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22—Friday, April 9, 1971

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

This Week in Jewish History

(From the files of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

40 Years Ago This Week: 1931
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Baroness Therese James de Rothschild, philanthropist, widow of
Baron James Edouard de Rothschild, cousin of Baron Edmond de
Rothschild and mother of playwright Henri de Rothschild, died in
Paris at age 84.
Dr. Ludwig Hoffman, who had successfully fought 45 duels, most
)f them in defense of Jewish honor, died in Budapest at 66.
. Czaristic restrictions against Polish Jews, some dating to 1843,
were officially canceled after 12 years of active protests.
Eight Arabs were exiled for a year and fined $250 each and 11
)thers were fined $75 each for shooting a Jewish watchman in the leg.
Isaac Gimbel, chairman of the department store chain, died in
Port Chester, N.Y., at '14; his stores stayed open during his funeral
as was his request.
Maurice Abrahams, composer and husband of actress Belle Baker,
ied in New York at age 48.
JTA began a series of reports on the plight of Polish Jews by
ecial correspondent Boris Smolar.

10 Years Ago This Week: 1961

Italy's highest court refused to extradite Ludwig Zind, West Ger-
man teacher who fled to Italy to escape a one-year sentence for declar-
ing that "not enough Jews were gassed."
Heinrich Heimann, 58, former Hitlerian officer awaiting trial in
Germany on- charges of shooting "several thousand Jews and other
civilian personnel" in Poland, hanged himself in his cell.
The Eichmann trial opened in Jerusalem with defense attorney
Robert Servatius challenging Israel's right to decide guilt in European
crimes. Prosecutor Gideon Hausner, noting that the Security Council
had decided not to ask Israel to return Eichmann to Argentina, stated:
"At this moment, no one but the state of Israel wishes to try Eichmann.
It is not the Jewish people who will try Eichmann here, but many
who are not here, including millions of neutrals, will sit in judgement
upon him." As for a UN tribunal, "Does anyone consider this a prac-
tical suggestion in view of the cold war?"
Karl Chmielewski, former commandant of Mauthausen's Gusen
sub-camp. was sentenced in Germany to life imprisonment for nearly
300 murders, many by outdoor ice-water hosings of naked prisoners.
The Security Council called on both Israel and Jordan to comply
with the 1949 armistice, in effect condemning Israel for rehearsing a
scheduled 13th anniversary military parade. Israel moved the parade
route out of view of Jordan-held old Jerusalem.

St. John's 15 Short but Pertinent Facts

Robert St. John, the eminent
author and lecturer, biographer of
David Ben-Gurion, Abdel Nasser
and Eliezer Ben Yehuda, in his
recent lectures has been using 15
basic facts regarding Mid East
peace hopes.
He states: "When the White
House and the State Department
try to pressure Israel to retire to
1967 borders, all friends of Israel
should be prepared to respond
with facts. The,15 facts seem perti-
nent to me." As he has elaborated
upon them they are:
1. Palestine was part of many
empires — was ruled over by
many peoples—during the past
2000 years—Romans, Crusad-

Dr. Max Lichter
Elected President
of Shaarey Zedek

Dr. Max Lichter was elected
president at the 110th annual din-
ner meeting of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek Monday.
Other officers elected were: Rob-
ert A. Steinberg, first vice presi-
dent; Morris Karbal, second vice
president; Gerson Bernstein, treas-
urer; and Harold Berry, secretary.
Board of trustees members elect-
ed to a second three-year term
were Dr. Daniel Gilbert, Tubie

The Lib Movement and a Shazar story

EY DAVID SCHWARTZ.

(Copyright 1971, JTA Inc.)

