Friday, June 27, 1969-31
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The Irish and the Jews
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Copyright, 1969, JTA, Inc.)
The scene: Dublin. Back in the
twenties.
At a prominent corner in the
heart of the city, people stood
around looking at a poster:
ONE THOUSAND POUNDS
REWARD
FOR CAPTURE OF
ROBERT BRISCOE
DEAD OR ALIVE
Bob Briscoe was a key man of
the new Irish republican army, a
leader of the underground, working
in various capacities, organizing
the resistance within Ireland, trav-
eling to foreign countries, America
and Europe for arms for the Irish
resisters. The British finally col-
lared him.
"Why are you holding me?"
Briscoe demanded.
"Because you answer the descrip-
tion of the man we want," said the
chief arresting officer. He gazed at
Briscoe with intensity. "Are you a
Jewman?" he asked.
"Yes," said Briscoe.
The captors looked at Briscoe.
then looked at one another. Then
one of them said, "Why are we
holding him? He is not the man."
he wanted to be buried in a Jewish
cemetery, because the Devil would
not think of looking for an Irish-
man there. But if the Devil is half
as smart as people say, he would
not overlook a glance there, be-
cause the Irish and the Jews have
a great deal in common. Both have
suffered from a kindred fate, from
religious prejudice and political
deprivation. The Irish until recently
were not masters of their own
country and the Jews were denied
admission to theirs.
The Irish are apt to be more
politically minded than Jews. Dur-
ing the F.D.R. campaign, Charley
Michaelson said of Jim Farley,
Roosevelt's manager, "The only
thing Jim would steal is an elec-
tion."
JERUSALEM— Milwaukee-born
Dr. Naomi Golan is spending a
year as a social work teacher and
academic adviser at the Baerwald
School in Israel. It is her third
visit to the nation, and she is hop-
has announced its opposition to * NOW! LIGHTING AVAILABLE
efforts to reintroduce prayers in
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the public schools. "These action
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ance both of the United States Su
preme Court decision of 1962 and
PARTY ACCESSORIES
(a) Massachusetts Supreme Judi-
cial Court ruling of 1964," the Bos-
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Jews in a different way are pol-
itically minded. They like to vote
for the Irish. Take a list of the
mayors and governors of the east
and a great proportion of them
are Irishmen elected through the
DR. NAOMI GOLAN
aid of the Jewish vote. The only
time all Jews would get behind a
Jewish candidate would be for a
Jew to take an Irish name. It is
said that when Herbert Lehman
finally was persuaded to run for
In the description of Briscoe fur-
Governor of New York. someone
nished to the police, nothing was
said about Briscoe being a Jew, I suggested that he change his name
to O'Lehman.
and his captors didn't think it was
There are, of course, differences
likely that the real Briscoe could
be a "Jewman." So Briscoe was between the Irish and the Jews,
freed. He survived to see the Re- but then there are differences be-
publican army min, Ireland become tween Jews too. German and Rus-
an independent republic and later sian and Polish Jews differ one
see himself installed as Lord Mayor from another. The Litvak differs
from the Hasidic Galitizianer. The
of Dublin.
ing to have her appointment to the
school extended so she may con-
tinue training the new generation
of social case workers.
"The new population centers
have unlimited futures, but they
are not free of problems," she
says. "We see these obstacles as
challenges. Many of the immi-
grants who have arrived over the
years—and who still are arriving—
come from depressed areas. They
have many difficulties, fears and
anxieties. Consequently, there are
heavy caseloads for social work-
ers. -
Her students do field work with
social agencies such as Malben,
the UJA-supported agency for the
care of the sick, aged and inform,
three days each week.
Briscoe's death is a cause for Irish perhaps are more like the
mourning, not only in Dublin but in latter. The Hasid is apt to be more
Jerusalem, for Briscoe and the outgoing and inclined to a little nip
Irish played a role Ln thw,winning, like the Irish, The Hasid of course
of Israel's indepenlffil'&: -Beemise- etifains thItirTh a Mitzva to be
of the success of the Irish under- joyful. The Irish are more apt to
ground, Vladimir Jabotinsky, the fight than Jews. But then it was the
leader of the militant Israel- under- Irish Jews in ancient days too who U.S. Would Not Betray
ground, visited Briscoe in Ireland. were the best fighters. Remember Israel's Interests — Rabin
He wanted to learn of the methods the Maccabees. Someday it should
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli
employed by the Irish Republican be spelled McAbees.
