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THE JEWISH NEWS

Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 •

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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Ed ltr ,r and Publisher

SIDNEY SHMARAK

Advertising Manager

FRANK SIMONS

City Editor

Sabbath Scriptural. Selections

This Sabbath, the fourth clay of Ab, 5715, tie following Scriptural seleCtions_ will

our synagogues:
Pentateuchal

portion,

be read in

Deut. 1:1-3:22. Prophetical portion, Is. 1:1-27.

Tisha b'Ab Scriptural Selections, Thursday

Pentateuchal portions.: Morning, Deut. 4:25-40; afternoon, Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-10. Prophetical
Portions: Morning, Jer. 8:13-9:23; afternoon, Is. 55:6-56:8.

Licht Benshen, Friday, July 22, 7:42 p.m.

VOL. XXVII, No. 20

Page Four

July 22, 1955

A Wise Appeal for Israel-Arab Peace

., A group of Christian leaders, in a joint
communication to the New York Times, re-
cently made a strong plea for aid to Arab
refugees, and at the same time urged serious
action to effect peace between Israel and her
Arab neighbors. Signatories to the letter in-
cluded the Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman,
Methodist leader; Dr. Charles J. Turck,
president, Macalester College, St. Paul,
Minn.; Marshall N. Dana, assistant to the
and, of United States National Bank,
Portl
Or tlan d, Ore.; Dr. William Stuart Nelson,
P
Dean, Howard University, Washington, D.C.,
and the Rev. Glenn R. Phillips, Methodist
Bishop, Denver, Colo. -
These distinguished leaders, whose com-
munication assumes importance by virtue of
the eminence of their positions, showed
marked realism in their approach to the
problem, and a knowledge of the existing
situation. They pointed to the growth of the
Arab population within Israel 'and to the
opportunities that are available for them,
provided there. is a cooperative relief effort.
Their communication follows:
With a sense of gratitude we noted the re-
cent arrival in the United States of the first of
some 2,040 Arab refugees from the Near East
who are to be settled here under the President's
Refugee Relief Act.
We were gratified because such an act of
hospitality demonstrates once again America's
concern for the "tempest tost" and her desire
to provide them with a new life.
We are confident that the American credo
will be strengthened by this newest group of
immigrant peoples. •
We hope that America's good faith in receiv-
ing some of the Arab refugees will inspire
greater efforts on the part of the Arab states to
resettle the great bulk of the refugees sheltered
by them but given little opportunity to con--
tribute their labor to their host lands.
Israel, as well—in an atmosphere of peace
which has not yet dawned—will contribute more
to the solution of this problem. It should be
remembered, however, that Israel has already
received 3,540 Arab refugees in her program to
reunite families separated by war, and has
a c cepted as. citizens some 30,000 who infiltrated

into Israel. Just prior " to the signing of the
Armistice Agreements, Israel had an Arab popu-
lation of about 70,000. Today; due to boundary
adjustments and this acceptance of Arab infil-
trees and returnees, the Arab population in
Israel is approximately 180,000.
In a peace settlement an accounting of the
property abandoned by the Arab refugees
could be made and the moneys in payment
would help greatly in the resettlement program.
The Jordan River Development Plan advanced
by Ambassador Eric Johnston and the various
development schemes proposed by the United
Nations would go a long way toward wiping out
a refugee problem.
We are proud that the United States is doing
its share by receiving at least a token number
of the refugees, by advancing the Johnston plan
for the joint use by Arabs and Israelis of the
Jordan River and by contributing generously
($124,450,000 from 1950 to Dec. 1, 1954) for the
care of the refugees under the United Nations
Relief and Work Agency.
Lest we be complacent about this matter, at
least two matters of action are required of the
American people. First, they must urge our
Government administrators of the President's
Refugee and Relief Act to facilitate the coming
of the 2,000 Arab refugees, and express their
own willingness to aid in their integration into
the American social and economic life.
Second, they should urge our State Depart-
rnent to work more forthrightly than they have
thus far to urge meetings of Israeli and Arab
leaders, so that a negotiated settlement might
bring a greater measure of security and promise
to all the Arab and Jewish refugees.
Thtts, we have a humanitarian-philan-
thropic appeal, merged with a call to action
to speed negotiations for peace in that
troubled area. Once again, the appeal is di-
rected to our Government. We share the
view that our State Department can go a
long way in pressing for peace moves. We
believe that this is the aim of the Eisenhow-
er administration, but that there has been
too much lethargy in that direction. Perhaps
the appeal of the five Christians will inspire
greater zeal in the urgently-needed Middle
Eastern peace move.

