26—Friday, DoomMr 25, 1970
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
BBYO to Honor Windsor's Herb Gray
Dayan-Popular Farmer-Archaeologist as Distinguished Alumnus of AZA
By
DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Copyright
JTA, Inc.)
Moshe Dayan is probably the
most popular Jew In the world
since Bible days. Einstein had a
measure of world popularity or
let us say, esteem. There are other
Jews like Salk and Sabin, of polio
vaccine fame, well known through-
out the world, but no mantifos-
turers get out Einstein or Salk
and Sabin watches, as in Dayan's
case. L.?
America is a democratic coun-
try, but we seem to like generals.
The Revolutionary war sent Gen-
eral Washington to the White
House; the War of 1812 made
Andrew Jackson President. Ulysses
Grant had been a peddler of fire-
wood before 1861, but his Civil War
triumphs • sent him to the White
House. Zachary Taylor bad never
as much as voted in his life but
the people didn't care. His Mexican
war victories elected him Presi-
dent. Teddy Roosevelt was no gen-
eral in the Spanish American war
but he did run up San Juan Hill
with some Rough Riders and that
helped elect him President. The
Second World War put General
Eisenhower in the White House.
The first World War seems the
one exception. General Pershing
never became president. The ex-
plairition here, I think, is the pec-
ple were so tired of the war, they
wanted a little music for a change,
and Warren Harding could play
the cornet.
Possibly another explanation for
the failure of General Pershing of
the first World War to become
President is that, unlike Eisen-
hower, who was commander of
the entire Allied Forces, Pershing
only commanded the American
forces and that seemingly was not
glory enough.
Moshe Dayan is a military man.
That is what the world says. But
talk to Dayan himself and he will
tell you something different. "I am
a farmer," he will say, or, "1 am an
archeologist."
He was raised on a farm and
takes his farming very seriously.
His wife has written how Dayan
slept out in the open for many
nights to keep bugs away from a
new type of cauliflower he was
trying to develop.
Also, Dayan is a serious arche-
ologist. In the Suez campaign, re-
porters told how in the middle of
the march, he happened to see
something sticking out from the
ground in the Sinai desert. He
stopped then and there to dig up
the pot or whatever it was. He
had to send a telegram to Nasser:
"Sorry: my arrival at the canal
will be delayed for an hour."
Most of the Israeli generals are
farmers. The present Israeli com-
manding general Bar-Lev is a man
of the soil as were Allon and Rabin.
The Israelis have no military
academy. When an Israeli applies
for a commission in the army,
they give him an examination,
asking such questions as: What
fertilizer do you use to raise (1)
wheat (2) bananas? When is the
best time for planting tomatoes?
How can you tell whether the spin-
ach is getting right soil nourish-
ment? Give two ways to tell when
an apple is ripe without biting
on one? .
It was much the same way in
early America. Washington was
only a general after 1778. If before
then, you went to Mt. Vernon look-
ing for him, and you would ask
where Washington lived, they would
answer, "You mean the man who is
married to Martha Custis?" When
you said, "ye?' they would say
"over there at the big tobacco
plantation."
Most of the early Presidents
were not professional military men
either. The only two Presidents
who went to West Point were
Eisenhower and Grant, and Grant
was pushed into it by his father.
The new American settlers de-
veloping the country faced rival
challenges from the Indians, the
British, the Spanish and French
and had to learn to fight.
had to go on guard to pro-
father's farm when he was
tect
barely in his teens.
There is a quality of mystery
about Dayan that adds to the gen-
eral interest in him. A Tel Aviv
hotel keeper recently related the
following story. It was in 1956 and
the hotel keeper planned to visit
America, but there were fears of
impending war. Dayan came down
to the hotel at noon for lunch. The
hotel keeper approached him and
asked him if he thought there
would be any outbreak of hostili-
ties.
"Do you think if there were any
danger I would be here?" said
Dayan.
The hotel keeper noticed
that Dayan took a few drinks but
ate very sparingly that day.
"If he doesn't eat," the hotel
keeper said to himself, "I don't
go." The next day there was war.
LA Bureau Repots
Free Loans at a Peak
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The
Jewish Free Loan Association of
Los Angeles reported it had pro-
vided 60,000 interest-free loans to-
taling $2,500,000 on a non-sectarian
basis to needy individuals during
its 66 years of service.
The -association, the second old-
est Jewish social service agency
in Los Angeles, also reported it
made last year 1,500 loans totaling
$536,000, the largest number in its
history.
Officials explained that indivd-
uals receiving loans are not eligi-
ble for loans from private credit
and loan sources because their
credit rating is poor or because
they are unable to pay interest
and carrying for commercial loans.
One-third of Association bor-
rowers are referred by other
agencies, not only for loans but
also for financial and budgetary
counseling. Loans are usually
sought for subsistence, jobless-
ness, education and aid to rela-
tives.
Last year 344 students were
helped with loans totaling $150,000,
the officials said. The Association
also provides loans to borrowers
referred by anti-poverty program
agencies for tools, cars and other
equipment they need for their
rehabilitation.
Broadway's longest running
play, "LIFE WITH FATHER," be-
gins its downtown run at the De-
troit Institute of Arts Wednesday.
The Meadow Brook production
continues through Jan. 3, includ-
ing a New Year's Eve perform-
The Canadian minister of na-
tional revenue, Herb Gray of
Windsor. will be honored for his
"singular contributions to human
progress" by members of the Bnai
Brith Youth Organization.
Paige Retie, Culver City, Calif..
international president of Aleph
Zadik Aleph, announced that Cray
was named the 1971-72 recipient
of the Sam Beber AZA Distin-
guished Alumnus Award.
The award is granted annually
to former members of AZA who
achieved distinction in public life.
Gray, first Jew to become a
member of the Canadian cab-
inet, will receive the award at
AZA's international convention
in August at Camp Bnai Brith,
Starlight, Pa.
The 39-year-old Windsor naive,
was an active member of the AZA
chapter in that city and later of
the Hillel Foundation at McGill
University, Montreal. He is former
president of Windsor Lodge of
Bnai Brith and served on the
board of governors of the Wind-
sor Jewish Community Council
and the cabinet of the Anti-De-
famation League of Canada.
The award-designate was sent
g3ritk
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ctivities
A
REX LODGE's newly elected
president, Sam Finegood, will be
assisted by the following newly
elected chairmen: W. Roland Naf-
taly, corresponding and financial
secretary; Arnold filler and Mar-
tin Band, fund raising; Dr. S.
Meyer Arbit, Harry Carris, Sam
Bell and Don Levin, membership;
Herbert Lefkofsky, publicity and
indoctrination; Mark Liss, news-
papers; Harold Adler, retention;
Bernard Skully and Murray Hoz-
man, program and social; Harry
Dines, Jewish Community Coun-
cil; and Ben Lusky, veterans af-
fairs. Prospective members may
call Dr. Arbit, 547-8053.
to Parliament four times by his
Windsor constituency prior to his
Windsor
appointment as minister without
portfolio in the Canadian cabinet
in 1969.
In the interim, as parliamen-
tary secretary to the minister of
finance, he piloted through the
House of Commons measures to
liberalize small business and stu-
dent loans and vital legislation
that permitted Canadian partici-
pation in international monetary
agreements.
Flower paintings by LOWELL
NESBITT will be on exhibit at the
Gertrude Kasle Gallery, 310 Fisher
Building, Jan. 1-Feb. 4.
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41st Annual Donor Tea
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1971, 12 NOON
CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK
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