THE JEWISH NEWS

For a Good New Year

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, 1942 at Post Offict, Detroit, Mich.. under act of Congress of March
3, 187:•.

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

SIDNEY SHMARAK

CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ

FRANK SIMONS

Editor and Publisher

Advertising Manager

Circulation Manager

City Editor

Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the sixteenth day of Tebet, 5 719, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Vayelii, Gen. 47:28-50:26. Prophetical portion, I Kings 2:1-12.

Licht Benshen, Friday, Dec. 26, 4:49 p.m.

VOL. XXXIV. No. 17

Page Four

December 26, 1958

Hammarsigolds Opportunity to Speed Peace

UN Secretary General Dag HammarSk-
jold has the great opportunity of bringing
the Middle East nearer to peace, on his
visit to that embattled area next week,
by setting forth firm demands to aggres-
sors to put an end to their trigger-happy
attitudes and to act like human beings
instead of war-mongerers.
There have been endless disturb-
ances on the Syrian-Israel border, and
many Israeli lives have been lost as a
result of the irresponsible actions of the
Syrian and Egyptian military forces which
seem to be determined to attack defense-
less villagers.
For several years now, Israel's ef-
forts to eradicate disease and to stamp out
malaria in the Huleh area were obstruct-
ed by Arab sharpshooters who continually
attacked the Israeli laborers without pro-
vocation.
In recent weeks, the United Arab
Repubic's aggressive acts have assumed
such outrageously murderous proportions
that the Security Council was called into
session, at Israel's request, to seek means
to put an end to the disgraceful acts on
the Syrian-Israel border.
But the Security Council failed to act
in the matter. Instead, it assigned respon-
sibility for a solution to the problem to
Secretary General Hammarskjold, at his
own request.
Now the matter rests in the hands
of the UN official. It is not enough that
he seek to enforce his "firm view" that

"no military action in contravention of
the cease-fire clauses of the general armis-
tice agreement can be justified." The fact
is that the armistice agreement itself has
been violated and continues to be abused.
If there is to be an eventual peace be
tween Israel and her neighbors, there
must be an enforcement of agreements,
adherence to the principles of honor and
decency in international relations.
Israel's Ambassador Abba Eban, con-
demning the belligerence of Syria against
Israel, reiterated his frequent assertions
that Israel is anxious for peace.
What can Mr. Hammarskjold do
about it? The United Nations official has
been striving to secure cooperation from
the Arabs along peaceful lines. Many con-
cessions have been made to Nasser and
his cohorts.
Our own Government continues to
appease the Arabs, as was indicated by
the mission of Assistant Secretary of
State William Rountree, with the aim in
view of again winning Arab friendship.
The result is a matter of re c or d: Mr.
Rountree barely escaped being stoned in
Baghdad.
Which proves the necessity for
firmer action rather than appeasement.
That applies to UN as well as U.S. offi-
cials, all of whom, on their current mis-
sions to the Middle East, must be firm
in demands for peace. Else, we'll always
have aggression and insecurity for the
innocents on Israel's side of the border.

Honoring a Great University and an Able Judge

Yeshiva University of New York,
which already has made history by estab-
lishing the Albert Einstein College of
Medicine and 17 other schools and divi-
sions, has acquired a high rating — by
being classed the 81st best school of high-
er learning in the country, out of a total
of 1,100 colleges that have been surveyed
for the purpose of scholastic rating.
This is a commendable accomplishment
for a comparatively young school, and the
Detroit supporters of the university there-
fore have good reason to be pleased with
their efforts in the schools' behalf.
Yeshiva University has just been
granted a $49,400 research grant by the
National Science Foundation.
Of particular interest at this time,
in view of the annual dinner sponsored
here in the university's behalf, is the
decision reached by the university author-
ities to spend the sum of $1,000,000 dur-
ing 1958-59 in scholarships for 2,600
undergraduate students. This large num-
ber of students that is benefiting from
the scholarship allotments is in . attend-
ance at the university's six New York
teaching centers.
The annual dinner to be given here,
on Jan. 4, in support of Yeshiva Univer-
sity, will pay honor to a distinguished De-
troit jurist, Judge Nathan J. Kaufman. •It
will give deserved recognition to a man
who has taken a deep interest in our own
community's religious affairs and in na-
tional educational institutions.
Judge Kaufman has especially dedi-
cated himself to efforts to eradicate juve-
nile delinquency. He has gained national
fame for his understanding of the prob-
lems of youth, and was honored recently
by being named by President Eisenhower
as one of five members of a Presidential
Committee on Juvenile Delinquency. He
was one of four judges who represented

the National Council of Juvenile Court
Judges at the International Congress of
Children's Judges in Brussels, Belgium.
This interest in juvenile delinquency
and other children's problems has led him
to an appreciation of the value of religious
education as exemplified by Yeshiva Uni-
versity. The dinner in his honor therefore
serves the double purpose of recognizing
the merits of a great institution of higher
learning and of honoring one of its lead-
ing supporters.

