THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
24—Friday, March 17, 1967
Agnon Views Agnon at Exhiibit
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Samuel Yosef Agnon (second from right) takes a look at his own
works being exhibited at the Jewish National and University Library
of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. At the opening, University
President Eliahu Elath announced that Agnon, Israel's Nobel Prize
recipient, had decided to turn over his archives in stages to the
library. Hundreds of manuscripts, letters, newspapers and periodicals,
books and pamphlets, photographs and documents covering all aspects
of Agnon's work and background are covered in the exhibit. Dr. Curt
Wormann, director of the library (left) told journalists that a lead-
ing museum in Poland had asked the Hebrew University for assistance
in acquiring material for an Agnon exhibition it was arranging.
Shown here with Dr. Wormann and Agnon are (from left) Elath and
Swedish Ambassador Bo Siegbahn.
Where's Si Rosenthal, Ex-Red Sox Outfielder
By JESSE SILVER
(Copyright, 1967, JTA, Inc.)
was three times president of the
New England Chapter of Paralyzed
Veterans of America. He is also
a life member of the Massachusetts
Dorchester Civic Club, Boston
Lodge of Elks, YMCU, Mason's
Everett C. Benton Lodge and the
board of trustees of the Sports
Lodge, Bnai Brith. He was given
meritorious awards by DAV,
YMCU and the Dorchester Civic
Club.
In 1947 Rosenthal was given a
"Day" at Fenway Park by the
Red Sox. One of the honorary
chairmen of the event was the
then Congressman, John F. Ken-
nedy.
Jobless Workers Riot After Orderly Protest in Tel Aviv
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
TEL AVIV — Eleven jobless
workers were detained for ques-
tioning at police headquarters
Tuesday night after a riotous de-
monstration. They were released
Wednesday pending a decision on
whether they would be prosecuted.
Some 5,000 jobless workers, de-
manding jobs, took part in an or-
derly demonstration under spon-
sorship of workers committees and
the i\Iapam Party. After the for-
mal demonstration ended, a group
of several hundred of the demon-
strators made a dash toward Tel
Aviv's new glass-sheathed munici-
pal building, where they began
throwing stones at the building,
Police then moved in.
Eleven persons were injured.
Only three of them, all policemen,
remained in the hospital Wednes-
day. One was hit in the head by a
stone, but his condition was re-
ported as not serious.
The number of unemployed
academic and professional workers
registered with labor exchanges
last month dropped sharply from
the number in the previous month,
the labor ministry reported. The
decline was from 732 such jobless
employes to 638.
Wiesel Recounts
Human Blimde77s
Durina Holocaust
Poll Shows Rise
in Jewish Distrust
of Catholic Motives
TORONTO (JTA) — A new
Gallup Poll study commissioned by
the Catholic Digest shows that
there has been a "startling" in-
crease in Jewish suspicions about
Catholic motives, a Conservative
rabbi told a meeting at the Catholic
Information Center here.
Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg, re-
porting on the soon-to-be-published
study dealing with religion in
American life, said it paralleled
a similar one made under the
same auspices in 1952 and that
the comparative data. had been
tabulated.
He said that the findings showed
that the percentage of Jews who
feel that Jews generally harbor ill
feelings toward Catholics has
doubled in that period—from 15 per
cent to 30 per cent.
The data showed that there was
a 14 per cent increase hi the num-
ber of Jews who feel that Catholics
look down on Jews. In 1956, 10 per
cent more Jews believed that
Catholics did not respect the re-
ligious beliefs of others and 6 per
cent more than in 1952 thought
that Catholics would discriminate
against them in employment.
Remember when Si Rosenthal
played the outfield for the Boston
Red Sox? Probably not, unless you
rooted for the Beantowners back
in 1924-26. Rosenthal, who was
known for speed on the base paths,
is now confined to a wheelchair
at Veterans Hospital, West Rox-
bury, Mass.
Although he has been a para-
plegic for 22 years, Rosenthal has
not been slowed too much. He is
actively engaged in helping num-
erous charities. Rosenthal w a s
honored recently with the dedica-
tion of the Si Rosenthal Memorial
Gymnasium by the Divine Word
Seminary of St. Augustine in Bay
Saint Louis, Mississippi.
The idea for a gymnasium came
about after Rosenthal and a Negro
priest, Father Charles D. Burns,
became good friends. The lobby
An exhibit, "Four Thousand
of the gym displays the plaques,
citations and awards given to Ros- Years of Jewish History," will
The findings showed also that
enthal over the years. The dedica- open for a week's display at the
tion plaque also honors Rosenthal's Jewish Agency Building, 515 Park there had been an increase of
son Irwin who lost his life in Avenue, New York, with a •ecep- 9 per cent in the number of Jews
tion Wednesday afternoon.
