Political Consequences of Zionism, Movement as Common Denominator in Jewish Life, Described by Halperin to be forming between those who are for the cause and those who are against it, with little room for a third camp. I am not willing to join those who are against it, so I go over to the others.' " Dr. Samuel Halperin, former assistant professor of political science at Wayne State Univer- sity, now • on leave from his De- troit post as American Political Science Association Congression- al Fellow in Washington, has produced a most thorough study of the influence of Zionism in his new book, "The Political World of American Zionism," published by Wayne State Uni- versity Press. In his several years of study, which included research in Is- rael in 1958 on a_ fellowship from the Wayne State Univer- sity Research Committee, Dr. Halperin has accumulated all the basic data for his subject, and his thoroughly anotated book con- tains the basic material neces- sary for an understanding of the emergence of Zionism as "Vir- tually the sole common denom- inator in an otherwise badly- divided community." , Dr. Halperin's e f f e c t i v e study delves deeply into the opposition as well as the ad- herents of Zionism and he reaches this conclusion: "The American Council for Juda- ism did not provide effective opposition to the Zionist movement. Founded !n the darkest days of World War II, when the tragic fate of Euro- pean Jewry was rapidly be- . coming known to American Jewry2 it presented no al- ternative to the Zionist pro- gram. That its peak formal membership never amounted to more than one or two per cent of Zionist strength is a significant indication of its fail- ure to stem the tide of Zionist influence in - the American Jewish community. Further- more, while it cannot be prac- tically demonstrated that the `psycho - pathological motiva- tions' of Council members were exactly as depicted by While Dr. Halperin finds that Zionist strength was not impressive before World War II, he shows how the move- ment's "actual base of sup- port" grew and "extended into virtually ever ,y organized group in the American Jew-. ish population . .. Under the pressure of world events and Zionist proddings, numerous Jewish and non-Jewish groups explicitly made assistance for Palestine a corallary object of their major programs, albeit without the 'ideological over- tones' of some Zionist party platforms." Ben-Gurion Tells JNF Not to Rest on Laurels at 60th Fete (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) Showing hpw only the Ameri- can Council for Judaism, among all of the American Jewish or- ganizations, was willing to be placed in a position of a "wreck- er of Jewish unity and welfare," Dr. Halperin explains that there was a desire not to harm the movement for a Jewish Pales- tine, and he makes this point: "Perhaps this marked unwill- ingness to harm Jewish interests in Palestine can most succinctly be expressed by a statement of U. S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo at the time he joined the Zionist Organization of America in 1918. Confessing to Dr. Stephen S. Wise that he had signed the Zionist membership application . with 'some misgivings' since he was not yet an enthusiast for the Zionist cause, Cardozo conclud- ed: `. . . today, the line seems JERUSALEM—Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion told a 60th anniversary meeting of the Jew- ish National Fund Wednesday that its reason for being was not fulfilled by its "glorious past," but rather depended on its cur- rent work and plans for the future. The Prime Minister warned that an attitude confined to "preserving past achievements" was doomed to failure. Yaacov Tzur, JNF board chairman, re- viewed the Fund's history and aims. Ydsef Weitz, chairman of the Land Development Authority, stressed that the work of forest planting of the JNF would con- tinue. Israel Goldstein, chair- man of Keren Hayesod, extended congratulations on the anniver- sary as did representatives of a number of settlements. 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Exploiting the alleged danger of Council for Judaism activities to Jew- ish group survival, and culti- vating the picture of wealthy anti-Zionists as 'Jewish escap- ist' and 'self-hating' indivi- duals, Zionist leadership found a useful device to win over previously apathetic sympa- thizers to their ranks." In a footnote, Dr. Halperin relates that "an anecdote which made the rounds shortly after the establishment of Israel in 1948 declared that the Council for Judaism would voluntarily recdgnize the Jewish state — if only Zionist leaders would change the country's name from Israel to Irving (the (American- ized' form)." Dr. Halperin's The Political World of American Zionism" has many merits — as history, as a study of 'political maneuver- ing, as an evaluative study of Jewish leadership. The militancy of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver in the trying days of Zionist struggles to secure political endorsements for a Jewish Palestine, the ef- forts of Stephen S. Wise, Louis Lipsky, Emanuel Neumann and scores of others; the activities of the many Jewish communities in this country and the support that came from non-Jews—these are reviewed factually and in historical perspective. While reviewing Zionism as a political movement, Dr. Hal- perin also devotes considerable space to- an evaluation of the status of the American Jewish community and the reactions to Zionism among American Jews during the years of Zionist de- velopments. Zionism and the labor movements, the support given the Zionist idea by labor leaders; the controversy over Partition, the negotiations with non-Zionist Jews, the formation of the American Jewish Confer- ence, Christian America's inter- est in Zionism and the support that came from non-Jewish groups, the problems of philan- thropy and fund-raising — these are many more issues and are part of this very commendable study. Dr. Halperin has enriched his book with many charts and valu- able appendices. "The Political World of American Zionism" is in all respects a highly scholarly and very informative work that will always be rated among the most important. historical an- alyses of the Zionist cause. " Hebrew Corner Hebron The city of Hebron is the highest (in altitude) in the Land of Israel. Its altitude is about a thousand meters above the Mediterranean Sea. Hebron is now outside the boundaries of the state of Israel, and is under the government of the Kingdom of Jordan. Hebron is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is 'mentioned many times in the Bible. She was the city of Kalev Ben Yefune, one of the conquerors of