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THE JEWISH NEWS

Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951

Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National
Sditorial Association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Pubhshing Co., 17190 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 011ie, Detroit, Mich.. under act of Congress of March
6, 1871-

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Editor and Publisher

SIDNEY SHMARAK

Advertising Manager

CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ

Circulation Manager

FRANK SIMONS

City Editor

Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the twenty-fifth day of Ada r II, 5719, Shabbat Hahode-sh, the following
Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Ezek.
Pentateuchal portion, Shemini, Lev. 9:1-11:47, Ex. 12:1-20. Prophetical portion,
45:16-46:18.

Licht Benshen, Friday, April 3, 6:42 p.m.

VOL. XXXV. No. 5

Page Four

April 3, 1959

Emigration Halt: International intrigue

Emigration of Jews from behind the their autonomous states, living in an area
Iron Curtain has been interrupted. The of more than four million square miles,
impression is being given in Bucharest have raised the hue and cry that another
and in Moscow that it has ceased entire- comparative handful of Jews, who seek
ly, and the Arab League, because of whose settlement in .a state of little more than
protests the migration has been halted, two million people, who live in an area
appears to have triumphed. - of eight thousand square miles, will be
The unfortunate people who find life a menace to peace. These very "spokes-
in Romania, Hungary, Poland and Russia men" are the ones who have made peace
intolerable continue to hold on to hope impossible, by their refusal to negotiate
that they will eventually be able to secure with the Israelis. Yet they display the fear
exit visas to the haven of the State of that a very small state—one of the small-
Israel. Their kinsmen nourish the same est in the Middle East—is a danger to
hope and Israel awaits them. their vast domains.
Soviet Russia went along with this
In the meantime, the tragedy of the
applicants for visas to go to. Israel is fantastic intrigue by subscribing to Arab
mounting. Tens of thousands who have protests against the migration of Jews to
applied for permission to go to Israel now Israel. The Communist leaders, who con-
are branded as "disloyal" by the countries tinue to play both ends against the middle,
they seek to leave and to which they have mildly rebuke Nasser one day, compli-
given all their devotion and energy out of ment him the next day, are building up
a desire to remain a part of their environ- Kassem in Baghdad and seek domination
ment. Having been forced by circum- in the Middle East by supporting the ludi-
stances to seek haven in Israel, those who crous Arab claims that the settlement of
deny them the right to go to the Jewish another hundred thousand Jews in Israel
State now look upon them as pariahs. would be damaging to peace.
Already deprived of their homes and An elimination of the intrigues, involv-
means of livelihood, many of these peo- ing the Communists and the Arabs, whose
ple now are totally helpless, in the face destructive activities of merciless politici-
of pressures which have forced them out cratic nations and are defying the prin-
of their previous trades and professions ciples of the United Nations, would have
and which now deny them the opportunity led to peace in the Middle East. But the
of planting new roots for themselves and destructive activities of heartless politici-
their families in Israel. ans, who seek to deny the right of haven
These developments are the results of to oppressed Jews, continue to stand in
international intrigues which undoubtedly the way of amity.
One must never give up hope that the
will be recorded in history as the most
hearts
of men who dominate over East
disgraceful acts of heartless peoples.
The Arab states, whe-nce hundreds of European nations will yet be opened and
thousands of Jews were driven to go to that disenfranchised and dispossessed
Israel, have given the impression that a Jews will be able to secure asylum in
large influx of Jews will be a threat to Israel. We must remain prepared to
their numerous states. Spokesmen for the assist them as soon as avenues of escape
more than fifty million Arabs, in ten of are opened for them.

Urgent Need for Funds for Motos Hitim

New Passover Haggadah: Well
Illustrated Ably Translated

,

An eminent artist has combined his talents with an out-
standing Jewish scholar in producing one of the finest Haggadahs
for Passover. The Haggadah, already one of the most popular
books in use in all Jewish homes, lends itself to illustrations.
The new work is an example of artistic and literary skills put
to excellent use.
"Passover Haggadah," illustrated by Abraham Israel, trans-
lated by Sidney B. Hoenig, now being distributed by the Hebrew
Publishing Co., ((77 Delancey, N.Y. 2), is an attractive and
valuable work.
The illustrator, an eminent editor of noteworthy Jewish
publications in Europe, a former religious communal leader in
France and Romania, is a native of Hungary. Abraham Israel
completed his artistic Haggadah since his arrival in this coun-
try in 1958. He had dedicated many years of planning to this
task and the result is admirable.
Dr. Hoenig, whose translation elevates this Haggadah to a
place of great prominence among the most attractive Haggadahs,
is director of the Yeshiva University's department of adult
education and is professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva Univer-
sity in New York. Author of a number of important books, he
is the educational consultant to the Commission on Jewish Chap-
laincy of the National Jewish Welfare Board and was the editor
of the JWB Haggadah and Prayer Book for Jewish personnel
in the U. S. armed forces.
The Hebrew lettering and the illustrations are, like the
text itself, rooted in established traditions. Indeed, there are
collated artistic expressions of past ages and numerous trends
of several lands. As the preface explains, there are, in this
Haggadah, expressions of "such varied times, places, scenes,
as those of Egyptian art, the Jew of the Middle Ages, the
observance of the Seder on the Rhine, adherence to Pesach
in Oriental countries, the classical portrayal of the Renaissance,
and the emergence of the Jew in the modern age ... One views
therein in bold definition the glory of Jewish freedom as the
Jew reaches his own homeland—Israel."
Publishers, translator and illustrator desire this Haggadah
to be known as the Israel Haggadah—to emphasize the ingather-
ing of Israel with its Passover art. The hope is expressed that
this Haggadah "will become a household display for all who
seek to know the continuity of Jewish artistic expression and
the stream of tradition contained in the Passover story." There
is justification in such an aspiration both in the fine art work
and in the commendable translation of the text.

