32—Friday, February 19, 1971
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Of Jewish Cowbo ys Named Bronco
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Copyright arm JTA. Inc.)
The papers recently reported
the passing of Bronco Billy An-
derson, who made his debut in
the first Western film, "The Great
Train Robbery." He played the role
of the man who robbed a bank,
then gave the money to the sheriff,
who gambled it away, but Bronco
Billy then held up the gamblers
and got the money back and gave
it back to the sheriff, who re-
warded Billy by appointing him
deputy.
In those days, robbers were
often nohle-hearted. Jesse James
gave a poor widow the money to
pay the mortgage, then held up
the man who got the money.
But Broncho Billy Anderson
was not only a film robber. He
was the first to play cowboy
roles, The funny thing about
Bronco Billy Anderson is that
his real name was Max Aronson.
He was a Jewish boy from New
York's east side.
Western Settlers Bring Academic Skills to Israel
by HAD( MACHTER
Every new immigrant family ar-
riving to Israel calls for an outlay
1970, the arrival was registered
of 2,433 heads of families hold-
ing academic degrees, and of
another 6,398 heads of ' families
with vocational skills. These were
in addition to the Immigrants
classified as "small investors."
of about 25,000 pounds ($7,120)
for its absorption. This sum in-
cludes the cost of maintenance
of the absorption media in the
country, as well as direct financial
assistance to the immigrant In
the form of loans, which in the
long-run is returned. It is found,
however, that this considerable
outlay on immigration from West-
ern countries in the end brings
profitable returns to the country
The Fund for the Encourage-
and that compared with the ad- ment of Small Investors, which
vantages accruing to the economy, functions in conjunction with the
it" is relatively, insignificant.
ministry of absorption, grants loans
It has been announced that 40 up to 25,000 pounds to small-
per cent of the 41,000 immigrants scale investors desirous of set-
arriving in Israel in 1970 were tling in the country. In the period
academically trained and that they April-June 1970, 131 new immi-
have largely solved the professional grants declared their intention of
manpower shortage in various investing a sum of 6,250,000
branches of the country's economy. pounds, or an average of 40,000
For example, of 6,000 physicians pounds per investor. The loans
employed by the various medical amounted to an average of only
institutions and Sick Funds in 37 per cent of the sums invested.
Israel, about 1,4000 arrived in
Another benefit accruing to the
the last three years. In the six country is that new immigrants
month period of January-June import hard currency which they
1970, 800 engineers came, en- exchange for Israel pounds and
abling the ministry of labor to so in some measure, help to ease
fill many of the 1,380 openings the pressure on the country's
in the engineering field.
hard currency reserves.
The academically-trained per-
During the period January-June
How come a Jewish boy should
turn cowboy.? Did they teach him
that in heder? No one named Max
becomes either a robber or a
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cowboy. of you want to become a
cowboy, the first thing the com-
pany asks you is what is your
name. If you say Max, they say,
and his Orchestra
"Sorry, you won't do." Besides
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son to become a cowboy? Sell cow-
boy hats maybe, but become a
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cowboy? That's meshuga. Yet as
CARICATURES, COMEDIANS,
I
look back at the past, I ask,
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weren't we all? Was not cowboy-
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ing the old Jewish business?
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When Jacob and his family
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visited Pharaoh in Egypt, in the
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nice days when there was no anti-
Semitism in Egypt and Pharaoh
asked Jacob what he did for a
nvitatton living,
Jacob replied, "We are just
poor shepherds." (I am quoting
from memory, but I think I am
substantially right.) A shepherd
deals with sheep, not cows, but
the differense is minor.
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright 1971, JTA. inc.)
David Was- a cowboy. He used to
The Torah is read in the syna-
go about whistling and singing and
gogue
only on Monday, Thursday,
playing cowboy songs on his harp:
Hove • lard awl get Muse
The Lord is my shepherd. He Saturday and holidays.
