Edwin Samuel, now Viscount
Samuel, w h o succeeded his
father, the late Lord Herbert
Samuel to the Peerage, is now
65. From 1920 to 1948 he served
in the Palestine Administration,
holding many important posts.
He remained in Israel and is
now principal of the Institute
of Public Administration in
Israel. He lectures on political
science in the Hebrew Univer-
sity.
Perhaps his major hobby,
however, is writing. He is the
author of several books, has
written many essays and has
distinguished himself as a short
story writer.
"My Friend Musa," published
by Abelard Schuman, (6 W.
57th, NY 19), is an impressive
collection of 17 short stories,
each of which mirrors life in
Israel, among Jews and Arabs.
A number of them depict life
in the settlements, the strug-
gles, the conflicts that continue
to be in evidence among the
Arabs and Jews.
There also are descriptions of
the British in Palestine, their
differences with the people over
whom they ruled, the suspicions
as well as the elements of
friendship.
What makes these stories
stand out also is the knowledge
one acquires through them
about Israel, the country, its en-
virons, its people.
The settlers emerge as an in-
teresting lot from these de-
scriptions. They are not only
the Yemenites and the East
European Jews but also Eng-
lish Jews who bring to Israel
their specific interests and
habits acquired in their home
country. It is in "The Evening
of Life" that they do their duty
to the new State of Israel.
There are, of course, as part
of this panorama, the sheiks
and the Arabs, the Jewish offi-
cials, the Jewish Agency direc-
tors, and there are introduced
those who are on the outside
and their influence—the na-
tions who surround Israel and
who create the problems that
make for threats of war rather
than for the peace that is in-
herent in "shalom."
"Home Again" is the story
of the War of Liberation, of
Jordanian conflicts, of Zionist
activities—of an Arab's despair
and the aid that was given him
by an Israeli.

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Tale after tale adds to an un-
derstanding of the new state,
its new developed peoplehood,
the makers of statehood, the
struggles, the joys and aspira-
tions.
In "My Friend Musa" whence
came the title of the book it-
self, we learn not only about
the sheikh, but about the Rus-
sian Compound, about Arabs
and Europeans, about Jordan
and the Jordanians—about life
in the good Old City of Jeru-
salem. It is an intimate tale of
"Mr. Samweel" and his friend
Musa.
Collectively, the stories in
"My Friend Musa" offer de-
lightful reading and informative
stories. It is a classic selection
of excellent narratives.

Jewish Faith Helps
to Build America

By Oswald Garrison Villard
. . . My pen may have some

skill, but I could not begin to
measure the debt that this coun-
try owes to its Jews and to
millions of its foreign born citi-
zens, first for jealous guarding
of American rights and liberties
to which the native-born have
too often been indifferent; sec-
ond, for preserving at all times
a great reservoir of idealism
and liberalism; and thirdly, for
keeping alive a passionate desire
for knowledge in every field,
which has steadily quickened
American life and notably its
colleges.

Israel Comes to Aid
of Brazil Fire Victims

TEL AVIV (JTA)—A second
shipment of medical supplies
was airlifted from Israel to
Brazil where they will be used
to aid victims of last week's for-
est fires
Close to a ton of blood plas-
ma, anti-tetanus serum and
various antibiotics were sent
aboard El Al and Alitalia jets
without charge by either airline.
The first consignment of emer-
gency medical supplies was dis-
patched from Lydda Airport
near here.

one time ruled by an "Emper-
or?" The possessor of this self-
imposed title was a London
born Jew named Joshua Abra-
ham Norton who grew up in
South Africa during the early
1800's where his father was a
merchant.
Norton arrived in San Fran-
cisco in 1849, at the age of 30.
He became a trader in all types
of commodities and four years
later his fortune was estimated
at a half million dollars. In 1856
however, a slump hit the future
"Emperor" of the nation and
he became quite definitely
bankrupt. Blaming his misfor-
tune on the faulty system of
government, Norton proclaimed
that what this country needed
was an emperor who could
"make such alterations in the
existing laws of the Union as
may ameliorate the evils under
which the country is laboring,"
and in Sept. 1859 declared him-
self "Norton I, Emperor of the
United States."
San Francisco newspapers
frequently carried announce-
ments of Norton's decisions on
world-shaking events. One such
proclamation dissolved and
abolished the Democratic and
Republican parties! "Emperor"
Norton issued money and levied
taxes. Citizens of the city began
addressing him by this mon-
icker. He was saluted in the
streets by members of the local
authority and when he entered
a theatre or a public place,
everyone stood until he took his
place, Tradespeople began com-
peting for his patronage and

