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Jewish Nobel Prize Winners ... the 'Who Is a Jew' Issue
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"homeland." "Some of his pupils were already with
us," Weizmanct wrote, but Willstatter "was not to
be moved" when he was urged to go to Palestine.
He was Weizmann's guest at a Seder in his
mother's home in Haifa. Both were "pulled, half-
carried" into the street, to dance the hora with the
Palestinian youth. Willstatter enjoyed it, but he
said: "I know that Germany has gone mad, but if
a mother falls ill it is not a reason for her children
to leave her. My home is Germany, my university,
in spite of what has happened, is in Munich. I
must return." He finally left Germany for Switzer-
land in 1939. "His obstinacy," Weizmann stated, "in
not acceding to our request was a great loss to
Palestine and, I think, a great loss to science."
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Weizmann the laboratories where he worked, in
Dahlem. He even said: "Well, Dr. Weizmann, you
might try to introduce that in Palestine," in refer-
ence to some of his work.
Then came the exile of Haber from Germany.
He came to London and called Weizmann, who
tried to comfort him. Weizmann wrote in his
autobiography: "It must have been particularly
bitter for him to realize that his baptism, and the
baptism of his family, had not protected him .
There were many Jews with his outlook—though
not with his genius—who had regarded us Zionists
as dreamers or, worse, as kill-joys, or even as
maniacs, who were endangering the positions they
had fought through to after many years."
While at dinner with Dr. and Mrs. Weizmann
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and their son, Michael, in the summer of 1933; a
call came through from the Zionist Congress__ then
in session in Prague, frantically pleading with
Weizmann to come to the sessions he decided to
bolt. Then came an impassioned plea from the
great scientist. He told the Weizmanns hcnv he had
risen to be "one of the mightiest men in Germany,"
yet, he said: "At the end of my life I find myself
a bankrupt. When I am gone and forgotten your
work will stand, a shining monument, in the long
history of our people. Do not ignore the call now;
go to Prague, even at the risk that you will suffer
grievous disappointments there."
The Haber story is even more interesting.
"Unlike Willstatter," Weizmann wrote, "Haber was
lacking in any Jewish self-respect. He became a
Christian and pulled his family with him." He tried
to dissuade Albert Einstein from joining Weiz-
mann in his Zionist activities. Weizmann therefore
had no desire to meet him. But Haber's son, also
a chemist, was employed by Weizmann's brother-
in-law, Joseph Blumenfeld, and they were brought
together. "By that time Haber's anti-Zionist
prejudices must have been wearing off, perhaps
under the influence of developments in Germany,"
Weizmann stated. It was in 1932. Haber showed
Michael Weizmann was deeply affected: he
Variety of Advertisements in Israeli
Newspapers Reveals Rise in Standards
BY ELIAHU SALPETER
(Copyright, 1960,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
JERUSALEM — A good way
to check on how the Israeli
lives is by having a look at
what he is being offered to buy
or to see or to do in the ads of
an average Friday (i.e. week-
end) paper.
In "Haaretz" of July 1, there
Hebrew Corner
Malben
Translation of Hebrew column
Published by the Brit Ivrit Olamit.
The large immigration which
reached the country immediately
after the establishment of the State
brought a great number of elderly
people. They could not continue to
support themselves by the same
sort of work which they had done
abroad. The young State could not
give them an occupation in keeping
with their strength and their age.
This was a very grave and difficult
question.
At that time (in those days) Joint
established Malben. The aim of the
new institution was to enable the
weak and the aged to live with
dignity, without having to need
charity and contributions. Malben
teaches the old people various
trades and they market souvenirs,
textiles and carpets, mattresses and
the like, and support themselves by
their work.
was a big ad by the King David
Hotel of Jerusalem offering spe-
cial weekend rates for Israelis
who want to spend a few days
in the cooler air of the capital.
