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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor and Publisher
CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ
Business M•nagitr
CHARLOTTE DUBIN
City Editor
DREW LIEBERWITZ
Advertising Manager
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the 12th day of Kislev, 5733, the following scriptural selections
will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Gen. 28 10-32:3. Prophetical portion, Hosea 12:13-14:10.
Candle lighting. Friday. Nos. 17. 4:12 p.m.
VOL. LXII. No. 10
Page Four
November 17, 1972
Community Planning on the Highest Level
American Jewry's interests are not limited
to philanthropy. There are concerns that in-
volve economics, religious loyalties, relation-
ships with Jewish communities throughout
the world, and occasional political involve-
ments.
The general assembly sessions in Toronto
proved the point that there are no limitations
to Jewish concerns, and that the needs of
all factions in Jewish life are becoming mat-
ters not to be ignored by a representative
body of American Jews. •
Because of the responsibilities to- Israel—
primarily to the United Jewish Appeal—the
Council of Jewish Federations is no longer in
the ranks that were many years ago antago-
nistic to the Zionist ideology. The position of
Israel is one of deep concern to every Jew,
and the CJF programs must give it priority.
Therefore, the federations look to the general
assembly of CJF for guidance on the extent
of campaigns to be conducted and to be as-
sured success in the Diaspora-Israel partner-
ship that beckons for strengthening of kin-
ships. Sounding the keynote for UJA, the fed-
erations, through the vast representative body
that gathers at a general assembly, practic-
ally introduce the fund-raising efforts for
Israel, and when UJA meets in December to
inaugurate another year's campaigning it
actually pursues the policies outlined at CJF
assemblies.
Meanwhile, there is a priority for Jewish
education, and next to Israel the duty de-
volving from national planning is toward
our schools. It is at the CJF meetings that
American Jewry is admonished about the
urgency of elevating educational standards.
of assuring an education for every Jewish
child, of guaranteeing availability of most
qualified teachers.
It was at the assembly in Toronto that
leadership became aware of new problems
affecting our schools, of the decline in school
enrollments, of new conditions that have
emerged as a result of low fertility rates
among us, of a measure of indifference as
well as changing conditions that are altering
the previous cultural approaches. Out of the
planning at the CJF assembly must emerge an
application of new methods through which
the educational media will prosper as produc-
tive media in Jewish ranks. It is not a prob-
lem of funds but rather of proper planning
and deep dedication to the needs of our chil-
dren, as well as the urgency of inspiring
adult studies. If the two needs are advanced
unselfishly, we shall see great improvement
in Jewish spirituality.
It should be said in viewing CJF functions
that the new interest in the advancement of
the standards of the Jewish press also are
commendable. If the desire of providing such
improvements will be linked with profes-
sional knowledgeability, in cooperation with
qualified experts who know and understand
the position of the press, it will be possible
to assure for the smaller American Jewish
communities the functioning of newspapers
worthy of the responsibilities they assume.
The English-Jewish press is the dominant
medium for proper communcation between
communities as well as individuals, and the
existence of informed constituents depends
in greatest measure on the kind of newspaper
the community possesses.
The vital Institute for Jewish Life that
has been established by the Council of Fed-
erations has undertaken to deal with the
numerous problems, including the press, the
schools, the duties to Israel. The leadership
of Max M. Fisher as CJF president for three
years and the succession to that post of an
able Baltimorean, Irving Blum, who has
served as the first chairman of the Institute
for Jewish Life, add immensely to the
assurance that the planning on a high scale
continues.
Much to Be Done In Years Ahead
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Now there is need to settle down to
business.
There is much to be done in the years
ahead. There is much unfinished business.
Many problems have created tensions in this
great land. Roy Wilkins, the noted Negro
leader, was right when he said on the morn-
ing after the Nov. 7 election that racism
played a role in the bitterness that has been
dividing Americans. Law and order has be-
come an issue that has led to extremism and
to unfortunate disregard of realities.
Indeed, we need to educate ourselves to
realize that we are not a people of hate, that
we need and strive for peace, that while
seeking strictness in dealing with criminality
we are not a heartless folk.
The American ideals beckon for strength.
for the power that stems from adherence to
the highest ideals in human relations. Our
nation's high goals are not the property of a
single party, and it is fortunate that the
minority is always a loyal opposition. With
this fact in view, it is to be hoped that the
nation will, once again, in a cooperative effort
by the President and Congress, settle down to
the business of cementing good will among
races, to prevent internal strife on matters
relating to our schools, in solving the needs
of so many, among elders and unemployed, to
assure that higher standards of living are not
denied to a minority that lives amid eco-
nomic affluence.
