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'Where Judaism Differed'

Bnai Brith Classic

the Elder:
The Emergence of
Classical Judaism'

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A digest of current worldwide news reported by the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency and other media.

Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, American Jewry's outstanding o rator
and Zionist leader, is one of the ablest interpreters of J ewish
values. His published works are among the modern lit erary
Israel
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation's
Jewish classics. His latest work, "Where Judaism Diffe red,"
TEL
AVIV—Six
Jewish
children who escaped from a Wroc-
published by Macmillan (60 5th, program department has issued law, Poand, orphanage and crossed the Polish-Czech border,
a
third
in
its
series
of
".Hillel
were sentenced by a
NY 11), adds to his statu re as
court to two and six weeks' prison
evaluator of Jewish ethica I be- Little Books." The newest vol- terms, it was reported Czech
here. Poland demanded extradition of the
ume
is
"Hillel
the
Elder:
Emer-
liefs .
gence of Classical Judaism," by two girls and four boys, who were trying to reach a point from
Dr. Silver relates the p oints Prof. Nahum N. Glatzer.
which they might emigrate to Israel.
on which Judaism and other
The announcement has been
Central America
faiths agree, and gives an in- made that the fourth volume
teresting account of thos e on in the series, due next Spring,
MEXICO CITY—A united Ashkenazic community to be pro-
which they differ.
will be "The World of the Tal- claimed here in January will include Zionists, Bandists, religious
Our "prophets and their
mud" by Rabbi Morris Adler, groups and unaffiliated persons. Based on the less representative
successors fashioned a w,a y of of
"Nidche Israel" group, the new community will provide three
Detroit.
life for men, which like s ome
million pesos fo'r Ashkenazic educational,' relief and communal
Glatzer's
"Hillel
the
,
El-
Gulf Stream flowed for cen- der" is offered
organizations of Mexican Jews.
as a contribu-
tunes steadily and discern ibly
tion
to
a
better
understanding
The United States
through the great waters of
humanity," he tells us at the of Judaism. It contains valuable
WASHINGTON—James C. Dunn will survey the U. S. For-
outset. "These men did not interpretations of the sects of eign Aid program, in the Near East to study its effectiveness and
carve in marble or cast in Pharisees, Saducees and Esse- future announced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
bronze, or fashion domestic art nes, the teachings of Hillel and
NEW YORK—Peace on the Arab-Israel border depends en-
and epic of ageless beauty • . . the political conditions of the tirely on actions of Arab states; Israel will not start a war,
time.
There
is
an
important
his-
Dr. Abbalel Silver
or build large empires .
declared Israel parliament member Berl Locker, here campaign-
T hey
developed a clean and noble art of life for men and nati ons, torical note on King Herod the ing for Israel Histadrut . . . Affiliation of the Jewish Community
without which, as we witnessed in our day, the poulous city Great who was a contemporary Council of Perth Amboy with the National Community Relations
Of Hillel.
becomes a heap and man reverts to the jungle."
Advisory Council was announced here.. . American Fund for-
As history and as an inter- Israel Institutions, which plans to build X12 community centers
"Just as history . . manifests an upward movement in hu -
pretation
of
the
classical
Juda-
in outlying settlements of Israel, began its 1956 fall campaign
man development, so does Judaism reveal in its development the
progress and perseverance of a group of cardinal spiritual and isth that emerged in that era, for $2 million at a dinner here. . . American Jewish Congress
ethical ideas," Rabbi Silver states . . . "The accent in Judaism is Dr. Glatzer's 100-page book as- has scored the National Education Association for failing to
never on abstract speculation but on an ethical message an d a sumes considerable importance. take a clear stand on teachers' tours to countries discriminating
program . . Judaism is Torah—teaching.' Judaism's 'way ' is Hillel the Hasid, as opposed to against Jews. . . . Variety reports the formation here of the
designed to sustain and advance life, not to escape or transc end Shammai; the sects who played Yiddish Dramatic Players by the Hebrew Actors Union "to pro-
it • . To propagate this faith—to proclaim God's unity in lov e'— historic roles in Hillel's days, mote employment for its members." F. Bimko's "Father and
the pursuit of knowledge and Son" will be the first play to be presented in the lower East
Israel deemed itself chosen as an instrument of leadership."
Describing Judaism's "outline of an unfolding moral p ro- piety, the emergence of "dedi- Side theater.
cated learning" for an under-
LACONIA, N. H.—Arab-Israel peace talks are the Middle
eess," Dr. Silver asserts that "the Jews were the first to g
ive
mankind a philosophy of History—rather than a philosophy of standing of the words spoken on East's prime need, said Dr. Eliezer Yapou, Israeli UN delegate
Sinai, are Outlined by the •u- at the annual UN "Town Meeting of the World" here.
Being."
thor..
MIAMI—Presence of Milton Piedro, head of the National