The Torah scroll is a very sa-
leadeth me beside green green
Impossible?
paitures." But the cowboy life is cred and holy object. Therefore, it
not all greenpiastures. David sings must not be used in the form of
Mot with Diet Watchers! We make further,' . !Wet- though I walk an ordinary day-to-day procedure.
you slim and keep you slim while through the valley of the shadow The Sabbath, the first of the month,
of death, I will fear no evil" and festivals, constitute special
you eat your favorite foods!
any time a bandit might come days of holiness so the holy Torah
trying' to steal his sheep or a scroll is taken out- and read on
wolf might jump out of the bushes those days. It is also read on Mon-
Lecturer Norma Weitz
and try to devour a sheep or even days and Thursdays because a rule
David himself. A shepherd had was established that no three days
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should ever elapse without the
to be. brave.
Torah having been read publicly
David's experience as a shep-
to the people. The rabbis (Baba
herd stood him good stead when
Kana
82:A) base this rule on a
the Israelites faced Philistines
Portraits by
and Goliath. To David, Goliath verse in the Bible which ways
"and
they
went three days in the
was just another wolf. Goliath
wilderness and found no water."
was encased in heavy armor. Not
(Exo.
c
lus
15:22)
David. Like the late Justice Louis
The result of this
D. Brandeis, he liked things sim-
lack of water for three days was a
ple. Justice Brandeis was a
spirit of rebellion which caused
as always fine
wealthy man but he refused to
trouble to come between the peo-
own a car or even a typewriter.
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ple and the Almighty. The rabbis
He didn't like things which com-
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always
consider the Torah to be
plicated life. He liked to quote
Birmingham
the refreshing waters which would
Goethe's saying. "In der beshren-
quench
the
intellectual and spiritual
;rung, zeigt sick erst der meis-
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thirst of the people. The balancing
ter." The armor would protect
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him better, but it would make and sustaining feature of the Jew
him heavy. David wanted to be
is the Torah. Without Torah the
free like the wind.
Jew leaves himself open to dif-
ficulty
and maladjustment. There-
The Jews were shepherd people.
Akiva was a shepherd until the fore, the Torah is read on Monday
age of 40. Then he began to learn and Thursday mornings so that
and he became the great star of there shall never be a span of three
the Talmud._ His shepherd life consecutive days when the Torah
made a contribution. He brought to is not read.
Some people stand up an Ilse
his studies an outlook broader than
some of his colleagues who had time that the Torah is read in
the synagogue.
always been students.
Today, 2,000 years later, Ben-
Gurion lives at Sde Boker, which Dropsie Co-Sponsors -
means cow's field, but Ben-Gurion
is no cowboy. General Bar-Lev. Communication Parley
head of the Israeli army, came
Dropsie University joined with
close. His childhood ambition was the Florida International Univer-
sity, a state university in Miami,
to be a veterinarian.
Jews now are in many fields in sponsoring an all-day symposium
but in the subconscious of the race, on "Communicating for Progress"
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there is still that original experi- this week. -
With the presidents and faculty
ence and no doubt Jews have de-
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easily pull the wool over a shep- the all - day:'session was part of a
continuing program being devel-
herd's eyes.
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for the Study of Communication
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sonnet coming over to Israel are
for the greater part people who
have had considerable experience
in their various professions. At
least 56 per cent of them have
had more than six years' ex-
perience in their various fields,
less than 10 per cent having
come over immediately after
graduation, 1,000 out of the
1,500 heads of families who
arrived recently hold master's
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Days Assigned to Read Torah
It is related that Rabbi Mayer
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explain the reason for this to be
because the reading of the Torah is
a simulation of the revelation at
Sinai where the Torah was origin-
ally given. At that occasion the
people of Israel stood up in awe
and reverence. The revelation at
Sinai is thus considered to be an
on-going experience which the Jew
senses every time he hears the
reading of the Torah. Thus people
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