Dr. Abba Hilid Sliver
Tribute to a Great Leader
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A General in a Hurry Takes Time Out
For Detroit Visit; Accorded Honors by JWV
By FRANK SIMONS
lant efforts of the Israeli people,
of their many manifestations of
In between' leaps and bounds
loyalty to the West and compli-
of a hurried visit of military in-
mented Gen. Dayan on the
stallations in this country, Maj.
smooth-working system of na-
Gen. Moshe Dayan, chief of staff
tional service and of border
of the Israel Defense Forces,
vigilance.
bounced into the Sheraton Cadil-
Rhodes read a resolution
lac Hotel last Thursday to find
passed at the recent JWV en-
he was guest of honor at a
campment in Detroit reaffirming
luncheon tendered by the De-
"support for Israel, in principle
partment of Michigan, Jewish
and practice," and presented
War Veterans.
Gen. Dayan with the specially-
But, the personable military
inscribed resolutions to take .
leader was still leaping. Rushed
back to his country.
back from the Ford Motor Co.,
Gen. Dayan seemed surprised
where he was taken on a tour c,f
at a question about the con-
the vast Rouge assembly lines by
scription of women into the mili-
Alfred May Gen. Dayan ate a
tary, and then said, "After all,
hasty lunch, said a few words to
it's not so unusual; in your coun-
the 100 important guests who had
Gen. MOSHE DAYAN, chief of try I understand women shoul-
assembled, exchanged a few so- staff of the Israeli Defense dered arms along with their men
cial niceties and then was off
w
for Washington. From there, he Forces, his good eye toward the when this country was a young
goes to New York and thence camera, , accepts the specially nation."
Israel's army is recognized
resolutions, adopted at
to France, before heading back prepared
a recent Michigan JWV conven- as the best fighting unit, with
to Israel.
tion, from SAMUEL J. RHODES, the exception of Turkey, in
Looking a little worn from his long-time JWV leader and vice- the Near East. Its officers are
whirlwind visit, the General president of the Jewish Corn- highly-trained and among the
none-the-less had a ready smile
youngest anywhere in the
and displayed a winning per- munity Council. ,
world.
sonality. Dressed in a brown
Accompanying Gen. Dayan on
neak states.
raids by hos- his tour of good will throughout
single-breasted suit, he looked tile repelling
neighboring-
more like an Israeli businessman
this country were two military
3. The education of the in-
than the leader of an Army of
aides, Col. Chaim Herzog, mili-
Dr. ABBA HILLEL SILVER, when he met with President 250,000.
dividual not only as a good tart' attache, and Col. Yitzchock
fighter
but
as
a
good
citizen.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. Dr. Silver was one of three re-
Rabin, director of training.
At 39, Gen. Dayan is- the ,
Gen. Dayan pointed out that! Prior to his stopover here,
ligious leaders who pronounced the prayers at President Eisen-
youngest chief of staff of any ,
nation in the world. A native the Israel Army, like all other Gen. Dayan toured the midwest.
bower's inauguration.
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of Israel, he joined the Ha- enterprises in Israel, has a dif- Among his stops was Independ-
Extending his remarks in the Congressional Record, on June ganah in his youth, came up ficult problem: the integration
of peoples of varied backgrounds paid
ence,
Mo., where
General
a social
visit the
to ex-Presi-
30, Congressman George H. Bender of Ohio paid the following through the ranks, was sec-
ond in command to Brig. Gen, and cultures-52 to be exact—
tribute to Dr. Abba Hillel Silver:
into a well-drilled,
well discip-
Harry
S. Truman.
At Kan-
Orde 'Wingate, the British
mill- . sas
City, dent
Gen.
Dayan,
accom-
Mr. Speaker, Dr. Abba Hillel
ined
fight of
in g example,
once.
tart' genius who was known
By way
the Gen- ;ponied by Mr. Truman's former
Silver has for more than 30 editorials which appeared in the
years been the spiritual leader three Cleveland (Ohio) papers for his commando tactics in eral cited the extreme difficul- partner, Eddie Jacobson, attend-
ed synagogue services.
of the Temple in Cleveland, the honoring Rabbi Silver. The first
ties encountered with the Ye-
While leading Jewish troons_ znenite *Yews, who until their ar- , At Louisville, Mark Ethridge,
largest liberal Jewish congrega- appeared in the Cleveland Plain
former United Nations Palestine
tion in the United States.
