12 Friday, September 12, 1975 Baron's `Steeled by Adversity' Useful, Well-Edited Collection rilIRESTONE JEWELRY • U hol•.nle H ttttt ort, Jewelr S U A. feu,. h He pM I I, SUITE 31$ ADVANCE BLDG. 23077 Greenfield at 9 Mile (313) 557-1860 THIS WEEK ONLY Adler Satellite or SCM 7000 $249.99 Add 'n Type 342-7800 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS (Editor's Note: This brief review, by Dr. Mi- chael D. Whitty, associate professor of labor and in- dustrial relations at the U niversity of Detroit, is supplementary to The Jewish News lengthy re- view in the Jan. 14, 1972 is- sue.) The examination of ethnic roots, which is currently stimulating a fresh look at immigration, ethnic studies, American Catholicism and labor history, has equally rich parallels in American Jewish life. Historians specializing in these aspects of history will find "Steeled by Adversity" a useful and well-edited col- lection of essays by one of the leading interpreters of Judaism. By DR. MICHAEL WHITTY 399-8333 MIL NEW CADILLAC? BUY OR LEASE FROM The book is an extensive collection of 20 addresses and essays written and de- livered by Salo Baron over a 20-year period. The rationale of the spirit of Zionism is placed within the context of those who found their way to Zion in North America. This experience was, much like that of Catholic immigration, initially a working class experience, and thus a subject for la- French Minister Visits Israel ANDY BLAU JERUSALEM — French Health Minister Simone Veil set a *tic pace during her four-day visit to Israel last week. in BIRMINGHAM at WILSON-CRISSMAN CADILLAC RES. 642-6836 CALL BUS. MI 4-1930 1350 N. WOODWARD, BIRMINGHAM CATERING FOR ALL OCCASIONS Seating Up to 400 Call Our Banquet Manager 682-4300 Shenandoah Country Club ....40.6.systeuystatamme bor historians as well as immigration historians. For Catholic historians, this volume can demon- strate that intense cultural and religious identity can characterize the best impul- ses of the new ethnicity .. . surely a potential to be found within all working class ethnics. An example found in Jew- ish history is described in a long and fascinating chap- ter titled "Palestinian Mes- sengers in America, 1849-79: A Record of Four Journeys." The chapter describes SIMONE VEIL ment officials, visit hospi- tals in Jerusalem and be feted at lunch and dinner. LOWER INTEREST RATES ON AUTO LOANS 9%* PARIS (JTA) — Rabbi Israel Miller, chairman of the Conference of Presi- dents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said here that he had found the Romanian Jewish commu- nity to be a highly vital, well organized and active com- munity. Rabbi Miller returned last week from a week-long trip to Romania during which he visited synagogues, Jewish institutions, clubs, welfare facilities and conferred with local officials and foreign diplomats. He visited the country as guest of the Ro- manian government. The chairman of the Pres- idents Conference said "I was surprised to see the Romanian community to be so vital, so well organized and so well attended." He said that all these activities were carried out not only Belkin Resigns as Yeshiva Head DURING THE NEXT 60 DAYS? CALL US FIRST FOR DETAILS COVENANT CREDIT UNION DR. BELKIN serving B'nai Brith Members 21711 W. 10 Mile Rd., Southfield, Mich. 354-6100 *Effective annual percentage rate until October 31st, 1975 for the purchase of a new 1975 or 1976 automobiles with 25% down payment. 36 month -maximum financing. 36 Monthly Payments Finance Charge $5,000.00 $159.00 $723.93 with the full knowledge of the Romanian government but with its active help. Rabbi Miller said that he did not know how many of Romania's estimated 60,000 Jews want to leave the country but he hoped and believed that all those who want to do so will be able to do so. He said that he, nonetheless, gave the American Ambassador in Bucharest a list of Jews whose families in Israel and elsewhere said thay were prevented from leav- ing the country. Rabbi Miller, who visited Jewish installations in both Bucharest and a number of other cities, said that as far as he could ascertain the synagogues were not merely show pieces but vital parts of the community. He deplored the fact, however, that there are only two rabbis left in Romania and expressed fear as to what will happen after Ro- mania's Chief Rabbi, Moses Rosen, retires. CJF Appoints Appeals Director NEED FINANCING FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NEW CAR Monthly Payments The episode serves as one of the proofs of Baron's con- tention that the Jewish community has met every challenge facing it effec- tively and creatively. Rabbi Lauds Romania Jews Mrs. Veil began her visit with a work session at the Health Ministry, with her aides and Health Minister Victor Shemtov's top offi- cials taking part. She is the only Jewish minister in the French government. Among other subjects, a plan was outlined for a cooperation agreement on medical treatment and re- search between Israel and France. Mrs. Veil also managed to confer with various govern- Amount Financed how messengers were sent to America to appeal to charitable instincts of American Jews, their love for Palestine, and their sup- port of the concept of Zion- ism. The tight-knot struc- ture of the Jewish communities enabled the messengers to concentrate their efforts in areas where they could get results. Annual Percentage Rate 9% 4,000.00 127.20 579.13 9% 3,000.00 95.40 434.36 9% 2,000.00 63.60 289.56 9% NEW YORK — Dr. Sam- uel Belkin, president of Yeshiva University for 32 years, has resigned because of serious illness and has as- sumed the newly created post of chancellor. The 64-year-old Dr. Belkin, a Hellenist scholar, played a major role in devel- oping the university. Last Sunday he entered Mount Sinai Hospital in New York where he had undergone major surgery this summer for an intestinal obstruc- tion. One of Dr. Belkin's major achievements was the estab- lishment of the Albert Ein- stein College of Medicine, a graduate school of Yeshiva. It was the country's first medical school under Jewish auspices. NEW YORK — Leonard H. Rudolph, prominent Pittsburgh business and Jewish communal leader, has been appointed chair- man of the Council of Jew- ish Federations and Welfare Funds' task force on multi- ple appeals. The task force is concerned with the prob- lems of multiple appeals in behalf of Israel agencies and institutions. Rudolph, a former vice president of the United Jew- ish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, is chairman of its social planning and budgeting committee. In more than 15 years of com- munity activities, he has served as well as the federa- tion's campaign chairman, as treasurer of the Jewish Chronicle, and on the boards of Montefiore Hospi- tal and the Squirrel Hill Y. He is a member of the board of Israel Bonds, the Joint Distribution Committee and Technion. Little Children Upon the little children of the schools does all the world depend — Saved by their breath of innocence from coming to an end. —The Talmud