Blueprint For Peace
THE JEWISH NEWS
incorporating
the Detroit Jewish
Chronicle
commencing with issue of July 20, 1951
Member American Association of English—Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National
Editorial Association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35,
Mich., VE 8-9364. Subscription $6 a year. Foreign $7.
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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor and Publisher
CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ
Business Manager
SIDNEY SHMARAK HARVEY ZUCKERBERG
Advertising Manager
City Editor
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the first day of Heshwan, 5724, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion: Gen. 6:9-11:32, Num. 28:9-15. Prophetical portion: Isaiah 66:1-24.
Licht Benshen, Friday, Oct. 18, 5.28 p.m.
VOL. XLIV. No. 8
Page Four
October 18, 1963
School Millage Must Be Renewed on Nov. 5
Only one item will be on the ballot at
the special election on Nov. 5. The voters
again will be faced with the responsi-
bility of choosing between the selfish-
nesS of eliminating a self-imposed tax
as against an assurance of the proper
functioning of our school system.
Actually, a minor matter is involved
here—to renew the existing 7.5 millage
for a 10-year period. What the voters are
asked to do is to renew an existing tax.
If such a mandate is not given to those
who manage our school system, there
will be more cuts in personnel, further
reduction in teaching staffs and the in-
evitable cutting of school days and a
decline in efficiency and in. the services
that are so vitally needed in the training
of our children.
So much is at stake! Much more is
needed than is being asked for at this
time. Yet, even for the mite there has
to be pleading and cajoling!
A serious responsibility rests upon our
community. If a "yes" vote is not regis-
tered on Nov. 5, it will be to the discredit
of the entire Detroit community.
The time has come for all voters to be
sure to plan to vote on Nov. 5; to give
the encouragement that is needed to the
community's educators and to assure that
there will be no more reductions in the
scholastic facilities we must provide for
our children.
Brandeis University's 15th Anniversary
Brandeis University's growth has been
so phenomenal that the observance of its
pass-
15th anniversary merits more than pass-
ina attention.
ing
the leadership of the energetic
and dedicated president, Dr. Abram L.
Sachar, the university commenced activi-
ties in 1948 with 103 pioneering students
and a faculty of 13. There were nine
buildings on the original 100-acre campus.
Today a faculty of 262 teaches a stu-
dent body of 1,845, in 50 facilities on a
campus that has expanded to 250 acres.
The fact that Brandeis University is
now among the limited number of uni-
versities that are authorized to issue Phi
Beta Kappa honors gives it added status.
Students from many countries are at-
tending Brandeis University and its
graduates are adding distinction to the
school and to the government agencies,
universities and industries with which
they are affiliated.
These accomplishments are ascribable
in the main to the untiring work of Dr.
Sachar, who is an eminent historian, a
brilliant organizer, a man who has been
able to inspire many communities to as-
sist him in his work for the university
at Waltham, Mass.
It is due to the wisdom and far-sighted-
ness of Dr. Sachar that Brandeis Uni-
versity has graduate schools in a variety
of subjects, and the rapid expansions are
the result of the keen interest that is be-
ing shown in the university by a num-
ber of families who have learned to
recognize the values offered by the great
institution.
Already, the university has 2,000 gradu-
ates, and this year there were five quali-
fied applicants for admission for each
student who was enrolled in September.
Brandeis University has our heartiest
congratulations on the progress it has
recorded in the 15 years of its existence,
on the dynamism of its leadership—espe-
cially that of its president, Dr. Sachar-
and on the outlook for even greater ac-
complishments in the years to come.
City of Hope—A Half Century of Service
A half century of service is being
marked this year by the City of Hope,
the free, nonsectarian national medical
center in Duarte, Calif., and its accom-
plishments have heartened the many men
and women in many communities who
have aided the institution and have en-
abled it to carry on its distinct services.
Detroit has been among the pivot corn-
munities that have helped the City of
Hope, and the local group's annual din-
ner on Nov. 3 especially is being geared
towards emphasizing the medical. re-
search achievements r e c o r d e d to the
credit of this important center.
City of Hope is being called a pilot
center because it aspires towards scien-
tific progress in the fields of research
and education as well as patient care.
As a specialized medical center, it con-
ducts research in maladies of the heart,
leukemia, cancer, blood and chest and
hereditary disorders.
Having drawn into its orbit a number
of able young men who are dedicating
themselves to research, City of Hope has
recorded such marked progress that
many pioneers acclaim it as a notable
pilot for scientists and medical men.
