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Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20,
1951
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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 14th day of Kislev, 5731, the following scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Gen. 32:4-36:3. Prophetical portion, Hosea 11:7-12:12.
Candle lighting. Friday. Dec. 11. 4:41 p.m.
VOL. LVIII. No. 13
Page Four
December 11, 1970
UJA's Expanded Role in Philanthropy
There is much talk about aid from the
When the national leaders representing
nearly every state in the Union and every United States. Let it be understood that
Israel pays for the weapons it secures. Israel
conceivable element in American Jewry meet
and Jewry has cause for gratitude to the
in New York this weekend to inaugurate
the 1971 United Jewish Appeal and Israel Nixon administration for the encouragement
given to the defenders of Israel. President
Emergency Fund, they will be undertaking a
Nixon, with the backing of near unanimity
philanthropic effort unmatched in history.
Already having registered generosity on in both Houses of Congress, affirms Israel's
for defensive weapons against over-
need
an immense scale, the American Jewish com-
munity now is called upon to double its aims whelming odds from enemy nations that sur-
and to provide the amount of financial aid round the Jewish state. But these weapons
must be paid for, and Israelis are taxed the
that is vital to Israel's security.
It has already been emphasized that there limit for that purpose.
is an urgent need for a billion dollars—half
It is doubtful that there are many Jews
to be raised' in charitable gifts and the other who do not understand the needs. The pres-
to be provided in investments through the sures upon Israel are too great to be over-
purchase of Israel Bonds.
looked. We face crises, and these can be met
While the Jewries outside the United only if we respond promptly to the call for
States are being asked for a fifth of the total action in 1971. That is why there is a mora-
indicated, the $400,000,000 needed for the torium on many fund-raising programs for
UJA and the additional $400,000,000 request- the coming year and great efforts to unify
ed from Israel Bond purchasers represent labors for the UJA.
goals that have never before been spoken of
There is the request for doubled giving in
as fund-raising aspirations for a single year.
It needs to be understood that none of this 1972. Perhaps there will be a trebling of
contributors'
financial aid to overcome the
money will provide for the hardware Israel
needs for defense of people and their homes slack that is inevitable in ranks where dou-
and settlements. The increases in taxation bling is difficult. Whatever the ways of se-
imposed upon Israelis provide for such ex- curing the needed funds, the efforts must not
penditures. What is needed is the support be minimized: it must be a united effort on
required for the settlement of new immi- the part of all the Jewries in the Diaspora.
grants, for the upkeep of Israel's social and
At the UJA conference next weekend, a
health services, and for the retention of the major message will be brought by Israel
high standards that have been attained for the Defense Minister Moshe Dayan. He is not
universities and the secondary as well as only one of the great heroes in Israel's battle
elementary school systems in Israel.
• for freedom, he also represents the intellec-
At the same time, the Israel Bond dollars tual forces that have ably interpreted Israel's
provide for the expansion of Israel's indus- role in the Middle East. His appearance on
trial undertakings and economic programs to our shores will no doubt contribute greatly
assure livelihoods for the tens of thousands toward the fulfillment of the needs that
of newcomers who continue to flock to Israel. challenge us in these critical hours.
It needs to be understood that if Israel
The UJA conference will introduce the
is not relieved of the duties enumerated as a
philanthropic responsibility to be assumed year's appeal for unprecedented giving to the
by world Jewry — primarily the Jews of total American community. On the local front
America—the nation already embattled may the great needs have been anticipated and
be strangled by pressures it may not be able the Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign and the
to confront. The responsibilities for the new Israel Emergency Fund already have the
settlers must be carried by the Jewries of ground paved for action. Last year's record
the world in order that Israeli Jewry may contributions of some $11,000,000 must be
be free to tackle its own problems involving boosted to more than $20,000,000. It will
the protection to be given the people, their mean sacrificial giving for many, but the
possessions, and the frontiers which must be obligations must be met. Our experiences
kept free from invaders.
assure us that they will be met.
'The Bride,' Grosman's Dramatic
Story of Nazis in Czechoslovakia
Ladislav Grosman is famed for his book and screen adaptation of
"The Shop on Main Street," the Czech film that won the 1968 Academy
Award. He and his family fled from Czechoslovakia in 1968 and are
now residing in Israel.
He has authored a remarkably good children's book, "The Bride,"
published by Doubleday, which has been translated from the Czech by
Iris Urwin.
Written as a book for young readers, "The Bride" has so many
fascinating asuects, it relates so splendidly to the theme that in-
spired "The Shop on Main Street" as an expose of the Nazi terror,
that Grosman's newest book is equally recommended for adult
readers.
Deeply moving in all respects, "The Bride" is the story of an
elderly but attractive girl, a fine character who stays single.
