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Yom Kippur Scriptural Selections, Saturday
29:7-11; afternoon, Lev. 18:1-30.'
Pentateuchal portions: Morning, Lev. 16:1-34, Num.
7:18-20.
Prophetical portions: Morning, Is. 57:14-58:13; afternoon, Jonah 1:1-4:11, Micah
Sukkot Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portions: Thursday and Friday, Lev. 22:26-23:44, Num. 29:12-16.
4:1-21 F
riday, I Kings 8:2-21.
Prophetical portions: Thursday, Zechariah, 1
ht Benshen, Friday, 'Sept. 14, 6:20 P. M.
VOL. XXX—No.
Page Four
September 14, 1956
The Suez Crisis and the UN's Future
• VOTER'S CHECK LIST:
liberation ignored the injunctions of this
' The crisis created by Egypt's nation-
1. Be sure you're registered.
Council. This course of conduct, per-
alization of the Suez Canal offers new
sisted
in
for
over
two
years,
has
resulted
challenges to those who entertain the hope
2. Study the issues and candidates.
in many ships, which would otherwise
that peace can be maintained in the world
have gone on their lawful occasions
3. Mark up a sample ballot in advance.
through negotiations and amicable agree-
through the Suez Canal or the Gulf of
rnents among nations.
Aqaba, being deterred from trading with
4. Set aside time for voting—and get there!
It was evident at the very outset that'
diverted at great cost over
or
Israel
the Suez issue would be marked by corn-
other routes to their destination. No Oct. 8 is last day to register in Michigan for Nov. 6 election
promises, and that some of the comprom-
government interested in the preserva-
ises would appear in advance to be ap-
tion of the rule of law in international The Play as Powerful as the Book
peasements rather than agreements.
affairs, and least of all any government
But when there is evidence of appease-
depending for the livelihood of its people
ment,. the aggressor becomes even more
on maritime trade, can contemplate this
emboldened and refuses to compromise.
unhappy state of affairs without an
Diary of Anne Frank" was a sensation when it first
Colonel Nasser apparently is playing high
earnest desire to bring it to an end." was "The
published in an English translation. For more than two
stakes and is gambling for time, in his
Perhaps it is useless, however, to refer years now, as a play, it is among the great productions on
determination to defy the democratic
world, in spite of French threats of action to complaints within the United Nations Broadway.
in the matter involving the Suez Canal
Random House now makes the play available to the public.
and a firm stand that may lead to war.
issue, the UN having been completely Awarded the Pulitzer Prize as the best drama
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*
ignored by the Big Three when they called of the year, the stage version, based on the
The major question which will remain
the conference in London to discuss the book "Anne Frank: Diary Of a Young Girl,"
in the minds of all concerned—although
nationalization of the canal by Egypt. promises also to become a best seller.
to many it will be an unutterable matter—
The play, based on the book, is by Frances
This being the case, it is fair to pose the
-
Israel
ships
from
will be the exclusion of
Goodrich and Albert Hackett: The Foreword
question:
the Suez. And realistic people will ask:
What about the United Nations? What by Brooks Atkinson, the New York • Times
if Israel's shipping is permitted to be
is the UN's future? If this international drama critic, adds value to the Random House
of the play.
barred from the Suez today, which nation
organization is to be ignored in a world text In
addition to the Pulitzer Prize, "The
will be the next to suffer similar in-
crisis, what value can any rebuke to Egypt Diary of Anne Frank" took other prizes in
dignities?
by the UN possibly have—especially when the spring of this year: The Antoinette Perry
This issue was brought before the - it involves the much-abused little state of
Award and the Critics' Circle Award. -
United Nations Security Council, and, on
Mr. Atkinson points out that if Anne Anne Frank
Israel?
Sept. 1, 1951, the Security Council adopted
It is our contention, therefore, that the Frank had survived the barbarism of the Nazis she would have
a resolution calling on Egypt "to terminate
SueZ crisis represents a challenge to all been 27 years old. The play, and the book, deal with the exper-
the restrictions on passage of international
lovers of freedorh, to all those who have iences of this girl and her family and friends who were in hiding
commercial shipping and goods through
prayed first for a League of Nations and in Amsterdam. Just before the downfall of the Nazis, betrayed,
the Suez Canal, wherever bound, and to
then for a United Nations. The first failed this group was caught and sent to extermination camps. Only
tease all interference with such shipping
because there were wilful men who ob- Anne's father survived. He found the Diary and .later had it
beyond that essential to the safety of
structed justice. The second is in danger published. Mr. Atkinson says of Anne and the awards given
play:
-
shipping in the canal itself and to the ob-
because
those who should be fighting for the
"How jubilant and proud she would have been if she - could
servance of the international conventions
its preservation and its integrity may be have been in New York during the prize-giving season! It
in force."
lacking in courage.
