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 48235 Mich.,
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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor and Publisher
CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ
SIDNEY SHMARAK
Business Manager
Advertising Manager
CHARLOTTE HYAMS
City Editor
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 18th day of Adar I, the following scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion: Exod. 30:11-34:35: prophetical portion: I Kings 18:1-39.
Licht benshen, Friday, Feb. 19. 5:52 p.m.
VOL. XLVI, No. 26
Page 4
February 19, 1965
Brotherhood--A Year-Round Formula
More than ever National Brotherhood
Week, to be observed Feb. 21-28, assumes
great significance this year. It will be ob
served at a time when civil rights are no
longer debatable issues but accepted duties
to be enforced and to be honored. It takes
place during a period of striving to make
religous liberty a basic ideal for all mankind.
It is part of the humanitarianism of America.
President Johnson described the Brother-
hood ideal properly when, in his Brotherhood
message this week, he declared:
"Brotherhood Week 1965 once again
makes us acutely aware of the social and
economic injustice which still clouds the
lives and fortunes of many of our fellow
citizens. Strong differences among our peo-
ple have made our land dynamic. But when
disagreement corrodes into discrimination,
then the very diversity which has been a
hallmark of our Nation's success weakens
its fabric of freedom and democracy.
"Our beloved land was founded by
men fleeing bigotry. Let us seek during
this Brotherhood Week and throughout
1965 to sustain and deepen the spirit of
liberty and equality for which our found-
ing fathers fought and died. I urge all
Americans to join now with the National
Conference of Christians and Jews to work
toward a society that will respect differ-
ences of ethnic background, race and re-
ligion as well as encourage an equal oppor-
tunity for every citizen."
Other Presidents had spoken firmly in
describing the values of Brotherhood. In his
historic message to the Hebrew Congregation
of Newport, R.I., in 1790, George Washing-
ton wrote:•
". .. The citizens of the United States
of America have a right to applaud them-
selves for having given to mankind exam-
ples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a
policy worthy of imitation. All possess a
like liberty of conscience and immunities
of citizenship. It is now no more that tol-
eration is spoken of, as if it was by the
indulgence of one class of people that an-
other enjoyed the exercise of their inher-
ent natural right. For happily the Govern-
ment of the United States, which gives to
bigotry no sanction, to persecution no as-
sistance, requires only that they who live
under its protection should demean them-
selves as good citizens, in giving it on all
occasions their effectual support."
All of the Presidents from Herbert
Hoover onward took note of the work of the
National Conference of Christians and Jews,
the sponsor of the Brotherhood Week cele
brations, and issued statements endorsing the
great tasks leading towards good will among
all Americans.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's mes
sage, in 1940, affirmed the principles of the
celebration and stated:
". . . Democracy at its best is brother-
hood in action. To remind ourselves of this
is timely. There are voices being raised
among us that teach group prejudice. They
seekto sow distrust in our minds and so to
divide and weaken us. They set church
against church, group against group, and
class against class. All who love our nation
and desire liberty must set their faces in
another direction. In these United States,
every man must be free to worship God at
his own altar and to share equally with all
others in the opportunities and responsi-
bilities of citizenship."
The statements by Presidents Truman,
Eisenhower and Kennedy, in 1949, 1960 and
1962, are equally significant. They state:
try's upbuilding.
ORT's crowning achievement is the assist-
ance it gives to refugees from Algeria and
Fine Photos, Good Story Mark
Israel Youngsters' Narrative
A very able photographer who already has gained fame for her
many books for children has combined her skills with an able story-
teller in producing an excellent book for children about Israe 1.
Anna Riwkin-Brick, of Stockholm, Sweden, whose books about
children in many lands have received worldwide acclaim, has produced
the pictures, and Lea Goldberg, an instructor at the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem who has written Hebrew works and has translated from
the Hebrew, has written the text for "Eli Lives in Israel," published
by Macmillan.
It is a delightful story, and the photos add to the splendid
record for creativity compiled by Mrs. Riwkin-Brick.
It is the story about a little boy, Eli, whose home is in Revivim,
whose father is an archaeologist, who goes on a trip with his father.
and two young friends and discovers many things of interest in their
own "ar-che-ol-o-gical" fashion.
In a sense, it is an adventure story. The beginning is in Revivim,
the "new farm in a very old land," which lies "in the heart of the
desert." Even before they set out with Eli's father on a journey
to discover new things, "Eli and his special friends — the girl Anat
and the boy Saul — play mostly at building a new house or at treasure
hunting in the earth of Revivim. For under the sand of the desert
they know they may find things that are thousands of years old !"
The search for old things becomes more real as the group sets
out with the "ar-che-ol-o-gist," the father of the youngest in the
group, who takes them first to a Bedouin camp where they see camels,
where they fondle sheep, where donkeys romp. Then they go to
Ein-Gedi and new vistas open up for them. They dig and discover
many things. They learn about their country. its deserts, its animals.
