THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, May 31, 1963
Shazar, U. S. Leaders Pay Tribute to Lipsky
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ism. He said Lipsky represented
the democratic forces in Ameri-
can Jewish life and played a
leading role in mobilizing Ameri-
can public opinion behind the
Balfour Declaration and the pro-
gram for the Jewish State after
the second world war. He said
the Keren Hayesod looked upon
Lipsky as its founding father in
the United States. He hailed
Lipsky as the chief architect of
the Zionist Organization of
America who had the universal
respect of American Zionists.
In the stormy years which was in the forefront of the
followed, he organized a pow- • anti-Hitler movement, together
erful movement to support the
with the late Dr. Stephen S.
Palestine Jewish settlement
Wise, and served as one of
against Arab terror and Brit-
the heads of the American
ish violation of the Mandate.
Jewish Congress, which he
World War II saw him in the had helped to found.
forefront of the movement to
Committed to the democratic
mobilize the entire Jewish way of life, Lipsky sought to
community in support of a introduce democratic methods
Jewish State at the war's end and concepts into the organiza-
through the American Jewish tion of Jewish life in America,
Conference.
and led many of the stormy
He helped to create the Amer_ battles of the f i r s t decades
ican Jewish
against the concept that devo-
served as co-chairman of its tion to Zionism and the use of
interim committee from 1944 to the vote in Jewish organizational
Sharett to Deliver
1949, using its platform to mobil- life involved dual loyalty. He
Eulogy Today
ize support for partition• of was one of the founders of the
NEW YORK (JTA) — Louis Palestine and, after the United World Jewish Congress in 1936.
Lipsky, dean of American Zion- : Nations Palestine partition reso- In 1929, he helped Dr. Weiz-
ists, friend and colleague of the lution was adopted, to prevent mann create the enlarged Jewish
late Dr. Chaim Weizmann in the its attrition. Agency. In 1930, he became the
building of the State of Israel ,
Lipsky was born in Rochester, president of the Eastern Life
died Monday at his home here , New York, Nov. 30, 1876, the Insurance Company, a 'post he
after an illness of two months. I son of Jacob and Dina Rose held until his retirement in
He was 86.
Lipsky. He came to the Zionist 1959. He came to know every
Funeral services will be held movement after a successful American President from Theo-
today at 11 a.m. at the Riverside career as a writer ofshort dore Roosevelt to Eisenhower.
Among Lipsky's published
Memorial Chapel. Interment will , stories, essays, plays, book re-
take place at Mount Arrarat views and drama criticism. From works are: Collected Works, pub-
Cemetery, in Long Island. The 1910 to 1913 he was on the lished in 1927; Gallery of Zion-
service will be conducted by staff of the New York Morning ist Profiles, published in 1956;
Rabbis Ira Eisenstein and Jo- Telegraph, writing on the thea- and Tales of the Yiddish Rialto,
achim Prinz. Moshe Sharett, for- tre, contributing fiction book published in 1962.
mer Prime Minister and ex-For- reviews and drama criticism. Leaders of Jewish organiza-
eign Minister of Israel, now
Lipsky is survived by three tions, as well as leading non-
chairman of the Jewish Agency sons: David, Eleazer and Joel, Jewish personalities, including
executive, will deliver the and . y nine grandchildren. El- Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New
D
euloay
His death ended a career of eazer Lipsky is president of the York, mourned the death of
Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Mrs. Louis Lipsky, while messages of
60 years as principal Zionist Louis
Lipsky, the former Char- condolence were arriving from
architect, theoretician, orator,
various Jewish groups through-
lotte
Schacht,
died in 1959.
builder and writer in the United
Lipsky was the editor of the out the country to central Zion-
States. His life and career
ist bodies here.
spanned the entire history of American Hebrew from 1900 to
Mayor Wagner said in his mes-
the Zionist movement in Amer- 1914. He resigned that post to
sage: "The loss of Louis Lipsky
ica from its beginnings at the become secretary of the Federa- saddened all New York. His
turn of the century to the crea- tion of American Zionists. He dynamic leadership of the Zion-
tion of the State of Israel in was the, first editor of the first
1948. Zionist publication in English, ist movement will remain as a
lasting tribute to his memory."
