54 Friday, September 17, 1976 ,
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Herzl's Dream BiggerThan Panama Canal
Judenstaat." He showed it
to his friend Schiff who
read it with tears in his
eyes.
"Go see a doctor, - said
Schiff. He was sure Herzl
had gone wacky.
Herzl took the advice.
He went to see Dr. Max
Nordau, physician and
world famous literary
iconoclast.
Nordau
read
it.
"Herzl," he said, "if you
are crazy, I am too. -
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.)
There has been a great
deal of talk of late about
the Panama Canal. A lot
of party politics has en-
tered into it. There. has
been talk that the issue
might engender another
war. The Panama Canal
is a hole in the ground and
we need a war about it
like , a hole in the head.
Anyway, it is gratifying
that'nojew is mentioned
in its connection.
But it might have been
different. Theodor Herzl
as a child would tell his
playmates that when he
grew up, he would build
the Panama Canal but he
would warn them, "Don't
tell anyone." •
His parents encour-
aged him in his early
technical studies to that
end. but it was destined
for another by the same
name — Theodore
Roosevelt to bring the
canal into existence.
Growing up, young
Herzl realized that his ta-
lents lay in a different di-
rection and he became a
newspaperman, playw-
right and ultimately the
founder of the Zionist
movement.
He seemed in the be-
ginning to be as fitted to
be a Jewish leader as to
built the Panama Canal.
His first proposal for the
solution of the Jewish
problem was for the Jews
to convert.
There were other dif-
ficulties and Herzl must
have recognized them for
in his play "The Ghetto,"
his solution was different.
In just a little time he
thought by the processes
of civilization, the pre-
judice would disappear.
One of the Jews in Vienna
who came to see this play
was a man who was prob-
ing deep into the htiman
emotions and who proba-
bly was not as optimistic
about this solution —
Sigmund Freud.
Mark Twain" was a vis-
itor to Vienna at that
time and his picture of the
city from which Hitler
was to come was also very
dark.
"There are 19 different
parties in Vienna," he
wrote, "each fighting all
the others and the only
point on which all are
united is in hating the
Jews."
Weizmann once re-
marked that Herzl had
one advantage over him
as a Zionist leader — he
knew nothing either
about Jews or Palestine.
This was said faceti-
ously but perhaps coming
from an atmosphere of
ignorance was a help. The
on.e who does not know
often learns more eagerly
and is apt. to act upon it
more zealously. He comes
as an outsider with the
freer perspective of the
latter. It was an En-
glishman who knew little
about America, Thomas
Paine, who did the most to
ignite the flame of Ameri-
can independence in 1776.
The Dreyfus case fi-
nally awoke the Jew in
Herzl. The shouts of
"death to Jews," the
countryside celebration
THEODOR HERZL
of . the humiliation of
Dreyfus as though it were
a national holiday; eroded
all of Herzl's optimism
about the disappearance
of anti-Semitism. .
One day he returned to
his room full of despair.
Opening a bottle of wine
sent by his brother-in-law,
he read the label on the
bottle:"Zichron Yaakov."
It was the name of a
pioneer Jewish agricul-
tural settlement in Pales-
tine. "These people have
the answer," thought
Herzl, and wrote "Das
Herzl felt better. At
least he had company.
However, the paper on
which he worked would not
permit the mention of the
term Zionism. The Jewish
wits of Vienna liked to
spoof on the subject.
"Yes," they would say,
"Zionism is a wonderful
thing." But they would
prefer to be an attache to
the Zionist envoy in Vie-
nna.
'Twenty years later, the
novelist Stephen Zweig
recalled that at this
period the two most de-
rided people in Vienna
were Theodor Herzl and
Sigmund Freud.
But Herzl worked _on.
The first World Zionist
Congress was convened.
New Teaching Method Utilized
With Disadvantaged in Israel
JERUSALEM — What
does a teacher do with a
child who insists that the
journey to the moon must
be longer than the jour-
ney back?
The traditional ap-
proach would be to dis-
miss, contradict or even
ridicule the notion, since
most teachers have been
trained to concentrate on
trying to prove the valid-
ity of objective facts to
the children they teach.
But often such miscon-
ceptions are rooted in
learning problems which
occur because of a certain
social and cultural
background. A better
teaching approach, there-
Israel Group Aids
Heavy Gamblers
RAMAT-GAN — The
first "Gamblers Anonym-
ous" group to help cure
compulsive gamblers was
formed in Israel recently
and is functioning regu-
larly.
Dr. Gerald Cromer, lec-
turer in criminology at
Bar-Ilan University, in-
itiated the project and
helps direct and moder-
ate the group's weekly
meetings. He is assisted
by a volunteer from Is-
rael's ministry of social
welfare which has ex-
tended financial help to
get the project started.
While organized gambl-
ing is illegal in Israel a
number of private "un-
derground" clubs and
partisan groups exist in
the main cities which op-
erate cards, dice and
roulette. At the same
time a national lottery
and a football pool are
premitted, whose pro-
ceeds are used to build
educational and sports
facilities.
fore, would be to first
reassure the child that his
notion is legitimate — at
least in the subjective
sense — to build up his
confidence so that he will
perhaps be willing to "con-
front" his mistake and un-
derstand why his conclu-
sion is inaccurate.