There are national and international needs
to be fulfilled. There is the question of the
Genocide Convention action on which has
been -stYrrifed in the U.S. Senate. All presi-
RMAN
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Harry Golden Sees New York
as World's Greatest Jewish City
To Harry Golden, New York is "The Greatest Jewish City in the
World." That's the title of his new book, published by Doubleday.
It's a big book and it hzis lots of photographs taken by Jay Maisel.
There are many personalW• sketches and the popular author has in-
corporated unusual stories linking the metropolis with major historic
events, with the peoples who inhabit it, with the history of Jewry and
America.
He treats the big city as "a microcosm of Jewish America, repre-
senting the three waves of immigration," the Sephardic, the German
and the East European.
Because he himself was originally an
East Sider, Golden is able to draw upon
the human interest factors, upon the many
elements among whom Jews lived and with
whom they fraternized. For instance, there
are the Jewish-Irish links. There are the
labor elements and the Socialist trends of
earlier years. There were the Italians
among whom Jews played a role in the
great city.
He becomes the historian of the Yiddish
theater in his review of the interesting ex-
periences on a stage that became famous
and flourished for many years. Many of
the great actors who portrayed character-
istically, who were the great dramatists.
who also enacted the comic, are recalled
Harry Golden
in this interesting account of a city's importance and of the Jewish
share in molding the city and its own community.
The emerging names—David Kessler, Jacob Adler, Bertha Kalich,
Boris Thomashefsky and scores of others—introduce the nostalgic.
And Golden writes also about the dramatists, about Jacob Gordin and
others.
He recalls the opera singers, and his story assumes a current
interest with names like Roberta Peters, Jan Peerce and Richard
Tucker.
Then there are the stories about Jewish writers, the Jewish pa-
pers, the predominance of Yiddish in the earlier years of this century
and continuing through the '30s and '40s and on to the '50s.
dents since Harry S. Truman have urged
adoption of the United Nations tract that
condemns and outlaws mass murders among
nations, and in spite of some 60 nations hav-
ing approved it this country keeps abstaining.
There should be a change in attitude in the
coming planning by the U.S. Senate.
' There should be an end to the busing
issue which was responsible for so much of
the divisiveness that marked the presidential
campaign.
His concern for politics gives Golden a great opportunity to delve
We need many changes and we must have Into a field he has been exploring for many years. He knows the
politicians
and he understands the Jewish urge for social ideals.
new approaches to progress.
When he deals with a personality like Herbert Lehman he under-
President Nixon will have this nation's stands his motivations.
support in every progressive effort toward
Similarly, Golden's tackling of sports is as goad as his resume
the advancement of American idealism. May of Jewish interests in music, in ragtime, with emphasis on the ac-
we be blessed by wisdom in American legisla- complishments of the Gershwins and the men who have advanced the
theatrical business.
tive actions!
The Late Louis Stern
Tragedy struck the general assembly of
the Council of Jewish Federations and Wel-
fare Funds last Saturday night when a dis-
tinguished former president of the national
movement collapsed while introducing Irving
Blum to be successor to Max M. Fisher as
CJF president. -
Mr. Stern had a record of many contribu-
tions to Jewry's most important needs, within
the ranks of CJF, as president of the National
Jewish Welfare Board, as a member of the
Jewish Agency for Israel world board of di-
rectors. His memory is blessed by the good
he had accomplished in a life that was en-
riched by his dedication to . his people , and
his country. " "
It is when he deals with the newly-arrived immigrant, with Ellis
Island, with the Statue of Liberty and the Emma Lazarus plaque,
that Golden rises to great heights in introducing the Jewish - spirit as
it links with the American ideals.
A section devoted to synagogues, illustrated, depicting the dif-
ferences, the Orthodox with the mikvas and the Reform introducing
changes, adds flavor to the book.
Then there is the labor movement, the unionization, the history
of East Side New York's deep interest in solving the problems that
arose with the sweatshops. This is where Golden is able to discuss
the contributions of the labor leaders, starting with Samuel Gompers,
through the present era.
The department store owners and the financiers rate and receive
a special chapter.
Major Jewish organizations are listed in a special concluding
chapter.
The entire book is a tribute — to the Greatest Jewish City in the
World, in the view of Harry Golden who proves his point in this well-
told story. A special section with color pictures, the gallery of per-
sonalities, the anecdotes — all add immensely to the . value,of an inter- ,
estini book.
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