Ambassador Itzhak Rabin was
army and the Israeli Irgun adopted
quoted
as expressing the belief
many of the Irish tactics.
that the U.S. would not betray the
As a consequence of this meeting
interests
of Israel in the Four
with Jabotinsky, Briscoe became
Power talks. The envoy made his
interested in Zionism. His father
views known in an interview with
was born in Kovno. Bob Briscoe
Feldberg, overseas editor of
ROBERT J. RAFELSON AUXIL- Leon
himself was born in Ireland and
the South African Jewish Times,
had not been particularly interest- IARY recently elected the follow- in response to a question abou t
ed in Jewish matters until the out- ing officers: Mesdames Alvin Stern, what he thought of the assertion
break of the Nazis awakened him president; Bernard Schwartz and that America would let Israel
The Irish were very sympathetic to Bernard Yoffe, vice presidents; down.
Israel. When the League of Nations Norman Appleton. patriotic instruc_
"Since I am not an American
took up the Palestine question, a tor; Milton Rose, treasurer; Henry official,
I cannot speak in the name
conservative Zionist leader came to Mills, chaplain: Sam Solomon and of America," Gen. Rabin was
Briscoe to ask him to arrange a Sidney Kay, secretaries; Norman quoted as replying. "However, I
meeting with De Valera, the-Presi- L. Berkley, conductress; Martin do not believe that America will
dent of Ireland. He wanted De Foster, historian; Howard Schwartz, sell Israel out. Some of the reasons
Valera to support the Palestine guard: and Ralph Epstein, trustee. for this stem from its own inter-
partition plan, dividing the country The first meeting will be held 8:30 ests, and some from the way of
into an Arab and Jewish section. p.m. July 15 at the home of Mrs. life and the way of thinking of the
Briscoe. who was allied to the mili- !den, 10005 Elgin, Huntington American people that cannot ac-
tant Jabotinsky group opposed par- Woods. A budget for the forthcom-
the destruction of a people
tition, but he agreed to arrange an ing year will be discussed and a cept
a country—that is, from moral
appointment for the Zionist leader. report on poppy receipts will be and
values.
That, of course, does not
But the Irish president took the given. Plans for the national con- mean that
the U.S. and Israel see
same attitude as Briscoe.
vention to be held in Los Angeles
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"I haven't read the Old Testament
as much as I should have. but I
remember the Solomon story about
the two women who claimed the
same child. The true mother will
never permit her child to be cut
up.
Briscoe later became involved in
the so-called "coffin boats" bring-
ing "illegal immigrants" to Israel.
Britain in the Balfour Declara-
tion had given her promise for the
establishment of a Jewish home-
land but when the refugees from
the concentration camps were seek-
ing to enter, she clamped down the
doors of their homeland. The little
"coffin boats" may have brought
about the death of some of the Jew-
ish refugees, but they succeeded in
bringing many thousands of refu-
gees to Palestine.
De Valera showed a continuing
interest in Israel. After the estab-
lishment of the Jewish state, he
visited Israel with Briscoe and the
two were guests at the home of
Rabbi Issac Herzog, the former
Chief Rabbi of Ireland who be-
came the third Chief Rabbi of Is-
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RAYMOND Z SSMAN AUX Goldmann Denies Rumor
ILIARY will meet 8 p.m. Monday of Knesset Faction Ties
at the home of President Mrs.
Walter Fiscbel, 20576 Vaughan.
There will be reports on the recent
Michigan convention, and all poppy
canisters must be turned in.
JWV Ladies to Meet
The Ladies Auxiliary of the De-
partment of Michigan Jewish War
Veterans will meet 8:15 p.m. Wed-
nesday at its headquarters. Con-
vention reports will be given, and
a summary of coming activities
outlined. Refreshments and a so-
cial hour will follow. Past presi-
dents and officers are invited.
Brevities
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OAKLAND UNIVERSITY'S
MEADOW BROOK FESTIVAL will
open its sixth season, 8:30 p.m
next Thursday, with Van Cliburn
as soloist with the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra. Sixten Ehrling
rael.
There is the story of the Irish- will conduct.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, president of the World
Jewish Congress, has emphatically
denied published rumors that he
was planning to set up a "new left"
political faction in Israel to enter
a list in the forthcoming Knesset
elections. Dr. Goldmann's denial
was contained in a cable from him
received here.
The rumors arose after a talk he
had had with Uri Avneri, the one-
man Knesset faction known as
Haolam Hazeh. Avneri, a magazine
publisher, supports unpopular
causes, among them the Big Four
Mid East talks in New York which
the Israel government bitterly op-
poses.
As a result of a rumored associa-
tion with Avneri, Dr. Goldmann
was said to be on the "black list"
of many Israelis. He declared in
his cable, "I have no intention
whatsoever of intervening or taking
part in Israeli politics and have
given no one any promise of sup-
port."
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