-,Aseramenumpimpomam, 24 Friday, March 5, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Late Paul Robeson's Lack of Bias Antidote to U.S. Bar Association Stand By DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.) Paul Robeson is gone. A great voice — a great singer will be heard no more. I recall a little Jewish story about Robeson which I read in a book some years ago, gotten out by the Jew- ish Publication Society — I can't recall the name of the book — but the author was Ben Ami. He told of a visit to Soviet Russia and of at- tending there a celebration of the centennial of Sholem Aleichem's birth. The So- viets had gone a little over- board in permitting. this Yiddish event as Sholem Aleichem was pictured as something of a herald him- self of the new Soviet order since his writings are so much concerned with the poor and so-called ordinary folk. Robeson's singing was a tremendous hit and the au- dience almost melted with joy when he sang the old Yiddish song, "Suntig Bulbes," long a favorite with all Jews. This was followed by other Yiddish melodies. Then Robeson paused and told how much he liked the Jewish songs. He went on to say that the blacks and the Jews both suffered from -prejudice and added that his own grandchildren were half black and half Jewish. Then Robeson resumed singing, but this time there were none of the happy Jewish songs. He sang instead the song of the Warsaw resistance, "The Song of the Jewish Partisan" and when he finished with the last line, "Never say this is the last path," the demonstration was so thunderous it seemed the roof of the hall would be lifted. Prejudice is an old-time disease. There has just been published a book, "Unequal Justice," by Prof. Harold S. Auerbach, dealing with the American Bar Association. You might think that law- yers who are specifically concerned with the problem of justice would be freer of prejudice, but Prof. Auer- bach shows the American Bar Association has been a chief victim of it. He cites the statements of many of the leaders of the bar association. Henry M. Drinker who was the chair- man of the ethics committee of the bar association, spoke of "the Russian Jew boys who come out of the gutter Beth Shalom Sets Weekend Retreat presents: An epic history of American Jewry. Cong. Beth Shalom will hold a mini kalla (weekend retreat) March 12-13 at the synagogue. The theme will be "The Uniqueness of Sha- bat." A Shabat sedar dinner will be held March 12 fol- lowed by an oneg Shabat with Israeli Dancing led by Uri Segal.. There will be a shul-in for young people 12 years and older and super- vised activities for younger children. A family Shabat service, lunch and study groups are also planned. The celebra- tions will conclude with the Havdalla. ceremony. 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Taft later became chief justice of the Supreme Court, but we have never heard of lawyers quoting his decisions, but Brandeis is often quoted and one who would say that Bran- deis was inferior ethically to any of his critics must be half-witted: Taft should have known better. He was a Unitarian, so he could not have so much of the religious element of prejudice as others and the Taft family lived near the home of the learned 'Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, founder of the Hebrew Union College, a man certainly not inferior either ethically, morally, or in any other way to the Tafts. When Taft was president, he was visited one day by Rabbi Cohen of Texas ask- ing him for a pardon for an inmate of the federal prison in Texas. He said he thought the man was a victim of cir- cumstances and would- make a good citizen. Taft turned down the plea, saying to Rabbi Cohen, "I must say you Jews do set an example for trying to help each other." "But, Mr. President, this man whose freedoM I am seeking is not a Jew." It opened Taft's eyes. The man was granted a pardon. But how can you keep open the eyes of those whose vision is blinded by prejud- ice? NY Aged Join Food Co-Operatives By BEN GALLOB (Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.) Several hundred elderly New York Jews shop regti larly at three food co-ops, two in the Bronx and one in Brooklyn, organized by a federation youth group, at which they pay from 20 to 30 percent less than retail prices for kosher staple grocery items, according to a report from the Federa- tion of Jewish Philanthro- pies. The food co-ops are part of a larger effort by the fed- eration to involve college youth in programs of service to needy Jews through the federation's Jewish Associa- tion for College Youth. In addition to •helping to oper- ate the food co-ops, in which some of the elderly Jews join theni, members of JACY provide home visits, shopping escorts, halla bread delivery, arrange holi- day parties and outings, and distribute food packages. The West Bronx food co- ops are located in the Bronx YM-YWHA senior citizen Hashomer Hatzair Starts New Kibutz TEL AVIV, (JTA) — A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Kibutz Samar the first settlement of Flashomer Hatzair's Haki- butz Haartzi movement to be created - south of the Beersheba line. The kibutz, which is located about 35 kilometers north of Eilat, is between Yotvata to the north and the Timma Cooper mines to the south. The settlement comprises about 100 members, some of whom have recently ended military service. They come from kibutzim and cities in Israel and include volun- teers from the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia who came to Is- rael during the Yom Kippur War. Some 60 housing units will be constructed for the members who have already begun marketing their first crop of vegetables and fruits. Natan Peled, secretary of Hakibutz Haartzi, said the new settlement indicates his movement's policy to give top priority to settling the Galilee, the Arava and Ne- gev in the south, and the security belt on the Golan j •• % • center and in the Hope of Is- rael Synagogue senior citi- zen center. JACY leases space from the Y on an an- nual basis for both the food co-op and as a base of opera- tions for other JACY activi- ties in the West Bronx. The inevitable subsidy is provided by the Lavenburg- Corner House Foundation to the JACY programs at the West Bronx Y of which the food co-op is one ele- ment; and the federation provides coverage of the Brooklyn co-op's deficit Students and senior citi- with an allocation from a zens in the West Bronx special grant. Books are join in visits to wholesal- kept at the co=ops by social ers to make purchases for work students serving as the co-ops. The quantity project coordinators. These bought is determined by include daily and cumula- the level of inventory and tive ledgers, inventory rec- via decisions which ords and sales results emerge from regular meet-, sheets. ings between the students •The Bronx co-ops sell dry and the elderly beneficiar- foods, canned foods and ies, Lyons said. Food is dairy products. The Brook- purchased at wholesale lyn co-op started with dry and marked up one cent to and canned foods and plans five cents per item, he to start offering dairy foods said. soon. Pioneer Women Will Honor Alice Ross on Behalf of Bonds Pioneer Women - of De- troit will pay tribute to Al- - ice Ross April 8 at the Town and Country Club, it .was announced by Mrs. Ralph Miller, Pioneer Women Council- president. Cited as "Woman of the Year", Mrs. Ross will re- ceive _the David Ben-Gurion award from the State of Is- rael Bond Organization "for service to Israel, her organi- zation and her community." Mrs. Ross is an imme- diate past president of Pi- oneer Women Council of De- troit and recently was named to the national board of Pioneer Women as Amer- ican affairs chairman. Mrs. Ross was graduated from Wayne State Univer- sity with a degree in home economics and taught in the Detroit school system. She is active in the Women's Division of Is- rael Bonds. She also be- longs to Zionist Organiza- tion of America, American • ALICE ROSS Jewish Committee and Common Cause. Eliezer Lipsky, promi- nent Zionist, author and lec- turer, will speak. MrS. Sam Isaacs is the Israel Bond chairman for Pioneer Women and Mrs. Ben Harold, executive vice president in charge of funds. For information and res- ervations, call the Israel' Bond office, 968-0200. Giscard to Skip NY in U.S. Visit NEW YORK — France's President Valery Giscard d'Estaing will skip New York City Luring his trip to the United States in May to mark the U.S. Bicentennial. Giscard will begin his of- ficial visit in Washington, D.C., address Congress and travel on to Houston, New - ; . . 17; Orleans and Philadelphia. According to Newsweek, New York was scratched when Paris decided that France's pro-Arab and pro- Palestinian policies might spark demonstrations against Giscard in the city, which has 2 million Jewish residents. ' i f .