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THE JEWISH NEWS
NEW CHINESE COOK
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.,
VE 8-9364. Subscription $6 a year. Foreign $7.
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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor and Publisher
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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 10th day of Kislev, 5726, the following scriptural selections will
be read in our synagogues:
. . Pentateuchal pOrtion: Gen. 28:10-32:3; Prophetical portion: Hos. 12:13-14:10.
Licht benshen, Friday, Dec. 3, 4:43 p.m.
VOL. XLVIII, No. 15
Page 4
December 3, 1965
Vietnam Threats: Witch Hunt Must Be Averted
Our troubles in the Near East are no
longer a matter solely for the White House
or the Pentagon. The mounting protests
against the continuing warfare, the demands
for speedy end of the fighting and for more
serious efforts to negotiate an armistice or a
peace, have brought new threats: the danger
that freedom of speech may be curtailed and
that a new McCarthyism may develop as a
result of the counteraction by those who are
demanding increased bombing to subdue the
North Vietnamese.
Protests against government polic'y are
being heard in houses of worship, on uni-
versity campuses, are being expressed in
newspaper ads, are in evidence in numerous
groups that are being organized to insist upon
a change in our government's policies.
Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York, who
certainly is not an extremist, who contends
that "the South Vietnamese position is worth
defending," but who qualified his stand by
asserting that he is not conclusively taking
sides "whether it's worth defending through-
out the country, on the highlands of Cam-
bodia, whether it's worth bombing North
Vietnam and running the risk that it in-
volves," warned of the "great danger to the
policy of the United States in Vietnam in the
erosion of domestic support for it." He em-
phasized that the demonstrations against the
government's policies must "not be dismissed
lightly."
The Union of American Hebrew Congre-
gations, while not joining completely with
the demands for a cessation of bombing of
North Vietnam, took the position at the con-
vention last month that serious consideration
should be given to the protests and that
urgent steps be taken in the direction of a
peace settlement of the issues.
Especially menacing in the current crisis
is the threat to free speech and the danger
of an emerging witch hunt. This must be
avoided. It is to be hoped that the White
House and the Pentagon will not view the
protests with anger but with a sense of re-
sponsibility to the nation at large and to the
peace of the world to strive for a speedy end
to a conflict that already accounts for the
loss of many lives.
Another Move in the Direction of Good Will
Supplementary to the annual Brotherhood.
Week observance, the traditional Brotherhood
Dinner of the Detroit Round Table of Catho-
lics, Jews and Protestants is taking place
at an appropriate time. With a continuing,
often mounting, tension in the area of civil
rights; with the renewed insanities that mark
swastika smearings in many lands, including
our own community, as well as the manifesta-
tions of hatred that are evident in the activ-
ities of the Ku Klux Klan and related hate
groups, there is constant need for emphasis
on the positive aspects of American princi-
ples.
Birchism has not subsided, the KKK re-
mains arrogant, neo-Nazism menaces certain
areas. The war that was fought to eradicate
hatreds and to remove the cancer of bigotry,
the pleadings of statesmen and religious lead-
ers, so far have fallen on many deaf ears.
The urgency of awakening people to rational
thinking remains, and every step in the direc-
tion of good will must receive our encourage-
ment.
The current Brotherhood Dinner, sche-
duled for Dec. 12, under the leadership of
Walker Cisier, with representatives of all
faiths participating, deserves most earnest
consideration. Even the slightest contribution
towards the peace of our communities should
be welcomed, and a communitywide task
toward good will is certainly to be en-
couraged.
Theodor Herzl Award for President Truman
Former President Harry S. Truman con-
sistently reaffirms his faith in Israel and his
support of the Zionist movement.
His historic role in having been the first
world leader to recognize Israel, within min-
utes after the Jewish State declared its in-
dependence, has caused his name to be rec-
orded indelibly in Jewish history.
Therefore, it was an act of wisdom to
select him to be the honoree of the Zionist
Organization of America, to receive the
coveted Theodor Herzl Medallion, at the an-
nual dinner held last Sunday evening in New
York City.
President Truman's friendship has in-
spired many, Jews and non-Jews, Israelis and
their kinsmen everywhere, to continue the
tasks that are vital in the assisting efforts
for state-building. The 1965 Theodor Herzl
Medallion goes to him as an act of recogni-
tion of a great man's faith in the libertarian
principles that have inspired our people.
Histadrut Constructive Efforts in Israel
State Department spokesmen, at briefing Nasser and his cohorts may attempt to plant
sessions in Washington, acclaimed with en- among those in the Afro-Asian bloc.
