Superb Classical Hagada Aids Preparations for the Sedorim Schocken's Goldschmidt-Glatzer Text Features Traditional Commentaries Passover this year will com- mence with the first Seder on April 2. There still are a few weeks left for preparations for the great Festival of Freedom which serves to solidify families, to link all of our communities together in the worldwide observance of a major event in the annals of our people. The time at our disposal between now and the Pesah enables us to study the Hagada, to perfect our knowledge and to make it possible for those who lead in the Seder ceremony to instruct and to learn from historic experiences. In contemporary fiction, Jewish authors, who in large measure pre- dominate in the literary world, have dealt with the Passover— often in derogatory fashion, derid- ing, placing emphasis on the Four Cups of Wine rather than on the principle of liberation. How very necessary, therefore, that there should be proper alerting and con- structive study of the Passover Hagada, so that the derisive should be prevented. There are many Hagadas, anci- ent and modern, abbreviated and revised. In most Jewish homes it will be the traditional Hagada that will be used. Fortunately for the oncoming festival, Schocken Books has issu- ed a new Hagada that should serve as a powerful educational medium to instruct, to make pos- sible Sedorim that will be enlight- ening, containing material that should enable Seder performers to study while reciting and to link the Passover of today with the vast experiences of the past. Schocken's "The Passover Ha- gada" based on Hagada studies by E. D. Goldschmidt, edited by Prof. Nahum N. Glatzer of Bran- deis University, re-introduces the classical commentary by the eminent Berlin Jewish scholar. It contains supplementary es- says, serving as material to be read and discussed. Containing the complete Hagada text, with an excellent English translation, the introduction and commentaries are of superb value. Indeed, as the publishers indicate, a parent who has never presided at a Seder before will be able with this text to acquire confidence in directing an evening of great merit, marked by knowledge and sanctity. Jacob Sloan translated this text from Hebrew Yiddish works have enriched English literature, is sup- plemented by a variety of wood- cuts from the first illuminated Hagada published in Prague in 1526. The instructive introduction is most valuable for an understand- ing of the Hagada, the various terms used at the Seder, the corn= mentaries of previous works. And the commentaries include some of the most valuable scholar- ly explanations about the festival, historic experiences related to it, the ancient and the modern appli- cations to the Pesah theme. Based on Goldschmidt's "Die Pesah Hagada," Berlin 1937, and "Seder Hagada shed Pesah," Jerusalem 1947, both published by Schocken, the Hebrew text in the present Hagada is a tradi- tional version except for a few minor changes based on the an- notation by Elijah Gaon of Vilna and on ancient sources. The introduction explains the basic Passover lessons, the terms of Hagada and the items on the Passover Plate, the Mishnaic ex- planations of the dinner of anti- quity, the course followed at the Seder, Seder customs, and evalu- ates the Hagada as a book, pro- viding definitions related to it and reviewing commentaries of signi- ficance. Major attention should be given to the supplementary readings in this Hagada. In the specially assigned read- ings for the Seder there is a selec- tion from the Mishna, a quotation on leavened bread from Philo Judaeus, brief excerpts from the Talmud and the Mishna on "Moses and the Exodus," two ideal quotes from_Martin Buber's "Tales of the Hasidim," Fr a n z Rosenzweig's "The Feast of Delixerance" and the essay by Prof. Solomon Zeitlin "Jesus and the Last Supper." 