Col. Basil Herman. Negev's Former
Military Governor, to Address Council

8—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
_ Friday, February 12, 1954

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Berman and Laven Head

absence proves our point: their Real Estate Division
The Blondy Brothers'
lack of knowledge of the Jewish
Position on School Bill
Mandell L. Berman and Dan-
position and of the vital neces-
sity to adhere to the American iel A. Laven will head the real
Editor, The Jewish News:
tradition of Separation of estate division of the 1954 Allied
I was astounded to read in Church and State.
The Jewish News of Feb. 5, in
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your editorial on Church-State
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tsttor Sings
issue, that "The two Jewish Sen- Israel
ators, the Brothers Blondy, by
Praises
for
Beth 4vot.
casting their ballots to make the
Editor,
The
Jewish
News:
Senate's action unanimous, have
displayed a lack of knowledge
I have recently returned from
on the subject and a lack of Israel where I visited the Beth
understanding of the Jewish. Avot, a home for parents of His-
position."
tadrut members or aged mem-
I have always thought very bers of the Histadrut, located at
highly of The Jewish News, but Chalon.
when you print that I have vot-
The institution consists of a
ed on this measure, and partic- group of modern one-floor
ularly in the affirmative, and buildings, surrounded by acres
have given your readers this of gardens and beds of flowers
fact without verifying same, I of all colors. The airy and light
think your paper has done me rooms in which residents live
a great injury and I hereby de- should be the pride of every
Laven
Berman
.mand an immediate apology Iman and woman who con-
and retraction on the same edi- tributes to the Histadrut cam- Jewish Campaign, Irving W.
torial page that you printed the paign.
Blumberg and Harvey H. Gold-
This home has no flavor of man, chairmen of the Jewish
falsehood.
For your information, the charity. For those who can work Welfare Federation's drive, an-
Blondy brothers do not lack any a few hours a day, there are nounced this week.
knowledge on the subject nor light industries, such as plastics,
The newly named co-chair-
understanding and certainly the to make residents feel useful.
men announced four vice-chair-
The home also has a shul for men to be responsible for a
Blondy brothers would not pub-
lish such a fact as you have those who wish to worship. group of sections within the
published to your readers with- When I visited there, it was division: Irving Franzel in build-
out verification of the truth of shabbat, and the dining room ers and building finance, build-
I was beautifully set for the occa- ing suppliers, modernization,
what you say in your paper.
I wish to inform you that I sion. If other aged citizens in and general contractors and
have never voted for the bill other countries were cared for carpenters sections. The real es-
which you have referred to con- (actually maintained by them- tate and hotels, property man-
cerning Church-State issue. I selves) in this manner, there agement, chemical a n d jani-
wish to make another correc- would be no problem.
torial supplies, and painters ar_d
—Gladys Kaminer.
tion of your article, which is
decorators sections will co-
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that the Senate's action was not
ordinate with David Pollack.
unanimous. For your informa-
Seymour S. Winokur will be res-
information on Rashi
ti on,
th ere
32 are
State Senators
Editor, The Jewish News:
ponsible for paint stores, elec-
in the State of Michigan, and
I am looking at a traditional tricians and suppliers, and arch-
according to the record of the
itects and engineers sections.
Senate, only 22 voted for this picture of Rashi — the great
Jacob Schreier will be respon-
exegete
and
commenator
of
the
measure and neither I nor my
brother, Charles S. Blondy voted Bible and Talmud—Rabbi Solo- sible for heating and plumbing,
coal and ice, hardware and store
for this particular piece of mon Ben Isaac.
Rashi made frequent use of fixtures sections.
legislation.
Two meetings will be held at
Of course, knowing you as I a French equivalent in places
long as I have, and since you where a word of context was not the Davison Jewish Center, at
raised me in a religious sort of sufficiently clear. He termed 10:30 a.m. Sunday and at 3 p.m.
a way when I was a boy, I such marginalia "B'laas," which Monday.
thought that the least you could means, as initials, "Belasha.n am
do was to telephone me to veri- sar," the language of a foreign Bestow German Medal
fy how I voted or at least to people, which it is needless to
On Zionist Sympathizer
take a look at the record before say was the French.
Now is the 900th anniversary
you besmirched and slandered I
HEIDELBERG, (JTA) — The
my good reputation in the corn-I of Rashi that is being cele-
brated. Born in Troyes 1040 and Grand Cross of Merit of the
munity.
West German government has
died in 1105.
Very truly yours,
been awarded to Rev. Dr. Ger-
—N.
E.
Aronstam,
M.D.
ALLEN H. BLONDY,
man Maas, superintendent of the
State Senator
Protestant Church in this re-
Editor's Note: In the sense
Report Arrival of
gion.
that the Blondy Brothers did
The 76-year-old Dean, a Zion-
not vote on the school bill, we
10,347 Immigrants
ist for many years since his at-
offer them our apologies. But
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A to-
tendance at an early Zionist
we disagree with an interpreta-
tal of 10,347 immigrants ar-
congress at Basle, rescued many
tion that a 22-0 vote is not
rived in Israel in 1953, in-
Jewish children from the Nazis.
unanimous. It is our opinion
cluding almost 5,000 from
Since the end of the Hitler
that the Senators Blon-
Morocco, Tunis and Libya, the
regime he has been trying to
dy were absent, at a time when
Jewish Agency announces.
create an atmosphere in Ger-
they should have been on the
The number of immigrants
many of understanding of and
floor of the State Senate to
from Asian countries was
sympathy for the Jewish people.
fight for a basic American prin-
2,793, while nearly 1,000 came
Dr. -Maas, who twice . visited
ciple of keeping Church and
from Eastern Europe and an-
Israel since the war, is writing
State separated.
other 747 from Western Eu-
glowing accounts of his experi-
We welcome Senator Allen
rope.
I ences on his last trip.
Blondy's letter because it pro-
vides us with the added oppor- -
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tunity of calling attention to
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the fact that his brother, Sen-
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ator Charles Blondy, is reported
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to have been present at the
time of State Senate's edu-
cation committee acted favor-
ably on the bill that, in effect,
introduces religion in our
schools. He saw nothing wrong
with it and by his failure to
protest against the measure and
to call attention to its un-
American character gave his
consent to it. The Senators
Blondy evidently failed to see
the dangers in the bill and their

