Friday, March 14, 1975
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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`Studies of Polish Jews' Cites Resistance
FQR THE NEW MAN
IN YOUR LIFE!
pf whom converted to artisans and profession- of the Jewish people, the Or-
By ALLEN A. WARSEN
als, and replacing them dener-Grupe's scope of ac-
"Studies of Polish Jewry, Christianity.
with Poles. Three, the tivities expanded to include
Nonetheless,
assimilation
1919-1939„" subtitled "The'
3ar Mitzvah Suits, Sport
Interplay of Social, Eco- in Poland did start in the . mere presence of the Jews the protection and defense
on Polish soil which they of the people in the streets,
Coats and Knit Slacks
nomic and Political Factors 19th Century.
had inhabitated close to stores, public parks, the
The
"progressives,"
it
is
in the Struggle of a Minor-
Complete Selection
1000 - years (as long as Jewish university students.
ity for Its Existence," edited well to remember, ever since
of Sizes from 12 to 20
there
been a Polish na- Oftentimes, it participated
by Joshua A. Fishman (Yivo 'their inception, regarded tion) has
was unthinkable to in battling fascists and hoo-
the
Jewish
masses
as
back-
Institute for Jewish Re-
Also Today's Styles For
ligans- in towns and cities
the racists and bigots. -
search, New York, 1974) is ward and old-fashioned
This intolerance mani- other than Warsaw. Once
His Dad and Big Brothers
the product of years of re- while themselves they con-
search and preparation. It sidered liberated. They fested itself in manifold the Ordener-Grupe fought ,
Sizes 36 to 48
consists-of English and Yid- hoped that by abandoning' ways: boycotts, discrimina- the police inflicting on it as
dish sections and includes traditionalism their lives tions and violence. Pogroms, many woulds as it re-
13 essays written by histori- would become more abun- murders, robberies, and so ceived.
It should be emphasized -
dant culturally and more called excesses became daily
ans and social scientists.
that th'e members of the
occurences.
Since many American meaningful socially.
Jews are concerned with the Interestingly enough, the It should be stressed that Ordener-Grupe were labor-
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find of interest the essay which the renowned 0 -rtho- tacks.
Men 8. Boys
To appreciate this essay, working people, high school
f
Jewish
back-
dox
Rabbi
Dob
Berush
Mei-
" Poles o
ground — the Case of ASsi- sels preached in- Polish on it is important to view the and university students.
political, national and cul- These people were never
milation without Integra- "Polskosc" — the virtues of
tural program of the Bund paid for their services. They
LOOK. FOR OUR. CLASSIFIED AD
tion of Interwar Poland," Polish culture and love of
objectively, impartially, and regarded the defense and
written
by
Celia
Stopnicka
fatherland.
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without prejudice. protection of their fellow
Needless
to
_say
that
the
Heller, professor of sociol- -
The Bund believed that Jews as a sacred and honor-
assimilationists
not
only
ogy at Hunter College. The
bulky heads.
the Jews are a world na- able duty.
failed
to
"convert"
the
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essay is a penetrating anal-
Levolor Riviera
It should be born in
tion and have a future. But
binds have that
No tilt cords
ysis of the assimilated Pol- Jewish people to their this future lays in the mind that the very•aware-
heads designed
Levolof s
Weltanschauung,
(world
to
match
the
rest
crystal clear
ish Jews who were referring view) but were even re-
of the blind in
Manic Wand. attached
lands in which they reside. ness of the presence of the
beauty.
inconspicuously tho
to themselves as "Polacy
To ensure their future and defense organization made
sciewst lets you lilt
jected
by
the
Poles.
In
re-
slap: without curds
Levolor Riviera
- wyznania mojzeszowego" cent years even the Com-
gain a better life, the Bund the Jews of Nalewki, Mile,
blinds have no
(Poles of Mosaic faith) or
tapes. The tapes
urged the Jews to fight S,mocza, and elsewhere
munist
Poles
rejected
have been
- "zydowskiego pochodzenia". them, though, in interwar everywhere for equal and feel 'a little less inse-
replaced-by slat
supports less
(Poles of Jewish descent)
than I.; S" thick.
just rights. And as Social-
Cleaning is a cinch.
and in the 19th Century Poland the vast majority ists they believed that the cure:
Just sponge. use a
"Studies on Polish Jewry,
of
Communists
were
Jews
brush me slats.
called themselves "Israe-
ultimate solution of the 1919-1939" clarify compli-
and
the
party's
leaders
No wide,
lites" and "postepowi"
dust-catching •
Jewish question would cated Jewish interwar prob-
were alienated Jewish in-
slats. Levolor •
(progressives). •
come with the establish- lems and contribute to a .
Riviera blinds
tellectuals.
-have slats less
Their goal was complete
No shifting.
ment of a social-demo- better understanding of
than 1" wide..
Injustices
are
thoroughly
Openings for
cultural integration with
The essay "A-Response to Jewish social history of that
slat supports
the Poles and religious re- discussed in the essay`' cratic society.
are designed
to prevent their
formation.
Though
they
"Anti-Semitism
in
Poland
shifting.
Violence" by the late Prof.
constituted a tiny minority as an Intellectual, Social
No controls
Leonard Rowe is not con- AUTHORS WANTED
whore you don't
of the Jewish people, "the • and Political Movement." ' cerned with the Bund's phi-
wont thorn.
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You choose
very
fact
of
their
existence
Written
by
Pawel
Korzec,
where you want
losophy per se or its history. Leading hook publisher seeks manu-
the controls on a
as a social type," according research associate, National
of all types: fiction, nonfic-
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Its aim is to present a fac- scripts
tion, poetry, scientific, scholarly and
blind. Magic Wand
to_ the author, "is of histori- Centre de la Recherche
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and
objective
record
of
religious
works, etc. New authors
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right, or vice
its
defense-
organization
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versa. Or both on
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which in interwar Poland 516 W. 34 Si., Dept. A, New York 10001
the left or right.
In
Introduces
It is worth noting that sociological Jew-hatred.
`was
the
strongest,
most
ef-
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- during the 18th Century addition to recording facts fective, -most respected by
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when the social,- cultural and events, the chronology the Jewish population, and
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and political situation of delineates the social, eco- most feared by their ene-
-certifies
is
really
world over
a Levolor Riviera.
Western Jewry improved, nomic and political milieu of mies. The essay describes
For Estimate
the condition of the Polish a most unhappy period.
As the title indicates, the the composition of the de-
Levolor Blinds meet all
& Consultation
Jews deteriorated. Assi-
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essay's
object is the analysis fense organization which
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milation then was non-ex-
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of
"modern"
anti-Semitism was' known as the "Ordener-
istent. The only exceptions
.Grupe." It analyzes its lead- -
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The Ordener-Grupe ori-
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rebellion against Russia col, ginated as the defense-arm
lapsed for which the Jews of the Bund against Com"-
Schaupeter
were blamed. This was also munist attacks o'n its per-
the time Polish romanti- sonnel, leaders and institu-
Promotions
cism was replaced with pos- tions. But as anti-Semitism
itivism (acceptance of the and fascism in Poland grew
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status quo and collaboration by leaps and bounds, and
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Charles
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Irving
Leber
Stuart
Milgrom
Jordan Raider
Jack Lebowitz
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This commentator, how-
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‘`modern" Polish Jew-hatred
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