Peace Plea on Deaf Ears Eyes :they have, btu -they see not: THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English—Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial -Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35, Mich., VE 8-9364. Subscription $5 a year. Foreign $6. Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1942 at Post Office, Detroit, Mich. underact of Congress of March 8, 1879. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher (!salons afra SIDNEY SHMARAK CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ HARVEY .ZUCKERBERG Advertising Manager Business Manager City Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the eighteenth day of Heshvan, 5722, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Wa-yera, Gen.. 18:1-22:2 4. Prophetical portion, II Kings 4:1-37. Licht Benshen, Friday, Oct. 27, 5:15 p.m. VOL. XL. No. 9 Page Four October 27, 1961 `I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door' 75th Anniversary of Statue of Liberty October 28 will mark the 75th anni- Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, versary of the Statue of Liberty, on With conquering limbs astride from land to land, Liberty Island, in the New York Harbor. In his _address dedicating the Statue, Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand; - on Saturday, October 28, 1886, President A mighty woman,_ with a torch, whose - Grover Cleveland said: flame "We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon .hand altar be neglected!' • "-• - . Tens of millions of escapees from Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command persecutions in many lands, millions of them Jews who had fled from Russia, The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. Poland and "Keep, ancient lands, your storied Dr. Glatzer Editor of Judaic Series other coun- pomp!" cries she tries, h a d With silent lips. "Give me your tired, occasion to your poor, shed tears Your huddled masses yearning to breathe of joy upon . free; apprOach- The wretched refuse of your teeming ing Amer- shore— ica's shores One of the most famous stories related to learning in Judaism Send them, the homeless, tempest-tossed, and fh e it is retold as follows in "The Rest Is Commentary," a source book . to me— acquisition literature from the Second Temple through the Talmudic age, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" of of the Lib- edited and introduced by Dr. Nahum M. Glatzer and published "The New Colossus" has only 14 lines; by Beacon Press (25 Beacon St., Boston 8): erty for but in them are expressed with prophetic which this Convert me provided that you teach me the entire Torah instinct all of the indestructible and noble while I stand on one foot. great Col- ideals symbolized by the Statue of Liberty. Shammai drove him away with the builder's cubit ossus_ con- which was in his hand. These lines, written by Emma Lazarus tinues to He went to Hillel who said to him: more than 70 years ago, remain the credo stand to What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor: of Americanism and a striking memorial this day. that _ is the entire Torah; to their author. It complements the great Financed the rest is .commentary;. . poetess' Jewish idealism, which, too, was exclusive- go and learn it. replete with prophecy and faith when she ly by the This note appears as an explanation of the source for the title wrote in "The Banner of the Jew": peoples of of the book. "Wake, Israel, wake! Recall to-day Dr. Glatzer, one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars, France an The glorious Maccabean rage . . . presently chairman of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic the United Studies -at Brandeis University, states that the famous version 0 deem not dead that martial fire, States, with Say not the mystic flame is spent! of the Golden Rule by Hillel the Elder points to the main pennies characteristic of Judaic literature: "Modestly, With Moses' law and David's lyre, that were it considers itself mere commentary; however, Your ancient strength remains Contrib- it is deeply conscious of the fact that it is a unbent." uted by school children in both countries, commentary on what is, or should be, the Most The gates of the United States are important, most basic, most sacred to man." this statue marks the friendship between the two democracies and the enthusiasm not as open today as they were - for an The introductory essay to this source book of the Alsatian sculptor, Frederic A. entire generation after the Statue of is a valuable study of the literatures of the Bartholdi. French citizens in 180 cities Liberty was planted on American soil 75 periods wider review and of the scholars who contributed the sum of $250,000 towards years ago. But the ideal remains as one produced the literary works. Formulation and this monument of friendship; an Amer- of the imperishable symbols of the study of the Law concerned the