Purely Commentary
Memorials to Our Martyred
na
President . . . Personalities
in Limelight . . . City of Hope
By Philip
Slomovitz
General Zionists
Set Sessions Prior
to World Congress
at the Berlin railway- station. Pointing to hideously offensive carica-
NEW YORK (JTA)—A four - day
very men who sat at that dinner table and to
John F. Kennedy Memorial: Tragic Anniversary
totes of some of the
conference of the World Union of
asked what was being done to stop
as an entire world was shocked by the act of an insane man
Just
inciting libels against them, I
General Zionists will convene in
on Nov. 22, 1963, so does all mankind now, on the first anniversary of
Hitler. They listened tolerantly to this ignorant American and as-
another one of those harmless derna - Israel on the eve of the World
he tragic death of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy mourn the pass-
itler was
cured him a
gogues who from time to time rose briefly to the surface and soon ' Zionist Congress, it was announced
mg of a man of great promise, of many achieve-
by Dr. Emanuel Neumann, presi-
they told me, suffered no such anti-Semitism as
ments, of marked abilities that distinguished him
vanished. Germany,
dent of the World Union, on his
did we of the U.S.A. They were members of some of Germany's most
among all Americans.
return from Israel.
Iri mourning his loss, we again view with
exclusive clubs. Einstein's warnings were heeded no more than were
The opening session. on Dec. 26,
horror the occurrence of a year ago, the brutal
mine. Who can blame them?"
This is such an interesting commentary on frequently recurring to be held at the ZOA House in
act. the inhumanity of a man's thinking that could
Dr.
Jewish experiences and on the complacency that often leads to ruin! Tel Aviv, will be addressed b y
have led him to murder.
nr esident of
At the same time we are heartened by the
There are other related experiences in Mr. Rosenberg's "Painter's Nahum Goldmann.
be
manner in which peoples of all faiths expressed
Self-Portrait" that account for an active life of this distinguished the WZO. The sessions will
attended by 150 delegates from
their love for the assassinated President and
lawyer-artist.
speedily established memorials in John F. en-
It was in 1947 that. as Mr. Rosenberg revealed in a message to North and South America, theVtate
New
JFK
nedy's honor. Many are the memorials established
this Commentator. Paul J. Sachs, "the dean of all experts," who of Israel, Europe. Australia,
aland and South Africa.
is Z ealand
b Jews—at the Weizenann Institute of Rehovoth, Israel; at Bar Ilan
'SI
um
at
Harvard,.
induced
the
man
who
institutions founded theFogg -
In making this announcement
.
University in Ramat Gan, Israel; in many American e 1..
about to become a nonagenarian to quit the practice of law and to de
Dr. Neumann stressed that the con-
and by the planting of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Forest in Israel
vote himself entirely to painting. Already distinguished as a painter, ference "will crystallize the posi-
i
by the Jewish National Fund.
Rosenberg's new career began in that year, and now his name is tion of the World Union of Gen-
Mr.
Blessed be the memory of our martyred President.
known in many lands, in scores of art museums throughout the world eral Zionists on the issues con-
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fronting the Zionist Congress."
where his works are being shown continuously.
Man of Faith
The decisions which will be
Shncour
Zalman Shazar:
- fello•-delegates
to the World Jewish Congress in Stockholm, • He does not derive profit from his works. Many thousands of
taken at the conference. he said,
s,
Saesien.
in 1959, we walked with a group from the United States to the dollars derived from the sale of his paintings went to the Hebrew
"will have an important bear-
Sabbath services in the leading synagogue in the Swedish community. University in Jerusalem. He has donated paintings to be sold in sup-
ing on the outcome of the Zion-
on the Saturday morning of the interrupted sessions of the interna- port of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He has taken a
tional conference. In our group was a distinguished Israeli who was deep interest, in addition to his leadership in JDC, in the American . ist Congress since the delegates
of the World Union of General
destined to become the third president of Israel. Jewish Congress and in other movements, and has advocated unity in
Zionists will constitute the sec-
Shneour Zalman Shazar, like his predecessor. Itzhak Ben-Zvi, had American Jewry and the abandonment of splintery tasks.
ond largest - grouping at the
James N. Rosenberg is one of the most colorful of American
important
is
that
he
a love for Jewish traditions. What is even more
Jewry's leaders. May he be blessed with continued good health as he
Congress."
Dr. Neumann reported that in a
has respect for our heritage and
approaches his 90th birthday.