They become attached to a donkey, and their father buys it for
them.
Having as its slogan "Brotherhood —
Youngsters will love this story. Their elders will find in it new
Democracy at Work," the goodwill week this material
about Israel to read to 4-to-8-year-olds. The photographs will
year carries with it a great message that enchant possessors of this book. Mesdames Goldberg and Riwkin-
beckons all Americans to turn the week's Brick performed well with their new book.
Harry Truman: ".. . Brotherhood is the
source of the unity within our nation which
will make us powerful in example and
strong in moral purpose so that we may
give to our world the leadership worthy of
our heritage."
Dwight D. Eisenhower: ". . . As Ameri-
cans, as fellow human beings, we share a
common brotherhood. This does not make
life easy, but it provides the basis for a
strong and productive national life. In
our land and around the world such a spirit
can advance the highest hopes of the
family of man."
John F. Kennedy: ". . . Human brother-
hood is not just a goal. It is a condition on
which our way of life depends. The ques-
tion for our time is not whether all men
are brothers. That question has been an-
swered by the God who placed us on this
earth together. The question is whether we
have the strength and the will to make the
brotherhood of man the guiding principle
of our daily lives. Can we match our ac-
tions to our words?"
observance into an entire year's dedication
to humanitarian ideals. If we can make de- Major Essays on a Major Issue
mocracy work during the February period
there is no reason why it can't become a
workable formula for the entire year and for
the years to come.
ORT'S 85 Years of Great Achievements
So vast has been the progress achieved
by ORT that the 85th anniversary of the
worldwide Organization for Rehabilitation
and 'Training deserves special attention in
Jewish ranks.
Under the leadership of Dean William
Haber of the University of Michigan College
of Literature, Science and the Arts, ORT's
international president, the movement has
grown to great proportions, and the assist-
ance it provides for young Jews who are be-
ing trained in ORT schools for productive
pursuits has elevated many of the underpriv-
ileged to positions of honor and respect.
There is a vast chain of ORT schools in
many lands. Begun in Russia, it now functions
in lands where young Jews are in dire need
of learning trades. In Israel, ORT sponsors
technical schools where many are learning
trades, whence workers skilled in many ac-
tivities emerge to become assets in the coun-
'Eli Lives in Israel'
other lands who are now in France; to Tuni-
sian, Moroccan, Indian and other Jews who
must be trained to become self-sustaining.
This is the most valuable aspect in the pro-
gram of a great movement, and ORT, in its
85th year, has earned all the encouragement
that can be given the great, productive cause.
To Dr. Haber goes a major measure of
credit for having elevated ORT's standards,
for having given the movement status in the
era when it is so vital that Jewish youth who
stem from countries with low standards of liv-
ing should gain places of honor in modern so-
ciety.
The cooperative Joint Distribution Com-
mittee efforts in behalf of ORT, the assistance
the movement received from Detroit's Allied
Jewish Campaign, the international recogni-
tion attained through ORT's achievements,
give the Organization for Rehabilitation and
Training the position it deserves. It has earn-
ed the admiration of the non-Jewish commun-
ities, where it functions as well, as of world
Jewry. May it gain in strength as it attains
the age of 85.
'The Storm Over the Deputy,
Essays About Explosive Drama
Describing the debates that had taken place over the book and
the stage play "The Deputy," by Rolf Hochhuth, Eric Bentley declares
in a foreword to "The Storm Over the Deputy," published as a paper-
back by Grove Press and Dell Publications (750 3rd, NY 17):
"It is almost certainly the largest storm ever raised by a play in
the whole history of the drama."
Major essays and articles about the explosive "Deputy" issue have
been incorporated in "The Storm Over the Deputy" edited by Bentley.
The major question posed anew in this volume is whether Pope
Pius XII should have spoken out against the Nazi persecution of the
Jews and whether he was justified in keeping silent.
Both sides of the issue are presented in this paperback. The
accusations and the defense are quoted and the major articles con-
tain the statement of Cardinal Spellman, who was Pius' strongest
defender, as well as Hochhuth himself.
Erwin Piscator, the play's first producer, is quoted, from his intro-
duction to "The Deputy," asserting that the play's originally scheduled
publication was abandoned because of the publisher's lack of courage
to produce it.
A number of editorials which commented on the play, reviews of
the play and the book, an interview with Hochhuth and a number of
other important essays are included in this book.
Bentley also inserted the letter that was written in Pius' defense
by Cardinal Montini just before he became Pope Paul VI, and the reply
to it by Hochhuth.
Among the very impressive articles is Hannah Arendt's defense of
Hochhuth's position.
Bentley attaches to his collection of essays and editorials a bib-
liographical list, compiled by David Beams, of articles and reviews
that appeared in the Jewish press, including The Detroit Jews News.