Erets Israel in the period of Joshua son of Nun. In this city David started to be King of Israel, till he captured Jerusalem and made it his capital. Still the main holiness emanates on account of the graves of the ancestors which are there. In a cave called "Me'arat Hamachpela," are buried Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah — the ancestors of the Hebrew Nation. For hundreds and thousands of years , the Jews accepted the cave as a holy place and prayed in it. When the arabs captured Palestine about 1,300 years ago, they built over it a mosque, a house of prayer for Muslims. In the last generations Hebron was an important center (for study) of Torah, But in the year of 1929 the Jews were killed by brutal arabs and the Jewish settlement was destroyed. Translation of Hebrew text, Published by Brith Ivrith Olamith in Jerusalem Around the A Digest of World Jewish Happenings from Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other News-Gathering Media. United States NEW YORK — Mrs, Golda Meir, Israel's Foreign Minister, returned to Israel last week after heading Israel's United Nations delegation for several weeks .. . The New York City Commis- sion on Intergroup Relations announced this week that it planned to extend , its operations into the field of fighting em- ployment discrimination in 1962 . . . Ambassador Arieh Eshel, Israel's Consul General-designate in New York, was reported here as saying that his country "maintains its offer to its Arab neighbors to enter into negotiations on a mutual disarmament agreement in order to put an end to the waste of precious resources" . . . The new Israeli freighter SS Teverya arrived in New York harbor Monday morning on her maiden voyage, the first maiden arrival in the port for the new year. WILMINGTON, Del. — For the tenth year Rabbi Samuel A. Friedman of this city spent Christmas on volunteer duty as relief man at the New Hanover County sheriff's office, allowing three deputies to spend the holiday at home with their families. PHILADELPHIA — State Rep. Herbert Fineman has been named chairman of a joint Pennsylvania State Government Com- mission Task Force which will make a study of all laws relating to proceedings against juveniles who get into trouble with the law. BEAUMONT, Tex. — The Beaumont Ministers Association has elected a rabbi, Newton J. Friedman, to be its president for the first time in its. history. CLEVELAND — Norman Shaw, associate editor of the Cleveland Press, has been named winner of the Spenser D. Irwin Memorial Award, established by the Jewish Community' Federa- tion of Cleveland to enable the recipient to visit Israel. Latin America RIO DE JANEIRO — An agreement providing for the establishment of a chair in Hebrew Civilization at the University of Brazil, was signed here by ISrael's Ambassador Yosef Tekoah and university officials. SAO PAULO — Two prominent Jewish citizens of this city, Arnoldo Felmanas and Samuel del Giglio, have been honored by the Sao Paulo Municipal Council for their contributions to- ward various civic and national projects. Israel TEL AVIV—Israel's Finance Minister Levi Eshkol and David Horowitz, governor of the Bank of Israel, will leave for Washington next week for talks with officials of the Inter- national Monetary Fund and World Bank on various aspects of Israel's finances . . . Several far-reaching investment programs for Israel planned by U.S: and Canadian investors have been postponed pending clarification of the monetary situation in Israel, it was reported here by the board of directors of Bank Leumi. JERUSALEM—Israel is now maintaining trade contacts with 78 countries on all continents with a total foreign trade of $800 million last year, Pinhas Sapir, minister of commerce and industry has reported . . . An Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman denied a report from London that Belgian-made, Israel-developed "Uzi" submachine guns were among the equipment captured by United Nations troops in Katanga . . . The Israel Port Authority will seek bids within a month for construction of a new deep sea harbor at Elat, Pinhas Ginsburg, director geheral of the Transport Ministry, disclosed last week . . . Finance Minister Levi Eshkol told Israel's parliament Tuesday that there will be no rise in income taxes. Hilton Rebukes Boycott Threats Over Plans for Tel Aviv Hotel NEW YORK, (JTA) — A spokesman for the Hilton Inter- national corporation said this week that plans to operate a hotel in Tel Aviv would not be affected by a boycott, threat from the American-Arab Asso- ciation for Commerce and In- dustry. The threat was contained in a letter to Conrad Hilton from Alfred M. Lilienthal, secretary- counsel of the association and former , officer of the anti- Zionist American Council for Judaism. In his letter, Lilienthal said Le had just returned from a meeting with the chairman of the Arab boycott committee in Damascus. Lilienthal told Hil- ton that if he proceeds with his plans in Israel, "it means the loss of Hiltor. holdings in Cairo and the end of any plans you might have in Tunis, Baghcia(7, Jerusalem or any Arab country. "In addition, the Saudi royal family, Egyptian btisinessmen, Arabs and United States com- panies who service the Arab states, will not "stop at your hotels." The hotel leader replied that "as Americans, we con- sider Arabs and Jews our friends and hope that ulti- mately we can all live in peace. There was no threat from Israel when we opened our Cairo hotel. Does your commiltee also propose to boycott the United States , government because it main- tains diplomatic relations with Israel?" The hotel corporation spokes- man said that negotiations had been underway for some time with Israeli developers for the building of a hotel in Tel Aviv which would be operated by the hotel chain, its customary pro- cedure. The spokesman said that the Arab threat would have no effect on the negotiations. Gordon W. Reed, chairman of Texas Gulf Refining Co., is pres- ident of the American-Arab As- sociation. UN Secretary General Names Egyptian Envoy as Under-Secretary UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (JTA) — Omar Loutfi, repre- sentative of the United Arab Republic, who has a lengthy record of anti-Israel speeches in the United Nations, has been named as one of three new Under-Secretaries by UN Acting Secretary General U Thant. Loutfi has served as legal counselor to the Egyptian dele- gation to the United Nations, p e r m an ent representative `of Egypt and later of the United Arab Republic, his cttrrent post. In the latter capacity he has represented the regime of Pres- ident Nasser on the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council.