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would have confirmed the ambitions she confided to her diary
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during the two years when she was fighting boredom, bickering
Egypt has flagrantly defied the UN on
We pray that all men of good will, that and misery in an attic in Amsterdam. Everything that one
this issue. The matter was brought back
people with courage and strength of char- says about the play, one says about Anne Frank. For the
for discussion several times, and from the
acter, that all who value fair play and triumph of the play lies in the delicacy with which it preserves
Security Council's records of March 23,
justice, will not permit the destruction of a the bloom of her adolescence and the grace of her spirit."
1954, we quote this statement by Sir Leslie
"Strange how the spirit of the immature, obscure girl in
great instrument, and that a strengthened
Munro, the New Zealand representative:
Amsterdam during the war has
and
revived
United
Nations
will
be
able
" . . . Any impartial survey of events
to compel the world's great powers to crossed the Atlantic and tested the
since the resolution of 1 September 1951
respect the feelings of the smaller nations: skill and sensitivity of a group of
must record that the Egyptian Govern-
to work together for justice and the peace adult theater people!" Mr. Atkin-
ment has with every appearance of de-
son -comments. "Like an alert
of the. world. Out of such a triumph could adolescent
she (Anne) has some
come freedom of the seas—for all, includ-. mature ideas
rattling around in
ing Israel—and a genuine international or- her busy head. She has enough
ganization that will be able to speak for all skill as a writer to express ideas
mankind against warfare and for the per- easily....None of the documents
This message in the 58th chapter of
petuation of the Ifrophet Isaiah's highest or statistics related to the abomi-
Isaiah remains the guiding keynote for
nations of the Nazis is so accusing
ideal:
Yom Kippur:
"And they shall beat their swords into as this diary. It reminds us that
The Diary of Anne Frank
-
Yom Kippur
"Is not this the fast that I have chosen'
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke
And to let the oppressed "go free?
Is it not to• deal thy bread to the hungry
And that thou bring the poor that are-
cast out • to thy house?
When thou seest the naked that thou
cover him
And that thou hide not thyself from
thine own flesh?'
Then shall thy light break forth like the
morning
And thy health Shall - spring forth
speedily;
And thy righteousness shall go before
thee
The glary of God shall be thy reward."
These are Days of Awe, of 'reshuvah,
of repentance, of Return to the great
values of life and to Faith.
Through fasting and prayer we re-
evaluate our life's attitudes and reaffirm
our devotion to man's sublime duties..
"For on this day shall atonement be
made for you to cleanse you from all your
sins; before the Lord shall ye be clean."
(Lev. 16.30).
In our prayers for a good life, and for
peace, on these Days of Awe, we ask that
the New Year should be one of amity for
all mankind, and of better understanding
among all races and faiths.
plowshares,
'
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword cujainst
nation,
Neither shall they learn war any more."
ShaperoNursingSchool
A class of 50, selected from more than
400 applicants, will commence studies next
Monday, for a full year's curriculum of
supervised patient care, at Sinai Hospital,
at the Shapero School of Nursing. There
will thus begin a new function that is
certain to enrich our community's contri-
butions to the health and welfare of our
city.
• At the formal dedication of the school,
last Sunday morning, Nate and Ruth
Shapero were acclaimed for their $500,000
gift—the largest in the history of our
Jewish community — towards the con.-
struction of this school. They have earned
the gratitude of all Detroiters for having
made possible the establishment of courses
to help alleviate the sad condition of a
serious shortage of nurses.
The new school is modern in every
respect, the Shaperos having provided the
finest facilities to fill a great need. We
join in commending them for their gener-
osity and vision.
the Nazis murdered not only lives
but life. They murdered a radi-
ant part of the future."
There is an interesting reference
to the direction and preparation
of the play in Mr. Atkinson's Fore-
word: "Once Kermit Bloomgar-
den had persuaded Mr. and Mrs.
Hackett to write the play, 'The
Diary of Anne Frank' became
virtually a mission. Everyone ap-
proached the production with a
particular sense of responsibility.
Garson Kanin, who had under-
taken to direct the performance,
went to Amsterdam to meet
Anne's father, who came from
Switzerland to help. Although Mr.
and Mrs. Hackett had completed
the script, they. went, too. For 10 days Mr. Kanin and Mr. and
Mrs. Hackett visited the attic, studied. the neighborhood, listened
to the street and canal sounds and ransacked Mr. Frank's mind
and memory for details and general impressions. By the time
Mr. Kanin called the actors together, he was ,able to provide
them with a point of view and a mood . . •."
There are some deviations from the book in the play. It is
the license of the playwrights. The Hanukah observance is a
bit different, the song is injected. But in the main the theme
is Anne Frank's, the powerful story is the brilliant young girl's,
the reminder of the Nazi threat is one for the ages.
The play, like the bbok, beckons the reader for interest
that will remain with everyone from the moment he opens the
very first page of the play. He won't put it down until he will
have finished it.