THE JEWISH NEWS Urgent Business For Newly Elected President Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35, Mich. VE. 8-9364. Subscription $5 a year, Foreign $6. Entered as second class *Matter Aug. 6, 1952, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ SIDNEY SHMARAK Editor and Publisher _ Advertising Manager FRANK SIMONS City Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the sixth day of Kislev,' 5717, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:. • Pentateuchal portion, Vayetze, Gen. 28:10-32:3. Prophetical portion, Hosea 12:13-14:10. Licht Benshen, Friday, Nov. 9, 4:59 p.m. VOL. XXX No. 10 Page Four November 9, 1956 The. Brandeis Centennial Celebration The 100th anniversary of the birth of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis occurs in one of the tensest periods in mankind's history. Brandeis was one of the great philosophers of the Zionist movement. Like Theodor Herzl before him, he was not too closely aligned with the Jewish people. World events inspired the two great men to recognize the need for revival of Jewish statehood as the only means of saving an entire people. It is not too difficult to imagine how Brandeis would have reacted to the pres- ent situation. He would have taken the position that every objective student of world affairs must take today: that Israel was compelled to act in her own defense before Egypt would have acted for her destruction, What was the Brandeis philosophy on Zionism? In an address in 1916, Justice Brandeis declared that "the undying long- ing for Zion is' a fact of deepest signifi- cance—a manifestation in the struggle for existence." Pointing out that "Zionism is not a movement to remove all the Jews of the world compulsorily to Palestine," he explained that, "in the first place, there are' in the world about 14,000,000 Jews, and Palestine would not accommodate more than one-third _of that number. In the second place, this is not a movement to compel anyone to go to Palestine." He then offered his view of Zionism itself: "It is essentially a movement to -give to the Jews more, not less, freedom—a movement to enable the Jews to .-exer- cise the same right now exercised by practically every other people in the world—to live at their option either in the land of their fathers or in some other country; a right which members of small nations as well as large—which Irish, Greek, Bulgarian, Serbian or Belgian, as well as German or English—may now exercise." World conditions have, of course, changed since . that day. The Jewish peo- ple grew to nearly 19,000,000.in 1933, and before another decade had passed more than six million of them were murdered in cold' blood, in a determined, Nazi effort to exterminate all Israel. Justice Brandeis interceded in behalf of .his sorely stricken fellow-Jews. He made a dramatic pilgrim- age to the White House to see President Franklin D. Roosevelt in their behalf. He continued to aid pre-Israel Palestine and the Zionist cause. He followed the prin- Histadrut's Role This Jewish, Telegraphic Agency cable from Tel Aviv deserves special attention at this time, in view of the Israeli battle for the state's security and the Histadrut's American effort to aid the workers in Israel: TEL AVIV, Oct. 31. (JTA) — The Histad- rut, Israel's general federation of labor, decided today to increase the working day for all organized Israelis by one hour, for the duration of the present emergency. The Histadrut executive is also drawing up plans for the replacement of mobilized farmers by workers from cities and towns in order to continue food production. At the same time, Kupat Holim — the Histadrut health network—announced that it is placing all its medical facilities at the disposal of the state. While it is not unusual for a pro-Israel group to provide aid for the Israelis, this report places emphasis on the role of the hundreds of thousands of Histadrut affil- iates in Israel. The assistance that Hista-' drut can give to Israel, through its mobil- ization of the working forces in the land, is of vital importance to the country. That is why the Histadrut campaign assumes special importance at this time and jus- jus- tifies the appeal for help made to American Jewish communities. • ciple he, laid down in the 1916 speech in which he stated: "Zionism seeks merely to establish in Palestine for such Jews as choose to go and remain there, and for their de- scendants, a legally secured home, where they may live together and lead a Jewish life; where they may expect ultimately to constitute a majority of the popula- tion, and may look forward to what we may call home rule. "The establishment of the legally secured Jewish home is no longer a dream. For more than a generation brave pioneers have been building the foundations of our new-old home. It remains for us to build the super-struc- ture. The ghetto walls are now falling. Jewish life cannot be preserved and de- veloped, assimilation cannot 'be averted, unless there is reestablished in the fatherland a center from which the Jew- ish spirit may radiate and give to the Jews scattered throughout the world that inspiration which springs from the memories of a great past and the hope of a great future. - "The glorious past can really live if it becomes the mirror of a glorious fu- ture; and to this end the Jewish home in Palestine is essential. We Jews of prosperous America above all need its inspiration." The aftermath is well known. The ghetto walls crumbled, and millions of Jews perished with them. But