Purely Commentary
"He made you king to do justice
and righteousness."—I Kings 10:9.
A clarion call has been issued for workers and givers, for solicitors and
contributors, in the current Allied Jewish Campaign. And now each of the two
thousand or more campaign workers will be a king in his domain—a member
of the only royalty of merit, the kingship that strives for justice and righteous-
- ness.
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This, indeed, is the great objective of our community for the coming few
weeks, during which we are charged with the duty of raising a large sum for
relief and rehabilitation, for cultural uplifting in our community, for a guarantee
I of restoration of health for the sick and aid to the needy.
A campaign leadership of great merit has been selected to direct the
En present drive for a goal of $5,904,000. Dedicated men and women are devoting
ci themselves to the sacred task of providing avenues of escape into the security
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offered by Israel for tens of thousands of humiliated fellow-Jews on two
continents. They can not do this job alone. They need the help of volunteer
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workers, of a strong and a cooperative campaign organization. They offer an
opportunity to men and women whose help is needed in the present great
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fund-raising effort to become kings and queens for several weeks in the domain
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of good deeds—of tzedakah and generosity.
And while extending -a hand of welcome to the volunteer workers, the
p campaign makes its plea to the community at large to rise to new heights, to
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recognize the responsibilities that confront us, to 136 more generous now than
‘,4 ever before for the sake of our kinsmen abroad and our children and ourselves
1=1 at home.
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For, while our campaign helps provide homes for the displaced and
= disinherited overseas, it also offers spiritual comfort and security to all of us
at home. The Allied Jewish Campaign is not only the provider for Israel and
the relief organizations overseas through the United Jewish Appeal and the
Joint Distribution Committee. It also is the enhancing element on the local
front by the support it ,gives to our Hebrew Schools, without which our
spiritual heritage would be impoverished; by its assistance to the causes that
aid our Home for Aged, our Sinai Hospital, family and children's services, and
the score or more national institutions which labor in the fields of education,
health and civic protection.
Under the leadership of Paul Zuckerman and a corps of men and women
who, by training, as workers in the ranks of previous Allied Jewish Campaigns,
as pacemakers who also have set high standards for giving by their own
A Salute to the Leadership of
the Allied Jewish Campaign
generosity, the 1962 Allied Jewish Campaign is now in full operation. The
campaign organization now hopes for two good responses--from large volunteer
forces and from a generous community. Our society as a whole has the double
obligation to meet both calls with honor and with dignity. Detroit Jewry has
responded well before; let us duplicate our best efforts by
making the present
campaign the most glorious in our community's history.
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Remember Amalek
'Thou Shalt Not Forget'
The current Allied Jewish Campaign opens on an appropriate date—on
Purim—an occasion that admonishes us not to forget the indignities that were
heaped upon us by those who sought to destroy us and to keep in mind the
lessons taught by the needs for survival.
It is so very appropriate that this should be the Sabbath of Remembrance
—Sabbath Zakhor—referring to the selection from the Torah of Parasha
Zakhor—Deut. 25:17-19:
"Remember what Anzalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of
Egypt; ,how he met thee by the way. and smote the hindmost of thee, all
that were
enfeebled in thy rear, when thou west faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine
enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt not blot out the remembrance of Amalek
from under heaven; thou shalt not forget."
We are admonished to remember—and our current Allied Jewish Campaign
also is a time bidding us not to forget the past, to keep in view the threats
heaped upon us and to strive for such security for the survivors from horrors
and persecutions that the horrors of the eras that have passed shall never again
be repeated.
Purim is a time to remember. It is an occasion for rejoicing over our
people's triumph against an enemy in Persia. It also is a time to keep in view
a major lesson that goes with victory over persecution—that kinsmen must not
abandon kinsmen and that if any single sector in Jewry is to feel secure,
it must also help assure the security of all others in Israel; because all of us
are linked together in a cause of justice and righteousness, and indignities
that strike one group affect all of us.
As we prepare for Purim, to rejoice in the triumph of justice, let us also
mobilize for a successful Allied Jewish Campaign, so that we may strike again
for righteousness for our people globally.