Dealer, June 30, 1954. as the vanguard of the main rival in Israel had never seen an Conciliation Commissioner, ten-
He has been actively identi- SILVER PARK HONORS A body of British and Australian airplane. "We took their young dered Gen. Dayan a dinner
fied with many social move- MAN AND AIDS A CITY
troops against the Nazis in Sy- men," the General emphasized, party, attended by the Governor
Gen. Dayan was wounded "And now many of them are fly- of Kentucky and other dignitar-
ments of our day. He was an
Every Clevelander, whatever
early champion of the rights of his creed, should be happy and lost an' eye which he covers ers or mechanics on these very - les.
with
a prominent black patch. Iplanes."
organized labor, and one of the
that abiding honor has been
At Ft.- Sill, Okla., an Army
He served the British Army i Cautious in answering ques-
first advocates in the United paid to the internationally
as
commander
of
Jerusalem,
and
,
tions
concerning
government
artillery
center, Gen, Dayan was
States of unemployment insur- known spiritual leader of the
later commanded the southern ' policy, Gen. Dayan did state that taken on a tour of training in-
ance. He served as chairman of
Temple in the announcement and northern regions of the the appointment of Canada's stallations, and witnessed dem-
the American section of the that a beautiful vista—the and
Defense Forces until his Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns to suc- onstrations of various weapons
Jewish Agency for Israel, chair- Abba Hillel Silver Park—will
man of the American Zionist be constructed adjacent to the appointment as chief of staff. teed Gen. Bennike as head of and facilities of many types.
Emergency Council, and as pres-
November when he suc- the UN Truce Supervision Or-
House of God at Ansel Road last
ceeded Gen. Yigal Yadin.
ident of the Zionist Organiza- and East 105th Street.
Iganization in Palestine bespoke Gen. Dayan Receives
of Honor
tion of America. Dr. Silver is
Because of the minute area of well of future fairness in deal- 1 French L !-,
Dr. Silver's rabbinate here Israel and the
regarded as the foremost spokes-
relatively
small
ings
between
Israel
and
the
!
PARIS,
(JTA)
—
Gen. Moshe
man of Zionism in the United of 37 fruitful years deserved number of inhabitants, the army ;Arabs. ! Dayan, chief of staff of the Is-
such an honor. But in addi- has an unique job to perform, I Surprisingly, Gen. Dayan did " rael Army, was formally re-
States. He represented the move-
ment before the Assembly of the tion .to this, creation of the Gen. Dayan said. In fact, he not seem too upset over the pos- ceived by Gen. Guillaume, chief
United Nations, and is one of park is one of the best exam-
added, it has three jobs: sibility of sending U. S. arms of staff of the French Army,
ples of making a fine environ-
the leaders who are responsible
1. The training of every able- to Iraq or Egypt. He said that' and decorated as a commander
ment
in
a
rapidly
changing
for the establishment of the
bodied person in the country the Army is fairly well reconciled ' of the Legion of Honor. Senior
city that has ever occurred in
State of Israel.
in the defense of the state's that arms aid is to be sent. The officers of the French armed
Cleveland.
newly-won freedom and the -. question remains "how much will ,' services, as well as representa-
During the inauguration cere-
The
plan
o
buy
up
proper-
mobilization of every piece of I be sent and will Israel also re- tives of Israel led by Ambassa-
monies of President Dwight D.
ties
in
the
vicinity
of
the
Tern-
machinery — bulldozers, trac- ceive a fair share?"
Eisenhower on January 20, 1953,
-, witnessed the
tors, trucks, carts, everything
Henny Littman, in his first ' dor
Jacob Tsui
Dr. Silver delivered a prayer. He ple to make room for the park
ceremonies.
—for war use.
major role as commander of the , "France proved her friendship
Was recently honored in Life will, at the same time, protect
2. The defense of its borders Michigan JWV, was toastmaster and sympathy for Israel well be-
Magazine as 1 of the 12 leading the area from the encroach-
against possible assault and in at the affair, and introduced the fore the establishment of our
preachers in the United States. ment of a neighborhood which
many guests who were in at-
Dr. Silver is the, author of has been running down at the
state," said Gen. Dayan in
Several volumes on history and heels.
Abba Hillel Silver's wisdom, tendance.
Among them were military thanking Gen. Guillaume for
Thus, instead of fleeing
religion, notably his work on
leadership, and inspiration
leaders in the area, important ' the honors. "This friendship
"Religion and the World Crisis from changing conditions, the
have reached far beyond the
heads of veterans organizes- was established during our
Temple
will
stand
firm
and
and Jewish Survival." His latest
limits of his own congregation.
tions
in addition
public - darkest hours. During the six
book "Vision and Victory," is a through this farsighted policy
Thus it is especially appro-
ficials.