Under it is an even bigger ad
by a high-priced filter cigarette
named Savyon which in itself
is rather revealing: Savyon is
one of the high-class suburban
areas of Tel Aviv, recently es
tablished for the newly rich
and some foreign residents
The picture in the ad does not
show the usual contented ex-
pression of a smoker but a pic-
ture of a group of fashionable
young men and women, some of
them in bathing suits, some in
polo shirts, lounging in garden
chairs.
Obviously, this is a snob-
appeal type of an ad indicat-
ing that high-class people
smoke this brand.
There is one ad offering a
remedy against sea and air sick-
ness—something apparently to
be in demand these days with
more and more Israelis being
able to travel on vacations
abroad.
An ad of Israel's first
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have no mass immigration today
American type supermarket
Malben is preparing to extend the
offers prizes for winners in a
network of its activities. In the near
future they will train young people
customers' coxnpetititon.
(forces) for the tasks of vocational
teachers. These will work in the
Somebody is looking for a
immigrant centers and will help
those people who because of various partner (with capital) to form a
reasons have not succeeded in inte-
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The old favorite of Israel
advertising — books — can be
found on practically every
page. Among the latest offer-
ings is the Hebrew transla-
tion of Alan Drury's "Advise
and Consent" and local re-
prints in English of Lampe-
dusa's "The Leopard" and A.
King's "May This House Be
Safe From Tigers."
There is a big announcement
an the schedule of appearances
of the American Festival Ballet
and next to it the program of
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
advertises its program and
schedule almost as a formality
since practically all seats for
all concerts are sold out well in
advance mostly on a seasonal
subscription basis.
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On the women's pages, there
are of course ads of fashion
houses as well as of various
detergents, fruit juices, a big ad
announcing a competition for
the best fashion model spon-
sored by several soft drink man-
ufacturers and also an ad by a
London Regent Street shop in-
viting Israeli ladies to drop in
when they arrive in the British
capital.
Another new arrival among
the commodities advertised is
the new automobile. Dealers are
offering even trade-in and in-
stallment plans on all makes of
cars.
Habimah, the National
Theater, offers performances of
"The Visit," "Twelve Angry
Men" and "Mademoiselle."
Chamber Theater, the other top
theater of the country, presents
"Twelfth Night,". "Stone Angel,"
"The Dolls House" and "Gen-
eral Quichotte." The National
Opera announces the new stag-
ing of. "Aida" and the continued
performances o f Offenbach's
"La Pericholle." And, of course,
there are the cinemas offerings,
including all American and
other foreign films, as well as
Arabic pictures.
Such are the related stories about the Jewish
great—about the Nobel Prize winners and the other
great scientists—the loyal Jews, the half-Jews,
some of whom retained pride in their Jewish
heritage, and the converts.
There is a great lesson in the story of these
m
. en for the youth of our time. The Jewish-loyal
did not harm themselves. Einstein, Rabi, Waksman,
Chain, Lederberg, Willstatter and others proved
that in retaining loyalties they also retain self-
respect—and thereby, while not harming them-
selves, lend dignity and honor also to their Jewish
people, as well as to the countries of their citizen-
ship.
All this may or not be related to the question
of who and what is a Jew, but it contributes to the
interesting discussion and should be helpful in
cementing our youth with our people and in giving
them the courage and the strength they need as
Jews and as citizens of their respective countries.
Around the TP6rld...
fabricated home swimming
pools. .
The employment ads indicate
that many clerks, typists, etc.
are looking for better jobs.
There is a demand for special-
ists and profeSsionals, including
teachers, engineers, chemists,
certified accountants, etc.
Zim, the Israel Navigation
Co., offers relaxation to com-
pete with speed of the airlines,
and the travel agencies offer
package - tours to the Greek
Islands, to Italy or to Western
Europe—all payable partly in
installments.
wanted his father to heed this advice. Weizmann
"did not go to Prague, much to Haber's disappoint-
ment." But the Zionist leader utilized the oppor-
tunity to press upon Haber the invitation to come
to Palestine, to the Weizmann laboratories in
Rehovot. Haber accepted. But on his way to
Palestine he became ill in Basle and died there.
