Boris Smolar's 'Between You ... and Me' Sherry Resnick to Marry Mr. Goren in December .E* in the 18th century among Jews in Eastern Europe. is now attracting attention in the United States. You can read about it in the American' . press, in popular magazines; you can even see Hasidim on television progra ms. The most popular of the Hasidic movements is the Lubavitcher school of Hasidism, known as Chabad. The founder of Hasidism was Israel Baal-Shem-Toy. He preached that zeal, prayerful devotion, and humility were more acceptable to God than intellectualism. His teach- ings met with strong opposition from Lithuanian Jews who saw them- selves as defenders of the Jewish intellect. Rabbi Schnell! . Zalman of I.iadi, the first Lubavitcher Rebbe, added intellectual attainment to the principles of the Baal Shem-Tov. The dramatic story of the first Lubavitcher Rebbe and his philosophy, is told for the first time in English by Dr. Nissan Mindel—himself a Lubavitcher follower—in a very interesting book entitled "Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi." Schneur Zalman was twice imprisoned by the Czarist government in Russia but finally the government declared is m ove- ment legal. The movement is now naturally banned in the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, there are groups of Lubavitcher Hasidim in Soviet Jewish communities even today conducting their religious activities fully aware of the risk of being arrested. Casals in 1969 Israel Festival JERUSALEM—The highlight this tions, specifically commissioned for festival, as well as the presen- August of the 1969 Israel Festival the of Music and Drama will be the tation "Jerusalem Throughout the participation of the famous cellist, Ages" which will open the festival conductor and composer, Pablo on July 31 in the King David Cita- Casals; and the performance of del in Jerusalem. Many of the festival's activities his composition "El Pessebre. - The 1969 festival is the ninth in a series are centered in the rebuilt Roman theater at . Caesarea on the Mediter- which began in 1961. raenean shore. Other performances Appearing with Maestro Casals are held in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv will be the distinguished violinist, and in kibutzim. conductor and chamber musician, Alexander Schneider, a close friend and associate of Casals. Both Schneider and Casals participated in the first Israel Festival of Music and Drama in 1961 and Schneider Settlement Joins Chain of Defense in Galilee JERUSALEM—Cabinet Minister was active in helping to organize Pinhas Sapir was among the many guests who greeted settlers of the festival. Other participants scheduled for Shetula in Upper Galilee on the the month-long festival are the En- inauguration day of their settle- semble Vocale de Bruxelles, di- ment. The creation of this village forms rected by Fritz Hoyois; the Opera de Camera di Milano, which will another link in the defense chain present "The Incarnation of Pop- along Israel's northern border with pea;" The National Theater of the Lebanon, designed in the frame- Deaf; Narciso Yipes and Lucero work of the government-JNF Tena in performances of Spanish development program for inner Music and Dances; Evelyn Lear Galilee. The founding of Shetula had been singing lieder; the duo pianists Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky; Clau- scheduled by the JNF and the Jew- ish Agency for 1967, but was post- dio Arrau; as well as a Bach pro- gram by the Kol Israel Orchestra; poned owing to the Six-Day War. The recent security situation on the a play "A Night in the Old Mar- ket," by the Haifa Municipal Thea- northern border has lent the proj- PARTY ACCESSORIES Sinvitations ENTERTAINMENT ** a - VACATION READING: If you want to do some serious and inter- esting reading during your vacation weeks, get a copy of Louis Fischer's "Russia's Road from Peace to War," published by Harper & Row. Fischer and I have been friends for many years. We worked as American correspondents in Moscow years before the United States granted diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union. He was the corre- spondent of the Nation and I represented the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the New York World which was at that time published by Pulitzer and was one of the leading newspapers in this country. We crossed the Turkestan Desert together on the first trip of the Turksib train which HASIDIC SAGA: Hasidism, a Pietistic movement which originated berg (1914- ), has drawn the covers and many illustrations for the New Yorker Magazine. His simple, single line drawings have been displayed in many museums. * COMEDIANS, CARICATURE, -IC BANDS, ACCORDIONISTS, ..ic NEW! "THIS IS YOUR LIFE" ir Handwriting Analysis (Copyright 1969, JTA Inc.) linked the torrid part of Soviet Asia with the cold Siberia. We also met in Berlin when I was stationed there as correspondent. And I saw him at work in Geneva when we both covered sessions of the League of Nations. "Russia's Road from Peace to War"—one of many excellent books he wrote on Russia—is an authoritative volume which will be studied by