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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
SIDNEY SHMARAK
FRANK SIMONS
Editor and Publisher
Advertising Manager
City Editor
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the eighth, day of Shevat, 5716, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Es. 13:17-17:16. Pro phetical portion, Judges 4:4-5:31.
Licht Benshen, Friday, Jan. 20, 5:14 p.m.
VOL. XXVIII. No. 20
Page Four
January 20, 1956
Writing off Zionism to Win Allies
'Dirty Work' and Pogrom Background
"Dirty work" is the way the Russian
anti-Israel attitude in the United Nations
is described editorially by the New York
Herald Tribune.
The Christian Science Monitor, in an
editorial entitled "Syria: The Bear Walks
Softly," points to the cautious movements
of the grizzly Russians and declares:
"To be sure, the Soviet Union maintains
diplomatic relations with Israel. But the
land where the word pogrom originated
and where hints of anti-Semitism reap-
peared in the latter years of Stalin would
have no difficulty writing off Zionism if
thereby an Arab ally or two could be
won from the West."
The Monitor admonishes that "a little
more constructive realism in the Middle
East, some beginnings of cooperation and
understanding between Arab and Israeli,
could protect both of them against a pos-
sible crushing embrace."
The answer is a simple one: amity.
Israel asks and prays for it, but diplomats
have chosen a path of war and are reject-
ing peace bids. If the Western poWers - can
accomplish face-to-face meetings between
Jews and Arabs, it will be the most seri-
ous rebuke to the Russian bear.
An editorial in the New York Post of-
fers the proper warning for future action
in its declaration: "There can be only dis-
astrous . consequences if the Arabs read
the UN censure resolution as proof that
their bellicose resistance to a lasting peace
settlement is paying off."
The Inalienable Right to Public Discussion
The Middle East's critical situation will
bq. the subject of many debates in the
coming months, and, inevitably, it will
be injected into the approaching Presi-
dential political campaign. Already, five
deans of the American University in
Cairo launched their campaign of intimi-
dation, in a letter to the New York Times,
by charging "the prevalence of Zionist.
pressures."
Thus, a narrow viewpoint is being pub-
licized, contrary to a basic American
principle of free discussion of public
issues. A serious crisis exists in an area
in the world where our country has an
important stake; and it is vitally . neces-
sary that all Americans should be fully
acquainted with the consequences of a
situation involving all of us. The infiltra-
tion of Russia on the Middle Eastern scene
aggravates the situation, and only free
debate, whether it is in a Presidential or
in any other year, must be encouraged.
Fortunately, the Cairo deans do not
d6minate the scene. Others differ with
them, and we are especially impressed
with this reply to the gentlemen in Cairo,
from Alonzo G. Moron, president of
Hampton Institute, and Thomas C. Pol-
lock, Dean, Washington Square College
of Arts and Sciences, New York Uni-
versity, also published as a letter in the
New York Times:
An example of the curious use to which
terms otherwise generally familiar may be
subjected in matters of controversy was af-
forded in a letter published Dec. 23 from the
American University in Cairo. The terms in
question are "bipartisan" and "Zionist." The
signatories of the present letter believe that
clarification is needed.
A course of action which enjoys the support
of the two major parties is described as bi-
partisan. In the field of foreign affairs, where
the essential characteristic of a good American
is his citizenship — and not his party affilia-
tion — the good Democrat or Republican
foregoes a temporary partisan advantage
where necessary for the national welfare.
But this act of statesmanship in no way
diminishes either his own role or that of his
party in the forming of crucial foreign-policy
decisions. On the contrary, true bipartisanship
should mean a fuller, more intense participa-
tion by the major elements of the nation in
its total life.
We fear that what our colleagues in Cairo
have recommended, albeit unconsciously, is
an Orwellian unpartisanship which, if method-
ically implemented, could lead to the abdica-
tion of a primary function in this democracy.
We are asked to hear a plea for a bipartisan
foreign policy and at the same time are told
that in regard to a matter of vital concern to
the American public and to other peace-loving
people there should be silence.
We are even advised that a moratorium on
discussion of this matter be established. Where
"would-be candidates and others prominent in
American life have already introduced the
topic we respectfully suggest that they are
playing with a fire which could easily spread
beyond their greatest imaginings, and we ap-
peal to them to desist, so that other candi-
dates will not be forced into positions still
farther from the public interest"
This top-inflammable subject is the Arab-
Israel dispute. In all sincerity did we not have
the right to expect a fuller account from the
deans of the American University in Cairo of
the tense situation in that area?
The American public, without respect to
race, creed or religion, is vitally concerned
with developments in an area of the world
which on historical, religious and strategic
grounds means so much to the United States.
The Egyptian Government has recently con-
cluded an arms transaction with the Soviet
bloc. Is this to be the igniting device?
Just what is that "fire," so incredible in its
proportions as to compel a blanket of silence
for free people, to halt the pursuit of truth
and the search for peace through full discus-
sion of the issues involved in this potential
threat to the peace and security of the free
world?