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Israel Puts Machinery in Motion to hang
Liebmann: Publication of Book Banned
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
Prison Commissioner appoint
the executioner after two condi-
tions have been fulfilled: that
the death sentence is upheld by
the Supreme Court, and that the
Minister of Justice give written
approval for carrying out the
sentence.
Such approval by the Min-
ister of Justice cannot be
given under the law unless the
President of Israel has re-
fused to exercise his right of
pardon or commute the sen-
tence.
By Philip
Slomovitz
Boris Smolor's
I 'Between You
I
and Me '
Another amendment to pres-
ent regulations issued by the
Shitreet gives the prison ward-
en who has custody of Eichmann
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authority "to seize any letter or i
(Co pyright , 1962 .
manuscript or notes written by I !
Jewish T elegraphic Agency. Le.)
the prisoner before or after con-1
viction." This order may affect
By BORIS SMOLAR
disposition of the 500-page The Domestic Front
manuscript written in prison b3,
The attention of Jewish organizations engaged in combatting
Eichmann as his "last testa- bigotry is now centered on April 20. . . Two most sacred holy
ment."
days in the Christian and Jewish religions happen to fall on
Minister of Justice Dov Jos- that day: Good Friday and the second day of Passover. . . . But
eph informed the Knesset that George Rockwell, the leader of the anti-Semitic American Nazi
the government does not intend Party, has chosen that day to hold a public meeting in Nevi,
to allow Dr. Robert Servatius, York's Union Square. . . . His application for a permit to hold
chief of Eichmann's defense to that meeting is still under consideration by New York City's
finance the defense costs Park Commissioner. . . However, bolstered by a U. S. Supreme
through publication of Eich- Court decision affirming his right to speak, Rockwell obviously
mann's book.
anticipates he will receive the permit.. . . His right to speak in
New York is being advocated by the American Civil Liberties
Eichmann's
appeal
to
the
JERUSALEM, (JTA)
The stitution for the Gaza Strip, the
Union, though his views are repugnant to the members of this
danger of war against Israel "has southern coastal portion of Pales- Supreme Court is scheduled liberal organization. . . . It is feared that a Rockwell speech
to
open
on
March
22.
Servatius
greatly receded during the past tine occupied by Egypt following
against Jews and Negroes in New York could provoke disturb-
five years," Premier David Ben- the Israel War of Independence will speak first, followed by
ances in Union Square. . .. Major Jewish organizations are also
Gurion said, addressing a re- in 1948, and declaring the ter- Attorney General Gideon
paying attention to the activities of a new organization named
gional defense meeting of the ritory "an integral part of Pales- Hausner, and will rebut Haus-
Christian Citizens, Inc., which has its headquarters in Denver,
ner in another address.
Southern Command somewhere tine lands" has been issued by
which was officially -launched last month in several cities and
It is assumed that Eichmann now claims to have members in 17 states. . . . The leaders of
in the Negev.
United Arab Republic President
will be present during the ap- the movement are reportedly willing to "welcome" Jews , but
Gamal
Abdel
Nasser.
He credited this to the "greater
The decree said the Palestinian peal hearing, although his pres- only on condition that they acknowledge Jesus as a personal
deterrent power of Israel's de-
ence is not mandatory.
Savior—in effect, only if they are converted. . . . Another anti-
fense forces and the development Arabs in Gaza would form a
The court will have several Semitic group now closely watched is the racist National States
and settlement of the Negev." national union with "the aim of
lie added that there was never- restoring the usurped lands of courses open on the appeal. The Rights Party. . .. This organization, which has its headquarters
theless "no guarantee that the Palestine." Most of the residents highest tribunal in Israel can in Birmingham, Ala., is mobilizing its forces at present for "a
of the Strip are Palestine Arab - approve the sentence; it can big job" in the 1962 elections in preparation for the 1964
present quiet will continue."
refugees.
correct the sentence, redefining Presidential elections. . . . 'Its national headquarters plan of
(In London, the Sunday Tele-
the crime and the applicability activities includes picketing, boycotts and rallies.
graph reported that the Soviet
of the legal clauses under which Investment Trends
government is negotiating with American Israel Co.
sentence was passed; it can re-
With the increase of the value of the dollar in Israel, it is
the United Arab Republic and
duce the sentence; it can accept anticipated tha,t this year will bring also an increase in American
Iraq for the supply of guided Will Mine and Refine
the defense appeal a^d reject investments in Israel. . . . A steel company in Pittsburgh con-
missiles, especially of the SA-2
the original indictment.
