THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, October 7, 1960 — 1 0
Buber Predicts Liberal Judaism
for Israel in Coming Generation
A noted Jewish theologian to-
day expressed the belief that a
liberal Jewish movement will
begin to flourish in Israel during
the next generation.
This opinion was given by
Professor Martin Buber in a
recent interview in his study in
Lsrael. His views were revealed
in an exclusive article, "A Con-
versation with Martin Buber" by
Rabbi Herbert Weiner of the
Temple Israel of the Oranges and
Maplewood in South Orange,
New Brochure Tells
History of Zim Lines
The growth of Israel's fore-
most maritime enterprise from
a one-ship operation on the
Mediterranean 15 years ago to
a globe-girdling fleet of 38 mod-
ern passenger liners, freighters
and tankers today is described
in a new 20-page illustrated
booklet, "Seven Stars on the
Seven Seas, the Zim Lines'
Story."
It is published by the Ameri-
can-Israeli Shipping Co., of New
York, U.S. representatives of
the Zim Israel Navigation Co.,
Ltd., of Haifa.
The booklet traces the Zim
Lines' development from the
early .years of Israel's indepen-
dence when it was forced to
rely on second-hand tonnage to
meet the needs of mass immi-
gration and emergency imports,
to the present fleet which ranks
among the most modern in the
world and transports more than
73,000 passengers and a million-
and-a-half ton • of freight a year
on 17 world-wide routes.
There are some rare photo-
graphs of the company's origi-
nal vessels, long since gone for
scrap and representative pic-
tures of Zim's new freighters,
trans - Atlantic passenger ships
and cruise liners. There is a
glossary explaining the meaning
of each ship's name and a
center spread with world map
showing the principal routes
served by the Zim Lines.
Copies of "Seven Stars on the
Seven Seas" may be obtained
without charge by writing to
the American-Israeli. Shipping
Co., Inc., 42 Broadway, New
York 4.
New Jersey, in the Rosh Ha-
shanah issue of American Juda-
ism, official publication of the
1,000,000-member Union of Amer-
ican Hebrew Congregations and
its affiliated bodies.
Asked about the religious in-
terests in modern day Israel, Dr.
Buber commented, "The whole
religious question here is terribly
difficult. There is no liberal
Jewish movement here — only
some Jews who have liberal re-
ligious ideas. I am inclined to
think that something will happen
only after the next generation.
After we have overcome this
state of excessive politicization."
He continued, "We are too
politicized here, externally and I
internally. Most of our youth—
apart from the Orthodox—are in-
terested in politics; that means
military problems, or political
problems, or the two of them.
"Another part of our youth,"
continued Mr. Buber, "is inter-
ested in just what you might
call career, personal career, with-
out any ideas at all. Just know-
ing something because they must
know something in order to make
a career.
"At present there are two lib-
eral Jewish congregations in the
State of Israel in Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv (with a group in Haifa)
who are members of the World
Union for Progressive Judaism,
the international branch of liberal
Judaism with headquarters in
New York City. The largest seg-
ment is the UAHC with 1,000,000
members and 605 synagogues in
the western hemisphere."
With his brother. Percival
Goodman, the nationally promi-
nent architect and professor of
community planning at Colum-
bia University, Paul Goodman
was the co-author of "Corn-
munitas," the classic work on
city planning. He is a distin-
guished lecturer, an authority
on city planning and a student
of urban affairs whost. chief
interest is in introducing the
human scales in urban living.
Random House has just pub-
lished Paul Goodman's "Grow-
ing Up Absurd," which explains
"the similar plight of the ju-
venile criminal and the organ-
ization man, of the youthful
dissenter and the youthful con-
formist, and how we waste our
human resources in America
today."
"Growing Up Absurd" is a
remarkable example of social
criticism. It is a thought-
provoking social study that will
inspire extensive study of one
of the most pressing problems
of our time.
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Random House Acquires
L. W. Singer Publishers
Random House, Inc., the book
publishing house incorporated
in 1925 and enlarged recently
through the acquisition of Al-
fred Knopf, Inc., and Beginner
Books, Inc., has made another
step forward in the publishing
industry by entering into a con-
tract for the acquisition of the
long-established L. W. Singer
Company, Inc., publishers of
elementary and high-school text-
books, with offices' in Syracuse,.
N. Y. The deal was announced
by Frances S inger, president of
the Singer Company, and Ben-
nett Cerf, president of Random
House. The entire capital stock
German Municipalities
of the Singer Company will be
Restore Old Synagogue
exchanged for Random- House
BONN, (JTA)—Restoration of Common stock.
an old synagogue in Germany and
of a Jewish cemetery in France Israel Will Be Host
in which about 500 German-Jew-
ish deportees were buried during to Mayors' Conclave
the Nazi regime, have been un-
More than 400 mayors from all
dertaken by German municipal- over the world are expected to
ities.
attend the 15th International Con-
The synagogue, in the Oden- gress of Local Authorities in
wald forest of Sandhausen, had Tel Aviv. The six-day confer-
been left standing during the ence will begin Nov. 16 with the
Nazi regime because it was evi- theme, "The Tasks of Local
dently mistaken for .a Christian Authorities in Development
church. The structure had been Areas." A complete program has
used as a church until - it was been planned for the municipality
bought by the Sandhausen Jewish leaders and their families. An
80-member delegation is expected
community in 1821.
from the United States.
Italo-Israel Bank in Milan
Israel Experts To Assist
Promotes Israel Investments
new bank Development of Congo
MILAN, (JTA
LONDON, (JTA) — Israel ex-
e encour-
having its mai
anges perts are being sent to the Congo
agement of
d the Republic, the former French Con-
y and Israe
betwee
ents go, to assist in its economic de-
pro
n of I li inve
ndustrial i i atives n Is- velopment.
an
city, . Abbe. Yonlou, President of the
r ," was e i i t
mmer- Congo Republic, recently visited
aly's m
er. The Israel and returned with a strong
ial a
is
ting with ambition to establish collectives
Italo-Is
of 300,- along the lines of the Israeli
taliza
initial
, two-thirds of kibbutziin. He received a promise
Tian
000,00
ested by Italians, of 20 scholarships for study in Is-
hich was
rael by young Congolese and that
er by Israelis.
two Israel experts in economic
development would be sent to his
IF YOU TURN THE •
country.
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'Growing Up Absurd' A Socicil Criticism by Pciul Goodman
Romania Permits Israeli
UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T
Ship At Black Sea Harbor
FIND A FINER WINE THAN
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
Zim-Israel Navigation Company's
luxury liner "Jerusalem" has been
given permission to stop at the
Romanian Black Sea port of Con-
Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich. I
stanza, next spring.
"We've put all of our savings in an
account at Standard Federal for two
good reasons. First, because our
money is safe. And second, it's ear
us some pretty impressiv
every six months.
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eral is such a strong
cause Standar
itution. They've been
and reliabl
nce 1893, and no one
in busin
penny of savin there.
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is insured by
acco
the U.
Sa
rate al every dollar in our count.
That certainly has helped our vings
grow. It makes us feel as though
Standard is really helping us to build
up our savi gs for the future."
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