Purely Commentary

International Cabal's Resort to Anti-Zionism
There must be an anti-Semitic tie-up throughout the world, else the
common ground on which the bigots are operating—that of resorting
to anti-Zionist propaganda as the chief method of stirring up hatred
against Jews—would be most puzzling.
They are using the "Zionist-Communist" diatribes in Latin America,
in Arab countries, in Canada, in the South Of the United States. And
it is the favorite method of attack on Jews in Russia where the
"Communist" portion of the attack has "fabled" substitutions.
• An example of the oft-repeated methods of attack on Jewry in the
USSR was revealed by the president of the Bnai Brith, Label A. Katz,
with an exhibition of a pamphlet entitled "Contemporary Judaism and
Zionism." which was published in Kishineff by the State Publishing
House of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and was edited by F.
Mayatsky.
While the anti-Semitic boot. "Judaism Under Embellishment," the
appearance of which brought protests not only from conservative ele-
ments but also from socialist and communist adherents in many lands,
was withdrawn from circulation by orders from the Kremlin,- the
appearance of another similarly anti-Semitic book revives the view
that the inherited Russian hatred for Jews has not subsided.
The Mayatsky' book is as vulgar as that of its predecessor. It speaks
of falseness in Zionist propaganda and condemns "Israeli socialism."
If there could have been a doubt that it is not an anti-Semitic book it
is dispelled' by the resort to attacks on the Talmud—in typical fashion
of the international bigots. Charging that there is a scornful attitude
among Jews towards women, this book mocks the "well of wisdom"
called the Talmud and makes the charge that in the Talmud it is plainly
said that "everything that a husband wants to do with a wife. he does,
just like the meat gotten from the slaughterhouse."
Instead of taking pride in the collective effort in Israel through
the "kibbutz" movement which is closest anywhere to communist social
action of cooperative. peaceful work in behalf of a good society, Mayat-
sky's work of hate belittles the creative efforts in Israel.
Much as one would like to believe that there is a glorious spirit

of good will hehind the Iron Curtain. there remains an unending flood
of hatred and anti-Jewish propaganda from communist sources.
The lack of justified motivation for such hatreds is the most
puzzling element in the sad condition that has been created for Jewry
by communists. The latter could have made friends for their countries

through fair treatment of their Jewish fellow-citizens and their refusal
to resurrect all sorts of canards against Jews. Why their continuing
anti-Semitism? It is the result of an inheritance from czarism. And the
Jews who assist in the spread of anti-Semitism—many of the anti-
Semitic works in the Soviet orbit have had the advice and encourage-
ment of Jewish authors—are the products of the selbst - hass — the self-

hatred—that degrades Jews.

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Is German Youth Laying Away Hitler's Ghost?
Not so long ago. a poll of the attitudes of Germans towards
Hitlerism was made known as a result of a study conducted by the
late Dr. Nehemiah Robinson. who directed the World Jewish Con-
gress' Institute of Jewish Affairs. Dr. Robinson's study was based on
the question: "If, as in 1933. there was again an occasion to vote in
elections for or against 'a man like Hitler,' how would you decide?"
The result. for the years 1953 to 1962, was as follows:
'53 ; '54 '55 '56 '57 '58' '60 '61 '62

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12 15 14 12 15 10
5
5
For Hitler
67 Si 76 82 74 81 85 86 81
Against Hitler
Undecided 21 4 10 6 11 9 10 9 16
This was one of the most encouraging responses affirming the
belief that pro-Nazi ideas are on the decline in Germany.

While there remains a large percentage of undecided who may
be leaning towards the. neo-Nazi program, the result has encouraged
the view that the bigots may be on their way out in Germany.
These conclusions have just been confirmed by one of the most
eminent authorities on conditions in Germany, the distinguished
British author and, scholar. Hugh Trevor-Roper. In an article in the
special October issue of Holiday Magazine that has been dedicated
entirely to Germany. Prof. Trevor-Roper reports that he has found a
changed attitude to Nazism in current German literature. He stated:
"Nazism does not a pear as a force with which any partnership was
morally possible. t 'as a criminal movement, and no political expedi-
ency could justif alliance with it."
Adding to is4 Oaimist. the Trevor-Roper article evaluated the

