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, Mich. 48235, VE 8-9364. Subscription $7 a year. Foreign $8. Second Class Postage Paid at Detroit, Michigan PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Business Manager SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager CHARLOTTE DUBIN City Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This-Sabbath, the 23rd day of Ay, 5728, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Deut. 7:12-11:25. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 49:14-51:3. Candle lighting, Friday, Aug. 16, 8:13 p.m. VOL. MI No. 22 Page Four August 16, 1962 A Poll With a Moral: Self-Defense for Israel American public opinion on issues affect- ing the Middle East is of vital interest, and the following facts, revealed in a Gallup Poll conducted among 1,537 people are revealing: "If a full-scale war were to start there in the next year or two, what should the U.S. do?" Stay out 61% Support Israel (gen- eral, not necessar- ily military ac- tion) 10 Act as peace makers 8 Work through the 3 UN 4 Miscellaneous 16 No opinion (The table acids up to more than 100 per cent because of multiple re- sponses.) "If a full - scale war were to start there, do you think the U.S. should or should not supply arms and material to Is. rael (to the Arabs)?" To Israel 24% Should Should not 59 17 No opinion To the Arabs Should 3% Should not 79 No opinion 18 "If a full - scale war were to start there, do you think the U.S. should or should not send troops to help Is- rael (the Arabs)?" To Israel Should 9% '77 Should not No opinion 14 To the Arabs Should 2% Should not 83 No opinion 15 "Do you think another full-scale war between the Israelis and the Arabs is likely to occur during the next five years, or not?" 62% Is likely 13 Is not 25 No opinion It is possible that six out of 10 Israelis, faced with the latter question, also might express the view that another full-scale war will be inevitable within five years.. The surprising figure appears with regard to sending American troops to help Israel in the event of a war. That 9 per cent should have approved of such help is surprising. Prior to the Six-Day War, while Israelis hoped for American aid to prevent Israel's destruction, which for the Arab extremists meant their extermination, ' the preference was for Israelis themselves to defend their nation. They did not want the American position jeopardized by the sending of man- power into the area. What they asked for was military equipment, not military men. It is possible that this sentiment still pre- vails in Israel. It has been reported that President John- son was ready to alert the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean in Israel's defense during the Six-Day War. Even the suggestion of such a deep interest in Israel's survival is hearten- ing. There still is serious doubt whether the resentment over additional foreign involve- ments among the overwhelming majority of Americans would not prove effective in pre- venting acceptance of a new role for this country in defense of a threatened democracy. But there is also to be considered the grave danger of lateness—before the Sixth Fleet could possibly act, Israel, if it were not prepared for self-defense, could have been destroyed by Arab jet planes. That is why the major obligation is to assure for Israel the proper weapons for self-defense. Then there will be no need to send foreign troops into the area; and then, because Israel can remain strong against the overwhelming number of enemies who surround the country, there can be hope for peace and for elimination of warfare. Fulfillment of the American pledge to sell to Israel 50 Phantom planes this year is a better way to aid the embattled nation than the numerous gestures in the Mediterranean waters where the U. S. now is in competitive conflict with the USSR. That's how those who still threaten Israel's destruction can learn that a friendship between Israel and the United States can not be destroyed and that such an understanding is motivated by a desire for peace. Era for Principles More Than tanderdates' One thing proved certain at the Republi- can convention: that the definition of a poli- tician offered by James R. Lowell in "Bigelow Papers" was correct when he wrote: I ain't a Whig, I ain't a Tory, I'm jest a canderdate, in short. It seemed to matter more than anything else: Who'll be the Vice Presidential candi- date (and lots of opportunists had only that in view in stating their preferences for the higher post). Indeed, the Vice Presidency is no longer what it was in the days of the one-time Vice President Thomas R. Marshall who, in his "Recollections," wrote: "Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea, the other was elected Vice President, and nothing was ever heard of either of them again." Marshall, who became even more famous for his remark that "what this country needs is a good five- cent cigar," (perhaps this is still one of our basic needs), would have had a rude awaken- ing if he were, today, among us to realize how important the Vice Presidency is and can and should be. But while the second important office in America was so vital in the selection of candi- dates at the Republican National Convention, the emphasis still is on the country's needs, and neither the keynote speeches, nor the ap- peals in behalf of the candidates, seemed to indicate that American politicians have risen too high above personalities to get at the root of the nation's