Dr. Runes' Philosophy Treasury'

A Rich Literary Anthology

Dr. Dagobert D. Runes, already known for a number of well-
received books, emerges in his best form in the remarkable col-
lection ofthe best thoughts of the world's greatest thinkers, in his
impressive volume, "Treasury of Philosophy," published by Philo-
sophical Library (15 E. 40th, N. Y.).
This distinguished scholar has incorporated into his book the
best known philosophic Thoughts, and has included in his anthology
"a considerable number of Hebrew, Chinese and other Oriental
minds who have generally been ignored by our Western-focussed
historians"—to quote from Dr. Runes' preface.

He certainly does justice to his Hebrew selections. In each
instance, the' selection is preceded by a biographical sketch and the
author's evaluation of the work of the philosopher.
It is inevitable that he should have included 'Maimonides

(Moses ben Maimon), from whose works he has culled the famous
"A Man Must Choose the Golden Mean" for inclusion in his
Treasury. This is preceded immediately by "On Jewish Religion,"
a selection from the works of a later thinker, Salomon Maimon.
Almost at the very beginning of the book there are the biog-
raphies and selections from -the writings of the famous father-
son team of the days of the Spanish Inquisition, Judah and Isaac
Abravanel. They are followed by Uriel Acosta, Alfred Adler, Felix
Adler (founder of the Society for Ethical Culture), and the very
charming article on "Laughter" from the works' of Jose cph Albo. -
Many Christians who interested themselves deeply in Jewish.

lore are included in this Treasury, among them being the 13th
century scholar Albertus Magnus...Regrettably, the author has
not included in his book several others who deserved listing—
among them the late Prof. George Foote Moore and one of the
outstanding present-day theologians, Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr. Henry
Ward Beecher is among thoSe whose selections make interesting
references to Hebrew Scriptures. Kaj Munk's "Moses and Christ"
also is impressive.
Dr. Runes naturally includes the Baal Shem-Tov, the founder
of the Hassidic movement.

There are many lesser-known names, of men whose works
have left them indelibly inscribed in Jewish literary history. Among
them are David Ibn Merwan Al-Mukammas, Bahya Ibn Pakuda,
Berachyah, Hasdai Crescas, Gersonides, Judah Halevi, Judah ben
Samuel Hehasid of Regensburg, Abraham; bar Hiyya, Solomon Ibn
Gabirol, Isaac Israeli, Moses Hayim Luzzatto, Menasseh ben Israel,
The Teaneck incident is highly significant Philo .Judaeus, Saadia, Jesus Sirach, Bartich de Spinoza.
While Dr. Runes includes a selection from the psychoanalyst
and is symbolic of occurrences in many com-
munities throughout the land. It is indicative Carl Gustav Jung, . surprisingly enough he has excluded Dr. Sig-
Freud. Surprisingly enough, he has also eliminated Isaac
of several important aspects: the spreading mund
D'Israeli and his famous son, Benjamin Disraeli.
of rumors, the injection of fright and the
Among the best known modern names from whose selections
appeal to prejudice by use of the "property Dr. Runes has quoted and whose biographical sketches are included
values" argument. If the Teaneck people can in this Treasury are: Pavel Borissovich Axelrod, the Russian-Jewish
get together and integrate racial neighbor- student of Marxism; the French-Jewish scholars Julien Benda
hood amity, it will be a lesson for the entire and Henri Bergson, the late U. S. Supreme Court Justices Louis
country. Detroit especially should watch the Dembitz Brandeis and Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, Dr. Martin Buber,
results in the New Jersey city. Our com- the two famous Cohens—Prof. Morris Raphael Cohen and Hermann-
munity was among the first to suffer from Cohen, Dr. Albert Einstein, the eminent' Christian -author of Daniel
rumors and from wholesale flights that have Deronda, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans); Ahad Ha-Am (Asher
Ginzberg), Moses Hess, Prof. Horace Mayer Kallen, Lucien Levy-
caused the Exodus of old to pale into in- Bruhl,
Karl Marx, Moses Mendelssohn, Prof. Max Planck, Franz
significance compared with the exoduses that Rosenzweig, David Friedrich Strauss. ,
have changed neighborhoods in our city.
Dr. Runes' "Treasury of Philosophy" is, . indeed, a literary