attitude of Ger an youth as follows:
Many /other instances can be given of the genuine, moral
revolt ag inst Nazism which, it seems to me, characterizes the
new gene'ration in Germany, the generation in which, Sir Lewis
Namier redicted, neo-NaziSm would find its followers. I was
made particularly aware of this 'revolt early this year when I
attended the trial. at Frankfurt, of the officials and guards of
the notorious extermination-camp at Auschwitz. Now at last the
worst of the Nazi crimes were being judged in Germany. There
had been no foreign pressure. German research had tracked
down the criminals. German psure had brought about: their
trial, a German court was trying them. It was very different from
the first trials of war criminals at Nuremberg when the criminals,
defending themselves against the victorious Allies, enjoyed the
sullen and silent sympathy of so many of their compatriots. In
1964 the German public heard the hideous details with real horror.
The public gallery was well filled and it was filled, I noticed,
largely by young people: the uncommitted generation which had
come not to sympathize but to learn.
Of course we must not be too optimistic. The danger period
is not yet entirely past. If the myth of Napoleon outlasted Napoleon
by half a century. we,sannot assume that the myth of Hitler is
dead in twenty years. Alongside the new spirit of revolt, it is
still possible to find plenty of evidence of continuing Nazi senti-
ment in Germany. When I published my impressions of the Frank-
furt trial, I received numerous letters assuring me that Nazism
was not dead. Learned books have been published to prove its
survival, and I do not doubt the documented evidence they give.
After all, the present defendants at Frankfurt and elsewhere
have been protected hitherto. So have other Nazi criminals who
only now are being brought to trial. But even so, the changed
atmosphere is apparent. Whenever we examine the evidence of
unrepentant Nazism, we find that it brings us to the generation
of the patents, not of the children. That generation, no doubt,
will never be converted. But it is an aging generation. It is
dwindling and it will die out. All the evidence I have seen con-
vinces me that the younger generation is immune. Brought up in
a society which is radically different from the society that gen-

Some Conflicting Views
on German Puzzle . . . The
World Anti-Zionist Cabal

By Philip
Slomovitz

erated Nazism, it cannot in any way appreciate a movement which,

by all natural standards, was criminal; and it is not prepared
to accept advice or explanations from a generation whose legacy
to it has been morally so shameful and politically so disastrous.
As a young German wrote in a letter to Der Spiegel when the
complicity of the earlier generation in Hitler's crimes was
revealed, "Arme deutsche Jugend, die solche Lehrer hat"—poor
German youth, that has such teachers. Fortunately, I believe,

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39 Jews Are Listed
as Candidates/in
British Election

LONDON (JTA)—The final list
of 1,700 candidates for 650 seats in
Parliament in the British general
election Oct. 15 showed 39 Jewish
candidates. These include 25 La-
German youth is now finding other teachers: teachers who may bor candidates, three Conserva-
lay the ghost of Hitler in the way all ghosts are finally laid tive, nine Liberal and two Commu-
—by exposure of the facts.
nist. Preliminary data had previ-
Regrettably, evidence to the contrary crops up in Germany from
ously listed a total of 29 Jewish
time to time. There is an overwhelming sentiment against the current
trials of the Nazis. occasionally the swastika reappears, cemeteries candidates.
have been desecrated, and tension certainly has not vanished.
The 36,000.000 British voters in-
But if the Nazi idea is being erased from literature and the press, elude an estimated 300.000 Jewish
it is one of the most effective ways of fighting the brutal spirit of two voters. Jews do not comprise a
majority in any constituency but in
decades ago.
several they could determine the
election if all voted for the same
candidate, which Jews never do.

Rabbi Soloveitchik's Stand on Vatican
y
i I ssues Commended by Catholic Organ

BOSTON (JTA)—The views of
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik,
noted leader of American Orthodox
Jewry, with regard to the expected
declaration on Jews by the Ecu-
menical Council now in session at
the aVtican. are lauded in the cur-
rent issue of the Pilot, official or-
gan of the Archdiocese of Boston
In an editorial entitled "A Voice
To Be Heard," the official Catholic
organ writes:
"Bostonians are proud to have
as one of the religious leaders in
this area the world-famous scholar,
Dr. Joseph Soloveitchik. His pre-
eminence is not limited to his own
Orthodox Jewish community, for
his wise and sensitive perceptions
very often have a universal appli-
cation. In the first paper he has
ever published in English, Rabbi
Soloveitchik has recently made a
commentary on the present rela-
tions of Jews and Christians, with
clear reference to the work of Va-
tican Council II on this topic. His
words are worth pondering by all
who have become involved in this
complex but thoroughly hopeful
matter.
"While any summary is an in-
justice to the revered Rabbi's care-
ful reasoning and exact language,
one may say that the paper pro-
vides a warning to Jews—in the
—not to forget the unique corn-
words and manner of the prophets
mitment of their religion of cove-
nant and its enduring claims upon
them. At the same time, Christians
are reminded of the necessity of
seeing the Jewish faith not merely
in its relation to Christian belief
but also in its uniquely. Jewish as-
pects. In making these delicate
points, Rabbi Soloveitchik writes
with power and pride, with candor
and persuasion, with understand-
ing and friendliness.
"There are areas, of course,
where "the community of the
many" and "the community of the
few," to use the rabbi's words,
properly and happily join hands in
seeking a better human environ-
ment for modern man. Our con-
temporary context not merely al-
lows this but encourages it, and
no thoughtful person of goodwill
will stand in its way. But just as
surely, there are other areas in
which transcendent religious truths
— conscientiously held in faith —
cannot endure even the suspicion
of compromise. It is of first con-
cern to see to it that these areas be
identified and kept inviolable.
Moreover, even the attitudes in

Canada Reports Rise
in Jewish Immigration

MONTREAL (JTA)—A substan-
tial increase in the number of Jew-
ish immigrants to Canada during
the first six months of 1964, corn-
pared with the same period of
1963, was reported by the depart-
ment of citizenship and immigra-
tion.
The number of such immigrants
in the first half of 1964 was 1,284,
compared with 853 in the first six
months of 1963. The increase in

which discussion and dialogue are
carried on must be sensitive to
the fundamental eschatological
realities as well as the historical
and sociological matters which too
often receive priority.