It is 1942. The Nazis have begun to dominate and to inject fears
into the hearts of the communities of Czechoslovakia, and the danger
to the Jews is imminent.
Then comes the announcement that, all unmarried womei, are to be
registered by the Nazis, and the intention is apparent. Liza is among
those endangered, and a friend of the ,family is determined to rescue
her from a horrible fate by marrying her off.
A young lad is produced as the bridegroom_ There is irony to the
whole story. The mayor of the town, foreseeing the dangers, conducts
17 marriages in one day—an unprecedented number for the small com-
munity.
But that would immediately become suspicious-17 in one day!
Therefore it becomes necessary to substantiate the legitimacy of the
marriages, and the two rabbis of the town are consulted and drawn into
the act One is reluctant, the other cooperative.
There is the khupa, the traditional badhan (wedding jester) and
the festivities that make a Jewish wedding an event of interest for the
entire community.
There are so many human factors that make this narrative
relevant to the tragedies, that struck Jewry and the world in the
1940s that the Grosman tale about "The Bride" assumes an historic
role.
When the girls are rounded up for investigation by the Nazis, there
is the communal feeling of terror. The fright, the hiding, the effort to
protect all emerge as part of the drama. "The Bride" adds glory to the
literary career of Ladislav Grosman.
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Priority for Learning, Leadership for Youth 'Shiray Yeladim' for the Young
At the recent general assembly sessions
of the Council of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds, in Kansas City, two matters
received special consideration—the urgency
of expanding the educational needs of all
American Jewish communities and the roles
that must be assumed by youth in sharing the
duties of operating our communal movements.
Priority • for educational efforts has be-
cOme an _accepted •duty and there has been
hmphasis not only on the .need to extend our
school systems but also to provide means and
to seek ways of encouraging adult education
programs.
Because youth played important roles in
the emphasis on such needs, the demands for
greater active participation by youth in Jew-
ish movements naturally assumed greater
significance.
In both areas there were advocates who
succeeded in enrolling assistance from the
many hundreds of delegates whose devotion
to communal needs, to Jewish community or-
ganization and to Israel have turned the CJF-
WF assemblies into important forums for the
consideration of Jewish responsibilities.
It is vital that the Jewish youth roles
should not be minimized, that fullest partici-
pation should be given the young people and
that the very able young men and women,
whose skills in evaluating community needs
were demonstrated at the CJFWF general
assembly, should not be permitted to forget
their partnership with their elders.
Youth participation gained significance
on two other fronts. They indicated effec-
tively that they are concerned about the
status of Russian Jewry. They showed great
devotion to Israel and to the Zionist cause.
In both spheres their participation in ad-
vancing Jewish needs is of great urgency.
The attitudes of our young people on the
Russian and Israeli questions have been great-
ly misrepresented. Our youth is concerned
about the tragic fate of the Jews in Russia
and they are ready to go the limit to assist
in securing succor for the oppressed.
Also — they understand Israel's position
and they wish to share in the Zionist role. As
some of the young people had emphasized
at the Kansas City CJFWF assembly, they
see through the anti-Zionist charge, they view
it as a Kremlin-Cairo scheme to hide their
anti-Semitism, and our young men and wom-
en state firmly that to them, a Jew is a Zionist
and the Zionist is the Jewish activist. In
this fashion we can anticipate a leadership
that will be dedicated, alert, understanding.
The future can be very bright with such a
leadership.
Jewish school programs are greatly enhanced with the collection
of prayers, holiday and Bible songs, published by the Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations under the title "Shiray Yeladim" •("Scans
for Children.")
Recommended for children of kindergarten through fifth grade,
there are 40 songs in this collection, the words being by Margie Lip-
man, Raymond Israel and 110 Orleans and the music by Samuel H.
Adler.
The songs cosigns a variety for all occasions—for the Sabbath
and the holidays, for public functions, for the school and the home.
The stapled book, handy for group and individual singing, including
accompaniment, commences with a prayer and concludes with the
Motzi.
The Patriarchs play their role here, and there are songs of
Deborah, David, Solomon and other Bible characters.
For classroom use these are excellent songs, and the children
can utilize the book for home use, this linking their loyalties in a
firm spiritual fashion.
'Jews of Austria' in New Edition
A second edition of "The Jews of Austria" by Josef Fraenkel,
prominent London journalist whose special articles appear frequently
in The Detroit Jewish News, has been issued by Valentine, Mitchell,
London.
Fraenkel points out in his introduction to the second 'revised
edition that after the liberation that followed the World War II crises,
Jewish activities have been resumed in Vienna, there is a chief rab-
binate, an old folks home and renewed Israelitische Kultusgemeinde
activities. He states: "Jewish children attend religious classes and
Jewish students contend with anti-Semitism and Arab propaganda."
The revived activities are elaborated upcm in tbe neW edition of
Fraenkel's "The Jews of Austria."