Friday, February 28, 1969-15
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Michigan Chronicle Editorial, Special Article THE
Hebrew U. Dentists Research New Practice
Condemn Anti-Semitism, Decry Its Effects
"For those of us today who
An editorial and a special article
danger is to the black community
talk so eloquently about black
by Louis Martin in the Feb. 23
and especially to its children and
power, I would suggest that we
Michigan Chronicle condemn anti-
young people.
consider a new dimension in our
Semitism and decry its effects.
"We appeal to our readers to
thrust. Let us call it black excel-
The editorial board of the Negro
pledge not to ignore or excuse
lence. We are rich in talent and
newspaper is composed of L. M.
any manifestation of anti-Semit-
our children have their share of
Quin, 'Louis E. Martin, Russell A.
ism in the black community and
natural gifts. Are we, despite
Jackson and John H. Sengstacke.
to combat it vigorously wherever
white racism, making the most
it appears."
In the editorial, entitled "Anti-
of this endowment? In this cruel
Semitism Is Both Tragic and Dan-
In his article in the same issue
and competitive world, those fa-
gerous," the Chronicle asserts:
Martin wrote:
miliar adages of American folk-
"White racism, black racism or
"Anti-Semitism is a form of rac-
lore haunt us—handsome is as
any kind of racial prejudice or
ism and is morally wrong. It must
handsome does, Pat up or shut
bigotry is abhorrent to a truly
be opposed regardless of its source.
up, Show me, baby, I'm from
"Incitements to race hatred are
civilized human being. However,
Missouri."
equally disgusting, whether the in-
it would be an example of in-
credible stupidity for blacks to
cited is the chief wizard of the Ku
single out of white society the 4 Share $10,000 Award
Klux Klan or a black brother.
Jews for special scorn. There is for Writing on Holocaust
"Black people, who have seen
not a black man in America
clearly how prejudice can brutalize
LONDON (JTA) — Two Polish
who is not a direct beneficiary of Jewish poets, an American author
and oppress, must not allow anti-
Jewish
interest in, and invest- and a Dutch academician were
Semitism to gain a foothold. i In
ment in, liberal causes, liberal selected by an international jury
their frustration at being obstructed
legislation, liberal social action here to share in the $10,000 Re-
in their fight for full equality, they
and liberal political and govern- membrance Award offered annual-
must not make the mistake of flail-
mental leadership.
ing out in despair at those people
ly by the World Federation of
Most of us are familiar with Bergen Belsen Associations for the
who have been the closest allies of
Jewish philanthropy. Many an best book or other work of litera-
the black struggle—the Jews.
educated Negro today might well ture on the Holocaust or on the re-
"To do so would knock the bottom
be, as the saying goes, on the habilitation of its survivors in Is-
out of our argument that whites
south end of a north-bound plow rael.
have stereotyped them and denied
were it not for those Julius Ros-
them the dignity of a people.
The winners, each of whom will
enwald schools that dot the land-
"The most distinguished feature
scape of the Old Confederacy. It receive $2,500, are the Polish Jew-
of the black struggle for social
is not Jewish philanthropy, how- ish poet Stanislav Wigodzki, who
equality has been its moral author-
published nine volumes on the
ever, that turns me on.
ity. The emergence of anti-Semit-
"There is something in the Jew- Holocaust; the Yiddish poet and
ism not only undermines the basis
ish culture, some dynamic fac- author Chaim Grade, who was born
of that authority but makes a
tor, that seems to impel them to in Vilna and now lives in the United
mockery of a movement that has
excel. The Jews have a passion States; Arthur Morse, author of
been the conscience of this nation.
