Boston's Role in Early U. S. Jewish
History — Some Of Its Eminent Leaders
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BOSTON, Mass.—The observ-
ance of the 200th anniversary of
the Touro Synagogue in New-
port, R.I., also draws attention
to this interesting Jewish com-
munity—to the people who share
in the glory of traditions which
have made Boston the Athens
of America.
Judah Touro, the Newport pi-
oneer whose name is appended
to the historic synagogue, also
provided large funds for a hos-
pital in New Orleans, and it was
thanks to him that the Bunker
Hill Monument was completed in
Boston. Touro was in New Or-
leans when he heard of an of-
fer by the Boston industrialist
Amos Lawrence of a $10,000 gift
for a monument in memory of
the heroes of the Battle of
Bunker Hill who approached
their enemies under the famous
slogan "until you can see the
whites of their eyes." He
matched the gift. When the
monument was dedicated, June
17, 1843, tribute was paid to
Touro by President John Tyler,
Oliver Wendell Holmes and
Daniel Webster.
Boston Jewry prides itself on
the contributions many of its
citizens made to the numerous
colleges and universities in the
area. They take great pride in
Brandeis University in nearby
Waltham. Serious efforts are
made to build up the Jewish
school system.
Boston has one of the out-
standing English-Jewish week-
lies—the Boston Jewish Advo-
cate—of which Joseph Weisberg,
who holds two degrees from Har-
vard, presently is the editor.
The paper's
beginnings
have an inter-
esting history.
Jacob deHaas,
who was secre-
tary to Theo-
dor Herzl and
who later in-
terested Louis
D. Brandeis in
Zionism, w a s
the editor of
the paper.
When Bran-
deis named
deHaas secre-
tary of the
Federation of
American Zion-
ists, he also
suggested that
Alexander
Weisberg Brin, who then
gained fame as the reporter for
the Boston Traveler who cov-
ered the trial of Leo Frank in
Atlanta, should take over the
Jewish Advocate. He did. With
his brother, the late Joseph Brin,
he built up an impressive news-
paper. Now his nephew, Joseph
Weisberg, is the editor, and
Alexander Brin is publisher.
A history of Boston Jewry
would have to be recorded in a
thick volume. Suffice it to say
that those who study the history
of American Jewry must take
into account the multiple factors
that stem from Boston, making
it one of the major American
Jewish communities.
Humphrey Lauds UJA,
Hails Young Leaders
U.S. Senator Hub e r t H.
Humphrey of Minnesota, left,
a ranking m e m b e r of the
Senate F or e i g n Relations
Committee, shown with lead-
ers of the United Jewish Ap-
peal just before he delivered
an address terming the UJA
"one of the greatest voluntary
instruments for life-s a v in g
and life-building ever created
by Americans." Shown greet-
ing the Senator is Alan Sag-
ner of Newark, N. J.; right,
chairman of UJA's newly cre
ated Young Leadership Cabi-
net. Scene took place at UJA's
Third Annual National Young
Leadership Conference h e 1 d
Sept. 13-15 at New York Hil-
ton Hotel. Senator Humphrey
called on young Jewish lead-
ers to assume and complete
rescue tasks "begun by your
elders." Over 400 young lead-
ers from all parts of the
country took part in the three-
day meeting.
Seek Restrictions
on Use of Hebrew by
Jews in Morocco
CASABLANCA, (JTA) —The
Moroccan publication Akhbar
ed-Dounia, known for its anti-
Jewish attitude, published a vit-
riolic article protesting the fact
that certain Jewish merchants
use the Hebrew language in
their commercial transactions.
The publication asserted that
Jews have no right to use He-
brew other than on a religious
level, that Hebrew is a language
that was "dead for 5,000 years"
and was recently revived. The
paper published the facsimile of
a receipt sent by a Jewish mer-
chant to a Moslem customer
which was written in Hebrew.
It accused the Jewish merchant
of Zionist sympathies and of
wanting to make Hebrew a third
language in Morocco.
Veterinarians Will
Sponsor Explorers
Southeastern Michigan Veter-
inary Medical Association is
sponsoring Explorer Post 276 in
the Greenfield District. This
post is specializing in veterinary
medicine and pet care.
Leonard Schreber, D.M.V., is
the advisor. Joseph Chabot,
D.M.V., is the associate advisor,
and Martin Cherin, D.M.V., is
the committee chairman.
Any high school age boy in-
terested in joining this post Livonia Congregation
should call Dr. Schreiber at
Plans Holiday Dance
Annchester Animal Hospital.
The Livonia Jewish Congrega-
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a 23-year-old Jewish boy from
Los Angeles, received a certifi-
cate for Golden Globe Awards
nomination from the Hollywood
Foreign Press for his first mo-
tion picture role in "Gypsy," for
which he was lauded as "the
most promising newcomer." It
was in the identical part of
Tusla that he created on Broad-
way in May of 1960 and played
for almost 700 performances;
the character of a youthful song-
and-dance man who inspires
Gypsy Rose Lee to become an
entertainer on her own. Paul—
Tulsa's tap routine, "All I Need
Is The Girl," was a show-stopper
on the legitimate stage and now
inspires audiences to applaud
the screen vigorously.