the super- structure was created, thanks to men like `Israel Argosy' A Contemporary Anthology Israel's most distinguished writers are represented in the new "Israel Argosy," edited by Isaac Halevy-Levin. Published by Thomas Yoseloff, (11 E. 36th, NY 16), this collection from the works of contemporary Israeli writers offers an interesting view of the issues which concern the people of Israel today. One of the best writers of our time, Samuel Joseph Agnon, is represented by a story, "Tehila," a fine narrative about an old Jerusalem woman. A deep-rooted devotion to Israel and her people are in evidence in Agnon's work. Hayyim Hazaz, whose recent navel about the Yemenites in Israel has won acclaim in this country, writes about "Drabkin," an old Zionist who becomes a prophet of doom be- cause he cannot adjust to the ways of youth. Drabkin would not even eat out of depression. He just does not adjust. In Isaac Dov Berkowitz's story Brandeis and those who recoqnized the "Severed," we have another example vision of the great Zionist leaders. Now of maladjustment. this structure needs defense. The defen- There is a story of Moshe Staysky, sive forces of Israel gather inspiration and "The Year of Abundance." A prose- strength from the undying messages that poem of Jacob Eichman, "The Face . have been handed down by Brandeis and of Israel," is impressively illustrated' his associates. with reproductions of Israeli nature paintings. Brandeis' name remains highly. honored. A bilingual (Hebrew with Eng- A great university has been established lish translation) section of "David in his name at Waltham, Mass. A colony Hayyim Hazaz Poems," edited by Sholom J. Kahn, in Israel—Ain Hashonhet—is now flour- includes a Psalm and poems by Joseph Ahefrati, Nathan Alter- ishing as a tribute to his statesmanship. man, C. N. Bialik, Ya'a'qov Cahan, Jacob Fichman, and C. A. In our own community, we will honor •Shapiro. his memory, the day after the hundredth 'Two other noteworthy essays in this volume is the historical anniversary—next Wednesday evening— account of Joshua Prawer, "The Fall of the Latin Kingdom of at the Detroit Historical Museum— Jerusalem," which tottered in 1291; and the illustrated article, at a special program arranged by the "Ancient Monuments in Jerusalem," by N. Avigad.. - Museum and the Jewish National Fund, with a distinguished Jewish scholar, Prof. Samuel M. Levin, delivering the address of tribute to Mr. Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis. We join in acclaiming the great name of Brandeis, . at a time when the community of Israel, and our own great Nation, whose striving for social justice has been greatly inspired by his teachings, recall the idealism which motivated his Supreme Court decision and his encour- agement to the builders of Zion. Israel Action Day The Detroit Israel Bond Organization has shown sound judgment by advancing the date of the planned Israel BIG (Bonds for the Israel Government) Day to Sunday, Nov. 11. Thus, the coming Sunday becomes Israel Action Day. We commend the Bond leaders' judg- ment for one simple reason: People are anxious to kriow how they can help Israel. The embattled Jew- ish State needs economic support. The only way they can get it is through Israel Bond investments. Israel Action Day therefore is the answer to those who de- sire to help Israel. Work and invest should be the motto of the day. We urge our people to buy Bonds on Israel Action Day. We urge our people to volunteer as Bond salesmen on that day. Work and invest should be the motto of the day. Valuable Reference Work 'Everyman's United Nations' Columbia University Press (2960 B'way, NY 27)., official. distributing agent for the United Nations, has issued a .valuable reference work, on the occasion,of the 11th anniversary of the UN. Under the title "Everyman's United Nations," this volume deals with the years 1945-1955 and provides the facts on the structure, functions and work of the UN for these years. Every member nation of the UN is represented in this book, which includes historical data on Israel. Listed are the vital dates—Jan. 19, 1949, when -Israel applied for admission to the UN, and May 11, 1949, when Israel was admitted into the world organization. Israel is listed among the nations which became parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, in -1949. A lengthy chapter on questions relating to the Middle East covers the Palestine Question: Adoption of the Partition Plan, the truce appeals, the armed action by Arab states against Israel, Bernadotte's assassination, the Jewish-Egyptian fight in the Negev, armistice agreements, action on Jerusalem's status, Jordan River diversion and Huleh drainage. There is a section dealing with the Suez Canal, in which is incorporated the UN's action ordering that Egypt permit passage of Israeli ships. Listed also are the occurrences at Kibya, Gaza and Lake Tiberias and the UN actions on the attacks by Israel. A special section is devoted to a discussion of UN relief for - Palestine refugees and to UN resolutions on the problein. With reference to the assassination of Count Folke Berna- dotte; this volume alludes to the claim of $54,628, made . against the Israeli government in April, 1950,. by the. UN Secre- tary' General, for monetary damage borne by the UN. This ref- erence concludes with the statement: "In the same. year the Israeli government paid the full amount - of the claim by the United Nations without admitting the validity of all the legal contentions referred to."