Your Children Will Bless You:

28--DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

From Wald man's 'Nor by Might'

Friday, October 30, 1953

League of Nations Meant Well

By MORRIS D. WALDMAN

Jewish Education Will Give
Them Their Peace of Mind

Israeli Pianist

To Open Study Club

By WALTER L. FIELD*
Editor'S Note: Capitulating to pressure from various quarters
Chairman, Education Month
to record his communal activities during half a century, Mor- Series of Concerts
Much has been written and much more has been said about_
ris D. Waldman has produced .a .volume which will prove a val-
the importance of Jewish education for the survival of Jewry in
uable contribution to -American Jewish history. Entitled "Nor by
The Music Study Club will the Diaspora.
Might," this volume ! has just been published by International
Seldom have I heard or read anything about the importance
launch its annual artists con- of:Jewish education for the' welfare and peace of mind of the Jew-
Universities Press, 227, W. 13th St., N.Y. 11.
Virtually the last 'survivor among the pioneers—and during .cert series at a luncheon at 1 ish child and future man.
most of his active years as dean—of Jewish p.m., Thursday, in 'the home of
Here' in America, parents in general and Jewish -parents in
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041%as
social workers in America, Waldman has Mrs. I. Mendelson, 17198 Wood- particular indulge their children immeasurably. Jewish parerts
ingham.
Zvia
Lifshitz,
a
native
given us not merely what he modestly char-
will deny themselves necessities in order to afford luxuries tor
• their children. They will slave for years to be able to give their
acterizes as "some footnotes to recent his- Israeli,will
tory" 'but an illuminating recital in high- debut at this initial program.
boy or girl a university education and the advantages that come
Miss Lifshitz is a pianist who with such an education. But, these same parents, so anxious to
light and panoramic form of significant as-
spects of organized Jewish interests since has appeared on several occa- 'endow their children's future. with advantages ; neglect the very
the turn of the century- -from the angle of sions as guest soloist with the essence that will make for this well-being and peace of mind,
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, namely, a lulowledge of his place in the world as a Jew.
his own experiences.
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While the book deals with serious, often under the direction of the late
Happiness and self-resPect as Jetvs can only come from a
tragic, matters, his felicitous style relieves Maestro B. Milinari, who pre- thoroUgh 'knowledge of our historic background and pride in' our
it of the heaviness that usually is found in dicted 'a brilliant future for the achievements as a people. •
young woman.
n historical treatises.
conventionally writte
Any parent who expects 'his 'child to remain in the fold and
The late Dr. Solomon Loewenstein, prone
The talented Israeli has been neglects to provide for him a good Jewish education is cheating
to understatement,' at' a public dinner ten- in the United States since 1950, hini of the very tools necessary to integrate himself in the world
Waldman - dered to Waldman in. 1940 as a tribute studying on a scholarship at the properly and to take his rightful place with his fellow man.
If; in addition to insuring our children's future through Jewish
to 40 years of communal service, referred • to him as a "statesman Roosevelt College School of
education, we also consider the preservation of Jewry as a people,
in the world of Jewish affairs, one of the few men in whom we Music in Chicago.
can repose wide guidance in our affairs."
The objective of the concert then Jewish education is the very foundation on which Jndain
"Nor By Might" not only reflects that statesmanship but series, explained Mrs. Joseph rests.
The great rabbis and educators who compiled the' daily
clarifies and simplifies many of the intricacies that have confused Markel, president, is to intro-
Jewish thinking and often vexed a worried generation. The book duce talented young artists, giv- prayerbook considered the"Shma" as the essence of that book.
Yet, the admonition to give your child an eduCaticin and to
will prove an interesting account of the Past and a stimulus and ing, them the opportunity to be
him."TOrah," which;appearS in two of the three para,graphs
gyroscope to Jewish leadership in the years to come.
heard'. Proceeds from the pro- teach
this most iinportant . of prayers, every Jew is re_quired to repeat
Several of the chapters in "Nor By Might" are being syndi- grams go to the Sylvia Simons of
daily. So 'much importance have our great rabbis of old
cated by American Jewish Press, the feature service of the Ameri- Memorial Scholarship Fund, placed on this requirement that they gave
it- the most prominent
can As,sociation of English-Jewish Newspapers, - with the permis- thruogh which many promising place in the prayerbook. As we :read these
