THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English—Jewisb Newspapers, Michigan Press Associations, 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. Filtered 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 The Little TNT Box That Became an Aladdin's Lamp r=1-' SIDNEY SHMARAK CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ HARVEY ZUCKERBERG Advertising Manager Business Manager City Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the fifteenth of Shevat, 5722, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Be-shallah, Exodus 13:17-17:16. Prophetical portion, Judges 4:4-5:31. Licht Benchen, Friday, Jan. 19, 5:12 p.m. Vol. XL. No. 21 Page Four January 19, 1962 Generous Gift to Aid Hebrew Studies Announcement of the $1,000,000 gift by Abraham and Jacob Goodman, veteran Zionists, for the establishment of the Tarbuth Foundation for Hebrew Culture, made by Dr. Emanuel Neumann, the Foundation's original sponsor, deserves much more than commendation earned by so generous a contribution. It calls also for additional evaluation and for recog- nition of its merits so that it may be emulated by others in the sponsorship of Jewish educational efforts. It is not to be wondered at that this gift has drawn the attention not only of American Jewish leaders but also of world leaders and of Israel's Prime Min- ister David Ben-Gurion, who has referred to the undertaking sponsored by Dr. Neu- mann as "this blessed enterprise." Aiming at the creation of an accred- ited degree-granting College for Hebrew Studies, Tarbuth Foundation aspires to assist in alleviating the shortage of quali- fied teachers, the development of a pro gram for promoting Hebrew education among Jews of all ages, the publication of books for those possessing some knowl- edge of Hebrew and cooperation with other agencies "in a sustained effort to bring about a new and better climate of opinion through a campaign of education among parents and community leaders in favor of Hebrew studies." The architect of this program, Dr. Emanuel Neumann, who has gained worldwide recognition as a Jewish leader, is himself known as one of American Jewry's most eminent Hebraists, as a scholar and a teacher, as one who has devoted his energies, through the Herzl Foundation, to encouraging the publica- tion of many important books on Jewish subjects. Abraham and Jacob Goodman have earned the gratitude of the Jewish people for their wonderful gift, and Dr. Neu- mann shares in the thanks rightfully ex- tended to them. Through this combination of generous men and Dr. Neumann, who, as their mentor, has guided them towards a noteworthy constructive effort, Amer- ican Jewry's status is certain to rise in all cultural endeavors. YIVO Encourages Scholarly Writing YIVO (Yiddisher Wisenshaftlikher produced by YIVO and as collaborator Institut) has for many years occupied an with Yad Washem Martyrs' and Heroes' important place in Jewish archival pro- Memorial in Jerusalem it has gathered grams and in the retention of valuable documentary material perpetuating the historical material affecting our people. facts relating to the Nazi holocaust. Its activities were at first centered in Encouragement given by YIVO to Eastern Europe, but Jewish leaders in scholarly writing today includes it expan- Western European countries, as well as sion into the English language and other in the United States, had taken a deep fields. While its early efforts were espe- interest in its work. As far back as 1919, cially in the Yiddish sphere, the English the late Prof. Sigmund Freud had accept- publications issued by YIVO in recent ed the chairmanship of the Vienna YIVO years have enhanced its status. At the same time, YIVO has not Committee, and noted leaders elsewhere abandoned its Yiddish creative work, and encouraged and supported YIVO's work. In recent years, YIVO's activities have the publication of the Great Dictionary been centered in this country. For obvious of the Yiddish Language supports its reasons, because of the support it is aspirations and proves the wisdom of its receiving here and because American programming. An analysis of YIVO's recent accom- Jewry is the largest single Jewish corn- munity in the world, YIVO's headquarters plishments, including its valuable micro- film archives, proves heartening to those are located in New York. The latest report on YIVO's functions who provide support for YIVO. The aid and accomplishments deserves review and we give it through our Allied Jewish should be given consideration for the Campaign provides such satisfaction to practical and constructive work it is pur- our own community for its over-all efforts suing. Many scholarly works have been through our major fund-raising activities. Fresh Air Society's 60th Anniversary Marking the 60th anniversary of the Fresh Air Society, the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Federation, on Feb. 6, will assume special significance. From its earliest beginnings, Fresh Air Society provided recreation for needy children in our community, and in the course of the six decades of its existence has expanded its