From the Cairo letter an uninformed person
might also gather that the Zionists form a
mysterious underground movement in this
country. Such a person would no doubt be
surprised to learn that American Presidents
of the last century as well as of this one have
supported the Zionists. Their aspirations then
were for a national homeland. Their aspira-
tions now are for peace.
And while Americans certainly do not have
to echo Winston Churchill's "I am* a Zionist,"
they generally do admire the extraordinary
achievements of the young state of Israel in
rehabilitating her people and in reclaiming
the barren mite of land which she possesses.
Also familiar to all segments of our popula-
tion are the frequent requests for a peaceful
settlement of outstanding issues which the
Israeli leaders have directed to their Arab
neighbors. The replies which these requests
have elicited have also become familiar.
It is vitally important that matters of
`American Jewry Comes of Age'
Goldstein's Tercentenary Talks
Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the American Jewish Con-
gress, played an important role in the American Jewish Tercen-
tenary celebrations. He traveled widely, speaking before many
audiences and interpreting the historical significance of the
celebration. H i s Tercentenary addresses
now are incorporated in a volume, "Amer-
ican Jewry Comes of Age," published by
Bloch.
In addition to his report to the World
Congress, whose western hemis-
phere executive he serves as chairman,
Rabbi Goldstein's book contains the text
of his addresses to the Zionist General
Council, in Jerusalem, on "American Jewry
and Israel," as well as his "Greeting to the
Netherlands" delivered at The Hague.
Featured also is his address on Amer-
ican Jewry's European origins, given in
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Paris, and his addresses in Latin American
Dr. Goldstein
centers—in Jamaica, W. I., in the Virgin
Islands, to the Sosua Colony in the Dominican Republic; to the
Jewish community in Recife, Brazil, whence -the original 23
8etllers first came to this country; in Paramaribo, Surinam, and
to the Jewish community of Curacao.
Fifteen addresses he delivered in communities in the United
States conclude this volume, the collective material in' which ex-
cellently supplements available data on the history of American
Jewry.
'Jews from 'Germany in the U.S.'
From immigrants to Citizens
"Jews from Germany in the United States," an interesting
volume edited by Dr. Eric E. Hirshler, published by Farrar,
Straus & Cudahy (101 5th, NY 3), is much broader in scope
than the title indicates. In Dr. Hirshler's very able evaluation
of the subject, and his resume of the metamorphoses of an
important resettlement of Jews from Central Europe into the
United States, he deals also with "The Coming of the Russian
Jew." Thus, the theme is much more complete than the title.
Noted authorities have collaborated with Dr. Hirshler in
the preparation of this work, including Dr. Selma Stern-Taeub-
ler, who describes the problems of American Jewish and Ger-
man Jewish historiography; Dr. Bernard D. Weinryb, who
writes a critical evaluation of the German Jewish immigrants;
last century; Dr. 4i.dolf Kober, who reviews the influence of
German Jews on American Jewry's spiritual life in the last
century; and Dr. Albert A. Friedlander, who describes German
Jewry's cultural contributions.
Published under auspices of the American Federation of
Jews from Central Europe, a non-profit organization of victims
from Nazism, this volume has historical merit. It evaluates the
great contributions of an important element in our community
to this country's spiritual values. It is an effective study of a
people and its ideals.
For Detroiters there is special interest in an appended list
justice to peoples, issues involving the of German rabbis and scholars who came to this country. Among
fate of nations, especially those whose them are: Rabbi Liebman Adler, who' came here in 1854, to
existence is threatened by war-mongerers, Temple Beth El, and Dr. Kaufman, Kohler, who came here, also
to Temple Beth El, in 1869.
should not be made footballs in political
campaigns. But basic principles must not
be sacrificed on the altar of partisanship,
and any attempt to stifle free speech is
an affront to American idealism. And
when college deans make such an attempt,
while openly attacking a Jewish move-
ment, they are not only acting contrary
to American ideas but they also are at-
tempting to inject bias in American poli-
tics. We are confident that the American
_ people will reject such infusions of
bigotry in political campaigns. And we
are grateful to the two scholars we have
just quoted for their effective refutation of
a thoroughly biased appeal by Americans
whose minds have been poisoned in Cairo.
Rabbi Steinbach's 'Bitter-Sweet' •
Prose Poems, Sonnets and Lyrics
Rabbi Alexander Alan Steinbach, of Brooklyn, has the dis-
tinction of having had his poetry published in the New York
Times and in national magazines. He is the author of six books.
His newest, "Bitter-Sweet," a collection of prose poems, sonnets
and lyrics, was published by Library Publishers, (8 W. 40th, NY
18).
In it, he sets 'forth philosophic ideas on man and nature,
religion and humanity. It is the expression of the collective
dreams of a poet. There are three sections in the book: "Heart-
beats," prose poems and meditations; "soulbeams," sonnets -, and
"Nocturnes," lyrics. A highly commendatory introduction was
Written by Dr. William W. Edel, president of Dickinson College
a leader in the American Christian Palestine Committee.