IN) Judge Gets llebreu U. Award Judge Edward S. Silver (left), surrogate of Kings County in New York City, receives the Solomon Bub- lick Award of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from Samuel Rothberg, chairman of the board of the American Friends of the Hebrew University. U. S. Supreme Court Jus- tice William 0. Douglas looks on. Prayer for Government By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX (Copyright. 1967, JTA. Inc.) Its customary in many syna- gogues to offer a prayer for the government of the country after the Tora Reading on the Sabbath. This prayer or type of prayer seems to have originated in early medieval times. Its importance as a Jewish tradition is traced to the passage in Jeremiah where the prophet, in foretelling the coming exile of the people of Israel, com- mands them in the name of the Almighty as follows: "And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried Texas Prelate Opens Drive Against Anti-Semitism SAN ANTONIO (JTA) — De- nouncing anti-Semitism which he said has roots that are "deep and dark," Archbishop Robert E. Lucey, whose Roman Catholic jurisdiction includes 32 Texas counties, opened an educational drive Friday, de- signed to educate laymen in the spiritual and human aspects of Catholic -Jewish relations. He ordered every parish priest to dis- tribute the material. Noting the "deep and dark" roots of anti- Semitism, he told the priests: "We can never know precisely where they dwell and when they surface. It is vital that all people become informed of the truth about the sin against our Christian conscience." away captive, and pray unto the Lord for it, for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace" (Jeremiah 29:7). In the Book of Ezra we find Cyrus asking the Jews who were returning to Jerusalem to "pray for the life of the king and his sons" (Ezra 6:10). The early Rab- bis of the Talmudic era asked the people to "pray for the peace of the kingdom" (Avoth, Chap. 3; Avodah Zarah 3:b). The medieval liturgist (Abudraham) indicates that this prayer was also recited on Mondays, Thursdays and on Jewish holidays, meaning that it was recited on every day that the Tora was read in the synagogue. Evidently these were the days when more people were in attend- ance. It is interesting to note that originally, the prayer mentioned the name of the ruling monarch. It was only after an occasion where a foreign power had cap- tured the local government and the censor refused to let the Jews use their prayer books because the old monarch's name was seen printed there, that many prayer books later eliminated the name of the ruling monarch from the printed text. Six Moroccan Jews Honored by King CASABLANCA (JTA)—Six Mor- occan Jews who have served in government posts have been hon- ored on the occasion of the anni- versary of King Hassan II's ac- Translation Poetry, indeed, cannot he trans- cession to the throne. Issac Benarroch, member of the lated. and therefore it is the poets that preserve the languages; for we cabinet of the national defense would not be at the trouble to ministry was named a Chevalier learn a language when we can De L'Ordre National Du Trone. have all that is written in it just The order of Oussam Reda was as well in a translation. But as we conferred on David Andre Lamy, cannot have the beauties of poetry chief of Morocco's industrial pro- but in its original language, we duction; Albert Ilamou, engineer learn it.—Samuel Johnson (1776) in the research bureau; Paul Ohana, petroleum engineer, Daniel A best-seller is the gilded tomb Berdugo of the Commerce Minis- of a mediocre talent. I try, and Albert Mamane of the —Logan P. Smith. Posts and Telegraphs Ministry. 41.4)4It Nist - 4 Ilarly MODERN STYLE — it 371 17 3 T1 On all other nights we eat HA- 4171 17-V#V ETZ and MATZAH—this night tilPiKiMS,ti17 only MA TZA H. -" 4....., 1 4 On all other nights the children . 161,1s_ eat by themselves, and the parents 13vAIZP , 01 171 M7!,mv, by themselves. This night we eat all together. On all other nights our mealtime is short. This night we have a long and festive meal, and it is wholly a night of watching. wiirti *123?* itp. no' li!rortt ••• The Kibbutz Haggada has long become in Israel part of a new Passover tradition that sharply de- viated from traditional observance. There are about 100 Kibbutz Hag- gadoth in existence and though they are still in revolt against the old pattern of the Passover ritual, they lately show a decided swing to the "right"—a conscious return to the "old" custom. The illustration shown here — highlighting the "Four Questions" modern Style, is taken from the Haggada used in the Kibbutzim of • "Hashomer Hatzair." Two New Jewish Novels Published in Soviet Union Hebrew Musical a Hit in London Theater Novosti Press Agency (APN) reports to The Jewish N e w s, through the USSR Embassy in Washington, that a novel about the Vilnius (Vilna) ghetto, hero Itzik Vittenberg, who was a leader of the underground resistance movement against Nazism, has been written by the Jewish novelist, Iosif Rabin, under the title "I See You, Vilnius." The APN report about this novel states: "The underground organization in the ghetto got ready for a big operation, but the Germans learned of this and demanded that Vitten- berg immediately be handed over to them, otherwise the ghetto, with all its 20,000 inhabitants, would be destroyed. "Vittenberg thus faced the tragic choice of either sacrificing him- self or else seeing thousands of the unfortunate ghetto inmates put to death. He had every chance of getting away and joining the guerrillas, but his conscience, his duty as a revolutionary, prompted him to surrender to the fascists. Vittenberg realized that his death would not save the people in the ghetto, but they believed, or rather to say, wanted to believe that the death of one person would possibly postpone for a certain period the extermination of 20,000. "Itzik Vittenberg voluntarily gave himself up to the Gestapo and perished. Was he right in tak- ing this step or not? Iosif Rabin. a writer and psychologist, does not give a straight answer, but leaves it to the reader to judge this heroic deed." The Russian news agency also announces another Russian novel, "Spring," by Samuil Gordon, a translation from the Yiddish by Iosif Gurevich. This 250-page novel deals with the life of the young generation of the Soviet Union. The leading character is the son of Colonel Siver. His life is described from days of his childhood to maturity. This volume also includes two narratives, "Vineyard" and "Re- turn," as well as "Virgin Soil," "Subway Incident," "P e c h o r a Barmber," and other stories about contemporary life in the Soviet Union. Samuil Gordon was born in Kau- nas in 1909, was graduated from Moscow University, took up writ- ing, and his first story appeared in 1928. He now lives in Moscow. APN announces that a Jewish actress, Neham Liftshitzaite, gives recitals in Moscow and always at- tracts packed houses. She is now presenting a new program in vari- ous concert halls of the Soviet capital. (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) LONDON—Israel's Cameri The- ater troupe presented a premier performance here Monday night of a musical in Hebrew to a packed Aldwych Theater and earned an enthusiastic reception from the first-night audience and the critics. The troupe, one of Israel's lead- ing theater groups, presented "King Solomon and the Cobbler," based on a play by Sam Grone- mann, a late Zionist leader, lawyer and leading playwright. Written in German, the musical was produced in Hebrew in a translation by Nathan Alterman, with music by Alexander Argov and was seen by 500,000 persons in Israel. Guttural Film Accents Edward Small is producing "The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz," with the sound stages of the Gold- wyn studios reverberating with the guttural accents of such German voices as Elke Sommer, Werner Klemperer, John Banner and Leon Askin, the latter a Shakespearian actor who fled the Reich when Hitler rose to power. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 16—Friday, May 5, 1967 DID YOU KNOW? FARBAN D CAMP gourmet kosher food in a modern dining room. A meaningful Jewish atmos- phere and Sabbath Services highlight the program. 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