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recent series of meetings of the
love for everything Jewish,
executive of the World Union, a
A Central Fund for Traditional Institutions
•Including the Torah and the
ceremonials that enhance our
Jewish communities have had to contend with numerous problems substantial consensus was reached
of
observances.
ising .for religious institutions. The collections for on several major questions
relating to fund-raising
At the services in Stock-
! yeshivoth and related agencies are inevitably in very small sums. Yet. Zionist policy, including - the atti-
.
holm, on that memorable Sob_
I i they require personnel. They call for services by meshulachirn— tude of the World Zionist ()tnni-
as
I emissaries who do the collecting of whatever amounts can be secured zation toward the problems of
Li:1th morning. Mr. Shaiar w
. Diaspora Jewry; effective action
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honored with Shlishi — the third
fOr such institutions.
;
Alvah W ith the entire group
Centralization of efforts for such institutions is a vital necessity to counter the anti-Israel and anti-
Jewish propaganda emanating from
that a as selected for honors
for all our communities. They probably will not affect the employment ,
• of meshulachim, since this type of collector is rapidly vanishing from Arab States; broadening the base
during the reading Of the Law,
impressive
our midst.
of the World Zionist Organization;
he remained standing
on the
intensification of its cultural and
birnah. It was an dent Shazar : What the Jewish Welfare Federation now is doing in establishing .
nag ht that comes to
such a central fund is not a new venture. More than 20 years ago educations
activities
in the
g
getne
deoenp Dias-
usrnesessforam
sec aiosu
conm
aistand
, z
poiorn
as we think of President now,
the late Joseph H. Ehrlich was the first in this country to propagate
.1 Israel on his 75th birthday.
such a movement. It was under lis direction that studies were . youth of Israel.
He is a remarkable man
conducted to ascertain whether there was mismanagement. undue
s ho. In the 16 months of his
expenditure of funds in conducting collections for religious institutions
eresidency of Israel. has en-
President Shazar
what could be accomplished by setting up a method of control.
armlet himself to all factions in
and
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What has been instituted now by the Federation is, in reality, a
his own country. to all those w ho had the privilege of visiting with
:
him, to peoples of all faiths who have learned to respect and to admire delayed result of the efforts of the late Mr. Ehrlich.
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him.
that
when
Pope
Paul
VI
was
in
Israel
last
year.
Political
Nonsense
from
Judaism
Council
It w ill be recalled
novel,
Tames A. Michenee's
Intermingled with wisdom that has marked analyses of the results
President Shazar greeted him with the words from the Prophet Micah
some nonsensical observations, and for publication by Random House
but • of the Nov. 3 election there are
the name of his God,
amazing of all is the statement that was issued by the American next year, came with him when he
Let all the peoples walk each one
' the most for
r e an d ev er.
returned
Judaism (the atilt-Israel, anti-Zionist group whose
Jewish- from rn Israel early in Oct
the
name
of
Adonai,
our
God.
forer
ill w
alk in
Council
ce. w
under question.) This ber. As vet untitled, it is the story
n of faith who respected the faiths of others who
is
constantly
a
ma
spo.
an g
I e
i
Jewish bloc vote to be of Israel as the birthplace of the
(iiffered from him. and he did it with great dignity.
n e ss has let it be known that "there is no
group
great religions, dramatized by both
organization."
President Shazar was for many years among the noted Zionist
o r to be delivered by any Jewish
resort to the role of an in- modern and historical fictional
his name .was Hebraized Shazar— pandered
was
such
a
claim
made?
When
. leaders, and as Rubashov—before.
,
characters from 10.000 B.C.E. (Be-
he was in the top ranks of labor and of the Histadrut pioneers who ele- former by means of lies and misrepresentations?
of
Jews are in all parties. There were Jewish Republican voters, even fore the Common Era) to the pre-
sated Zionism to a great movement, placing it on the highest rung
though they voted mainly as Democrats in the last election—but that sent.
the ladder 01 humanitarianism•
Up until July of 1964. Random
.
A man of great culture, a noted Hebraist. a statesman who speaks
fluently in Yiddish and English as he does in Hebrew. President was part of an overwhelming national pattern of protest against the House was reasonably sure that the
radical right.
as
Micheners could be found at the
Shazar represents one of the best links between Israel and the Diaspora. i
The J udaism Council revealed its stupidity when it declared that King David Hotel in Jerusalem,
:
Senator
Keating
had
made
small
gains
among
Jewish
voters
although
w
Because he had traveled throughout the orld in behalf of the Zionist
Jewish
voters , as , the author's headquarters while he
the
s
acquainted e it th e e
d "made the strongest appeal in history to
is a
lot
idea and had become intimately a
se
of nonnse.
was researching and writing the
this
Judoists
undoubtedly
know
that
world, he knows and understands all elements of our people. And. he
s."
Jew had
novel. But from July until early
in turn. because they had worked closely with him. all these elements
know and understand him sufficiently to be able fully to admire and lulav
Bob Kennedy
donned a yarmulka
as and
often
as the
Keating.
a October, when Michener touched
for the Williamsburg
Hassidim,
it is
latter He
who shook
should
on American soil for the first time
to • love him.
