THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, December 18, 1959-24
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Berle Broadcasts for Asthmatic Tots Persky's Profile: Modernization of Haifa Refineries
Hebrew in Style -Negotiated with U. S. Oil Investors
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Milton Berle records a radio plea in behalf of the Jewish
National Home for Asthmatic Children's campaign for public
support, pointing out that voluntary donations are the national,
non-sectarian hospital-home's sole means of caring for the
nation's emergency cases among asthmatic youngsters. Regional
director Gene Gach (left) assists. Mrs. Morris Burnstein, Mrs.
David Cooper and Mrs. Sam Robins are presidents of JNHAC
chapters in the Detroit area. Mrs. Harry Goldberg Is president
of the Detroit Council of Presidents of JNHAC. There are three
children from Michigan presently at the National Home.
Freud-Jung-Adler
Conflict Recorded
in Dunham's Book
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JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Nego- refineries at Haifa, it was indi-
tiations are under way with cated by Ministry of Finance
Dwight MacDonald's Profile American investors for financ- circles.
in the New Yorker magazine of ing of modernization of the oil
The refineries were built in
Daniel Persky and the Hebrew
1938 by the British Petroleum
language shows the remarkable
strides being made by the He- Navy. Chapel Honors Company. The facilities became
Israeli property after they were
brew language. For the New
Yorker to devote itself to the Comm. Uriah P. Levy purchased, late February, by
NORFOLK, Va. — The name the Government and a private
subject, shows that Hebrew is
of a Jewish Naval officer who firm.
coming into style.
At the same time, it was
The New Yorker Profile played a key role in the cam-
points out that in early paign to abolish flogging in learned that Israel will soon
America, Hebrew was very the U.S. Navy was memorialized become an exporter of refined-
much in fashion in the schol- here on Dec. 13 when the new petroleum products again, for
astic world. At Yale and Jewish chapel at the Norfolk the first time since the Arabs
Harvard, it was customary to Naval base was named the closed down the Iraq-Haifa pipe-
line, 11 years ago, during Is-
deliver one of the commence- "Commodore Levy Chapel."
ment orations in Hebrew,
The ceremonies held in con- rael's War of Independence.
and President Style _ s of Yale junction with the naming 'of
It was revealed that, under a
remarked that he pitied the the chapel—the Navy's first new contract, an unidentified
man in Heaven who could not permanent Jewish chapel—were country will market 400,000 tons
speak Hebrew. He couldn't sponsored by the Norfolk Na- of gasoline and other petroleum
talk to God unless he used an tional. Jewish Welfare Board's products anually . . The'"gas" and
armed services committee and other products are processed in
interpreter.
H. L. Mencken, in his classic the Norfolk Jewish Community the Haifa refineries.
work, "The American Lan- Council.
A warm admirer of Thomas
guage," tells -of the •Americans
after the American Revolution Jefferson, Commodore Uriah P.
who wanted to see Hebrew Levy helped preserve the great
!adopted as the American lan- American statesman's home at
Monticello. Commodore Levy
guage.
But with the beginning of the rose from . cabin boy to the
19th century, the Hebrew vogue then highest ranking Naval
began to peter out. In Palestine, office.
with Zionist development, there
was a revival, but the progress
even there was very slow at
first. However, the Hebrew
writer Bialik felt encouraged
once after a test. He stopped a
boy in the streets of Tel Aviv
and pulled his ear.
"Chamor!" (d o n k e y), the
youth cried out in Hebrew.
Bialik was delighted. He
curses in Hebrew. When you
curse in a language, it shows
the language is catching on.
Nowadays there are many
different kinds of methods for
the quick learning of Hebrew.
There are even phonograph
records to teach you the lan-
guage. You learn while listen-
ing.
I think the best method is the
Haveto method. It's the method
which makes it easy for chil-
dren to acquire languages so
easily.
Eliezer ben Yehuda, the
father of modern Hebrew, used
the method when he settled in
Jerusalem. He married his bride
on condition that she would
speak no other language but
Hebrew.
Some years ago I was living
in Jerusalem. Ben Yehuda was
dead, but his widow was living.
and I tried to interview her. I
began to speak in English. She
said, "Asur" (pronounced like
aw-soor). It means "Forbidden."1
I then tried Yiddish and she
said "Asur" again. If I wanted
to speak to her, I understood ,
then I had to speak Hebrew
and nothing else.
When you are in a situation
where you have to speak a lan-
guage and no other, you learn
the language.
As I say, children follow the
Haveto method. If they want to
understand what is going on,
they have to learn the language;
So they learn it..
(Copyright, 1959, Jewish Telegraph
Agency)
Milan Rabbi Refuses
to Take Christian
Oath in Italian Court
MILAN, (JTA) — A Milan
In "Sociological Theory and rabbi escaped a possible fine
Mental Disorder," H. War- or jail term for refusing to take
r-en Dunham, professor of so- an oath in court here when the
ciology at Wayne State Uni- court dismissed him as a wit-
versity (published by WSU ; ness because his evidence was
Press), reveals - extenstve - re- I ruled `i-iot fundamentally im-
iearch into the works of Prof. portant to the trial."
Sigmund Freud and Dr. C.
Rabbi David Treitel explained
Jung.
his refusal with the statement
In the course of his study, that as a Jew, "my faith for-
he makes this interesting ref- bids me to take • the oath." If
erence:
the court had considered his
"Let it be noted that in evidence essential, his refusal
1910 at the Nuremberg Con- could have resulted in a six-
gress of Psychoanalysts, when month jail sentence or a fine of
Freud announced his decision $75 under the Italian Penal
to make Jung president of the Code.
Psychoanalytic Association, the
reason he gave was that Jung Eban to Head Group
was not a Jew. As might be
expected, this alienated the to Unite World Jewry
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Viennese faction which was I
to The Jewish News
predominately composed of
JERUSALEM. — A new au-
Jewish members. This episode
is of some historical signifi- thority to foster relations be-
cance because in it Freud used tween the Jews of Israel and
one of his own personal con- Jews in the rest of the world
flicts to decide the future of will be set up soon by the Israel
the movement. As a result, the government with Abba Eban,
Adlereans (followers of Dr. former Ambassador to the
Alfred Adler) broke away in United States, supervising its
1911. In 1914, the split with activities, it was- reported Tues-
day.
Jung was also final."
Eban would handle supervi-_
Two case references, involv-
ing anti-Jewish conflicts, are sion of the projected authority
recorded in Dr. Dunham's as one of his tasks as Minister
without. Portfolio in the new
book.
Cabinet which Ben-Gurion has
assembled.
Supreme Court Supports
The new agency will work in
Blue Law Enforcement
cooperation with the World
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The Zionist Organization and world
United States Supreme Court Jewish groups. Details of its
refused to stay enforcement of program and methods of oper-
Pennsylvania's Sunday sales ation are scheduled for discus-
blue laws. This issue is followed sion between the government
with interest by Jewish ele- and the Jewish Agency.
ments because of the question
of separation of church from
state. The request for a stay, or
injunction, was made by a dis-
count store in Allentown, Pa.
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