a pleasant one. The area that
haS bled so much continues to bleed. There is little hope for
peace. The Arab refugee problem—mainly the creation of the
Arabs themselves, as "Seven Fallen Pillars" proves—and numerous
O
other issues continue to plague the area. Only
peace will heal the
war-threatening Middle East. Unfortunately the Arab masses, in
their ignorance, do not know the facts, and their rulers do not
present them to them as Mr. Kimche outlines realities. If only the
Kimche-outlined truth could be made known!
This able authoi . is as critical of JewS as he is of Arabs. He
condemns the tactics of Irgun and Sternists. His plea is for fair-
ness. Therefore the tone 'of his work will be acceptable to all rea-
sonable ,peeople, who, .will join him m advocating peace . for the
Middle East.

