THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS— Friday, November 20, 1959-28
Inward Neglect, Not Anti-Semitism,
Threat to U. S. Jewry, Historian Says
BOSTON, (JTA)—Survival of
the Jewish people is threatened
not by anti-Semitism but by
neglect of the Jewish cultural
heritage, Dr. Solomon Grayzel,
editor of the Jewish Publicaa-
tion Society, told delegates of
the Women's Division, Ameri-
ca Jewish Congress, meeting for
Its biennial convention here.
Among the Detroit repre-
sentatives at the parley are
Mrs. William Cohen, president
of the Detroit Women's Divi-
sion, and Mesdames Jack Ross.
Jack Miller, Sol Redstone, David
Fleischman, John Sturman, Her-
man Karmann, Harry Shapiro.
I. B. Dworman, Arnold Kass and
Joseph Greenberg.
-Mrs. Louis Redstone, also of
Detroit, is a national vice-pres-
ident of the Congress Women's
Division.
Dr. Grayzel told the 700 dele-
gates that "the Jews of America
are now engaged in a momen-
tous struggle for self-preserva-
tion."
Stating that "the enemy is
not anti-Semitism, as some of
us like to believe," Dr. Grayzel
asserted that "the real enemy
is abandonment of our cultural,
religious . and historic tradi-
tions."
"The anti-Semite," Dr. Gray-
zel concluded, "serves us as a
scapegoat for our own sin of
weakening our heritage."
Mrs. Thelma Richman, of
Philadelphia, president of the
Women's Division, called for a
program aimed at "enriching
the Jewish contribution to the
extension of American free-
doms and enhancing Jewish
• ultural identifications."
Other speakers at the con-
vention, which is dedicated to
the theme, "The HER in HERi-
tege — Women's Responsibility
in Using the Past to Shape To-
morrow," were:
Prof. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,
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Samuel Brownell, former U.S.
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Sen. Wayne Morse, of Oregon;
Simcha Pratt. Minister Pleni-
potentiary of Israel; Angie
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State of the Republic of Li-
beria; and Dr. Joachim Prinz,
national president of the AJ
Congress.
A luncheon meeting featur-
ing six outstanding personalities
in the world of the arts was
an unusual highlight of the
four-day convention.
Henry Morganthau, Boston
TV producer, moderated a panel
comprised of author Charles
Angoff; sculptor Leonard Bas-
kin; theatrical producer Kermit
Bloomgarden; literary critic
Irving Howe; novelist Fanny
Hurst; and choreographer Anna
Sokolow on "The Role of the
Artist."
The convention closed with
the adoption of a number of
resolutions covering agency
policy in the fields of civil
rights, civil liberties, separation
of church and state, Jewish
education and culture and sup-
port of Israel.
Superintendent Brownell, in
his address, stressed the "posi-
tive values in education," listing
four fundamentals of human be-
havior which should be taught
in all schools. These, he said,
were:
"1. Care in basing opinions on
all the factS; 2. reluctance . to
pass judgment without special
knowledge or competence; 3.
avoiding conclusions that ex-
press half-truths; and 4. respect-
ing the dignity of every._ human
being regardless of his economic
status, _ education, race, color,
creed or age."
Maurice Samuel, in another
convention address, urged ex-
pansion of the Jewish day
school program "to provide
leadership and backbone" for
the American Jewish commu-
nity.
Asserting that he believed no
more • than 10- to 15 percent of
Jewish children would ever at-
tend such Schools, he _said. that
the exact percentage would be
determined by the aptitude of
the children and the inclination
of the parents.
Samuel also said that Ameri-
can Jewry had been "untrue to
itself and America" -by relaxing
its tradition of Jewish intellec-
tuality and by attempts to es-
cape "from the particularity
that marks the Jewish people as
a unique phenomenon" on the
American and world scene.
" 'Advertise,' warned show-
man P. T. Barnum, 'or the
chances are that the sheriff will
do it for you.' To illustrate his
thesis, he pointed out that there
are 26 mountains in Colorado
higher than Pike's Peak—but
haw many people can recall the
name of any one of them?"—
From Bennett Cerf's new book,
"The Laugh's on Me."
IN QUALITY!
Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
"The Highest Tree"
Someone once said that the
box office success of playwrights
is as unpredictable as that of
golf champions . , • And there
may well be something in this
comparison for we have ob
served that the dramatic critics
which in the drama field are
the referees, frequently thumb
down the writers whom they
o n1 y yesterday proclaimed
geniuses. . . • And of course
when that happens the box of-
fice receipts go down, way be-
low par . . . Fortunately, it
does sometimes happen that
the public does not agree with
the critics for reasons which
are too complex to analyze in
this column . . . In any case,
the other evening we went to
Dore Schary's most recent
Broadway play, "The Highest
Tree." . . . The critics had
treated the play rather brutally
but the subject matter inter-
ested us and so we invited some
of our friends to join us in
this "judge by yourself" expe-
dition . . . And let us say right
at the outset that we were
rewarded.
Dore Schary's play is his best,
superior to his "Sunrise at
Campobello," and by far more
interesting than "A Majority
of One" which he co-produced
. . : The theme of "The High-
est Tree" should be of direct,
vital concern to every man,
woman or child in this age of
ours . . For while it deals
with many problems it touches
forcefully on the major prob-
lem of the cold war and that
is: The intellectual integrity of
the scientists who hold the
fate of mankind in their hands
. . . We shall not attempt to
synopsisizic Schary's plot except
for its basic theme . . . A great
physicist of our time finds out
that he has contracted leuke-
mia (probably as a result of
his work and the effect of fall-
out from nuclear tests) . . . He
knows that he is doomed to die
within six months . . . Leaving
aside the emotional ramifica-
tions of this situation, Aaron
Cornish, that's the name of
Schary's physicist, is struggling
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DUSSELD ORF, (JTA ) —L oc al
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in three towns have acted on
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desecrated Jewish cemeteries.
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Rheda which was vandalized
last August. When the youths
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with the dilemma whether he
is to dedicate his last few
months on this earth to warning
his fellowmen about the threat-
ening danger of nuclear tests
or whether he should retire to
his corner and pass out silently
Propaganda? By no means
. . . - Schary presents the two
sides of the controversy about
the effect of fall-out rather ob-
jectively, perhaps too objec-
tively in our Opinion • . . A
very gifted craftsman, Schary
confines himself to the human
elements of the situation . . .
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Schary's - language is perhaps
too direct . . . His dialogue is
realistic and does not suffer
from pretentious sophistication
. . . His characters are moving
for they behave as common mor-
tals would under the same con-
ditions . . . Schary's skill as a
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every phase of the play . . . His
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older and younger generations
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the psychological currents of
our day . . . There is for in-
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young beatnik, a literary rock
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Ritterbusch—which is, in our
opinion, one of the highlights
of the contemporary American
stage,
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. . . Yet if it should fall victim
to the assault of the critics,
who use the same measure-
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