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Camp Tamarack to Dedicate Series
Of Gifts at Ceremonies on Aug. 24
Rabbis Can Joke
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
Bible Tales for Small Fry
(Copyright, 1955,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Heine said 15 minutes of "laugh-
ter daily should be part of one's
religious devotions. According to
the Talmud, Elijah was once
asked who was sure of going to
Heaven and he pointed to a
comedian. For lightening the
hearts of people, he was entitled
to it.
EXTERIOR VIEW OF FISHMAN LODGE
Dedication ceremonies will be Belle Goodman Nelson by her
held at Camp Tamarack, near children; a public address system
Holly, Mich., for a series of gifts by the Sheruth League to extend
totaling $78,000, on Wednesday, the mass activity program which
Aug. 24, at 3 p.m.
can now include square dancing
The ceremonies will be held at and land sporting events; and
the Fishman Village, the largest two 25-foot war canoes provided
item to be dedicated, which was by Irving. Popkin.
made possible by a $50,000 gift
Tamarack Hills Authority was
from the Nathan and Meyer Fish- formed as a committee of the
man Foundation in honor of Jewish Welfare Federation to ad-
Nathan Fishman's 60th birthday. minister and develop the camp
The Fishman Village is one of site. All of the permanent camp-
the three units at Camp Tama- ing units built to date on the
rack in full use this summer, of- Tamarack property are of winter-
ferh2g camping for 144 young- ized construction which permits
sters during three three-week use of the facilities throughout
periods.
the year by young adult and
Among the other donations older adult groups of the Jewish
which will also be recognized Community Center and other
at the dedication are the Robert member agencies of the Jewish
John Maas Memorial Health Welfare Federation, such as the
Lodge and the Mina and Theo-. Jewish Home for Aged and the
dore Bargrnan Trailer.
United Hebrew Schools. Nathan
- Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Maas, Silverman is chairman of the
vnth their son, Bernard Maas, Jr., Tamarack Hills Authority which
established the Health Lodge as includes representatives of Fresh
a memorial to their son, Robert Air Society and the Jewish Com-
John Maas.
munity Center.
In addition to the 40-foot trail-
Dedication Committee
er, which has augmented the
Members of Maddin's dedica-
housing facilities for the staff at tion committee, include Irving
?fresh Air Camp, Mr. and Mrs. W. Blumberg, Mrs. Aaron De-
Bargman also contributed funds Roy, Mrs. Joseph G. Fenton, Max
for another winterized cabin to M. Fisher, Harvey H. Goldman,
be part of the Fishman Village. Louis Hamburger, Samuel Ham-
The cabin will be completed and burger, Harry L. Jackson, Abe
dedicated in 1956.
Kasle, Mrs. Hoke Levin, Stanley
The Tamarack summer camp- Michaels, Milstein, Samuel H.
ing program is under the auspices Rubiner, Silverman, Bert L.
of the Fresh Air Society which Smokler, Isidore Sobeloff, Dr.
also operates the Fresh Air Raymond A. Sokolov, Emil T.
Camp at Brighton, Mich. Milton Stern, Max Zivian, Mrs. Philip
M. Maddin, chairman of the dedi- Atkins for Sheruth League and
cation committee, announces that Mrs. Reuben R. Weiner for Mon-
Fresh Air Society will hold its tefioreLodge. Irwin Shaw is ex-
58rd annual meeting on Aug. 24 euctive director and Sam Mar-
in conjunction with the dedica- cus camp coordinator of Tama-
tion, with Nathan L. Milstein, rack Hills Authority.
president, presiding.
After the dedication, members
Other Contributions
of Sheruth League, under the
Other contributions to be dedi- leadership of Mrs. Atkins, presi-
cated will be the furnishings for dent, will serve refreshments
the Tamarack - Staff Recreation provided by Mrs. Nathan Fish- -
Lodge, provided in memory of man.
Plight • of !Jews
North Africa
Described at W
World
orld Mizrachi Parley
JERUSALEM (J T A) -- .T h e
joint Mizrachi - Hapoel Hamiz-
rachi world conference here
heard S. Z. Shragai, head of the
Jewish Agency's immigration de-
partment, describe the plight of
the North African Jews and ex-
plain that the only- thing that is
delaying their immigration to Is-
rael in larger numbers is a lack
of funds. If the Agency had
enough money, he said, it could
bring between 60,000 and 70,000
more Jews from all parts of the
world to Israel.
- Immigration- is vital for Israel,
he asserted, not only as an eco-
nomic necessity and as a security
measure, but also as a means of
saving Judaism from a wave of
assimilation. The number of
mixed marriages is increasing at
an alarming rate and young Jew-
ish children are growing up with-
out a knowledge of the mean-
ing of Judaism, he declared.
Mr. Shragai placed responsibil-
ity for immigration upon all
Jews. He noted that a special
effort must be made to attract
middle class immigrants from
the western countries. The
Agency, he reported, will bring
to the next Zionist Actions Corn-
mittee a plan for raising 10,000,-
000 pounds to help facilitate such
immigration.
Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim, Sephar-
dic Chief Rabbi of Israel, de-
manded that the United Nations
and "enlightened nations" take
action to obtain for Jews access
to Jewish Holy Places which are
located in Arab-held territory.
Other speakers complained of
"discrimination" in Israel be-
tween religious and secular edu-
cation and called on the - Hapoel
20—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 12, 1955
Prof. Gotthard Deutsch was not
a rabbi himself but a teacher of
rabbis. A member of the faculty
of the Hebrew Union College, he
was a foremost Jewish scholar of
his day. But his name does not
appear in the first Jewish "Who's
Who"' published in this country
because of a humorous prank.
The publishers had asked him to
By William Steinel
prepare a short biography for
insertion. He complied with the An illustration from Betty Rosett Hollender's "Bible Stories for
request, supplying a very fanciful Little Children," published by the Union of American Hebrew
tale- indeed, saying among other
Congregations.
things that he had 'at one time
Here is a bit of verse that Pharaoh, and became a great
been engaged to the grand- serves as an excellent introduc- leader of Israel.
daughter of the Dali Lama, but tion to a very fine book for
Everywhere the child's imagi-
the engagement was broken be- children:
nations is challenged—his inter-
cause the lady refused to go to "Noah, Noah, make an ark.
est aroused.
Mikveh. His biography w a s
Here, as an additional example,
Save your family from the
omitted on this account.
is the concluding verse in this
flood.
book, in the section entitled
Deutsch, who looked like one
Make an ark to float an the
"Moses Blesses Joshua":
of the ancient Hebrew prophets
waters,
"'Come to me Joshua.
—a big man with a large flowing
Take two of every kind of
I will bless you.'
white beard—could not resist the
animal with you.
Joshua came up to Moses.
impulse to humor any, more than
Take two lions, take two deer,
Moses put his hands,on
Prof. Solomon Schechter, his con-
Take two turtles, slow and
Joshua's head.
temporary and the president of
queer.
And these are the words he
the Jewish Theological -Seminary.
Take two pandas, kangaroos,
used to bless Joshua,.
Schechter was full of jokes.
Take two elephants, two gnus."
`Be strong and of good courage,
When he first came to the United
The Lord's instructions to Noah
for you shall bring the
States, as a member of the facul- come alive for small children in
children of Israel into
ty of Columbia University, he this colleaion of selected Bible
the Promised Land.
was visited by the Catholic chap- stories, "Bible Stories for Little
And God will be with you.'
lain of Columbia. The latter sent Children," written by Bett y
Amen."
up his card describing himself as Rosett Hollender, published by
The
stories
are
told
in
the
sim-
a member of the Jesuit order. the Union of American Hebrew
When the chaplain arrived, Sche- Congregations, and vividly illus- plest language, and in the unem-
chter said to him, "You know, I trated by William Steinel. Mrs. bellished style that has become
don't like' Jesuits, so now sit Hollender, who is a religious the mark 'of the best in contem-
porary children's literature. Mrs.
down and let's be friends."
school teacher and the mother of Hollender understands her audi-
Probably the oldest Ameri- four, has filled the long felt need ence's love of identifying with
can rabbinical story is the one for a book of Bible stories simple their story-book characters—thus
about the dinner attended by enough for the pre-school child— it is always the children in each
Cardinal Gibbons and Rabbi yet delightful enough to interest of the stories who have chores to
Krauskopf. "When," asked the beleaguered parents who must do and missions to accomplish.
read the stories to their children
Cardinal, "will you begin eat-
William Steinel has illustrated
ing ham?"
again and again.
the_ stories in a fresh, unhack-
The selections include some of neyed style. His baker whom
"At your wedding, your Emi-
the best of the Bible's adventure Joseph meets in Pharaoh's prison
nence," replied Rabbi Kraus-
stories. There is Joseph, whose carries on his head a three-tiered
kopf.
many-colored coat provoked the pie with little birds pecking at it.
Incidentally, Cardinal Gib-
The introduction to the book is
envy of his brothers, but who
bons could pull of a nifty him- later became a prince in Egypt. by Dr. Emmanuel Gamoran, di-
self. He was something of a There is the baby Moses, who sur- rector of the Commission of Jew-
Catholic "modernist" as they vived the death sentence of ish Education of UAHC.
were called in' those .days and
he was asked whether he be-
lieved in the doctrine of Papal
infallibility: Well, he replied,
when the Pope received him .
the Pope had called him Cardi-
nal Jibbons.
