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October 19, 1962 - Image 11

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1962-10-19

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Irma L. Lindheim's Exciting Life from Wealth
in El. S. to Kibbutz Dedication Told in Her Book

Irma L. Lindheim is one of
the very brave personalities of
our time who left behind wealth,
position and affiliation with
one of the most eminent Ameri-
can Jewish families, to live in a
kibbutz in Israel.
A former national president
of Hadassah, she became a
leader in the Israel pioneering
movement.
Hers is - a
story of devo-
tion to her
people, of
dedication t o
the Zionist
ideal, of sac-
rifice and of
love. inspired
by a great
cause.
The Lind-
heim story is
told in a style
that will be
envied by pro-
fessionals, i n
an account
that reads like
Mrs. Lindheim fiction rather
than the collective fact of her
Zionist life, in her book, "Paral-
lel Quest—A Search of a Per-
son and a People," published by
Thomas Yoseloff (11 E. 36th,
N. Y. 16).

"From my vantage ground
in the kibbutz I watch an out-
worn world disappearing, and
a new world taking form in its
place," is the manner in
which she begins her Fore-
word, and from that point on
she describes the life in Mish-
mar dedication of her life to
the Israeli ideal.

and the romance that pre-
ceded it. •
The warmth with which she
relates her family background
and her personal life will en-
chant the reader. But the major
enchantment is in the love she
found for her people through
Zionism and the manner in
which she soon devoted herself
to Hadassah, the Jewish Na-
tional Fund and to all other
causes inherent in Zionism.

The battles that took place
within the Zionist movement
Are not ignored, and she tells
of the conflict that -arose at
one time between the Zion-
ist Organization and Hadas-
sah, at the time she was at
the helm of the latter.

the story provides it with au-
thoritativeness that is supple-
mented by the skill of a dis-
tinguished Jewish woman leader
who is able to share her life's
story with her many co-workers
—former and present.
Because of Mishmar Ha-

Emek she found "the blue-
print of the future," Mrs.
Lindheim leaves no doubt
that her life is completely
linked with the kibbutz. For
her it marked not the end but
a beginning, and when she re-
turns to her kibbutz after her
current visit in this country
she again will assume her
role as a participant in the
creative life of Israel.

The value in "Parallel Quest"
Soon she became interested is not merely the account of a
in the Zionist labor movement, rich life but also the encour-
and part of her devotion to the agement Mrs. Lindheim gives
kibbutz sterns from her deep to the major movements for Is-
interest in the labor movement. rael, especially the Jewish Na-
Some of the most eminent tional Fund, and the assisting
Jewish personalities pass in re- forces to the kibbutz in the
view in this book, among them labor movement.
the late_Supreme Court Justice
Her story covers- the era of
Louis D. Brandeis, and the Lind- Israel's emergence as a state
heim story really is in effect a as well as the dark period of
history of Zionism.
the Hitler era. The accounts of
it covers not only American these periods lend added sig-
Zionist events but also devel- nificance to an important book
opments at World Zionist Con- which will be cherished by Mrs.
gresses and world Jewish hap- Lindheim's readers as a tribute
penings, and the intimacy of to her pioneering efforts.

ORT Plans Expansion Ben-Gurion Marks
of Vocational Training 76th Birthday; Urges
NEW YORK, (JTA) — ORT Strong Ties in Israel
will expand its vocational train-

ing programs to meet the cur-
rent increase in Jewish immi-
gration to France and Israel, it
was announced by Mrs. Max M.
Rosenberg, president of Wo-
men's American ORT.
In a report on the organiza-
tion's plans for the months
ahead, Mrs. Rosenberg noted
that "the number of people who
need ORT training has multi-
plied greatly." She attributed
this to accelerated Jewish emi-
gration in recent months.
Mrs. Rosenberg said the Jew-
ish population in Marseilles has
increased from 10,000 to 40,000
in the last five years. She an-
nounced that ORT's vocational
training center in Marseilles ex-
pected to increase its enroll-
ment from 200 last year to 500
in the coming term.
Stressing the recent heavy
influx of immigrants into Israel,
she cited ORT's role in provid-
ing nearly half of Israel's voca-
tional training facilities. Mrs.
Rosenberg stressed the problem
Israel faces with the growing
number of "impoverished teen-
agers who were born in under-
developed countries, and who
lack the prerequisites for high
school."

