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City Editor

Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the twenty-fourth day of Iyar, the following Scriptural selections will be read
in our synagogues:
16:19-17:14.
Pentateuchal portion, Lev. 25:1-27:34. Prophetical portion, Jeremiah

Licht benshen, Friday, May 17, 7:29 , p.m.

VOL. XLIII. No. 1Z

Page Four

May 1'7, 1963

Reaffirmation of Tripartite Pledge

To Michigan's Senator Philip A. Hart
and to his associates, who have co-spon-
sored a resolution in the United States
Senate aimed at protecting Israel's secur-
ity, go our thanks for their recognition of
the need for action by our Government
to avert another world war by acting
promptly against aggression by Nasser
against Israel.
Most important in that resolution is
the attempt to secure the reaffirmation,
especially by our Government, of the Tri-
partite pledge for the protection of Israel's
borders by the major world powers. If that
can be assured, and if the big powers go
on record upholding the 1950 Tripartite
pledge, all fears of an impending conflict
will be lessened.
President Kennedy has it within his
power to prevent the recurrence of a cam-
paign like the one of 1956. If we are to
have peace, as we must, there must be an
end to recriminations and incitement to
riot, as called for in the resolution intro-
duced by Senator Hart and his associates.

The 1950 Tripartite pledge made
jointly by the United States, Great Brit-
ain and France may or may not guarantee
the prevention of aggression against
Israel, but it certainly represents the
firmest offer of assistance to Israel yet
made in a joint pronouncement by the
three powers.
Nevertheless, there seems to be hesi-
tancy on the part of our Government's
spokesmen to refer to it or to reiterate
it. Great Britain seems inclined to re-
affirm it, but our State Department ad-
heres to expediency, and the tendencies
constantly to placate the Arabs remain
in force.
The so-called Arab unit is not such
a certainty and if there is to be peace in
the Middle East and a reduction of
threats from the Communist orbit, only
a firm American policy can prove work-
able. Congressional demands are for such
firmness and it is to be hoped that it will
be attained very soon that the war threats
may be completely silenced.

'In Praise of Enlightenment'