program by providing facilities for campers who were able to pay for their summer vacations and in recent years also for adult programming in a summer camp's environment. Camping has become a vital factor in community planning, and the Fresh Air Society's pioneering efforts have given Detroit Jewry an avenue on which many have traveled along the road of com- munal training and planning. Establishment of Camp Tamarack, in addition to the Fresh Air Camp's facili- ties, have added to the means of incor- porating into the society's program proper environmental camping sites for adults. The aged have benefited from it, ado- lescents have been given means of utiliz- ing the camp's sites for special programs, and week-end seminars have enabled schools to make use of Tamarack for educational purposes. To the society and to the Federation, its sponsoring parent organization, go our hearty congratulations on its important 60th anniversary. USSR 'Justice Soviet Russia's purges have always been undiscriminating. It didn't matter who the victims were: once they were marked for death, neither party member- ship backgrounds nor family relationships mattered. This fact was revealed anew in Tel Aviv when the Israeli Communist leader, Shmuel Mikunis, who has given so much trouble to his fellow citizens by his pro- USSR partisanship, revealed, at a meet- ing of his party, that his two brothers were executed during the Stalin purge. Under Stalin, it was the Mikunises and so many others, among them many promi- nent Jewish authors. Who knows who can be next in line under a cruel system! Sixiy years of J.11.F (1901-1969 Jewish State's Indelible Portrait Dr. Howard Morley Sachar's ' 'Aliyah—the Peoples of Israel Dr. Howard Morley Sachar, son of the distinguished presi- dent of Brandeis University, Dr. Abram Sachar, is emulating his able and famous father with great distinction. His "Course of Modern Jewish History," now in its second printing, has become an accepted work for students of Jewry's experiences, and now he is certain to attain fame with another out- standing work, "Aliyah—the Peoples of Is- rael," published by World Publishing Co. (2231 W. 110th, Cleveland 2). In this new work he has selected 15 per- sonalities who shared in Israel's destiny, and his elaboration of them forms an indelible portrait of the new state and its subjects while, at the same time, delineating the pio neering idea that brought Israel into being. Dividing the book into sections entitled "The Settlement" and "The Mandate," Dr. Sachar describes the artist, mayor, planter, Dr. Sachar farmer and Halutzah in the first division, and the desert rat, vendor, landlord, worker, businessman, custodian, the illegal, the scar, the visitor and the Sabra in the last portion. The informed reader will see in this selection a reflection of the elements that made Israel. , - It is because he deals mainly with people that Dr. Sachar's book assumes its important role. There will be general con- currence in Dr. Sachar's belief "that it is possible through selected biographies to capture something of the spirit—or, if you like, the mood—of the men and women who settled in Palestine before 1948." His artist is Moshe Castel who is a splendid and interesting introductory character to the set of 15 pioneers. He is the Castel who gained fame in the art colony of Safed. • * * * The late Gershon Agron, Mayor of Jerusalem, is the sub- ject of the next sketch. It is an account of a journalist's attain- ments, of a pioneer who labored for Israel's independence during the trying times of British rule, and who became Mayor of the Holy City after Israel's rebirth. Reb Joel Moshe Solomon is the early pioneer planter in this collective pattern of state-building. Chaim Chissin is the farmer. Rachel Lishansky Ben-Zvi, the wife of Israel's president, is the Halutzah, and in relating the story about her Dr. Sachar tells about the woman's role in creating kibutzim, her meeting with the future President of Israel, their joint pioneering efforts in pre-Israel Palestine. Yehudah Kapolovich is the pioneer who knew the desert, who acclimated himself to battling for Jewish rights under odd circumstances. Almogi as the worker is one of the fascinating characters in the book. Oscar Stock is the businessman. Brother Francois Haas is the custodian of Christian property. The manner in which Dina guided the "illegals" in their entry to Palestine will remind the reader of an heroic decade against great odds. and obstacles set up by the British. "Aliyah" reads like fiction, but it is history -woven into biography. It contains many historical facts, and among them is the story of Dr. Rudolf Kastner, which also includes the Joel Brand story and the tragedy of the Kastner trial, in the chapter entitled "The Scar." The Sabra and The Visitor conclude the panoramic view which, in its totality, is the story of men and women who were among the makers of statehood, the pioneers who defied all obstacles. Dr. Sachar tells his stories well. He has made excellent choices in characters. • "Aliyah" can be credited as another Howard M. Sachar literary triumph.