TEL AVIV—Prime Minister
David Ben - Gurion celebrated
his 76th birthday Monday at an
undisclosed vacation retreat
where members of his family
and a group of friends gathered
in his honor.
Guests included Mapai lead-
ers, senior army officials, Mayor
Mordechai Namir of Tel Aviv
and Mayor Mordechai Ish Sha-
lom. of Jerusalem.
A feature of the celebration
was the showing of films of the
Premier's recent visit to the
five Scandinavian countries.
The guests recalled Ben-
Gurion's early days as a young
laborer in Sejera and other set-
tlements in Palestine before his
historic career as the leading
statesman in the struggle for a
Jewish homeland and as Israel's
first premier.
Ben-Gurion utilized the occa-
sion of his birthday celebration
to issue an open letter to the
Israeli public calling for inte-
gration of all communities that
have gathered in Israel and
urged Israelis to work toward
closing the gap between them.
He expressed. opposition how-
ever to suggestions that a spe-
cial Ministry for Integration be
Keep up your courage and your created, asserting that this must
courage will keep you up.
be done by the nation itself.-

Question Globke's
Fitness to Serve in
Adenauer Government

U.S., Red Scientists
Win UN Citations

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.
(JTA)—Two Jewish scientists,
one an American and the other
a citizen of the Soviet Union,
received prizes of $10,000 each
here this week plus UN cita-
tions, for "outstanding research
work in the causes and control
of cancerous disease."
The Jewish scientists, among
seven thus rewarded by the
United Nations, are Dr. Ludwik
Gross, who is on the staff of
the United States Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital, in the
Bronx; and Dr. Leon H. Shabad,
head of • the Cancer Research
Bureau of the Institute of Ex-
perimental and Clinical Oncol-
ogy the USSR Academy of

Medical Sciences.-

Solomon fittings Thirty Years WaT FOT Religious Liberty

One of the ironies of American history is • Etting's brother, Reuben, United States
that Maryland, originally founded as a Marshal in Maryland.
Solomon Etting spent the next dozen
haven from religious persecution, main-
tained a religious test for public office. It years working behind the scenes, enlisting
was this law that Solomon Etting was to the support of influential citizens. Then,
each year from 1816 to 1826, Etting and
fight for thirty years.
In 1797, Solomon Etting first petitioned his colleagues petitioned the legislature.
the General Assembly of Maryland to Each year legislation was introduced
give Jews the same rights as others to hold in the General Assembly. Each year the
public office. The committee appointed to legislation was defeated.
look into the situation sympathizdd with
But in 1826, after thirty years of peti-
Etting; however, they told him it was too tions, the General Assembly finally con-
late in the session to do anything. Nothing firmed the "Act for the Relief of the Jews
was done for the following five years. of Maryland."
Etting continued to plan and fight.
That same year,, 1826, saw the voters
The bitter paradox of Maryland's re- of Baltimore pay their respects to the
ligious test was never more apparent tenacity of Solomon Etting. They elected
than when President Jefferson appointed him to the City Council.

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(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

While her - prologue is a
paean of appreciation for kib-
butz life, Mrs. Lindheim's story
begins on Nov. 2, 1917, with
an account of the issuance of
the Balfour Declaration, the
hope it brought to the Jewish
people, the inspiration it gave
to Zionism.
Then comes an account of
her early life, her travels in
this country and abroad, her
marriage to Norvin Lindheim

BONN, (JTA)—The propri-
ety of allowing Dr. Hans Globke,
State Secretary in the office of
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer,
to continue holding high office
in the West German govern-
ment was questioned again in
parliament.
Dr. Oswald Kohut, of the Free
Democratic parliamentary frac-
tion, asked the Minister of Jus
tice, Dr. Wolfgang Stammber-
ger, whether Globke's status
should not be re-examined in
the light of recent exposes of
former Nazi judges.
Globke was the author of a
commentary on the racist Nur-
emberg Laws of 1935, during
the Hitler regime. The Justice
Minister replied that he was
not authorized to answer KO-
hut's question. The Free Demo-
cratic Party is a member of the
present government coalition.

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