- who think Catholics are "trying
World War II.
Speakers at the opening will be to influence the press and that
Rosenthal played professional
baseball for 16 years before he Michael Arnon, Consul General of 12 per cent more Jews now feel
retired in 1936. Then he went into Israel; Mrs. Rose L. Halprin, that Catholic periodicals are not
the manufacturing business in his . chairman, Jewish Agency-Ameri- fair to Jewish religious beliefs.
home town. Boston. With the out- can Section; and Prof. Marie Syr-
Rabbi Rosenberg told the meet-
break of World War II Rosenthal kin, head of the Jewish Agency's ing that he believed the deepening
attempted to enlist in the Navy. department of information.
The exhibit will begin with the of Jewish suspicions about Catho-
He was rejected because of bad
teeth, an injured knee and his age. Biblical period which will include lics stemmed from the debate
After repairing his teeth and knee genuine archeological artifacts 2,- which attended the preparation
at his own expense, he was ac- 000 to 4,000 years old, continue and passage of the declaration on
through the years of the diaspora Christion-Jewish relations at the
cepted for service at age 40.
Rosenthal's son enlisted in the which will feature original Jewish Ecumenical Council.
Marines at 16 and was killed in ceremonial objects from different
Rabbi Rosenberg said that many
1943 during a landing on New countries, and culminate with dis- American Jews had not known
Britain in the South Pacific. Irwin plays portraying the State of Is- that Catholics entertained such no-
received the Silver Star for gal- rael today. The exhibit will also tions about the Jews as were repu-
lantry. Rosenthal suffered severe highlight an extensive stamp and diated in the declaration and that
injuries in 1944 when his mine- coin collection, including a letter even those familiar with "the long
sweeper struck a German mine written on a clay tablet 4,300 years _ history of Church-associated Jew-
off the coast of France. Crippled ago in Babylonia.
hatred" considered that situation
. from the waist down, Rosenthal
as "part of a world past."
RELIEF
PROJECTS
IN
ITALY
has since spent his life in a wheel-
He added that the "constant
The
Conference
on
Jewish
Mat-
chair.
Rosenthal is an active member erial Claims Against Germany last bickering, manipulation and polit-
of many veterans organizations, year allocated a total of more than ical infighting by the conservative
including the JWV, VFW, Ameri- $700,000 for medical, education, Curia" over the text of the declara-
can Legion, DAV and the Military cultural and general relief projects tion became a "traumatic exper-
ience for virtually all Jews."
Order of the Purple Heart. He in Italy.
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There is need for continuity in
Jewish life and for retention of
memories in order that history
should remain a vital record. Elie
Wiesel, noted author, told a ga-
thering of more than 500 who at-
tended the Daniel Hass Memorial
Lecture at Temple Israel, Wednes-
day night.
Wiesel, whose experiences as a
concentration camp inmate, and
more recently his reports on his
study of conditions in Russia, re-
corded in his books, aroused na-
tionwide interest, reviewed the
events that followed Hitler's rise to
power. He deplored the lack of
interest in the plight of the Jews
by the world's statesmen and by
many leaders in cultural circles.
He stated that he is yet to hear of
a single rabbi who had collaborated
with the Nazis.
A spokesman said that the sharp-
est drop among such unemployed
was for engineers who have found
jobs in government-sponsored work
projects. Many such unemployed do
not register with labor exchanges,
The number of unemployed
workers in Israel in the last
quarter of 1966 was about
99,0000, slightly more than 10
per cent of the total labor force,
according to a manpower sur-
vey of the Central Bureau of
statistics published Monday
night.
The bureau said the figure was
made on the basis of a survey and
not through, the labor exchanges
where many, but not all, Israeli
jobless are registered.
Labor Minister Y i g a 1 Allon,
speaking on the radio, gave a
slightly lower figure of 86,000 per-
sons not working, the same total
he gave last month in a report to
parlianient The labor minister
said 35,000 unemployed workers
were registered in the labor
exchanges.
The minister added a warning
that another 10,000 workers would
become jobless this summer when
citrus picking ended and many
young people completed their army
service.
But there was collaboration,
he said, and he recounted many
parables from folklore to indicate
the hard road to justice in hu-
man experiences during the holo-
caust.
In the question and answer peri-
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