The young man had a tough
time to get to Broadway and
into the cast of "Gypsy" at the
age of 21, with no previous ex-
perience on the New York stage
and no .recommendations from
a show biz personally. Trying to
crash the theater, Wallace made
his own contacts to wind up
with 14 auditions for the part of
Tulsa, with people connected
with the show, such as writer
Authur L a u r e n t s, producers
David Merrick and Leland Hay-
ward, coming to his aid at the
end.
Paul Wallace was born the
son of Sam and Ann Willen,
May 26, 1939. He has two broth-
ers, Marvin and Billy, and a
sister Betty. He has remained
the only one in show business.
In the second portion of his At Daniel Freeman grade
book, entitled "Basic Concepts school, he took dance instruc-
of Logotherapy," Prof. Frankl tions with Louis Da Pron; later,
explains that during psychoan- he studied drama with Dolores
alysis a patient must lie down Blacker, ballet with Michael
and "tell things that some- Brigante and jazz technique
times are disagreeable to tell," with Luigie. In local little thea-
Dr. Viktor E. Frankl, the not-
ed psychotherapist who has been
called "a successor to Freud,"
describes the sufferings in Nazi
concentration camps and inter-
prets logotherapy in the paper-
back published by Washington
Square Press (32 Washington
Pl., N.Y. 3), under the title
"Man's Search for Meaning."
His personal experiences in
Auschwitz and other Nazi camps
are the basis for his descriptions.
His evaluations of sufferings and
his conclusions are of special
merit.
Dr. Frankl, who is now pro-
fessor of psychiatry and neurol-
ogy at the University of Vienna
and is president of the Austrian
Medical Society for Psychother-
apy," deals with the will to live
with the acquisition of inner
strength under the great odds
that were imposed upon the vic-
tims of Nazism.
"For everyone of the liberated
prisoners," he states, "the day
comes when, looking back on his
camp experiences, he can no
longer understand haw he en-
dured it all. As the day of his
liberation eventually came, when
everything seemed to him like a
beautiful dream, so also the day
comes when all his camp ex-
periences seem to him nothing
I but a nightmare. The crowning
experience of all, for the home-
coming man, is the wonderful
feeling that, after all he has suf-
fered, there is nothing he need
fear any more—except his God."
and "in logotherapy the patient
must remain sitting erect, but
he must hear things that some-
times are very disagreeable to
hear?'
Existential frustration, neu-
roses, the meaning of life, the
essence of existence and the
meaning of love are outlined.
Life's transitoriness and logo-
therapy as a technique are ex-
plained and laymen will benefit
from this book as much as the
psychoanalytical specialists.
Church Honors Gubow
for 'Sticking Neck Out'
in Fight Against Bias
Lawrence Gubow, Unit e d
States District Attorney for the
Eastern District of Michigan,
has been named a St. Cyprian
Citation winner by the St. Cyp-
rian's Protestant Episcopal
Church.
The awards have been pre-
sented annually for the past 25
years to "those who have dared
to stick their necks out in the
interest of constructive and har-
monious race relations." Gubow,
who will be honored along with
two other winner s at the
church's annual appreciation and
award dinner on Wednesday,
was especially cited as author of
the famous "Rule Nine" while
he was Michigan's Corporation
and Securities Commissioner.
63 Donors to Book
on Bible Contribute
Royalties to NCCJ
NEW YORK (JTA) — The 63
contributors to a new book,
"Bible Words That Guide Me,"
have donated all of their royal-
ties to the National Conference
of Christians and Jews, it was
announced by Dr. Lewis Web-
ster Jones, president of the Con-
ference.
The book is a compilation of
statements about what the Bible
has meant to each of the three
score contributors. They include
clergymen, prelates, statesmen,
teachers, actors, newsmen, busi-
nessmen, educators, artists and
authors.
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was signed for the role of Kippy
in Robert Young's network pro-
gram "Father Knows Best" ap-
pearing on the TV screen in
some 90 shows. He followed this
up with summer stock in Canada
playing in such musicals as
"Damn Yank e e s," "Pajama
Game" and "Pal Joey!'
Mervyn LeRoy, who saw
"Gypsy" during its long Broad-
way engagement, singled Paul
Wallace out as the only one
from the . cast of the stage play
to appear in his motion picture
version.
Israel Ministry
of Posts Issues
Airmail Stamp
The Israel Ministry of Posts
has announced the forthcoming
issue of an
airmail stamp,
designed b y
Miryam Kar-
oly of Haifa,
which depicts
a white-tailed
eagle. The
stamp is mul-
ticolored and
w a s printed
by photograv-
ure on unwa-
termarked paper at the Govern-
ment Printers' in Hakirya, Tel
Aviv. .
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all.
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Sinai Hospital Has
New Parking Plan
Sinai Hospital has redesigned
its parking lot in an effort to
provide better service for its
doctors, personnel, visitors and
volunteers. The new arrange-
ment, which went into effect
last week, includes designated
areas for the medical staff, em-
ployes and the public. Visitors
may use the nominal-payment
section adjacent to the building,
or one of the free parking sec-
tions.
Establishment of a pay sec-
tion will provide for attendants
to supervise traffic and parking.
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25 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, Sept. 27, 1963
Dr. Frank! Views Fine 'Gypsy' Role for Paul Wallace
By HERBERT G. LUFT
ters, he apperaed in "Best Foot
Logotherapy and
(Copyright, 1963,
Forward" and "Season in the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Paul's first big break
Nazi Experiences HOLLYWOOD—Paul Wallace, Sun."
came when he auditioned and