Damocles Sword Over Oppressed
THE JEWISH NEWS
Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951
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Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942 at Post Office, Detroit, Mich. under act of Congress of March
8, 1879.
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor and Publisher
SIDNEY SHMARAK CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ HARVEY ZUCKERBERG
Business Manager
Advertising Manager
City Editor
Hol Hamoed Sukkot Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the twentieth day of Tishri, 5722, the following Scriptural selections will be read
in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Ex. 32:12-34:26. Prophetical portion, Ezek. 38:181-39:16.
Licht Benshen, Friday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m.
Scriptural Selections for Concluding Days of Sukkot
Pentateuchal portions: Monday, Shernini Atzeret, Deut. 14:22-16:17, Num. 29:35-30:1; Tuesday,
Simhat Torah: Deut. 33:1-34:12, Gen. 1:1-2:3, Num. 29:35-30:1.
Prophetical portions: Monday, I Kings 8:54-66; Tuesday, Josh. 1:18.
Licht Benshen, Sunday, 5:56 p.m.
VOL. XL. No. 5
Page Four
September 29, 1961
Community's Vital Tasks in 1961 Torch Drive
Our community has embarked upon
another great campaign for service to the
social agencies sponsored by peoples of
all faiths, through the 1961 Torch Drive.
Under the chairmanship of Mr. Max
M. Fisher, the United Foundation is
reaching out for a record-breaking goal
of $18,350,000.
Four important Jewish agencies —
Jewish Family and Children's Service,
Shiffman Clinic of Sinai Hospital, Fresh
Air Society and the Jewish Community
Center—are among the beneficiaries in
the current campaign.
Red Cross, Polio Foundation, Michigan
United Fund, United Community Serv-
ices, Cancer Foundation, USO, Leukemia
Society, Blind Service Center and scores
of other agencies are to benefit from this
year's campaign.
It is a non-denominational drive. In
fact, it is inter-denominational and serves
as one of the best influences for inter-
faith action, in the spirit of cooperation
by peoples of all faiths in support of
humanitarian needs.
All of us are obligated to give our
generous support to this campaign and
to assure the uninterrupted functioning
of major causes.
Under the leadership of Mr. Fisher,
this year's Torch Drive already has as-
sumed wide proportions. To him and to
his associates go our blessings for a
successful drive. Complete success is
attainable through the cooperation of our
entire community.
Dag Hammarskjoids Tragic Death
Peoples everywhere mourn the tragic
death of Dag Hammarskjold, the United
Nations' secretary general. He died in the
line of duty, in an effort to enforce peace
in a troubled area, and his services will
go down on record among the distin-
guished of our time.
Mr. Hammarskjold did not always
please everyone. There were occasions
when he was subjected to severe criticism
by Israelis and their friends and kinsmen.
He had incurred disfavor among - many,
and he was not immune from attack.
But his sincerity was acknowledged
even while he was being criticized. He
may have erred in some of his approaches,
but he was dedicated to the causes of the
international organization.
His most recent activities especially
pointed to a desire to seek peace and to
enforce it. The idea of a United Nations
Emergency Force on the Israel-Egyptian
border was his, and it has been acknowl-
edged as a contributing factor to peace
in that area.
Similarly, he had been striving for
similar methods of eliminating warfare,
and it was in the course of searching for
a peace formula in the embattled African
area that he lost his life.
His memory will be cherished by all
who seek peace.
Fair Youth Aliyah Methods for Settlers
Religious issues have created so much
havoc in Israel that any new conflict
among the differing elements in the young
and struggling state serve to handicap it
in its developments and in establishing
unity. Therefore, untruths should be
exposed whenever possible and efforts
should be made to establish basic facts
in order to avoid the spread of peace-
disturbing rumors. -
Since Hadassah is the movement that
was responsible, under the leadership of
the late Henrietta Szold, for establishing,
the Youth Aliyah idea of rescuing chil-
dren from lands of oppression—from the
movement's inception in the first years
of Nazi domination—the Hadassah posi-
tion should be made known in relation
to the most recent charges that were
leveled at the Israel government by
orthodox leaders.
Justifying the kidnaping of a number
of youths from a Youth Aliyah absorp-
tion center, orthodox leaders charged that
orthodox youth were being sent for settle-
ment and training to irreligious kibbutz-
im. In a reply that has been issued by
the Youth Aliyah committee of Hadassah
in New York, it has been pointed out that
"the broadest latitude" is being given the
interpretation "orthodox," that under it
are included children who come from
orthodox homes or those who attended
orthodox schools or whose parents request
an orthodox education for them. Hadas-
sah maintains that this principle has been
and is being adhered to in children's
placements.
