THE JEWISH- NEWS Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle COM111672.C272,p Turning His Back on Jewish Claims with issue or Jut?' 20 1951 Illernhet American Association of 11;nglish-Jewish Newspapers. klientgan Press Association. Puhltsneo every Prida: r l'he Jewish News Publishing Co. 17109 West Sever Mile Road, Detroit 35 Mich. VE. luhscription S4. a veal. foreign 115 6. 1942 at Post Office. Detroit Mich. under Act at March 3 1879 ti.:ritered as second class matter At PHILIP SLOMOVIll Editor and Publisher Vol. XXIV, No. 18 SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager Page 4 Ft- 9364 FRANK SIMONS City Editor January 8, 1954 Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabhath, the fifth day of Shevat. 5714, the followino Scriptural selection.e mr,ill hp.read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Ex. 10:1-13:16. Prophetical portion, Jer. 46:13-28. Licht Benshen, Friday, Jan. 8, 4:45 p.m. An injustice Toward Israel Under an - Unholy Garb Upon his return to the Middle East, Maj. Gen. Vagn Bennike, chief of the United Na- tions Truce Supervision in Jerusalem, vas asked by Israel to adjudicate a dispute over the illegal crossing of unarmed civilians from Jordan. Israel's contention is that this is a breach of the armistice agreement, and the dispute is over interpretation of the clause in the agreement of 1949, stating that "rules and regulations . . . which prohibit civilians from crossing the fighting lines . . . shall re- main in effect .. ." Jordan delegates in the Mixed Armistice Commission hold the view that this applies only to civilians sent across the lines by Jordan's authorities and who therefore infiltrate with their knowledge. But Israel's contention is that acceptance of this view would be tantamount to legalizing in- dividual infiltration. Israel's view appears logical, since it would be impossible to determine Jordan's responsibility in any given case of line-cross- ing or infiltration. Israel's complaint is a very vital one, in view of a new movement that has been set into motion by Israel's enemies for a mass invasion of the Jewish state by the refugees now kept in a state of misery and poverty by Arab countries which have failed to provide means for self-sup- port for these rejected kinsmen. Some time ago we expressed grave con- cern over the possible effects of a tour of Israel by a trio composed of a Jew, a Protes- tant and a Catholic—all known as rabid anti-Zionists and as antagonists of Israel. It is too early to know the reactions of the en- tire group to Israel, but in one instance the dire results of a prejudiced viewpoint al- ready are in evidence. We refer to the report of the Catholic member of this triumvirate. John Cogley, executive editor of Com- monweal, one-time liberal Catholic weekly, writing for his periodical under the heading "Weeping Women, Angry Men"—a title that in itself incites to hatred—makes this state- ment about a refugee proposal for infiltra- tion into Israel: "There is some talk now of gathering all the refugees, the seven or eight hundred thousand of them, in one place and then crossing the border, unarmed. 'But you , will be shot down by the thousands,' some- one says. These desperate men answer: 'Let them shoot us. We will die with:honor. There is no honor in this, our disgrace.' Fhis is not the thoughtful pacifism of Gandhi but the ill- planned desperation of the helpless." tiEle/460 When Mr. Cogley states "there is some talk," it becomes necessary to ask where- from it emanates. We have a suspicion that it is foreign-manufactured, that it comes from anti-Israel ranks at Beirut and in the Expose of Moss Murderer's Activities United States. It is a -dastardly move to de- stroy Israel. The entire scheme is aimed at Frischauer Believes Nazi Butcher .ruining the young state. When some Chris- Karl Eichman Is Still At .Large; tians condone it, we are compelled to ask Murdered when their hatred will end, why they do not Tells how G. Boehm recognize that the creation of Israel was an Willi Frischauer, in his revealing book "Himmler: The Evil historic necessity in order that through her Genius of the Third Reich" (Beacon Press), expresses the view a million Jewish lives could be saved. that one of the most brutal Nazi murderers, Karl Eichmann, - is Erram r/yr PitieviRgya4rost Was But there is another question that must be posed in Mr. Cogney's report: when he speaks of the disgrace of the refugees, why doesn't he recognize that his disgrace is Arab-made — that the refugees are being denied livelihood and homes in denuded Arab lands which are reeking with oil. The refu- gees are kept as a pawn in the battle against Israel by