Films, to Get Prizes

NEW YORK — The outstanding
film and filmstrip dealing with
Jewish subject matter released
during 1968 will receive a special
award to be presented by the Na-
tional Council on Jewish Audio-
Visual Materials, it was announced
by Robert Disraeli, chairman of
the national board of review of the
NCJAVM,
Disraeli suggested that producers
submit information about their
films and filmstrips by Jan. 6 to
Dr. Zalmen Slesinger, executive
secretary, National Council on Jew-
ish Audio-Visual Materials, 101
Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003.

Herzl Viewed Jerus alma Holy Places as Serious Problem in His Writings

By S. BAHARAV
On thumbing through Herzel's
diaries and novel "Altneuland"
(published in October 1902) one
learns of his views about the fu-
ture of Jerusalem.
Neblinsky, his diplomatic confi-
dante, reports on the attitude of
the Sultan, who holds that since
the Mosque of Omar must remain
the possession of Islam, he can
never give up Jerusalem. To which
Dr. Herzl replies: "But there is al-
ways a way out—the city of Jeru-
salem can be ex-territorialized,
and so belong to no one, yet to

everyone, holy and common to all problem of the holy places without
religious—a sort of condominium of undue complexity.
culture and morals." This was the
While in Jerusalem, Dr. Herzl
entry in his Diary for May 7, 1896. wrote in his Diary, on Oct. 29,
On June 18, 1896, Herzl had a 1898: "Despite my fatigue, Jeru-
talk with the son of the Turkish salem in moonlight, with its won-
foreign secretary who argued that derful contours make a particularly
the holy places must remain under deep impression upon me. The sil-
Turkish rule—hence also Jerusa- houette of the Zion Fortress and of
lem. Herzl dwelt on the idea of ex- David's Tower is particularly im-
territorialization. "The holy places posing. The streets are full with
of the enlightened world must be- Jews walking about in the moon-
long to the whole of humanity and light."
not just parts of it."
The following morning he looked
On Feb. 1, 1896, however, Herzl out of the window of his room and
records a talk with the director then wrote: "Even in its destruc-
of the Rothschild network of hos- tion, Jerusalem is a beautiful city.
Friday, December 6, 1968-45
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
pitals, to whom he says: "After When we return here, it will be
all we are the traditional owners transformed into one of the most
of the land. The Turkish garrison beautiful cities in the world."
in Jerusalem consists of only 600
On Oct. 31, 1898, Dr. Herzl
men while the Jews already
wrote: "When the day comes
form a majority of the city's
that Jerusalem is ours and I am
population." In the light of con-
still able to do something, my
in the Julesi3ucliTeter O'roolc production of eage
crete facts Herzl no longer
first task will be to clean it up. I
speaks of ex-territorialization.
will pull down its nests of dirt,
While in his diaries the holy and burn the ruins that are not
places still constitute a serious
holy. I shall transfer the shops
problem, in his novel "Altneuland"
and business houses elsewhere
the problem assumes an entirely
and, preserving the ancient style
different aspect.
of building as far as possible, I
shall construct around the holy
Friedrich asks David (the presi-
places a new and spacious city.
dent): "And how have you solved
With
all my heart I believe that
the problem of the holy places?"
David replies: "It doesn't require it is possible to build up around
the ancient walls of Jerusalem a
a high measure of wisdom and
sagacity, When this problem was new and splendid Jerusalem. Old
Jerusalem will remain a sort of
raised by the Zionist movement in
Lourdes, Mecca or "Yerushala-
the past century, many Jews like
yim
Ir Hakodesh.' Here it is
yourself were then of the opinion
possible to construct a wonderful
that it is impossible to find a
new town."
solution for this serious problem.
The following is the entry of Nov.
Now it is absolutely clear that the
•
difficulties existed only in the im- 2, 1898: "We visited the Mount of
agination of alarmed Jews. In the Olives in the afternoon. Great
67,C•
course of many centuries, the monuments. What great things can
shrines that are holy to Christian- be made out of this landscape' I
‘‘.111 .1 °I.1111
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:
11116
1ss
ity were under the political sover- would shut in the Old City with its
eignty of non-Christians. If you holy shrines as in a box. I would
should today visit Nazareth, Jeru- remove from it all business deal-
TECHNICOLOR° FROM WARNER BROS.-SEVEN ARTSIIN
salem or Bethlehem, you would see ings and workshops. It should be
NOW SHOWING! at these theatres:
host of pilgrims meeting in full the site of only houses of prayer
harmony. This manifestation of and social institutions. On the hills
sacredness has a strong influence around, which will be covered with
also upon me, a conscientious greenery, will spread out a new
Jew." David Litvak solved the and charmingly beautiful Jerusa-

PETER OTOOLE • ZERO MOSTEL
JEARRE MOREAU • JACK HARMS

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lem . . . Everything that is holy
will remain within the old walls;
everything that is new will be
spread out far and wide around
these walls

Dr. Lewin's 'Lenin'
Tells Tragic Story
of Soviet Dictator

Until now the traditional assump-
tion was that Lenin, while recog-
nizing some of Stalin's personal
defects, had prepared the way for
Stalin's accession to power. This
theory has now been challenged
in a new book, "Lenin's Last
Struggle," by Moshe Lewin, pub-
lished by Pantheon Books.
Dr. Lewin's book is the first to
make use of all the sources now
available, including Soviet sources
released within the last decade,
in order to tell the story of a
crucial period in Soviet history.
He shows, in this well-documented,
scholarly work, that Lenin's sur-
vival would have, in fact, ensured
a totally different line of develop-
ment for the Soviet Union. During
his last months as undisputed
leader, Lenin not only opposed
Stalin on particular issues of policy
but had also set in motion a series
of fundamental reforms that would
have democratised the process of
decision-making within the party
and restricted the power of men at
the top particularly the general
secretary.
It was also during this period,
when Lenin was weakened by
strokes which left him in progres-
sively worsening physical condi-
tion, that he undertook a searching
re-evaluation of the state and party
that he had largely been respon-
sible for creating, and of the
personalities of those who would
inherit supreme power. His
struggle to combat the evil influ-
ence of Stalin, and finally to
remove him from his post, is the
central theme of this fascinating
and controversial study.

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