B.C.R. Says:

I Present Mr. C. L. Sulzberger

The most penetrating compre-
hensive and understanding little
article on the ;aspirations and
ideals of the state of Israel pre-
sented in a - most concise and
succinct form appeared not in a
Zionist or`Jewish publication,
but in The New York Times of
Wednesday, the 12th of October.
It consisted of the regular col-
umn of "Foreign Affairs," writ-
ten by C. L. Sulzberger, the globe
trotting editorial commentator,
whose remarkable work as corre-
spondent and interpreter of in-
terfiational events has within the
last ten Years attracted the wid-
est attention.

After this decade of outstand-
ing achievement it is time that
and back-
-that the. -
ground. of Cyrus - L. Sulzberger
should becoine better known,
above all to his co-religion-
ists who have reason to take
. pride in his rare gift of grasp-
ing the salient points of any
problem and giving them the
most effective expression.

I take special pride in intro-
ducing Cyrus Sulzberger be-
Cause I knew both his father
and his -.grandfather and had
the , privilege of associating with
other outstanding members of a
distinguished family. First of
all the grandfather of Cyrus L.
Sulzberger whose friendship I
enjoyed for many years was
one of the <oiutstanding Jewish
leaders of Ainerica in the early
years of this century.

' The big four among the recog-
nized sPokeSmen of the time
were: . Jacob H. , Schiff; Louis
Marshall; Nathan Bijur (after-
Wards Judge of the. New York
State' Supreme Court) ; and Cy-
rus. L. Sulzberger, merchant and
philanthropist and most active
communal worker, who at one
time was President of the
- United Hebrew Charities and at
another time, as a reformer in
New York -City politics, Was
nominated - far'.the''.Pretidencr of
the BoroUgh of Manhattan on a
fusion ticket_ Suave; elegant,
imposing in appearance, with a
flair for public expressidn and
humor, Sulzberger stood out as
a commanding personality. He,
too, had some association with
journalism for he was at one
time president of the associa-
tion that published The Ameri-
can Hebrew in its halycon days
and though the occasional edi-
torials which he wrote appeared
anonymously, the stamp of his
ideas and moral influence thus
marked the" pages of the publi-
cation. And Sulzberger, too, was
once active in the . old Federa-
tion of American Zionists, tak-
ing interest in its official publi-
cation, the monthly called "The
Maccabean." Later his friend
Israel Zangwill drew him into
the JTO (Jewish Territorial Or-
ganization). Leo Sulzberger was
Cyrus Sulzberger's eldest son
and an elder brother of Arthur
Hays Sulzberger, publisher of
The New York Times. When
Leo Sulzberger passed away at
an untimely age, New York
Jewry lost a most promising
and effective communal leader.

Jewish leader, the nephew of a
great pubilsher and in other
ways tied up with the distin-
I guished Ochs - Sulzberger -Adler
families of which General Jul-
ius Ochs Adler, .who just passed
away, was such an outstanding
representative.
So much for the antecedents.
I intended mainly to stress
the achievements of the man
and I come back to the little
classic of a perfect essay which
appeared in the Times under
the heading of "Problems of
Creating an Israel Nation."
In briefest, concentrated form,
almost with a few strokes of
the pen Mr. Sulzberger, with
amazing skill, summarizes an
epochal history within a column
of words: The ancient Jewish
aspiration for the National
Home, the gradual resettlement
of Palestine, and the characters
of Jews, Arabs, Christians, Mos-
lems, Druzes, etc., — it is all
there in a story and so is the
problem of the amalgamation
and assimilation- of recent im-
migrants, the Oriental JeWs
from Yemen and North. Africa,
the rise of certain prejudices
against the "Black Jews," the
fusing and merging of the
younger elements by means of
the armies—"the cocktail shaker
of this little country." "Thus
the youth. of Israel regardless
of birthplace is being molded
into a nation." Not least im-
portant in' the article is' . the
comparison of Israel, the min-
gling of races in this land, and
the evolving of American
democracy; but the final ex-
ample of deep understanding of
the underlying . motives of Jew-
ish Nationalism is given in the
final paragraph: -."Many Israeli
citizens say that a characteristic
they have in common upon set-
tling in this essentially foreign
land is the shedding of com-
plexes that frustrated them so
often in the lands of their birth.
The older generation , is by - 'no
means always happy amid these
strange surroundings, Some-
times it fongs for green pas.
tures, now forsaken. But with
the youth it seems to share one
trait — a 'loss of inhibitions."
When the powers of compre-
hension are thuS brought to-
gether- with an elegant gift of
expression, the result is. a me-
morable utterance.
—Bernard G. Richards.