'Between You ... and Me (Copyright 1969, JTA Inc.) From the historical point of view the latter is significant be- cause it enlightens Jews on a basic historic facts, presenting an authoritative Jewish inter- pretation, on a matter so fre- quently referred to by Christians. Then there is the brief prayer, "Passover, Bergen-Belsen, 1944," with an explanation that Jews in the Nazi concentration camps did not have matzos and were permit- ted to eat leavened bread. It was for such repast that this prayer was composed. A guide to names, works and terms used in this Schocken Ha- gada must also be considered as most valuable for students and for those desiring to be fully aware of what they are celebrating. This Schocken Hagada thus is highly recommended by this re- viewer as a gem, worthy of widest use on the approaching Sedorim. —P. S. , * * * Hagada for Students Merits Due Attention Meriting special attention is "The Student's Hagada" by Alvin I. Schiff, fully illustrated by Ezekiel Schloss. Ktav Publishing House has pro- duced this work from a 1948 mim- eographed text of "Hagada La- Talmid" which appeared on the occasion of the first anniversary of the State of Israel. The five parts of this Hagada explain its value. They are: Learn- ing about Passover, Preparing for Pesah, Celebrating Pesah, Seder Sidelights and Glossary of Seder Terms. • rx The clarity with which the au- imiterip*tentriwrw wile, rive vriu thor has prepared the text, the ‘-sns...oliw-Itymernehsto ,incIiiss ser*It strovicrOmmarsn loca Bible quotations, the English veins toonvesmSvo :nevi •• nr text intermingled with the most • ....rein sthnwmosSimrorsi ~ yy •*4' v+aKS-ard Toa important selections from the Hagada—all combine to make trakt% 7119.2. 1'0345atrrairrn this an especially commendable work for children for whom the r.,6:ontia+-Ebtoi-ines5337, 3■ 10 rot,sw"in Seder gains new significance in =co nt,ta% at-in niontumen the manner in which the Hagada =ran ategisonasinniWingIOTI: vet 74016:110A ■ 464Aii is defined for them. trrviiInVIIIRralsrIPInnsereers .1011nt Vsers riliniS00 It is a left-to-right Hagada and lani31 1/4•707 rightly so because the English text, a1bns-11.10,ensOrn which presents the Passover story, - ItsomeNsiiienevi • -mpeirer, Dna **sir trv4) while interspersed with the He- nt•Inius brew prayers, psalms, Hagadic verermonvie my, Ir41 r,ed, Wu= se. slYntwisin texts, is a story book for the young Seder participants. put5olmbs •intofvvf« at tain ft itit'°*4" New minhagim (customs), such- riaNthilik-7rriwieteirtanitran tosi,r,1,14SVIrrt7,17, '0= • as the Am Mamin, are presented, Ii1PelirrinitisPlielmstr=ralo and there is emphasis on the hos- wirsOi tiseht!rlirl_elne* pitality factor in Jewish tradition OSO-Ariosinvbweigteoinsirv i wice-010 -iiviti0146141"1 1%'` in the "kol dikhfin," with proper vw•nra noir, 4110109AlipuoirninWt examples of hospitality presented r.d.iwunniorimirnsonOgra axons )0.7v. wrinlypsiss .orhth iroirnos to the reader. 40ni airteakT The baking of matzo and the re-. moval of hametz are explained and there is an expose of the atrocious ritual murder lie. There are additional notes on Passover as the Holiday of Spring, Counting the Omer, the Song of Songs and the background of Jew- ish traditional adherence to the precepts of freedom. So — we have two splendid Illuminated Megila, from the Hebrew Union College collection Hagadas, the Schocken and the in Cincinnati. Ktav, enriching the Seder litera- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ture for young and old. 48—Friday, February 28, 1969 , Allan Urges Unity . . . Mrs. Meir May Be Interim Premier Boris Smolar's JDC ACTION: Mental health in community services was fun- damentally discussed at a three-day international conference convened by the Joint Distribution Committee. Held in Geneva, the conference was attended by 120 specialists from 13 countries, representing more than 60 national and international organizations. The high incidence of mental disorders among victims of the Nazi holocaust, Jewish refugees and migrants was one of the major subjects deliberated at the parley. Dr. A. Gonik, director of the JDC medical services; who presided, told the experts in psychiatry, psychology, sociology, anthropology, social work, public health, and nursing assem- bled there that the fate of the Jewish communities with which the JDC is concerned is only part of the total picture. "It is an example of what can happen and an illustration of what can be accomplished in a diffi- cult situation," he pointed out. * * * PROGRESS IN ISRAEL: The attention of the delegates was cen- tered to a great extent on community mental health centers programs in Israel. There are about 30 mental health centers in the Jewish state. The delegates learned that the number of mental patients requiring hospital treatment is somewhat lower in Israel than in Western coun- tries. Social adjustment there of the survivors of Nazi persecution was more successful than in most other countries, especially in Europe. Most interesting was the contents of a report by the Israeli Ministry of Health showing that depressive psychoses