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

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Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Asso-
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Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35, Mich., 7'E.
11-9364. Subscription $4 - a year, Foreign $5.
Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 18'79

FRANK SIMONS

SIDNEY SHMARAK

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

City Editor

A dvertising Manager

Editor and Publisher

Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the. twenty-fifth day of Ab, 5715, the following Scriptural selections
read in our synagogUes:
Pentateuchal portion, Deut. 11:26-16:17. Prophetical portion, Is. 54:11 55:5.

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VOL. XXVII, NO. 23

August 12, 1955

The Snags in Arab-Israel Negotiations

For a number of weeks, hopes were high who stated that the situation was summed
up a senior British official as follows: "The
that the negotiations conducted by Maj. Gen.
E. L. M. Burns, United Nations truce- chief,.. proud,. efficient and ambitious Israeli peo-g
in an effort to ease the tensions between ple are being subjected by the Arab states to
Egypt and - Israel, would result in a com- an economic blockade, which in time could
mencement of measures for the attainment nullify much of the pioneering Israel is
doing. Under the circumstances it is not sur-
of peace in that area.
prising that the- general election returns
But there are snags in the negotiations.
appear to favor those politicians who favor
Lt. Col. M. Gohar, the Egyptian delegate,
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a more active and aggressive policy.
has rejected Israel's proposal for the erec-
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A JTA report from Jerusalem states that side by side of two -ambitious, restless na-
Gohar's refusal was a result of his participa- tions with foreign policies affected by inter-
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nal economic and social pressures creates
tion in a meeting with Jordanian officials
a potentially dangerous situation," Mr. Mid-
in Amman on an "all:-Arab attitude toward an
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armistice with Israel." The report states that
We are told, additionally, that the gov-
the Arab conference, in its opposition to
ernment of Israel may believe the country's
fixed armistice agreements, preferred "loose"
arrangements as a guard against further military position will .worsen as supplies of Facts About teWs and Judaism
arms from the United States are received by
steps toward peace.
the Arab states. . .
This is a _ disquieting _report, It renews
Rational and realistic students of world
previous fears that the Arabs will place all
affairs, and especially of the- situation on
obstacles. in the paths of peace arrangements.
Rabbi Morris N. Kertzer's article "What:Is a Jew," which ap-
Israel's borders, must grant, Israel the right peared in Look Magazine in 1952, is part of the symposiuni entitled
0ther reports are to the effect that the
British government has become - more "ap- to defend her borders and her Citizens: While "A Guide to the Religions of America," edited by Leo Rosten and
prehensive" over recent . developments. The Israel's spokesmen have continued to clamor published by Simon and Schuster. Seventeen other religious denom-
NeW . YOrk Times correspondent, _Drew Mid- for peace, obstacles are being ,placed in the inations are described by experts, and in addition there is other
dleton, :reports from London that the British path of the seekers of an accord, and the valuable material, including the following:
government has become very concerned over Arabs seem determined to: prevent an amica-
An essay, "What Do They Believe?" by Jerome Nathanson,
outlining the views of 64,000,000 Americans who do not belong to a
the Egyptian-Israeli developments because it ble accord.
Wherein lies a solution? Isn't it lOgical house of worship.
believes that "the increase in the aggressive
to believe that relief from existing tensions
nationalism in these two countries could lead
A rich collection of "Facts and Figures on Religioxi in the
to a -situation that would - endanger peace must come through pressure to be exerted United States," by a group of writers who deal with Doctrines and
by the United Nations, and especially by the Beliefs, Church Membership (including charts on . the Jewish
in the Middle East."
Herut's success in the Israeli election is United States and-Great Britain? If the great population.in this country; The Clergy, Religious Ethication (with
interpreted as an indication that "Israel, powers will it, there. will be peace between a section on Jewish school enrollment), Public Opinion Polls on.
Israel and her Arab neighbors. If they pro- religious questions, important "relig4ous and observances and so-
prompted by aggressive nationalist leaders,
might choose a 'dynamic' solution of her, ter-, crastinate, th4 area,: and the world at -large ciological data.
The. section on religious dates includes a lengthy article by
ritorial problems," to quote Mr. Middleton; will remain pefched on a powder keg,

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Bulgaria Condemned IDyVatican and USSR

"What is there to hide?" L'Obsservatore
Romano asked.

From London, comes the'following Jew-
ish Telegraphic Agency report:

Expressions of sympathy to Israel on
These are significant comments on a
the shooting down of the El Al Constella-.
tragedy that will . be recorded as one of the
. tion by Bulgarfan gunners came from two
most irresponsible acts in modern times.
widely differing sources--Soviet Commu-
The fact that Russia, too, wishes to be
. nisf Party leaders Nikit S. Krushchev and
Vatican spokesman "L'Obsservatore Ro-
counted among the nations that are con-
lnano," the press reported here.
demning the gruesome attack on a non-mili-
At a reception at the Swiss Legation
tary
. plane makes the rebuke to Bulgaria.
in Moscow, Mr. -Krushchev is understood
unanimous.
to have expressed his regrets to Israel Am-
There must be total cOrripenstion for
bassador Joseph Avidar over the destruc-
the damages, for the hurt caused to all the
tion of the liner and the 58 persons aboard.
suffering families—and when the payments
Condemning the shooting .down of the
plane, the Vatican newspaper said the "ter !. - _will have been made it will be generally con-
rifying accident evidenced from What dis- - ceded that no amount of compensation can
possible atone for the harm- created. -
tance the smiles, good wishes and hand-
Only total end of this type of brutality
shakes were exchanged in Geneva." It also
and end to Iron Curtain isolations can, in arty
hit Bulgarian attempts to keep the details
sense, satisfy mankinds conscience.
of the incident from becoming known.

