THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS— Friday, March I I, 1960-4

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 35,
Mich., VE 8-9364. Subscription $5 a year. Foreign $6.
Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942 at Post Office, Detroit, Mich. under act of Congress of March

8, 1879.

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Editor and Publisher

SIDNEY SHMARAK CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ

Advertising Manager

Circulation 1Ianager

FRANK SIMONS

City Editor

Sabbath Zakhor Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the twelfth day of Adar, 5720, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
I
Pentateuchal portions, Tetzaveh, Ex. 27:20-30:1Q De•t. 25:17-19. Prophetical portion,
Sam. 15:2-34.

Licht Benshen, Friday, March 11, 6:16 p.m.

VOL. XXXVII. No. 2

Page Four

March 11, 1960

Purim—Symbol of an Ever-Vigilant Jewry

When our children gather in the syna-
gogues this Sabbath night to usher in
another Purim festival, their parents will
tolerate the immense amount of noise that
will come from their graggers at the men-
tion of the Haman, the arch enemy
of the Jews in the story recorded in the
Book of Esther.
To the older children, the parents will
have the responsibility of explaining why,
after two millenia, Jews still retain the
memory of the name of Haman, in order
to keep alive the dangers that constantly
threaten the Jewish people whenever and
wherever there are evidences of the in-
humanity of man to man.
While retaining the memory of Ha-
man, we also think of Esther and of
Mordecai, of the conscious Jews who
keep in view the necessity of being
vigilant in defense of their people.
The retention of ancient memories was
made necessary by the constantly repeat-
ing symptbms of the hatred that moti-
vated the actions of Haman of old—
hatreds that necessitated the spread of
libels, the poisoning of the mind of the
king to whom Haman brought the false

accusation that because Jews are different
they also are disloyal. Just as the Hamanic
charge had to be contraverted, so it has
been necessary through the ages—down
to our own time—to refute false accusa-
tions.
Contrary to hopes that the enlighten-
ment that has come to the world will
obviate the need for further defense
against libelous attacks upon us, we still
are on the defensive in many areas of the
world.
It is because it has become so neces-
sary to retain the memories of dangers
and tragedies, which necessitated our
being ever vigilant and constantly on the
defense, that the festival of Purim, while
it is one of the very minor ones on our
calendar, retains such a strong hold on
Jewry.
In the best interests of a democratic
world for which we strive and pray, and
in the hopes of a continued vigilance that
will always bring the end to anti-Semites
of the ilk of Haman, we extend hearty
greetings to our community for a very
happy Purim.

Appeasement Deters Middle East Peace

In a recent resume of the tense Middle
East situation, Dana Adams Schmidt, of
the New York Times Washington Bureau,
expressed the opinion that a war is un-
likely in spite of the potentials for it, and
he indicated that avoidance of a flareup
depends as much upon the Great Powers
as it does on the countries in the area.
In the course of his analysis of the exist-
ing situation, he made this observation
with reference to the status of Israel:
"The United States has over Israel
even more of a hold than the Soviet
Union has over the United Arab Republic.
The Cairo regime could live without the
Soviet Union, but Israel probably could
not at present live without remittances
from the United States. That means
private—not United States Government—
remittances, mainly through the United
Jewish Appeal and Israeli Bond sales.
United States Government aid has tapered
off sharply since the beginning of the
Eisenhower Administration."
In this brief paragraph are incorpor-
ated the major elements of danger facing
Israel on the international front. The
United States holds the most important
stakes on the Middle East roulette wheel.
From this country came the major help
to Israel. But U. S. Government help not
only has tapered off: it is safe to say that
it has almost ceased completely. At the
same time, financial aid from the U. S.
to Arab countries is constantly on the in
crease, thus upsetting whatever balance

1956, in the statements that were then
made by President Eisenhower.
It was expected that President Eisen-
hower would fulfill his assurance of free-
dom of the seas for Israel, in the Suez
Canal, as a result of the withdrawal of
Israeli troops from Egypt in 1957, but
even such an elementary right has been
denied to Israel.
While everyone agrees that Nasser
and his cohorts are being abetted, the
on , and our Government
appeasing goes

and inspiring.
we
represent an art-film. It s powerful
"Israel Landscape Poems," selected by S olom J. Kann,
include the works of Yaacov Fichman, Rachel, Avraham Shlon-
sky, Levi Ben-Amitai, Aryeh L. Strauss, Yehuda Karni, Leah
Goldberg and 0. Hillel.
An article, "Corners of Jewish Italy in Israel," by S. 15.
Nahon, with photographs of synagogue Arks and structures, is
most informative.
Also included in the book are reproductions of "Israel
Landscapes" by noted artists, selected by M. Spitzer.

5-Day Israel Sinai Campaign
Described in 'Week-End War

