THE DE TROIT JEW ISH NE W S— Fr iday, Februa ry 5, 1 960-22

Leader Asks Tighter
U.S. and Israel Ties

(Direct .JTA TeletNpe %Vire
to The Jev‘ish

JERUSALEM --- "Better and
tighter ties and understanding"
between the Israel government
and the Zionist movement are
essen ial for both. Mrs. Rose
Halpern. acting chairman of the
Jewish Agency Executive in
NOW York. declared at a press
conference Tuesday.
movement's
Zionist
"1' hie
functions for Israel. Mrs. Hal-
pern stated. "are not yet com-
plete. and the Zionist move-
ment remains the only body
and address on which Israel
may count, and to, which Israel
can apply for any service which
would be readily dealt with."
Declaring that "relations be-
tween Israel and the Zionist
movement are not as they
should be." Mrs. Halpern said.
"Whoever thinks. or claims.
that there is another address
which Israel can use--the term
'world Jewry' being an abstract
—is very mistaken. Though the
Zionist movement need not be
perpetuated. there is still great
work undone. like preparing a
large reserve of immigration
for Israel from outside Israel.
This is being done by educat-
ing the Jewish youth. a project
now under way."
Speaking of the possibilities
of Israeli immigration from
western countries. Mrs. Halpern
stated that, as far as America
and Britain are concerned. ''it
is essential to provide those
prospective immigrants with
conditions that would enable
them to remain in Israel, which
is what they desire. The main
obstacle is housing. and efforts
should he directed toward a
solution of this problem."

Dr. STANLEY BLOCK. of
the United States National
Bureau of Standards, Washing-
ton, D.C.. arrived in Israel to
spend one year at the Weiz-
mann Institute of S c i e n c e.
Rehovoth .under the UNESCO
technical assistance program.

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Editor. The Jewish News:
ligious-cultural activities, of
Mr. fh-ar, whose letter ap- which the youngsters' "King
peared in your last issue. makes and I" production is merely one
bitter allegations and charges incidental and interesting facet
in a most careless way. The of expression.
children who appeared in the
Inthed, the juvenile cast of
presentation of "South Pacific" "The King and I" would love
and "Oklahoma' were all stu- to invite Mr. Haar to attend
dents of the Religious School Adas Shalom's weekly Sabbath
and active members of the youth services, at which they
Children's Congregations of lead a congregation numbering
their particular age group. 200 youngsters in their own
These playlets were part of the service, as preachers, hazzanim,
recreation program we carry Torah-readers. etc. They feel
on. That the children recognized the Torah still has some Jewish
the vitality and modernity of content, and many know its con-
Hebrew sufficiently to choose tent—without benefit of trans-
a contemporary American lation.
vehicle for their voluntary after-
Mr. haat- might like also to
school activity. is a source of sit in on our Leaders Training
gratification to their teachers. Fellowship "s:chot," at which
Their basic studies in Bible, our elite teen-agers—members
history. Mishnah and Hebrew . of the cast—conduct serious
literature did not suffer the well-organized discussions, in
slightest interruption by reason competent Hebrew.
of the extra-curricular project
The. point is, that our chit-
they chose to undertake. To ' dren's fluent, sparkling Hebrew
speak of "assimilation" and production of a respectable mod-
"language idolatory" in this ern literary classic like "King
connection as Mr. Haar does is and I." is simply a natural by-
absurd. To associate these pro- product of the positive, many-
grams with the question of faceted training for Jewish sur-
opening a Jewish institution on vival, which they receive at the
synagogue, a 4 Camp Ramah
the Sabbath is irresponsible.
RABBI MORRIS ADLER (Hebrew-speaking), and at the
United Hebrew Schools. Their
superb handling of the Hebrew
Rabbi Segal Answers
translation—in itself a not-to-
Attack on Operetta
: be-sneezed-at pedagogic project
Editor, The Jewish News:
—s'iould cause no Jew to
Our staff associates and youth tremble.
leaders at .•.(1.is Shalom Syna-
Hebrew translations of popu-
gogue were astonished and lar literary classics have never
puzzled by Moishe Haar's letter, been considered steps to assimi-
in which he protests against our lation. Bialik, "the mouth-
recent youth production of . piece of the Jewish Folk,"
"The King an -t I" in Hebrew.. wrote masterful Hebrew trans-
He calls such Hebrew pres- lations o; Shakespeare's "Julius
s entations "the n.ost rt.rnicious Caesar." Schiller's "William
yet well disguised form of Tell" and - Cervantes' "Don
assimilation" and "worse. from Quixote." The Israeli Habimah
the standpoint of. Jewish sur- Theater — hardly a den of as-
vival" than public deviations similation—includes in its He-
from Sabbath observance.
' brew repertoire "Oedipus Rex,"
This is a startling statement. "Hamlet," "Crime and Punish-
The only charitable explana- ment." "Of Mice and Men." and
' tion I can suggest is that Mr. "Death of a Salesman"—along
with "The Dybbuk" and orig-
inal Hebrew plays.
Assimilation
is
a strong
word. It ought fo be used war-
ilyparticularly against young-
sters who by disciplined study,
worship and creative self-ex-
pression. are enriching the vi- •
tality of synagogue and com-
munity life. of Torah :aid "lash
on-hakodesh," of the Jewish
heritage whose survival Mr.
Mr. Haar and all of us are so
anxious to assure.
RABBI JACOB E. SEGAL

Moishe Haar's Criticism
Repudiated as Careless

Expel College Students for Smearing Grocery

TUCSON. Ariz., (JTA)—Two thrown at the home of a Mr.
University of Arizona students, and Mrs. Gold but did no dam-
Jack Weidner, 18, and Donald age. Later the Golds received a
Kopec, 23, were expelled from phone call asking: "How does it
the school. fined $50 and sen- feel to be the only Jew in the
tenced to five days in jail after neighborhood?"
they were caught marking up a . The Tucson Ministerial Asso-
ciation declared that it was
kosher market here.
Police said that the two stu- gravely concerned about the

dents left the city at the end of ''recent outbursts of vandalism
their jail sentences. City offi- in our community" and warned

cials said they would continue the community to remember
to deal severely with offenders. "the tragic history of such out-
In nearby Scottsdale, two bursts should they develop into
small homemade bombs were a hate and revenge crusade."

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