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10—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 18, 1955

JDC to Give Financial Aid
To Youth Aliyah in France

`Jewish People': Impressive Tercentenary Volume

Valuable American Jewish History Studies
Mark New Volume of Encydopedk Handbooks

By far the best collection of
essays thus far produced on the
occasion of the American Jewish
Tercentenary is incorporated in
the newest volume of Jewish
Encyclopedic Handbooks, which
has just come off the press.
Appearing, like the previous
three volumes, under the title,
"The Jewish People—Past and
Present," this work is the be-
ginning of .the realization of the
new program for another three-
volume set of works on the his-
tory of Jewish communities. The
Tercentenary naturally inspired
the dedication of this book to
the presentation of various as-
pects of Jewish life in this
country. The editors of Volume
IV have exercised excellent
judgement in the selection of
material and in the assignment
of topics to the able writers.
Jewish Encyclopedic Hand-
books (25 E. 78th St., New York
21) deserves highest\commenda-
tons for a work of great mag-
nitude. The religious and cul-
tural, socio-economic and na-
tional aspects of Jewish life are
treated by experts, whose com-
bined work emerges as a volume
of very great merit.
By selecting Anita Libman

Lebeson to write the principal
essay, -"The History of the
Jews in the United States,"
the editors have used good
judgment. Miss Lebeson's
earlier works have earned for
her an authoritative title as
an American Jewish histor-
ian. In 55 pages, well illus-
trated, she covers the field
efficiently, in capsule form,
through the Civil War period,
concluding with a brief refer-
ence to Emma Lazarus.
Placing emphasis on the last
70 years of Jewish life in this

Country—the years of most pro-
ductive Jewish activities and the
largest influx of immigrants—
subsequent essays deal with the
labor movement and cultural as-
pects of Jewish life, economic
and social developments and the
development of the religious
communities.
Jacob Lestchinsky, the emi-

nent historian and economist,
writing on "Economic and So-
cial Development of American
Jewry," deals with population
distribution, origin of immi-
grants and their distribution,
population increase, mixed
marriages, crime among Jews
and teen-age problems, occu-
pational distribution and in-
dustrial transactions, Jews in
medicine and other profes-
sions, manual workers and an
immense amount of other
data.

The Joint Distribution Com-
mittee and Youth Aliyah of the
Jewish Agency have reached an
agreement whereby JDC will
help to subsidize the prelimin-
ary training of North African
boys and girls in France before
they leave for Israel, it was an-
nounced in Paris by Moses W.
Beckelman, JDC director-gen-
eral.
The youngsters selected by
Youth Aliyah will be taken to
the Herbert H. Lehman Home in
Cambous, near Montpelier, in
the southern part of France
where, for a minimum of three
months, they will be provided
with instruction in Hebrew, ge-
ography, Israel history and agri-
culture. They will raise. their
own fruits and vegetables on
farm plots totaling 50 acres.
After preliminary training they
will leave for Israel to be as-
signed to Youth Aliyah institu-
tions and agricultural settle-
ments. The Jewish Agency and
JDC are both -beneficiaries of
Harry L. Lurie
Miss Lebeson
Dr. Lestchinsky
funds raised in the United
Referring to Detroit, using as Wischnitzer. Of special signifi- States by the United Jewish Ap-
reference Henry J. Meyer's "The cance is the review of the re- peal, supported in Detroit by the
Economic Structure of the Jew- ligious field, Rabbi Jacob Agus' Allied Jewish Campaign.
ish Community of Detroit," "Current Movements in the Re-
(1940) Dr. Lestchinsky shows ligious Life of American Jewry."
in its entirety, as a facual
that Jewish owners and mana-
gers were 26.8 per cent of the presentation of historic data, as
total, professional sand public a resume of the status of Amer-
service workers 10.4 per cent, ican Jewry, With the nearly 200
Clerical and kindred workers illustrations, this volume is one
36.3 per cent and manual work;- of the most impressive produced
by the industrious editors of
efs 26.5 per cent.
"American Jewish Sch olar- "Jewish Encyclopedic Hand-
ship" is revealingly outlined books. Volume IV has been pre-
by Dr. Joshua Trachtenberg. pared under the executive di-
"The Jewish Labor Movement rectorship of Shlomoh F. Gilin-
—Facts and Prospects" and a sky.

general essay on "The Jewish
Labor Movement" — both well .
illustrated. — are covered, re-
spectively by Max D. Dabish
and Abraham Menes.

Two noted scholars, Samuel
Niger and J. K. Mikliszanski, de-
scribe '"Yiddish Culture in the
United States" and "Hebrew"
Literature in the United States."
Philip Freedman covers quite
effectively - the topic "Political
and Social Movements and Or-
ganizations." Similarly, the emi-
nent leader in the field of Jew-
ish social service writes on the
subject "Jewish Communal Life
in the United States."
"The Impact of American
Jewry on Jewish Life Abroad"
is an important essay by Mark

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German Who Helped
Rescue Danish Jews
Named Ambassador

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Message of General
Yigal Yadin to the JNF

WASHINGTON, (JTA) --Five
American cadets will go to Israel
in June as part of a Civil Air
Patrol exchange in which five
Israel members of Gadna Avir,
aiming of the pre-military
youth organization, will be
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The Civil Air Patrol has in-
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AVRAHAM TENE, of Tel Aviv,
plays the title role in the new
Israel featurette, "Deadline for
Danny," which is being released
for free 16-mm distribution to
welfare funds throughout the
country by United Israel Appeal,
a major beneficiary of the
United Jewish Appeal. Danny is
a nine-year-old whose pet cow
has stopped giving milk and is
in danger of being sold to the
butcher. Here, he is shown ar-
riving at the Prime Minister's
office with a batch of applica-
tions asking executive clemency.
"Deadline for Danny" is one of
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COPENHAGEN, (JTA) — The
German diplomat who a dozen
years ago alerted the Danish re-
sistance movement about the
Gestapo's intention of arresting
all Jews, and deporting them to
German concentration camps, is
returning here this month as
West Gemany's newly-appointed
Ambassador to Denmark.
George Ferdinand Duckwitz,
now commercial attache of the
German diplomatic mission in
Helsinki, was a 33-year-old mer-
chant-marine specialist at the
Copenhagen Nazi Embassy in
1943. When he heard that all
Jews were to be rounded up in
the early morning hours of Oc-
tober 2, he passed the word to
the Danish underground. Its
leaders, prominent among whom
is the current Premier, Hans
Hedtoft, were able to swing into
action before the Gestapo struck.
With the active and gallant sup-
port of hundreds of Danes, 6,500
Jews out of 7,000 were spirited
away to safety in Sweden.

Israel Recognizes
Laos and Cambodia

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Is-
rael has granted diplomatic rec-
ognition to Laos and Cambodia.
It is understood that the Israel
government will not recognize
either North or South Viet Nam
because it considers the situa-
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