The Hadassah statement, in its refu-
tation of the regrettable charges made by
the orthodox, offered the following data:
"Of the recently arrived children
`processed' at Ramat Hadassah Szold, 242
have already been sent to their perma-
nent absorption and training centers. Of
these, 201 (83%) were sent to Orthodox
places (the Ponivecz Yeshiva, Neve Amiel,
Chabad Village, etc.), 34 (14%) went to
traditional places where kashruth is ob-
served, and seven (3%) to general absorp-
tion centers. It should also be known that
the orthodox places were not physically
prepared to receive all of the children
Youth Aliyah wished to place with them.
Since many of the children must first be
`investigated' through the Child Guidance
Clinic, appropriate permanent placement
" has not yet been made for some of them.
"As to Ramat Hadassah Szold, in the
11 years of its existence, more than 15,000
children have been admitted and screened
there. This center boasts of a fine syna-
gogue, its kashruth is under rabbinical
supervision (as are the other traditional
Youth Aliyah installations), all to the
complete satisfaction of religious leaders
in Israel and from abroad."
In the interest of fair play, these facts
should be known and taken into consid-
eration whenever orthodox issues arise in
Israel. The main aim is to assure maxi-
mum and most efficient methods in wel-
coming immigrants, and especially in as-
suring homes and proper training for the
young settlers. There should be no obsta-
cles from Jews and everything possible
should be done to facilitate the settlement
of the oppressed whose numbers are
increasing in many lands.
Hadas' 'Book of Delight' and
'Ancilla' Issued as Paperbacks
Two noteworthy classics, by Dr. Moses Hadas, the eminent Jay
Professor of Greek at Columbia University, are among the paper-
backs just issued by Columbia University Press.
They are "The Book of Delight by Joseph Ben Meir Zabara"
and "Ancilla to Classical Reading."
His translation of "The Book of Delight" originally appeared
as part of the series "Records of Civilization." Containing the wit,
literary resources and science of Spanish
Jewry of the 12th century, the works of
the learned physician Zabara are part
of the Arabic-Jewish wisdom literature,
indicating an influence these writings
exerted upon Western European Chris-
tian literature. The tales include medical
discussions, stories about faithful hus-
bands and wives, animal tales, miracles,
etc.
In "Ancilla to Classical Reading"
we are introduced to the historical and
literary works of the ancient world as
well as the Western literary heritage.
It is an anecdotal work describing the
roles of writers in classical literature
and the ancient art of book-making.
The alphabet, papyrus rolls, tablets, use
of pen and ink, handwritings and the
a establishment of libraries are interest-
ingly delineated.
Dr. Hadas
The works of poets and lyricistS are described and there are
delightful discussions of scholarship. Prof. Hadas devotes himself
also to discussion of the Renaissance and the Scientific Age, and his
chapter dealing with "Lit'erary Gossip" is a revealing contribution
to literary criticism.
The eminent historic personalities dealt with in this work
include Josephus, and Philo Judaeus, and there are frequent
references to Biblical sources.
Columbia University Press also has just issued as a paperback
"Art and Technics" by Lewis Mumford.
Israel Argosy Presents Hebrew
Literature in English Texts
"Israel Argosy" is becoming a tradition. It is a periodically
published volume containing Hebrew literary products in English
translations.
"Israel Argosy No. 7" has been issued by Thomas Yoseloff
(11 E. 36th, N.Y. 16). This volume, like the previous ones, is
edited by Isaac Halevy-Levin.
Poetry, in the original Hebrew accompanied by the translations;
short stories, biographical profiles and an evaluation of the eminent
artist, Jakob Steinhardt—with a special art section of the Steinhardt
woodcuts—are the features in this volume.
Haim Gamzu is the author of "Steinhardt—The Man and
His Art" in which the adventurous career of "the great. artist"
is delineated, the woodcuts providing a basis for greater under- ,
standing of the subject.
Gamzu states about Steinhardt that "his latest works express a
great calm, a rich experience of life. They have none of the harsh-
ness of his earlier ventures into the realm of the woodcut, though
they have the same freshness."
"An Enigma" by Benjamin Tammuz, "The Highest Awareness"
by Shin Shalom, "The First Smile" by Miriam Yalen-Stekelis,
"Edom" by Jacob Fichman and the novelette by H. N. Bialik,
"Aryeh the Brawny," form an excellent fiction section in this
Argosy.
The poetry of Leah Goldberg is the topic of the biographical
study by Ezra Spicehandler. Translations of her poems, including
Hebrew originals, are appended to this essay.
Benzion Benshalom is the author of the profile of the Hebrew
author, Yitzhak Shenhar.
Especially noteworthy about this volume is the group of Walt
Whitman poems, in translations by S. Malkin and Miriam Yalan.-
Stekelis.
This new Israel Argosy is a rich work, depicting graphically the
Hebrew literary creativity of Israeli authors.