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Labor Day 1959
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
Editorial Association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 05.
Mich., VE 8-9364. Subscription e5 a year Foreign $6.
Entered as second class matter Aug 6, 1942 at Post Offic,, Detroit, Mich. under act of Congress of March
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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Edit( r and Publisher
SIDNEY SHMARAK
Advertising Manager
CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ
Circulation Manager
FRANK SIMONS
City Editor
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the second day of Elul, 5719, the following Scriptural selections will be read,
in our synagogues:
Pen.tateuchal portion, Shofetim, Deut. 16:18-21:9. Prophetical portion, Is. 51:12-52:12.
Licht Benshen, Friday, Sept. 4, 6:43 p.m.
VOL. XXXVI. No. 1
Page Four
September 4, 1959
Labor Day: Ancient Jewish Blueprint
Labor Day's significance, its quest
for the advancement of the standards of
living of the American people, its aspira-
tion to keep the dignity of the worker on
a very high level, has its roots in ancient
Jewish traditions.
Annually, on the occasion of Labor
Day, the major Jewish religious organi-
zations issue proclamations in which they
recall the Jewish ideals related to the
physical needs of mankind and the wel-
fare of its workers.
In a Labor Day statement prepared
by Rabbi Max D. Davidson, president of
the Synagogue Council of America, issued
in behalf of the Council, the Jewish tradi-
tional ideals are outlined as follows:
Since the day when the first labor
legislation in history was promulgated
through the Ten Commandments and
thus given to the whole world, Judaism
has sought the welfare of those who do
the world's work. The concept of a day
of complete rest has been accepted by
only a minority of mankind, and it is
the continuing task of civilized nations
to insure the right of the worker to
time for study, recreation and physical
and spiritual refreshment.
It is not only rest that is glorified
in Jewish religious teaching. Work it-
self is exalted. "Six days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work" is as much a
part of a Commandment as "Remember
the Sabbath Day to keep it holy." The
dignity of the worker, his rights and
responsibilities, are part of the philos-
ophy of Judaism.
In our highly organized society;
methods of organization and the needs
of employer and employee are in con-
stant flux. Only by long-range vision by
management and labor alike of both
the spiritual and physical needs of the
nation, the community and the individ-
ual; only by the highest standards of
ethics, justice and cooperation, can the
welfare of all of us be made secure.
The translation of this vision into
a living day-by-day reality becomes all
the more urgent against the background
of the present international situation.
In the contest for the hearts and minds
of men, the concept and the practice of
free and responsible cooperation be-
tween employers and employees in open
good faith for the common weal of our
citizenry emerges as a major force for
• democracy. The leadership of labor
and management have a fundamental
responsibility to assure that this
achievement of our society be strength-
ened.
In our abundant society, no one
need lack the necessities for comforts
and enrichment of mind and body.
This is the ancient Jewish ideal.
This may well be the blueprint for
tomorrow.
A blueprint for tomorrow—which
should be enacted. today—is on hand.
It is embodied in the oldest traditions
of our people and it calls for honor and
dignity, in the advancement of labor's
status and in labor-management rela-
tions. May it become workable speedily,
in our time.
Hadassah's Vital Role in Middle East
The coming two weeks have vital
significance for Hadassah, locally as well
as nationally.
At the annual Hadassah convention,
to be held in St. Louis, the women's
Zionist organization, which has attained
high status as one of the major Jewish
movements in the world, will consider
several important projects, especially the
construction of the $25,000,000 Hadassah-
Hebrew University Medical Center, at
Hadassah Town — Kiryat Hadassah — on
the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Consolidating all Hadassah medical
facilities, a group of 17 modern buildings
will provide the services that are so vit-
ally needed in Israel. This medical city
will include the 500 - bed Rothschild-
Hadassah-University Hospital, Hebrew
University-Hadassah Medical School,
Rosensohn Out-Patient Department,
Henrietta Szold School of Nursing, a
Mother and Child Pavilion for maternity
and infant care, laboratories and research
centers.
The Israel medical school already is
gaining status as the leading medical
center in the Middle East. The Rosensohn
Out-Patient Department will be able to
care for 200,000 patients a year. The other
departments have begun to make great
contributions towards the improvement
of Israel's health in advancing the medical
needs of the entire Middle East.
If it were only through its efforts
to eradicate trachoma, Hadassah's medi-
cal experts would be deserving of the
highest encomia. But Hadassah also has
paved the road for curative and preven-
tive medicine in other fields. It is making
great contributions toward Israel's social
welfare program. Its health stations and
work among underprivileged children, by
means of vocational education and re-
lated programs, are monumental factors
in Israel's upbuilding.
When the Detroit Hadassah women
set out to raise the special fund for the
Detroit wing at the orthopedic center
of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medi-
cal School, the modest sum of $65,000
should be greatly oversubscribed. The
great humanitarian efforts inherent in the
over-all Hadassah program are deserving
of a most generous response.