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In 1860 he became dis-
tressed over Emperor Maxi-
milan's treatment of his
Mexican subjects and during
the civil war Norton assumed
protectorship of Mexico and
subsequently signed himself
"Emperor of the United
States and Protector of Mex-
ico." He solved all the eco-
nomic problems here and
abroad and negotiated peace
between powerful nations.

Norton charmed the people
of the state of California.
Among his friends were Mark
Twain, Bret Harte and Robert
Louis Stevenson. He sought the
help of all religious leaders in

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out fear nor favor.
When this colorful figure
died in 1880, thirty thousand
people attended the funeral.
Every newspaper in the area
carried an editorial about Nor-
ton's death. The impact of his
person did not end there, how-
ever. Fifty years later, in 1934,
the leading citizens of San
monument in memory of this
Francisco erected a permanent
monument in memory of this
man. It reads: NORTON I —
Emperor of the United States
and Protector of Mexico —
Joshua A. Norton — 1819-1880.

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The Minyan

MR. ARNOLD'S BEAUTY COLLEGE

By William A. Blumental

"Minan" as you know means
number. The number 10 is de-
rived from the Biblical word
Edah, that is "congregation."
You will find edah in the Fourth
Book of Moses—Numbers: 14.27.
There is also a reference to the
number 10 in Genesis 18.23 -32.
The other reference in the
Bible to ten is with regard to
Abraham's pleading with God
for saving Sodom and Gommor-
rah. Would God punish the
righteous with the wicked if
there were 50 righteous men in
the city. God said "No." Then
Abraham bargained for 40, 30,
20 and finally got down to 10!
But even 10 righteous men
could not be found. The 10
righteous would have saved the
city. The minimum for a con-
gregation is therefore deduced
as 10.
Also in the Talmud there is
the statement in (Megillah 4.4)
that the reading of the Torah
cannot be held without a Min-
yan and that holds for congre-
gational service including the
Kaddish, Keddushah, and the
Cohanic blessing (Numbers
624).

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Council permitted him to ride
without payment for transpor-
tation.

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Phosphate ore, which is
expected to be the founda-
tion of a greatly enlarged
chemical industry in Israel,
is shown here being en-
riched at the plant in Oron.
The industry already is re-
ported to be making great
strides with the aid of Israel
Bonds.

Religion Must Include
Past and Future Regard

By SOLOMON SCHECHTER

A religious manifestation, to
be truly great and inspiring,
must also have regard for those
who are not there. It must in-
clude both an appeal to the past,
to which it should give back life
and continuity, and hold out a
good message to the future,
which would, in its turn, endow
it with immortality. It is true
that it is the present and its
needs which have the first claims
upon our attention, but unless it
is a present which forms a link
Jewish Czarina
between two eternities, repre-
Czarina Theodora of Bulgaria, senting an answer of Amen to
the third wife of Czar Ivan the past and an Opening Prayer
Alexander who reigned in the to the future, it will be a very
fourteenth century, was of Jew- pretty present indeed.
ish descent. The beautiful
daughter of a Byzantine Jewish
The Israel cost-of-living index
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sented a petition on behalf of four months during which it re-
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45 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, Sept. 13, 1963

Intimate Stories About Israel, Arabs Recall Memory of U.S. Eccentric `Emperor' Norton
How many people are aware he rarely paid for service in solving some of his weighty
Settlers in Samuel's 'Friend Musa' that
the United States was at restaurants. theatres, or cloth- world problems. He ruled with-