we note
sion of the author and his publishers. The following is the first in young musicians have been able that no excuse was allowed for the neglect paragraphs
of the education of
this series of articles taken from 'VValdman's book.
to further their careers.
the child.
* * *
Also to appear on Thursday's
Surely, this emphasis on teaching our children the history of
Soon after the Nazis got con- son of Yale University who ap- program will be Helen Mendel- their people should indeed prove to us its importance.
-
trol of Germany in 1933, a proved both the enterprise and son, young Detroit pianist, who
As chairman of Education Month, it is my privilege to urge
is active in the Music Study you to take advantage 'of the great opportunities afforded you in :
young man named Ernst H. the document.
Feilchenfeld called on me. He
this city through the United Hebrew Schools. This modern insti-
Only a member State could Club's youth group.
had been a special instructor of
M r s. George Abramsohn is tution, recognized for its progressive methods in Pedagogy, is doing
sponsor
such
a
proposal
before
international law at Harvard the League of Nations. Suffice it chairman of the afternoon, and an excellent job under the guidance of its two fine educators;
University—a rather tall, heav-
say, the proposal was quite is assisted by Mesdames Jack Bernard Isaacs and Albert Elazar. • -
ily built, swarthy man in the to
Not only will your children bless you for giving them peace if
promptly adopted and the office Schherr, M. J. Greenberg, Jacob
late thirties, evidently of Ger- of "High Commissioner for ref- Sauls, Abe Goldberg, Ralph Pol- mind ; self-esteem, and a great pride in being a Jew, but also their
man Jewish origin. It did not ugees Coming from Germany" sky, Oscar K a h e n, Solomon children's children will rise up and blesS you,
take me long to realize that here
formally created in response Spector, Leonard Hack, Max
was a man of brilliant mental- was
Reich, Max Newman, Herman
to
the
Petition.
ity, as well as ripened scholar-
Rothman, Norman Allan and I.
ship in his field. He proposed
Recommendations as to Mendelson.
that the American Jewish Com- candidates for the high office
mittee sponsor an effort to per- were courteously left to us in
suade the League -of Nations to America. Our British friends government. DiScouraged also
appoint a High Commissioner urged the appointing of an by the meager success in obtain-
for Refugees in Germany. His American as best strategy. I ing the consent of most coun-
idea was that in addition to the was asked to suggest a dozen tries to open .up their doors to.
concrete help given to countless names of Americans. I com- refugees, he decided to relin-
Jews and other victims of the plied with complete objectiv- quish his post and resume his
Nazis it would serve as a wedge ity; among the names I listed more private but happier career.
to open the door for political were such varied persob.alities Latin American countries on
negotiations with the German as Herbert' Hoover, Alfred E. whom, I believe, he had counted
government.
Smith and Raymond Fosdick, most—and logically, because im-
president
of the Rockefeller migation to those territories
I engaged him on the spot .
Foundation.
For various rea- would have proven of decided
The plan provided that the Pe-
benefit to them from the stim
tition to the League be signed sons we agreed on Fosdick, ulus immigrants could give in
* By SHUSHANNAH SPECTOR and Rabbi JOSEPH ZEITLIN
though
less
prominent
than
non
-
political,
non
Jewish
by
the development of the bound-
Editor's Nete: This special American Jewish Press feature is
most
of
the
others.
To
our
re-
organizations, preferably the In-
less natural resources and back- another in the series of easy lessons for self -study of Hebrew.
gret
he
declined,
but
he
sug-
ternational Red Cross.
gested James G. McDonald, ward economy of these coun- The complete book, "Hebrew Made Easy," is available from _Miss
Several competent members the president of the Foreign tries—were cold in their reac- Shushannah Spector, 904 S. Miami Ave., Miami, Fla.; $1.50 , a copy.
of the American Jewish Com- Policy Association, who had tions and • impervious to the
BA-MA-LON
mittee were made the nucleus of acquired an excellent reputa- pressures of the High Commis- AT THE HOTEL
a committee to supervise the tion in international affairs sioner.
,tlit7t/1
'Ado-ni •
undertaking among them Max J. and possessed an impressive
When we learned McDonald Hello, Sir -
Kohler, Arthur Kuhn, Prof. N. personality, and with , whom intended to send merely a brief
,p
Ken 'ado-ni. sha-lons
Sack of New York University we were all pleasantly ac- letter of resignation to the Yes, Sir, Hello
and Prof. Joseph P. Chamber- quainted. And so on our rec- League, we prevailed upon him Have you a room to rent? Ha'im yesh le•cha be-der
lz?.717. 13 *4 •
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lain of Columbia University, and ommendation, despite Feil- to make his withdrawal a peg