Hamizrach.i representatives in
The late Rabbi Edward Israel
the government to fight for "full
equality" for the religious- edu- of Baltimore was once presented
to an audience by the chairman,
cation system.
who was a Yale alumnus. The
rabbi, said the chairman had the
youthfulness iyMbolized by the
"Y" of Yale, the ability of the
letter "A" in Yale, the loyalty
of the letter "L" in the name and
Samuel Bernstein, national so on. When Rabbi Israel arose
field representative of the Bnai to speak, he told the audience
Brith membership department, it should be grateful that the
Washington, D. C., has been as- chairman was not a graduate of
signed to the Detroit area to as- the Massachusetts Institute of
( sist local lodges Technology.
with .their sum-
Chief Rabbi Herman Adler of
mer membership England once stopped a "nud-
campaigns.
nick" who was wearying him
• T h e Greater with one bit of scandal after an-
Detroit Bnai other by exclaiming: "it's a lie."
Brith Council
"Rabbi," the man asked, "how
has pledged it- can you say it is a lie, when you
self to a goal of were 'not there?" "I know it's a
750 new mem- lie," said Rabbi Adler, "because
bers during the You say you heard it, and I know
summer months. you never stop talking long
Bernstein
A graduate of enough to hear anyone."
the University of Pittsburgh,
from which he holds a BS and
master's degree in guidance, Jewish Agency Hears
Bernstein also was a special lec-
turer in the university's graduate Optimistic Reports
school of social Work and helped
to introduce a new course; "Prin- On UJA, Bond Drives
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Confi-
ciples of Rehabilitation."
Active in civic and communal dence that the United Jewish
affairs, he helped to organize Appeal drive and the Israel bond
Gateway Lodge of Bnai Brith in sales campaign this year would
Pittsburgh, and was its first presi- raise at least as much money
dent. Before joining Bnai Brith's for Israel as last year was ex-
national office, Bernstein was vo- pressed here by Dr. Joseph J.
cational guidance director of the Schwartz, head of the bond or-
Bnai Brith Group Guidance Serv- ganization at a meeting of the
ice of Pittsburgh and was super- Jewish Agency executive.
In July, a report to the meet-
visor of a Jewish Federation and
community placement agency.
ing also revealed that some 2,500
Bernstein will answer any ques- new immigrants had entered Is-
tion in regard to membership dur- rael. The executive issued a
ing his stay here. He may be con- statement of condolence to the
tacted at ' the local Bnai Brith families of the . 58 victims of- the-
office, WO 3-7838.
El Al crash in Bulgaria.
National Representative
Here for Bnai Brith
Summer Campaign
Eisenhower Blames Congress for
Inaction on Refugee Immigration
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Presi.:
dent Eisenhower said that the
whole problem of refugees in
Europe has been one of "great
irritation and difficulty" and the
U.S. has made efforts to help
ease this situation. He said the
present Refugee Relief Act is
"very restrictive" and "very
awkward to administer." He add-
ed that he has tried to get cor-
rections made in the law, but
Congress has not taken action.
It appears that each party is
blaming the other for inaction.
Chairman of the Senate Judici-
ary Committee Harley M. Kil-
gore (D., W. Va.) said that he
had tried to get a bill reported
out of his committee to speed
immigration under the refugee
program, but t h a t meetings
which were scheduled failed to
produce a quorum.
Sen. Kilgore said that on July
11 action on President Eisen-
hower's amendments to the refu-
gee act had been postponed for
a week at the request "of a Re-
publican member of the commit-
tee." He added that he had writ-
ten to the Secretary of State and
the President requesting their
appearance before , his subcom-
mittee, but as yet no definite word
as to the time Administration
spokesmen would testify has
been received,, He charged that
the Republican Administration
was "ambiguous, unresponsive,
and evasive" in answering hiS in-
quiries on the whole general field
of immigration policy.
On the other hand, Sen. Ar-
thur V. Watkins (R., Utah),
sponsor of the Administration's
amendments, -blamed the Demo-
cratic leadership of the Senate
Judiciary- Committee for failure
to report the bill out. He said
"we had the votes in committee
to bring the amendments out on
the Senate floor, if those in con-
trol of the committee had pushed
it through."
JTA Opens First U S
Facsimile Circuit
.
NEW YORK (JTA)—Louis P.
Rocker, president of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, announced
the opening of the first facsimile
circuit in the United States de-
signed for the transmission of
news copy.
The new circuit links the New
York headquarters of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency with the edi-
torial offices of the Jewish Daily
Forward and The Day-Morning
Journal. It permits almbst instan-
taneous reception of the JTA
news service specially prepared
and translated into Yiddish for
the Jewish press. When neces-
sary, copy can also be transmitted
over the same circuit in English
or any other language.
With the establishment of this
circuit, the Jewish dailies can
now receive, in Yiddish, news
stories from overseas and other
points within a few moments of
the receipt by JTA in New York
of the news cable, The JTA has
a special Yiddish-language de-
partment serving the Jewish
press 14 hours daily.
Use of facsimile for news trans-
mission was originally pioneered
by a Japanese news agency
which was faced with the same
technical' problems as JTA in
local delivery of news. The equip-
ment used on the JTA - circuit
w, a s engineered by Western
Union. -