Dr. Kallen Outlines American
Idea of 'Cultural Pluralism'
What is the culture of the during the exile, when the He-
American people? A provoca- braism of the Dispersed was
tive book, containing the texts first reshaped toward the Juda-
of lectures by one of the most ism of the Ingathered." His em-
distinguished philosophers of phasis is on the democratic idea
our time—Dr. Horace M. Kal- of cultural pluralism, and he
len—now serves as a guide to repudiates the idea of America
major discussions of the sub- as a "melting pot." Perhaps the
ject.
most effective portion of his
Under the title "Cultural book is his evaluation of the
Pluralism and the American American Idea, laying "the re-
Idea — An Es- sponsibility for his own freedom
say in _Social on the individual's will and
Philoso- courage," with emphasis on
phy," the "free movement between and
book, publish- among the diversity of group
ed by the Uni- formations."
versity of
"Cultural pluralism," he de-
P e n n s . y 1 - clared, "designates that or-
vania Press, chestration of the cultures
3 4 3 6 Walnut of mankind which alone can
S t., Philadel- be worked and fought for
phia 4, Prof. with least injustice."
Kallen's views
In his reprise to the com-
are outlined mentators, he emphasizes, in
in three es- his presentation of the case for
says, On pluralism in cultures, that va-
Aleanings of riety is not only the spice of
Culture," life, "it is the life of life. In
Dr. Kallen
"Concern- a pluralistic society whose cul-
ing Varieties of Pluralism" and ture is
unum in pluribus, dog-
"Culture and the American
matists and their dogmas ac-
Idea."
tually hold a place even as the
In addition,
distinguished open-minded and their postu-
shcolars comment on his views lates." The pluralist, he said
in discussion papers. The list "must resort to the American
includes Stanley H. Chapman, Idea to restore the morality of
Stewart G. Cole, Elizabeth F. freedom, and thus vindicate to
Flower, Frank P. Graham. Fr. each 'ultimate ideology' the col-
R. J. Henle, Herold C. Hunt, lective assurance of its individ-
Milton R. Konvitz, Leo Pfeffer ual ultimacies."
and Goodwin Watson. Only Fr.
Henle radically differs with
Dr. Burg Deplores
Prof. Kallen.
In a concluding essay, "Plu- Anti-Israel Protests
ralism, Culture, Fact, Fantasy, Outside Its Borders
and Faith," Prof. Kallen re-
NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr.
plies to the comments.
Jbseph Burg, Israel's Minister
* * *
Dr. Kallen's thesis includes of Posts and a leader of the
reference to the "chosenness" religious Zionist movement, re-
of the Jew. Pointing out that cently denounced as an "out-
"the Greeks segregated mankind rage," "anti-Israel demonstra-
into Hellenes and barbarians tions and street parades for re-
. . . the barbarians were all ligious purposes outside Israel
who were not Greeks, couldn't attacking her good name."
Dr. Burg spoke as guest of
speak the Greek language and
were unhabituated in Greek honor at a dinner tendered
ways—alone the right ways," here by the Religious Zionists
of America where he and
Dr. Kallen stated:
Shlomo Z. Shragai, head of
The Jews' equivalent for
the Greeks' barbarian' was the Jewish Agency's immigra-
tion department in Israel, re-
`gentile'—the people uncho-
ceived awards as "Religious
sen, set in contrast to the
Zionists of the Year."
Lord's Chosen People. When
Both guests scored the Ne-
C iI r i s t ianity differentiated
turei Karta methods in Israel
from a cult into a culture,
`Christian' replaced 'Jew' as and the tactics of their sup-
porters abroad, asserting that
a synonym for 'chosen,' elect
the controversy over the swim-
into salvation, and Jew, pa-
gan, infidel, misbeliever, be- ming pool in Jerusalem could
easily have been settled by
came diverse terms for 're-
ject,' condemned into destruc- peaceful means were it not—
in the words of 'Mr. Shragai-
tion.
He added: "Our traditional for "the extreme and dema-
isolationism, our laws respect- gogic methods pursued by a
ing immigration and our use small and fanatic group."
of the epithets `alien,' foreign,'
our image of the '100 per cent Prizefighter's Legend
American,' our 'Daughters of
By HAROLD U. RIBALOW
the American Revolution,' un-
The "King of the Alley Fight-
heeding of the ideals the Revo-
lution was fought for, their ers," as John Lardner cklls him,
brothers, the Sons; the Ku Klux was prize-fighter Harry Greb.
