THE JEWISH NEWS

The Disgrace of Dixieland

Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commenting with issue of Juty 20, 1951

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Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35,
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Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942 at Post Offic‘, Detroit, Mich.. under act of Congress of March
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PHILIP SLOMOV1TZ

SIDNEY SHMARAK

Editor and Publisher

Advertising Manager

CARMI M. SLOMOV1TZ

FRANK SIMONS

Circulation Manager

City Editor

Sabbath Sricptural Selections
This Sabbath. the eighteenth day of HeshVan, 5719, the following Scriptural selections
will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Vayera, Gen. 18:1-22:24. Prophetical portion, II Kings 4:1-37.

Licht Benshen, Friday, Oct. 31, 5:09 P.M.

Vol. XXXIV. No. 9

Page Four

October 31, 1958

National Honors for Two Detroit Leaders

Detroit Jewry is honored in the selec
tion of Morris Garvett and Abe Kasle
for the annual Edwin Rosenberg Award
of the Council of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds.
Chosen for "outstanding achievement
in Jewish communal service," the two
Detroit leaders will be honored, at the
General Assembly in Washington, Nov.
13-16, for their contributions towards the
advancement of Jewish education in our
community.
Mr. Kasle, during the 15 years of his
pr e s i d e n c y of the United Hebrew
Schools, has made his slogan, "A Jewish
Education for Every Jewish Child," a
realistic and working objective for the
central communal school system of our
community. The advancement of Jewish
cultural efforts became his major aim,
although he also had labored through the
years as chairman of the Allied Jewish
Campaign, in behalf of the Zionist cause
and presently also as chairman of the De-
troit Israel Bond Organization.
It was under his leadership that not
only Conservative but also several Ortho-
dox and Reform Congregations and Yid- .
dish schools integrated their P -_-.r-v-ices into
the United Hebrew Schools.
ITS Laci the encouragement of the very
able former chairman of the education

division of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion, Mr. Garvett, whose experiences in
congregational educational activities date
back to the years when he was chairman
of the education committee of Temple
Beth El. Mr. Garvett devoted himself to
.Jewish cultural aims later as president of
Beth El, then president of the Jewish
Community Center and as chairman of the
education division of the Jewish Welfare
Federation. In all these capacities, he
rendered valuable services to our 'com-
munity.
It is no wonder, therefore, that in
taking into consideration the activities of
these two leaders, when they were chosen
for. the Council of Federations' Rosen-
berg Award, this tribute was paid to
Messrs. Garvett and Kasle:
"Together they have led the organ-
ized Jewish community of Detroit in
concluding eight voluntary agreements
which have developed a cooperative
pattern of Jewish education with syna-
gogues representing the three branches
of Judaism, with the Yiddish schools,
and with a suburban branch of the
Jewish Community Center."
The tribute to Messrs. Garvett and
Kasle is a tribute to Detroit Jewry and
its efforts in behalf of Jewish educational
efforts. All of us share in the honors
accorded these two leaders.

Vote on Tuesday: Uphold the American Way

On the eve of another important elec-
tion, which has important local as.well as
national implications, we become con-
cerned again in the major issue that is
involved as our people go to the polls:
that of upholding the American way of
life.
At no time have the people of this
country fully exercised their rights as
citizens at the polls. Even in the last
Presidential election, when more than
60,000,000 people cast their ballots, they
represented a mere majority of the votes:
a large minority had failed to vote.
Many issues are at stake in national
elections, and this year is not an excep-
tion. The attitudes of candidates of both
major parties in matters involving not
only national but also foreign relations
issues may play important roles in mat-
ters affecting our lives. We must, -there-
fore, show our keen interest in the issues
involved, and in the personalities who are
concerned enough to be cndidates for
public offices.
There is a major principle at stake in
every American election. We are privi-
leged to live in a great democracy in
which people are free to express their
opinions and either to agree or to differ
with their representatives. We are under
no compulsion to agree even .with our
President. On the contrary, he and his
Secretary of State are, today, being sub-
jected to severest criticisms for their for-
eign policy.
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In many lands, such liberties would
have been curbed. There are many coun-
tries where only a "yes" vote is toler-
ated. If we are to retain our right to
a major liberty — that of free expression
— we must strengthen our position as
a democracy that is uncurbed by restric-
tions on basic human rights. One of the
ways of lending strength to our democ-
racy is by utilizing its privileges — and
the right to vote as one chooses is major
and basic.
The manner in which our libertarian
Principles, as they are expressed in our

