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THE JEWISH NEWS

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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 cla.,s matter Aug. 6, 1952 at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Editor and Publisher

CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ

SIDNEY SHMARAK

Circulation Manager

Advertising Manager

FRANK SIMONS

City. Editor

Sabbath Script ural Selections
This Sabbath, the fifth day of Nisan, 5717, the following Scriptural selections will be read

in our synagogues:

Pentateuchal portion, Metzora, Lev. 14:1-15:33. Prophetical portion, II Kings, 7:3-20.

Licht Benshen, Friday, April 5, 6:44 p.m.

VOL. XXXI—No. 5

April 5, 1957

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Commemorating Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

danger that the great sacrifice of the War-
saw Ghetto fighters, of the heroic Jewish
resistance groups, and of the great
strength shown by our brethren during
the period of destruction, may be for-
gotten."
There is another danger: that the
holocaust itself may be forgotten, that
what had happened to six million Jewish
martyrs may be erased from memory, that
a new generation may become indifferent
to the events which made it possible for
mass murders to be committed not only
against Jews but also in Nazi attacks upon
other peoples and faiths.
It is in order to keep alive the me-
mories of a dark age, so that the genera-
tions that follow it may be prepared to
fight against recurring menaces stemming
from tyranny and bigotry, that observ-
ances of the Warsaw Ghetto anniversary
assume special importance.
To keep alive the memories of tra-
gedies which must not recur, to inspire
people to • fight against the inhumanities
eve • witnessed only a few years back, and
at the same time to inspire the redemption
of lost values and the reacquisition of
spiritual strength, are the objectives with
which our observance on April 14 assumes
special significance.

On April 14, the Jewish community of
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Detroit, together with Jewish communi-
ties everywhere, again will mark the
anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto up-
rising.
On the occasion of the approaching
fourteenth anniversary of the heroic stand
taken by the Jews in. the Warsaw ghetto,
the World Jewish Congress, which has
stimulated the observances, emphasizes
that the deeper meaning of "this Memorial
Day should become a source of encourage-
ment for • all Jews of • the world to
endeavor to restore the spiritual values of
European Jewry.
Dr. Isaac I. Schwartzbart, in behalf of
the World Jewish Congress organization
department, has issued a report on past
observance of the Warsaw Ghetto anni-
versary and points out that a . - sense of
indifference has become evident in some
quarters towards the disappearance Of the
European Jewish community. He empha-
sizes, therefore, that in order. to prevent
the erasing of the spiritual and cultural
values of the destroyed communities that
the legacy of the Warsaw Ghetto heroes
and of European Jewry ,"must be kept
alive."
"We raise a voice of warning," Dr.
Schwartzbart declares, "that there is

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Dr. Silver s 40th Anniversary in Rabbinate

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Dr. Abba Hillel Silver has earned the
attention of the entire American Jewish
community on the occasion of his 40th
anniversary as Rabbi of The Temple of
Cleveland.
He was 24 when he came to the Cleve-
land Temple, but he had then already
acquired nationwide acclaim as a great
orator, as an outstanding Hebraist, as a
scholar and as a dedicated Jewish leader.
Since then, his fame has spread
throughout the world and his contribu-

tions to constructive JewiSh achievements
have embraced wider fields.
He has especially distinguished him-
self in the Zionist movement and in efforts
in support of Israel. His analyses of Jew-
ish needs, before the United Nations, con-
tributed greatly towards • the favorable
action of Nov. 29, 1947, which led to the
creation of the State of Israel.
His evaluations of the religious values
of our people have elevated him to a
position of unquestioned leadership in
Jewry.

Israel Rogosin

"Religion," he said last week, "can't
live in an ivory tower. It has a message
for the hereafter but its fundamental
message is how to live, in this world
and fulfill the mandates of ethical con-
duct."
The realistic approaches of his sermons
and his scholarly books have helped our
people to follow the paths leading to such
.conduct.
Dr. Silver is saddened by the events
in the Middl.e East. He has cause to feel
disturbed over the manner in which the
Eisenhower administration has "be-
deviled" the situation. We have cause to
believe that Rabbi Silver will share in
great measure not only in the battle
against further bedevilment of the issue,
but also in inspiring Jewry to continue
to support the embattled Jewish State.
We join in congratulating Dr. Silver
on his 40th anniversary in the rabbinate.
We pray that he should be granted dec-
ades of healthy years in which to carry
on his constructive work.

At the Israel Bond Conference in
Florida several weeks ago, a New York
philanthropist and industrialist, Israel
Rogosin, electrified the assembly with the
announcement that he was to become the
largest individual possessor of Israel
Bonds — by his purchase of a Million
Dollar Israel Bond.
Last week, Israel Rogosin emerged
in an even more generous role. At a
dinner given in his honor in behalf of the
Government of Israel by Ambassador and
Mrs. Abba S. Eban, Mr. Rogosin an-
nounced that•he would distribute the sum
of $4,000,000 among educational and
charitable institutions in this country and
in Israel, and that he was providing a
substantial sum to encourage the creation
in Israel of a $20,000,000 rayon -industry.
He did it on the occasion of his 70th
birthday. He possesses the means with
which to perform these magnanimous acts
and, he uses his money for the right pur-
poses.
He not only is helping the needy:
he is assisting his people's cultural ad-
vancement;. he enables Israel in her efforts
to industrialize the remarkable little land
that is defying the desert and is making
barren hillsides blossom again as in the
glorious days of Judea and Israel; he is
enabling the Israeli settlers to create new
industries and to strive nearer the goal
when the struggling nation will become
self-supporting.
Israel Rogosin sets a wonderful ex-
ample to others. Meanwhile he is enshrin-
ing his name among the noblest of his
people. His deeds reverberate with "happy
birthday greetings," and his wisdom in
knowing what to do with his money set
him among the greatest philanthropists
of all time.