At the same time, the regular Ha-
dassah programs in support of Israel's
health institutions also call for generosity.
The Detroit organization's campaign, now
in progress, to be highlighted by one of
the annual events Sept. 8, should be
given all possible assistance, in order
that the Hadassah programs should flour-
ish and that the tasks of the local workers
should be made easier by the prompt re-
sponse of an understanding community.
Jewish State's Factual Sources
The 1959 'Israel Year Book'
The 1959 "Israel Year Book," published by Israel Yearbook
Publications, Ltd., Tel Aviv, in cooperation with the economic de-
partment of the Jewish Agency, contains basic facts about Israel
that will become invaluable to students of international affairs
and those who desire information about developments in Israel.
Edited by Dr. L. Berger, Shalom Yedidyah, R. Levin and H.
Hirshberg, this volume incorporates the Palestine Yearbook and
Israeli Annual formerly published in the United States by the
Zionist Organization of America, and the Anglo-Palestine Year-
book formerly published in Great Britain.
Israel's economic position is clarified in several major
essays in the 1959 Yearbook. "Productive Investments" by
Minister of Finance Levi Eshkol, Minister of Commerce Pin-
chas Sapir's "Encouragement of Foreign Investments" and
"Trends and Tendencies in the Israel Economy" by David
Horowitz, Governor of the Bank of Israel, are of great value
in providing .information to investors in Israel. There are, in
addition, essays of merit on Israel's industrial development by
Dr. Berger; Uri Carin's explanations of the activities of the
Jewish Agency's economic department, and a very important
personal import guide for immigrants.
The Year Book evaluates Israel's activities in the fields of
health, education, science, agriculture, music and the theater, as
well as the country's legal system and Israel in world affairs.
Michael S. Comay has written the review on Israel's position in
world affairs, and several of the essays are related to interna-
tional problems and activities.
A review of "Minorities in Israel" will be found especially
valuable in view of its description of the position of Moslems
and Christians in Israel.
The productive. absorption of immigrants is described in
an article by L. Dultzin. Shimon Peres, director of the Defense
Ministry, tells about his Ministry's position.
Essays dealing with Israel's agricultural developments are
most illuminating. Arieh Elizur describes research in the Israel
arid zones. A general resume on agriculture was written by L. F.
Samuel. Dr. A. S. Amon is the author of an article on citrus.
Several articles on science, and references to Israel's higher
schools of learning, are informative as guides to Americans who
are supporting the - major Israeli institutions.
Essays on archaeology also are meritorious. Major findings
in Israeli excavations are described by Avinoam Haimi.
Gen. NI. Makleff describes "The Development of the Dead
Sea Works." Labor organizations and religious institutions are
subjects of several articles. There also are articles on the Israeli
political parties, on the municipalities and a variety of other
subjects which, together with the directories, make this Year
Book an important guide to students of Israeli affairs.
Aid for Bond Drive
The Detroit Israel Bond Organization
commences its major activities of the year
this week — with a pre-High Holy Day
synagogue campaign and an Israel-France
dinner dance to emphasize the friendship
that exists between the two countries.
In the coming three months, several
important Bond projects will be conducted
here to spur investments in Israel. These
undertakings are supplementary to the
philanthropic responsibilities represented
by the Allied Jewish Campaign in behalf
of the United Jewish Appeal, Hadassah,
Mizrachi, the Jewish National Fund, His-
tadrut, Pioneer Women and other
important causes.
It is sincerely hoped that Detroit's
response to Israel Bond appeals will be
wholehearted, generous and spontaneous.
Evaluation of the Moshav
An interesting 82-page pamphlet, "Handbook of the Moshav,"
by Emanuel Labes, issued in Jerusalem by the Haikar Haoved
and Youth and Hechaluz Department of the World Zionist Organ-
ization, provides much-needed information about Israel's co-
operative farm villages.
This is not a critical work: it is an explanatory brochure
about both forms of the moshav—the moshav ovdim, the indi-
vidual farm, and the moshav shitufi, the collective farm.
As an introduction to Israel's cooperative farm village, the
brochure explains moshav life, the administration of the village,
the benefits derived by the farmers from its agricultural pro-
gram, and other factors related to this interesting Israel co-
operative effort.
Of particular value in this pamphlet is the chapter which
throws light on the manner in which the moshav members
adjust to life in the cooperative village. The cultural and
social adjustments, and the recreational and educational op-
portunities, the family recreation centers and the opportunities
for shopping in cooperative stores are most revealing facts.
Dealing with the problem of the unmarried, the author
points out that "a member of the moshav ovdim who remains a
bachelor is likely to decide to give up his farm and become a
`non-agricultural member' by working in the office." We are
also told that "it is only after marriage that the young families
will move into their permanent houses, and the village will then
develop its true moshav shitufi character."
The place of children and youth and the requirements for
joining a moshav also are described.
Several moshavim are described in additional articles signed
by their leaders, in an appendix to the brochure. The illustrations
add to its interest and value.