The Council announcement
The Jewish Community Coun-
cil Delegate Assembly. to be held inviting all delegates to attend
Feb. 25, 8:30 p.m., at the Davi- the meeting noted Col. Herman's
son C e n t e r, will be addressed exceptional qualifications to re-
by Col. Basil Herman, according view and analyze present Arab-
Israel tensions including the
to an announce-
ment by Sidney
controversial Suez issue.
M. Shevitz,
Council pres-
Anti-Semitic Leaflets
ident.
Passed at Women's Parley
The agenda
will include a
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — An
report on Coun-
anti-Semitic flyer was passed
cil activities in
out at the 28th annual Women's
connection with
Patriotic Conference on National
t h e currently
Defense at the conclusion of a
pending Releas-
meeting which was addressed by
ed Time Bill now
Sen. William F. Knowland. Sen-
before the Mich-
! ate Majority Leader.
igan House of
Representatives. Col. Herman
The flyer noted the "striking
Formerly military governor of similarity" in design between the
the Negev, Col. Herman was Soviet flag and the United Na-
born in Johannesburg, South tions flag and in color between
Africa, was educated at London the UN and the Israeli flag,
University Law School and in which was referred to as the
1939 enlisted in the British "Jew Palestine flag."
Army. He served with the Libyan I The leaflet then declared that
Arab Force and was demobilized "our Korean heroes are being
in November, 1946, with the rank ! asked to die under the Jew col-
of Major. After further studies, ' ors of a flag copied from the
he joined the Israel armed Russian Arms Banner." The
forces and was liaison officer leaflets, which were distributed
With the UN Truce Observation by a representative of the con-
Team in Israel and senior Israel ference, had been issued by the
delegate to - the Israel-Egypt Christian Nationalist Crusade.
Mixed Armistice Commission
under UN auspices.

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