Very Attractive 'Life' Volume

Ike World's Great Religions'

The series of articles on "The World's Great Religions," by
the editors of Life Magazine, which appeared in Life, created
a great deal of interest, and their reappearance, in a most attrac-
tive volume, just published by Simon and Schuster, (630, 5th
Ave., N.Y. 20), under the same collective title, provides the
informative series in permanent form. for religious students.
Illustratively, it is one of the finest products of its kind. The
most beautiful aspects of all religious practices are incorporated
in the marvelous collection of photographs that accompany the
articles on—
The Spirit of Hinduism, The Path of Buddhism, The Phil-
osophy of China, The World of Islam, The Law of Judaism, The
Faith of Christianity,
An outline of beliefs practiced by the adherents of the
Jewish faith, in all its aspects, is followed by a section on
"Jewish Wisdom," in which are outlined the Prophecy of Peace
(Isaiah 2), the Fathers' Sayings, the Midrash, the Kaddish,
Maimonides' Creed and other factors in Judaism.
Similar evaluations are incorporated in the other faiths, to
which are appended the wisdoms of their teachers.
All phases of Christianity are reviewed in the evaluations
of the Christian groupings.
"How Mankind Worships" by Paul Hutchinson is a scholarly
introductory essay that introduces this excellent series to the
reader.
Here is a volume that will be cherished in the home and
will make one of the most attractive giftsimaginable. Its collec-
tive value is a tribute to Life's editors and speaks highly for the
publishers- who had undertaken to produce so rich and enriching
a product.

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Edited by Dr. Dagobert D. Runes

I
Baruch Spinoza s 'Eth i cs'

An evaluation of the clarity of Baruch Spinoza's writings
is contained in Dr. Dagobert D. Runes' introduction to Spinoza's
"The Road to Inner Freedom—The Ethics," published by Philo-
sophical Library.
Dr. Runes speaks of "Spinoza's passionate attitude toward
religion as a thing of life rather than of doctrine." He emphasizes
that in his books "Spinoza pleaded for political and religious
freedom; for the right of man to speak on whatever moved his
mind."
• The editor of this new text of Spinoza's "Ethics" maintains
that the "Ruach Hakodesh pervades the writings of Spinoza, the
Holy Spirit that has breathed through the wisdom literature of
Israel from the days of the philosopher king, Solomon, and even
earlier,"
Dr. Runes shows that Spinoza begins with a sense of doubt
and that out of his searching problems arose his majestic prin-
ciples. He states that Spinoza "became the architect of an
astonishing philosophical structure that has enriched and en-
chanted great minds."
The new English edition of Spinoza's "Ethics," edited by
Runes, is broken down in sections dealing with Origin and
Nature of Emotions, 'On Human Bondage, On the Power of the
Intellect, On God and On the Nature and Origin of the Mind.

Mo'os Hitim

Captain Dreyfus'-A Top Production

Annually, at this time, the Mo'os
Hitim Organization of Detroit asks for a
special fund with which to prOvide Pass-
over necessities for the needy in our
community.
Those who read the reports of this
organization become amazed at the need
that continually exists for such functions.
It is not only . the perpetuation of an
age-old Mo'os Hitim tradition at • pre-
Passover time that is involved here. It
is also the fact that there are many needy
who depend upon this special fund to be
able to observe the Passover in traditional
fashion.
Both, to retain a tradition and to
aid the needy, this fund deserves the sup-
port it asks in our community.

HOLLYWOOD—One of the top productions -of the year is .
MGM's "Captain Dreyfus," which deals with the miscarriage of
jUstice and the wave of . anti-Semitism that rocked France at the
turn of the century. Based on new research into the famous
court-martial and the subsequent trial of Emile Zola, it involves
also a Viennese newsman Theodor Herzl, who attended the hear-
ings as a young journalist. It was during the Dreyfus Affair that
Herzl came to the realfzation. that only an independent State in
Palestine could solve the Jewish problem and prevent further
injustice to his .people.
Producer Sam Zimbalist has signed Jose Ferrer to direct
"Captain Dreyfus" from a screen play by Gore ,Vidal, with
Ferrer portraying' the title role and Swedish screen star Viveca
Lindfors the much suffering Mrs. Dreyfus. Famed British play-
Wright-actor Emlyn Williams (author of "Night Must Fall" and
"The Corn Is Green") is set to recreate Emile Zola, a character
portrayed by Paul Muni in an earlier cinema version. The pitture
will be shot in England, with Leo' Germ; Anton Walbrook and
Doald Wolfit in important roles.

BY HERBERT G. Lurr

(Copywright, 1957, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