ancient scholars. had to "result in action." It was a ican committee raised an additional $125,- foundation of our democracy. For many Learning of the time that "a person ought to 000, and the idea was especially cham- decades the American_ ideal was rooted principle attach himself to a master and to a companion pioned by Joseph Pulitzer,. then owner in the declaration: "Give me your tired, for joint study" and irregular hours for study your poor, your huddled masses yearning were to be avoided. Also: "No selfish motive of the New York World. This is the background of the building to breathe free . ." These masses who may prompt a person in the pursuit of learning. of the statue in France and its eventual were gathered - here had built this great The Torah may not be made a crown for the transportation • to this .country. On its land. They continue to hold out great aggrandizement . of the student nor a spade pedestal is inscribed the famous poem by hope to mankind that the dream of uni- wherewith to dig. He who makes profit from the Dr. Glatzer of the.Torah removes his life from the world." Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), "The New versal brotherhood and of amity among words The spirit in which the sages and their disciples constructed all peoples shall become .a reality. Colossus": their lives and their views of the world included the principle: . Beacon Collection Commences with The Rest Is Commentary Agreement on Center Sabbath Programming It is doubtful whether any proposal An agreement, arrived at after careful consideration by a special committee se- for Sabbath programming could enroll lected by Max M. Fisher, and approved by the endorsements of all elements in our the Jewish Community Center's board of community. There already has developed directors, outlines plans. for Sabbath cul- opposition to the proposals - adopted by tural programming at the Center. the Center's board of directors on Wed- The text of the agreement, which ap- nesday evening. But, as we indicated pears in full in this issue, provides a editorially, in our suggestions for a com- series of programs for our youth. promise, some months ago, there is no It is to be hoped that a halt now will reason why a well-functioning community be called to a controversy which aroused can not adopt a positive cultural program deep feelings in the community among for the Sabbath; as long as negative supporters as well as opponents of the aspects are eliminated. On that basis, the Center's decision to introduce programs current proposals must be viewed as ap- on Saturday afternoons. proaching reality. It is heartening to know that strife The constructive approach to the need for attracting our youth to the Jewish may be eliminated and that comity and environment and the Jewish interests mutual self-respect is being retained in provided by the Center has been formu- our ranks. The adopted program and the lated after careful consideration by re- serious approach to it are worthy of sponsible leaders in all aspects of JewiSh good will on the part of our community. thinking in our community. It calls for May it serve as a symbol of continued the cooperation of all Detroit Jews, in cooperation for the advancement of the best interests of communal unity. higher Jewish cultural goals. "As the disciple honors his master, so will the teacher have regard for his pupil." The diversity of writings gathered for this volume "gain a measure of coherence if we understand them as attempts on the part of the Jewish community to face the encounter with a variety of cultural and human situations and as responses to their challenges." In "The Rest Is Commentary" are included selections from Ben Sira, the First and Second Book of Maccabees, the Testament of Job, Philo, Flavius Josephus and the Talmudic Masters incor- porated in the Talmud and the Midrash. Dr. Glatzer's notes and comments guide the - reader towards an understanding of the great works. Thus, in the chapter under the heading "For the Sake of Freedom of Religion," in which are included selections from the Book of Maccabees, the editor states that the aim is "at making the Jews in the Diaspora aware of the heroism of their brethren in Jerusalem and at deepening their affection for the Temple. Dr. Glatzer adds: "In periods of religious persecution, Jews and Christians alike drew strength and comfort from the memory of these witnesses for the 'faith,' a term that gained prominence in Jewish thought of the era." Opinions of Talmudic masters and their reflections on life are among; the scholarly works included and evaluated in this significant consideration of the teachings of Judaism. "The Rest Is Commentary" is the first of three books to be published as "Beacon Texts in the Judaic Tradition," all edited by Dr. Glatzer. The forthcoming titles will be: "Faith and Knowledge: The Jew in the Medieval World" and "The Dynamics of Emancipation: The Jew in the Modern Age."