Prof. Salomon's 'History of
Ideas' Defines Prophets' Vision

Prof. Albert Salomon, an escapee from Nazi Germany,. now
'professor of sociology emeritus at the New School for Social Re-
search, in a series of 18 essays, in "In Praise of Enlightenment,"
outlines the history of ideas. His emphasis is on methological trends,
on "the conviction that sociology is a required condition for philo-
sophical anthropology" and that "freedom is obedience to the goods
of mind and spirit."
He emphasizes that "freedom as a way of life, incorporated
in our political and legal institutions, is an accomplishment of
continues
to
render
service
to
Hadassah,
It is to the credit of our community
the world of the West."
that outstanding services by distinguished to our schools, to the philanthropic needs
His theses deal with Roman Stoicism—the way to freedom;
of Israel and world Jewry.
democracy and the work of Erasmus, Fontenelle and Montesquieu,
citizens are not being forgotten.
Her late husband, who, like his wife, Goethe and the poet's place in a world of revolution, Adam Smith •
When the United Hebrew Schools will .
dedicate the meeting hall in the Esther was an ardent Zionist, was, again like as sociologist, Tocqueville, Charles Peguy and the prophets and
Berman Branch by naming it the Ehrlich his wife, deeply interested in the educa- social scientists.
In the final section of the Original Meridian Paperback, a
Auditorium, at the schools' annual meet- tional needs of Detroit Jewry and espe-
ing on May 21, due recognition will be cially in the work of the United Hebrew World Publishing Co. product, is incorporated a two-page confes-
"Jewish Existence," in which Prof. Salomon recalls having
given to a couple dedicated to the needs Schools. The honor to be accorded them sional,
been beaten and made a laughing stock by boys who recognized
is,
therefore,
a
natural
one
and
comes
of our community.
him as a Jew, and states that he felt that "it was an honor to
Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, who has be- from an agency that was well served by belong to a minority that was hated by majorities;" that he...
come known here as "the beloved Dora," both of them.
discovered his Jewish existence "as destiny;" that "one does
not revolt against destiny, but tries to understand its hidden
meaning."
He had taken for granted "the common solidarity of Jews,"
yet he found it necessary "to oppose fellow Jews" and he seems
We
have
many
great
industries,
and
With the advent of Michigan Week,
to have been plagued by the cowardice of one Jewish doctor
to be observed May 19-25 all citizens of while automobile manufacturing and during World War I.
tourism
head
all
of
the
state's
industries,
this great state will have an opportunity
He learned to appreciate aspects of Judaism and was attracted
to study the vast opportunities that are there are many more we can point to with to Hasidism, and he states:
,
pride.
offered here, the many advances that
"In reflecting on my contemporary world, I was convinced
Michigan
Week
should
serve
to
en-
have been made industrially and cultur-
ally, and the superb physical attractions courage a deepening interest in the op- that I could serve God best as a teacher of moral and social .
portunities provided by our state—to in- science, training students to know' the ,limitations of social
within Michigan's borders.
dustries, to students, to vacationists. Let
This is a state with a vast shoreline, the Michigan Week observance be an oc- research and to be aware of what is beyond the pale of social
with a large upper peninsular area that casion for spotlighting our great state's institutions: ontology and theology."
In his evaluation of Montesquieu, Prof. Salomon expresses
beckons to prospective developers as did potentialities so that there should be the
the lower peninsula, with many oppor- fullest understanding of the opportunities the view that "the Jews did not choose to be God's people, they
tunities for students and as one of our offered to those residing here to enjoy were chosen and understood themselves as such." He asserts
country's most wondrous vacation spots. the bounties that are available, the educa- that "the end of Israel was religion, the end of Rome was imperial-.
ism, the end of England was liberty."
Michigan is . the tenth largest state in tional media that beckon to us and to our
Declaring that it was the vision of the Hebrew prophets and
the nation, and is seventh in size among children and the economic values sages to arouse indignation against evil and injustice in the world,
afforded us.
and that this "remains the guiding star of Jewish destiny," Prof. .
the states in population figures.
Salomon, in his essay "Charles Peguy and the Calling of Israel,"
states that Peguy, in his fascination for the Hebrew religion, is
"profoundly impressed • by the paradoxical unity of unrest and
patience, which he considered the unique quality of Jewish
Nevertheless, there should be a review character. The Jews have been harassed for centuries and yet
While the 1963 Allied Jewish Cam-
survived. This is their secret and their lasting fascination for
of
our
conditions, in planning future fund- they
paign results fall short of the attainments
Peguy, Jewish history explains the constant. patience of the
of the last seven years, they must be raising activities. There are very many Jews; they will always find life bearable and will try to convince
viewed as marking another communal Detroiters who are not on the rolls of the others that it could be worse. They will examine all aspects of
generous members of our community, and a situation until they find in it some meaning and positive
triumph.
value. This patience is full of a sublime melancholy; it is the
The fact that this year's total appar- there should be a serious consideration of sadness of a group that is invested with the dignity of suffering
ently will be at least $300,000 less than new approaches in order to assure total for the sake of God. But this patience is accompanied by a con-
last year's, we must take into considera- or as nearly total participation in our tinuous unrest that springs from the presence of the eternal in
tion many factors that militated against drives. Even a five dollar giver is vital in their critical awareness of the wrongs of man. For Peguy the
the raising of the very large sums that a total community, since a small donor Jews are unique human beings who have never been completely
corrupted by the establishments of the world. They are always
have been to our credit in past years.
prepared to fold their tents and start on another 40-year
soon may become a very big one.
Many of the big givers have been built
The campaign organization deserves sojourn in the desert."
up to tremendous proportions and quite
In his .discussion of "Prophets, Priests, Social Scientists," Prof.
a number of them found it difficult and congratulations for the efforts in this Salomon
writes that "sociology cannot ever conceivably admit
in some instances impossible to duplicate year's drive. We look to our leadership that Jewish history is anything but entirely secular history." Writ-
previous commitments. Then there are on with confidence that a thorough study ing on the pattern established by the Jewish prophets. he asserts:
record many economic changes in our will be made of our giving conditions in
"They turned the religious ardor that burned in them into a
community which inevitably reflected the order that all future efforts may be ruthless exposure of man's weakness and the sinfulness of all social
trend against constantly repeated big
institutions, including religious institutions."
revitalized.
giving.

The New UHS Ehrlich Auditorium

Michigan Week's Maior Objectives

The 1963 Allied Jewish Campaign Results