"The Jewish people," he admonishes his readers, "did n of
There is an interesting analy- Association for Advancement and Protection of the Majority of
adopt Judaism as the Romans, for example, adopted Christia n- sis of Hillel as
prince of White People, at a hearing of the Dade county school board in-
ity. They created it. Jews and Judaism entered histo ry the community," "the
"and the peo- fluenced the vote of 4 to 1, banning a -
simultaneously."
memorandum and date book
ple looked upon him as their of the Bnai Brith Anti-Defamation League,
according to "The
"Judaism was by some assigned the role of historic foil for secret counter-king, the ligiti- Jewish Floridian."
Christianity," Rabbi Silver writes. "Two world religions kind led mate ruler opposed to Herod the
PHILADELPHIA—A single central organization for health,
their fires at the altars of Judaism. Both Jews and Mohamm ed usurper."
welfare and humanitarian work by Philadelphia Jews is the new
claimed no originality for their message. They did not come, th ey
Legends are retold to illus- Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia, merging
averred, to found a new religion but to restore the true faith of trate the essay. There is a chap-
the Federation of Jewish Charities and 'Allied Jewish Appeal.
Abraham."
ter on'Hillers proselytes, a note . . . Jewish tailors at the Quartermaster Depot here will be per-
He adds that "to serve as a corroborating witness for a n- on Greece and Rome and a
other faith and to be superseded has, however, never receiv ed description of Hillel's death and mitted to leave work early on Friday because of the Sabbath.
the willing cooperation of the Jews and Judaism . . . They had a the rise of Johanan• ben Zakkai.
Europe
strong will to live." At the same time, "Jews never sought to
GENEVA—A front page story on the third desecration of a
In an epilogue, on classical
i.-:-.1gte themselves intellectually or spiritually behind an it on Judaism, Prof. Glatzer points Brooklyn synagogue was featured in a recent issue of the War-
wall except in periods of persecution,
when isolation was fore ed out that it emphasizes learning; saw Yiddish newspaper, "Folkshtimme," which reached here.
upon them . ."
that "the Torah is more than a . . . A special collection of Moscow-ptiblished poetry, marking
The versatile Spanish scholar Salvador de Madariaga is
book; the teacher more than a "Poetry Day," included three Soviet Yiddish poets, Markish,
quoted: "The Spaniard is deeply rooted in space; the Jew in time
dispenser, the discipline more Halkin, and Kvitko, in Russian translation, reported the Warsaw
Dr. Silver's volume contains so many historical references, so than a recipient of information" Yiddish newspaper "Folkshtimme," which reached here.
many instances of difference,
that it becomes most difficult f or and he adds:
VIENNA—Anti-sernitic incidents in western Poland were re-
a reviewer to select points of reference. He deals, for instanc e,
"Classical Judaism . . . stands ported in Polish newspapers arriving here. "Trybuna Ludu,"
with the modesty that was urged by Judaism, and he points o ut
communist journal, said that police aided the escape of several
that "to the Sages of Israel sexual perversion was under t he first of all for Torah . . (it) Poles who beat a Jewish child. In Waldenberg, a riot began be-
developed in opposition to
curse of God."
tween a Jewish salesman and several drunks. In Stettin, movie
"On the treatment of slaves," he writes, "the Hebrew Code is power-politics, militarism, and actors picked on and beat a
the
deterioration
of
the
official
Jewish couple in the Orbis restaurant
infinitely more humane . "The Hebrew Code, which did n of
and manhandled a waiter who tried to help the Jews.
originate or develop among a governing caste, makes no distin c- priesthood . . (it) welcomed
FRANKFURT—A highly anti-Semitic characterization in the
ton" between noblemen and commoners . . . Slavery was nev e r proselytes and accorded them
German play "Journalist" by Gustav Freytag has been toned
extensive in Israel . • , Hebrew 'slaves lost none of the righ ts equality of rights."
The Hillel Foundations are to down after indignant rebukes by German newspaper critics- and
possessed by other members of the community ... The spirit of th e
be
commended for sponsoring Jewish theatergoers. One of its minor roles is that of a:particu-
people did not approve of any one of its members voluntaril
y this important publications larly offensive Jewish newspaperman—"Schmock"—whose very,
choosing to remain a bondman."
name has been adopted as a German generic term for an' un-
"The Jewish people was encouraged by its spiritual leader project which is a real contribu- principled newsman.
to think of itself as eternal and to keep alive within itself a sens e tion to Jewish learning, •
BERLIN—Germany's last Denazification -
Court of "Appeals
of greatness," Dr. Silver states. He takes care of the assault o n
here increased an $8,200 fine to $12,000 for Dr. Karl Gen2ken,
Judaism by Prof. Arnold Toynbee:
$64,000 Winner Injured;
"To Professor Toynbee, Judaism has survived 'only as a Should Never Have Left Sea sentenced less than ten years ago by an American military tri-
bunal for subjecting• concentration camp inmates to cruel pseudo-
fossil' and Jews are among the relics of the Syriac civilization.
