THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
$--Friday, July 25, 1969
.. For Not by Bread Alone Man Both Live
lived with it and took part In It in to the great danger of assimilation,
his own way. Raizman knows how that is just around the corner. The
to tell an entertaining story and he writer concludes his article with an
does it well. He brings to light a appeal to take up the important
According to the latest statistics great many details and even curi- problem of how to bring the youth
available there are about 150,000 osities many of which could have closer to Jewishness and how to
been eliminated to make room for attract them to Jewish communal
Jews in Brazil.
The early history of the Jews in more important items. Brief ac- activities. "With the youth there iS
Brazil dates back to the 16th cen- counts as to how the Jewish press everything, without the youth any
tury when a number of Marranos dealt with some of the vital prob- effort of ours is doomed . .." Here
seeking refuge from the Portuguese lems of the Jews in Brazil would is a cry from a far-away land—Yet
inquisition made that new land have greatly enhanced the story he so familiar and so close to home.
their haven. These Portuguese Jews undertook to tell.
Raizman's book, indeed, repre-
One of the photo-copies of news- sents a valuable contribution which
were later followed by Jews from
paper pages appearing in the the future historian will find help-
Holland, Morocco, Turkey and in
book is very ling, and the ful and enlightening.
the 19th century also by Jews from
reader of it will be compensated
Germany and Alsace-Lorraine. It is
for his effort, even if be has to
estimated that by the year 1900.
help himself with a magnifying
there were about 3.000 Jews in
glass. We are referring to the
Brazil.
special page in Yiddish which
For a variety of reasons the
use to appear in the Portuguese
majority of Portuguese Jews
PAI NT
morning paper "Folha Da Man-
soon became assimilated with the
ha." This Brazilian paper In
rest of the population. Mixed mar-
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Portuguese
was
published
by
non-
riages also took their toll among
Jews who out of their liberal atti-
the Moroccan and other Sephardic
Fadeless
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tude toward ethnic minorities,
Jews.
Odorless
and of course, not without expec-
The modern history of the Jews
Non-toxic
tation of some material gain, such
in Brazil begins about the year
No-Drip
as paid advertisements, decided
1903, wen the Jewish Colonization
Scrubbable
to devote one special page of its
Society became instrumental in
Clean up
morning issue to Jewish news in
bringing in more Jewish immi-
w ith water
Yiddish.
grants from East European coun-
tries. This new stream of immigra-
In the editorial of this page (No.
tion was further increased in the 12 January 25, 1930) the writer calls
succeeding three decades especially the attention of his readers to the
CON1PLETE SATISFACTION
after the year 1924. when immigra- problem of the Jewish youth, to the
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tion to the United States was cur- crime of neglect as far as their
tailed due to the imposed quota Jewish education is concerned and
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regulations. Thus by the year 1940.
there were about 40.000 Jews in
•1 hitest white
Non-fading
Brazil. It is this period, namely the
NO ACCOUNT TOO LARGE
color
years between 1915 and 1940, that
OR TOO SMALL
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ture that had long become the index
of a society that craves knowledge
and lives not by bread alone. Those
pioneers were young, intellectually
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inclined mainly East European
Jews, conscious of their Jewish
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identity with a traditional aware-
ness of responsibilities for Jewish
communal life and a vital interest
in the life of their fellow Jews in
other lands.
Mr. Raizman is one such ex-
ample. He lived in Brazil a num-
ber of years, taught there in a
Jewish school, and actively par-
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ticipated in the communal life. A
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one-time editor of the Yiddish
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newspaper "Die Brazilianer Yid-
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN
dishe Presse" and of the monthly
magazine "Dos Neie Wort," Mr.
Raizman is also the author of
several books, among them "A.
History of the Jews in Brazil."
In his present book Raizman
gives brief accounts of the birth
and activities of over forty different
publications. in Yiddish and in Po•-
tuguese. These publications com-
prise daily and weekly newsapa-
, pers„ literary Journals, bulletins
and occasional publications by in-
stitutions. The majority of these
publications were short-lived.
Among
those that continued for a
i
considerable length of time are:
"Die Yiddishe Presse" that dates
back to 1923, when it was organ-
POST, as printers for The Jewish
ized as a weekly under the name
News, uses the "hot line." As
"Dos Yiddishe Vochenblatt" and
The Jewish News JTA wire serv-
Die Yiddishe Folkszeitung" first
ice gathers in the world news,
published in 1927. These papers
Post is waiting to set it "hot"
continued until 1940, when they
(before the news gets "cold").
Keep informed with Jewish News!
were suspended by the decree of
the dictator. Getulio Vargas,
Printers
of
The
Jewish
News
for over a Quarter Century
against the press in foreign lang-
uages.
Each publication in the book is
represented by a phtoto-copy of its
original heading or of a full page.
The book is essentially a story of
a Jewish Press told by one who
By WOLF SNYDER
A Quarter of a Century of the Yid-
dish Press in Brazil by Itzhak Z. Raiz-
man. Museum of Printing Art. Sated,
Israel. 1968. 224 pages.
Activities in Society
Ellen Ruth Goldberg, bride-elect of Aaron Rolnitzky. was honored
at a bridal luncheon in the home of Mr. Ben Winsen on Humbolt St.
Mrs. Winsen and her daughter, Mrs. Wayne Schafer, were hostesses.