problems. In one of his novels, in which he expressed his political views, in "Sybil," Benjamin Dis- raeli (Beaconsfield) wrote: "Principle is ever my motto, not expediency." There is, thus far, too much urge for expediency among politicians. If this can be averted — and it is not too late for the great political parties to learn the need for principle as an aim as well as a motto — this nation can benefit from dedication to American ideals by office seek- ers who are not mere "canderdates." There is much of value in the Republi- can Platform: there is much yet to be cor- rected. A statement of principles need not be aimed at vote getting: it must strive for the elevation of the standards of our country and for curina the ills that have created so much b we have been branded "a sick so- havoc that ciety." There was caution in dealing with the Vietnamese problem and the Middle East dan- gers, and it is doubtful whether any practical guidance really has emerged in both areas. In these as in other factors it is imperative there should be national unity as well as dip- lomatic honesty. All citizens pray and strive for peace as well as for amity on the domestic scene and security for our people. Soon, Americans will be faced with the duty of choosing between the men who will best be able to direct our affairs of state. In the two months that will follow the national political conventions, the American voters will have a sacred duty of becoming fully ac- quainted with the issues and of judging the candidates properly, not in the interest of a party to be placed in control of the nation's affairs, but the ablest to supervise the needs. September and October will be months for study by the voters, and of their proper edu- cation by non-partisan and unprejudiced guides who know and understand this nation's needs. May the period between conventions and the election prove the validity of Ameri- can principles that aim for justice and secur- ity for the nation and its citizens. 012%, Eminent Scholar's Writings in 'Hayim Greenberg Anthology Hayim Greenberg will be recalled as one of the giants in American Jewry, as the distinguished essayist, lecturer, labor Zionist leader. His writings were the guides for the intellectual forces in Zionism and in world Jewry. Wayne State University Press has just issued the "Hayim Greenberg Anthology," the collected writings of the eminent scholar. With an introduction by Dr. Marie Syrkin in which his philosophical works and his views are defined, this anthology contains the major sketches he had penned, his articles on Zionism, religion, ethics, socialism and communism. - Significant among the writings are Greenberg's famous essays on American Jewry and its future, his portraits of Lenin and other world figures, his letter to Gandhi that attracted widest attention in his appeal for just consideration of the Zionist ideology. "A Day With Bialik" is another of Hayim Greenberg the delightful essays reproduced here. great tribute to Greenberg. She states: Dr. Syrkin paid "Greenberg was a paradoxical, ambivalent figure: a great orator who disliked the role of public tribune; a great story-teller who wrote few tales; a meditative scholar who was a political leader; a religious pacifist whom Hitler transformed into a defender of war Publication of the Greenberg anthology was made possible by the WSU Press' Morris and Emma Schaver Publication Fund for Jewish Studies. This work has been issued as a paperback. Another new WS1j Press paperback just issued is "A Teaching Program in Psychiatry— Schizophrenia, Paranoid Conditions, Depression," by Dr. Peter G. S. Beckett of the Lafayette Clinic and Thomas H. Bleakley.. Vast back- ground material with a number of case histories supplements the text. 'Bridging Two Worlds' Pays Tribute to Rabbinic Family "Bridging Two Worlds," published by Jonathan David (131 E. 23rd, NY10), is the tribute by a son to a great father, containing the life story of Rabbi Ezekiel Landau (1888-1965) by his son, Rabbi Sol Landau of Miami, While that subject in itself provides a mass of interesting ma- terial, there is the added factual information about the Landau family, its rabbinic antecedents, its creative efforts in behalf of Jewry. This compilation of facts is supplemented by the selection from Rabbi Ezekiel Landau's sermons. And the volume has the added merit of an impressive foreword by the widow of Rabbi Ezekiel Landau and the mother of Rabbi Sol Laudau. Mrs. Landau's foreword is supple- mented by the same text in Hebrew as an Hakdama in which the sche* arly lady tells of a heart "filled with agony" but also of a Memory a most precious soul." An interesting family history is recorded in this book, dating back to Rabbi Ezekiel Landau of Prague (170-93). And the story of the grandson of that scholar relates the author's father's experiences in Berlin, his trials and sufferings in the Hitler era, his escape and settlement in New York where he founded and was for 25 years president of Jewish Friends Society. Many victims of Nazism were aided by Rabbi Landau and fills society, and this book is, in large measure, a tribute to such devotion as well as to an entire rabbinic family. The role of the Jewish Friends Society and those who aided in Its founding is reviewed here, and the portion of the book containing es. cerpts from Dr. Landau's sermons have added importance for the readers. Festivals, world affairs, ethical values are elaborated upon in these selections. ^ • I. 74. .4-11 ›^X. - *c. 15,4 ".