"Willstatter came from Munich to bury him. Some
ten years later Willstatter too died in Switzerland,
like Haber, an exile froM Germany."
A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from
Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other
News-Gathering Media.
United States
NEW YORK—Israel Rogosin, president of Rogosin Indus-
tries, Ltd., largest private American investment venture in Israel,
reported at the annual meeting of his stockholders that the com-
pany's production of 3,000,000 pounds of rayon tire cord fabric
manufactured at the Ashdod plant in Israel last year would be
doubled during the current year and that 2,000,000 pounds of
textile yarn and 2,3000,000 pounds of nylon would be produced
in addition . . . The United Hias Service migration and resettle-
ment program received, praise from Dr. Francisco Urrutia Hol-
guin, South American representative of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, upon disclosure that the Hias Service
has assisted more than 7,000 Jewish migrants to settle in Latin
American countries.
WASHINGTON—Negotiations are scheduled to start this
week between World Bank officials and Israeli representatives on
a loan, reported in the neighborhood of $30 million, for the
development of ports in Israel.
Europe
VIENNA—It has been disclosed that despite specific prom-
ises by key Austrian government leaders, the Austrian Parlia-
ment will not consider at its current session laws to compensate
victims of the Nazi regime in this country.
TURIN, Italy—About 30 per cent of the pupils at the Turin
Jewish School belong to the Waldensian Evangelical Church,
Europe's oldest Protestant group, according to recently disclosed
statistics . . . The problem of maintaining Jewish communal
life in shrunken Jewish communities, some of which even lack
a resident rabbi, was the theme of a meeting sponsored by the
Jewish community of Turin and the Department of Culture
of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities.
MILAN—A group called "Young Friends of the Resistance"
against fascism has been formed by Italian Jewish leaders to
intensify education for democracy after survey disclosures in-
dicated that Italian Jewish youth either ignore or have false
ideas about fascism.
LONDON—Considerable activity by anti-Semitic and fascist
groups in Britain in 1959, including distribution of anti-Semitic
literature on a large scale, mostly by the fascist National Labor
Party and the White Defense League in the London area, has
been included in the annual report of the Board of Deputies
of British Jews.... British archaeologists will soon begin excava-
tions in the ruined Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem,
with the purpose of improving on the "fragmentary" knowledge
of the city's long history.
LUEBECK, Germany—A complaint has been filed against
a storekeeper who sold matches to an eight-year-old boy who
tried to set fire to the doors of the Luebeck Synagogue; firemen
doused the blaze before serious' damage was done.
Latin America- •
BRASILIA—Senator Gilberto Marinho has listed claims to
the Senate that Constitutional restrictions against naturalized
Brazilian citizens, including several thousand Jews, serve only
to reduce such persons to the status of a "periah" and that it
would be better to do away with naturalization completely
rather than keep such restrictions on the books.
MEXICO CITY—Ambassador Mordechai Schneerson repre-
sented Israel at a recent celebration marking the opening of
Herzl Year in observance of the 100th anniversary of the birth
of Theodor Herzl, founder of political Zionism, held under the
sponsorship of the Zionist Federation of Mexico.
Israel
JERUSALEM—Consideration of Israel's latest border dis=
pute with Syria by the United Nations Truce Supervision Or-
ganization were temporarily suspended when a dozen of the key
truce officers were ordered to the strife-wracked Congo ...
Among the many dignitaries who attended the planting of the
first trees July 14 in the Abba Eban Forest in the Jerusalem
mountains by the Bnai Zion Order in honor of the former Israel
Ambassador to the United States was Ogden Reid, U. S. am-
bassador to Israel; Yaacov Tsur, chairman of the Jewish National
fund presidium; and Haim Yahil, director general of the Israel
Foreign Ministry.