Annually, at this time of the year, just hoped, therefore, that the Mo'os Hitim
before Passover, an established tradi- gifts will be forthcoming speedily,
tion of assisting the less fortunate of our promptly and with a greater measure of
people is being conducted through the generosity than in the past few years.
efforts of the Mo'os Hitim Organization.
Mo'os Hitim is an established Jewish
project for aid to those who are unable
Grave responsibilities rest upon the
to secure the traditional foods necessary citizens of Detroit who are faced with
for Our
the observance
Passover. has
Every
Mo'os Hitim of
Committee
made the duty of protecting their school system
Jewish community on the globe has a com- and of assuring that proper provisions are
mittee that functions under this name.
made for vitally needed improvements.
By BORIS SMOLAR
In our community, Mo'os Hitim funds
It is urgent that every qualified voter
Editor, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
have enabled the local committee to as- should cast his ballot on Monday in sup-
Latvia, the small Baltic state, was one of the countries in
sure traditional Passover observances for port of both provisions on the ballot— Europe
I always enjoyed visiting before the outbreak of World
hundreds of our less fortunate people Propositions A and B.
War II . . . Not because I liked the Latvians but because I liked
annually.
Other major duties face the voter on Riga, the capital, and the Jews there . . . The Latvians have
Monday, when we will choose the County always distinguished themselves as a fascist and anti-Semitie
people, but the Jews in Latvia were charming and educated .. .
it known that a larger number of people and State judges.
A number of highly qualified candi- And the city of Riga, tucked away on the sideway of Europe,
is in need of help this year. The increased
Lithuania and Russia, was a pleasant place to visit .. .
demands for help have created the need dates are in the race for the several between
the outbreak of World War II, Latvia was occupied first
for a much larger Passover relief fund, courts, for the Board of Education and Since
by the Red Army, then by the Nazi army, and is now again under
and it is urgent that those who annually for the Board of Governors of Wayne Soviet rule . . . In between, the Latvians and the Nazis have
support the Mo'os Hitim cause, and others State University. Judge Victor A. Baum annihilated practically the entire Jewish population of Riga and
who must take an interest in this effort, already has attained an enviable record. other Latvian towns ... In killing Jews, the Latvians have played
should send their contributions to the John Wise and Harold Norris have won no smaller role than the German Nazis . . . In fact, the slaughter
the unqualified support for judicial posts of Latvian Jewry was more a Latvian than a German affair .. .
local organization as soon as possible.
book immortalizing Latvian Jewry has now been published in
city. rank
Leonard
This is a traditional appeal. It does of
N. the-leading
Kasle has groups
risen in
to the
high
as a A Johannesburg,
under the title "The Untold Story" . . . Its author,
not call for very large sums. But the member of the Board of Education. Ben- Isaac Levinson, has gone into great length to secure all possible
amount needed must be raised speedily, jamin Burdick, candidate for WSU Board material on the history of the Jews in this small Baltic country
in
His is, therefore, the only book I know which traces Jewish life
order
that those
who traditional
must be provided
of Governors,
is one in of the
the Middle
most respected
with
matzos
and other
foods Republican
leaders
West.
in Courland and Livonia — of which Latvia is composed — from
should not be deprived of proper means
the 15th Century until the present day . . . Jewish history there
It is urgent that the voters should is presented in the book against a general background of events
for the Festival's observance.
the on
list Monday
of candidates
and the
cast Better
their in Courland and Livonia, which makes the book even more im-
The small gifts that are expected for study
ballots
— for
portant . . . "The Untold Story" contains facts and photostats
the Mo'os Hitim fund in no way inter-
not
Schools candidates
Proposals
for the
best of documents, showing the ugly role played by the Latvians, but
feres with the larger obligations that face qualified
for and
important
County
only in destroying their own Jews during the Nazi period,
our community in the present great Allied and State officials.
also in helping the Nazis to destroy Jews in Poland.
Jewish Campaign solicitations. It is to be

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`The Untold Story': Latvia

