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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 class matter Aug. 6, 1952, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act' of March 3, 1879.
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor and Publisher
SIDNEY SHMARAK
Advertising Manager
CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ
Circulation Manager
Sabbath Hol Hamoed Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal
portions, Ex. 33:12-34:26 ; Num,. 28:19-25. Prophetical
36:37-37:14.
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FRANK SIMONS
City Editor
portion,
Ezekiel
Scriptural Selections for Final Days of Passover
Monday, Ex. 13:17-15:26, Num. 28:19-25; Tuesday, Deut.15:19-16:17,
Pentateuch•al portions:
• 2 - 1 2 6
Isaiah 10.3
•
Num.
28:19-25. Prophetical portions: Monday, II Samuel 22:1-51; Tuegday,
Licht Benshen, Friday, April 19, 6:59 p.m., Sunday, April 21, 7:02 p.m.
VOL. XXXI. — No. '7
Page Four
April 19, 1957
Few Remaining Campaign Days for Action
The Hebrew University, the Technion,
Less than a week remains for action
the Weizmann Institute and many other
by the Allied Jewish Campaign volunteer
agencies, devoted to the arts and crafts,
army of workers to achieve the goal of
look
to us for help—and get it from our
raising a minimum goal of $6,500,000 in
campaign. Let us keep them going—for
r
the cur ent drive.
the benefit of Israel and humanity!
The next few days will tell the tale
In addition, many national agencies
whether our community is able to estab-
look to us for assistance. They include:
lish new high goals in humanitarian ef-
American. Academy for Jewish Research,
American Jewish Congress, American Jewish
forts; whether our people are fully aware
of the vast needs overseas and the obliga- _ Historical Society, Bellefaire-Regional Child
Care Service, Bnai Brith National Youth
tions we owe to our local educational and
Service Appeal, Conference of Jewish Social .
social welfare agencies.
Studies, Council of Jewish Federations and
The 1957 campaign began very well.
Welfare Funds, Dropsie College, Histadruth
Some people doubled their gifts, and
Ivrith, Jewish Labor Committee, Jewish
others made large increases over their
Publication Society, Jewish Occupational
previous ones. But
b a good beginning is
Council, Jewish War Veterans, Joint Defense
not enough. Good giving by a large num-
Appeal for American Jewish Committee and
ber of "big givers" is not sufficient. It is
Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith, Na-
tional Community Relations Advisory Coun-
what the entire community does in the
cil, National Conference of Jewish Communal
campaign that counts in the long run.
Evaluations by Two Rabbis
Service, National Jewish Welfare Board,
It is this "long run" that we are con-
YIVO Institute, for Jewish Research.
cerned with at this time, and the "long
There are the local causes which must not
run" is running shorter.
be forgotten. They are the sinews of our com-
At this point, several thousand con-
munity's existence. Without them we would
Two reform rabbis have combined their scholarship in the
tributors can render the decision whether
be impoverished, we would convert into a
preparation of "A Guide . for Reform Jews." Bloch Publishing
our campaign is to be a complete success,
spiritual shambles.
Co. has issued this book by Rabbis Frederic A. Doppelt and
or whether it is to lag in the final hours
Our Allied Jewish Campaign aids—
of campaigning. We join in the appeal to
Camp Tamarack, Community Workshop, David Polish.
They offer their suggestions as "a
our fellow Detroit Jews to provide the
Hebrew Free Loan Association, Jewish Com-
means, during the coming few days, to
munity Center, Jewish Community Council, guide," stating that "authority in
Jewish Home for Aged, Jewish House of Shel- Jewish life can no longer be binding
keep our community on the top of the
ter, Jewish Social Service Bureau—Department without the consent of those involved;
segments in Jewry who never forget their
for Aged, Jewish Vocational Service, Jewish yet this does not absolve us from
kinsmen by unprecedented generosity.
Welfare Federation, Midrasha, North End striving to find that way of Jewish
Let us recapitulate:
Clinic, Resettlement Service, Sholem Aleichem living to which they may consent."
The Allied Jewish Campaign provides
There is an interesting analysis of
Institute, Sinai Hospital, United Hebrew
the funds that are needed to assure the
Schools, United Jewish Folk Schools, United the mitzvot -in. Jewish ritual practice.
settlement of tens of thousands of Jews
Jewish High School, Workmen's Circle School, The authors speak of mitzvot not
from lands of oppression in Israel, by
Merely as -ancient rites but as "spiri-
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah.
giving the major portion of campaign
In their totality, the enumerated causes tual arteries of life through which the
funds to the United Jewish Appeal. More
represent practically all the 'needs in Jewish Jew of every generation relives those
historical and spiritual moments of
than 100,000 are to be settled in Israel this
life—local, overseas, national.
No one dares to turn a deaf ear in their commitment to God."
year. We must not let them down,
Rabbi Doppelt
The Mitzvah of Mila—"to bring the
Other overseas funds benefit from our
behalf.
newborn
son
into
the
covenant
of
our
Remember:
only
a
few
days
remain
for
our
campaign. Much is at stake, and it is our
community to make its best showing in history. father -Abraham" - — "cannot be rele-
duty to provide the funds to carry on
We
pray that these few days should, indeed, gated to the classification of ceremo-
rescue efforts and cultural undertakings
be history:making - in our fund-raising efforts. nies," they assert. Regarding the
among the Jewries that look to us for help.