Tribute to Holtzman

A Bible presented to Joseph Holtzman,
at the annual conference in New York
which launched the 1959 United Jewish
Appeal campaign, contained this inscrip-
tion signed by Israel's Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion:

"Presented to Joseph Holtzman, National
Chairman of. the United Jewish Appeal,
an inspiring and vigorous leader in mobil-
izing the American Jewish community to
advance the progress of Israel's people and
the cause of Jewish life and freedom all.
over the world. He has given the highest
leadership through the programs of the
United Jewish Appeal. A builder in his
daily work, he is also a builder in Israel
through his tireless dedication. It is with
profound gratitude that this Holy Bible is
given—a living history of the people he has
so ably served."

For a little more than a decade, Mr.
Holtzman has been in the forefront of
national activities in support of relief and
rehabilitation movements in behalf of
oppressed Jews. He has aided displaced
Jews in the months that followed the war,
he has traveled widely in behalf of the
UJA and has 'been among the staunchest
supporters of Israel. He has earned the
acclaim contained in the Ben-Gurion in-
scription in the gift he deserves so well.

Excellent Ribalow Anthology

'Treasury of Jewish Stories'

. Harold U. Ribalow, well known American Jewish writer
who acquired fame as an authority on Jews in sports and
as an anthologist, is especially well equipped for the task he
undertook in his new book, "A Treasury of American Jewish
Stories," published by Thomas Yoseloff (11 E. 36th, N.Y. 16).
One of the best American Jewish book reviewers, an able
writer, he also possessed a good Jewish background which must
be considered a requisite for Jewish anthological efforts.
His father was Menahen Ribalow, the late editor of the Hebrew
weekly Hadoar, and he himself has followed the family
tradition of his family in pursuing Hebrew studies.
The new anthology of short stories contains sketches
and vignettes, tales of scholars and saints, narratives about
heroes and folkways, and the varied subjects also deal with
Zionism, Israel and other items, including some elements of
anti-Semitism, but not the provokingly grim, as Ribalow
indicates in his introduction. He has this interesting:explanation
of some of the tales that deal with Israel:
"With the establishment of Israel, new attachments were
formed and, creating out of pride, the Jewish artist wrote of
Israel with clarity and honesty. Meyer Levin's 'After All I
Did for Israel' reflects the clear-headed attitude of a veteran
Zionist to the impact made by Israel on a certain type of
Israel supporter. On the other hand, Deborah Karp's lyric and
gentle `Carnir and Abraham Rothberg's 'Nat With Our Fathers'
offer other and equally sensitive views of the influence of
Israel • on American Jews."
Ribalow, in his successful effort to include in his collection
stories that deal with American Jewish experiences, incorporated
in his book Bruno Lessing's "The Americanization of Shadrach
Cohen" which has an echo of Jewish life in this country at
the turn of the century. Frank Scheiner's "The Old Man Had
Four Wives" he calls "a delightful sketch of an old Jew who
marries often, not because he is lustful but because he is
lonely."
There are a few stories with the tragic angles of the
European holocaust of 15 years ago, especially Budd Schulberg's
"Passport to Nowhere" and Sam Wohl's "The Bride."
"Act of Faith" by Irwin Shaw is one of the especially
effective narratives. Ludwig Lewisohn's "Writ of Divorcement"
and Louis Zara's "Resurgam" are skillful.
Among the truly impressive works are Howard Fast's
"Where Are Your Guns?", Waldo Frank's "Under the Dom
Aleph," Arthur Miller's "Monte Saint Angelo."
Then there is the humorous "Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N The
Magnificent" by Leonard Q. Ross.
Other authors whose works are included in this Treasury
are: Nelson Algren, Charles Angoff, Nelson Appet, Louis Berg,
David Bernstein, 'Hortense Calisher, Paul Goodman, Albert
Halper, Ben Hecht, Ralph Kaplan, Sylvan Karchmer, Deborah
B. Karp, Shlomo Katz, Jenny Machlowitz Klein. Arthur Kober,
Irving Kristol, Robert Markewich, Wallace Markfield, Philip
Max Schwartz, Michael Seide, Jo Sinclair, Irwin Stark, Yuri
Perl, Ethel Rosenberg, Abraham Rothberg, Delmore Schwartz,
Suhl, Sidney Sulkin, Victor Ullman, Jerome Weidman, Thyra
Samter Winslow, Emmanuel Winters, Victor Wolfson, James
Yaffe and Anzia Yezierska.
Ribalow's collection offers delightful reading and introduces
the reader to our best short story writers. This Treasury will
indeed be treasured by its possessors.

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New Guide to Israel'

Guides to Israel are always in great demand, due to the
increasing interest in travel to the Jewish State. That is why
"The New Guide to Israel: The Tourist's Companion," just
issued by Israel Publications (2 Bar Kochba St., Tel Aviv),
is certain to attract a great deal of interest.
This is a very meritorious volume. It has a valuable essay
on the "Historical and Geographical Survey" by J. Braslavy.,
lecturer in Palestinology, and an introductory article by Yo-
hanan Beham, director of the Israel Government Tourist Corpo-
ration.
The Guide, supplemented by the latest map of Israel,
contains factual information about all parts of the country.,
the Negev, the Emek, Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and environs,
the numerous settlements and industrial enterprises. It has a
special section on the area around Beersheba, and describes
Safad, Nazareth, Tiberias and other centers of interest.
It has lists of foreign consulates, hotels, and shopping
centers.
There are' suggested itineraries, which should prove of
great value to the tourist. Climate and altitudes are explained
and the facts are listed about post, telephones and telegraphs.