Among
those
in the lat- years since the creation of our
Collection of his major addresses will help to rebuild the entire
'
priate that the tribute his
during the crucial years prior to community, for beauty is
congregation has planned for ' ter category were Prosecuting State, the bonds of true friend-
Attorney Gerald O'Brien and ship have been cemented be-
the establishment of the State catching, and the whole area
him—a large and beautiful
tween the great State which is
will benefit.
Judge Nathan J. Kaufman.
Of Israel.
park along Ansel Road —
Other speakers were Harry T. France and our small State —
It is the sort of thing the
John Gunther, in his book,
should also be something
yet so old.
*Inside U.S.A.," speaks of Dr. Illinois Institute of Technology
which the whole community Madison, national commander of so ' new,
It is notable that, on the
the JWV, Mrs. B. Albert Sugar,
Silver as "the first citizen of did so successfully in Chicago,
can share and enjoy,
military side, France contrib-
as did the Michael Reese Hos-
Cleveland."
Rabbi Silver has always been president of the JWV Women's
Dr. Silver is a graduate of the pital in the same city.
a community asset of inestim- Auxiliary and Samuel J. Rhodes, uted to the instruction of our
It is a wise, thoughtful, and
Hebrew Union College, and was
able - value. So, too, will this past state commander of JWV Army, opened its schools to our
worthy thing that has been
ordained in 1915. He served as
park, located near the cultural • and a founder of the Memorial students, and sent to Israel, at
our request, Gen. Berchoux to
done in honor of a great reli-
president• of the Central Con-
heart of the city, be a tom- Home Association.
gious leader.
Rhodes, speaking on his visit lecture to our Officers," Gen.
ference of American Rabbis.
munity asset of great and en-
to Israel, paid tribute to the gal- i Dayan concluded.
The second appeared in the
He holds honorary degrees
during value.-
from many American univer- Cleveland Press on June 29:
And the third was printed in
FOR THE COMMUNITY
sities. In 1948, he received the
the Cleveland News on June 29;
Throughout his 37 years of RABBI SILVER PARK:
annual national service award
of Phi Epsilon Rho; in 1949 he service at the Temple, Rabbi A FINE TRIBUTE
received the Cardoza memorial
A surprise tribute of genu-
award; and in 1952 he received
ine affection for their spirit-
Dr.
Silver
to
Speak
.
the award of merit of the Jew-
ual leader is the announce-
MUNICH, (JTA) — The Augs- i months after the event, against
Oct. 17 at Detroit's
ish War Veterans of the United
ment of the Temple's congre-
States. In 1953 he received the
Tercentenary Dinner
gation that it is purchasing burg District Attorney has long-time Nazi Party county
annual award of Zeta Beta Tau.
and dedicating in the name of opened an official investigation, leader Otto Schnell , for glorify Y-
On June 29, 1954, a triangular
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver three three months after the event, Mg the Nazi regime. In public
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver will
parcel of land adjacent to the
acres of park near the syna- against a group that arranged meetings he had declared that
be the guest speaker at the
Temple on the West was dedi-
gogue. Last night's dinner a commemorative meeting in ! "simply all decent people" had
dinner arranged by the De-
cated as the Abba Hillel Silver
saluted the work of this out- honor of Adolf Hitler on the been arrested by the Western
troit Committee of 300 for
Park. It is altogether fitting that
standing pastor and Zionist latter's birthday. Known origi- Allies after the war and thrown
the American Jewish Tercen-
nally as the "Nonpartisan As- into internment or labor camps
this development, situated in the
leader.
tenary, at Hotel Statler, on
cultural heart of Cleveland,
Citizens of all faiths will sociation," the group was pro- which, according to him, "Were
Oct. 17.
worse than Himin-
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should be dedicated to this great
hail this $735,000 memorial to hibited by the Bavarian governincomparably
Reservations for the dinner
man who stands for growth and
Rabbi Silver, for he is identi- ment, but has now reconstituted lei's concentration camps,'. 7 .
honoring American Jewry's
progress and whose ideals are
fied not only as a vigorous itself under the title of "As- Schnell leads the "Nazi Mutual
Tercentenary already are be-
in keeping with the furthering
and penetrating religious sociation for the Interests of Aid Association of Former In-.
ing taken by the office of the
of the interests of the commun-
scholar and orator, but a force Denazification Sufferers." ternees."
Detroit Committee's executive
ity of Cleveland.
in all movements for the de-
In Wiesbaden, the Hesse Min-
secretary, Irwin Shaw, at the
I should like to have reprinted
velopment of Cleveland's cult- ister of Education opened dis- 20—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jewish Community Center.
Friday, August 13, 1954
la the RECORD at tb.is point
ural and welfare assets,
ciplinary proceedings,, seven
German Authorities' Investigate
Meeting. Commemorating Hitler
.