Plan Community-Wide Celebration
For Israel's Ninth Anniversary
An undercurrent of solemnity
will mix with gaiety this week
When Detroit Jewry joins with
communities all over the world
in observing the ninth anni-
versary of Israel's indepen-
dence.
The major Detroit observance
will be celebrated a day in ad-
vance of Monday's official an-
niversary date.
On Sunday evening, Jews of
all shades of Zionist, indepen-
dent and religious opinion will
gather in. the 1600-seat audi-
torium of Mumford High School
to- pay tribute to the accomp-
lishments of the Israelis sluring
the - first nine.- years of its de-
velopment. -
Here to greet the commun-.
ity and to speak on the cur-
rent picture as it affects
Israel in the Middle East will
be Col. Katriel T. Salmon,
Israeli Military Attache in
Washington and an expert on
desert warfare and military
science.
Jerusalem-born Col. .Salmon
is a veteran of the War of
Independence. He • has served
in a variety' of military capa-
cities as well as with the Israeli
Diplomatic Corps.
His report, based • on first7,
hand knowledge of Israel's de-
fense problems and his access
to new information an the dip-
lomatic strategy in the contin-
uing Middle East ferment, will
keynote the program.
Also planned will be a color-
ful dramatic and musical pro-
gram, featuring_ the HaMachol
Israeli Dance Group, directed
by Hannah Stiebel, who ar-
ranged special choreography for
a new series of dances to be
presented.
Gertrude Strauss and Shelby
Newhouse, stars of radio and
television, Jules Doneson and
Judy Dann also will be fea-
tured. Ariel Stiebel will ac-
company at the piano.
Rabbi Benjamin H: Gorrelick,
of Beth Aaron Synagogue, will
deliver the invocation, and Jo-
seph Shapiro, adjutant of the
Julius Rosenwald Post of the
American Legion, will give the
orders to present colors.
"The Land Sings," the special
dramatic and musical presenta-
tion, will include the voice of
Israeli Prime Minister David
Ben-Gurion in a special mes-
sage.
The entire community: is in-
vited to participate in the pro-
gram at no charge. •
• An introduction to Sunday's
celebration will be given over
the airways by Mrs. Max
Frank, a past president of the
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah.
Mrs. Frank will discuss plans
for the anniversary celebration
over the Jewish Community
Council portion of the Altman
Jewish Hour at 10 p.m., Satur-
day, on station WJLB.
. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., Sun-
day, at the Davison Jewish
Center, youth in the commun-
ity will participate in a cele-
tern, individual contestants a residence hall for students
will repIesent clubs in the of the Seminary and other in-
track and field events. Two stitutions of higher learing. It
competing age groups, 13 to is the plan of the Seminary
15 and 15 to 17 year-olds, ultimately to require its stu'-
will participate.
dents to spend a year of study
Conservative congregations id in Israel.
The Seminary's weekly radio
the Detroit area will join with
those in other states and Canada broadcast, "The Eternal Light,"
in marking. Israel's anniversary this Sunday will feature Abba
with a special sabbath today Eban, Israel's Ambassador to
and Saturday, it was announced the United States, as guest
by Charles Rosengarten, presi- speaker.
The program is heard at 10:30
dent of the , United Synagogue
p.m., Sunday, over radio station
of America.
Along with this statement, WWJ in Detroit. -
Also featured on the broad*:.
announcement was made that
the United Synagogue of cast will be the presentation,
America, in cooperation with "Gideon Goes to War," the
the Jewish Theological Seth- story of the British officer,
inary and Rabbinical Assem- Orde C. Wingate, who was res'-
bly of America, is about to ponsible for the development of
COL. KATRIEL. SALMON
break ground for a spiritual the Palestinean self - defense
bration of their own. A teen-age cultural center in Jerusalem. forces before the establishment
Included in the center will be of the Jewigh. state.
Maccabiad will . be held at
Zuss•an Field, adjoinifig the
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The individual track events
Boris Smolar's
include a 50 yard dash, 100
yard dash, 100 yard hurdles,
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100 yard obstacle race, 440 yard
race and 440 yard relay.