are twice as frequent among European-born Jews as among Jews of Oriental origin, whereas neurotic—especially hysterical—reactions are ten times more frequent among Oriental Jews. Suicidal risk is five times higher for European than for Oriental Jews once a depressive illness has developed. Until recently, the lack of psychiatrists was most serious in Israel. But the Israel government, has, with the help of the JDC, instituted a series of fellowships for the training of psychiatrists. This has attracted young physicians in the field. In addition, psychiatric social workers of high standard are now being trained at the Paul Baerwarld School for Social Work established by the JDC at the Hebrew University, and they do much of their supervised field work in mental hospital settings. A Notable Nixon Woman Appointee By JACK SIEGEL (A Seven Arts Feature) Rita Hauser is young (34), is pretty, is smart. And was ust ap- pointed by President Nixon as the United States Representative to the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations. In addition, she is the mother of two children and is a partner in a New York law firm. Her husband is a corporation ex- ecutive. One of her first statements on her appointment was she intend- ed to take up the matter of the Iraqi Jews at the forthcoming meeting of the commission in Geneva. The agenda, of course, includes other matters of world concern and importance. She was one of the New York chairmen for Nixon campaign dur- RITA A. HAUSER ing the past election. But her ap- pointment is not a payoff. Mrs. Hauser come to the job with the ,following qualifications: bachelors degree from Hunter, a law degree from Harvard, graduate studies in the University of Strassbourg and Paris, economics in the first and law in the second. She is fluent in French and Spanish and while studying in Paris met many of the Arab students, from the then French colonies like Morocco and Tunisia. She has since travelled even more widely, with particular interests in Africa and the Carib- bean. As a lawyer, she was interested and involved in civil rights, repre- senting people who needed defense. She worked for John Lindsay and defined herself as a kind of "Javitz Republican." With such interest in that kind of problem, it was sug- gested that, according to the com- mon image, she would more likely be a Democrat. She has, she said, faith in her Party and its potential for doing important things., Her • concern for human rights is gen- eral but she believes that the rise and fall of the United States . and its relations worldwide depends on what is done in Africa and with blacks at home. Regarding the agenda in Gen- eva, she said there were treaties which required ratification: on genocide, on slavery, and on political rights for woinen. Are there many areas in the world where women are deprived of their political rights Many, she said in Africa and Asia. Likewise on this side of the world. Slavery, to most Americans _associated with the times before the Civil War, still exists in many parts of the world. Saudi Arabia? she was asked. She didn't specify any one area but wherever it exist- ed, it had to be attacked as a prob- lem. She introduced the interviewer to her partner, a young man very active in the New York Chapter of the American Jewish Commit- tee. Mrs. Hauser will be filling the shoes, among others, of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. That's a big ,job but she seemed able and con- fident. And certainly eager. Labor Zionists Urged: Give Week's Pay to Israel (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) NEW YORK — The American Labor Zionist movement has call- ed on its 90,000 members to con- tribute at least one week's income to the 1969 United Jewish Appeal- Israel Emergency Fund, in addi- tion to their contributions to the regular UJA campaign. The or- ganizations comprising the move- ment are the Poale Zion, United Labor Zionist Organization of America, the Farband Labor Zion- ist Order. Pioneer Women and th• Habonim Youth Organization. The members were asked to give a week's wages or household expen- ses because of the increased bur- dens_and.dangsavr,faabigaisas. Golda Meir JERUSALEM (JTA)—Acting Prime Minister Yigal Allon said that his interim "caretaker" government would act as a unified body in , the aftermath of the death of Premier Eshkol and would continue to assume collective responsibility for the nation's policies, even though, according to Israeli law, coalition