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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, May 6, 1960 --
Middle East Can Be Stabilized by - Establish Code to Combat Prejudice as Election Issue
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A Council of America, and Rabbi for public office should not be
Firm U.S. Action in Resisting
code of fair campaign practices Bernard Bamberger, president supported or opposed because
of particular religious affilia-
guard against religious bias of the Central Conference of tions
but should be judged on
Nasserism, Dr. Shwadran Declares in to the
American Rabbis, were the two
forthcoming elections was
Dr. Benjamin Shwadran, pro-
fessor of Middle Eastern Stud-
ies and director of the Middle
East Institute
of Dropsie
College, Phila-
delphia, ex-
posed the
pressures from
oil interests in
the Middle
East in im-
portant books
on oil and the
Middle East.
Shwadran
Now he of-
fers a valuable analysis of Jor-
dan's position, in a revealing
volume, "Jordan—A State of
Tension," published, like his
earlier works, by the Council
for Middle Eastern Affairs Press
(432 4th, N. Y. 16).
Prof. Shwadran goes into
great detail in his review of
Jordan's history, and in his
analyses of the Arab situation
in relation to Jordan and its
rulers.
Reviewing the position of
the refugees from pre-Israel
Palestine and analyzing the
propaganda campaigns that
are being conducted among
the Arabs, Dr. Shwadran con-
tends that "the Arabs of Pal-
estine preferred Nasser's
Arab nationalism to Hussein's
weak Western assistance."
He adds: "Yet so artificial
was that Arab nationalism
that Hussein, even with the
very limited support he re-
ceived from the West, was
able to resist the attacks of
the United Arab Republic."
The immense value of Dr.
Shwadran's book on Jordan lies
in his thorough historical re-
search. It is a veritable history
of the Middle East because the
scholarly author goes back to
earliest times in his explana-
tions of the conditions that af-
fect the Middle East today.
There is an important chapter
on the period of the Crusades,
and Turkey's role in the area is
explained in detail.
The reader is provided with
valuable information on the
Middle East developments
both during World War I and
the last war. Thus, Dr. Shwa-
dran explains the roles of
Abdullah and his sons, the
MacMahon correspondence,
the Arab Legion's status and
the ascendancy of Glubb, its
British general.
The annexation of Palestine
territory in 1948, the assassina-
tion of Abdullah and the re-
moval of General Glubb, the
British position in Jordan and
the eventual union with Iraq
are treated with authoritative
skill.
Dr. Shwadran states that
Hussein's ability to resist at-
tacks from the new brand of
Arab nationalism generated by
Nasser depends entirely on the
resoluteness of the West. "If
the United States and Great
Britain, in their eagerness to
compete with the Soviet Union,
accepted Nasserism and 'came
to terms' with it," he states,
"then the first victim would be
Jordan. It would be followed by
other Middle Eastern countries,
not so much because of the in-
herent force of Arab national-
ism as because of the powerful
drive the Soviets were putting
behind it."
Prof. Shwadran believes
that: "Should the West decide
to stop Nasserism, expose it
for what it was, and, with a
dynamism comparable to the
Soviet Union's, help all the
L
elements that were ready to
resist Nasserism, stability
could be established in the
Middle East, and the attempt
of the Soviet to dominate the
area could be defeated."
Describing the shortcomings
in inter-Arab relations and the
inability of Arabs to unite for
a common cause, Dr. Shwadran
also states that "the Arab-Israel
war was no doubt one of the
greatest disasters that had be-
fallen the Arab movement in
modern times." At the same
time, he expresses the view
that, "had not the Middle East
question been taken out of
Arab hands and made into an
issue in the East-West strug-
gle," the consequences would
have been lamentable and ser-
ious to the Arabs and the world
in general, because of the dream
world of their own in which
Arabs live and because of their
limited conceptions of the is-
sues involved.
"Jordan—A State of Tension"
is richly illustrated and has
many descriptive maps. It is a
most valuable book and is es-
sential for an understanding of
the problems of the Middle
East.
issued here by a three-faith
committee under the co-sponsor-
ship of the Fair Campaign
Practices Committee and the
National Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews.
A two-day conference of Cath-
olic, Protestant and Jewish
leaders resulted in the formula-
tion of basic principles to gov-
ern the discussion of religion
in the 1960 political campaigns.
Rabbi Uri Miller, of Baltimore,
vice-president of the Synagogue
Dr. Cahn, in this portion of
his works, deals with the em-
ergence of the Talmud and
the conditions that accompa-
The Men's Club of
Adas Shalom Synagogue
Presents
their qualifications for office
and views on political issues.
The code condemned the injec-
tion of elements of a candidate's
faith not relevant to the duties
of office as "unfair campaign
practices."
The Fair Campaign Practices
Committee was established in
1954 at the suggestion of the
U.S. Congress. Each year it
sends a code of fair campaign
practices to Presidential and
Congressional candidates and
asks them to observe it.
Group Influences Shown by Jews in Voting Study
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Jews,
as other ethnic and religious
groups in the United States,
are influenced in their voting
by special group interests, ac-
cording to a study published
this week by the Center for the
Study of Democratic Institu-
tions, formerly the Fund for the
Republic.
The study, by Dr. Moses
Rischin, a member of the re-
search staff of the American
Jewish Committee, found that
the Jews in the 1956 election
were influenced in their voting
by policies on Israel. The study
also concluded that by and large
Zvi Cahn's 2-Volume 'Philosophy
of Judaism' Covers Periods from
Bible and Talmud to Modern Times
In his two-volume work, "The
Philosophy of Judaism," issued
by the Farband Book Publish-
ing Association, Dr. Zvi Cahn,
a member of the editorial staff
of the Jewish Daily Forward,
covers a vast field of thought.