Among the f i el d events
planned will be high jump, run-
ning broad jump, standing
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broad jump, hop, skip _ and
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
jump. A basketball distance
throw and basketball lay up
Competition also are planned. Washington Moods:
Differences of opinion are now developing between the
Team contests will feature a
United
States and Israel over the passage of ships to and from
tug of war, threellegged race,
dizzy izzy and .wheel barrow Israel through the Gulf of Aqaba. Although the U. S. is officially
on record as considering the Gulf of Aqaba as an international
relay.
Following the Olympic pat- waterway, it is anxious to secure a ruling to this effect by the
World Court at The Hague. Israel, on the other hand, is afraid
that too long a time may pass before a juridical, decision of The
Hague Tribunal is reached . .-. The State Department fears that
passage of ships to Israel 4hrough the Gulf may threaten Amer-
ica's relations with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi
Arabian ruler considers the, Gulf of Aqaba, which reaches hiS
territory, as "Arab• waters" and is opposed to the passage of
ships to Israel, even American ships.
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within the covers of a single
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book ."Voice of
The U. S. Plan:
•the importance of a great refer-
The recent passage of the American oil tanker Kern Hills
ence work, of a volume that
contains the impassioned ap- to the Israel port of Elath has caused embarrassment to the
peals in behalf of a struggling State Department. It disrupted a delicately planned minuet ac-
nation and the strong defenses cording to which, the United States was to have warned Saudi-
of the nation's position in the Arabia of the approach of an American vessel, testing its rights
through the SartdiArabian Straits of Tiran. The Saudi Arabian
world.
ruler- was to have protested formally, and everyone would have
The UN speeches are not cheerfully trooped off to The Hague to take the matter to the
the only ones incorporated in World Court. However, it so happened that the Kern Hills, which
"Voice of Israel." The com- belongs to an American immigrant Jew whose family was mas-
pelling arguments in this book sacred by the Nazis in Poland, made her passage quietly, with the
include the expose of the bi- State Department being notified only when the vessel was close
ased Toynbeean statements, • to the Israel pore Thus, the U. S. plan to establish the right of
in the paper, "The Toynbee international passage through the Straits of Tiran via The
Heresy," which was Eban's Hague Tribunal has been somehow thwarted by Israel's leasing
speech at ,Yeshiva University. of an American ship for direct action under the American flag.
Then there is the highly In Washington, it is maintained that it still'remains the objeCtive
scholarly paper delivered by Of the American policy to refer the question of international
Eban at Notre Dame University• passage through the Straits of Tiran to the World Caurt. It , is
under the title, "An Adventure at the same time being indicated there that the United States
in the Hunian Spirit," in which will support Israel's judicial position at The Hague. In the mean-
he delineated the "common time, the U. - S. can do nothing against any American ship owner
ideals of Judaism and Christi- who wants to lease his ships to Israel for passage through the
anity, of Israel and of other Gulf of Aqaba. •
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free nations" .in asserting "our
underlying fraternity."
Religious Affairs:
Eban exposes "The Nasser
With all the talk abOut religious revival among Jews, it
Despotism," he evaluates the was established at the recent conference of the Synagogue Coun-
blockade against Israel, he de- cil of America that the Conservative Synagogue does not seem
scribes Israel's: position whiCh to play a vital spiritual role in the lives of its membership. The
caused the actions of last Oc- Jewish background of Reform Jews and their observances and
tober. But he also reviews the synagogue attendance are known . to be even poorer than those
cultural and scientific aspira- of Conservative Jews. The picture of ConServattve Judaism that
tions of Israel. .
emerged •at the conference is not a very encouraging one.' It
His concluding chapter, 'The. was established that the leadership of the Conservative syna-
Tenth guminer," is a paean of gogue comes largely from middle class Jews. About 26 per cent
hope: Asserting that "there is of them have an annual family income of between $6,000 • and
no sign that the tempest will $10,000, while the income of 23 per cent is between $10,000 and
abate," he deClares that "the $15,000 a year. Their secular educational status appears to be
vision is not without radiance.". very high—about 50 per cent have college education, in addition
He foresees great :progress for to 20 per cent who .possess a post-graduate degree. Their Jewish
Israel, "with the Negev and training is, however, very meager; about 60 per cent had none
Galilee ablooM, with Jordan beyond Bar Mitzvah. The study revealed that 13 per cent Of the
waters carried southward to the synagogue officers and board members read books or magazines
dry places . . The Hebrew of Jewish interest "occasionally," another 20 per cent read them
faith and tradition will - gain "often but not regularly," while 5 per cent do not read them at
new strength everywhere all. Only a little more than one-third of the synagogue officers
through the emanation of Is- and board members have kosher homes, while a similar per-
rael's example."