It is this approach in
elementary and junior
high schools which has
been pioneered by Dr.
Hinda Eiger, member of
the faculty of the school of
education of the Hebrew
University of Jerugalem.
At this point, the first
year of a three-year pro-
ject on the "in-service
training of teachers in
rehabilitating abstract
thinking" is ending.
Dr. Eiger was ' ap-
proached by the Ministry
of Education to imple-
ment the innovatory di-
dactic method in the field
throughout the country.
HIAS Handbook
NEW YORK (JTA)— A
bilingual handbook for
Soviet Jewish refugees
coming to the United
States has been pub-
lished by HIAS, the
Jewish migration agency,
and is being distoributed
to every Russian Jewish
family now leaving Rome
for the United States. To-
pics covered include the
American economy, the
education system, health
care, taxes, housing,
transportation and re-
lated matters.
HIAS pfficials said the
agency expected to bring
more than 6,000 Soviet
Jews to the United States
this year and that smaller
numbers are being reset-
tled in Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, Western
Europe and Latin
America.
Max Nordau was there
and other distinguished
Jews. There was also a
great American non-Jew
sitting in the gallery — a
man famous for making
the world laugh but he
was not laughing now. He
was thinking very weri-
ously. It was Mark Twain.
"The Jews, - said Mark
Twain, "are too dispersed
to exercise power. Herzl
understands the power of
concentration. -
So it was that Herzl
didn't dig any holes in the
ground. He just created a
nation.
Jewish Schools Lacking Teachers
NEW YORK (JTA) —
About 15 requests for
teachers for Hebrew day
schools outside of New
York City remained unfil-
led at the end of August,
according to Torah
Umesorah, the National
Society for such schools.
The report developed in
connection with a Torah
Umesorah-sponsored
summer teacher training
seminar held for 150
teachers from 65 Hegrew
day schools from
throughout the United
States, and some from
day schools in. Canada.
Rabbi Bernard Golden-
berg Torah Umesor
school organization • e-
rector, said that, for un-
derstandable reasons,
young Orthodox Jews
were reluctant to acc
assignments away from
New York City and that
the reluctance increased;
in direct relationship to
the smallness of the,
community. He cited the\
fact that such com-
munities lacked maky®
facilities vital to Or-
thodoxJews, such as"
kosher butcher shops.,
mikvehs, and Orthoaox
synagogues. •
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The family of the late
Goldy Dunn announces
the unveiling of a monu-
ment in her memory 1
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at
Hebrew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Levin will officiate.
Relatives and friends are
asked to attend.
The Family
of the Late
ROSE
BALTIMORE
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 12:45
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19,
at Nusach H'Ari
Cemetery. Cantor
Adler will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
The Family
of the Late
SOL FELDMAN
Ted Cooper and Ethel
announce the unveiling
of a monument in mem-
ory of their sister, Dora
Goldfarb, 1 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 19, at Chesed Shel
Emes Cemetery. Rabbi
Zachariash will officiate.
Relatives and friends are
asked to attend.
The family of the late
Ida Miller announces the-
unveiling of a monument
in her memory 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 19, at
Clover Hill Park Cemet-,,
ery. Rabbi Groner will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to at-
tend.
The Family
of the Late
The Family
of the Late
JACOB MOSS
LENA
RUB IN
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 10 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 19, at
Adat Shalom Memorial
Park. Rabbi
Rosenbloom will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to at-
tend.
The Family
of the Late
ISADORE
MUSKOVITZ
1
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Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 19, at
Hebrew Memorial
Park, Radomer Sec-
tion. Rabbi Levin will
officate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
I
The Family
of the Late
DR. JOSEPH
SELTZER
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 19, at
Adat Shalom Memo-
rial Park. Rabbi Arm
will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are
asked to attend.
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 10:30
a.m. Sunday, Sept. 19,
at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park. Rabbi
Rosenbloom and Can-
tor Vieder will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument -
in his memory 12 noon
Sunday, Sept. 19, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Cantor Adler will of- 1
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
The Family
of the Late
The Family
of the Late
MEYER
PRINSTEIN
FANNIE
SHATZEN
HERMAN
FERENCZ
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 11:30
a.m. Sunday, Sept. 19
at Hebrew Memorial
Park. Rabbi
Goldschlag will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
SAMUEL
LEVINE
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 2:30
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19,
at Chesed Shel Emes
Cemetery. Rabbi
Gruskin and Cantor
, Adler will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 19, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. • Rabbi
Groner and Cantor
Barkin will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
Rabbi Halperin and
Rabbi Syme will of-
ficiate at the unveiling
of a monument in the
memory of the late
EDWARD
ROTHENBERG
11 a.m. Sunday, Sept.
19, at Beth Abraham
Cemetery. Relatives
and friends are asked
to attend.
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 19, at
Hebrew Memorial
Park.
Rabbi
Goldschlag will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are as
'
attend.
The Family
of the Late
EARL H.
VICTORSON
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 2 ,p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 19, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Seymour
Rabbi
Rosenbloom will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked
attend.