The Lifted THE JEWISH NEWS an on Tourists 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. (fa)i 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 / -•• 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.