THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, January 23,. 1959-30
New $250,000 Israel Art Pavilion
Dedicated to Heltena Rubinstein
Portrait of Madame Helena Rubinstein by the famous
Brazilian artist, Portinari, is accepted by Samuel Rubin (cen-
ter), president of the American-Israel Cultural Foundation
for permanent display in the new $250,000 Helena Rubinstein
Pavilion for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv which Madame
Rubinstein dedicated on Jan. 22. The new Pavilion, part of
the America-Israel Cultural Foundation's building program in
Israel, was made possible by a gift of Madame Rubinstein.
Expressing the thanks of Israel for the gift, which he described
as "a landniark in Israel art history," was Joseph Tekoa (eft).
Deputy Permanent Representative of the Israel Mission to the
United Nations.
Pamphleteering high
Point in New Brochures
Issued by Herd Institute
Pamphleteering, which at one .
time was of the most effective
way of advancing great causes
and of enlightening the public
on major issues, attains a new
high in the new series of pam-
phlets issued by the Herzl Press.
sponsored by the Herzl Insti-
tute, 250 W. 57th St., New York
19.
The five latest Herzl Institute
Pamphlets, which now form a
total of 11 in the series, cover
a variety of subjects.
"Israel: "The Eirst Decade
and the Next," contains two
articles on Israel's position,
by Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion and Dr. Nahum Gold-
mann. The former's was fea-
tured as a special article in
the New York Times Maga-
zine. Dr. Goldmann's is the
text of the address he de-
livered at the Seminary-Israel
Institute of the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary in New
York.
Sir Isaiah Berlin is the author
of the brochure on "Chaim ,
Weizmann." The first president!
of Israel is portrayed as a man
who did not remain neutral or
uncommitted on issues. While '
he paid little attention to his
opponents, Weizmann, Sir Isaiah
writes, "did not hate them as
they hated him—save only the
Communists, whom all his life
he genuinely feared and de-
tested as swarms of political
locusts who always destroyed
more than they created."
Why was Weizmann at odds
with so many of the Zionist
leaders — Herzl, Sokolow, Ben-
Gurion, Jabotinsky? Sir Isaiah
refuses to ascribe it to auto-.
cratic temper. While he admits
an inextricable connection with
-Buying
Air
political expediency, in Weiz-
mann's attitudes, he credits the
late Jewish leader with rational
approaches to all issues involv-
ing Zionist aspirations.
"I Flew Them Home" by
Edward Trueblood Martin is
"A Pilot's Story of the
Yemenite A i r 1 i f t." This is
truly an important historical
chapter, describing the dan-
gers that were involved in
the transfer of the Yemenites
to Israel, the difficulties with
Yemen, the flight hazards and
other details. It is a well writ-
ten and most valuable pam-
phlet.
"The Jew in the American
Novel" by Leslie A. Fiedler is
an excellent resume of Jews in
fiction, in the m a j or books
known to American readers.
The analysis is up-to-date and
will prove valuable to book re-
viewers.
Another important contribu-
tion to historical data is the
pamphlet "Germany and Israel:
Six Year Luxemburg A g r e e-
ment," by Kurt R. Grossman.
It is a valuable review of the
agreements reached for German
reparations to Israel and to
Jewry.
Germany Sending Israel
$50 Million in Machinery
JERUSALEM (JTA) — By
the end of last year, Israrel's
orders for industrial equip-
ment within the framework of
the West German reparations
pact had reached $50,000,000.
Of this amount, $35,300,000
worth of machinery had been
delivered to Israel, Dr. P.
Shinnar, head of the Israeli
company which handles repara-
tions orders, announced.
Selling
Gottschalk's
Artistry Recalled
in Biography
Build Synagogue at Airport
The Universal Jewish Ency-
clopedia devotes half a column
of space to Louis Moreau Gott-
schalk, whose creative works as
pianist and composer are out-
lined biographically.
There is nothing in that
sketch to indicate any specific
Jewish interests in Gottschalk,
and we turn to a new biography
of the distinguished American
musician for the facts.
Vernon Loggins, a profession-
al critic and biographer, has
made a thorough study of the
life of Louis Moreau Gottschalk
in an interesting volume,
Signing the document which authorizes the first synagogue
"Where the World Ends," pub-
to be built at an airport are, left to right, Rabbi A. ALAN
lished by the Louisiana State
STEINBACH, president of the New York Board of Rabbis;
University Press, Baton Rouge,
ISAAC CHARCHAT, president of the International Synagogue
La. The first reference to the
Center, being erected at a cost of $250,000 at New York's In-
Jewishness of the Gottschalks
ternational Airport; and AUSTIN J. TOBIN, executive director
appears when the author men-
of the Port of New York Authority, which made the land for
tions that everybody in New
the synagogue available. Construction on the synagogue, which
Orleans took the father "to be
will be made of Israeli limestone and marble, will begin this
an Israelite. His name suggested
spring and be completed by the end of the year.
a German Jewish origin. and he
was decidedly Jewish in appear-
ance."