le-has-kir?
myself, ex officio. The interest
chenfeld's disappointment that on which to hang what proved
7,4- 11r! 4? vi!. ,1? •
1r
yeah li be-der be-chol
of Herbert May and James Mc- a more illustrious figure had to be a sweeping condemnation I have a room with all con- , Ken,
-
ha-no-hi-yut
'at m:
Donald of the Foreign Policy not been selected, the League of the Nazi regime. Though his Is veniences
)?q
it a light and airy room? Ha'-im ha-he-der ma-le 'or
Association was enlisted while appointed him.
letter of resignation was couch-
ve-'a-vir?
,p
tn.; mit) nIn
they were in Geneva lobbying at
ed in masterly style by McDon- Yes, this room overlooks the Ken, ha-be-der ha-zeh
.ainin • -
po-neh 'el ha-re-hov
the League of Nations. Cham- \ Nobody could have handled ald himself, the supporting da.ta
,
street
berlain obtained the consent of the job with greater enthusiasm on which his great document
"inn noip irt54
Arthur Sweetzer, the leading and devotion. But he came up had drawn for content and ar- On what floor is the room? Be-'ej-zo ko-mah ha-be-der?
American on the League of Na- against incredible obstacles. The gument, forming the Annex of
ntn nirso
tions Secretariat to engage in fact that the office of High his document, was the work of This room is on the second Ha-be-der ha-zeh bak-ko-, -
mah
ha-she-ni-yah
confidential preliminary steps. Commissioner was extramural, two brilliant young scholars,
floor
ryr?
Just before Justice Irving Leh- not a direct subsidiary of the Melvin Fagen, a member of my Excellent! .
Me-zuy-yant
man sailed for. London I briefed League, was probably one of the staff, the other, Professor Oscar
Ha'-im yeah 'am-bat-yah 'at
Is there a bath near the
him on the steps that had been disadvantageous factors. B u t Janowsky of the College of the
tiinevri
yad ha-be-der?
-
room?
the
greatest
obstacle
was
the
City
of
New
York,
an
historian
- taken with a view to having him
,t6
_
yesh mil -fa-hat
consult with our friends of the hostile attitude of the Nazi re- and authority on minorities'
No, Sir, there is a shower
Joint Foreign tominittee, repre- gime. None of us; including Mc- rights whom we had assigned in
Pt44•4
1 1:41?
• Be'-e-met 'zeh" melu-yan!
Truly it is wonderful!
senting the British Board of Donald, had appraised the ar- Europe for that. purpose. The
s,n4r.f?
-tn5Vzn no
.
What is the rate per week? Mah ha-tash-lum
Jewish Deputies and the Anglo- rogant temper and disposition former, a prize student of inter-
le-shawu'a?
Jewish Association of Great of the Hitlerites any more ac- national law,• prepared the legal
aspects,
the
latter
the
historic
Britain.
curately than Franklin Roose-
Including the meats?
'Im/o-chel?
After Feilchenfeld completed velt and his associates, at Yalta, phases, of the brief. The
his task of formulating the discerned the steely mind and "Christian Century" printecl
No. without meals
"Lo', bedeli 'o-dtel -
Petition- I informed the Joint heart of genial appearing "Un- the entire document in full and
Jewish Council representing the cle Joe," reflected in his adopted one hundred thousand copies in The rental is a pound (£) ' Se-char ha-be•der.'o-!eh
American Jewish Committee, the name of "Stalin." To use a col- pamphlet form were distributed
per week
k-sha-vu/a li-ra 'a-hat
throughout the world by the
American Jewish Congress_ and
loquialism,
McDonald
couldn't
"Friends
of
Europe"
,
located
in
Very•well,
Sir
e 'ov me'-od; 'ado-ni •
the 'Bnai Brith and pro,posed that
these two organizations join get to first base with the Nazis. London, And so ended a dra-
Please,
Sir,
I
should
like
matic
.
but
futile
enterprise.
De-
Be-valAa-shah,
with us in the implementation Despite his exalted position he
some soap
. sab-bon
-
of the Petition. I had • little dif- wasn't allowed to see the high- spite the tremendous work and I should
like a towel
'A-ni ro-zeh \mag-ge-vee
substantial
money
it
cost
it
was
est
echelon,
not
even
those
on
ficulty in getting affirmative re-
And also give me writing - Ten li gam ni-yar
sponse from the Congress and the second level, in the Nazi futile so far as practical results
paper and (some)
st-maa-ta-fot
the Bnai Brith especially as we government. He' was humiliated were concerned but it was of
envelopes
were financing virtually -the en- and justly angry' at the discour- incalculable moral value and Sprely
Ba-(u-ab
tire expense. Our next step was tesies of the gangster crew that historic significance: McDonald's
lent
enhanced
stature
,
behavior
Thank
you
crook;
violent
To-dah
le-cha
draft-
-
as
had by hook Or
to submit the Petition
ed to several outstanding au- intimidation, clever propaganda to an already , hitherto sturdy Ohl I hare forgotten the
'et hazi-kar ffita-dials-ti•
thorities on International Law, and skillful political manuever- figur e in the international
most important thing
among them Prof. Manly Hud- ing captured the control 'of the scene.

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