34—Friday, Dlovember 26, 1971

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Dimont's Controversia l

ndestiuctible 'Jews'

_Max I. Dimont, who has written
deism more clearly than the Jews
best-selling Jewish histories, may
ttremselvesz.At a lecture delivered
well be called "a controversial
to the World Jewish Congress in
historian." He does not follow ac-
1959, Toynbee reconsidered his
BESS MYERSON, former Miss
ABRAHAM FEINBERG, New cepted - routines but introduces the
earlier appraisal of the Jews, stat-
America and TV. personality and York banker and business leader, unexpeCted in viewing events, past
ing 'The future of Judaism is to
now consumer affairs commission- and for 19 years president of the and present, with the result that
convert the world. It is an extra-
er for /lew York City, will-return American Committee for the Weir- he often shocks the adherents of
ordinary thing that livice before
to TV in a five-day-a-week syn- mann Institute of Science, was the standardized.
in history Jews have allowed out-
dicated show, "What Every Wom- elected chairman of the interne- In "The Indestructible Jews,"
sideis to run away from their re-
an Wants to Know." She will re- tional board of governors of the - published by New American Li-
ligion, and spread it over the
tain her current post.
Weizmann Institute at the annual brary and already approaching the
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world .. _ Does not the real future
meeting of the board. high- `mark in sales, Dimont views
of Jews and Judaism lie.in spread-
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LAWRENCE BEIGLER of Sher-
the exile of Jews as a 'blessing,
ing Judaism, in its authentic form,
idan Dr., Beverly Hills, received
DEWEY D. STONE was hon- as necessary to their survival.
over the whole world?'" .
both a national. and local award ored by the scientific council of Discarding stereotypes, Dimont
from the United States Army Tank the Weizmann Institute of Science. refuses to judge history as a suc-
So—Toynbee is a new prophet
Automotive .Command for
for Dimwit! But we don't trust
The founding chairman of the insti- cession of kings and wars but
neering accomplishments. Beigler
him! And we hardly agree with the
designed a Fragmentation Armor tide's board of governors was pre- rather "as the unfolding of a mani-
mission of a man who may have
sented with a special scroll of fest drama of ideas—a succession.
Kit that was installed in Marine honor
vacillated before the World Jewish
for his "30 years-of unparal-
MAX I. DIMONT -
Corps trucks and - which has saved leled devotion and service" to the of steps leading to a brotherh cod
Congress 12 years ago, but whose
of man."
lives of Marines in Vietnam.
fossil-theory has remained his
institute as one of its founders.
batte- credo. So we - differ with. Dimont.
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His dramatic historical divisio ns lived and died within
o o
daries of their- states,- or simply
Dr. WALTER A. ROSENBLITH, deal with the initial scene th at vanished when transplanted into He hasn't helped his case by mak-
Rabbi DANIEL LOWY of Con-
ing Toynbee one of his authorities.
gregation Bnai Israel in Muske- provost of the Massachusetts In- marked the shaping of the Jewis
alien cultures."
gon, will represent the Jewish stitute of Technology, will deliver charter and the setting apart of
If Dimont arouses discus-
Is it a debatable view, in a cen-
Jews
from
the
pagan
world.
Tb
en
the
principal
address
at
the
na-
Chautauqua Society as lecturer at
tury during which `$e aspiration sion, with a platform for those
Northern Michigan . 'University in tional dinner of the American there is the scene during whi ch was—and is in many nationalistic who can disprove many of his
Marquette, Tuesday. - He will lec- Society for Technion-Israel Insti- the Sinai Magna Charta, the emer ranks—for the redemption of Is- views, he will have added some-
ture oa the subject "The Hebrew tute of Technology, Wednesday; gencifrom slavery to freedom an reel and for an end to the Galut' thing to free discussion. —P.S.
the giving of the Torah were e -
at. Americana Hotel, New York.
Concept of Man."
acted. In -the third scene we wi n Dimont persists: "The Diaspora
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t- not only saved the Jews from exs
ness
the establishment of the sta to
from
Foreign Minister ABBA EBAN
ALEXANDER GORDON, an en-
of Israel, as a concluding act to tinction, it placed them in the
has
postponed
his
return
to
the
gineer with 20 years' experience in
LONDON, ENGLAND
midst of history. -Because of the
"the
foundation
for
a
duality
the United States .and Israel, has United Nations General Assembly. the Jewish soul—the national an in Diaspora, the Jews did not die
d
been appointed director of the He was expected to return Sunday the universal." -
culturally when a host civilization
technological department of the but is now scheduled to arrive at
died. There were always Jews in
Dimont's work' is filled with other civilizations to give p!z-
American. Society for Technion-Is- the beginning of next month.
and His ORCHESTRA
opinions, with unorthodox ap- • petuity,