COPENHAGEN (JTA ) —Peter scientific tests.
What a spry fossil and what a lively corpse! The challenging Feuchen, writer-explorer who
LONDON—Though officials here stress that British RAP
role which Judaism played in Christendom throughout the recently took top prize money
centuries is surely known to every student of Christianity. No on "The $64,000 Question" tele- jets flying in Jordan are from Cyprus bases, it was reported from
Christian theologian and no Church council ever made the vision show on the subject of Amman that British jets arrived in Jordan to reinforce British
mistake of regarding Judaism as petrified and Jews as negligible "the seven seas," was severely air units already stationed there. , Haim Nachpitz, a Soviet
driftwood. From the time of Constantine onward, legislation injured when his car and a Jew, sought and received asylum in Denmark, later left to settle
Israel, according to a British news agency quote of Copen-
was enacted by secular or ecclesiatical authorities to separate truck - collided on a highway in
hagen police.
and isolate Jews from Christians and to restrict social inter-
near here.
course between them out of fear of `Judaizing' influences. The
The 70-year-old man suffered
Talmud and other Jewish books were ordered burned by papal
several broken ribs, a severe
bull and Church councils, lest they endanger the true faith.
eye cut and head bruises when
The prodigious literary polemics against Jew and Judaism he was thrown through the
through nearly all of the Christian centuries seem to suggest windshield of his car and
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NEW YORK, (JTA)—Danny banned in Jordan
that the Church viewed them as serious antagonists, a force
yards from the road.
on th e
Kaye, whose films
against which it .must defend itself—but never as a relic. Pro-
have been grounds that he is "an enthus-
fessor Toynbee's violent onslaught on the amazing effrontery of
iastic Zionist propagandist,"
forms of pacifism. It demanded action from its
the Zionists of the twentieth century in accomplishing success-
devotees. It said in Chicago that he "couldn't
taught
that
there
is
evil
in
society
and
that
it-is
man's
duty
to
, fully the reestablishment of the State of Israel is his own in-
overcome it—if need be, by force, though force is by no means care less" about the ban.
direct acknowledgment that it is somewhat premature to speak
It was reported in Variety,
of Jews as `fossils.' "
the only way by which evil can be overcome . . . Judaism
Dr. Silver makes reference to Mark 2:27—"that the Sabbath believed that righteous laws and sound regulations in behalf show business trade newspaper,
of those who are in need are ways of training and developing that Kaye made the remark
was made for man and not man for the Sabbath"—and replying to
critical assertions, he maintains that "this did not represent any man and of directing him away from brutality and selfishness when asked for his reactions
the Jordanian move and added
break with the basic attitude of Pharisaic Judaism." He ex- toward the good life." "
. There are differences, and also an "underlying unity," and that "it so happens that I am
plains: "Both the Gospel and the Rabbis were probably quoting
a popular folk saying long in vogue among the people. It was an Dr. Silver's conclusion is: "Judaism, which differed and continues not a Zionist."
established prinCiple that in the case of danger to human life, in to differ from other religions in significant matters of belief and
Variety reported, however,
war, in sickness or accident, all the laws of the Sabbath may be practice, has sought and seeks opportunities of friendly coopera- that in the light of the famed
tion
with
them
in
all
things
which
may
contribute
to
the
building
suspended . . . Some Jewish rigorists sought to make the Sabbath
a day of total inactivity, even to the point of refusing to engage of the good society, firm in its own convictions, reverent of comedian's recent work on be-
in self-defense on it. But long before the days of Jesus, during theirs, hoping for the great day of universal reconciliation of all half of UNICEF, the United
Nations Children's Emergency
the Maccabean revolt, this strict view of Sabbath observance, peoples, when `they shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy Fund, the amusement industry
Mountain, and the earth shall be full of the knowledge of God at large was taking "a very dim
which was probably held by the Hasidim, had been relaxed."
waters cover the sea.' " •
Another very interesting commentary in Dr. Silver's book is as the
view" of the "curious" ban.
It is difficult to do full justice to
on pacifism. "In Jesus' mystical outlook," he writes, "the world
Dr. Silver's "Where Judaism
There , will probably be diplo-
Differed"
in
a
review,
no
matter
how
long.
It
is
a
book
to
be
was fast coming to an end and there was no point in resisting
matic
repercussions via Wash-
evil."
read
and
reread,
as
a
guide
to
understanding
Jewish
values.
It
is
a
He describes the Jewish viewpoint:
"Judaism rejected all doctrines of nonresistance and all volume of great merit and will be treasured by all who possess it. ington, according to trade opin-
ions," the Variety report con-
—P. S.
cluded.

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`Couldn't Carer kss," Says Kaye
of Ban on Films in Jordan's Theaters