THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, April 15, 1960-32
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Prof. Hadas Humanismf ViewslIsrael Cabinet Decides Again to Test
Nasser on Issue of Suez Canal Passage
next Saturday under Iraqi Ceylonese crew will take over
'Greek Ideal and Its Survival' JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The start
auspices for the so-called the vessel from its Israel crew.
Dr. Moses Hadas, Jay Pro-
fessor of Greek and chairman
of the department of Greek
and Latin at Columbia Univer-
sity, adds to his stature as an
evaluator of the Hellenistic
teachings with his new book,
"Humanism: The Greek Ideal
and Its Survival," published by
Harper.
His contention is that the
Greek ideal was marked by "a
restless striving for innovation
in every direction," and he ex-
presses the view that though
the modern world seems to
have broken with the old, "ac-
tually it is a more direct con-
tinuation of the remoter than
of the nearer path." Thus, he
declares that "if a stranger to
our world should wish to un-
derstand the motive forces of
European society, the prem-
ises and the objectives of our
ways of life, he could _ learn
most economically by studying
the Greeks."
Prof. Hadas makes a thor-
ough study of the supernat-
ural. He states: "Orphism,
which promises a dualism of
body and soul and enjoins
progressive liberation of the
soul from the shackles of
the body, is most sympa-
thetic to Europeans bred in
the Judaeo-Christian tradi-
tion, quite possibly because
through Plato and lesser
channels it had contributed
substantially to the shaping
of the tradition."
Dr. Hadas, in his analysis
of "The Cult of Hellenism,"
declares that "in historical
times, and especially in the Hel-
lenistic period, there was much
ideological interaction between
East and West, and the influ-
ence of Platonism and of Stoi-
cism is- palpable in Helenistic
Judaism and Christianity. For
the survival of this complex,
we need look no further than
the Judaeo-Christian tradition."
As in his earlier works,
Dr. Hadas shows the exten-
siveness of Hellenistic influ-
ences. He declares that "un-
til the end of the first cen-
tury A.D. the Jews , were as
receptive to Hellenism as
any other Eastern people."
He states in his "Humanism,"
in this connection: "A work
like the First Book of the Mac-
cabees, which was written in
Hebrew to glorify a war against
a 'Greek' king, shows how
deeply Hellenism had pene-
trated. Not only does the form
plainly show the influence of
Hellenistic historiography, but
the war itself starts with ri-
valry for the high priesthood
waged by two men each of
whom bore a Greek name and
both of whom were eager to
adopt Greek ways of life. The
struggle was not against Hel-
lenism but to attain a sov-
ereignty like others that were
arising from the debris of the
Seleucid empire."
Prof. Hadas also makes the
point that "Epicureanism was
anathema to Platonists and
eventually to Christians, for
whom reality resided in an un-
seen world; it was officially
anathema to the Jew, who made
epikoros the word for, to them,
the novel concept of infidel;
and it became anathema to the
rulers of Rome, whose author-
ity was made to rest upon a
religious sanction." The Epi-
cureans, he explains, 'speak of
a soul, and for them the soul,
like the body, "is composed of
atoms, and these are dispersed
in death. Just as the soul has
no kind of existence separate
from the body's, so it has no
separate loyalty . . . In an ab-
solute sense, man is the sole
measure. The only criterion for
conduct is pleasure, which is
defined as the absence of
pain . . ."
The viewpoints of Machia-
velli and Spinoza are given con-
siderable attention, and with
reference to the latter, Dr.
Hadas states:
"Put in the grossest terms,
the salient difference be-
tween the God of the Chris-
tian - Jewish - Muslim philoso-
phers and Spinoza's God is
that Spinoza's God is not pre-
occupied with the affairs and
the destiny of man, that 'all
final causes are nothing but
human fictions'."
"The spheres of the human
and the divine are disparate,"
is Dr. Hadas' view, in his
thought-and discussion-provok-
ing "Humanism."
Jewish Bibles Go on Sale in
Philadelphia Supermarkets
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) —
Jewish and Christian Bibles
were on sale in Philadelphia
supermarkets.
The Jewish Publication So-
ciety's Bible, published by J. J.
Little and Ives of New York,
is being sold in a complete
edition for $14.95. They are
being sold in Penn Fruit Mar-
kets.