Written in Yiddish, the more
than '700 pages of text in the
two volumes covers a vast pano-
rama of Jewish philosophic
ideas.
Dr. Cahn, a popular column-
ist and commentator, covers the
eras from Biblical and Talmudic
times to the present day.
This monumental work, the
result of 25 years of literary
and research labors, begins with
the Biblical epoch—with Abra-
ham. It goes on with its philo-
sophic evaluations through The-
odor Herzl.
An ordained, rabbi, Dr. Cahn
has Ph. D. degrees from Ber-
lin University and Dropsie
College in philosophy and psy-
chology and Semitics.
Digging into the treasures of
Jewish cultural contributions,
Dr. Cahn discusses the positions
of Moses and Aaron, as well as
Joshua, and proceeds to evalu-
ate the Prophets. His interpre-
tations of the true as opposed
to the false Prophets are of sig-
nificance not only to rabbis,
who will find his works of spe-
cial value, but the laymen as
well.
The four epochs of the Pro-
phets, their ideals, their meth-
ods of approach in admonishing
their people, the visions of
Ezekiel, the lofty ideals of
Isaiah, the sufferings of Jere-
miah — these and many more
historic occurrences are treated
with authoritative skill by the
able writer.
The first volume contains also
the valuable evaluations of the
Talmudic epoch and the era of
the Tannaim. The Pharisses,
Sadducees and Essenes are ex-
plained, and their differing ide-
ologies are contrasted in a meri-
torious chapter.
Jewish representatives at the
meeting.
American religious leaders
had been concerned for more
than a year with the dangers of
political candidates introducing
religious issues in the 1960
campaigns. For this reason the
committee brought together a
group of religious leaders of all
three faiths for two days of in-
tensive, friendly and frank dis-
cussions. The principles of the
code, which emerged from the
discussions held that candidates
nied the creative work, with
the great figures in the Tal-
mudic period. He also de-
scribes the rise of the Messi-
anic idea in Jewish life and
discusses the views on the
hereafter. He has scholarly
comments on the Halacha and
Aggadah of the Talmud.
the Jews inclined to the Demo-
cratic Party as the liberal party
of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The report, based on a study
of the 1956 election, supported
its contention that Israel was a
major factor with Jewish voters
by analyzing the Jewish vote in
the Javits-Wagner senatorial
contest in New York. Although
Jacob K. Javits M Jewish, the
study noted, "the 'Jewish vote'
stuck to (Mayor Robert F.)
Wagner as expected, though a
number of Jewish Democrats
and a handful of Liberals
crossed party lines to vote for
Javits." In New York, the study
found, "Jewish voters opposed
the presence of (Secretary of
State John Foster) Dulles and
(Vice President Richard) Nixon
on the Eisenhower team."
In summarizing the position
of the Jewish voter in the 1956
election, Dr. Rischin declared:
"Jews felt strongly about a
Middle East crisis which, more
than the Iron Curtain problem,
might have been managed bet-
Here he reviews the contri-
butions to Jewish philosophy by
Saadiah Gaon. He has delight-
ful essays on Solomon ibn Gabi-
rol, Crescas, Maimonides, Abar-
banel and other notables of that
period.
The concluding chapter, on
the period from the Spanish In-
quisition to modern times, re-
veals the extent of Dr. Cahn's
scholarly attainments. He writes
authoritatively not only about
ancient times, but also about
modern philosophy and the
great Jewish leaders of recent
times.
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In a Concert of
Cantorial and Operatic Selections
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Auf-
bau, German Jewish weekly in
the United States, celebrated its
25th anniversary with a special
140-page edition devoted to the
issues facing a new generation
of readers.
ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS OFFICE
In this section we are treat-
ed to valuable explanations of
the works of Spinoza, Moses
Mendelssohn, Baal - Shem,
Krochmal, Moses Hess, Ahad
Ha'Am, Herzl and others.
Dr. Cahn's early rabbinic
training stood him in good stead
in his discussions of the works
of the noted Orthodox leader,
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch,
as well as of the early Reform
Jewish leaders.
"The Philosophy of Judaism"
is a very rich work. It is to be
hoped that Dr. Cahn will be able
to fulfill his plans of eventually
publishing it in an English
translation.
Aufbau's 25th Anniversary
DR. MARTIN A. ROSENSWEET
Because of its extensive con-
tents, the Talmudic period con-
tinues into the second volume.
Dr. Cahn deals here with the
era of the Amoraim and with
the noted personalities of this
period. He devotes, however,
the major portions of this sec-
tion to discussions of the Jew-
ish views on the ethics of labor
and trade, family life, the train-
ing of children, friendships and
other ethical concepts.
It is in thee central portion
of the second volume that Dr.
Cahn deals with the Golden
Period in Spain.
ter by those Americans who
were responsible for foreign
policy. In essence theirs was a
protest vote. Yet perhaps, more
fundamentally, Jewish voting
was rooted in a strong emo-
tional attachment to FDR, the
liberal, the enemy and nemesis
of Hitler.
For the second time, most
Jews voted for Stevenson, the
man they saw as wearing Roo-
sevelt's mantle. As the Javits-
Wagner contest showed, Jews
did not care much whether or
not a candidate was Jewish—
especially in New York 'State,
where they had occupied impor-
tant offices for over a genera-
tion," the study pointed out.
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