centage admitted that their homes are not kosher; the remainder
At every opportunity, he pays have ;partially" kosher homes, that is, they mix dishes. Only
tribute to the United States, about a third . of the leadership attends synagogue services reg-
and expresses gratitude for the ularly on Friday evening or Sabbath. The remainder attend
help - that was given to Israel "often," "once in a while," or "never." About 22 per cent of them
by Americans.
do not observe the lighting of Sabbath candles, and 57 per cent
Logic and wit, eloquence and of them never recite the Kiddush. This brings many to the con=
forceful style, combine to make elusion that the "religious revival" among Jews in this. country
"Voice of Israel' an outstanding is nothing but a matter of joining and . dues-paying, and social
location—rather than the product of genuine religious conviction.
and timely work.
Abba Eban's 'Voice of Israel':
Eloquent Anniversary Volume
Israel's ninth anniversary is
- enhanced by .a remarkably fine
literary work, the • publication
of a . glorious and eloquent
chronicle of the new State's
trials and tribulations, strivings
for • justice and protection of
human rights.
Abba , Eban, Israel's Ambas-
sador to the United States,
. worked on this book — "Voice
of Israel" as he usually does
-in the preparation of his great
addresses: with great speed.
Horizon Press • (220 W. 42nd,
N.Y. 36) has just released this
-
"Voice of Israel" is a collec-
tion of Eban's, speeches before
the United Nations and at ma-
jor assemblies. In this collected
record' of his utterances in be-
half of his country the reader
will find the answers to many
questions.
There is, for instance, the
aggravated issue of the Arab
refugees. Much has been repre-
Hadassah Honors
Israel Ambassador to the
U.S., Abba Eban, will be hon-
ored by the national board
of .Hadassah, Women's. Zion-
ist Organization of America,
at 10:45 a.m., Thursday -at
Hadassah House, New York,
on the occasion of Israel's
Ninth. Anniversary.
At that time, Ambassador
Eban- 'will receive a "Scroll
of 'Merit" in recognition of
his work in promoting friend-
s hip a n d understanding
among all peoples, parti-
cularly between Israel and
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the United States. -
Speakers will include Dr.
Miriam Freund, national ptes-
. ident of Hadassah, and Mrs.
Samuel. W. Halprin, acting
-chairman of the American
Section of the Jewish Agency
.fol- Israel. The presentation to
Mr.. Eban will be made by
Mrs. Benjamin Gottesmaia, na-
tional treasurer of Hadassah.
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volume, in time for the publi-
cation date that coincides with
the ninth anniversary of Is-
rael — May 6. But hiS last
chapter did not reach the pub-
lishers until two weeks ago. To
get the book into its covers re-
quired day-and-night schedul•-•
ing. But the magnificent work
is now at hand. It is just what
was needed in this crucial hour,
When Israel still must fight for
her independence: •
ABBA EBAN
sented in the discussion of this
issue. Many harsh words have
been said in reference to it.
Abba Eban has often given re-
ply to the distortions about the
refugees. But Eban's speech to
the UN General Assembly, Nov.
18, 1955, demolished the lies.
This chapter — "The Arab Ref-
ugees — A Record in Obstruc-
tion" — presents the actual
facts, challenges those who
have spread libels, offers 'a solu-
tion. It concludes with a plea
for peace and amity:
"Can we not take our stand
on the solemn covenants of
agreement which we have
freely signed, and advance
beyond them to a lasting
peace which would honor the
traditions of our past and en-
hance the opportunities of our
future?"
One issue after another is
tackled by the Israeli Ambas-
sador with skill and eloquence,
and for the first time he makes
available all of his utterances
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