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65 Organizations Cooperating on Book Fair

Sixty-five cooperating organi-
zations joined with the Jewish
Community Center in making the
4th Annual Jewish Book Fair,
scheduled Dec. 3-6 at the Davison
branch, an outstanding commu-
nity event.
Organizations represented in-
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. elude Cong. Adas Shalom, Aescu-
lapian Ladies Auxiliary, Cong.
Ahavas Achim, Detroit Women of
Alpha Omega, American Jewish
Congress, Cong. Beth Aaron,
Cong. Beth Abraham, Cong. Beth
Shalom, Greater Detroit Bnai
, Brith Men's and. Women's Coun-
cils, Bnai Brith Youth Organiza-
tions, Cong. Bnai• David, Cong.
Bnai Moshe. City of Hope Cancer
Fighters, Cooperative Council of
the League of Jewish Women,
Councilettes, Detroit Chapter of
Brandeis University, Directors
Council of Jewish Religious
Schools of Metropolitan Detroit.
Others are Detroit Public Li-
brary, Evergreen Jewish Congre-
gation, Cong. Gemiluth Chasso-
dim, Hadassah, Hebrew Cultural
Society, Hebrew Ladies Aid So-
ciety, Hebrew Teachers Associa-
' ton, Home Relief Society, Wayne
University Hillel Foundation, In-
fants Service Group, Jewish Corn-
. munity Center, Jewish Commu-
nity Council, Jewish Daily For-
- ward, Jewish Home for the Aged
Auxiliary, Jewish Women's Euro-
, pean Welfare Organization, Kvut-
zah IVrit, Landsmanschaf ten
Council, Labor Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, League of Jew-
ish Women's Organizations, Mai-

monides Medical Society Auxili-
ary, Mizrachi Women Mother's
Club, National Council of Jewish
Women, Neugarten Medical Aid,
Northland Sunday School, North-
west Child Rescue Women, Pio-
neer Women, Primrose Benevo-
lent Club, Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
Continuing the list are Sheruth
League, Sholem Aleichem Insti-
tute, Temple Beth El, Temple
Emanu-El, Temple Israel, United
Hebrew Schools, United Jewish
Folk Schools, United Jewish High
School, United Order of the True
Sisters, Women's Sabbath League,
Workmen's Circle, Yeshivath
Beth Yehudah, Youth Education
League, Young Israel Center of
Oak-Woods and Zedakah Club.
The steering committee in-
cludes among its members Mrs.
Philip Bernstein, Mrs. Hy Burn-
stein, Hy Crystal, Dr. Norman
Drachler, over-all chairman of
Book Fair; Mrs. Morris Fried-
man, Mrs. Arthur Gould, Mrs.
Harry L. Jackson, Mrs. Sidney
J. Karbel, Louis LaMed, Rabbi
Sydney K. Mossman, Mrs. David
Newman, I. Pokempner, Alex
Roberg, Philip Slomovitz, co-
chairman; Mrs. Irving Small, Mrs.
Nathan Spevakow, co-chairman;
Allan Warsen and Sidney J.
Winer.
A large number of the 158
delegates from cooperating or-
ganizations and their affiliates
met with the steering committee
and Book Fair coordinator, Ma-
tilda Rubin, recently to discuss
the Fair program and hear re-
ports by chairmen of the various
fair committees.

Jewish Publication Society Leaders to Appear at
Book Fair Program Dec. 3; Plan Literary Seminar

Leaders of the Jewish Publica- Dec. 4, at the Davison Center,
will be Dr. Solomon Grayzel,
tion Society of America will ap-
editor of the Society.
pear here during the Annual Book
Fair, Dr. Norman Drachler, Book
Coming here with him,• from
Fair chairman, announced this Philadelphia, will be Edwin Wolf
week.
II and Lesser Zussman,, president
The featured speaker at the and executive director of the So-
program on Sunday evening, ciety, respectively. The three

Mark Dec. 3-6 On Your Calendar

Plan to Attend ALL of the
Events at Annual Book Fair

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U. S. Arms Aid, Security Guarantee
Would Bring Peace to Middle East,
Dov Joseph Tells Bond Gathering

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Mark the dates of Dec. 3 to 6 - on your calendar for
the annual Jewish Book Fair programs, at the Davison
Jewish Center. Here are the events for these dates:
Opening night, Saturday, Dec". 3: Hear noted au-
thors, visit book exhibits and buy books.
Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5 p.m., "Family Day," with special
programs for children.
Sunday evening, Dec. 4—Meet the Authors," hear
address by Dr. Solomon Grayzel, distinguished author
of "A History of the Jews," editor of the Jewish Pub-
lication Society.
Monday afternoon, Dec. 5, "Ladies' Day," book re-
views, buffet luncheon, featured speaker.
Monday evening, round-table •book discussion by
local leaders.
Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 6, book exhibits.
Tuesday evening, Dec. 6, "Youth Night," teen-agers'
program, "Coketail Party."