`Johnny theJew' Hunts
No More; At 88, He Now
Lives in Home for Aged

VANCOUVER, B. C., (JTA)—
An 88-year-old trapper who has
spent 42 years of his life in the
"bush" has left his lonely cabin
deep in British Columbia's Peace
River country. •Born John Ber-
man, but better known in his
accustomed haunts as "Johnny
the Jew," he came here to die,
but after seeing the wonders of
the big city, not the least of
which, according to his own testi-
mony was, the pretty airline
stewardess on the plane he be-
lieves that 88 isn't so old after all
and he has, therefore, decided to
live.
Although he had not been in
Young Cyrus is therefore . the
grandson of a distinguished Vancouver for 25 years, Jewish
residents of Prince George B. C.,
persuaded him to leave his cabin
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ingarAtUr
at Fort. St. James (about 190
Now ender new management
miles north of Prince George)
because they did not think that
completely
air
he could survive another bitter
conditioned
cold winter in that area. He will
now live in the British Columbia
Jewish Home for the Aged. His
forty-two years were spent as
railroad worker, guide and trap-
per.
He said he came by the name
HOTEL
of "Johnny the Jew" when he
Directly ON THE OCEAN
was hunting' in the Allegeheny
at 37th ST., MIAMI BEACH 1 4
Mountains in 1885 and it just
stuck to him. Asked if he ever
Xmas-New Year's House Party
resented that name he replied:
Per Person
"That's the only handle my In-
Double Occupancy
dian friends back home know me
INCLUDING 2
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Johnny confessed that if he had
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a million dollars, "I'd hire Me a
Write for
guide — to go back hunting
and Rates .
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around my old stamping grounds
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at Fort St. James."

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'Maimonides Today,'
Study Group Topic

Hildy Custody Battle Returns to Courts

The question—how can the
philosophy of Maimonides help
to solve our everyday religious
and social problems?—served as
the core of a/ v G%;i
weekend Torah /
institute,..
study
Nov. 11 to 13,
at the Concord/
- -,)
Hotel, Kiamesha,....tcl 7 f-r-ON
Lake, N. Y.
Sponsored by
the National
Academ-y for
Adult Jewish„
Studies, the In-
stitute preceded
the opening of
the biennial Maimonides
convention of the United Syna-
gogue of America, held from Nov.
13 to 17, at the Concord.
Sessions were addressed by Dr.
Max Arzt and Dr. Abraham S.
Halkin, professors at the Jewish
Theological Seminary. Dr. Hal-
kin pointed out that "Maimonides
was no statesman or social re-
former, but certainly he can
serve as a guide in our efforts
to reconcile a Jewish way of life
and modern attitudes and prac-
tices."
Born in Cordova, Spain, Mai-
maonides, at the age of 13 was
given the choice of joining Islam
or going into exile. He chose
the latter, finally settling in
Cairo, Egypt: There, he studied
medicine, and became personal
physician to the prime minister
of Egypt.
Many Orthodox JeWs, at first
arguing he brought alien - ideas
into their own philosophy, later
accepted him, and today his
greatness is recognized by mem-,
bers of all Jewish movements.
Upon his death in 1204 A.D., he
was honored by Jews and also
by Mohammedans who declared
a three-day- fast in his memory.
His tomb is still a place of pil-

BOSTON (JTA) — The tangled
case of Hildy McCoy, 4-year-old
foster child of Mr. and Mrs. Mel-
vin B. Ellis, a Jewish couple who
have cared for her for almost her
entire life, moves back into the
courts this week. The Ellis' coun-
sel, James Zisman, has been
granted a hearing on 18 petitions
already filled in connection with
the case by Massachussets Su-
preme Court Justice Spaulding.
Probate Court Judge James F.
Reynolds ordered a state police
detective to find Hildy. The El-
lises, and the little girl, have been
in hiding since July rather than
comply with a court order that
Hildy be returned to her natural
mother, Mrs. Majorie McCoy

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grimage.

Doherty. Mrs. Doherty, who was
unmarried at the time of Hildy's
birth has announced her inten-,
tion of placing the child in a
Catholic institution should she
regain custody of the child. She
now claims that she did not know
the Ellises were Jewish until
after she had signed the adoption
papers.

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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Mann, Israeli -art dealer who
was separated from a couple of
paintings with a phony $630
check given her „by a mythical
"Paul Nelson" of Kansas City,
got her paintings back, thanks
to some quick work by - New
York _ police — but her distin-
guished "customer" is still at
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The paintings were found in
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now, at least, her life had been
guided by the philosophy that
people were good. But she did
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