He was American Zionism's the Maccabean. During his Zion-
Moshe Sharett, chairman of
ist
career
he
served
at
various
helmsman throughout, first as
the Jewish Agency executive,
periods
as
president
of
the
Zion-
secretary of the Zionist Organi-
who is now in New York, said:
zation of America, later as presi- ist Organization of America, "venerable dean of American
dent of the ZOA; as a member chairman of the Palestine Foun- Zionism, a man of rare nobility
of the World Zionist executive dation Fund, chairman of the of character and political cour-
committee, and of the executive United Palestine Appeal, chair- age, ranking supreme in his in-
of the Jewish Agency, serving in man of • the American Zionist tellectual and moral stature—
London, Jerusalem and New Conference, chairman of the the disappearance of a figure
York, and as a speaker and American Zionist Committee for like Louis Lipsky makes one
writer. He played a vital role in Public Affairs, vice-president of look around to see whether an
creating the climate in America the American Jewish Congress, even remotely approximative
which led to Woodrow Wilson's and chairman of the Central succession of that high tradition
espousal of a Jewish national Committee of the World Jewish is in sight."
homeland, followed by the issu- Congress.
Israel Ambassador Avraham
During the Hitler period he Harman stated: "The passing of
ance of the Balfour', Declaration.
Louis Lipsky is a great loss. His
life spanned the decisive strug-
gle for freedom and dignity for
the Jewish people. His leader-
ship in that struggle was vital
and indispensable. We in Israel
are plunged into mourning. Our
history will treasure his . mem-
ory and keep it ever fresh."
T•
Former Senator Herbert H.
Lehman made the following
statement: "I am saddened to
hear of the passing of my old
friend, Louis Lipsky. He was
one of the earliest and most
militant American Zionists,
and a dedicated fighter for
the Statehood of Israel. His
energy and indomitable cour-
age knew no bounds. The
Jewish community and Israel
owe him a great debt of grati-
tude. I am confident that he
will be long remembered and
admired."
will mourn the death of Louis Lip-
sky for many years. He was the
dean of American Zionism and one
of its founding fathers and one of
its most distinguished and influen-
tial leaders. For long decades, his
intellectual force and vivid per-
sonality dominated the American
Zionist scene, leaving an indelible
imprint on the life of the Jewish
community. His name will be en-
shrined in Jewish history as one of
the immortals of our movement."
Dr. Max Nussbaum, president of
the Zionist' Organization of America,
said: "Mr. Lipsky was one of the
foremost and unique Zionist theore-
ticians, whose thinking and writ-
ings chartered for many years the
course of American Zionism and
made revolutionary impact on the
entire world Zionist movement. His
achievements for Zionism and the
welfare of the Jewish people for
the past seven decades will be writ-
ten in golden letters across the
pages of Jewish history." Mr. Lip-
sky served as president of the ZOA
-for 10 years from 1921 to 1930, the
longest term occupied by any presi-
dent of the organization.
Mrs. Siegfried Kramarsky, na-
tional president of Hadassah, made
the following statement: "As a fear-
less fighter, thinker and leader,
Louis Lipsky wrote a meaningful
page in the history of the Jewish
people. We shall cherish his mem-
ory always. For Louis Lipsky's life
will ever serve as an inspiration to
us and to generations to come who
seek to advance the ideals of crea-
tive Jewish living."
Joseph Meyerhoff, general chair-
man of the United Jewish Appeal,
said: "The UJA notes with sorrow
the sudden passing of Louis Lipsky.
He will be remembered for a life-
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The American Zionist Council,
central Zionist body, of which Lip-
sky was honorary chairman and its
first chairman after the establish-
ment of Israel, said in a statement
issued by Rabbi Irving Miller, chair-
man, and Rabbi Jerome Unger,
executive director: "A gifted writer
and a spokesman for American
Judaism, Louis Lipsky was its bril-
liant leader and wise in the full-
ness of age. His death is mourned
by the Jewish people everywhere,
even as his life is praised for bloss-
ing."
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, chairman
of the American Section of the Jew-
ish Agency, stated: "Zionists of all
groups and shades of opinion in
America and throughout the world
time of consecrated service to the
Jewish people. We, of the UJA,
cherish his past association with us
as a national officer, whose counsel
and aid were sources of strength as
we carried on our tasks."
Rabbi Jaochim Prinz, president of
the American Jewish Congress,
stated: "In common with all of
American Jewery, we of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress feel a keen
sense of bereavement in the passing
of Louis Lipsky. He was one of the
architects of the Congress move-
ment nearly half a century ago, and
for many years our organization
enjoyed the singular benefit of his
inspiring leadership."
Statements stressing Mr. Lipsky's
service to the Jewish people and to
the Zionist movement were issued
also by the Jewish National Fund
of America; the national executive
committee of the Farband-Labor
Zionist Order; teh Bnai Zion, fra-
ternal Zionis t organization and
other groups.
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