There is no record that the
father, Edward. "was ever re-
ceived into the Roman Catholic
Church." His famous son was
born in 1829, and about his bap-
The very title of the new fanatical hostility against Chris-
tism we read:
"He was given the name Louis book by Monsignor Raymond tians that remains with the Mos-
Etteldorf
— "The Catholic lem masses, it is practically im-
Moreau, after Monsieur Lislet
(a distinguished New Orleans Church and the Middle East"— possible, or at best is extremely
personality). For everyday use just published by Macmillan, difficult, to make converts."
And so, with Jews it is spirit-
the second was considered suf- implies a specific interest: the
ficient. When a whole year and position of the Catholics and the ual self-imposed exile, with Mos-
lems it is fanaticism. Our ap-
a half passed and he was still Catholic attitude.
Msgr. Etteldorf was in Israel, proach to such an interpretation
unbaptized, Creole gossips began
to whisper, 'That Jew Gottschalk and he makes interesting corn- is that Msgr. Etteldorf is gross-
has no respect for the usages of ments on Israel's position. He :. ly partisan in his "The Catholic
the Church!' The talk was hush- also visited Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Church in the Middle East."
ed when on Dec. 22, 1830, the Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Turkey,
christening rites were celebrat- and he describes his experiences Anecdotes of Destiny
ed by a curate of the St. Louis in all these lands.
To understand this Catholic a Major Book of 1958
, Cathedral
"Anecdotes of Destiny" by
Thus, the background of Louis dignitary's approach and inter-
' Moreau Gottschalk is fully ex- I est, it is necessary to learn at Isak Dinesen (the nom de
plained. He was the son of a once his conclusion. His final plume of the Danish Baroness
Jew, but his mother was not appeal, after indicating the Karen Blixen), published by
Jewish and he himself could not ' need for Catholic proselytizing Random House, is a collection
be classed as a Jew. among Jews and Moslems, is for of five brilliantly written
His biography is most inter- an effort "to bring Christ back stories.
story-teller's
genius
A
estingly compiled. Loggins has to Jerusalem." To accomplish
performed an excellent service this, he advocates "a point of emerges from the pages of this
in his methods of research and return" to Middle Eastern coun- excellent book.
in his evaluation of the Louisi- tries "to refresh ourselves at
L o v e r s and stone-hearted
anan as an able pianist and as the fountainheads of our way men of wealth, a murderer and
an outstanding American corn- of life."
a politician, a cast of char-
It is interesting that in de-! acters that inspires interest
poser. Gottschalk's personal life,
his love affair, his public actin- scribing Israel he writes a chap- I among the readers and holds
ities are ably scrutinize d. ter under the title "The Mystery their attention, dominate the
"Where the World Ends" brings of Israel." Indeed, he shows a themes of the five stories.
to the attention of Americans sense of fairness and there is a "Anecdotes of Destiny" right-
a forgotten name of an able lack of prejudice in what he fully has emerged as one of
artist. writes. Even in his reference to the major books of 1958.
the crucifixion he asserts that
only a handful of Jews in
Jewish Publications
Story of American Jews Jerusalem
were instrumental in
Told in New ADL Book bringing about the crucifixion. Listed in New Wayne
Three hundred years of Jew- They did not represent the University Guidebook
Wayne State University Press
ish life in America are woven whole Jewish people." (The
into a rich and colorful tapes- historical Jewish contention is has issued a new book, as part
try for young adult readers by that the crucifixion was a Ro- of the WSU Studies, under the
Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian, man practice and the crucifixion title "Publication Guide for Lit-
erary and Linguistic Scholars."
Oscar Handlin, in a new publi- of Jesus a Roman act).
But with all his efforts at fair-
The authors and compilers of
cation, "American Jews: -Their
ness,
Msgr.
Etteldorf's
book
re-
the list of publications, Milton
Story," issued by Anti-Defama-
mains
partisan
because
it
has
Bruce Byrd and Arnold L. Gold-
tion League of Bnai Brith.
Surveying Jewish life in one thing in view: to make con- mith, have included in the list
verts
to
Catholicism.
For
in-
the following Jewish publica-
America from 1654 to the pres-
ent, Dr. Handlin sketches the stance, when he states that tions: Jewish Social Studies,
regarded
them-
have
"Jews
Congress
Weekly, Judaism, Mid-
-European background of Jews
who came to this country, de- selves as an exiled people," he stream and National Jewish
scribes the patterns of their adds that "it is a self-imposed Monthly.
While the list of Jewish pub-
immigration to the United exile, not from Israel but from ,
States, and explores the ways the kingdom of Christ to which lications listed in this book is
in which the ancient faith of they rightfully belong." It is in I entirely incomplete, it does in-
Judaism has responded to mod- such spirit that he approaches clude several of the finer maga-
em problems and changing his views of the positions of znes which should prove helpful
Jews and other non-Catholics.
to those seeking information
currents of thought.
Therefore this book is what it about Jewish history, life and
Dr. Handlin also discusses
the relations of Jews with their implies: that it represents the literature.
neighbors of other faiths in conventional Catholic position
America, and with their co- ana is a missionary document.
The world's largest limestone
religionists throughout the I
With reference to the Mos- quarry is located at Rogers City,
world.
lems, he writes: "Due to the Mich.
Partisanship in Catholic's
Book on the Middle East
.
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