"Some people may judge the
rabbis remarks as negative and
regret the timing of this publica-
tion in terms of the Council ses-
sion which begins next week. We
would not share this view. For us.
it appears to set in realistic focus
certain permanent factors in the
interreligious picture. and in this
manner strengthen the durable
hopes we all have for wider human

understanding."

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The Jewish Labor list includes
Emanuel Shinwell, 80. former Min-
ister of Defense; Sir Barnett Dan-
ner, 72, former president of the
Board of Deputies of British Jews;
Sydney Silverman, 71, noted Par-
liamentarian and former chair-
man of the British section of the
World Jewish Congress, and Mau-
rice Edelman. 53, president of the
Anglo-Jewish Association.

Jewish Conservative candidates
include Sir Henry d'Avigdor Golds-
mid, 55, president of the Jewish
Colonization Association, and Sir
Keith Joseph, 46, present minister
of housing.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
2—Friday, September 25, 1964

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Boris Smolar's

Between You
... and Me

(Copyright, 1964, Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

UJA Progress Report

The United Jewish Appeal leaders have good reason to feel that
they have done an amazingly good job this year . . The 1964 campaign
is running ahead as compared with the campaign of the previous
year ... And the fall campaigns in a number of cities indicate that the
outlook for 1965 is good .. .Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman. UJA executive
vice chairman, considers the 1964 campaign "a very good performance
on the part of American Jewry" . . . The remarkable thing is that
the campaign this year is bringing better results despite the fact
that the drive is being conducted quietly . , Practically no publicity
has been given this year to the purposes for which the UJA funds
are being collected . . . But the contributors have nevertheless done
their duty and met their UJA obligations with deep understanding
and great loyalty and devotion . . . Almost every contributor to the
United Jewish Appeal takes now a "long term look" in his giving,
knows the needs which the UJA is attempting to meet, and seems
to have made up his mind that he will have to contribute to the UJA
for quite a number of years . . . He understands that UJA is the
single way to help Israel with free dollars, in addition to buying
Israel bonds or making other investments in Israel . . . And. of course,
he knows of the aid which the Joint Distribution gives to Jews in 27
countries with funds obtained through the United Jewish Appeal.
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The 1964 Story
During the previous three years, the UJA based its appeal, almost
exclusively, on the highly emotional drama of increased immigration
to Israel and stressed the urgency of rescue . . . Immigration is still
number one on the list, but equally high on the list was this year the
story of the crisis in absorption of the immigrants . . . The 1964 UJA
story concentrated around the pressing needs of the immigrants
who attempt to become absorbed in the social, economic and educa-
tional life of Israel ... The picture that emerged from this story shows
that the main problems of this process of absorption are to be found
in five areas. . . . First of all is the problem of 15,000 persons still
dwelling in the tin shacks or huts called Maabarot . . . The 15,000
human beings live in mud and in muck, in misery, often without
water, without electricity, without sanitary facilities . . . The liquida-
tion of these shantytowns is one of the primary obligations of Ameri-
can Jewry . . . Then comes "problem number 2"—the problem of the
30,000 immigrant families numbering from 4 to 6 persons living in
houses the size of an American living room or bedroom . . . Within
this space an entire family sleeps, uses washing facilites, prepares
food and has its meals .. . The families have a roof over their heads,
but essentially they are sadly under-housed . . . The third problem
is that of the teenager . . . Since, secondary education is not free in
Israel, many youngsters are victims of idleness and some find them-
selves in trouble ... Juvenile delinquency is rising among youngsters
from the poor, crowded homeS who have no proper education and no
Positive recreational facilities . . . Then comes the problem of the

sick and blind, particularly among the immigrants from North Africa;
there are places in Israel where a large proportion of men, heads of
families, are blind. .. . And last, but not least, is the problem of the
immigrant who has no skill, no vocation, and therefore no employ-
ment . . . Even if he is put on emergency work, on a minimum of 15

working days per month, his income is not more than the equivalent
a
by a larger total immigration to of 40 dollars a month, leaving him and his family actually hungry „
Canada, 51,523 newcomers in the What can an American Jew do to help solve these problems? .. .
first half of this year, compared The answer is: he must understand the goals of the UJA and work
with 41,444 in 1963.
for them with determination and zeaL

Jewish immigration was paralleled