discipline is no longer binding. Allon spoke at the first cabinet meeting since Mr. Eshkol's death. His words appeared to be more of a plea for unity than a statement of fact, observers said. It appeared virtually certain, as a result of a near unanimous coalition vote Tuesday, that reins of government until next Octo- ber's national election would be placed in the hands of Mrs. Golda Meir, 70, former foreign minister, former labor minister and Israel's one-time ambassador to Moscow. Mrs. Meir, though out of active political life for several years, is still regarded as a major power in the dom- inant United Labor Party. She was reportedly under heavy pressure from friends and Labor Party leaders to accept the interim premiership in the interests of unity within the party and the nation. Mrs. Meir is the choice of Labor Party Secretary General Pinhas Sapir, former finance minister and minister-without-portfolio in the Eshkol coalition who was lobbying strenuously on her behalf with other coalition partners. Her influence was believed capable of preventing a bitter showdown struggle for Mr. Eshkol's mantle between Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and acting Prime Minister Allon. Mrs. Meir was openly opposed to the appointment of Gen. Dayan as defense minister by Mr. Eshkol on the eve of the June 1967 war. (Detailed Stories on Page 40) JEWISH NEWS Debate Over Christians' Attitudes on Developing Jewish Issues Commentary Page 2 Vol. LIV, No. 25 DETROIT A Weekly Review NI I C I—I I GA f ■ I 1 :1 V of Jewish Events El Fatah Terror: Nasser, Hussein and Factual Record of Campaign Against Israel Editorial Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 46E10 27 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit—VE 8-9364—March 7, 1969 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c Israel Phase-Out Reportedly Favored by Nixon; Predicts Possible Mid East Peace Talks Eban Brands Statements by Nasser as Inimical to Middle East Peace JERUSALEM (JTA)—Foreign Minister Abba Eban re- acted angrily to Egyptian President Nasser's New York Times interview in which Col. Nasser predicted a new war unless Israel withdrew from every inch of territory occupied in the 1967 war and repatriated all Palestinian refugees who left since 1948. Eban called Col. Nasser's remarks to correspondent C. L. Sulzberger " a startling rejection of political truths and human values," and said he would "discuss the im- plications of the statements with other governments and with Ambassador Gunnar V. Jarring," the UN special peace envoy. reported that Col. Nasser spoke to him for two hours at the presidential residence in Cairo on Feb. 26 in the presence of his close friend, Mohammed Hassanein Heykal, editor of the Cairo daily Al Ahram. "Mr. Nasser estimates that there are more than one million Palestanian Arab refugees," Sulzberger reported. "He gives the impression that does not expect Israel to accept a political solution on the terms he suggests and that therefore a solution must be found by other meanEsb ."an, whose comments were published Sunday in the daily Haaretz, declared that it was "evident among Other things that Nasser effectively rejects the Security Council's resolution of November 1967 for the establish- ment of permanent peace with Israel in secure and rec- (Continued on Page 6) By MILTON FRIEDMAN JTA Jewish News Washington Correspondent - WASHINGTON (JTA)—President Nixon reportedly told Congressional leaders Tuesday that he envisions a plan for a "phased" withdrawal of Israeli troops from occupied territories as part of a possible move toward a settlement of the Mid East crisis, it was learned. According to a reliable source, Mr. Nix on told nearly 20 leaders in a White House brief- ing that the withdrawal would be gradual and would involve backward movement toward a series of so called "series of security belts" and "security points." The phase-out, he reportedly said, would be accompanied by Israel-Arab negotiations ing to a peace settlement and Arab recognition of Israel. Mr. Nixon did rY . not cite this envisioned plan at his press conference. Sources said that the President hoped that the Big Four would help persuade both sides to accept the "phased" formula. President Nixon made clear his firm belief Tuesday that Mid East peace depends upon a Soviet manifestation of sincere interest in a settlement. Whether it will be forthcoming will be made clear, he indicated, in coming days. The President told a