An Anti-Zionist's Admission: Could Have Saved Jewish Lives; But Anti-Zionist Council Insists on Harming Jewry Commentary, Page 2 N THE JEWISH A Weekly Review ,p‘Ceahcea, : ai tn yd p gives will bring great peace on earth and above." of Jewish Events —Zohar Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME 25—No. 10 weeFs 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE. 8-9364—Detroit 35, May 14, 1954 h r o em w o t h e: Be generous in your giving to t h e Allied Jewish Campaign. $4.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 15c 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 (Continued on Page 24) 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.