12—Friday, November 5, 1971

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS r Anti-Nazi Observance
Doscontonued in Holland

Isaac Carmel at 88: He Knew He rzl

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

(Copyright 1971, JTA, inc.)

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — In the
darkest days of Nazi rule, on Nov.
26, 1940, Prof. R. Cleveringa of

Reading the Israeli press, we
SIHRTRI
learn that the veteran American
Leyden University lectured to his
Zionist Isaac Carmel, now living
students and protested against the
in Israel, has just celebrated his
Invites lee
dismissal of all "non-Aryans," in-
Judi
Ernest Drucker
88th birthday.
cluding his -famous colleague, M.
To view itla
h i e rkmost exciting new fall fabrics from the world's
Probably no American Jew
Meyers, professor of jurisprudence
finest
mills.
Cut
to
your
individual measurements, you are
counts more friends among Ameri-
After the war, the university has
assured of a perfect fit. In addition to a choice of -700 fab-
can Zionists than Carmel—the man
remembered that famous lecture
rics, 25 collars and 12 cuffs, our 20 years experience in
who knew or at least had met
each year.
Theodor Herzl.
the men's fashion business is a big plus. Remember, we are
This year a decision was taken
available for appointment in your office. Shirts start at
It is said women were so rare
to discontinue the anti-Nazi cere-
in California in the Gold Rush days
$9.50, min. order 4. Shirts made in our own Detroit shop.
mony of remembrance.
that a miner who had shaken the
executive custom shirimakers, inc.
Asked by the press why this was
hands of a woman could charge
done, a spokesman for the univers-
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another miner for the privilege of
ity stated the ceremony was no
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How much could Carmel charge
for shaking the hand of a man
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who had shaken the hand of the
ISAAC CARDIEL
immortal Herzl?
Carmel was never president of When the Jewish state was es-
the Zionist organization. He was tablished, Carmel moved to Israel.
no five-star general, but it is the Where else could a man with a
soldiers in the ranks who do the name like Carmel live? But he
fighting and the winning. If there came back frequently to America
were medals pinned for service to to make the rounds of the country
Israel beyond the call of duty, for support for Israel—without his-
Cannel's chest would be filled with trionics. A very effective speaker,
such medals.
he could always be depended upon '
Times have changed. Today for a little humor. Once he was
Israel is in all the papers. But asked in those early days, how
in years gone by, it was hard to
the businessman was faring in the
get a paragraph about Zionism
new Israel.
in the y press. At convention time,
Well, said Carmel, and he told
one could get a good story in of a Jew in Israel who went into
the New York' Times. The Zion- the ski business. The man was
ist conventions were usually
asked, with so little snow in Israel
held in Atlantic City. By the
have you many customers?
waters of the Atlantic, they took
Well, was the reply, " I don't
down their harps and remem- know about customers, but I al-
bered Zion. When Isaac Carmel ready have two competitors."
S
arrived, everybody knew it was
Some years back, Carmel enter-
time for the convention to begin. tained the idea of doing a book on
Louis Lipsky was sure to be the American contributions to
there. At one' time he had been Israel. Probably one could write
theater critic of a New York daily. such a story pivoting about Car-
He knew more about the American mel. The best man to do such a
theater than any man in the coon- work would be Phil Slomovitz,
try. He was a veritable encyclo- editor and publisher of The Detroit
pedia about the subject. He could Jewish News.
Eight years ago, when we last
tell just when O'Neil's play was
first put on and about everything saw Carmel, he had just celebrated
theatrical going back to Edwin his 80th birthday and he said he
Booth. Why had he moved over made something special of it by
from the stage to Zionism? Was it taking a good schnapps. He said,
that he saw more drama in the re- You know any shnook can be 70,
birth of a nation? At any rate, in but it's really something to 80."
that drama, Lipsky was a highly Today at his 88th candle, his
conspicuous and successful actor. many friends will be glad to drink
- At the convention one would also to him with a glass of good Carmel
see the exotic-looking Jacob De wine. For those whO 'may wish to
Haas, looking a bit like a Spanish reach him with personal greetings,
his address is llalben Dora,
grandee. Disraeli spoke of
being
"inebriated by the exhuberance
of Zletanya, Israel.
one's own verbosity." De Haas
when he wanted, could exert an
inebriating effect with the exhu-
berance of his verbosity. Stephen
Wise would be there of course.
Wise looked great, just standing.
And he was a man of convictions.
but if we're destined to spend our winters
at home,
During the great steel strike, Wise,
let's at least try to control the elements. 4,
taking the side of the unions, said
One way is with
in concluding his remarks: "I see
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great on the expressway and it really bites in the deep stuff—avaifabk in fiberglass
speech would alienate the financial
and
support necessary for the
Brandeis would not be at the
Get 'um studded—it's great
convention, but Robert SzoId, his
and maybe with the heater on and the right music .tin the radio
friend, would represent him. And
a well known chemist, Dr. Chaim
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Another frequent guest was a for-
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After the convention, every-
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body would go to Child's restaur-
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