nationally-televised press conference devoted exclusively to foreign affairs that he was "cautiously hopeful" about prog- ress toward a Mid East solution and that there had been "considerable progress" in this connection in the past week. ' Mr. Nixon said that he and Secretary of State William P. Rogers had had "encouraging talks" with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin on the Mid East. These bilateral discussions will go on," he said, "and if they continue at their present rate of progress, it seems likely that there will be Four Power dis- cussion in the United Nations on the Mid East." He declared that any Four-Power talks cannot lead to an imposed settlement. "The time has passed in which great nations can dictate to small nations their future, where their vital inter- ests are involved," he declared. Local Clergymen Express Revulsion as New Hangings Feared in Iraq Amid conflicting reports over the fate of seven Iraqis following a new mock spy trial, Christians and Jews here and abroad protested the continuing mass hangings in Baghdad. Their occurrence at a time when Jews have been celebrating the festival of Purim was noted in many quar- Council, pointed out that ters. Rabbi Leon Fram, chairman of the rabbinical commission of the Jewish Community Purim commemorates the foiling of a plot to exterminate the Jews of Persia 2,300 years ago. "Today," he said, "the joy of the Purim festival is impaired by the fact that in the same area of the world a conspiracy to destroy human lives, Jewish and others, is again being perpetrated. "All the Jewish people will be praying . .. that all the decent people of the world will finally awaken these repeated crimes against all human life and all human dignity and that the governments of the decent to free world will act decisively to condemn the" crimesand take appropriate measures against the criminals." At a press conference Tuesday, Christian and Jewish leaders in Detroit issued statements of con- ' - demnation of the Iraqi executions. Said the Rev. James E. Garrison of the Danish Lutheran Church: "The Danish people and religious community helped rescue Jewish people from the Nazi executions in 1944 and sense a similar need to reach out today to prevent executions of people, some because they are Jews." The NAACP Detroit branch president, Tom Turner, expressed "horror that this kind of barbarism continues to be displayed in Iraq. As a minority group in American society, black people are always sensitive to injustice perpetrated upon any minority group anywhere in the world. "The disgusting history of lynching in this country," said Turner, "makes us keenly aware of exterminations elsewhere in the world, and we join with our Jewish brethren in protesting this outrage and in appealing to the con- Sciences and decency of the Iraqi government to put an end to this evil." Other statements were issued by officers of the Wayne County AFL-CIO, Council of Catholic Women Arch- Henry diocese of Detroit, Council of Churches of Metropolitan Detroit and the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. Dr. Hitt Crane, minister emeritus of Central Methodist Church; Dr. Ralph Reed, former minister and now professor of sociology at Lawrence Institute of Technology; and Brig. General S.L.A. Marshall, military analyst, added their names to the list of protestors. (Continued on Page 10) (Continued on Page 5) Cuba Training El Fatah? Israelis C6cking Report (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) The foreign ministry an- nounced Tuesday that the Israeli legation in Havana has been instructed to investigate reports that El Fatah members were being trained by Cuban army officers on Cuban soil. The report appeared Monday in the newspaper Yediot Ahronot. _ Cuban diplomats here could neither confirm nor deny it and said they were awaiting word from Havana. JERUSALEM — The foreign ministry said that if the report turned out to be correct, Israel would regard it as a hostile action and would consider a proper counter action. Israel and Cuba maintain diploma* relations but these cooled considerably when Cuban leaders made anti-Israel statements during the Six-Day War. According to sources here, certain leftist circles in Is- rael supported Fidel Castro with money and material in the initial stages of the Cuban revolution 10 years ago. Israeli experts were sent to Cuba to help in recon- struction, but that aid was suspended as a result of Anti- Israel remarks by Cuban leaders.