nor •-• THE JEWISH NEWS inctrrporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 'Commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Associ- ation Published every Friday by. The Jewish News Publishing Co.. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, second-0w Postage Palo at SoUthfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. is a year. Foreign $9 - Mich. 48075. Subscription PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Easiness Manager CHARLOTTE DUBIN City Editor DREW LIEBERWITZ Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 11th day of _Heshvan, 5732, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Gen. 12:1.17:27. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 40:27-41:16. Candle lighting, Friday, Oct. 29. 5:12 p.m. VOL. LX. No. 7 Page Four October 29, 1971 Voices Calling to Us From the USSR There are voices calling to us from the It was not so long ago that Jews in Rus- Soviet Union. Even if the Russian claims that sia were in a suppressed state, fearing to there are only 2,150,000 Jews left in the raise their voices, studying Hebrew in secret USSR—there are facts to indicate that the and reciting their prayers secretly. What an number exceeds the 3,000,000 figure!—this amazing change—even if the tapes had to be is a community of great proportions, and it is smuggled out of Russia for the "Silent No no longer a silent one. It no longer fears. It Longer" record—that Jews have spoken, that speaks out. It expresses its hope for redemp- they were joined by their children! tion from the oppressions - tantamount to One of the recorded songs is "Next Year slavery that deprive them of their spiritual in Jerusalem," but it is not limited to that. and cultural rights as Jews and do not give The voice from the Soviet Union declares: them the freedom to reside wherever they "Next year in Jerusalem. Next month. Or choose. next week, or the next minute. We Jews are The voices are deeply moving. The Ameri- always ready." • can Jewish Congress has made some of them There is something magnificent in the available on a record that' must move the music recorded by Theodore Bikel, in a re- hearts of even the most calloused of people. constructed program directed by Issachar "Silent No More" is such an appropriate Miron. It is to the great credit of the Amen- title for the . recorded music, for the inter- can Jewish Congress that these voices are mingling of the appeals by Jews of all ages made available to us, that "Silent No More" who are asking for the right to be Jews, for becomes a reality. exit visas to Israel, for removal of restrictions It is not often that a musical record be- upon their use of Yiddish and Hebrew as comes a subject for an editorial. "Silent No spoken tongues. More" and its sponsors have earned it. Inconsistency and Pressure in a Senator's Life Michigan's junior U.S. senator, Robert Griffin, was very compassionate when it was necessary to exert pressure upon the Soviet Union to secure the release of Prof. Mikhail Zand and his family and to assure their being permitted to go to Israel. He may or may not have had a share in the successful resolution of that problem. But he and his staff were untiring in making contacts with the Zand protectors it Ann Arbor and Detroit, with the State Dept . lent in Washington, with the U. S. Emil- rsy in Moscow. Now we wonder whether the Michigan senator and his staff were aware that if not for a secure Israel all the Zand efforts would have been impractical. What the Zands and others like ;lem needed was the haven of Israel. The 'ore, if one is concerned about justice for sian Jewry, one must concur- rently dedic himself also to the task of providing w •ance for a safe Israel. Sen. Gr I may have blundered when he failed t :1 the 78 senators who spon- sored the r a tion for prompt sale of Phan- toms to Isr, . After all, even the Republican minority lei. r of the Senate played a leading role in spot ..ring the proposed resolution. A blunder is not sinful, but inconsistency is. You can't propagate justice for the Rus- sian •Jew without providing-a haven for him. And a haven is not the one that is now avail- able for some 20,000 Jews in this country but / Role of Jewish War Veterans Shown to Be as Peace Seekers Conscious of the libels that are occasionally hurled at American Jews, veterans of foreign wars organized to form the Jewish War Vet- erans of the United States. The movement came into being in 1896. Since then it has won the respect of national Jewish organizations and acceptance from non-Jews who recognize the organization as a valid force of spokesmen for those who wore the uniforms of the United States in the conflicts in which this nation was engaged during the intervening 75 years. "The Jewish War Veterans Story" as told in an impressive his- the one that has been established for the torical analysis by Gloria B. Mosesson is a thorough account of the movement's many services. Dealing as it does with the personalities hundreds of thousands in Israel. who led the veterans and directed their affairs, as well as the Ameri- Is there pressure involved? In Switzerland can Jewish occurrences that influenced their activities, this volume a responsible government leader canceled a may and well be treated as a chapter in American Jewish history. speech he was to deliver at the 70th anniver- Mrs. Mosesson, ) the wife of a war .veteran, a . former national sary celebration of the Jewish National JiZtmd