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Featuring Detroit's Inimitable Harry Harris with the Lenny Schick Trio 6 Nights a Week. Closed Sunday. Serving from 11 AM to 2 AM 18890 Ted•graph (south of McNichols) 638-4455 538-4450 50th Anniversary of Death of Adolf Stand Zionist Advocate From a Parliamentary Platform By MENACHEM GELEIIRTER The history of Zionism in Gali- cia, and in the whole of the former Austrian monarchy, is closely con- nected with the outstanding figure of Adolf Stand (1870-1919). The son of a "maskil" (adherent of Enlightment), he received a sound education. He read law at the University of Lemberg, but his interests transcended to literature, rhetoric, journalism and politics. As a student, Arolf Stand joined the first national Jewish associa- tion "Mikra Kodesh," among whose aims was the dissemination of He- , brew language and culture and the strengthening of the emotional at- tachment to Eretz Israel. Ile and his friends began estab- lishing Zionist clubs and societies among various sections of Galician Jewry. The wider framework of the association "Zion" (set up in 1891) became, in fact, the first Zionist territorial body in Galicia. Two weeklies, "Przyszlosc" (Fu- ture) in Polish, and "Carmel" in Yiddish, aroused the Jewish youth and exhorted them to remain faith- . ful to their people and to reject the advances of various Jewish not- ; ables who advocated a political alignment with the Poles, and even assimilation. At Stand's initiative, a Zionist political party was founded in 1895, which apart from promot- ing Hebrew culture and encour- aging activities for Eretz Israel, was engaged in what was then called "Gegenwartsarbeit"—po- litical work in and for the Dias- pora, defending Jewish civil 'rights and safeguarding Jewish economic interests. Herzl's appearance was a turning point in Stand's life and activities. Stand wrote after the appearance of the "Jewish State" in February 1896: "I felt the urge to tell Herzl that I had become his adherent and disciple. I did so by sending him in mid-September a detailed memorandum in which I said that there were Hasidim, but no rabbi, soldiers, but no commander, and that he should seize the helm ..." After being elected president of the territorial committee of the Zionist - Organization - of Galicia, Stand began to write to Herzl fre- quently, sending him detailed reports of the Jewish position in Galicia and Austria, and making observations about various politi- cal problems. Herzl much appre- ciated Stand's keen intellect and his capacity for political analysis and often asked for -his advice. Thus a close friendship developed between the two men. Adolf Stand attended the first Zionist Congress as backbencher rather than a prominent figure. After the Congress, he toured every town and townlet in Galicia, strengthening the Zionist move- ment in the country. For reasons which are now diffi- cult to fathom, he did not seek election to subsequent Congresses during Herzl's lifetime, but became active again after Herzl's death in 1904. He attended the Seventh Zionist Congress in 1905. Although a devoted disciple and partisan of Herzl's, he made a very sharp and impressive speech against, the Uganda Scheme. In Galicia, Stand led a bitter struggle against the assimilation- ists. He advocated cultural auton- omy for the 900,000 .Jews of the . country, and proposed that a sp,, cial Jewish electoral unit be set up for the elections to the Austrian parliament. In 1907 for the first time. Jewish representatives who •had rallied to the Zionist flag were elected members of the - Reich- srat," the Viennese parliament, despite formida ble obstacles placed by the government with the help of its Galician henchmen. many of them Jews. in the way of the Zionist candidates. Stand had thrown himself into I the election campaign with char- acteristic vigor and enthusiasm. In 1907, he, Heinrich Gabel and Arthur Mahler entered the Aus- trian Parliament and formed the . "Jewish National Club." This success greatly strengthened the Jewish Children Aided in St. Louis Project for Mental Retardates . St. LOUIS (JTA)—Many of the 70 mentally retarded but educable children participating in regular programs of the Jewish Commu- nity Centers Association, in a fed- erally-aided project, have ventured out into the comunity to try to par- ticipate in programs for normal children in their own neighbor- hoods, according to a JCC report. Fifteen of the 59 retarded white children in the project are Jewish. Educable child mental retard- , ates, defined by Missouri state law as those having IQs of between 48 and 78, were for many years con- sidered unable to socialize and function satisfactorily with nor- mal children in a group. Seven years ago, according to the St. Louis Jewish Light, the St. Louis Association for Retardation tried to create leisure-time groups en- tirely for such retarded children. The project failed and in 1962, the JCCA began to place such chil- dren in regular center programs. demonstrating that such children could be integrated with normal children in play and other social activities. The success of the in- itial try led the National Insti- tutes of Mental Health to provide funds in 1965 for a five-year proj- ect at the JCCA to measure the success of the participation by the child retardates in center pro- grams. The program was describ- ed as the largest of its kind in the United States. The children range in age from six to 18. Officials said that getting recruits for the pro- gram was the first obstacle. t • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • SEM11308. Serving lunch weekdays and diL aer daily including Sunday. Cocktails Michigan & Telegraph Synagogue Members Help Relieve Non-Jews on Yule PHILADELPHIA (JTA )—Volun- services provided by mem- bers of Temple Judea's Men's Club at the Holy Redeemer Hospi- tal in Abington on Christmas Day made it possible for non-Jewish employees to take the day off. Don- ald I. Goldberg. Men's Club presi- dent, said was the first time club members did community service work not related directly to syna- gogue programs. teer THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 26, 1969-31 LARCO'S Fine Italian-American Cuisine Deliciously Preparea for the Discerning Taste • BANQUET FACILITIES Now: Open Sunday 12 Noon 7523 W. McNichols Rd. 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Before the general census held in 1910, Stand organized a powerful campaign calling on the Jews to register Hebrew or Yiddish as their mother tongue, thus thwarting two designs: one of the central govern- ment in Vienna for a rtifiCially creating a large German minority in Galicia; the other of the nation- alist Polish elements. urging the Jews s. to declare themselves as Poles. As far as the arena of the Zionist Congresses is concerned, "Ilerzlian," Stand demanded that Jewish soil should he tilled by Jews only, and was in favor of setting up a Jewish working class in Eretz Israel. Stand spent the years of World War I in Vienna. In October 1918, when the Hapsburg monarchy began to disintegrate. a general Austrian Zionist Conference, pre- sided over by Stand, decided to set up Jewish national councils throughout the country. This con- ference was to be Stand's last pub- lic appearance. He died of a heart attack on Dec. 20, 1920. 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