An Anti-Zionist's
Admission:
Could Have Saved
Jewish Lives;
But Anti-Zionist
Council Insists
on Harming Jewry
Commentary, Page 2
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Israel Upholds Free Immigration
Policy; Congress Faces Crucial
Tests Over Arms for Arab Issue
Religious Services, Exhibits,
Youth and Women's Festivities
Planned for Tercentenary Here
A program embracing all aspects of Jewish life has been
adopted by Detroit's American Jewish Tercentenary Com-
mittee, at the initial meeting which marked the formation
of a Committee of 300, including leaders from communities
throughout Michigan, on May 5, at Bnai Moshe Synagogue.
- Religious, youth, young adult and women's programs;
public exhibitions, concerts and special religious services are
on the program for the celebration which will commence here
in September, simultaneously with the inauguration of the na-
tional celebration in New York on Sept. 12.
Rabbi Morris Adler, who reported for the religious
participation committee, stated that the Saturday of the
Thanksgiving week-end, Nov. 27, will be observed as Ter-
_ centenary Sabbath in all Detroit synagogues. He also re-
ported on plans for three televised programs — one each
for the Reform, Orthodox and Conservative Congregations—
as well as special events for young adults and the youth.
Rabbi Leon Fram and Dr. Norman Drachler outlined
plans for celebrations in the schools and for special school
assemblies to be held during the Hanukah week, on Dec. 26
and 27, at Mumford High School auditorium.
Plans also are being made for a public meeting, to
be held Oct. 24 at Cass High School auditorium, with a na-
tionally-prominent leader as speaker.
Plans were outlined by Dan Frohman and Morris
&haver for a concert, which will feature Detroit's prominent
musicians during the 1955 Music Month, in February.
Jewish Book Month, and the annual Jewish Book Fair
sponsored by the Jewish Community Center, in December,
Will be devoted to the Tercentenary theme.
A chronological history of Detroit and Michigan Jewry
will be published by the Detroit committtee. It will be edited
by Irving Katz and a committee of prominent local leaders.
Israel's leaders this week reaffirmed the new state's policy of free immigration
as a rebuke to Assistant Secretary of State Henry A. Byroade who advised changes
in such policy.
Meanwhile, many new developments are taking place in the nation's capital with
regard to issues involving the Arab-Israel conflict. Protests in Congress against the
arming of Arabs and off-the-record meetings of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
to deal with Near Eastern area problems points to serious consideration of the issues.
While Jewish leaders have joined in criticizing the stand taken by Mr. Byroade,
Attorney General Herbert Brownell, in an address at the first national dinner of the
newly-formed American-Israel Society, in Washington, Tuesday night, paid tribute to
Israel and her pioneers, praised Jewish contributions to civilization and declared:
"The United States is proud of what it has done to strengthen the indepen-
dence of Israel, just as the United States takes pride in its part in strengthening the
independence of other nations. Peace in the Middle East is a major objective of
United States foreign policy. That genuine peace will be obtained I have no doubt
to the benefit of Israel, her neighbors and the world."
Mr. Brownell's speech took note of Israel's sixth anniversary, the American-Is-
rael Society dinner, presided over by Governor Theodore R. McKeldin of Maryland,
having been dedicated to that purpose.
It was in connection with the impressive celebrations of Israel's anniversary that
the young state's spokesmen asserted that they would never retreat from the policy
of free immigration to Israel. Many of the state's leaders issued new calls to Jews
everywhere to settle in Israel.
In New York, the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs, official
spokesman for all Zionist bodies in the United States, charged that the Department
of State has adopted a new and "obviously partisan" policy in the Middle East by "ex-
erting pressure on Israel to offer concessions to the Arab states on the assumption
that peace may be purchased," and without any intimation that the Arabs are pre-
pared to consider the slightest step toward negotiations for peace.
A declaration that "Israel will stand firm on its policy of unlimited immigration"
was made by Moshe Shapiro, Minister of Religions and Social Welfare. He asserted
that "recent advice that Israel curtail mass immigration to allay Arab fears, strikes
at the very heart of the Jewish State."
Of special interest in connection with the local cele-
bration will be the exhibits to be held in September. Charles
E. Feinberg, who reported on plans for the exhibits,
told the Tercentenary committee meeting that the De-
troit Public Library is cooperating in plans for book dis-
plays pt the. Public Library.
The major exhibit planned by Mr. Feinberg and his
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Detroit Tercentenary Committee
Protests Rosenwald Appointment;
Condemns Anti-Zionist Council
The Detroit Tercentenary Committee, at its meeting at
the Bnai Moshe Synagogue on May 5, unanimously adopted a
resolution protesting against the naming of Lessing Rosen-
wald as an associate chairman of the national American
Jewish Tercentenary Committee.
Condeming the "gratuitous insults" to Jewry by the
American Council for Judaism, headed by Mr. Rosenwald,
the Detroit meeting demanded his removal from this post.
The proposal was offered by Irving Schlussel and was
seconded by William Hordes. They were joined by Rabbi
Leon Fram, Dr. A. M. Hershman, Boris Joffe, Lawrence
Crohn in condemnations of the activities of the Judaism
Council. The use that was made by the Council, in connec-
tion with its recent convention, of messages of greetings from
Arabs, especially one from Lebanese UN Delegate Charles
Malik who leads the fight against Israel in the UN, was
strongly condemned by the assembly.
Rabbi Fram charged the Council with guilt of genocide
against the Jewish people. Others called the Council a be-
trayer of justice and of basic American principles.
Only two of the 90 people present at the meeting pleaded
against making an issue of Mr. Rosenwald's appointment,
but they withdrew their objections after the meeting to make
the action unanimous. They explained that they joined in
their resentment of the Council's actions but merely sought
to avoid an issue in Jewish ranks.
JW111 Center to Remain Open:
Members of the National
Jewish Welfare Boards Servicemen's Council in Heidelberg, Germany, gleefully point
to a cablegram received from the JWB biennial convention in Cleveland notifying them
that JWB has decided to keep the Servicemen's Club and Center in Heidelberg open
for the balance of 1954. The only recreation and religious center for American Jew-
ish GIs and their families in the American zone of Germany, the JWB club was due to
have been closed April 30 because of lack of funds. The move means that JWB has
taken the calculated risk of incurring a deficit of $25,000. A cablegram, addressed to
Aaron Grodsky, director of the club, informed him of the JWB decision. Kneeling, left
to right, are: Pfc. Nathan Senensieb, Los Angeles, Calif.; Pvt. Jason Levitt, Los Angeles,
Calif.; Chaplain (1st Lt.) Louis Bernstein, Brooklyn. Standing, left to right, are: Pfc.
Moses Shapov, San Diego, Calif. ; Capt. Hershel Forner, Harrisburg, Pa. and York, Pa.;
Lt. Col. Marvin Krieger, Memphis, Tenn.; Sgt, Joseph Martin, Providence, R. I.;
Pfc.
-Burton Neiterman, Boston, Mass.