those seeking to destroy the Jew- ish state. It was not so long ago that Christians looked with suspicion upon the infidel Mos- lems. But our Catholic, friend John Cogley now reports that "the presence of Christ everywhere—and not least of all, I would say, in the Arab refugees, whose camps are found every few miles—in the land called holy." Is this due to an old prejudice that Jews must be doomed to eternal wandering and there- fore can not have a home of their own? Is it becauSe of such bias—which has been re- pudiated by ecclesiasts—that Arabs suddenly emerge sanctified by the presence of Christ? And the misfortune, in this sad exper- ience made sadder by a Christian's blindless to reality, is that he has the blessings of an un-American-un-Jewish Council one of whose leaders formed the unholy trio that sought inspiration recentlyamong the Arabs. New Zionist Approaches: Emphasis on Education American delegates attending the Zionist Actions Committee meetings in Jerusalem took the lead in advocating the placing of greater emphasis upon education in Jewish communal planning. Hadassah's representative, Mrs. Judith Epstein, went so far as to admit there is a spread of assimilationist tendencies in Amer- ican Jewish ranks and therefore urged great- er attention to Jewish education. Another Hadassah leader, Mrs. Rose Hal- prin, taking issue with the retired Israel Pre- mier, David Ben-Gurion, who implied in a message of greeting that the Zionists' major obligation is immigration to Israel, empha- sized that American Jewish youth must first be- made to feel Jewish and must therefore be educated -fn Judaism and Zionism. Opposing the broadening of the Zionist movement, Dr. Israel Goldstein, urged ex- tension of Jewish educational efforts and he strengthening of Zionist ranks. To these apeals for greater emphasis on education was added the voice of the most distinguished Jewish leader of our time, Dr. Nahum. Goldmann, who, advocating volun- tary immigration to Israel, said: "The Amer- ican Jew is part and parcel. of the United. States; nevertheless, we should try to get some American JeWs to settle in Israel.' This should not be done through negative propa- ganda—not through propaganda of alleged anti-Semitism or inequality—but through education of. the yOuth." Interestingly enough, while Zionists are faced with the issue of creating a global or- ganization of all . Jews interested in Israel's upbuilding, to include non-Zionists as well as Zionists, the movement's responsible leaders recognize the necessity of making education a major objective in efforts to strengthen world Jewry's relationship to Israel. In her address to the Zionist Actions Committee, Mrs. Halprin, who took occasion to condemn the Libya incident, appealed to the Israelis that they "must become the ethical force to which the Jewish youth in countries outside of Israel can look for in- spiration." This is a vital point, especially in view of the danger of estrangement between world Jewry and Israelis—an estrangement that must be avoided at all costs for the sake of the safety of Israel and the dignity of kinship that must bind world Jewry to our brethren in the Jewish state. The sentiments expressed by the Zion- ist leaders may serve to inspire more realistic approaches to all Jewish educational needs in the Diaspora. Our schools in all American Jewish communities are suffering from lack of adequate facilities and from a shortage of teachers. Perhaps the emphasis on education in Zionist ranks will provide the added impe- tus to all communities to plan the broadening of the scopes of their educational media, es- pecially in the field of teacher training. In the meantime, Zionist groups are un- dergoing a transition. The Zionist organiza- tions needs a shot in the arm to stimulate livelier activity on the local scenes as well as in behalf of Israel. The creation of the Jewish state has lulled Zionism into a temporary slumber. Zionist constituencies—in the ranks of all parties—are lost. in the vagueness as a result of the realization of the great ideal. That is why the new talk of an expanded ed- ucational movement may prove very vital not only for Zionism but also for all aspects of American Jewish communal activities. still alive. Frischauer states in his book: "Nothing has been heard of Eichmann since February, 1945, when he was last seen in Berlin by Dieter Wisliceny, one of his assistants. 'If the war is lost I shall commit suicide,' Eichmann . and I shall leap to my grave laugh- had then said cynically, ` Wisliceny, not a man of great sensitivity, was puzzled. ing . . 'Why laughing?' he asked. 