Hadassah Urges
U.S. Security. Pact

In a clearly-defined analysis
"We are deeply worried over
of the present hotbed of unrest the effect Communist arms will
between Israel and the Arab have on Egypt," he continued.
states in the Near East; Dr. Dov "A nation which claims it wants
Joseph, speaking at a dinner peace has no need for submarines
sponsored by State of Israel to protect itself from a country
Bonds on Monday night, called whose navy consists of a few
On the United States to:
frigates and not one destroyer,
1. Immediately provide Israel let alone cruisers or battleships."
with sufficient arms to counter-
The submarines, he charged,
balance recent shipments of are solely to attack Israeli ship-
Czech arms to Egypt, and
ping and to throttle the Jewish
2. Unconditionally guarantee state's food lifelines.
Israel's border through a Mutual
Israel truly wants peace, he
Security Guarantee.
declared. "We don't want to
Dr. Joseph, Israel's Minister Sacrifice our new settlers to
for Development, is in the United
infiltrators in the new border
States as a substitute for Foreign
villages; we want to bring in
Minister Moshe Sharett who was
50,000 North African Jews who
prevented from coming here be-
are knocking at our gates to
' cause of the urgent need of his
seek shelter; we want to con-
presence at the Geneva Confer- tinue building the economy of
ence of Foreign Ministers.
our country so that we may
Addressing 300 Israel Bond stand independent of aid from
anyone."
purchasers in the Veterans Mem-
orial Bldg., Dr. Joseph_ cited
!These we can have . only
three major reasons for the hos- through peace, and peace we
tilities which have erupted in the must have," he concluded.
Middle East. These are:
The speaker Was introduced by
1. The Egyptian blockade of Irwin I. Cohen, the evening's
the • Suez Canal against Israel
chairman, who• called on those
shipping;
attending to provide the funds
2. The refusal of the Arabs
which will allow Israel to con-
to sit down with Israelis at a
tinue its economic expansion un-
conference table to talk peace;
hindered.
and
His appeal was greeted by
3. The lack of any stand by
Bond
sales of nearly a quarter
the United Nations or the Big
of a million dollars.
Powers to bring about peace in
The Detroit Committee for
the area.
Israel Bonds, working to achieve
"We do not want an arms race
sales of $1,000,000 by Jan. 30,
in the Middle East," Dr. Joseph
will sponsor the appearance here
said. "All we ask is that a bal-
on Dec. 1 of Abba Hushi, Mayor
ance of arms be maintained in
of Haifa.
the area.
Mayor Hushi will speak at a
"It is not Israeli arms that
dessert supper sponsored by the
have have deterred 20,000,000
Zionist and Landsmanshaften
Egyptians from attacking the 1,-
Councils of Detroit, working in
800,000 people in Israel," Dov
conjunction with the Bond com-
Joseph said, "because Egypt has
mittee, headed by Phillip Stoll-
always had more arms and spent
man. The event will be held at
more funds for defense.
the Latin Quarter.
"The reason they have not
started an outright war is be-
cause the additional equipment
they had still did not compen-•
sate for . the Israelis finer spirit,
greater courage and superior de-
velopment of natural resources."
Stating that there is "a limit
Samuel Rubin, of New York,
to what physical and moral newly-elected president of Amer-
strength can endure," Dr. Joseph
ican Fund for Israel Institutions,
referred to the recent shooting
announced in Tel A v i v, this
down of two Egyptian jet planes,
week, that he has set up .a fund
of a group of six, by two Israeli
for scholarships for Israeli Arabs.
fighters. Suppose, he added, there
The scholarships will be of-
were 15 or 20 Egyptian jets, then
fered at the Hebrew University
the odds would be reduced.
in Jerusalem, the Weizmann In-
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and the Technion in Haifa.
Friday, November 11; 1955

American Sets Up
Scholarships , for
Arabs in Israel

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MRS. REBECCA SIULMAN
CHICAGO, (JTA)
A resolu-
tion calling upon the United
States Government to conclude a
securtiy pact with Israel guaran-
teeing "the maintenance of its
existing frontiers until such time
as they may become the subject
of peaceful negotiations between
Israel and its Arab neighbors,"
was adopted at the concluding
session of the 41st annual con-
vention of Hadassah, the women's
Zionist organization, at which a
$9 million budget was voted.
Another resolution stated that
Hadassah believed that "when na-
tional security is bought at the
price of individual freedom,
neither security nor freedom is
served.
"The resolution on Israel also
urged the United States to "im-
plement the promise of the 1950
Tripartite agreement to maintain
the balance of military strength
between Israel and the Arab
states." It was introduced by Mrs.
Samuel W. Halprin, Zionist af-
fairs chairman' of the organiza-
tion.
The convention re-elected Mrs.
Rebecca Shulman to her third
consecutive term as president of
Hadassah. Major speakers at the
final day's sessions were Dr.
Buell Gallagher, president of the
City College of New York, and
Herman Wouk, the novelist.

