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January 14, 1966 - Image 9

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1966-01-14

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History Repeats Itself - Story of 1788 Kosher Snack Bars
Goldmann Outlines Urgency
One of the most remarkable much, for they had made great of Philadelphia. A copy of it—
of Bolstering Jewish Identity
parades in all history is the one sacrifices to support the patriotic along with many more papers
took place in Washington cause during the Revolution. Af-
as Zionist Actions Body Meets which
Aug. 28, 1963, when more than ter the conflict was over, Naph- dealing with the Phillips family—

and emancipation of the Jewish 200,000 people marched to protest
people and that he was opposed the delay in granting Negroes the
to the idea of the Jewish people civil rights to which they are en-
returning to the segregated life titled. There were 40,000 whites
of the pre-emancipation ghetto. who were also concerned with the
Historical processes like the injustice done their fellow citi-
emancipation cannot be re- zens, and among the whites were
versed, he noted, but the "in- about 2,000 J e w s. During this
Zionist Organization, declared evitable consequence" of the march, the Jews were provided
Monday night at the opening ses- emancipation w a s the perma- with kosher refreshments by the
sion of the World Zionist Actions nent danger of the Jewish people American Jewish Congress.
Just about 175 years before that
Committee.
losing its Jewish consciousness
demonstration, there was an
The festive opening session of and identity, he said.
the actions committee, the ruling
He asserted that modern Jew- equally important parade. It took
body of the World Zionist Organi- ish life was largely based now place July 4, 1788, in Philadelphia,
zation between Zionist Congresses, on fund raising and the fight for which then served as the capital
was attended by President Zalman prestige and positions and has of the country. Then, too, Jews
Shazar, Parliamentary Speaker therefore eliminated Jewish in- marched in a great procession.
Kaddish Luz, Supreme Court Jus- tellectuals from leading positions The rabbi of the Philadelphia con-
tices, cabinet ministers and many in Jewish activities. In this situa- gregation walk e d through the
visitors, as well as the actions tion, he said, Israel must have a streets arm in arm with Christian
committee's 132 members from 41 leading role in becoming the kind clergymen. The Messiah was just
countries.
of a society which would impress around the corner! And when the
Dr. Goldmann declared that and attract such young Jews into march came to an end, the Jews
he did not regret the integration joining international Jewish organ- gathered around a table presided
over by old Isaac Moses, the cob-
izations.
bler, and they had a kosher snack.
He
drew
attention
to
the
fact
EEC Yields to Israel,
It was an important occasion
that links with Israel were used as which the parade of 1788 was held
Allows Use of Chemical the basis for attacks on Jewish to celebrate. Many people in this
communities involving charges country were desperately eager to
for Oranges in Transit
that pro-Israel Jews were loyal have a constitution to unite the
BRUSSELS (JTA)—After months to a foreign state. He said some
of discussions and bargaining with persons even regarded Zionism 13 states that had just freed them-
Israel and other countries export- as a nationalistic and racial move- selves from the British. Virginia
ing oranges to the six-nation Euro- ment and the instrument of "im- had hesitated to accept the new
pean Common Market, the Euro- perialism." He cited the state- constitution, and without her there
pean Economic Community con- ments of Soviet and Arab spokes- could have been no real union.
ceded Monday that the use of men equating Zionism with Naz- She was the largest state in the
country. Finally the news came,
dyphenil to protect or an g e s in ism.
early in July, that Virginia would
transit was not dangerous to hu-
It was "inevitable" that such an ratify the new document, and the
man health.
Israel had protested a warning atmosphere would affect Jewish good people of Philadelphia were
by the EEC that it might bar im- life throughout the world, he said. determined to celebrate, because
ported oranges treated with the He added that to think that Zion- Virginia's decision meant that the
chemical. In making the conces- ism had become a self-evident country would be united and able
sion, the EEC noted that there truth in Jewish life, after creation to survive. At that time, Phila-
were no adequate means to deter- of the Jewish state, was a "danger- delphia was the largest city in the
country and the second largest
mine possible r e s i d u es of the ous illusion."
"We are under attack today," English-speaking city in the world.
chemical on the fruits and there-
fore the EEC had not made any the world Zionist leader warned, The Philadelphians determined to
effort to fix any legal degree of "and we must react strongly. The have a federal parade with floats,
Zionist movement must be re- marchers, speeches, and food. But
tolerance in use of dyphenil.
The EEC said it had decided stored as the great central move- no liquor! It was to be a parade
to allow use of the chemical dur- ment of our people in this cen- to end all parades.
The Jews were only too happy. to
ing 1966 in accordance with regu- tury." He stressed that Zionism
Children from the dif-