Among the guests were the bride's mother, Mrs. William Goldberg
and her sister, Mrs. Ruben Wisnudel.
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joan E. Rubinson o
to 11 -ed Mr. Weinstein
Community
Calendar
July 26 — Willowood Twilight Golf.
28 — Final session of Camp Mac
cabee begins.
— Temple Beth El Board Meet-
ing, 8 p.m.
29 — Willowood Luncheon. 1 p.m.
—Bnai Brith Board Meeting. 8:30
p.m.
31 — Council Personnel Commit
tee Meeting, 8 p.m., home of
Louis Kasle.
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Willowood Country Club will hold
its monthly guest luncheon 1 p.m.
Tuesday "come-as-you-are-buffet-
luncheon." Sunday is the deadline
for reservations to this. Late golf-
ers also will be served. There will
be many prizes.
MISS JOAN RUBINSON
Mrs. Jacob Ginsberg of Rock-
away Park, N.Y., announces the
engagement of her daughter Joan
Ellen Rubinson to Jerome Norman
Weinstein, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Myer Weinstein of Mallery St.
The bride-elect, daughter of the
late Abraham Rubinson, is a grad-
uate of Vassar College and
Boston University. Her fiance is a
graduate of the University of Mich-
igan, where he was a member of
Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Kappa Phi
and Tau Delta Phi. He received his
law degree from Harvard Univer-
sity.
The couple plans to marry Sept.
7.
Youth on
the Move
The Flint Jewish Community
announces the organization of a
youth softball team that will com-
pete in the YMCA Softball League.
The final game of the season will
be played 6:15 p.m. July 28 at Bas-
sett Park. Parents are invited.
Team members include Robert
Kaplan, Larry Braver, Barry
Braver, Marvin Boren, Ken Leavitt,
Gary Voight, Michael Leavitt, Rob-
ert Hanflik, Mark Leitson, Craig
Silverton, Neal Wilensky, Fred
Osher, Jim Mitchell, Dan Gotlib,
David Koffman and- Jeff Feinstein.
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The following students from
Cong. Beth Israel are attending
Camp Ramah in Canada: Ellyn
Sternfield, Fay Silberman. Susan
Schaffer, Sheryl and Bradley New-
man, Michael and Elijah Millgram.
Jeffrey Katz, Jonathon Gotlib and
Harry Fisher.
I Lansing Dateline
Argentina Newspaper
Assails UN's Action
The Bar Mitzva of Richard
Baron, son of Dr. and Mrs. Milton
Baron will be celebrated 10:30
a.m. Aug. 2 at Cong. Shaarey Ze-
dek. A luncheon will follow in the
social hall.
Donna Beth Goldenberg, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gold-
enberg of Grand Ledge, will ob-
serve her Bat Mitzva 8 p.m. Aug.
8 at Cong. Shaarey Zedek. An oneg
Shabat will follow the services.
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Mr. Leonard Le•inson announces
the engagement of his daughter.
Shirley Ann to Danny Lichstein.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lich-
stein of Jamaica, N.Y. A June '
wedding is planned.
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Jack Kaufman has been appoint-
ed educational director of the reli-
gious school of Cong. Shaarey Ze-
dek. Lee Wallace succeeds Dr.
Sheldon Cherney as chairman of
the board of directors of the reli-
gious school.
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Lansing Chapter of Hadassah is
planning a barbecue and swimming
party July 31 at the home of Mrs.
Sidney Rosenberg, 1780 Old Mill
East Lansing. Plans for the year
will be made.
Fanatic
There is no strong performance
without a little fanaticism in the
performer. — Ralph Waldo Emer-
son.
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BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — A
leading Argentine newspaper
charged that there was "uncon-
scionable international complicity
with Arab leaders" behind the
Security Council's July 3 resolution
censuring Israel for altering the
status of East Jerusalem. Accord-
ing to La Nacion, Israel has every
right to hold on to the territories
it occupied in the June 1967 war
until a final peace with the Arabs
is achieved. The paper assailed the
Security Council's action "because
Security Council members know
well that the road to peace lies in
persuading the Arabs of the neces-
sity of recognizing Israel."
The editorial said the short-
comings of the 1949 and 1957 armis-
tice agreements in the Middle East
should be instructive. "United Na-
tions or Four Power action would
be based on false foundations if
both parties do not reach a con-
tractual agreement, and negotia-
tions per se would be impossible
without prior recognition of Israel
by the Arabs," La Nacion said.
Council Board Delegates
Additional delegates
the Flint Jewish Community Coun-
cil's board of governors for 1969-
; 70 are: Bnai Brith Women Presi-
dent Mrs. Robert Gutterman and
delegates Mrs. Jack Kippelman
and Mrs. Ted Goldberg; Temple
Beth El Brotherhood President
Martin Suber and delegates James
1 Lebster and Alan Thomson.
Day-Care Service Sought
345-7390
Modern Office Maintenance
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The social welfare committee of
the Flint Jewish Community Coun- Faith
cil is in need of families to provide
There are those who scoff at the
day-care service for elementary schoolboy, calling him frivolous
school-age youngsters of working and shallow. Yet it was the school-
mothers. Those interested may con- boy who said, "Faith is believing
tact Murray Eisen at the Council what you know ain't so." — Mark
office, 767-5922. ' "
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