THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S — Friday, Sep tember 12, 1958-2g
The Dignity of Labor .
Russia to Expand Study of Arabic in Schools
(Standard Feature Syndicate)
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By DR. BLANCHE KATZEN
"In the sweat of thy face
. . ." (Genesis 3:19).
The Garden of Eden was
flooded with sunshine. The tall
trees grew and flourished. The
birds sang, the flowers budded
and bloomed and the heart of
man was glad.
But the fateful day came
when Adam paid heed to the
whispers of Eve and ate of the
forbidden fruit. And then man
and woman were driven from
the lovely Garden of Paradise
to earn their bread in the
sweat of their brow.
The Jews were the first peo-
ple who proclaimed to the
world the holiness of labor and
its great dignity. Four thou-
stand years ago, Moses, the
greatest law-giver of all times,
recognized work (the Hebrew
word "Avodah" means "work"
and "worship" at the same
'LONDON (WJA) — Arabic,
which was introduce-- "several
years ago" among other ori-
ental languages as an experi-
ment in Tashkent., Samarkand
and Azerbaijan, is to be ex-
tended, Moscow radio reports.
The Uzbek USSR Ministry of
Education has decided "to ex-
pand considerably the network
of schools where Eastern lan-
guages are taught." In addi-
tion to the present schools,
these languages will now be
taught in the schools of Andiz-
han, Bukhara, Kokabc1, Karshi
and Term ez.
An Arabic broadcast from
Moscow on the other hand
foreshadowed, allegely in re-
play to inquiries from Iraq
listeners, that "Moscow radio
will in the near future and on
certain days start Russian les-
sons for Arab listeners. The
Arabic section of Moscow radio
will have the pleasure of con-
tributing to this work, which
aims at the consolidation of
cultural relations between the
Soviets and the Arabs."
the Greeks' greatest thinker of scholar and think e r whjSe
all times, defines all work as I contributions to Western 'ail-
ture have been abundant. In
servile and degrading.
Roman civilization accepted our relentless toil, we have
this view which lived on i nto given of our rich heritage a
the dark Middle Ages and pro- full measure in science, litera-
claimed labor as a dire neces- ture, statesmanship and art.
Auguste Rodin's world fa-
sity, as a penalty for sin di-
rectly connected with the sin mous scultpure, "The Thinker"
committed by the first couple (1904), represents the eternal
in Paradise—the F a 11 , the i symbol and best personification
curse of the Forbidden Fruit. in stone of Bradley's .beautiful
I will lift up mine eyes unto
This was the time when the poem, "The Thinker":
the hills, from whence cometh
clergy extolled a "quiet life of "Back of the motor's humming,
my help . . . My help cometh
contemplation" as being far su-
back of the belts that sing,
from the Lord, which made
perior to a life of labor.
Back of the hammer's drum-
h ea v en and earth. — Psalm
The "Book of Books" praises
ming, back of the cranes
121:1, 2.
work as "rendering the sleep
that swing,
sweet." (Eccles. 5:12) and pos- There is the eye that scans
tulates that it is even incumb-
them, watching t h r o ugh
ent on women to spend at least
stress and strain
part of the day in some sort of There is the Mind that plans
them, there is the brawn,
labor (Ketuboth 59 b) which it
TO WOMEN WHO "HAVE NO TIME" TO BAKE
defines as "rejoicing the heart"
the Brain!"
(Eccles. 2:10); "the hand of
If Jack of time is all that's holding you back, you need
Human toil gives to men
the diligent maketh rich, while both beauty and joy before be-
only three minutes to prove to yourself that you can do
your own home baking ... with ease!
he becometh poor who dealeth stowing upon them material re-
That's all it takes to mix a Dromedary batter for pound
with a slack hand (Proverbs wards. Because it was God's
cake, gingerbread, corn muffins and other favorites—
10:4).
will that nature should be fer-
with perfect results the first time and every time you
In numerous treatises (Mid- tile, not only for man but by
bake!
rash, Kohelet, etc.) the wise man, it was also His will that,
Keep a supply of Dromedary Mixes on hand—and in
rabbis have been emphatic in by the same stroke, man should
just a few moments, even on your busiest day, discover
the
pride and pleasure of baking like an expert
their praise of labor, for well become a worker. And God
the
Dromedary way!
did they realize that "great is said to Israel when leading
labor for she honors her mas- them into the Promised land:
ters" and that "man must work "Though you will find the land
or people will talk about him" filled with good, say not
and "Love Labor" (Pirke Aboth, sit down and do no planting'."