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Israel Cabinet may be called on
soon to decide whether to make "Palestine Republic Army" Several Israeli instructors will
another test of the "practical which Brigadier Abdel Karim remain to train- the Ceylonese
arrangements" imposed by Pres- Kassem, the Iraqi dictator, an- crew, and the other Israelis will
ident Nasser of the United Arab nounced he would set up to return home. The Miznak left
Republic for transit of cargoes "liberate Palestine from Jewish Israel last Thursday night and
crossed the Tiran Straits sep-
to and from Israel through the usurpation."
Suez Canal.
The Ministry of Defense, the arating the Gulf of Akaba from
The previous test ended when press reported, has issued de- the Red Sea at sunrise.
The first ship, the Mivtach,
the Greek freighter Astypalea tailed instructions on the enroll-
sailed from Port Said a f ter ment and training of recruits left for Ceylon last year after
having unloaded its cargo of for the new army, but there was several months of political de-
400 tons of cement taken on at no indication where the force bate touched off by refusal of
Haifa.
would be stationed or how it the United Arab Republic to
to allow a Ceylonese crew to
The statement by UN Secre- would be deployed.
enter the Gulf of Eilat where
tary General Hammarskjold
The "army" cannot be de-
Friday condemning the UAR ployed on Israel's borders un- the two frigates were stationed.
action in confiscating the cargo less the Kingdom of Jordan The impasse was broken when
and denying the ship transit permits its entry. Jordan an Israel crew sailed the Miv-
was interpreted as an implicit strongly oPposes creation of tach to the Indian Ocean
suggestion that Israel should such an army since the kingdom where it was taken over by a
make another try to send a claims title to the areas of Ceylonese crew.
cargo through the international Palestine not incorporated in
Canadian Jewry Sets
waterway, complying in this the State of Israel.
1960. $6,000,000 Goal
with the terms laid down by
Nasser in an agreement with Israeli Frigate Sold
MONTREAL, (JTA)—Jewish
Hammarskjold. The Secretary- to Ceylon Reported
community representatives from
General was believed ready to En Route to Colombo
all over Canada set a goal of $6,-
give Nasser another chance to
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The 000,000 to be reached this year
live up to his promise to permit second of two Israeli frigateslin fund raising on behalf of the
goods from Israel through the sold to Ceylon, the Miznak, was United Israel Appeal and United
canal provided that they were en route to Colombo where a Jewish Relief Agencies.
shipped f.o.b. and were the
property of the purchaser when
they passed through the canal.
(In Stockholm, the Swedish
Transport Workers Union an-
nounced it will blockade the
A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from.
loading and unloading of all Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other
vessels belonging to the United News-Gathering Media:,
Arab Republic in reprisal for
the Arab blacklisting of Scan-
United States
dinavian ships doing business
NEW YORK—The need for Jewish communities to main-
with Israel. The blockade in- tain a constant exchange of views on matters of common interest
cludes transports to and from was emphasized by the Marchioness of Reading, co-chairman
UAR vessels, such as oil tank- of the European executive of the World Jewish Congress and
ers. A similar blockade was president of the British section of WJC, at a luncheon -given
previously decided on by the in her honor by American and World Jewish Congress leaders
Finnish Seamen's Union.) .
.. Pioneer Women's national board voted to send $100,000
to the organization's institutions in Israel for Passover observ-
India to Supply 'Nasser .
ante . . . An optimistic outlook concerning Israel's tourist
•with Munitions for Destroyers
L 0 N D 0 N, (JTA) — Arab industry was expounded at the annual dinner of the American-
sources said that a concrete Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry . An album
result of the visit to India of containing 12,000 signatures of Israeli children was presented to
President Nasser of the United Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, world patron of Youth Aliyah, at her
York, by Moshe Kol, world Youth Aliyah direc-
Arab Republic would be the home in New
h
provision by India of ammum
- tor, and Mrs. A. P. Schoolman, national chairman of Yout
Aliyah of Hadassah . . . Dr. Rudolfo Schraiber, Brazilian Jewish
tion for two destroyers which
the Egyptians have not been communal leader, arrived in New York for a four-month study of -
able to arm since 1956. American Jewish community organizationS . ..
