Canadian Zionists The Saving Angel
("A Life in Storm," by Alexander
S Spiegel. M. Newman Publishing
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Aviv.)
House Ltd., Jerusalem—Tel
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Appeal to Kremlin
By JOSEF FRAENKEL
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
M ONTREAL—Delegates to
the
37th annual convention of the Zion-
ist Organization of Canada urged
the Canadian government to appeal
to the Soviet Union for a revision
of its policies toward Russian Jew-
ry. The 500 delegates also elected
Lawrence Freiman of Ottawa as
president.
In the resolution on Soviet Jewry
the delegates urged Soviet authori-
ties on humanitarian grounds to
permit reunification of families
Separated during the Nazi holo-
caust.
In another resolution, the dele-
gates urged the Canadian govern-
ment to openly state its support
of Israel's right to share the waters
of the Jordan River and to dis-
courage threats by Arab govern-
ments against Israel's tap of the
Jordan river for its National Water
Carrier Project. The government
also was urged to oppose the build-
up of ari ► aments by Arab countries
and not to stand idly by while
peace in the Middle East was
threatened by aggressive plans in
the area.
By RABBMI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright, 1964, JTA, Inc.)
consecrated by a vow or curse re-
quiring its destruction. In the days
of Ezra any one who failed to ap-
pear at a certain time for the gen-
eral assembly convened for the
purpose of dissolving mixed mar-
riages had his property conficat-
ed and he himself was excommun-
icated. Cherem finally became
The term Cherem originally, in
its Biblical use, denoted property
Alexander Spiegel declares that that was considered to be off lim-
he is not a writer; but he is an ex- its for the individual. It was either
perienced story-teller who enjoys set aside for the Temple or it was
entertaining gatherings. He does
not stoji to describe the back-
ground, for he is always in a hurry
to make his point of order to begin
a fresh narrative. To prove that
his anecdotes are based on fact,
he produces documents, pictures
and cuttings after nearly every
story, so that no one can doubt the
veracity of his tale.
Before the war, Lazar Kahn, a
journalist, edited a book of Alex-
ander Spiegel's and Simon Dub-
STRONGLY
now—so he says—agreed to write
the
the foreword, but unfortunately
manuscript, including Professor
Dubnow's preface, disappeared
during the Nazi war. Spiegel, there-
; fore, undertook to record his rem-
iniscences himself.
During the First World War. he
known as the word for excommun-
ication of the individual. This
meant cutting off all social and
business relations with him by any
one in the community. During the
Middle Ages this was the strongest
weapon that the Jewish commun-
ity had against transgressors who
refused to abide by the laws of the
community.
THE
LABOR ZIONIST ORGANIZATION
URGES YOUR SUPPORT OF
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
attached himself to the Russian
Red Cross, and shortly after the
revolution became a doctor. Be-
cause of his medical work in the
Red Cross, he was on familiar
terms with many leading personali-
ties. It seems that everyone knew
Spiegel, and Spiegel knew all the
'Football Thursday
generals, commissars and comman-
Coming November 19 ders. He had courage, and fought
Detroit's best high school foot- numerous battles with anti-Semites.
ball teams will play on Thursday
If someone needed "protektzia"
night instead of their usual Friday he contacted Alexander Spiegel.
date this year.
who was prepared to help. Of all
Because of a conflict with a his stories, his intervention on be-
National Football League rule half of Hebrew writers is the most
which forbids a game being played significant. It could be said that he
on an NFL gridiron 48 hours before rescued an important part of He-
a home contest, the 27th annual brew literature. Chaim Nahman
Old Newsboys' Championship Good- Bialik, Saul Tchernikowsky, Moshe
. fellow game between the Public Kleinman, Alter Druyanov, Ben
and Catholic leagues has been Zion Dinur and 14 others tried to
moved back a day from Nov. 20 leave Russia for Palestine. Even
to Thursday, Nov. 19, in Tiger Maxim Gorky's efforts were unsuc-
Stadium.
cessful. So they approached Dr.