No one is really opposed to wo-
men enjoying equal opportunities
with men. In Israel, Golda Meir is
the prime minister. In India, Mrs.
Ghandi is the prime minister. In
neither of these countries is there
a Lib movement. Wit really don't
know what the Libs want. Do
they want men . to be forced to
powder their noses, too? Just what
is liberation?
Women are now having fewer
children and big companies have
taken over much of the domestic
duties, such as preparation of food,
so women naturally tend to enter
other fields more and more. No
movement is required. It is inevit-
able.
Tn New York, it was reported
this week that two young women
had been admitted as students at
the cantor school of the Hebrew
Union College.
The two young women are Bar-

Inmates Attend 'Seder'
in DC's Reformatory

Wash-
WASHINGTON (JTA)
ington's reformatory, the Lorton
Complex in nearby Virginia, held
Passover services this week for
eight inmates — three black and
five white — who an official des-
cribed as "professing Jews." The
correctional institution, which has
1,200 inmates, sponsored Hanuka
services for six men last Decem-
ber.
The Lorton "seder" was attend-
ed by Associate Superintendent
James Freeman, who is black,
and the Rev. Edward M. Casey,
the Catholic chaplain. Herbert
Cohen. Lorton's classification and
parole office, described the event
to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
as a real seder with the tradi-
tional food and religious obser-
vance. It was presided over by
Rabbi Simon Burnstein, of the
Southwest Orthodox Hebrew Con-
gregation in Washington. Rabbi
Burnstein is the adviser at the
reformatory for the National Jew-
ish Welfare Board, which joined
in sponsoring the seder. The rabbi
was assisted by Albert Thomas, a
Black who, according to the rabbi
"comes to our shul every morning
to join the minyan."

bara Ostfeld of North Haven,
Conn., and Sheila Cline of Brook-
line, Mass. Both say they are not
Libs.
Probably more people have gone
to hear the hazan or cantor singing
than the rabbi preaching. The Has-
idim tell the story of the Ladier
Rebbe. Once he felt that one of
his listeners was unable to grasp
his discourse on the necessity of
the worshiper to feel a unison with
the Divine. Whereupon he called
the man to him and said, "Listen,
I will sing to you and maybe this
will make you realize what I
mean." So he began singing-r-song
without words—and the eyes of the
man lit up and he said, "Yes, now
I understand what you mean of
uniting oneself With God."
In general, perhaps while valu-
ing song. mentally we have not
given it the recognition that is its
due. The success of Fiddler on the
Reef all over the world appears to
show that maybe Jews made a
mistake in trying to argue against
anti-Semitism. What we should
have done perhaps was to make
the anti-Semites acquainted with
the Jewish melodies. Even in Ger-
many, Fiddler on the Roof is re-
ported to have brought 18 curtain
calls at one Performance.
Now it Can Be Teld
We didn't want to embarrass
the President of Israel while he
was on his visit to America, but
now that he has returned to Israel
we can tell it.
A few days before his departure
for America, his wife arranged a
little party for a group of South
American Jews who had arrived in
Israel. There were a little over a
hundred. President Shazar was to
have been one of the speakers, but
in the press of preparations for his
visit to America, he sent word that
he would not be present. However,
when the time for the party came,
he changed his mind and spoke. In
his speech, he appealed to the
South American Jews that on their
return to their countries they tell
other Jews of the fine Jewish life
in Israel, so that they, too, would
be disposed to visit Israel. But he
was interrupted by outcries.
It took a couple of minutes be-
fore President Shazar realized that
the 100 or so South American Jews
were not tourists, but had come as
settlers.