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Infamous Forgery: Root of Anti-Semitism

We are indebted to World Jewish Affairs

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(WJA), the news information - department -of

the -World Jewish Congress, for details about
a most interesting exhibition in Paris where,
for the first time, the notorious "Protocols
of Zion," in their various editions, formed
part of an international•exhibition devoted to
"Forgeries in History." WJA reports:

The exhibition, which had a six weeks'
run at the Paris Grand Palais, was organ-
ized by the International Police (Interpol).
Documentation relating to the "Protocols"
was put at the disposal of InterPol by the
Centre
Political Documentation of the
World Jewish Congress French. Section.

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Exhibits in the "Protocols of the Elders
of Zion," part of the Exhibition, included
the original first edition of the Protocols
of 1864 and the second edition of 1869 (both
published in Brussels); covers of the first
edition published in Czarist Russia in 1912;
photostatic copies of the articles of 1921
by P. Graves, then correspondent of the
London Times at Constantinople, who first
revealed the Protocols as forgeries; trans-,
lated editions and comments in support
and defiance of the veracity of the Proto-
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"forgery" has thus been attached to the
the Protocols by the International Police -
organization. An introdruction to the rele-
vant section in the catalogue of 'the exhibi-
tion states among others: "The 'Protocols'
are at the root of anti-Jewish charctes and
excesses throughout the 'world and gave
the most intense inspiration to persecu-
tions which called ,- for tens of thousands
of victims in the East, especially in Czarist
Russia, for six million victims 'within
Germany' ."

From time to time, these notorious for-
geries • appear somewhere to plague Jewry.
Under Hitler, they served an infamous pur-
pose in Europe. They were used by anti-
Semites in this country just before World
War II, when crackpots everywhere man-
aged to gather audiences and to secure a
hearing for their inanities and insanities.
They have been exposed as forgeries
from the moment of their appearance, but
most extensively in Graves' London Times
articles. Now, the evil they contained are
described as having been at the root of the
persecutions that claimed millions of Jewish
lives. Perhaps Interpol's expose Will rele-
gate these . forgeries to the oblivion in which
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A Guide

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Religions in America

Dr. Mordecai Soltes on Jewish holidays, with dates for our festivals
from 1955 to 1963.
Another section gives a list of headquarters of various religious
denominations.
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Detroit is listed eighth in the group of the 15 leading cities with
Jewish populations, the seven preceding Detroit being New York,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland and Balti-
more. But the population of 72,000 listed as Detroit's has been
challenged and is believed to be an under-estimation by nearly
15,000. -
Dr. Rosten, the editor of this very interesting book, is known
as the author of "The Education' of Hyman Kaplan." -He is now
special -editorial advisor to Look Magazine.
The major article of interest to Jewish readers is, of course,
Rabbi Kertzer's "What Is A Jew?" The principal tenents of Judaism
are outlined and the basic facts are presented, offering a factual
understanding of Jewish beliefs and the position of Jewry among
the other denominations in this country.
Among the interesting facts to be culled from this book are that
there- is a higher percentage -of Jews who belong to synagogues
than there are non-Jews affiliated with churches; that in New York
City, of the 3,273 houses of worship, 1,330 are Jewish. There are
7,000 women ordained or - licensed as ministers, and 3,000 of them
are serving as pastors in community churches—a fact that should
interest those who have become concerned in Dr. Barnett Brick-
ner's proposal that women be admitted as rabbis in Jewish
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`Jews Were Sensible About Sex'

Dr. Brill's Translation of Freud Book

Character formations. on the life and fate of Leonardo da
Vinci, the repressions and 'psychological influences, are described
in Sigmund Freud's "Leonardo da Vinci: 'A Study in Psycho-
sexuality," a new' Modern: Library paperback of Random House
(457 Madison, N.Y. 22).
Two characteristics • of Leonardo which "make it impossible
for psychoanalytic investigation to explain," according to the Freud
study, are, "first, his patticular tendency to repress his impulses,
and, second, his extraordinary ability to sublimate the primitive
impulses."
This book is in an authorized translation by Dr. ,A. A. Brill,
Whose lengthy introduction is especially valuable. Dr. Brill makes
this interesting 'statement:
"The Greeks and Romans exalted beauty and even deified sex,
but St. Paul, the ascetic apostle said in his First Epistle to the
Corinthians: 'It is good for a man not to touch a woman' . • . 'But -
if they cannot contain let them marry; for it is better to marry
than to burn.' The early Church fathers not only made every effort
to follow the Jewish austere views of sexuality, but, as is always
the case in new movements, they surpassed them in rigidity. For
the Jews were quite sensible about sex. They were, to be sure,
against sex worship and everything that went with it, but they
allowed sufficient play for Eros to insure healthy sex living. But
the Church fathers lost all sense of proportion in their zeal to
exterminate the errotic from their followers. Beauty, the ruling
passion of the Greeks, soon gave way to ugliness, and cleanliness
which was later put next to godliness, had no place in saintliness.
On the contrary, 'The purity of the body and its garments,' said
St. Paul, 'means the 'impurity of the soul.' "