The time of the game also has Spiegel, and he went to work. He
been changed from 8 o'clock to managed to obtain passports for
7:30. "The earlier time was set them and they left Russia in 1921.
because Friday is a school day," Today we can well imagine what
explained game chairman I. A. would have happened to Bialik and
Capizzi.
Tchernikowsky had they remained
"Heads of both leagues have ap-
,in Russia. Moshe Kleinman once
proved the changes," Capizzi ad- declared that .1 elvish literature
ded
would never forget what he (Spie-
Teams in the city title game gel) had done. Tchernikowsky
will be determined by the Catholic claimed that Spiegel was the "Ma-
League's Soup Bowl game in U. of loch Hagoel" (Saving Angel) of the
D.'s Titan Stadium, Nov. 7, and the Jewish literary world, and Bialik
Public School League's champion- called Rabbi Jacob Mazeh of Mos-
ship game, also in Titan Stadium, cow, who introduced the writers to
Nov. 13.
Spiegel, a "good messenger."
Tickets for the Goodfellow game
"Yevsektzia" could not forgive
may be obtained at any Detroit Spiegel for helping Hebrew writers
police station or by calling WO
to leave Russia and he was put on
54200, extension 7355.
their "black list". But Gorky
Proceeds of the game help the
Old Newsboys live up to their warned him in good time, and now
slogan: "No Kiddie Without a Spiegel made use of his own in-
fluence and, after reckless adven-
Christmas."
tures, he arrived in Warsaw, later
settling in Berlin where he joined
the German Red Cross. Once more
he became a "macher" and "influ-
encer", and Jewish writers and
poets in need of a visa—came to
Spiegel. He tells stories about Hay-
im Greenberg, Sholem Asch and
others. But in 1938 he escaped to
Poland and in the same year he ar-
rived in America. But wherever he
was, he was happy to mix with Jew-
ish personalities. Readers will find
1 ••••••••••••••••••••s dozens of Jewish leaders mention-
• ed in his book. He is proud to
want to BE WELL .? ?—hear this*
• quote the names', of the famous.
There are a number of mistakes,
MAN IS NOT A TREE
• which Spiegel as an "expert",
•
should
not have made. He should
— he also moves about
:
•
know the big difference between
In a surprisingly number of: a Bolshevik" and a member of the
Disorders. the cause MAY BE! Social Revolutionary Party. Dr.
:remote from the symptoms and; Issac Nachman Steinberg, former
•
!could involve improper
• Minister of Justice in Russia, was
•
;BODY MECHANICS.
never a Bolshevik; but a member
• The Chiropractor IS the• of the Social Revolutionary Party.
• Mechanic of the Human Body.: His conversations with Jabotinsky
When you COULD feel Better—: "early in 1924" are misleading.
I: Jabotinsky resigned from the Zion-
:see a Chiropractor TOO —
ist Executive and left the Z.O. a
It's as simple as that
• year before. He could not confide
• to Spiegel that he was engaged in
•
GREENFIELD
•
establishing the "Zionist Revision-
: ist Party", because the name "Re-
CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
•
:15945 W. 7 Mile Rd. 837-4414* visionist" was not suggested by Ja-
•
but by Y. Yeivine at the
•••••e•••••••••••t botinsky
end of 1924. Jabotinsky did not
visit Romania in 1924, but in No-
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
veber, 1925.
42—Friday, October 30, 1964
POUR
PRZYZIESE
The Cherem
President
HUBERT H. HUMPHERY
Vice-President
PHILIP A. HART
U.S. Senator
NEIL STAEBLER
Governor
Never before has an election been more important!
Never before has democracy needed a more resounding victory!
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Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Z. Cutler
Mr. & Mrs. Morris Mendelson
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Faigin
Mr. & Mrs. Al Michaels
Mr. & Mrs. Morris Faxon
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Pokempner
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Mr. & Mrs. Walter Rabinowitz
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Glaser
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney I. Raizman
Mr. & Mrs. Saul Glosser
Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Rappaport
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Goldbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice M. Resnick
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