president of Junior Hadassah, had marked with the late National because of fear for Arab reprisals. JWV Commander J. George Fredmal writing of "Jews In In Iran, the Jewish state—which is so in- American Wars," in '1954. This adds to - her `qualifications as an timately related to Persian history dating authority on the work -she completed in the present hidirical review. back to Cyrus the Great—there was a ban on Because the veterans' organization had become -especially linked Israel when heads of governments were in- movements that fought bigotry, Nazism, Ctimmunism_and Fascism; vited to the 2,500th anniversary celebration with and in view of the JWV record of supporting the Monist- cause and of the Iranian state, out of fear for Arab re- defending Israel's position as a democratic state, this story is of actions. particular importance to students of history. What are the reactions in the ranks of At the same time, Mrs. Mosesson's account relates the impressive those who form a minority that fails to sup- record of service by JWV to the Red Cross, in-aid- of afflicted port Israel. in the U.S. Senate? Is this, too, who suffered from want or pestilence, and the comradeship that nations exists Arab pressure? And if one rejects pressures, between JWV, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, as U. S. senators often should, why not begin resulting in a cooperative effort-in tasks that required mutual accord in striving to prevent the spread of prejudice. by rejecting Arab pressures? Reference appropriately is made to the JWV's National Shrine for In the case of Griffin and his staff, the fault that stands out most prominently is in- the Jewish War Dear which has been built at 1712. New Hampshire Ave., Washington. consistency. You can't affirm concern for Rus- While upholding the rights of the war veterans and striving for sian Jewry without providing the security of justice for the Jew, JWV's attitude is one of peace, according to Mrs. a home in Israel for them. Sen. Philip A. Hart in the upper house Mosesson, who declares: "JWV never loses sight of the fact that its ultimate goal is peace. Congressman William Broomfield, in the It is involved in the problems created by war and dissidence, but it House of Representatives, their many associ- is dedicated to peaceful solutions of national and international prob- ates, including the minority leaders in both lems. From their tragic memories of indelible experiences veterans houses of Congress, recognize the justice of know better than anyone else of the horrors of war. No group has the position in support Of Israel. That's con- a stronger obligation to our nation to find the path for peaceful resolu- sistency! tions of international tensions. • Problem of Aged and Community Awareness "The Jewish War Veterans look forward to the day when the prophetic vision of Isaiah will be fulfilled, - when 'Nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more'. Until that day, and as long as are American veterans of the Jewish faith, they will continue to - work and search for peace." Harry T. Madison, a former national-commander, is among the personalities listed in this record of JWV's history. In his annual report as president of the who may temporarily be transferred to such Jewish Welfare Federation, Alan E. Schwartz homes, there will be need to assure govern- indicated that there is a full awareness of ment supervision to avert discomforts and the problem that has emerged with the dangers. A grave situation faces our community planned closing of the Petoskey branch of and a solution to it must be found as soon as the Jewish Home for,the Aged. 'Fiddler on Roof' Paperbacked possible. The fact that a". special, committee has What is happening in the Home for the „ What a timely appearance for a paperback ! begun work to find ar solution' to the serious Aged represents the most tragic casualty' iri situation affecting the aged in our community the changing neighborhoods Pocket Books, a division of Simon and Schuster, has just issued that started here serves - as an encouragement that the matter some 20 years ago. It also is a result of diffi- the text of "Fiddler on the Roof,'.! the play that has broken all records for any production on Broadway as well as for plays on the roads of will not be ignored and that communal re- culties public institutions encounter in secur- sponsib )+ will be exercised to find ways ing proper help to conduct their services.. We America. - in time for the showing of the movieof the nMigt popular of res , I to a serious chalfenge to our are suffering from setbacks in social responsi- play, Just this paperback contains the entire -odc leadership. bilities, and we must strive to effect improve- based on the SholtAn Aleic.hem stories. script of the 'stage production In dealing with the problem, our commu- ments that will assure the swot himiane ap- book-is by - Joseph Stein, the music by Jerry_Bock and the nity must bike into conAderation the state proach to the needs of our fellowCitizens who lyrics The by Sheldon --Remick. of near-horror that afflicts the functioning. are both older and less affluent, as well as This paperback is fully illustrated with , reproductiaos of scenes of nursing homes. If there is to be a tempo- those who need our- help: , the aging who _from the play and movie, inserted through — the e0artexsy of United rary solution to the homelessness of the aged cannot fully care Pi- 0-,= a' . as - Artists.