Israeli Cement Shipment
Arrives in Florida
The first shipload of Israel
cement to be imported into Flor-
ida arrived in Miami when the
M. S. Tappuz docked with 5,300
tons from Haifa.
After unloading 2,000 tons for
the Acme Concrete Corp., Miami,
the M. S. Tappuz proceded to
Tampa to discharge the balance
of 3,300 tons for the Tampa Sand
and Material Corp.

leaders will be guests at a,
bruncheon that morning at the
Davison Center. Hosts at the
bruncheon will be the Detroit
Friends of the Jewish Publication
-
Society.
Dr. Drachler announces that
a feature of the Book Fair, at
a spacial program now being
formulated, will be a seminar,
with Detroit leaders as parti-
cipants, on literary attainments
by Jews during the past year.
Mrs. Robert L. Aronson, of
Chicago, author, traveler and
noted speaker,
will be the
speaker on La-
dies' Day, Mon-
d a y afternoon,
Dec. 5.
Plans are be-
i n g completed
for special chil-
dren's programs,
for a Yiddish-
?Hebrew evening
and for numer-
ous other events,
-:'during Book
Mrs. Aronson Fair. There will
be exhibits of Jewish books, and
books will be available for those
desiring to purchase them.
Matilda Rubin, Book Fair co-
ordinator, has renewed an ap-
peal for volunteers for all events.
All Book Fair programs and
exhibits will be at the Davison
Jewish Center.

`The World of Sholom Aleichem'

Disappearing `Sliteter Characters:
The Play Is Weakened in Translation

"The World of Sholom Alei-
chem" is a misnomer. The high-
ly-acclaimed stage production,
which drew a capacity audience
at the Art Institute here Monday
evening, and would have packed
the hall for at least two more
evenings if the :_sponsors (the
Jewish Community C e n t.e r s)
could have extended the engage-
ment, should have been called
"Characters in the Era of Sholom
Aleichem" or "Episodes" in that
era.
This interesting dramatization
incorporates a great literary
character who preceded Sholom
Aleichem, in addition to being
his contemporary: Men d e 1 e
Mocher Seforim (Mendele the
Bookseller — Solomon Abramo-
vitch) gained the title "the
"Grandfather of Yiddish Litera-
ture," and in recapturing the
spirit of "Die Shetel"—the center
of Jewish living in the old, world
(in Russia), it is proper that the
play should begin with Mendele.
The balance of the stage produc-
tion that is now touring 44 cities
in the United States as a feature
of annual Jewish Book Month,
includes a sketch from Judah L.
Peretz — the famous "Bontche
Schweig" — and Sholom Alei-
chem's (Shalom Rabinovitch)
"Gymnasium" ("High School").
In addition, there is the injection
of the humor related to Chelm,
the city made famous by "tales
of fools," and a Chelm sketch
about a goat adapted for the
stage.
Herschel Bernardi as "Mendele
the Bookseller" was by far the
best character in the entire pro-
duction. He captured the hearts
of the audience from the mo-
ment of his appearance and re-
mained the most dynamic figure
on the stage as long as he ges-
tured with his book, explained

the background of the Jewish'
tales and_narrated their signifi-
cance; until he took on a new
role, as the prosecuting angel in
"Bontche Schweig." From that
time on, he and his associates and
the production remained inter-
esting, but ordinary. It was no
longer an outstanding recapitula-
tion of a great, fascinating, hum-
orous-in-its-tragedy era: it was
an ordinary play in translation:
and translations seldom regain
the powers of the originals: they
are like kissing your beloved
through a veil.
It may well be that "Gym-
nasuim" was a poor choice for
the reconstruction of an era in
which Kasrilevke and Tevye der
Milchiger (the Dairyman) and
Knaknissel were the heroes and
the locale descriptive of the life
of a people fighting for its very
existence against great powers—
Tsars and assimilation. As recon-
structed for the stage, "Gym-
nasium" was just a little better
than the ordinary expose of and
protest against anti - Semitism.
Bontche was a translated char-
acter, not the ethereal expres-
sion of faith.
But it was, on the whole, an
evening of good entertainmenl.
It is only by comparison with
the originals that we interpret
translations as inadequate.
Let it be recorded that the
cast that assisted Bernardi —
Fritzie Burr, George Tyne, Jack
Banning, Marie Andrews, Gilbert
S. Green—did a creditable job
with the material assigned to
them. If they could have done
what they did in* the original,
and if there were enough Yid-
dish-lovers to clamor for seats
for a Yiddish performance, like
the thousands who begged for
tickets for the translation, it
would have _been terrific. P. S.

Detroit Times Series Acclaimed

Erwin Savelson's Articles on Middle
East Praised by Jewish Leaders Here

Prominent Detroit leaders have
acclaimed the series of articles,
"Israel—War or Peace?" by
Erwin' Savelson, featured in the
Detroit Times.
Mr. Savelson was commended
for his objectivity and for the
thoroughness with which he has
outlined the existing conflict in
the Middle East and the progress
made by Israel since he last
Visited the Jewish State.

Rabbis Leon Fram and Morris
Adler, Irving Schlussel, Sidney
Shevitz, Phillip Stollman, Boris
Joffe and others joined in prais-
ing Mr. Savelson's exciting series,
his fair presentation of the views
of leaders in Egypt as well as
in .Israel, and his contrasting pic-
tures which indicate the need for
peace, in order to prevent Com-
munist 'infiltration into the
Middle East.