All of Jewry . joins with all of Israel in good wishes to Shneour ' have
been
rebuked.
. Of
course,
Keating went to Jews and presented his case to them. in well over a year, envelopes were
ct health so that
hy not? Wasn't he among the most consistent defenders of Israel. the hopefully addressed to the roving
ssiiman Shazar--in prayer that he he eranted perfect
author in France. Finland. Den- "
ip a nd his W
his leadership
come
by
leader
in exposin
we may be blessed for many years to
g. the spread of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion,
and '
among those who helped reveal anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union? mark. Turkey. Egypt, England
wisdom.
the Jewish vote— Russia, where Michener and other
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Kennedy claimed similar interests and they shared
‘vell - known Americans in govern-
.
On N.
his Rosenberg's
90th birthday, 90th
next Birthday
week. James N. Rosenberg. the honorary the votes of Jews who are loyal American citizens and who are grate- ment, business and the arts partici-
James
pated in dialogues with Russians
chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee. will inspire many ful for humanitarian
by political
candidates.
The Judaism acts
Council
raised "the
Jewish vote" issue with venom.
not as students of social aspects of our society. It constantly loses in similar fields.
Interesting recollections about an important era in Jewish life during' and
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Jews or as
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its right, by its venomous approaches, to sPea e ither
which he played a vital role.
' Counseling Agency Starts
He was among the most prominent lawyers
Americans.
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Project With Rutgers U.
in the land, and his interest was drawn to the
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. (JTA)
`City of Hope Never Takes a Vacation'
plight of Jewry. causing him,to become active in
In a message sent to the Detroit community on the occasion of 1 — The establishment of a pioneer-
the JDC in behalf of whose great humanitarian
the
Detroit
group.
the
City
of
Hope's
president.'
l ing cooperative social work train-
projects he had traveled widely and become in-
the annual dinner of
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ing center was announced jointly
Seymour Graff, said, "City of Hope never takes a vacation."
timately acquainted with the impending dangers
It was learned of the recent death of Mr. Graff, who had been a by Dr. Mason W. Gross, president
for millions of our people after the First World
1961.
His
guidance
enabled
of Rutgers University, and David
War.
tireless worker and was president since
national. and international support to further .M. Pogash, president of the Jewish
•Mr. Rosenberg's chief hobby was painting.
City of Hope to develop
catastrophic
of
artist
Counseling Service Agency Of
the great research which continues in the field
'and he has gained worldwide fame as an
since his retirement from active law practice , ,i.aza-::„.
Essex County.
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disease.
n
in
b
ution
it
Through the cooperation of the
of the research inst
more . than 25 years ago. His life's story is told
• "r d a appeal was in behalf the
conquest
of
catastrophic
Rutgers Graduate School of Social
in his impressive "Painter's Self-Portrait" which was published in 1957. ,
Calif.,
that
is
dedicated
to
Jewish Duarte,
Work and the JCSA, a group
There are many incidents recorded in it that throw light on
diseases, in which information is given about improved cancer treat-
historical developments in the 1920s and 1930s. One is especially note- i
the first hospital in the candidates for master of social
and City of Hope's pioneering efforts as
ment.
worthy. He told about a visit in Berlin in 1926 in the course of his ,
chamber in a radiation therapy work degrees will study at Rutgers
to use a high - pressure oxygen
while receiving field instruction
. travels for the Agrojoint—the project that was undertaken by the JDC :nation
progra
re- It m.
to encourage agricultural activities among Russian Jews—and he
is interesting to note that City of Hope's hospitals are geared with the JCSA. George Frank,
,
for research in blood diseases, tumor and allied ailments, cardiac and senior staff social worker of tho
lated this story:
" A dinner party was given for me at the splendid Wahnsee home
chest cases, and that the major tasks are in research. Detroiters remain JCSA, who has been named ad-
of Lola Hahn, glamorous daughter of Felix Warburg's brother Max. among the major supporters of this important institution through the junct assistant professor at Rut-
There I met some 20 topmost German Jews, who were eager to know
annual events, sponsored by the City of Hope Detroit Business- gers, will be responsible for coordi-
nating the field training program.
of the guests.
about the Crimean work. Albert Einstein was one
men's Group.
dealt
but
briefly
with
"When the time came for me to speak, I
Emanuel H. Fineman brings an excellent THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Newly
elected
President
was
another topic. This, be it remembered,
first major speak-
the Crimea and turned to called
Bren Essel (Nettle) from my pocket, background of service in City of Hope activity. His
2—Friday, November 20, 1964
dinner dance, Saturday.
1926. Taking a magazine
irig
appearance
will
be
at
the
52nd
annual
journal
1 told bow by chance I had picked up that savage anti-Semitic
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