lations for its use in force in each "after a year's passivity and de- participate.
ferent schools and churches also
member country without change. cline," must again become "a marched, and among them was the
15-year-old Naphtali Phillips who
The EEC indicated it would later fighting movement."
paraded, we may be sure, with the
The actions committee began
review settlement of the technical
youngsters of the Mikveh Israel
congregation.
an
eight-day working session.
aspects of the question.
One of its principal tasks is
The Jews w e r e particularly
More than 3,500 University of election of a new Jewish Agency happy that the constitution was
Michigan students last year re- executive. The - current actions ratified, because of the original 13
ceived financial support through committee membership was states, New York and Virginia
employment on research projects elected by the 26th World Zionist alone had thus far granted them
during 1964-65. The university's Congress which met here in equal political rights — in parti-
total research volume was $47,- December 1964 and January cular, the right to hold office.
1965.
800,000.
The second-class citizenship, which
The session opened with a eulogy most of the states imposed on
by Actions Committee chairman them, disappointed them very
Yaacov • Tsur, for the late Moshe
Sharett, who served Israel and
Zionism as prime minister and E. Europe Refugees
foreign minister and Agency ex-
ecutive chairman. Tsur then ex- Succeed as Farmers
For Regular Savings Pass Books
TORONTO (JTA)—Jewish ref-
pressed concern over the fate of
Soviet Jewry and discussed the ugees who immigrated to Canada
problems facing Jews generally in the last 17 years, some from
%
outside of Israel.
Poland and other East European
INTEREST
you earn
The issue of broadening the countries, including Hungary, have
every day
basis of representation in the had "most inspiring success" in
on every
Zionist movement occupied the developing prosperous and healthy
dollar from
date of
attention of members of the Jew- farms in Southern Ontario and the
deposit to
ish Agency executive at a plenary Niagara Peninsula, a periodic
date of
withdrawal
session attended by its New York survey by the Jewish Coloniza-
DAILY
compounded
members last week.
tion Association revealed • here
quarterly.
INTEREST
Dr. Goldmann told the meeting Tuesday.
For Longer Term Investments
about his contacts with various
J. A. Lister, manager of the
Zionist parties and said he had JCA offices here, named a number
demanded that the next executive of Jewish farmers who, he said,
include members from the Herut not only prospered themselves but
Party. It is expected also to in- have aided their general com-
clude several prominent non-party munities to raise their farming
Zionists.
standards. These Jewish farmers,
Dr. Goldmann also said he would he said, are located in this pro-
demand that the World Zionist vince, and had very little, or no
Actions Committee should at its agricultural experience when they
TIME
meeting elect an executive with- started farming with the aid of
CERTIFICATES
out distributing portfolios, which, the JCA.
he said, could be done later by
Some of the reft.gees had come
OAKLAND NATIONAL BANK
the executive itself.
from Poland and other East
• SOUTHFIELD RD. at 10 Mile Rd.
A budget of $111,600,000 was European areas as early as 1949
• W. 9 MILE at Greenfield Rd.
presented Monday by Aryeh L. and 1950, he reported, while others
PHONE: 353-6800
Pincus, chairman and treasurer immigrated from Hungary be-
ALL DAY SATURDAY BANKING
of the Jewish Agency, at the tween 1956 and 1958. All had been
TO 4:30
Agency's plenary session here. The assisted by the JCA in getting
All deposits insured up to $10,000
total is expected to mean a slight bank loans to start their farms.
by the Federal Deposit Insurance
\y,orporation.
decline in the activities of the "It would be fair to say," de-
Agency due to price rises in Is- clared Lister, "that the Jewish
rael, but activities in countries farmers have played a significant
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS outside of Israel will not be af- role in advancing the entire econ-
Friday, January 14, 1966-9 fected.
omy of the Peninsula.

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The main
of strengthening the
Jewish idenity of the Jewish peo-
ple and of securing a creative
future for Jewish communities
throughout the world is becoming
daily more urgent, Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, president of the World

problem

tali's father, Jonas, had written a
letter to the constitutional conven-

tion asking it to make sure that
Jews in all the states were given
equality. The new federal consti-
tution of course, would give all
Jews equality, at least on the
federal level, and this is why the
Jews of Philadelphia were so
eager to celebrate its ratification.

What was the menu in 1788? Sal-
mon, bread, crackers, almonds and
raisins.

is to be found in the files of the

American Jewish Archives. Dr.
Jacob R. Marcus, the Kutz Dis-
tinguished Service Professor of
American Jewish History at He-
brew Union College-Jewish Insti-
tute of Religion in Cincinnati, is
director of this depository of his-
torical documents.

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The

original account of the
Jewish participation in the Great
Federal Parade is found in a Naph-
tali Phillips' letter in the old col-
lections of the Library Company

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