The Detroit group that is functioning
in support of the City of Hope is especial-
ly to be commended for its activities.
Some of the local leaders have devoted
their energies to this cause for more than
30 years. They have enrolled many fol-
lowers, and on the occasion of the corn-
mencement of another era of service,
after taking pride in 50 years of accom-
plishments, they have earned the en-
couragement and support of their fellow
citizens in behalf of the City of Hope.
Discriminatory Practices in Big Business
"Serious under-utilization of Jewish
employees in while collar jobs and in
administrative positions charged against
the three big automobile manufacturing
concerns in the revelations published by
the Anti-Defamation League actually is
part of a pattern. This is a condition that
exists in banking. It is traceable also to
other industries.
There was a time, perhaps not more
than 10 to 15 years ago, when the situa-
tion was much more serious. Not so long
ago it was difficult for Jewish graduates
from engineering schools and those hold-
'A Way of Life'
Eisenberg Compiles Traditional
Stories About Tzedakah Ideals
"If there is one idea that identifies and unites Jews, no
matter what - their personal beliefs and practices, it is Tzedakah.
Tzedakah is more than charity or philanthropy, noble as they
are; more than man's humanity to man, exalted as that is; more
truly, it is righteousness and justice. Without these qualities
civilization would perish."
These opening words of the preface by
Philip Bernstein to "Tzedakah — A Way of
Life," edited by Dr. Azriel Eisenberg, published
by Behrman House (1261 B'way, NY 1), serve
as a summary of the excellent collection of
Tzedakah stories in this volume.
These stories from the Bible and the
Midrash selected to emphasize the Tzedakah
tradition are not only instructive: in the style
told in this book they make fascinating reading.
In a sense, these stories also are an
introduction to Talmudic folklore. Intended for
teen-agers, the tales in this book will offer
food for thought for readers of all ages, and
will inspire to good deeds.
In addition to the Biblical and Midrashic
stories there also are included here Jewish
Tzedakah folk tales from the Middle Ages;
and folk tales from the recent past include
Dr. Eisenberg
one by J. L. Peretz.
Bringing the text up to date, Dr. Eisenberg concludes his
stories with two tales under the heading "We Carry On"—both
American stories—one about Rabbi Henry Cohen, "The Man
Who States in Texas," and the other, "Keeping Our Promise,"
emphasizing the traditions established for charitable works in
the United States.
In his introduction to this volume, Dr. Eisenberg points out
that "the Children of Israel were taught to be eyes to the blind,
feet to the lame, fathers to the fatherless, and brothers to whoever
was an alien in their midst, and he continues:
"The rich and the poor meet together: the Lord is the maker
of them all. So runs a proverb well known in Biblical times. And
from the beginning Tzedakah, the care of the well-to-do for the
poor, was not merely voluntary or optional. Rather, it was gov-
erned by exact rules. Thus, poor people were to be allowed to
glean in the fields not once but three times every day. For some,
said our wise men, would. have infants at home, and would need
food early in the morning; but there might be others who could
not come out to the fields until midday, and still others —
especially the older folks — who could not come out until evening. -
Relatives had to be considered first. A Jew had to help his neigh-
bors before he helped strangers, the poor of his own family before
the poor of the city, and the poor of his own city before the poor
of another city.
If a man and a woman both needed help, the woman had
to be attended to first, and then the man after her. 'A ;woman is
more modest than a man, and her feelings are more easily hurt.
Therefore, a poor woman should always be clothed and fed before
ing degrees in the sciences could not be
placed. Now there is an open field for
them. Perhaps the removal of restrictions a man, and not after."
in the professional areas will contribute
"If a poor man requested clothing he might be questioned
factors towards the removal of prejudices and challenged and asked to prove that he needed it. But if a
in the automobile industry.
man asked for food, it must be given to him immediately, without
In any event, while the ADL report question. The hungry must not be kept waiting . . .
was interpreted by some as being sen-
"A farmer could not show favor to certain needy people
sational, it undoubtedly will contribute because he liked them better than others, if that meant keeping
one
towards establishing better relations for anything from those he didn't like, 'Anyone who refuses
of
the.
a
robber
gives
to
another,'
said
the
law,
'is
and
person
Jewish employees. Every action towards
the removal of restrictions contributes, poor.'
In this spirit, Dr. Eisenberg has produced, within 127 pages,.
in the long run, towards the attainment
enough of an anthology to present adequately the Tzedakah idea.
of that objective.