years — Romans, Crusad-
imposed upon the vanquished
the kind of peace the victors
ers, Mamalukes, very briefly
wanted.
by Arabs, then for 400 years
was part of the Ottoman Em- 13._ Twentyrl-five
ive vv years after the end
pire.
of
II the USA still
occupies Okinawa, Japan, Ger-
2. After World War I the victors
many and other territory of the
decided to carve up the Otto-
vanquished.
man Empire and give the Mid-
East part to the two Semitic 14. No loud voices are raised
against the US occupation; no
peoples.
one has said to us that the
3. The plan was approved by the
victor in a war (as soon as the
leaders of both the Arabs and
war ends) must retire to previ-
the Jews.
ous frontiers.
4. This plan gave 96 per cent to
15. About East Jerusalem, Jordan
Arabs, 4 per cent to Jews.
insists that Israel "give back"
5. Victors gave Britain mandate
the old City to Jordan. How did
over Palestine—the 4 per cent.
Trans-Jordan get East Jerusa-
6. With no one's permission Bri-
lem? In 1948 by force of arms
tain in 1921 gave majority of
—a military victory. How did
this mandated territory to
Israel get East Jerusalem? In
Hasemite (Arab) family, for
1967, by force of arms—a mili-
creation of Trans-Jordan.
tary victory. Why must there
7. This new country had no his-
be a double code of morality—
tory, had never belonged to the
one code to be adhered to when
Arabs; in fact had never before
the Arabs do something, another
existed as a country.
code when the Israelis do the
8. When Israel was created by the
identical thing?
UN in 1948 she became the first
country in history created legiti-
mately — by a majority vote
democratically taken in the
highest legal body in the world.
9. If the Arabs had accepted this
democratic action there would
have been no war, no blood-
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2. Overseas—Plane, ship
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3. Hotel Reservations, every-
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4. Car Rentals, everywhere
11. The rest of the world made no
5. Chartered buses
complaint. After the 1948 cease
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'ISRAEL IN DEPTH'

DR. MAX LICHTER

A truly outstanding tour led by

Resnik and Maurice Schiller. Elect-
ed to their first three-year term
were Mandell L. Berman and Ben
Chinitz.
Active in many professional
and community projects, Dr.
Lichter served as president of the
Shaarey Zedek Men's Club, a
member of the synagogue board
of trustees, treasurer and second
vice president.
He has served as chief of staff
of Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn
and played a leading role in ef-
forts in behalf of the Hadassah-He-
brew University Medical Center.
He is a past president of the TB
Society and serves as a consultant
for the U. S. Public Health Service.

RABBI HERBERT S. ESKIN

21 DAYS IN ISRAEL
MAY 13 -JUNE 3

Deluxe Accommodations - King David - Dan Hotel - Dan Carmel. Israeli
breakfast and dinner daily. All tours in private air-conditioned bus with
English speaking guide. A flight to Eilat. A boat trip _ along the Sinai
coast and much more.

Total Cost — $940 " -

For Information:

352-3463

"THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE
LT. GALLEY COURT MARTIAL TRIAL"

will be discussed by

Birmingham Temple
Plans Weekend Seder

Birmingham Temple will hold
its annual Passover seder 7 p.m.
Saturday at Raleigh House.
Mrs. Donald Black, Mrs. Gerald
Berman and Doree Samuels are in
charge of arrangements. The lat-
ter and David Manheimer are di-
recting musical arrangements.
Guests are invited to call the
temple office, 549-5490, for infor-
mation.
On Sunday, ninth grade students
of the Sunday school conducted a
"friendship seder" for the younger
members.
The Passover service will be
held 8:30 p.m., April 16 at the
Robert Frost Junior High School.

Five Detroit Rabbis
on Bond Cabinet

Five Detroit rabbis are mem-
bers of the newly organized Nat-
ional Rabbinic Cabinet for Israel
Bonds.
They are Rabbi Milton Arm of
Cong. Beth Achim, Jacob E. Segal
of Adas Shalom, Hayim Donin of
Bnai David, Samuel H. Prero of
Young Israel and Richard C.
Hertz of Temple Beth El.

ROBERT GORALSKI

N.B.C. Washington Correspondent

Robert Goralski will discuss this most controversial issue, disturbing all Americans.
Goralski had befriended Lt. Calle), before, during and ofter the Mai Lai tragedy
and covered the trial for N.B . C. He will also discuss questions from the audience.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18th

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