Vital Test Case in Inte r Racial Cooperation

Teaneck, N. J., is facing a serious problem
involving the integration of 57 Negro fam-
ilies who. recently moved into the community
of ;30 white families.
There is a division in the ranks of the
whites, 90 of whose families have signed
agreements not to sell their homes, some of
whom are displaying signs "Not for Sale,"
others adding the explanation "because we
like our neighborhood." In the attempt to
prevent a "panic" that so often follows the
mixing of races in neighborhoods in many
cities, 51 families. have refused to sign a
diStributed agreement not to sell their homes
and have displayed "for sale" signs. The rest
haye not committed themselves.
„According to the report from Teaneck
in ,the New York Times, Negroes began mov-
ing to this small community because it bor-
ders on the Negro district in Englewood. The
report says that real estate dealers are seek-
ing to create "panic" among the whites whom
they are urging "to sell while the selling is
goOd."
Where have we heard such reports, and
charges, before? The story sounds familiar.
?The Teaneck report reveals further that
many of the families in that community,
outraged by the panic-inciters, held block
meetings to crush the rumors. The Urban
League of Englewood interpreted the "not
for sale" signs as implying rejection of the
newcomers, but offered to help halt the
panic selling of homes. An inter-racial Civic
Conference was formed to coordinate com-
munity activities. The executive secretary
of the Urban League of Englewood, Mrs.
Nida Thomas, stated that the League "wants
to ':see an integrated neighborhood. We do
not. want to see a new all-Negro segregated
area and we belieVe that property values
wi):1 remain high and unaffected if white
and Negro families now living here can be-
come fully- - integrated?' -

Our New Leaders

A new set of leaders has assumed re-
sponsibilities in our community, and their
previous activities augur well for the future
of the agencies whose destinies they have
been chosen to guide in the year to come.
Judge Theodore Levin, -the new preSident
of the Jewish Welfare Federation; Samuel
J. Rhodes, the new head of the Jewish Corn-
munity Council; Jacob Keidan, newly-chosen
president of the Jewish Community Centers,
and other new organizational leaders have
been elevated to their important posts in
recognition of their excellent services in
other positions of trust.
A leader in the ranks of Bnai Brith of
Detroit, Sidney Karbel, has been honored
with the presidency of District Grand Lodge
Number Six of Bnai' Brith,_ which includes
eight states and many communities in
Canada. He, too,' has risen from the ranks
and has given a good account of his ability
as a leader.
We expect good . guidance from all of
them in our numerous community , services.
We wiSli thern -well in their new assignrnents;

treasury.

Bennett Cerf Announces:

Books in Psychiatric Field

Bennett Cerf, president of Random House, announces the inaug-
uration by his publishing firm of a series Of psychiatric books by
the country's leading authorities.
Many years ago, Random House Modern Library series isgited
"The Basic Writing of Sigmund Freud" and this work still is among
its best sellers.
In preparation at Random House are works by such eminent
psychiatrists as Franz Alexander, Michael Balint, Louise Despert,
Alexander Grinstein, Gebrge Mohr, Maurice Linden, Sandor Lorand,
Leon Saul, Editha Sterba, J. Laurence Stone and many others. And
the program will be launched this Fall with three books: "Paradoxes
of Everyday Life," by Dr. M. R. Sapirstein, and Alis do Sola; "The
Happy Child": A Psychoanalytic Guide to Emotional and Social
Growth," by Dr. Irene M. Josselyn;.and "Alcoholism," by Dr. Ruth
Fox, and Peter Lyon.
.
Random House has just issued a popularly-priced edition of
Sigmund Freud's "Leonardo De Vinci: A Study in Psychosexuality,"
in an authorized translation by Dr. A. A. Brill, and an illuminating
introduction by Dr. Brill. Other volumes of merit just procured by
Random House include Andre Malraux's "The Royal Way," Gertrude
Stein's "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," Par Lagerkvist's
"Barabbas," Truman Capote's "Other Voices, Other Rooms," and

'Frances ,Winwar's. translption.L-comPiete and Unabridgedof
vanni Boceaccio's "The Decameron."

