Boris Smolar's 'Between You ... and Me' Singles Plan Busy Fall; THE DeTRI NT JEWISH IEWS Friday, September 1$, 1970-3S Concert Set Sunday _ Janice Blau Engaged to Paul Lefkowitz The Center Single Adults will go to dinner and a concert in Ann Arbor Sunday after meeting at the main building at 2 p.m. A hiking trip at Kensington Park is scheduled for Sept. 27. The group will meet '11 a.m. at the main building and can bring their own food. Other events planned for the next two Sundays are a record hop night, at which the yearly dues will be collected, and another din- ner and concert in Ann Arbor. (Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, J.T.A.) (Copyright 1970, JTA Inc.) DANGER SIGNALS: Revival of anti-Semitism in the United States is now becoming more and more noticeable. It is not the kind of anti- Semitism of a generation ago, when Jews had almost no access to government careers or met with restrictions in admission to medic;-1 colleges, or were conspicuously not wanted in certain clubs and hotels, or were ignored in certain industries when it came to advanced posi- tions. The new form of anti-Semitism which is beginning to find its expression today is not social or economic. It is mainly political and this makes it even more dangerous. Anti-Semitic groups which were on the rise since the end of World War II are now beginning to come to life again as "right wing" groups. Added to them, are the anti-Semitic tendencies in the New Left. Added to the above, is the wild anti-Semitism of the Black Panthers and other Negro groups, not to speak of the anti-Israel feelings that are now developing in the American church bringing with them anti-Jewish moods in general. In "decent" American circles, where one was only a few years ago careful not to say anything offensive to Jews—where anti-Semitism was considered an indication of "bad manners"—one can hear today guarded remarks on Jews which border on anti-Jewish prejudice. Cer- tainly indifference to anti-Semitism is now noticeable among sections of the American population which only a few years ago equated anti- Semitism with Fascism and Hitlerism. Jealousy of Jewish achievements is provoking anti-Jewish sentiments among certain elements of white Christians, while determination to replace Jews in municipal and othei positions is clearly expressed even by moderate blacks. All this creates an open field for the demagogic anti-Semite and enables the professional anti-Semitic elements to raise their ugly heads. Anti-Jewish propaganda—whether against Israel or against American Jewry—has during the last two years gained in momentum. Especially since the Arab-Israel Six-Day War. And the churches play no small role in it, notwithstanding the efforts to strengthen Judeo-Christian amity. • • • STIMULATING ANTI-SEMITISM: In the light of the growing infiltration of anti-Semitic moods even among Americans who usually consider themselves indifferent to anti-Semitism, the poisonous asser- tion by Col. Charles Lindbergh that Jews and the British have pushed the United States into World War II against Hitler is of special significance. If any strength was needed by American anti-Semites in their propaganda against American Jewry, Lindbergh has now provided such strength. His anti-Jewish allegation, touching upon the sensitive nerve of war guilt, has provided ammunition for all kinds of anti- Semites. -His libel against the Jews constitutes not only fresh blood injection to professional anti-Semites but also a stimulus to American innocents to begin thinking about Jews in his terms. Because of his record as the flyer who made the first non-stop flight over the Atlantic to Paris, there exists the potential danger that his charge against American Jewry will be blown up by . Jewish enemies in this country to become a second "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Anti-Semitic elements among reactionary Americans may now seek to rally around him in their poisonous propaganda against Jews which had little or no effect for more than two decades. He may suddenly find himself the central figure of American anti-Semites, as was Henry Ford I about two generations ago until he realized his grave mistake and publicly apologized to the Jews. Lindbergh's unfriendly views on- Jews were known since the years when he visited Nazi Germany—before the ontbreak of World War H- and fell under the spell of Goering and other top Nazi leaders. How- ever, it was not anticipated that he would ever come out with wild accusations against American Jewry as he did now in his book. The fact that he emerged with them now—after restraining himself for more than 25 years from doing so—indicates that he believes that he could do now what he could not do years before and that he considers the climate in this country more receptive for. anti-Semitic propaganda. • • • RECEPTIVITY TO BIAS: The pulse of America's receptivity to anti-Semitism was taken recently on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League of Brie Brith by two scientists in a study they conducted on the tenacity of prejudice. The results of the study presented a picture which gave Jewish organizations much food for quiet thinking. They showed the existence of a great potential for anti-Jewish sentiments, if anti-Semitic allegations—such as Lindbergh's now—are not strongly counter-acted. The study has established that only one-third of all Americans are virtually free of anti-Semitic prejudice; another third maintains a nega- tive image of Jews; the remainder—also a third of the population— is indifferent to political as well as to social anti-Semitism. This is a very discouraging picture, and can become worse in years of restlessness, frustration, riots, unemployment, inflation and other ills, when disillusioned people usually fall prey to the influence of demagogues and bigots. The study also brought out the fact that while only 5 per cent of those polled said that they would vote for anti- Semitic candidates, more than 33 per cent- said that the anti-Semitic beliefs of the candidates would make no difference to them. Here again is where Jewish reaction to anti-Semitic figures like Lindbergh must be intensified now. Should Lindbergh and others like him, choose to run for important public offices, there will be plenty of reactionary elements who will vote for them regardless of the present indifference to anti-Semitism which many of them profess. OPEN SUNDAY 11 A.M. TO 6 P.M EXTRA. SPECIAL SALE Cest Sottli nasi grri $3,450 Marks Furs MOUSE OF 401 Smadway caw. Grand Wow. Open Mai., We& to 7 p.m.—IlimMT 11 6.6a. 14 p.m. Clump. Solget. Lag-a-wag. is MOS. t. pay. MISS JANICE BLAU Mr. and Mrs. Edward Blau of Jeanette Pl., Southfield, announce the engagement of their daughter Janice Sheryl to Paul Jerome Lef- kowitz, son of Mr. and Mrs Julian Lefkowitz of Sunset Rd., Franklin. The bride-elect will graduate in December from the college of education at Wayne State Univer- sity. Mr. Lefkowitz is in the Unit- ed States Navy stationed in Key West. A January wedding is planned. Akiva Day to Give Sunday Concert The board of directors of the Akiva Hebrew' Day School will continue its annual concert series with the presentation of a liturgi- cal program, "Concert in a Sanc- tuary," featuring Israeli cellist Yehuda Hanani 8 p.m. Sunday at Bnai David Synagogue. Proceeds will enable the Akiva Hebrew Day School to further its program of studies. The school now has an enroll- ment of 160 students in first through ninth grades. Rabbi Gerald Werner, principal of Akiva, has developed curricu- lum featuring culture, religious and general education. Chairman of the concert com- mittee Irving Herman is assisted by Mrs. David Dombey, Mr. and Mrs. Markus Simon, Barry Eisen- berg, Mr. and Mrs. David Tanz- man, Milton Duchan and Rabbi Ernest Greenfield. For ticket information, call Mrs. Sam Aaron, executive director, Akiva Hebrew Day School, 545- It is proper to enjoy the cheaper grades of art, but they should not be formally indorsed. — George Ade. 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