CAKE
The deepest, most wholesome
1:10).
MIXES
"If thou shalt eat the labor instinct in all of us is achieve-
Pound Cake • Gingerbread
Corn Muffin
of thine hands, happy shalt ment—it is the immortal food
Date Muffin • Corn Bread • Fudge and Frosting Mix
thou be in this world and it for the immortal hunger of the
shall be well with thee in the soul.
world to come" (Ber. 8a).
There are many examples
showing that laborers consid-
ered themselves equal to a
great sage of Israel: Simon, a
well-digger in Jerusalem, once
said to Rabbi Jochanan: "I am
quite as great a man as thou
"The Thinker" (Le Pen- art." "How so?" inquired the
astonished r a bb i. "Because,"
seur) by the famous French
sculptor Auguste Rodin answered Simon, "I, no less
than thou, supply the wants of
(1840-1917). Made in 1904.
the community."
time) as being man's highest
The Jew has always been a
duty.
relentless worker, a loyal serv-
At the very beginning of ant of his people and country,
Creation, God is shown as a but before all an a r dent
laborer; in six days, He cre
ated the world and on the sev-
enth day He rested. Such a con- Global Persecutions
cept differs by far from the
pagan gods depicted as revel- Move 23,000. Jews
ers, and from Buddha who did
nothing, or from Brahma who to Americas in 2 Years
was only thought. About 23,000 Jews immigrated
We respect the high culture to the Western Hemsiphere in
of the Greeks, yet there was the past two years, according to
an unwritten law proclaiming the World Jewish Congress. The
that the title of "citizen" be- Hungarian revolt and Egyptian
longs only to those "who need persecution motivated the mi-
not work for a living." Plato, gration of about one-third of the
23,000.
The survey is based on figures
and estimates from central Jew-
ish bodies and migration agen-
cies in the countries concerned.
The migrants included 5,263
from Hungary, 1,010 from Ger-
GET IT HOT ... GET A LOT to put that sparkle back into china and
many, 869 from France, 185
from Italy, 358 from Austria,
glassware.
Dishwashing is easier and quicker when the water's really
2,054 from Egypt and 608 from
North African countries.
hot, and there's plenty of it for rinsing.
In the main, the WJC survey
Thanks to Edison's Super Supply Plan, a new electric water heater is
notes, they settled in five coun-
tries: Argentina (480), Brazil
always on the alert—day or night—to supply hot water for all family needs.
(3,450), Canada (6,500), Uru-
guay (355) and the United
Here's the convenient, modern way to GET IT HOT ... GET A LOT
States (12,000).
for an operating cost as low as $3.88 per month,
Migrating to the United
nest Wishes For
States in 1956 were 1,966 from
Hungary, 635 from France, 522
A Happy New Year
Only electric water heaters give you all these important advantages:
from Germany, 348 from Greece
and
lesser
numbers
from
Aus-
To The Community
tria, Belgium, Holland, Italy
Efficient—the heat goes into the
more efficient heating
El Fast—new,
and Sweden.
units
water
Canada attracted Jews from
GEORGE W. NOVHAN
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all parts of the British Common-
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wealth in 1956: 593 from Brit-
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ain, and smaller numbers from
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the Union of South Africa, Aus-
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tralia and the British West In-
dies. In the same year Canada
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registered 558 arrivals from the
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A CHALLENGE
ronieder
dish after dish after dish .
there's always pie* of hot water
-
the new electric wafer heater way
Bill Snethkamp,
Chrysler - Imperial
18500 Livernois
2 Wks. S. of 7 M i.
Data for the survey came
from the Canadian Jewish Con-
gress, United Hias Service, and
the WJC offices in Buenos
Aires, Montevideo and Rio de
Janeiro.
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