Klan, all are groups with a For more than 13 years, Greb
creed and a code, invidiously was a sensational fighter and
setttng apart themselves, the a violent human being, who lov-
elect, from the rest of the na- ed and fought with enthusiasm.
tion, somehow the reject. Hit- It is because the story of Greb
a Jew crops up often, that
ler, again, segregated mankind being
I quote the following:
into two races—the Chosen
"There's a legend that Greb
Nazi race and the rejected hu- invented his ring name by re-
man race, destined to pursue versing the spelling of his real
a mean existence as the servile name, Berg. The story is wholly
Yahoos of the Nazi elect. The mythical. His father was Pius
Communist variant of the seg- Greb, born in Germany. His
regative aggression sets over mother was of Irish descent.
a gains t 'bourgeois' mankind Greb was christened Edward
elect 'people's democracies' or Henry, but took the name of
'workers' republics,' or 'prole- Harry from a brother who had
tarian dictatorships' entitled to died."
rank, privilege, and status that
This passage is from John
no noncommunist may chal- Lardner's essay on Greb, which
lenge or deny and every non- does not give any new informa-
communist must believe, obey tion on the fighter but utilizes
and serve."
the known facts with skill. Greb
* * *
was a fantastically great fighter.
He proceeded to review a sub- But he was not Jewish. For five
sequent "detachment of culture years, he was half-blind and
from race and soil," a detach- fought and heat them all. A
ment "envisaged by the Jews great fighter, indeed.
Canadian Congress
Issues 3 Brochures
by Louis ROsenberg
Dayan Scores Studentsfor 'Indifference'
Three important new research
papers were issued this week
by the Bureau of Social and
Economic Research of the Can-
adian Jewish Congress, under
the direction of Louis Rosen-
berg.
One of them deals with the
changes in the Jewish popula-
tion in the old area of Jewish
settlement in Montreal, from
1951 to 1957.
Rosenberg's comments on
Jewish migration movements
generally are especially rele-
vant to this study.
A second brochure contains
Rosenberg's statistical study of
synagogues, Jewish schools, and
other Jewish community facil-
ities as they are affected by the
migration of the Jewish popu-
lation in Metropolitan Montreal.
The third pamphlet is the text
of an address by Rosenberg on
"Changing Needs of the Jewish
Community."
Fire Fighters Admit
Jew After Dispute
ELLENVILLE, N.Y., (JTA)
—One of three volunteer fire
companies here eased a sharp
public controversy over bias
against Jewish members by
electing a Jew to membership
for the first time since it was
founded in 1872.
The Scoresby Hose company
announced it had elected Al-
bert Kalen, a plumber and resi-
dent of Ellenville for 15 years.
The action followed a threat by
Mayor Eugene Glusker to cut
off town funds to the three
groups for their bias policies.
None had any Jewish members
but all denied discrimination.
Kimble Hose company said
it had Jewish -members in the
past. Pioneer Engine Company
said it had turned down appli-
cations from Jews but not on
religious grounds.
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Brig.
Gen. Moshe Dayan, former
Chief of Staff of the Israel
Army and now a student at
the Hebrew University, crit-
icized Israeli students for be-
ing indifferent to national
problems. He said they should
he taking the lead in the coun-
try's drive toward full-scale
development.
intense party politics. They ex-
pressed themselves as disil-
lusioned with government by
party.
New Scottish Lord Is
First Jew in Post
GLASGOW, (JTA) — For
the first time in the history
of Scottish municipal politics,
a Jew was elected to a three-
In lectures to students here year term as Lord Provost
of
and in Haifa, Dayan insisted the City of Glasgow. Myer
that partisan politics and a re- Halpern, a member of
the
fusal to lower the standard of City Council, won that honor.
living in the face of over- He is a patron of Habonim,
whelming security, immigra- the Labor Zionist Youth move-
tion and development needs ment, and a member of Bnai
are placing a heavy burden Brith.
on the country.
He felt that the young gen-
eration, which must soon run
the country, must set an ex-
ample in self-sacrifice to other
elements of the population. He
also claimed that older party
leaders are "living in the
past."
At both lectures, numerous
students replied to Dayan's re-
marks by explaining that their
indifference was a reaction to
Illinois Police to Eliminate
`Race' from Traffic Tickets
CHICAGO (JTA)—The Chi-
cago Council of the American
Jewish Congress reported that
the item "race" hereafter will
not appear on Uniform Traffic
Tickets and Complaints used
by • the Illinois State Police
against traffic offenders.
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