historians and students of Soviet world politics. It sheds new light on the origin of the Nazi-Soviet pact; it reveals many new facts of Stalin's brutal purges, and presents Stalin as "a murderer of millions." It con- tains much behind-the-scenes material never published before. - Stalin's blood-and-poison purges," Fischer writes, "have only one rival in history—Hitler's gas chambers for the extermination of Jews." In putting Stalin and Hitler in the same category of mass-murderers, he observes that compared with them, Genghis Kahn, Tamerlane and Robespierre were mini-scale murderers. He cites Stalin as the person who in 1948, ordered the assassination of Solomon Mikhoels, the famous actor-director of the Moscow Yiddish State Theater and head of the Soviet Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. That murder was a prelude to the mass-killing of Jewish writers and the closing down of all Jewish cul- tural institutions in the Soviet Union. Stalin was informed over the tele- phone at home of the news that the assassination was carried out. Asked how the death of such a prominent, much-decorated figure was to be an- nounced. Stain is quoted by Fischer as saying, "Well, an automo- bile accident." This version was circulated around the globe. The author, a great friend of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Soviet regime, became a disillusioned man when the Stalin purges started in the mid-1930s. His book is well-written history, and an impressive analysis of events dealing with Soviet foreign relations built on extensive documentation. Noted Artist THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, July 18, 1969-25 The American artist, Saul Stein- PARTY FAVORS GUEST LIST SCROLLS "I-Seymour Schwartz Agencyt., **** MICHIGAN *4;7LEY, 356-8525 MISS SHERRY RESNICK Mr. and Mrs. Sam Resnick of Oxley Rd., Southfield, announce the engagement of their daughter Sher- ry Lynn to Aaron W. Goren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Goren of Whitcomb Ave. Miss Resnick received a BA and MA in education from the Univer- sity of Michigan. Mr. Goren re- 7. Classified Ads Get Quick Results jai et Suburban Green-8 Center Only! SATURDAY 9:30 TO 9 and SUNDAY 12 TO 5 ceived a BA from Wayne State Uni- versity, and was graduated from Wayne's law school. A December wedding is planned. East German-Arab Combination Aids USSR'S M.E. Role BONN (JTAl—Egypt's diplomatic recognition of East Germany was attributed by West German leaders to pressures from the Soviet Union plus a promise from Moscow of more weapons. Foreign Minister Willy Brandt said ' the Egyptian move had wiped out hopes for re- sumption of West German diplo- matic relations with Egypt which Cairo severed in 1965 after the Bonn regime recognized Israel. But Brandt did not see any other immediate consequences. He said that most West German capital aid programs to Egypt were completed but three technical aid projects re- main "which scarcely can be broken off." These include two schools in Cairo and a project to combat the disease, bilharzia, at an oasis in the Nile Valley. West Ger- man exports to Egypt amounted to $68,000.000 in 1968. Starting Saturday At 9:30 Sharp HUGE KNIT SALE Egypt was the fifth Arab state to recognize East Germany. Brandt refused to predict whether more Arab and African states would follow Cairo's lead. "In view of the sharpening of the Middle East conflict and the mas- sive activity of the Soviet Union, developments cannot be pre- dicted," he said. Brandt said that up until last Saturday all indications were that Egypt would not establish relations with East Germany. But Chancellor Kurt George Kiesinger told news- men today that "this development was predictable inasmuch as the Soviet influence on Cairo has grown from month to month." The new Premier of Sudan said in an interview published here that the sole criteria determining Arab policies toward East and West Germany was the German attitude in the Arab-Israeli con- flict. Premier Abu Bakr Awallah told the newspaper Die Welt that "we have nothing against Ger- mans, East or West, but foreign policy in all Arab countries de- pends on whether Germans are on the side of the Arabs or of Israel." He said his government has rec- ognized East Germany as a sover- eign state without any expectations of economic aid from that country. He has been invited to visit East Germany in October. The Premier welcomed the UN Security Coun- cil's resolution last week censuring Israel for altering the status of ter, and a new dance program by ect increased urgency. The young Jerusalem. He said he did not think settlers of Shetula are mostly chil- "The Batsheva Dance Company." Other events scheduled are the dren of older Galilean smallholder Israel could exist forever against 100 million surrounding Arabs. presentation of six new composi- villages. All Fanums Label All Fine Imports COSTUMES and 3 PC. KNITS Charge It: Security Michigan Bankard Juliet $26 & $36 were $65 to $125 Wools and acrylics included in the sea- son's smartest fash- ion colors. Sizes 6 to 18. Dress shown was $65, now 26. GREEN-8 CENTER ONLY! GREENFIELD-8 MILE RDS.