for excellence. In the arts and "While Six Million Died," an ex-
"Black leaders who are preach-
sciences, in business and in the pose of world indifference to the
ing anti-Semitism are displaying
professions, in the laboratory and slaughter of European Jews during
moral anemia and fruit salad
in the market place, wherever World War H; and Prof. Jacob
reasoning that can only lead us
Jews are found, they demon- Presser, of Holland, an historian
farther and farther from our ulti-
strate their genius. Throughout who survived the Naxi occupation
mate hope of a liberated man-
the history of western civilization, of his homeland and has written a
kind.
despite pogroms and Nazi-like book on the liquidation of Dutch
"The danger and the tragedy of
-
persecution, it has always been Jewry.
anti-Semitism are alike impossi-
Another item on the agenda of
so.
ble to exaggerate. And the main
the meeting of the Bergen Belsen
survivors was a protest against
exhumation of mass graves
Shiffman Medical Library Under Way the
at the Bergen Belsen site at the
request
France. French au-
as Latest of WSU Facilities in center thorities of are
pressing a court
Another advance in Michigan cated on the first level. The room action for the removal of the re-
medical facilities was marked with wil be open 24 hours a day, seven mains of 139 French nationals
the ground breaking ceremonies for days a week.
from the common grave.
Forty-eight teaching booths, or
Wayne State University's Vera
Jewish groups all over the world
Parshall Shiffman Medical Library carrels, containing the latest in
have protested. They pointed out
11 a.m., Wednesday in•the Detroit self-instruction equipment, will
Medical Center. Leading local, be located in the library building. that apart from the desecration
state and national officials partici- Several carrel's will be electron- issue, medical authorities concede
ically tied in to Wayne State's that it would be impossible to dis-
pated.
Representing the third Wayne main campus computers to re- tinguish the skeletons of the French
State building to rise in the medical ceive lectures and other recorded dead from those of the other vic-
complex, the $2,250,000 library is discussions. In addition to enrich-
being financed through gifts and
grants from the U.S. Public Health
Service, from Abraham Shiffman
through the Shiffman Foundation
and from Wayne State Medical
Alumni.
Designed by O'Dell, Hewlett and
Luckenbach, Inc., architects, the
68,178-square-foot library will make
readily available to patrons up to
180,000 medical volumes. One of
the features of the library, which
will rise on the southwest corner of
Brush and Canfield Sts. in the
Medical Center, will be a reserve
room, with separate entrance, lo-
ot '6 ) 6s6
to Fight Tooth Decay; U.S. Grant to Assist
JERUSALEM —Research which Thus, while perhaps it does pro-
challenges a 50-year-old dental vide the best treatment, it may be
practice is now being carried out
at the Hebrew University faculty equally true that an alternative
of dental medicine under the method exists, and that a much
terms of a grant awarded by the smaller, more localized filling may
U.S. Department of Health, Edu- prove equally effective.
cation and Welfare to Prof. Ino
In carrying out the research,
Sciaky, the faculty's dean.
Prof. Sciaky had to find a suffici-
Prof. Sciaky pointed out that ac- I ent number of subects who needed
cepted dental practice holds that two fillings. The student body of
tooth decay is to be kept in check the Hebrew University fits these
by drilling an extensive area I requirements perfectly: they need
around the affected part of the an average of a further five fillings
tooth. However, •e adds, the the- each. Thus, participants in the re-
ory on which this practice is based search will benefit from treatment
has never been truly checked. of tooth decay.
ing the students' learning experi- tims.
ences, the carrels will serve as a
laboratory for medical faculty to
measure and evaluate effective-
The public is invited
ness of the various types of self-
instruction equipment and pro-
to attend a one man
grams.
With the completion of the new
show
structure, designed to allow space
for 800 persons to study at one
time, the library will serve not only
the school of medicine but the
health sciences professions in the
Detroit metropolitan community
and in the state of Michigan.
General contractor for the build-
ing is the A. J. tkin Construction
Co. The library is expected to be
completed in spring 1970.
When the Detroit Medical Center
is completed some time in the mid-
1970s, an estimated $300,000,000 of
both public and private funds will
have been invested in the 250-acre
complex.
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