Mitzvah of eating Matza ,on Pesach
'A Guide for Reform Jews'
Israel s Mounting Hopes and the Need for Peace
/
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An amazing amount of enterprising
energy is on display in the very small •
but very courageous State of Israel.
In spite of threats from her neighbors,
defying dangers that lurk on land and on
sea, this small nation has undertaken to
build a pipeline for the transportation of
oil across the long and narrow strip of
land, from the new Port of Elath.
Friendly France is assisting this small
nation in this great effort, and if the en-
terprise proves fruitful, it may provide a
partial solution for the aggravated Suez
Canal problem — by providing alternate
oil routes for democratic countries which
refuse to be blackmailed by Nasser.
The remarkable thing about this great
enterprise is that an impoverished people,
threatened by ,its neighbors, compelled to
devote much of its energies to defense,
does not interrupt the development of
new economic efforts.
Israel is a creative country. Even dur-
ing the tense days when tourism .was
stopped, when outside aid was practically
cut off—except for the assistance received
from the United Jewish Appeal — the
country planned international festivals
and scientific seminars.
Life has gone on in Israel in spite of
tensions and war scares. That is this little
land's great asset: - that it desires to live
and will not permit anyone to interfere
with creative life.
Having emerged as the greatest mir-
acle of all time, Israel continues to build
industries, to advance scientific and cul-
tural movements, to elevate the life of the
people and to keep the hopes of the Is-
raelis high. The arrival of oil tankers at
Elath, the construction of a new pipeline,
the expansion of the Hebrew University's
facilities --these are among the many
heartening developments that cause Israel
to stand out as a modern miracle.
It is no wonder that Arab propagan-
dists tried to overshadow these creative
symptoms by spreading false rumors of
impending Israeli war operations against
their Arab neighbors. The wonders of
Israeli accomplishments, and their peace
aspirations, may, as they should, bring
all fair thinking - people around to the
realization that this is an era for good
neighborliness rather than war. If Israel
can accomplish as much as has been
achieved under war threats, how much
more can be achieved for the entire Mid-
dle East—for Israelis and Arabs alike—
in peace?
Well-Earned Honor
The selection of Rabbi Morris Adler
for the UAW's newly-created board of
review is a compliment to the vision of
America's labor movement.
Rabbi Adler's marked contributions to
the life of our community, his deep in-
terest in all movements for the social
advancement of the people of this coun-
try, make him especially well qualified
for the new tasks to be assigned to him
and to the UAW review board.
His selection is a well earned recog-
nition of his earnest interest in public
welfare. A deep student of human af-
fairs, a dedicated liberal, a man who is
moved to action for fair play, Rabbi
Adler is certain to make great contribu-
tions to the work of the new board.
We congratulate him on his election;
and we heartily commend the UAW for
including his name in its new - project for
the betterment of the labor movement
in this country.
they state:
"When we abstain from leaven
and partake instead of Matza, we
are not merely harking back sym-
bolically to our past. We are rather
projecting the past spiritual expe-
rience into our present and are
appropriating it for ourselves, so
Rabbi Polish
that we- too experience the Holy
One delivering us out of . Egypt."
"per-
Rabbis Doppelt and Polish say that Dr. Martin Buber
overreaches
himself
When
he
asserts
that
'in
Israel,
all -
haps
religion is history.' In the religion of Israel there are aspects
w=hich are not derived from any particular historical occurences
but rather from what God is as the Holy One, from what He
does as the Creator, and from what he imposes upon man as
the Arbiter.pf human destiny."
This interesting book has chapters on Birth,' Circumcision,
Naming, Education of Children, Confirmation, Talmud Torah
(Adult Education), -Engagement, Marriage, Divorce, Illness and
Death, Funeral -and Burial, Mourning, Kaddish and Yahrzeit,
The Home, The Synagogue, Shabbat, High Holy Days, the major
and the minor festivals and Memorial Day for Martyrs of
Nazism. The appropriate Hebrew prayers are included in the
various chapters.
those
It is a most interesting guide for Reform Jews, and
in other ranks of Judaism will find it most illuminating as a
valuable interpretation of our faith and as an indication of the
strengthening of traditions among our Reform brethren.
`Alef BetTure—Fine Addition to
Jewish Children's Book Shelves
Lillian S. Abramson and Jessie B. Robinson have produced
a new children's book that will prove most valuable in training
youngsters to know the Hebrew alphabet and to apply it in
reading and writing.
"Alef Bet Fun," published by Blo6h, has two aims, the
authors explain: "to help children learn the names of the letters
in the Hebrew alphabet and to help them to learn the sequence
of those letters."
The devices used to accomplish the double purpose are
drills, games, dot pictures and other attractive methods.
The 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet are juggled, inserted
in cubes, introduced for drawing, and then utilized for con-
structive play work. The games are entertaining and instructive.
Thus, fun is combined with - learning. "Alef Bet Fun" is s.
very good addition to the Jewish children's bookshelf.