Rabbi Singer's 'Margin for
Triumph' Praised by Belkin

Rabbi Joseph I. Singer, Manhattan Orthodox rabbi, has
compiled a number of his sermons under the title "Margin for
Triumph." They were just published by Bloch and are receiving
the .commendations of his colleagues for the clarity with which
he interprets Jewish traditions in their uncompromising form.
The president of his alma mater, Yeshiva University, Dr.
Samuel Belkin, states in a foreword to this volume that he finds
"great satisfaction." in welcoming it because:
"The Hebrew word for sermonic literature is midrash
which literally means to search and to investigate the hidden
meaning of the Torah in order to learn its religious truth and
moral lessons, with the ultimate aim that they may serve as
guide-posts for every generation. .Hence; the author of a book
of sermons must above all be steeped in Jewish piety and have
behind him long and patient years of dedication to Torah learn-
ing. Ina greater measure he must possess mastery of the entire
range of our sacred literature. Furthermore, unlike the theoreti-
cal scholar, he must have a genuine understanding of the social
climate and religious needs of his contemporary generation. He
must, indeed, have a profound insight into the depths of the
Torah and be able to penetrate into the inner chambers of the
Jewish heart and soul."
Teacher says about pupil that he fulfills these requirements
his ability to rise to heights of scholarship in these
and
published sermons.
Rabbi Singer's "Margin for Triumph" includes sermons on
all the holidays, for Selichot and the parshot for all the sidrot
of the year. His addresses were spiced with interesting parables
and serve as staunch defense of the orthodox way of life.

free elections, is being put to the test is
in evidence throughout the land. In New
York, multimillionaires oppose each
other for the Governorship. In many
states, people of all faiths and all races
are candidates for office.
In spite of whatever prejudices may
be evidenced in some quarters, in de-
fiance of bigotries that are at play in
certain areas, insofar as American ide-
ology is concerned only merit counts. It is
true that party politics plays an impor-
tant part in our elections, but American
voters have shown that they are able
to rise above parties and above appeals
involving racial and religious prejudices.
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Fortunately ,also, our people have not
lost their sense of humor. In New York,
The youth and education department of the Jewish National
for example, the voters have recaptured Fund has issued an interesting play and study brochure for
their sense of fun at the expense of men school children under the title "My Own JNF."
of great wealth. The New Republic ex-
Dr. Azriel Eisenberg is the author and the numerous illus-
plained it editorially ("Hello, Goodbye" trations are by Gabe Josephson.
was the heading):
Useful for Jewish schools, this brochure has merit also for

'My Own JNF': Fine Brochue
for Study in Jewish Schools

In every political campaign, somehow,
there's an anonymous little guy who puts
his finger on the nub of the matter. This
year the finger-putter was a hot dog
muncher at Jack Levy's Famous, an east
side New York hot dog and pizza stand.
Nelson Rockefeller, Republican candidate
for Governor, on a political slumming tour
of the area, greeted our hero brightly.
"Hello, there," he said.
The muncher silently moved away,
thereby attracting the omnipresent reporters.
How come, they wanted to know, he was
snubbing all those ail millions.
"Can I put 'hello' in the bank?" came
the practical answer.
Never was our faith in democracy so
affirmed.

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This is one example of the affirtha-
tion of our faith in our democratic way
of life.
The major way, however, is by
making full use of our privileges as citi-
zens: by going to the polls and by casting
our ballots for the candidates we con-
skier best able to represent our interests
in our State and Federal Governments.

children's play work in the home. It is replete with historical
incidents, Biblical quotations and descriptions of JNF activities
in Israel.
There are charades, words to be unscrambled to test the
reader's knowledge about Israel, the story of the JNF Blue and
White Box, the Biblical background of the JNF idea, Story of
a Code and many other items.
Provisions are made in the brochure for answers to questions
by the young reader and for insertion of solutions to various tests.
Dr. Eisenberg has ably interpreted the JNF idea in this
pamphlet and has provided a fine educational name to acquaint
the young reader with the important agency for reafforestation
and land reclamation in Israel.

From a Voluminous Writer

`Dualism': Dim,ondstein's Poems

Boris Dimondstein, who operates Literarische Heftn Pub-
lishing Co., in Tujunga, Calif., is a voluminous writer. He has
written several plays, is the author of novels, has written poems
in Yiddish and in Hebrew, and also issues a journal occasionally.
His latest work is a collection of poems under the heading
"Dualism." It is a commendable book and, like some of his
previous publications, is illustrated with his own drawings.
"Sabbath" is one of the best of the more than 75 poems
in "Dualism." There is an originality in many of _them that gives
their author special distinction