'Well,' Eichmann replied, 'because the feeling that I have five million people on my conscience will be a source of great satisfaction to me.' But there is reason to believe that this man—with five million people on his conscience—was still alive in 1952, hiding somewhere in the world under an as- sumed name. He was his old smooth self in 1942, a tall, fair, blue- eyed, dream-type of a German, as he has been described. Eich- mann rarely talked about his youth, but it has since become known that he was born in Palestine of Protestant parents and became a student 'of . theology and an expert on Jewish affairs. His parents lived in the German Templar Colony of Samna, near Tel Aviv, and the little blond boy went to Jewish schools where he quickly outstripped his fellow pupils in the knowledge of the Talmud and, as he grew up, of Jewish history and literature. He spoke Hebrew fluently and often surprised his victims by his profound under- standing of Jewish affairs. One of the Jews whom he met on a visit to Buchenwald concentration camp was Georg Boehm, the author of an encyclopedic history of Zionism. 'I know you and have read your book,' he said to the astonished Jewish prisoner who stood trembling before the young man with power over life and death. 'Very interesting,' Eichmann mused, 'very interesting!' That same morning he signed Boehm's death sentence. 'The Jew- ish intellectuals are the most dangerous ones . . .' he said to the camp commandant. "Eichmann had come to Germany at the age of twenty in 1932 and joined Streicher's Der Stuermer as a reporter. When the Nazis came to power in 1933 Streicher recommended his young expert to Himmler, who was impressed by his knowledge and put him in charge of the Jewish section of the Gestapo. Jews who met him when the Gestapo was still negotiating with representa- tive Jewish bodies—chiefly to induce them to finance the emigra- tion of German Jews—found Eichmann scrupulously polite, some- times even amiable, always considerate. Many fell into his trap and, thinking they were talking to a friend, confided in him, sup- plied him with information which he later used against them and their fellow Jews. Many German Jewish leaders were almost sad when he disappeared from his office in 1936. They could not guess that, on Himmler's orders, he had returned to Palestine to recruit the Templar colonies for Nazism, and to establish contact with the Arab leaders. He returned a few months later with a secret treaty between the Nazi govrnment and the Arab terror- ists in his pocket, and having won over the Mufti of Jerusalem as a firm ally of Germany. "'His reputation soared, Himmler decorated him and, when dealing with the Jewish question, always relied on his advice. Al- though Heydrich was the head of the organization and Gestapo- Mueller was nominally Eichmann's departmental chief, the young expert had the ear of the Reichsfuehrer and became the princi- pal executor of his policy of extermination. Eichmann was clever enough to know that, should Germany lose the war, his fate would be sealed. He refused to put his name to any document dealing with the extermination of the Jews lind invariably issued orders to his large staff only verbally. Smooth and refined as he was in personal conversation, a man who seemed to have little in corn- mon with the violent thugs around him, he could not disguise his deep-seated sadism when he went on tours of inspection to watch the operation of incinerators in Buchenwald and Auschwitz, or when he followed the conquering German armies into half a dozen countries to supervise the registration, collection and deportation of Jews. When, in 1941, extermination became official Reich policy, he decided to get experience of the problem at its roots. Eventually he left his mark on Warsaw, Oslo, Brussels, Athens, Belgrade, Amsterdam and Vichy . . . Having observed the Jews on their way to death, he installed himself for a few months as commandant of Auschwitz camp to observe from close quarters the final act of extermination." Frischauer relates how Slovakia's Premier Tuka, while him- self a Quisling, interceded in behalf of deportees. Eichmann, in telephone conversations with Ttika, "pochpoohed rumors that 'all Jews in Poland were to be exterminated.' The Slovakian Jews would be treated most humanely, he promised. Wisliceny reported that he, too, interceded with Eichmann to allow a Slovak delega- tion to visit Poland. 'This request cannot be granted under any circumstances!' Eichmann replied. `Anyway,. most of these Jews are no longer alive!' " This is only part of the story of Eichinarin's brutalities and sadistic control of extermination machinery. The bloody trail he has formed has stained the map of all of Europe.