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rael Institute of Technology, it was
to the Jewish heritage."
"Distinctive Styling in Musk
EHUD AVRIEL, chairman of the proaches that often shock his-
announced by Charles I. Scher, ex-
It is generally conceded that
to Your individual •Taste"
torians... He writes as an his- anti-Semitism drives many' Jews
ecutive vice president of the Zionist Actions Committee for the
torian,
brit
he
is
a
maverick.
past three years, has resigned his
society. .
right back to loyalty to heritage,
Call 557-9332
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He tells us, for example: "In to sYnagogue, to cultural identity.
position. Anshel Reiss, a member
Dr. NATHAN H. WINTER, di- of the Labor Party, was named canonizing Scripture, the Jews ha y e But Dimont adopts a positive ap-
bequeathed a gyroscope to keep proach of viewing the non-state-
rector of the program in Hebrew acting chairman.
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them on an even keel through their hood and dispersion as a boon to
culture and 'education at New York
SIMCHA EHRLICH, member of coming perilous journey in a vast , survival. And' so he declares:
University's school- of education,
Keep Your Eye On
was honored at a reception at the the Knesset, has completed his uncharted Diaspora. With charts
"Wittingly or unwittingly, the
matic
power,
they
embedded
in
visits
to
the
General
Zionist
organi-
university to mark his recent ap-
The Fashion Scene at...
Diaspora designers transformed a
pointment as the Judge Abraham zations in Latin America in con- them a self-generating dynamo to temporary political exile into a
Lieberman Professor in Hebraic nection with the election campaigns power their will to obey the dic - permanent Ideological Diaspora,
for delecates to the 28th World tates -"of their real or imagined which for the Jews became their -
Studies.
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manifest destiny. The- Taws have
o
Zionist Congress.
escape hatch from death as a
been eqiupped _with the essential
MRS. A. DUEY STAHL of Pas-
civilization, leading them to 'eter-
armor of canon and char-lima_ to nal life' as a culture."
saic, N.J. has been appointed di- Huge -SiEopping Arcade
cope with future challenges. But
rector of organization of American
But there are -matters in Dimont
one other item is needed for them
Red Mogen Dovid for Israel, it Planned in Tel Aviv
that will lead to disputes and to
was announced by Congressman TEL AVIV (ZINS) — One of the to be fully prepared, programed dissent. For instance, he refers
Emanuel Celler, national chair- largest shopping arcades in the and preconditioned for the ordeal to the anti-Semite Toynbee. Ls it
man.
world is planned for Dizeneoff ahead—the message. This is the
St.. in the heart of Tel Aviv. The job of the Prophets, whose voices libelous to call Toynbee an, anti- We have a full selection of
Jew? We believe the record shows
build-up area will aggregate ap- we hear thundering offstage."
Fun &
MUSIC BY
that he is antagonistic to us, that
proximately 1,200,000 square feet Regardless of his other interpre- he still treats us as fossils, -that
Fashionable Clothes
and will involve an investment of tations, Dimont certainly glories
he is pro-Arab and anthilsrael, that
more th an $40,000,000.
in these voices, in the prophetic
he likens us to the Nazis, Yet,
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Come Sae Us at Our New Location
The arcade will include cinemas messages.
Dimont writes:
and auditoriums, restaurants and
Primarily, as a believer in the
"Toynbee, vilified by Jews be-
968-2563
coffee houses, art - galleries and views be enunciates about the cause he branded them fossils, has
rest areas, and an 1,100-room hotel,
Jewish charisma, Dimont em- perceived the true function of Jii-
Just North of 11 Mile
(next to Surlot Chen
in addition to hundreds of shops.
phasizes that "the Diaspora is
It is estimated the project will be
an absolutely essential ingredient.
547-4874
completed in 1975. Sale of com-
If not for the Diasport, the Jews
Mon.-Sat. 10 ct.m.-4 p.m.
mercial space from plans and
might have become an extinct
ORCHESTRA
blueprints has already begun, with
people, like other peoples who
Carol Uss- 8. Gisela Rndling
Featuring -
foreign investors required to de-
VICKIE CARROLL
posit $1,600 per square meter of
:255-1540
building, the balance payable over Labor Israel Alters
352-0937.
a 4-year period (without interest)
American Operations
The arcade is a project of Arieh
NEW YORK — A major restruc-
Pilz, Israel's largest private
builder of commercial properties turing of the National Committee-
MAX SCHRUT
for
Labor Israel was approved at
and the contractor now erecting
For Good Photographs
a meeting of the organllation's
the
new
central
Tel
Aviv
bus
ter-
and Prompt Service
board of directors, according to an
minal.
Call Ma at
announcement by Leon H. Keyser-
ling, president.
Colored Movies
The changes in the 48-year-old
are aimed primarily
400 ft.—$165 Comp. organization
Weddings - Bar Minos
at strengthening its information
Weddings, Bar Mitzvos
and cultural services in the United
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