Those who are campaigning for the Hista-
thusiasm the program that is being pursued
successfully by Israel in advancing friend- drut have an excellent argument in support
the cause by pointing to the activities
ship with Afro-Asian nations through aid pro- of
among Afro-Asians.
vided for underdeveloped countries.
Another of Histadrut's major tasks at the
One of the major tasks of Histadrut, the present time is to provide all possible bene-
Israel Federation of Labor, is its sponsorship fits to Sephardic newcomers to Israel, thereby
of the Afro-Asian Institute for Labor Studies reducing the "racial tensions' which have
and Cooperation. Hundreds of trainees from become a matter for serious concern in Israel,
Asian and African countries have benefited where the Ashkenazim have been predomin-
from such studies, and the direct results indi- ant, but where the Sephardim now form a
cate an appreciation of Israel's programs.
majority.
These students take back with them, to their
Thus, Histadrut continues to serve Israel's
native lands, an appreciation of Israel which - needs in a positive fashion. The labor move-
has led to a diminution of Nasser's influence ment's pioneering role in Israel remains a
and the attempts to undermine Israel's posi- strong factor in its favor. It embraces the
tion in the councils of the world's nations.
overwhelming majority of Israelis, and the
The assistance given by Israel to the support it receives from American Jewry
underdeveloped countries similarly has helped is a continuing factor based on well earned
in reducing whatever seeds of prejudice acclaim.
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Moshe Greenberg 'Introduction
to Hebrew' Is Outstanding Text
Dr. Moshe Greenberg, professor of biblical studies at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, one of the most distinguished Biblical scholars
of our time, has made a noteworthy contribution to Jewish literature
and to the advancement of Hebrew studies
with his newest work, "Introduction to
Hebrew," published by Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, N. J.
This volume for the study of Hebrew
has very many meritorious aspects. It not
only introduces the student to the lan-
guage by teaching the symbols, but in-
cludes lessons in grammar and reading,
contains an illuminating introductory chap-
ter on the Hebrew language, explains the
systems of vocalization and offers in the
selection of readings portions with and
without the vowel signs.
Better than most available study
books on the subject, Dr. Greenberg's
best explains the Ashkenazic and Sep-
hardic pronunciations.
Using the story of Joseph in the
original Hebrew as the text to teach the
Dr. Greenberg
language, lessons are offered in grammar
and vocabulary, providing a complete study of the Hebrew language.
Dr. Greenberg explains that the aim of this textbook is "to enable
one to acquire a mastery over a basic vocabulary of biblical Hebrew,"
that in making use of the story of Joseph (Genesis 37-45), "the essen-
tials of biblical Hebrew grammar, and roughly a third of the words
of highest frequency in biblical Hebrew (50 occurrences and more)
are included."
Reviewing the status of Hebrew, its historical development from
the time when it was the language of Canaan to the Second Temple
period, explaining rabbinic Hebrew, the modern renascence of the
language and its revival, Dr.Greenbrg declares: "Well before the 7---Ie
of Israel came into being in 1948, Hebrew had proved capable of s'
as the vehicle of a modern culture as well as of a modern state:- f
plaining the chief agent of change in the use of the language, stating
that it has "undergone a radical Europeanization," that it has been
"the restoration of the language into the mouths of children," he adds;,; - '
"Hebrew has lost the timeless stability of a book language as
it has re-entered the living organism of a community of - genera-
tions. It is again transmitted from mouth to ear and has thus became C ‘
subject to all the vicissitudes of organic life. The unpredictability )
of the course that modern Hebrew has embarked upon is the sure
sign that Hebrew has been reborn."
The excellent glossary, the aids to reading, the questions for review,
all add to the merits of a splendid study course provided by one of--)
the most distinguished scholars of our time.
Maxwell Silver's Drama Based
on Job: 'There Was a Man • • •
Dr. Maxwell Silver, rabbi, banker, poet, dramatist, is the author
of "the drama of the Book of Job for the 20th Century," which has
been published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations
under the title "There Was a Man . . . "
This play, geared for presentation with a chorus, commences silk
the challenging doctrine of the indestructibility of the nature of man,
deals with Satan's temporary defeat, with Job's impious wife and
dogma-ridden friends.
There are the colloquies, God's appearance on the scene and the'-'
impressive conclusion—Job's message for the ages.
In a foreword, Dr. Julian Morgenstern, president emeritus of (
Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion, to whom the
drama is dedicated, commends Dr. Silver's drama and declares that
it is timely that Job, the literary masterpiece of ancient times, "with
its sublime, eternal and universal religious message, be cast today
into a form suitable for presentation in dramatic form to an audience
of modern men and women, still wrestling with the same problem arc=
faith and deed as did Job and his various associates. for the •world
still has as much need of, and as much to learn from, the Book of Job
and its lofty message- as did Israel of old when it was written:"