PHILADELPHIA—The local Board of Superintendents has
The two warships of 1,730
tons each, the destroyers Al announced that Hebrew will be introduced in the final two
Fateh and Al 0 a h e r, were grades of Philadelphia high schools if enough students signify
acquired by Egypt from the their intention to study the language ...
NEWARK, N. j.—A. Jewish-sponsored effort to obtain a
British Navy just before • the
Suez Canal crisis in 1956. The federal court ruling on the constitutionality of New Jersey's
Egyptians hastily sailed them hotly disputed Sunday closing law, which had been suspended
out of British ports without to allow a state court ruling, will be resumed, after the split
ammunition and have not been four-to-two N. J. Supreme Court decision upholding the con-
able to obtain shells for the two stitutionality of the 1959 law . . .
WALTHAM, Mass.—In an address at Brandeis University,
destroyers' guns since.
Indian warships use the same Dr. Nahum Goldmann stated that "no minority is so interested
caliber shell in vessels acquired j. in the principles of cultural pluralism as the Jewish people.
by the Indian Navy from the He urged Jews to lead in efforts for such cultural idealism.
CHICAGO—The Chicago Election Board, whose chairman
British, and India will therefore
be able to meet the Arab need. is Sidney T. Holzman, rejected proposals Offered by a committee
of orthodox Jewish groups for proxy or absentee. voting of their
Iraq Starts Recruitment
ballots in the Illinois state primary which took place on the
of Arabs- for 'Palestine •
first day of Passover. The orthodox group claimed that many
Army' Against Israel
thousands of Jews thus were deprived of their votes . .
UTICA, N. Y.—Three youths from socially prominent
LONDON, (JTA) — Iraqi
newspaper s and radio an- families were arraigned on charges of painting a . nine-foot
nounced that recruitment would swastika on Temple Emanu-El, smearing the synagogue windows
and daubing obscene phrases on the synagogue walls, damage
being estimated at $3,000—but the parents of the boys—Peter
HEBREW CORNER
Pritchard, 17, Walter Pratt, 18, and Thomas Scala, 17—said the
youngsters are not anti-Semitic and were taught tolerance in
Sweet Sea Water their homes.
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Around the World...
Twelve years ago. Dr. Alexander
Zarchin, a poor and modest engi-
neer, came to Israel from Russia.
Dr. Zarchin had a great and im-
portant idea. He held that a method
could be found to isolate the salt
from seawater simply and cheaply
(by a simple and cheap system),
and thus to obtain good water for
drinking, industry and agriculture.
After many years of work, Dr.
Zarchin secured the assistance of
the Government of Israel and two
years ago embarked upon practical
experiments.
Some months ago the directors
of a large corporation in the United
States, which was interested in the
Zarchin Process, came to Israel.
When they saw the plan of Dr.
Zarchin and the work he had done,
they immediately signed a contract
with him. They also gave hint a
large sum of money to enable him
to continue with his work.
If Dr. Zarchin's met-hod proves
successful also on a large scale, he
will be one of the great inventors
in history. In Israel today they are
saying that Dr. Zarchin, who is
sixty two at present (today), will
Perhaps be a candidate to receive
the Nobel Prize for science next
year.
Translation of Hebrew column .
Published by Brit writ Olamit,
Europe
LONDON—The urgency of a quick settlement of the
indemnification claims of Austrian Jewish victims of Nazi per-
secution was stressed in a resolution adopted by the Council
of Jews from Austria in Great Britain . . . The Romanian News
Agency Agerpress announced that Yochanan Erez, third secre-
tary of the Israel Legation in Bucharest, was declared persona
non grata, and that the Romanian Foreign Ministry told Shmuel
Bendor, Israel Ambassador to Romania, that Erez had for some
time carried on "activity incompatible with diplomatic rules."
Israel
JERUSALEM—Israel's Foreign Minister Golda Meir ex-
pressed the hope, in a statement in the Knesset, that the Aus-
trian government and the countries involved in the 1955 Aus-
trian peace treaty would realize the duty to arrange a prompt
settlement of Jewish claims for property losses during the 1938-
45 Nazi regime ..
TEL AVIV—The secondary school -crisis in Israel, which
brought about the resignation of Minister of Education Zalman
Aranne, which has not been accepted, ended as a result of the
personal intervention of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion who
pleaded for a truce based on the understanding that the teachers
would be able to retain their organization independently from
Histadrut.