cluded an agreement for development of steel fabricating
type which is a defensive ground- Phosphates in Negev
Servatius said that one of facilities in Israel.... Israel accepted delivery of a large number
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
to-air missile. The deliveries,
the paper says, will be possible American Israel Phosphate Com- Eichmann's brothers plans to of tractors from a major American firm which plans to set up
this year unless Soviet-Arab rela- pany has decided to proceed visit the convicted man in his parts and servicing facilities in Israel. . . . Investment potentials
tions take another of their with construction in the Negev prison. Servatius said he con- are offered in Israel in the areas of metal working, petrochemi-
of a large plant to mine and ferred recently with Eichmann's cals, electronics, textiles and food processing and distributing.
"periodic" sour turns.)
refine millions of tons of phos- wife, but refused to discuss the . . . An accelerated flow of investment capital in Israel during
The Foreign Ministry informed phates annually, it was an- details of their conversation.
1962 is anticipated by Israel Investors Corporation of which
the United Nations Truce Super-
After Servatius complained it Samuel Rothberg, of Peoria, Ill., is president.
vision Organization that it "views nounced by Walter Frauk, pres-
with seriousness" the Syrian ident of the c o m p a n y, who was "strange" that the Supreme On The Scene
Joseph Buloff, the noted Jewish actor, who played in more
attack on an Israeli police patrol arrived here from the United Court banned publication of his
boat in Lake Tiberias last Thurs- States to make arrangements appeal, the court reversed itself than 20 American productions on Broadway — including "Okla-
Tuesday and allowed - publica- homa" and "My Sister Eileen"—is extremely successful in "A
day when two members of the for erecting the plant.
Chekhov Sketchbook," now being played in New York in which
Large phosphate deposits of tion.
Israeli police crew were seriously
a quality suitable for mining
wounded and hospitalized.
The appeal lists 96 points he is the star... , Between acting on Broadway in the dramatiza-
have been located by the com- challenging the District Court's tion of John Hersey's "The Wall" — depicting the tragic life
The report of the UN inves- pany at Hemeishar in the
Negev, judgment. Servatius demands of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto : under the Nazis — and his
tigating team, which has not yet following test borings which
questions of 16 witnesses, in- present appearance, Buloff was in Israel for several engage-
been received, is understood to
ments . .. Molly Picon, the "sweetheart of the Jewish theater,"
have established that the gunfire have been carried out since last cluding Moshe Sharett, minister has now become the sweetheart of Broadway, starring in "Milk
was opened by Syrian forces and summer. According to the com- of Justice.
He wants the latter to testify and Honey" . . . The play, which deals with American tourists
not by the Israeli boat as claimed pany's engineers, the deposits
in Israel showing life in the Negev, is one of the most successful
are more than 25 feet thick and
by the Syrians. Official Israeli are sufficiently near the surface on whether the Argentine gov- plays on Broadway attracting large general
audiences . . . A
erment has renounced its aim
quarters here stress that the in- to permit open cast mining.
television
program "The Chosen People," sponsored by the
to prosecute those who abducted
National
Council
of
Catholic
Men,
is
being
distributed
by the
cident was the first in a long
Phosphates are currently Eichmann.
American Jewish Committee which purchased a number of
time in which the Syrians em- being mined in Oron by a Gov-
He also wants further hear- kinoscopes of the broadcast . . . The program aims to
combat
ernment-owned phosphate firm ings on obtaining the manu- anti Semitism
ployed recoilless guns.
which produces about 250,000 script of Eichmann's book writ- contribution and is considered by the AJC as a great Catholic
A decree establishing a con- tons annually.
to the work of helping eliminate religious and
ten in prison. •
racial bigotry in this country.
JERUSALEM—A government
regulation was published in the
official, gazette here over the
signature of Police Minister
Behor Shitreet authorizing the
Commissioner of Prisons to ap-
point "a man to execute the
death sentence" imposed on
Adolf Eichmann.
The means of execution, ac-
cording to the regulation, will
be by hanging.
The order provides that the
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Israel War Danger Down,
II-G Tells Defense Meeting
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