Make Books Your Companions' . Attend Annual Jewish Book ra Sessions at (enter, Nov. 19-21 Welcome to Mendes-France THE JEWISH NE Youth in White House Test of Sabbath Observance Commentary Page 2 t=3 – r –r A Weekly Review r./1 I c 1-1 f Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The •Detroit Jewish Chronicle -Vol. XXXVIII, No. 12 Significance of Jewish Book Fair Aftermath of Election and Campaign Promises Editorials Page 4 100177roinjTentiiIn Shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—De. troit 35, November 18, 1960—$5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c Hillel Leaders Faced with Demands to Offer Students • Sense of Jewish Direction • Three-Day Annual Book Fair Opens Saturday Night; Noted Authors to Address Sessions An impressive program, geared for adults and for children, at events that will continue from this Saturday evening through Monday night, will mark the ninth annual Jewish Book Fair, sponsored by the Jewish Com- munity Center. Morris Garvett, chairman of the Book Fair committee, stated on the eve of the opening of the annual event that record audiences are expected, - as a result of the community-wide cooperation received from scores of local organizations. All events will be held at the main Center on Meyers and Curtis. Garvett said that, as in previous years, books of all categories will be on exhibit, and will be available for purchase. The opening program on Saturday night will honor the centennial of the birth of Henrietta Szold, the founder of Hadassah, the women's Zionist Organization. The guest speaker will be Irving Fineman, author of "Hear, Ye Sons," and other books, who is now compiling a biography of Henrietta Szold. His topic will be "Author in Search of a Biography." Garvett will open the Book Fair as its chairman and the opening event will be addressed by Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, who will reminisce about Miss Szold; Mrs. I. Jerome Hauser, president of Detroit Chapter of Hadas- sah, and Samuel Frankel, president of the Center. There will be a dramatic presentation, depicting the spirit of Youth Aliyah, organized by Miss Szold, and Mar Szold, the village established in Israel in Miss Szold's honor, with Hebrew songs and dances by Junior Hadassah and United Synagogue Youth members. ' A family program on Sunday morning will present Rabbi Abraham Burstein, author of "Adventure on Manhattan Island," whose book will be dramatized by a children's puppet show, and Mrs. Martha Marenoff, who will conduct a parents' workshop on selecting children's books. There also will be religious school assemblies Sunday morning. At 1:30, 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30 on Sunday there will be puppet shows for children, by the Berry Puppets, featuring Rabbi Burstein's "Adventure on Manhattan Island" which tells the story of a Jewish hero in the days of Peter Stuyvesant and the Indians. The Teme Skully essay and poster contest winners will be announced at the third show. There also will be story-telling sessions in Room 272 of the Center for children of 5 and 6 starting at 2 p.m. Sunday. There also will be folk dancing that afternoon in Room 202. The Sunday evening program will be marked by the appearance of Dr. Moses ShulVass, professor of history, author and lecturer, who will evaluate the works of Bernard Isaacs, and especially his latest book of Hebrew stories. It will feature the traditional Yiddish-Hebrew Night. Participants will include Morris Nobel, who will be the chairman; Cantor Reuven Frankel, in Hebrew and Yiddish songs, and the reading of one of Isaacs' Hebrew stories, translated into Yiddish ,by Movsas Goldoftas, by Mrs. Morris Friedman. Rabbi Jacob A. Agus and Lily Edelman will speak at the Ladies' Day program, Monday. Mrs. Edelman, acting director of Bnai Brith's Department of Jewish Education and editor of Jewish Heritage, Bnai Brith quarterly, Continued on Page 3 (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) WASHINGTON The .campus population explosion in American uni- versities and colleges has brought a "tidal wave" of Jewish students to Hillel Centers throughout the country, necessitating increased Jewish religious and cultural activities in the colleges, Prof. William Haber, University of Michigan economist, declared here Monday night. Dr. Haber, who is national chairman of the Bnai Brith Hillel Commis- sion, addressed the opening session of the commission's annual two-day meeting. He called upon the Hillel Commission to.insure that the increasing number of Jewish students in the colleges are provided with "a lifetime certificate of adequate religious and cultural instruction." Three experts at the meeting agreed that Jewish under-graduates are struggling between "a revived acceptance of Judaism" and an insufficient knowledge of what Judaism stands for. Rabbi Robert Gordis, a leader in the Conservative synagogue move- ment, decried the "gross misunderstandings" which he said "have led Jew- ish youth to believe that Judaism is merely the beginning of a Judeo-Chris- tian tradition." "The differences between Judaism and Christianity," said Rabbi Gordis, "far outweigh their similarities. Unless Jewish education empha- sizes the unique and distinctive character of Judaism, we face a threat not of assimilation but of becoming a community of non-Christians instead of understanding Jews." Dr. Gordis' views were echoed by Rabbi Maurice Pekarsky, of the University of Chicago, senior campus director of the Bnai Brith Hillel staff, and Prof. Louis Gottschalk, of the University of Chicago, a member of the Hillel Commission. Each urged that the Hillel campus program stress the fundamentals of Judaism "to provide students with a sense of Jewish direction." The Jewish community, said Dr. Gordis, "must be increasingly con- cerned with how many minds, not feet, enter a Hillel house on the cam- pus:" A proposal for the establishment of national Hillel religious and advisory councils was advanen by Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn, Hillel national director. He declared that by involving intellectual leadership that has a mature awareness of Jewish purpose "the Hillel movement will be better able to encourage enthusiasm for Jewish cultural life." — N.Y. Firm to Record Eichmann Trial NEW YORK, (JTA)—A New York broadcasting company announced that it has obtained a contract from the Israel government to record the forthcoming trial of Adolf Eichmann, in Israel, on videotape and film, for distribution to all news media around the world that may request the recordings. The trial of the No. 1 Nazi specialist in the extermination of Jews is expected to get under way in Jerusalem in the spring, and will last several months. Frank M. Smith, . president of the firm, Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation, said the company will distribute television tape and films at cost. Applications for such facilities have been made to the Israeli authorities by networks and film companies from all over the world. According to Smith, his contract with the Israeli government provides that, if a profit results from the dissemination of the tape and films, such a profit will go to a charity to be designated by Israel. Book Fair Perpetuates an Ancient Jewish Tradition Morris Garvett By MORRIS GARVETT • Chairman, Ninth Annual Jewish Book Fair Jewish life. and books have been inextricably intertwined for unnumbered ages. It is with good reason that Jews have been called the People of the Book. Traditionally, the aristocracy of learning has been the status par excellence to which the Jew aspired. He has ever been an avid reader of both religious and secular writings. A significant purpose of the Jewish Book Fair, sponsored by the Jewish ComMunity Center, is to enhance the position and importance of books in Jewish life and thus to make certain that the ancient tradition will continue.. Our.belief that the reading of JeWish books cannot fail to result in closer links between our people and their rich literary and cultural heritage, was,one of the principal reasons for the establishment of the annual Jewish Book Fair nine years ago. In each . tti.acted increasipgly larger':Wien4ps, more extensive volunteer and professional participation, and an im- • succeeding year it hai a pressive roster of digingiiIheti..autiici01100aitbrs -. .td tfabe its platforms. People of all ages and in every walk of life have been stirred by the appeal of this annual event, unique in the Jewish com- munities of our country. •It is particularly heartening to note the response . of the youngsters whose fresh ideas have developed posters and literary essays of a high order, reflecting their keen interest in Jewish books and in Jewish life. In behalf of the Book Fair Committee, I extend a warm invitation to everyone, young and old, to partake of the literary treasures on display at the Book Fair, and to participate in the Book Fair's rich program.